Royal Palace.

Golden Palace.

Morning court is underway.

However, the emperor and the ministers were chatting in a mess, and had no intention of discussing other government affairs.

The top priority of the Great Chu Dynasty was the third round of "national examination", and 200 juren who passed the national examination will be selected.

This is the most important link in the new imperial examination policy. As long as you pass the "national examination", you will be a minor official in the court and you will be able to earn the job of the official family.

Two hundred officials selected through the imperial examination will soon appear in the court.

Emperor Xiang Yanran and the ministers of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers were all waiting for the mysterious test papers of this national examination.

Of course, the selected officials need to be found.

The confidentiality of this national test paper is very good, and no one knows it except Xiao Hunhou.

"Your Majesty, the national examination paper has arrived!"

Several eunuchs rushed over and rushed to the palace with more than a hundred test papers.

The examination of Jinling Gongyuan has officially begun.

The eunuchs finally got the national examination papers at the Jinling Gongyuan and quickly sent them to the emperor and the ministers for their review.

Emperor Xiang Yanran took a random exam paper.

This is the first time since he ascended the throne, he has adopted the imperial examination method to select talents from the entire Great Chu.

Of course he was very curious about the national examination papers released by Xiao Hunhou.

There are only nine questions in this national test paper, which is much less than the previous county test and county test.

"The first question in the national examination - astronomical arithmetic test.

Please listen to the question:

A piece of paper is thicker and folded in half and doubled. If you fold it forty times repeatedly, the thickness can go from the earth to the moon. Then, how far away is the earth to the moon? Please write down the calculation process of each fold!"

Xiang Yanran was stunned and twitched his face.

How far from the ground to the moon?

He discovered.

The first question stumped him.

As an emperor, he is well-versed in ancient times and has read countless books... But he doesn't know how to calculate this question.

Let's not worry about this question for now.

Look at the next question.

"The second question in the national examination - physics and arithmetic test questions. Why does water turn into ice, why does it turn into gas and disappear? Explain the principle."

Emperor Xiang Yanran was stunned for a long time with the teacup in his hand.

You can understand every word of this question.

But if he formed a sentence, he couldn't understand it.

Why does water turn into ice, and why does water turn into gas?

You ask me?

Who would I ask?

How did he know?!

"The third question of the National Examination - Historical Evolution and Farming Test Questions: Stone tools, bronze tools, iron tools, steel tools, and changes in agricultural tools from ancient times to the present have done a good job in increasing arable land and increasing grain production, how much population can be increased, and how much national strength can it increase?"

"Forget it, next one!"

"The fourth way to ask the National Examination - Medical Examination Question: How many plagues have occurred in Dachu? How many types of plagues have caused to the dynasty and society? Under what circumstances will it break out, and how to treat, prevent and isolate them?"

"Forget it, I'll go back and do the first question, try origami!"

After all, origami is a little easier.

Emperor Xiang Yanran took out a blank piece of marquis paper.

Isn’t it just a half fold? How easy!

Xiang Yanran said intimately.

Fold it, two millimeters.

Fold twice, four millimeters.

Bring three times, eight milli... sixteen milli... thirty-two milli... sixty-four milli...

Fen eight...!

Uh, it's over, I can't break it.

How many times does this piece of paper have to be folded to fold on the moon?

Emperor Xiang Yanran tried his best and did not turn to the ninth stroke. As for the calculation, after more than ten times, he didn't know how to calculate it.

Xiang Yanran gave up dejectedly.

He was the emperor of the Great Chu State and could not answer any question correctly.

What ancient book did Xiao Hunhou search for these strange test questions?!

...

In the court, the ministers were also trying hard to solve the problem, whispering from time to time.

"The test questions of Xiaohunhou are too nonsense and too unqualified.

A piece of thin paper was folded forty times, and I'm afraid it was not as high as my roof, so why did it reach the moon?"

Some officials said very disdainfully.

When the Dameng Order Yang Chu heard this, he shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily the case. If your roof is more than ten feet tall, you only need to fold it twelve times... If you don't believe it, try to fold it 100% off."

"How is that possible!"

The official was dissatisfied and took a piece of white paper and folded it.

After only eight times, he tried his best, his face turned red, and he still couldn't break.

If you can't break it, you can only use a pen to calculate it.

But as I calculated, I couldn't do it anymore.

He didn't know what to do, the more he calculated, the more terrifying he became!

...

"Who is the dear friend of mine who will answer this test paper?"

Xiang Yanran couldn't help but ask the ministers in the hall.

In court.

The court officials such as Taiwei Li Rong, Taichang Lu Zi kept looking through the nine test questions in the national examination, with their eyelids twitching and looking at each other, and no one dared to say anything.

At first glance, these test questions seem to be very small.

But after thinking about it carefully, my mind was confused and I couldn't answer anything.

"My memory, please call on all the doctors in this dynasty who are in charge of books, classics, and specialize in planning to solve the national test questions together!"

The Daong Ling Yang Chu said: "And find all the related books!"

"allow!"

Emperor Xiang Yanran immediately summoned all the doctors from the Great Chu Dynasty to go to the palace to solve the first test questions in the national examination.

All the court officials and doctors worked hard to search for solutions.

A stick of incense passed... an hour passed... most of the day passed.

The ministers in the hall were sweating profusely.

The first question is actually the simplest, because it only requires repeated overlay calculations.

But it is still extremely difficult.

Because the method used by the Great Chu Dynasty did not have the formula commonly used by later generations, it was not a "abbreviation", but an older "planning" - a bag of "bamboo chips" used as a counter.

Put one to five points horizontally, representing one to five numbers respectively.

Put one vertically, which represents five. Two vertically represent ten.

One vertical and four horizontal, representing nine.

It adopts decimal system, single digits, ten digits, hundreds digits, thousand digits, ten thousand digits...

The ministers made "plans" on the ground, and kept doubling the calculations, doubled forty-one times.
To be continued...