Wang Jie, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, cut the Gordian knot quickly and solved the case of collusion and treason among the officers and soldiers of the Linhai camp. At the same time, he deciphered thirteen secret letters, demonstrating that a solid foundation in mathematics is very necessary in solving certain problems.
When the emperor and his ministers came to the Ge Mansion to watch the hollow test of the plaque inscribed by Taizu, the Minister of Revenue Zhang Huaili revealed that the gold stored in the Ministry of Revenue was fake. The emperor was furious and took the gold stored in the inner treasury and the gold stored in the Ministry of Revenue for a test and comparison, and it turned out that what he said was true.
Therefore, the scene in which Zhang Shangshu denounced the evil magic but was in turn denounced as ignorant was tacitly concealed by all the relevant parties present at the time. Afterwards, Zhang Shangshu, who had a minor stroke due to excessive excitement, retired with honor and was given the honorary title of Prince Junior Tutor, just like the honor of Shuntian Prefecture Yin Wang Jie being granted the first level of nobility, and was talked about by countless people with relish.
Compared with the situation of these two high-ranking officials in the court, the emperor approved that a mathematics question would be added as a routine additional subject in the Shuntian Prefecture examination and the academy examination in the future. If the candidate did not know how to do it, his evaluation would not be lowered; but if he did know how to do it, his grade would be raised by one level. This was a topic that caused quite a stir.
Therefore, when the Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial College started recruiting students separately, the officials of the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen posted the test questions all over the city in accordance with the instructions of Wang Jie, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, which naturally led to a scene where thousands of people flocked to the streets to watch.
And Zhang Shou, the Doctor of the Imperial College who was originally only in charge of mathematics, now took over Banshan Hall. The emperor bestowed him a ruler and even sent two newly enlightened princes over. This news caused an absolute uproar in both the officialdom and the people.
"Dr. Zhang, this is my paper!"
"Please take a look at the questions I did!"
"I can recite the Nine Chapters of the Mathematical Art backwards!"
It was not until the evening, when Wu, accompanied by Old Liu, Aunt Liu, Qiao Hu and Yang Hao, entered the back door of Duke Zhao's mansion with a bitter face. She still felt a lingering fear when she thought of the shouting outside her house during the day.
When she returned to the capital many years later, she was completely in the dark when this happened. Even her thoughts of finding something to do to pass the rest of her life, or living a peaceful life after telling Zhang Shou about her life story, were all scared away by this sudden door-blocking incident.
Seeing Zhu Ying standing at the back door to greet her, she held her chest and said, "I'm so scared. Even at night, I don't dare to go through your front door. I heard that someone was blocking your door and shouting. During the day, I was afraid that someone would break the door or even climb over the wall! It's just an extra question, how could it be so outrageous?"
Mother Li smiled bitterly when she heard this: "Even if you can't do it, it won't affect the evaluation of the article, but if you can do it, you can get extra points and be promoted. Who can give up this opportunity? Madam Wu, if you pass the exam to become a scholar, you will be considered to have a good reputation and be exempted from part of the tax and levy. It is also a prerequisite for taking the exams to become a juren or jinshi. If no one was willing to study at Jiuzhang Hall before, there must be people willing to go there now!"
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "More people is better. The other halls have hundreds of people. If the Jiuzhang Hall has fewer students, then wouldn't Ah Shou be less impressive?"
"Jiuzhang Hall is such a small place, how can we accept just anyone? Anyway, Wang Dayin, you promised yourself that you will be the one to grade the papers and decide on the shortlist. I don't want to have to meet hundreds of people in a row for the interviews!"