Maidah 101
So the point which I have understood then is that Quran wants to give orders in principle and leaving the application on people, based on their levels of intelligence, “with a sense and feeling of submission” in every act of ours. Objectively thinking, out of those practical applications which can come up there is only one of them which is “the right one”. Quran wants that people just follow the principle and apply that in their own ways with that feeling of submission, and if asked then the objective practical form will be told and that shall be followed. Is that right? But the question still remains, if that is the right application of some command in Quran, we should be thankful that we got that detail from Allah himself, how does that become a burden? And, not being disrespectful, when asked for details why would God make that harder for us to follow, like it was done in the cow case? And also in the cow case people asked that because they wanted to evade following the order, an evil thing, many questions in Quran asked by Muslims were out of curiosity, which is not a bad thing. Also, if on asking more questions, it becomes stricter for them then that strictness should remain to the addressed generation and shouldn’t continue, based on the ethical principle that others shouldn’t be burdened for the acts of someone else (which is a principle which Quran says about the day of judgment too “no one shall bear the burden of someone else”?
The point is unnecessary questions are discouraged. The example you referred to about consultation is also not encouraged but the things one can do with reasoning are not explained in the Quran.