"Let's go, a charity trip for test takers." Ling Xiao tilted his head.
Chen Qian glanced at the bus waiting for the examinees in another direction, and then checked the time.
He left home at a time that was neither too early nor too late, which would have been more than enough for him to take the bus, but his fifth brother wanted him to walk.
"Okay." But Shen Qian didn't say anything, and readily nodded in agreement.
The two broke away from the crowd and walked towards the provincial gymnasium.
Traffic flowed smoothly, but the avenue was empty; the two walked side by side.
"I heard you want to become the top scholar in the imperial examination?" Ling Xiao asked.
Shen Qian nodded and said, "That's the idea."
"I was the top scorer in the province in 1946."
"Um?"
Shen Qian was taken aback, and it took him a moment to realize what Ling Xiao was talking about. He was then shocked.
This year is 2297, and 2246 will be 51 years ago.
So, does that mean Fifth Senior Brother is at least sixty or seventy years old?
You can't tell at all.
Hiss, no wonder he called Xiao Liuzi so naturally. Liu Changqing wasn't much older than Da Chenqian. If you calculate his age, it really doesn't seem out of place at all.
But soon, Shen Qian realized that Ling Xiao wasn't showing off to him.
"Please enlighten me, Fifth Senior Brother!"
"Xiao Liuzi said you have great ambitions, and you even asked him how to become the top scorer in the national exam?"
Ling Xiao laughed.
"yes."
In fact, most of the questions asked before sinking are out of curiosity, but the reason is not important at this point.
“The top scorer in the country…” Ling Xiao looked somewhat dazed. “In the more than 100 years since the college entrance examination system was reinstated, there has never been such a term. Do you know why?”
He shook his head before sinking in.
He had asked many people and consulted many resources about this, but he couldn't find a definitive answer.
Big Boss Gao might know, but he won't say.
"I noticed this strange problem back then. It was only after I went to Beijing and talked to that old man at the Ministry of Education that I roughly understood the reason."
An old man from the Ministry of Education?
Shen Qian thought for a moment and realized that the Minister of Education seemed to be an older man. He wondered if his fifth senior brother was referring to him.
"Actually, it's all a matter of being blinded by one's own involvement. The reason for not having a national champion is very simple: it's just a limitation of the rules," Ling Xiao continued.
"rule?"
Shen Qian seemed to be deep in thought. When Yu Shousi first brought up this topic, he also mentioned the word "rules".
"I'm asking you, how are the three martial arts events scored?" Ling Xiao looked at Chen Qian.
This point is mentioned in detail in the college entrance examination handbook. After a moment's thought, Shen Qian said, "The martial arts subject, like the humanities subject, uses a scoring system, except that the maximum score for each subject in the martial arts subject is one hundred..."
Shen Qian couldn't continue speaking and stood there stunned.
I see!
Ling Xiao is right; sometimes, those involved are simply blinded by their own perspective.
Only after reflecting on it again before sinking in did I realize that the answer had always been hidden within the rules.
The three theoretical subjects in the martial arts exam have a maximum score of 300. What if two or more people all scored 300?
Even if getting a perfect score is extremely difficult, there are always one or two exceptional talents in a province. If the top scorers in ten provinces all get a perfect score, then who is qualified to be called the national top scorer?
The upper limit is fixed.
This is the fundamental reason why there is no national champion.
"You've figured it out?" Ling Xiao smiled.
"But why..."
After realizing the situation, he frowned again, with even more doubts arising in his mind.
"Why use a scoring system instead of determining the winner directly based on data? Are you saying that the people in the Ministry of Education's Martial Arts Department are all idiots, or that the Prince of Jiangling who established the martial arts college entrance examination system was also an idiot, and that they couldn't think of the questions you've thought of?"
Before Shen Qian could finish speaking, Ling Xiao interrupted with a half-smile.
Shen Qian nodded shyly.
"It's very simple. If we do it that way, how do we calculate the age difference?"
Ling Xiao said calmly, "Suppose someone a year older than you takes the same exam as you, and their scores are better than yours, but they get the top prize, would you accept it or not?"
"Conversely, if you and he both get a perfect score, but you are younger than him, your ranking will be higher than his. Wouldn't that make it impossible for anyone to argue with that?"
He was speechless for a moment.
"And another thing, you've forgotten what the original purpose of the college entrance examination was."
At this moment, the two arrived at the central square of Ming City. Ling Xiao stopped and looked up at the statue of Lord Kunhu not far away.
"Since ancient times, there has been no first place in literature but no second place in martial arts. Unless you fight each other in person, how many people can truly trust each other? The college entrance examination is for selecting martial arts talents, not for you to compete and win."
"One of the original intentions of setting an upper limit is to subtly tell you that this is enough for the middle school stage, and your real transformation will come in college."
"At the same time, it also gives ordinary people some confidence."
"At most, the difference is only 100 points, which won't make them feel hopeless."
"...Of course, most of the above are my guesses after talking with that old man, and they may not all be correct."
He paused before sinking, speechless for a long time.
These principles are so subtle, yet upon closer examination, they are irrefutable.
No wonder Wuhan University of Science and Technology only focuses on physical fitness in its admission criteria and doesn't pay much attention to other aspects.
“But then I realized that the Prince of Jiangling hadn’t actually blocked the road completely,” Ling Xiao suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Shen Qian was taken aback.
"That year I scored a total of 294 points across the three subjects. If you look at the data of the top scorers in each province over the years, you will find that the highest score is only 299 points, and in nearly two hundred years, only two people have ever achieved that score."
"ah?"
Shen Qian was quite surprised. "You mean no one has ever gotten a perfect score?"
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