Fang Ming disagreed, "In that case, shouldn't the primary focus of the examination be agriculture? The Great General's emphasis on agriculture is quite apparent. He personally plowed the fields on the second day of the second lunar month and ordered officials everywhere to encourage farming and mulberry cultivation, reduce land taxes and levies. The focus for this year is on agriculture, so shouldn't it be tested?"
"The country is founded on agriculture, which everyone knows. Does it need to be tested?" Xi Lan said, "Exams should test issues that confuse or are debated among officials, only then can we find effective strategies."
Fang Ming retorted, "What a joke. Exams test the talent of the candidate and their virtue. Only those with both talent and virtue are qualified to stand in the court to assist the monarch in governing the country."
