Bachelor

Chapter 365 Answers
The Ming Dynasty scholars also knew that the salt and iron problem was actually serious, and they also had a certain understanding of this problem in their daily life. Therefore, the key to solving these two problems is not the understanding of this policy of the Ming Dynasty.

As far as Sun Dan learned later, most candidates for these two questions did not make any mistakes in principle, and they were very disciplined and even conservative in doing the questions.Of course, there are also maverick candidates who have dismissed the Ming Dynasty's salt and iron policy as useless, trying to attract the attention of examiners.

But no matter how you answer the question, the crux of the problem is not here.

The reason why the question maker came up with such a question was that he didn't want to cause discussions among scholars in the examination room about the policy of the Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible for any kind of examination to have such questions without standard answers.In this way, it also virtually increases the workload for the examiner.

As for the kind of examination questions that can make people argue, it is a matter of the policy discussion in the palace examination. Only then can you fully demonstrate your political talents.

Therefore, the key to this question is not what the final answer is, but how you answer this question.

In these two questions, the examiner quietly set a trap for the candidates: let you argue with yourself.

Generally speaking, people have their own opinions.For example, in these two questions, some examinees feel that the efficiency of official mining in mines is low, and it is easy to create a soil that breeds corruption, which corrupts the officialdom. It is better to be private, so that the country will save a lot of trouble; Iron is one of the country's most important sources of taxation.Moreover, these two materials are important weapons for the military and the country. If they are all turned into private operations, it will not be conducive to state management, and accidents will easily occur. It is better to return them to the state.Although the efficiency is low, it can also be under the supervision of the government at all times.

Once a person's point of view is formed, there is a preconceived thinking pattern, and he feels that his thinking is an undeniable truth.

And these two questions are for candidates to debate with themselves, but who in the world can change their worldview without relying on external forces, or in a very short time?
Therefore, when doing these two topics.Most of the candidates have already had their own opinions before writing, so when doing one of the questions, they naturally write like a god, and they are full of ideas, with detailed arguments and sufficient arguments.But once you stand on the opposite side of yourself and do another question, the writing is difficult, incomprehensible, and far from the topic.

If you do such a topic, you naturally don't want to get a high score.

As a result, these two questions wiped out a large number of candidates in disguise.

All in all, the five questions in the second round of this subject's examination were tricky and weird, and deliberately arranged intellectual traps, which were enough to make more than [-]% of the candidates lose their names.

Fortunately, since ancient times, thousands of troops have crossed single-plank bridges along the way of the imperial examination, and the success rate is appallingly low.

Later generations calculated that from the opening of the imperial examination in the Sui Dynasty to the Tongzhi year of the Qing Dynasty, in more than 1000 years, there were no more than 500 Jinshi in all of China.In other words, there are only a few dozen people a year.This probability is more difficult than buying a [-] million sports lottery.

Fortunately, as soon as Sun Dan got these two questions, he could see what was wrong. He is also a person with rich experience in the exam.From the beginning of primary school to the civil service examination, I don’t know how many exams, large and small, I have passed.In his opinion, there are always standard answers for all exams, which are also convenient for marking.For such weird questions, it doesn't matter what to answer, the key is how to answer.

Format is bigger than content.

Sun Dan is not afraid of topics like this that he debates with himself.

Unlike the ancients, after all, he was exposed to dialectical materialism since he was a child.Everything has two sides, and it is necessary to look at the problem objectively and dialectically.Instead of agreeing with a certain point of view from the beginning, and agreeing with it invariably.That way, it becomes metaphysical and not objective.

People can look at a problem in an isolated, one-sided, and static way, and everything is changing.

Even the ancients understood the simple dialectical method of "A Good Fortune Lost Horse".

Once he figured this out, Sun Dan felt at ease: for these two questions, the examiner is testing the candidate's objectivity and fairness and ability to handle affairs calmly!

This is also the most important quality that officials of the Ming Dynasty should possess.

Sun Dan smiled silently, and looked up at Zhang Cong who was opposite.

Zhang Cong is also smiling.

From the looks of it, this is what the hero sees and agrees with. This guy must be aware of this, and he won't be fooled by the questioner.

Sun Dan nodded to him, and began to grind the ink slowly.

Zhang Cong dipped some ink, waved his hand, and wrote on the paper smoothly.

Sun Dan was not in a hurry, so he slowly ground his ink and thought, and when everything was considered properly, he began to write word by word.

In fact, these two questions are a bit like the debates he participated in in college, with one side being positive and the other being negative.No matter which side you occupy, you need to use certain debate methods to persuade your opponent.

Argument, argument, argument.

Coming and going are just those methods.

Sun Dan didn't finish these two questions very quickly. By noon, he didn't finish even one question.

At noon, he ate something indiscriminately, and continued to write without taking a break.When he finished a question, Zhang Cong on the opposite side had already put down his pen. This time he walked in front of Sun Dan, and he sat cross-legged on the bed to raise his energy. proud.

Sun Dan knew that Zhang Cong was showing off, but he was not affected by it, and answered the questions with more composure.

The two questions are actually one, one positive and one negative, as long as one is done well, the other has a fixed pattern to apply.

Therefore, the last question is easy.

When the last word was written, Sun Dan put down his pen and went back to read the two papers again, and then heaved a long sigh of relief: the most difficult one is finally over, and the questions for the second round are also done according to the rules , even if it is not top-notch, it can be regarded as an upper-middle level among the candidates.In addition to the advantages I had in the first round, the stereotyped essay in the last round was my strong point.

This meeting is sure to hit!

He slowly stood up from the chair and stretched his muscles and bones, only to hear the sound of "cracking" bones. This scene is really tiring!
The lights gradually turned on again, and an examiner came over to collect the papers, followed by transcription, and sealing.

Then the papers for the third session were distributed, three eight-legged essays.

For other candidates, the most critical one is coming.

Stereotyped essays do not have certain criteria for judging. If you want to get a high score, sometimes it has a lot to do with the personal preferences of the examiners, and it is the most difficult to grasp.

Therefore, many candidates rush to read the paper the moment they get it.

Sun Dan didn't look at the papers. To him, the exam was over.

He casually threw the paper on the table and drank the last bit of wine in the bottle in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)