Chapter 187 Xianyang Examination, Fan Zeng’s reference
Maodun’s death did not cause much turmoil in the Qin court.
At this time, Da Qin was too confident!
The ministers and generals who destroyed the six kingdoms and soon unified the world are full of confidence. They feel that they can defeat any country in the world. If you Xiongnu are not convinced, then come here to practice?
But the confidence of the ministers and generals is really good, because no one can beat him.
This is the self-confidence of a big and powerful country!
Li Nian felt that if this self-confidence continues to develop, the Qin envoys in the future will become like the Han envoys, becoming a nightmare for small countries, causing trouble everywhere by relying on the power of the country behind them: Come and kill me if you have the guts. , If you don’t kill me, I will kill you, but if you really kill me, you will grow Qin bacteria.
The Xiongnu envoy also had no objection. Facing the powerful Qin, what could they say?
Anyway, Shanyu is in his prime, so he can at least have a few more sons.
On the contrary, it would be better if the Qin people did not use the excuse of Prince Modun to break into the forbidden palace without permission to send troops to attack them.
During the few days they stayed in Xianyang, they became more and more pessimistic that it was impossible for the Xiongnu to defeat Qin.
Qin gave them the feeling of a giant dragon, and this dragon was full of vitality and growing stronger, while the Xiongnu felt like a wolf in its old age, with its body aging and its claws decaying. , exuding a deep twilight atmosphere.
How can a decayed and old wolf be its opponent for a dragon that is already powerful and continues to grow stronger?
According to the news sent back by Liu Ji, this also produced a wonderful phenomenon: these Huns began to praise the strength and beauty of Da Qin, and were full of envy and yearning for Da Qin. Some Huns envoys even said that if they could serve for the people of Da Qin, How nice.
This news was brought to the Ying Zheng case, and Ying Zheng made a decision to let Liu Ji have deeper contact with the Xiongnu envoys and develop these people into Qin's spies in the Xiongnu.
Mao Dun's death caused some waves among the people, but the blame was placed more firmly on Li Nian. It is generally believed that Li Nian was responsible for Mao Dun. Even if he did not personally give the order, it is definitely Li Nian's fault. Handwriting.
But according to folk rumors, there is nothing wrong with Li Nian killing Mao Dun. On the contrary, it is too right. Mr. Li Nian killed the Hun prince in a rage because of Princess Shunying. How romantic?
The version that Li Nian killed the Hun prince in anger for the princess is the fastest and most widely circulated among the people, but it is getting more and more outrageous, and a lot of information has been added to it. It is estimated that in a few hundred years, it will become A classic folk tale has been brought to the screen.
After learning about the version that appeared among the people, Li Nian could only lament that no matter what era, people like gossip, even in Da Qin, which has backward productivity.
I hope that the folk version of the story will not be too outrageous or too bloody, and that in the future we will not let some popular celebrity play the role of ourselves.
But Li Nian has no time to care about his folk stories now, because the Xianyang University Examination is about to be held, and he is checking and filling in the gaps in the entire process of the Xianyang University Examination.
The Xianyang Examination is essentially the Da Qin version of the Imperial Examination. It is the first session and will definitely affect the various Da Qin examinations that will be formally established later. Try to do as well as you can in what you can do well.
Different from the imperial examinations of later dynasties, the Xianyang Examination did not test Confucian classics and principles, but only three subjects: policy questions, arithmetic, and investigation of things, and the test was completed in one day.
The question of policy was posed by the First Emperor, while the question of arithmetic and the investigation of things were posed by Li Nian.
The first day of the first lunar month is the beginning of the year in later generations, and the first day of the new year is not the first day of the new year, but it is the day when the Xianyang Examination is held.
Before the First Emperor proclaimed himself emperor, the news that the exam would be held in Xianyang had already spread throughout the world. Within a few months, many people were attracted to Xianyang by the exam.
According to Li Nian’s knowledge, there are more than 3,000 applicants. In later generations, this may not be as high as the number of applicants for the college entrance examination in a high school, but in this era it is already remarkable.
Firstly, the literacy rate is low, secondly, transportation is inconvenient, and thirdly, not everyone is willing to come.
It is quite good that more than 3,000 people came to refer to it.
At nine o'clock, Fan Zeng came outside the examination room.
He hated Qin very much and wanted to regain Chu. But when he got the news about the Xianyang exam, he thought about it and ran over. He had no other reason but to come and see what the King of Qin was going to do.
He has also read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and knows that "If you know your enemy and yourself, you will not be in danger in a hundred battles; if you don't know your enemy but know yourself, you will win and lose in one battle; if you don't know your enemy and yourself, you will be in danger in every battle." If you want to defeat people like Da Qin, To be a strong enemy, you must first understand the movements of Da Qin.
This is a military camp near Xianyang, and is now used as the Xianyang University Examination Site.
After passing the inspection by Qin soldiers at the camp gate, Fan Zengjin went to the military camp, looking for the No. 8 examination room where he would be today.
A few days ago, when the Qin people organized their inspection of the examination room, he had already been there, so he found the examination room smoothly.
Finding seat No. 23 written in Qin seal and two unfamiliar symbols, Fan Zeng took out an inkstone, bamboo tube, ink sticks, pens, etc. from his bag to prepare for the exam.
After he was fully prepared, Fan Zeng began to look at the other people in the examination room. Most of them were middle-aged and old people, not many young people.
Although there were many people looking at the examination room like him, it was obvious that no one was interested in communicating. However, when he looked at the person on his right, the person nodded at him.
This man is a middle-aged man with a very tall physique. Even sitting there, he is much taller than him. He does not look like a person who should be educated and literate, and he should not be carrying a sword to fight on the battlefield.
However, people cannot be judged by appearance, and sea water cannot be measured. Although this man looks like someone who has been on the battlefield, maybe he is very knowledgeable and even better than his Fan Zeng?
Fan Zeng bowed to this man and then closed his eyes to calm down. It was said that the thing called "paper" would be used in this exam, and he didn't know how he would use the paper in the exam.
Fan Zeng did not let Fan Zeng rest for too long, a voice came from the front: "Everyone, the Xianyang exam is about to start in a moment. Those who need to go to the toilet now, or those who have not prepared pen and ink, can still go to the toilet. Once the exam starts, you will need to register and receive the pen and ink until then. The exam is over and you are not allowed to leave in the middle of the exam!"
After the voice finished, someone stood up and walked out. Fan Zeng thought for a while and decided to go to the toilet. It is said that the exam will last for an hour and a half. , he is over fifty years old, what if he can’t hold it in any longer?
After Fan Zeng returned, he found that there were several more Qin soldiers in the examination room.
Naturally, these Qin soldiers came to supervise their exams.
Not long after Fan Zeng returned to his seat, he heard a "dang" sound and a person walked in from outside. It was the person who had just asked them to go to the toilet, but now he had an extra bag in his hand.
The person raised the bag in his hand and showed it to everyone in the examination room: "This is where today's test paper is. One person can only take one paper. The person who got the test paper passes it backwards. You are not allowed to take more. This is an exam. For Ce's question, the time is one and a half hours."
"When the time is up, even if the time is up. If you fail to answer the test questions, you must stop writing immediately. During the test, you are not allowed to move around, leave the venue, speak, peek into other people's test papers, or influence other people's answers. Once you are found to have the above behavior, your test results will be invalid."
(End of this chapter)