"Mobei is a remote region, filled with wind and sand, with large temperature swings between day and night, and little rain year-round. How can Mobei sustain itself, and what crops should it cultivate?"
"Great Chu has many large rivers and seas, and the winds are violent and violent. Rice won't grow, and all grains won't survive. Why?"
The five-year-old Crown Prince had never been to Mobei, nor had he witnessed the violent storms of Da Chu.
The two countries had just been incorporated into Dazhao not long ago, and there was resentment among the people, and they could not even understand each other's writing.
People in neighboring areas even look down on each other and sometimes even curse at each other in the morning.
So how did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know this? If he had taken the Dazhao agricultural examination, the officials here would have had some confidence.
But the first two questions are not about Dazhao.
He is only five years old, and his status is the most precious in the world.
Your Highness must be unaware of the farming practices in Da Chu and Mobei, as you don't even know the solar terms so clearly.
In the past, Your Majesty went to the battlefield and stayed at the border for five years.
The situation must be well understood.
Officials with good knowledge and good memory can still answer a few questions about the first two, but when it comes to the later questions, they are completely clueless.
Those who can't write, seeing others writing, will also pick up a pen and write hard.
Pretending to be impatient, he looked up at the emperor who showed no emotion either.
It is true that you cannot judge a book by its cover, and you cannot judge the depth of the sea by its depth.
Your Majesty, a tyrant who is out of touch with the world and always talks about killing, actually has such a delicate mind.
He even knows the four seasons and climate of each country so well and knows what crops to plant.
Seeing the deep thought in His Majesty's eyes and a look of complacency on his face, some people speculated that His Majesty was probably very satisfied with the question he had asked.
"In the sixth year of Xuande, there was a drought in the capital, and locusts swarmed everywhere. The people depended on grain for their livelihood, and there was a great famine that year. What could have been the cause?"
But Your Majesty actually asked questions from the previous emperor's time. Are you trying to remind the people of the suffering they experienced back then?
Your Majesty is really holding a grudge. The late emperor has been dead for many years, yet he is still being dragged out and cursed.
This question is not easy to answer. Locust rebellions have been recorded countless times in history books.
Locusts swarmed all over the land, leaving no grass to grow. People fled in panic, leaving nine out of ten houses empty.
All the grass and trees within thousands of miles were gone, and even the cattle, horses, and flags were gone. The damage was even worse than floods and droughts.
Once a locust swarm is formed, it is not a problem that humans can solve. However, this problem has no constraints and a wide range.
Someone wrote: Locusts have not yet learned to fly, so ducks can eat them. If a flock of hundreds of ducks hides in the grass and trees, and one duck can catch seven or eight hundred locusts, it may be possible to suppress them.
There is also an answer: locusts are attracted to fire. If there are locusts in the fields, it is advisable to place more than ten piles of dry firewood in an open space beside the field. Wait until it gets dark, then use fire to burn the firewood. In an instant, countless locusts can be burned.
Time passed in a flash, and everyone was busy answering questions without feeling bored.
As I was writing the last question, the rustling sound of spring silkworms eating leaves in the hall came to an abrupt end.
This exam question is just a short sentence, but as we all know, the fewer words there are, the harder the question is.
"The whole world is united, the country has policies, and we should combine state affairs with agriculture and sericulture."
No matter how hard people try, they still don't know what kind of agricultural activities these policies should be related to.
These policies are somewhat related except for the 50% tax on land, but the other two are completely unrelated.
Moreover, how are they connected and what point of view are they expressing?
It was difficult to solve the problem, but since they were all court officials holding important positions, it would be easy for them to get some points.
But His Highness said that this is to be used as a reference answer. If I talk nonsense just to get a few points, it will be embarrassing.
If we meet in official circles in the future, won’t we be ridiculed to death?
Not to mention that historians recorded it all the time, and how would future generations view them if they gave such a messy answer?
Unable to figure it out for a while, everyone looked up to see what their colleagues were thinking, but they were all staring at each other in amazement.
All eyes were blank.
The little fat boy sat upright and wrote down his opinions stroke by stroke.
He set all the questions, and the answers were all drawn from the strengths of many others.
He was so focused that he didn't notice the rustling sound in the hall suddenly stopped.
Special things attract special attention.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him. If it were someone else, they would feel like a thorn in their back and break out in a cold sweat.
The little fat boy has been watched a lot, and he takes this agricultural test very seriously.
Achieve a state where the mind is far away and the place is far away.
The emperor put down the scroll and followed the gazes of the crowd.
Seeing his child pursing his lips, holding a jade pen, sitting upright, he looked like a crown prince.
A smile flashed across Emperor Mingxi's eyes. He supported his chin with one hand and just looked at him.
"Your Highness can write it?" Someone whispered what was in his heart, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Xiang Jingxin was terrified, fearing that the emperor would be so angry that he would chop off his head for the crown prince.
Fortunately, at this moment, His Majesty's eyes and mind are only on the Crown Prince.
He doesn't pay much attention to officials' affairs.
He is usually the most envied person and loves to flatter others, and now he is questioning the prince.
This surprised others.
After the surprise, they started talking in low voices: "I think it's uncertain."
As one of the Grand Secretaries who lectured the Crown Prince, Zhang Zhi had some knowledge of the knowledge in the Crown Prince's head.
Although His Highness had made a lot of progress, everyone was stumped. How could he write it?
Zhang Zhi thought that the little prince must have scribbled something, perhaps writing something ridiculous.
As for the person who set the question, it definitely has nothing to do with the prince.
It is true that the prince is a god and extremely intelligent, but to write out these answers, he needs to accumulate experience for each question.
"If Your Majesty..."
Before the man could finish his words, the official lowered his head, looking down at his nose.
As the person they identified as the questioner, His Majesty might tell the Crown Prince the answer to save his face.
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