Chapter 45

Through the five elements, heavenly stems, earthly branches, and four seasons, establishing a unified theory that can expound the mysteries of heaven and earth and the cycle of life and death of all things has always been the ultimate goal of the Agricultural School.

This proposition is too grand and too profound. It is impossible to really answer it. Even the Great Sima Nong of the first rank cannot do it.

But precisely because of this, everyone can get points from the last question.

Clerks only need to answer according to the current theory and write down the things they have memorized by rote. Twenty points can always get two or three points.

If you can slightly relate the five elements, heavenly stems, earthly branches, and four seasons, you can get half the points.

If you want higher, you have to answer with some new ideas.

But it can't be too out of line, and it must be based on existing theories, otherwise it is "fabrication," and even those experienced agricultural officials may not be able to do it.

Since it is very difficult to answer with new ideas, why ask this question?

Because the Five Elements Four Seasons Theory is very important. All agricultural officials will refer to the Five Elements Four Seasons Theory when practicing the Solar Term Order.

If the four seasons are not obvious, then set the four seasons. How to set it? It must be matched with the five elements.

If the four seasons are chaotic, then change the four seasons. How to change it? Still need to use the power of the five elements.

So this question is basically never outdated.

"Clerks can answer freely and write their own views and guesses, but answering must also be based on the examiner's preferences."

"If the examiner is the Heavenly Time Faction, then it must be cut from the theory of the book 'Heavenly Time Great Five Elements.' If the examiner is the 'Earth Profit Faction,' then 'Earth King Season Summer Theory' is the most suitable."

"If it is the Self Faction? That is 'Yin-Yang Five Elements Self Classic.' However, the Self Faction is weak, and this school of thought is not popular and does not touch the mainstream doctrine. Using it to cut the question belongs to forced answering," Zhao Xing secretly thought.

The Self Faction believes that there is a set of heavenly time operation in the living body, which is simply "biological clock," matching the five elements with the five internal organs, and matching the heavenly stems and earthly branches with other organs of the body.

This statement is called "Small Five Elements Four Seasons Theory," also known as "Inner Five Elements Four Seasons Theory." From the name, you can see that it is not accepted by the mainstream and is relatively unpopular.

But wait until the recovery version, the Self Faction rises, and this theory becomes popular, and it crushes other schools.

Because "pure element soil can be opened in the body," "native seeds can be cultivated in the dantian," and even internal observation of heaven and earth, becoming a world itself.

But now if you write it out, even people from the Self Faction will think you are a madman, because currently at most you can "open pure element soil," and become a world itself in the body? Are you crazy!

So Zhao Xing directly excluded it.

"The earliest Five Elements Chapter, Jia matches wood, Bing matches fire, Wu matches earth, Geng matches metal, Ren matches water. But the correlation is too weak, and it doesn't consider the coordination of the four seasons at all."

"Later, the four seasons were divided into three months: 'Meng,' 'Zhong,' and 'Ji'."

"The three months of Mengchun, Zhongchun, and Jichun in spring are located in the east, the five elements belong to wood, matching Jia and Yi."

"The two months of Mengxia and Zhongxia in summer are located in the south, the five elements belong to fire, matching Bing and Ding."

"The third month of summer, 'Jixia,' is located in the center, the five elements belong to earth, matching Wu and Ji."

"The three months of Mengqiu, Zhongqiu, and Jiqiu in autumn are located in the west, the five elements belong to metal, matching Geng and Xin."

"The three months of Mengdong, Zhongdong, and Jidong in winter are located in the north, the five elements belong to water, matching Ren and Gui."

This is the mainstream "Earth King Season Summer Theory."

Zhao Xing didn't intend to answer brilliantly, because he basically wouldn't lose points in front of him, and it was enough to stand out from this assessment, so he copied the mainstream theory and transcribed it.

In this way, he could get 30% of the points anyway.

"If this question is asked in the formal temple examination, I can add a little improvement. The current five elements matching the month is not balanced. Fire and earth are too weak, and they only match two months together."

"Should I put a little view first?"

Zhao Xing pondered for half an hour, and had not moved his pen.

Finally, he decided to write two more sentences.

"The five elements are no more precious than earth. Earth's command of the four seasons is that there is nothing that does not command, and it does not fight for fame with fire."

"Use wood, fire, metal, and water to govern one season each, and earth resides in the center, holding the rope to control the four directions."

After writing these two sentences, Zhao Xing didn't answer much more. This just slightly improved the shortcoming of the unbalanced five elements matching the month, which is not a very big change.

In fact, it is to exclude "earth" from "governing the four seasons" and give it a false name of "controlling the four directions."

But it is enough. A small clerk who can write these can already reflect that you are very thoughtful.

In fact, this is the prototype of the later "Earth King Four Seasons Theory," but Zhao Xing doesn't intend to release the improved "Earth King Four Seasons Theory" of later generations now. Virtue does not match the position, and too much talk will lead to disaster.

After answering the last question, Zhao Xing found that the sky was already bright, and it was already the second day.

"The exam started in the afternoon, and now it is the second day morning. I actually answered for so long? It seems that I considered the last question for too long."

A real top student has to consider controlling points. In the last assessment, Zhao Xing not only controlled his own points, but also controlled others' points.

This time he had to consider the actual impact, so he thought longer.

"Starving to death, I didn't even eat, and the food delivered was cold."

After getting rich from river scavenging, Zhao Xing looked down on this cold "employee meal."

Anyway, he planned to hand in the paper in advance, so he went out of the examination room to the restaurant.

Zhao Xing organized the answer sheet, without missing a single sheet, and walked towards the invigilation hall.

The sky was not fully bright in the early morning, but the patrol and invigilation were not slack. If it were a formal temple examination, even Yin gods would come to invigilate to prevent ghosts from helping people cheat!

"Huh? Why hand in the paper so early?" Xue Wen sat in the hall, looking at Zhao Xing who walked in with the guard, and couldn't help but frown.

He thought Zhao Xing was too arrogant. The exam time hadn't passed half, and he finished it?

Xue Wen set the questions, and he naturally knew the difficulty. In order to screen talents and report to the prefecture, the subsequent exams were harder than the last.

Zhao Xing's spell comprehension is good, but theory is another matter. A muscular man may not necessarily write a beautiful article.

"Two A-plus ratings, did it make him arrogant?"

Zhao Xing handed in the answer sheet and saluted: "My lords, I am here to hand in the paper."

Gao Linong, Tang Wanchun, and Pang Yuan were quite surprised. Their thoughts were similar to Xue Wen's. You finished it in such a short time?

But then they restrained their expressions, without joy or sorrow, and there was an idea in their hearts:

Good, good, good, not afraid of you being arrogant, just afraid you are not arrogant enough. Handing in the paper first, we must review it carefully, and we must not let go!

Chen Shijie's view was different from theirs. His confidence in Zhao Xing far exceeded others, which stemmed from his natural trust in a "soulmate."

"Good, the first one to hand in the paper, I really didn't misread you. You wait here for a moment, we can check the results immediately."