Wu Shangshu and Chen Shilang looked at the young man with red lips and white teeth. They just picked up the pen and considered it for a few seconds before starting to put pen to paper.
The beautiful and thin golden body with exposed muscles and bones has already appeared in front of you. Of course, these are not the focus.
The point is that after he put pen to paper, he listed the problems that needed to be solved in the policy question.
Then, he started writing with a splash of ink...
Yang Jian, who had already wandered nearby and listened carefully to the conversation, saw Wu Shangshu and Chen Shilang standing upright with their necks stretched out.
Gao Zhang's face was as calm as water, and he looked like he was not disturbed by external objects. He wrote quickly on the rice paper.
Time passed bit by bit, and Gao Zhang was there completely oblivious to carefully analyze the seriousness of the land annexation problem in the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty did not impose restrictions on land annexation. Of course, he did not know the historical reasons for the specific reasons.
However, he has rich experience from later dynasties in how to stop the evil trend of land annexation.
After all, these things will be completely open to the public in later generations, and some questions will even be tested when studying history.
Gao Zhang wrote there like flying, but Wu Shangshu and Chen Shilang were dumbfounded at this moment.
Looking at Gao Zhang's completely colloquial writing style, they felt even more uncomfortable.
However, this kind of flaws can be completely ignored compared with Gao Zhang's sharp analysis and understanding of the problem.
The land annexation problem in the Song Dynasty was very serious, and there were many large landowners who owned a large amount of land.
It does not mean that he will cultivate all the large fields. Even these big landowners will collude with the government to conceal the number of fields.
There are even some big landowners who have too much land, but are stingy with their property and keep enough tenants.
As a result, some fields were abandoned. Such things happened from time to time throughout the Song Dynasty.
As for the heavy taxes, those common people who originally had few assets could only continue to bear them because of the heavy levies and heavy taxes.
This often resulted in people having no choice but to borrow money, which was also the reason why the Song Dynasty repeatedly reformed in the past.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the court can take several steps. The first is to determine a general policy.
That is, first re-measure the land, and then implement the method of dividing the land into acres.
Everyone who lives in the 21st century knows very well the so-called sharing of a small family.
And this trick was used against the big landowners in this era who were going crazy about annexing land.
It's like a bucket of ice water poured head-on. It's definitely a killer move.
The more land you annex, the more taxes you need to pay.
Moreover, the big landowners, faced with the newly designated fields, would never dare to let them go to waste because they were stingy with wages.
Only by inviting enough tenants to farm and ensuring sufficient field output can we pay the huge tax base...
Even if the land tax is not high, the land you annex needs to be cultivated manually to ensure the payment of the land tax and preserve the land.
As for the government and the gentry all paying for themselves, Gao Zhang thought it was even more of a killer, but hey, hehe...
Forget it, unless I can become a powerful official of the Song Dynasty, there will be no second option except turning myself into a child prodigy who died young.
I'm afraid that one day next year will be the memorial day for this innocent and lovely young man.
After all, we are still children, so let’s do things that children should do, be more cute and cute to dazzle Master Jun, and increase your favorability, which is more practical than anything else.
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Wu Shangshu had already approached Gao Zhang's desk at this moment, trying hard to tilt his head and look at the content written by Gao Zhang.
At this moment, his heart was in a state of turmoil again. Several times, Wu Shangshu subconsciously raised his hands and wanted to shout out to vent his anger.
But he was afraid of interrupting the eleven-year-old Gao Zhang, so he could only suppress his inner excitement.
Carefully read the content written by Gao Zhang and ponder these words over and over again.
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"Wu Shangshu, please tell us the truth. Can Gao Zhang pass the provincial examination?"
After waiting for a long time, Yang Jian finally couldn't bear it anymore and invited Wu Shangshu over and asked in a low voice.
Wu Shangshu, who was anxious to go back and read the policy questions written by Gao Zhang, faced Yang Jian, thought about it, and gave a positive answer.
"How can we beat him in the provincial examination? The previous military preparations alone are enough to compete for the top spot in the provincial examination.
Let me tell you this, that child is still young, but his appearance is outstanding and absolutely extraordinary. "
"Okay, if Zhongguan Yang is okay, I will go over first.
The article written by Gao Zhang is really wonderful, but the writing style is really bad. Fortunately, I have a keen eye for pearls..."
Seeing the Wu Shangshu who couldn't wait and strode over there, Yang Jian stood there and sighed.
The officials gave themselves two-hand preparations, and perhaps the first-hand preparations played a certain role.
The second-hand preparation was already in the pit, and Yang Jian felt that he wouldn't be able to use it even if he wanted to.
It seems that Wu Zhizhong, who has always been strict and unyielding, is here to praise Gao Zhang for his qualifications to win the title of Jinshi this year.
This made Yang Jian really want to give himself a slap in the face. Is this a dream, or is it really happening?
The official taught his disciples in a dream. It seemed that it was really a gift from God that the official accepted such a child prodigy.
It's a pity that I can't get out of the tribute courtyard. Otherwise, I will definitely rush into the palace city immediately to congratulate and report the good news to the official family.
Time passed bit by bit, until it was almost dusk, Gao Zhang, who had finished his work in one breath, put down the brush with a grin on his face and began to rub his sore arms.
"You haven't finished writing yet." Wu Shangshu, who had already stood up and his legs were swollen, couldn't help but remind him.
Gao Zhang's face darkened and he looked at the Minister of Rites, who had no clue about the situation.
"Master Shangshu, the student has almost written several thousand words today, and his hands are already sore and he must rest."
"What..." Seeing that almost half of the policy question had been completed, Wu Shangshu felt very sick.
This is like those readers who are following a storybook, but they have lost it after reading half of it, but the other party can still plausibly update it.
This really made Wu Shangshu have the urge to pick up the ruler and let this kid continue writing.
But seeing his handsome face that was immature and unhappy, and then looking at Wu Bei Ce Wen who was eloquent with thousands of words.
Suddenly, it was really hard to force this child to continue writing.
"Then how long are you going to rest before writing?" Chen Shilang on the side couldn't help but ask when it would be updated.
Gao Zhang sat down on the simple couch in the small single room angrily, with displeasure written all over his white and tender face.
"Of course it will be tomorrow. If I keep writing, my hand will be so painful that I can't lift the pen tomorrow. I'm still a child, okay?"
"Ah, this...Shang Shu, look at..."
"After all, I am still a child and can write thousands of words in one day. When you and I were teenagers, I'm afraid we couldn't write that much in two days."
Wu Shangshu patted Chen Shilang on the shoulder, whispered a reminder, and then smiled gently at Gao Zhang.
"Just take a good rest and wait until the official comes to see you again tomorrow."
"Master Shangshu, you won't lie to students, will you? After writing this article, can you really pass the provincial examination?"
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