Establishing a unified theory that can explain the mysteries of heaven and earth, the cyclical birth and death of all things, through the Five Elements, Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and Four Seasons, had always been the ultimate goal of the Agricultural School.
This proposition was too grand and profound. It was impossible to truly answer, even for the Grand Minister of Agriculture of the First Grade.
But precisely because of this, everyone could score points from the final question.
Clerks only needed to answer according to the existing theories and write down the memorized content. They could score two or three points out of twenty.
If they could slightly relate the Five Elements, Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and Four Seasons, they could get half the points.
To score higher, they needed to come up with something innovative.
