Chapter 21: The Book Palace
Ji Yan followed the attendant to the poetry hall, and found that there were only a few people, and he felt a little strange in his heart, there were no less than 100 people who took the exam, how could there be so few people in the poetry hall. Looking around, Ji Yan found that most of these people were dressed as scholars, and most of them seemed to be thin and weak.
"This brother, why are there only a few of us who have taken the entrance examination for this book hall?" Ji Yan asked the person closest to him. The man looked at Ji Yan and said, "Brother must also be a child of a poor family, this is the first time to take the entrance examination for this academy?"
"The younger brother is not talented, it is indeed the first time to come, and I hope that my brother will solve his doubts. Ji Yan replied. "Brother is polite, I don't hide it, I am also from a poor family, fortunately, the family teacher is merciful, and I have this opportunity to ask someone to do something, as for why there are so few people in the book hall, it is a little said. The man replied.
"Oh, is there anything else that can't be hidden?" Ji Yan asked. The man glanced at Ji Yan again, and said with a look of longing: "Brother Tai knows that there are some people in the world who have the favor of God, can accept the vitality of heaven and earth in their own bodies, and have the ability to move mountains and seas, these people are called cultivators. β
"This little brother has heard of it. Ji Yan secretly thought, labor and management are cultivators, what's the big deal. "If we scholars can be admitted to the academy, most of them will be able to get a good clerical job in the imperial court in the future, so most of the people who come here to take the exam are ordinary scholars, and those children of the family have many cultivation methods, so most of them are tested in the other five arts, and I don't know much about the way of cultivation among them.
"Isn't there a cultivator in calligraphy?" Ji Yan wondered. "It's not that there are none, but the number of people is very small, and the world-famous Shusheng is the one who entered the Tao with books, but there don't seem to be many other people who can preach with this. β
While they were talking, the chamberlain had already led them into the main hall, and when they were seated, they handed out the test papers. Ji Yan was secretly excited in his heart, he chose this book hall because he used to take exams often, and he could grasp these theoretical things more by himself, otherwise he would be looking for abuse compared to those perverts.
took the test paper and looked at a few test questions, Ji Yan found that it was actually an extremely simple fill-in-the-blank, what is my day and three times, and then there was an empty piece in the back, such a simple fill-in-the-blank question. Junior high school students will do it.
How did he know that "Zilun" was originally a Confucian holy scripture, in addition to the fact that there was also this book in his previous life by coincidence, and the gentleman in Linxi Village didn't care about it and taught it to the young children in the village, in addition to the time, there are a few people who can have this honor to watch, even if they watch, who dares to leak it at will, so this exam is like cheating for him, no wonder he thinks it is simple.
Of course, the college exam is not so easy, and the questions include not only literature and history, but also arithmetic. "Today there are chickens, rabbits in the same cage, there are a total of one hundred and two, there are four hundred legs, ask the chickens, rabbits, each geometry. Ji Yan grinned, if Lao Tzu didn't know such a simple elementary school equation problem, it would be better to hit his head and die.
Unconsciously, it was already the last question, Ji Yan looked at it, it turned out to be a poem, and there were no specific requirements, completely according to his own preferences, Ji Yan secretly thought: "This, this, this is simply - send points." β
After thinking about it for a while, he smiled, and then waved his pen: "When is the spring flower and autumn moon?" Xiaolou had another east wind last night, so the country could not afford to look back at the moonlight. The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed. How sad can you be? Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
Ji Yan confidently handed in the papers, and found that it was still early, so he decided to go to several other test halls to see, the academy does not limit everyone's examination subjects, if you want, you can take every subject exam, but few people will do this, because the academy assessment requirements are extremely high, so often one subject is enough for them to take care of, but Ji Yan is different, he did not come with the belief of victory, although he did want to give himself some confidence, even if he felt that the book test was bigger than me just now, but he still hoped that he could be more secure, then he could only try his luck againγ
"Chess, swords, painting, music, royal, I don't seem to know anything. Ji Yan sighed secretly, when he used to go to school, he would play chess at most, play a flute or something, and draw at the level of a primary school student, as for swordsmanship and riding, Ji Yan smiled again, and put it in the past, where can ordinary people play.
At this moment, a quaint sound of the piano came, like mountains and flowing water, echoing in the hollow valley, refreshing, Ji Yan unconsciously walked in the direction where the sound of the piano came.
"Is this, Rakuden?" a group of people in front of him were huddled around a young girl playing the piano, most of whom seemed to have followed the sound of the piano into another world, their faces full of intoxication, only the examiner's face showed an approving smile.
After a song, everyone was stunned, and then woke up from the state just now. "Miss Yang's piano skills are really getting higher and higher. "Yes, yes, I'm afraid the top of the music hall this time is Miss Yang. The crowd was amazed. It turned out that the person who played the piano was Yang Jiu'er.
Hearing everyone's praise, she just hugged the qin and smiled gently, showing everyone's beautiful spirit, after seeing Ji Yan, she stretched out her hand to say hello: "Why did you come out so quickly? β
"Boring? What do you think of here, how many people can be said to have abandoned their wives for this exam, you actually say that you are boring? Are you sure that you have passed the exam?" the little girl pulled Ji Yan aside and said secretly. "It's because I didn't take care of myself that I came here to try my luck. Ji Yan replied honestly.
"Try your luck, my God, how can I know someone like you?" the little girl reached out and put her forehead on her forehead, making a headache, "How can the academy try its luck and get in." With this girl's talent, she has studied piano skills for three years, and you kid is too unreasonable. β
"Why are you so nervous, even if you don't pass the test, it doesn't have much to do with you, you care about me so much, do you have any intentions for me?" After speaking, Ji Yan pretended to be very scared and clasped his hands on his chest, like a girl who was molested.
"You go to die. Yang Jiu'er punched Ji Yan, the latter dodged and raised his hand to surrender, and the little girl didn't pursue anymore, "Don't be amorous here, if you can't pass the test, then I won't have one less thug in the future, when will the pill you owe me be paid off." β
"It's really sad, it turns out that you are only thinking about the elixir, so I can only try my best to be admitted to the academy. After speaking, Ji Yan took a bamboo Xiao and stepped forward. Different from the book subject, there is no fixed content of the exam, students can play at will, of course, the college examiner still values the artistic conception, and the final result of the exam is decided by the examiner.
Previously, Yang Jiu'er was the last examiner, and the examiner still sat aside and never left, just to wait for Ji Yan to take the math exam, this kind of person is either lucky, or has real talent and learning, it is said that someone once took six subjects in a row and occupied the top of the top six exams, so each examiner was very patient, because they were very much looking forward to meeting such a person again.
"Disciple Ji Yan, the instrument he chose was, Zhu Xiao. β