An Jingzhi didn't care what other people thought and just finished what he was saying.
The original owner was a tyrant, and as a tyrant, he certainly wouldn't listen to advice, which just made it easier for him to do things his way.
"Arithmetic is very interesting. I've read the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. It's much more interesting than those rubbish like the Four Books and Five Classics or the General History of the Classics. There are still seven months left, right? They can take advantage of this time to learn more."
Many of the court officials couldn't help but twitch their lips. The emperor didn't even like to read books, so how could he read the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art? Although they were Confucianists, they had read the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. Some found it interesting, but some found it more of a headache.
No one would think that this unlearned emperor would read the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. They guessed that he probably just wanted to do something rash on a whim.
Grand Tutor Zhou was much more cautious this time. He asked, "Your Majesty, how will the arithmetic be calculated? Who will prepare the examination papers? How will the admissions be calculated then?"
"Well, Grand Tutor Zhou asked a good question, but I've already made preparations. I've also learned that many students are actually very far from our capital, and arithmetic was added at short notice. This year, we'll give it a try for the first year, so it doesn't need to be given too much weight. I plan to use a 100-point system, grading students based on the accuracy of their answers. A minimum of 30 points is required to make the list! Otherwise, no matter how well they do in other subjects, if they don't get 30 points in arithmetic, I'll eliminate them all."
When the others heard this, they subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. They only needed to get 30 points out of 100.
In their opinion, this is not a difficult task nor is it excessive.
Anyway, no matter how much they tried to stop him, the emperor would find a way to do what he wanted. With such a capricious emperor, what could they do? They could only blame the late emperor, but in this era when imperial power was paramount, who dared to blame the late emperor?
There are martyrs who are not afraid of death, but there are more mediocre people who have been polished by officialdom.
Even Grand Tutor Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps the original owner's bottom line was too low, so An Jingzhi's request was not unacceptable to them.
It is not that difficult to accept that you only need 30 points out of 100 to pass.
This is exactly what An Jingzhi wants. Only by boiling the frog in warm water step by step can the effect of subtle influence be achieved.
The news that a mathematics subject had been added to this year's imperial examination spread throughout the country immediately.
Many students complained, but since the emperor insisted on doing so, they had no choice but to buy arithmetic books nearby and study them overtime.
Arithmetic was just a small subject in this dynasty and most people didn't care about it. As soon as the news came out, arithmetic books were sold out.
Those who bought the books were not relieved either. Many of them felt overwhelmed by the astronomical figures in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art and felt that their future this year was bleak.
The difficulty of Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arithmetic is actually quite high and is not suitable for beginners at all.
Moreover, many people can only learn on their own, which makes the difficulty increase rapidly.
However, there are also many people who have a talent for arithmetic, and knowing arithmetic can give these people a better chance of passing the exam.
In fact, choosing arithmetic to enter the imperial examination was the result of careful consideration by An Jingzhi.
The imperial examinations of this dynasty were too rigid, testing only the Four Books and Five Classics and general history.
The content of the scientific examination has been finalized over the past hundred years, so it has actually had some effect of restricting people's thoughts.
People who pass the exam in this way are not suitable to be officials at all. They only know how to memorize and do not know how to be flexible.
If such people are directly released to become officials, it will be harmful to others.
When the dynasty was established in the early years, people’s minds were more open and the culture was more diverse, but now Confucianism is the most important and most of the people who come out are nerds.
Although the situation is not that serious at present, after all, the foundation laid a hundred years ago would not be so easy to shake unless the king was particularly corrupt and incompetent.
But if they want to select more useful talents, they can no longer use the old methods. At the beginning, An Jingzhi only added arithmetic to slowly test their bottom line, and slowly he will add more things.
At least it is no longer a single meaning of the sutra.
He plans to climb the technology tree here.
As for the topic, he decided to come up with it himself.
The questions cannot be too difficult, after all, there is not much time given for preparation and many people are still on the journey. But they cannot be too simple either. If they are too simple, then the point of setting the questions is lost.
This test paper is a test of the test setter's ability. It should test the candidates' talents, but not be so difficult that they cannot write.
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After getting An Jingzhi's permission, the queen often left the palace to visit her parents' home for dinner. At first, Grand Tutor Zhou did feel that this was unreasonable and wanted his daughter not to go out again, but he could not withstand the power of Zhou's mother. In addition, it was the emperor's permission, and he himself really missed his daughter, so he acquiesced.
So when An Jingzhi sneaked out to play again, he had no right to speak and could only stand there with a frustrated look on his face.
An Jingzhi ran out again, but this time he didn't go out alone, he brought the empress dowager with him.
Although the original owner's mother was a white lotus in the eyes of other concubines in the harem, she was indeed wholeheartedly thinking about her son and even paved the way for her son to become emperor.
It can be said that other people’s status is due to their sons, but in the case of the original owner, it is completely due to the mother’s status.
Without such a mother, he would not have been able to obtain the late emperor's insistence and ascend the throne against all odds.
But speaking of it, the late emperor was also a love-brained man. He fell head over heels in love with the original owner's mother and even used the throne and the country to coax his beloved woman.
"You're already such a grown-up, and you've even married a queen, but why are you still so playful and frivolous? You're not serious at all." The empress dowager, dressed in casual clothes, walked down the street with the emperor. There were many guards both in plain sight and in private.
She was scolding An Jingzhi, but her eyes were looking around as if she was too busy, feeling the prosperous atmosphere of the city. It seemed that she was happy.
"Mom, don't you like going out? I was thinking of taking you out for a walk during the Lantern Festival in a few days. Since you don't like it, I won't take you out next time." An Jingzhi said innocently.
The Queen Mother laughed angrily, "Well, you're going to defeat your mother."
The mother and son played and laughed, enjoying the prosperity of the city.
"You did a good job last time. That Imperial Concubine Yi didn't seem to be a good person, but you were blind and fell headfirst into her. I advised you several times but you were still unhappy. Fortunately, you didn't listen to her and returned Zhao'er Qingbai this time." Although the empress dowager was the emperor's mother, her son had grown up, and she couldn't interfere too much in many things, otherwise it would damage the relationship between mother and son.
She was used to all the tricks that Concubine Yi used when she was young, so as soon as Concubine Yi used them, she knew what kind of person this person was.
She was able to be crowned the most honorable concubine in the harem and gain the emperor's favor, and her methods were beyond the reach of ordinary people. Her eyes were as sharp as torches, and any tricks she used would be exposed in her eyes.
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