Chapter 44

The exam location is in the county office, because the Agricultural Department does not have so many tables and chairs.

The county magistrate also concurrently manages civil governance. Once there is a theoretical exam, it is basically in the examination room of the county office.

The county magistrate Li Wenzheng was not seen. The chief examiner and invigilator were still acquaintances of the Agricultural Department, but the number of people from the county office to invigilate increased to fifty, and there were more clerks delivering food and water.

This time there is no need to test endurance, so food will be delivered to the examination room during the exam.

The exam takes two days, so there will naturally be no shortage of test papers.

After Zhao Xing found his corresponding examination room and sat down, he waited for the test papers to be distributed. After coming down, there were forty sheets in total!

Thirty of them were test questions, and ten were blank.

Zhao Xing was not in a hurry to write, first looked at the test questions and requirements, and then looked to see if there were any omissions.

The first fifteen sheets were bonus questions, which belonged to questions that could be scored by rote memorization.

For example: "'Seventy-Two Phenology of the Monthly Order,' which ancient book does it come from? Who edited it and when?"

Zhao Xing didn't even have to think, and wrote down the answer directly: "It comes from 'Time Training Interpretation,' in the ninth year of Kaiping, edited by the Great Sima Nong Wu Cheng."

Or intercept a sentence from the work and fill in the previous or next sentence.

Such as: Duckweed does not grow, Yin energy is full. ________

Answer: The dove does not brush its feathers, the country does not govern soldiers; the hoopoe does not descend on the mulberry, the government and education are not centered.

This question is a "Yin-Yang Phenology Question," saying that if the Yin energy in the Yin-Yang energy is too heavy, then some abnormal "phenological" phenomena will appear. At this time, it is best for the country not to move soldiers, and not to issue some new government orders, otherwise the effect will be relatively poor.

Zhao Xing answered fluently, and soon the bonus questions ended.

Came to the situational question-and-answer question that screens candidates.

"There is wind in the south of the city, blowing violently. There is drought in spring and autumn. There is a river in the east of the city, and the rainfall is overloaded. There is flooding in summer and winter. The five grains are difficult to survive. How to solve it?"

If it were a clerk with a weak theoretical foundation, he would definitely answer directly, "Use the wind and rain spell to change it, then the five grains will be abundant."

Answering like this, if 10 points can only give 2 points, or even not give a point.

Because there is only an answer, no process, which is not possible for a theoretical exam.

And the answer didn't hit the point. This belongs to not reviewing the question clearly or the spell knowledge theory reserve is not enough.

"The small city often has south wind, blowing violently, blowing away the clouds and rain in spring and autumn, leading to drought. But there is the sea in the south of the city, and the clouds rise, leading to flooding in summer and winter, so this is not a heavenly time question at all, but an earth profit question. No matter what heavenly time faction spell is used, it is wrong." After seeing the traps contained in the question, Zhao Xing began to answer.

In fact, it is also very simple. The way to solve it is what the Cao Xi True Lord once did.

"Raise the earth vein in the south, the earth is high, the wind is adjusted, repair the canal in the east, lead the water to go around the city, choose another low-lying land in the east of the city, store water in the lake, and then repair the water wheel, then the four seasons of rainfall will be balanced. Assisted by the solar term order, it will be wind and rain in three years."

Zhao Xing wrote it down, determined that he could get full marks, and then continued to answer.

It wasn't until the last question that he encountered difficulty.

This is a situational question-and-answer question involving the taboos of the five elements and four seasons:

"The earth is cold, spring wood is not used, summer sun steams, locusts grow, how to solve it?"

The fewer the words, the harder the question.

What's more, it is still a linkage question.

Because it describes the disorder of the seasons and the strange phenomena of natural disasters, the question links the two together, so when answering, it must be answered jointly, not separated.

The standard answer must start from the direction of the Five Elements Four Seasons Theory, and it is best to find a basis from classic works, otherwise using the candidate's own words will lack a basis and have no persuasiveness.

No persuasiveness, even if it hits the point, it will be deducted.

After thinking about this, Zhao Xing began to ponder and traverse various works, striving to find a perfect answer.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Xing picked up his pen to answer.

"If there is residual cold in spring, the earth is Yin, all wood does not grow, need to take the earth vein Bing fire to adjust the climate. If the earth has no Bing fire, then take Ding. If both Bing and Ding are absent, then postpone the heavenly time."

"Summer sun steaming is short spring, insect disaster is rampant, need to change directly, restore heavenly time to spring, earth fire to Ding, restore time for one term, then restore to summer, summer short for one term, return to the four seasons."

The standard answer refers to the content of the "Four Seasons Five Elements Theory" Earth Profit Chapter and Heavenly Time Chapter.

This question talks about if the agricultural official's jurisdiction appears, spring wood cannot be used, earth power is cold, summer is scorching, and then birth of locust natural disasters, how to solve it.

The question involves the five elements, four seasons, and natural disasters.

When answering, it must be answered with the five elements heavenly stems and earthly branches, and give a relatively perfect answer.

First use the Earth Profit Faction method to adjust the power of the earth vein. The earth vein has different attributes. Bing fire is the most prosperous and can be used to adjust the cold phenomenon. Ding fire is secondary, but it can barely be used.

If the environment of that place is really harsh and cannot guide Bing and Ding fire, then you can only change the heavenly time, making spring pass quickly, to the next season, which is "postponing the heavenly time."

Summer sun steaming is too heavy, leading to steaming heat, producing all kinds of insect disasters. This is because the spring season is too short. Following the previous sentence, it is the cause and effect.

Don't think too much at this time, change the heavenly time directly, because the insect disaster has already appeared, summer is the time when insect disasters are most rampant, you have no way to solve it by staying in summer.

So you need to restore "heavenly time to spring." Can it be changed to autumn and winter?

No, because the "earth vein Bing fire" was used in the spring season before to solve the cold problem, resulting in spring being short. Now it is necessary to make up for the spring season of one term.

The earth vein is Ding fire, which is relatively gentle and will not lead to the recurrence of cold, nor will it be too far from summer, because after solving the insect natural disaster, you still have to return to summer, which is called "returning to the four seasons."

When Zhao Xing answered, he considered the possibility of the recurrence of insect disasters, so when returning to the position, he wrote to let summer be short for one term.

Because the difference between the heat of summer and autumn is not too big, being short for one term of summer and more for one term of autumn is no problem, and there will be no too big impact. Being short for one term of spring and more for one term of summer will cause big problems.

"If the examiner is not blind, I should get full marks for this question." Zhao Xing checked, turned over this page, and began to continue answering.

Time passed slowly. By night, many candidates had begun to stop writing, because most clerks did not have the ability of Bright Eyes Night Vision.

Zhao Xing didn't want to delay time here either, so he planned to finish as early as possible and hand in the paper in advance.

So even if the light dimmed, he didn't stop writing.

After answering all types of questions before, he began to review again to see if there were better answers and where it was possible to lose points.

After checking several times like this, he would proceed to the next category of questions.

By the time it was dark, Zhao Xing only had the last type of question left:

This type of question only has one sheet, and it is also the most difficult school of thought question.

"Please match the five elements, heavenly stems, earthly branches with the four seasons, and expound the matching thought."