The Tang King walked along the paved bluestone pavement, walking through the crowd, those children of the Hanmen who had never even heard of the Yamen, witnessed the Tang Emperor passing by him, and the excitement in his heart could not be expressed in words.

People in the world say that when Li Muchen, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was young, he read a lot of books, and his literary talent was unparalleled in the world, and there were few people in the world who could be defeated, which also made many readers worship Li Muchen.

Seeing it now, it's like a fan seeing an idol, how can they be indifferent?

Tang Wang walked along the way, looked ahead, and finally came to the high platform of Yanwu, overlooking everyone, he first looked around, but there was no trace of Li Changsheng, and it was indeed difficult to find a person accurately among thousands of people.

He wasn't worried that Li Changsheng wouldn't come to participate, he was just a little curious, after half a month of study, how much progress this kid had made was exciting.

At this time, walking on the high platform, an old man with gray hair and kind eyebrows, he walked slowly with the dragon head cane given by the emperor.

Seeing this, King Tang personally stepped forward to help him, and shouted respectfully: "Teacher, you are here." ”

The person who is called a "teacher" by the current saint and can be personally supported by Li Muchen, looking at the entire Chang'an City, there are only two people who have this qualification.

One of them is Cheng Zhijie, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is the principal of Guozijian - Shang Zhizhou. When the Tang King was young, he studied in the Guozijian, and Shang Zhizhou was the Bole of the Tang King.

Over the years, Shang Zhizhou served as the principal of Guozijian and sent many talents to the empire, and his merits were incalculable, and the Tang King was also quite important to him.

This time, Guozijian expanded the recruitment of new students, and Shang Zhizhou was also absolutely in favor.

"Teacher, you are the examiner, so you can announce the rules of this exam." Tang Wang said.

"Obey orders!"

Shang Zhizhou saluted, just came to the front of the stage and said: "In this examination, the rules are still the same, no different from the imperial examination, the time limit is limited, and a perfect examination paper can be answered according to the arguments." ”

Such a rule, everyone is familiar with it, the examiner will ask questions, put forward arguments, and then the candidates can write their own opinions within the specified time, and the same is true for the imperial examination.

Seeing that there was not much change in everyone's faces, Shang Zhizhou said again: "Don't take it lightly, although this exam is the same as the imperial examination, it is also different. ”

"Due to the large number of people who took the exam, it was unexpected, and the admission date is tomorrow, and it is impossible to complete the correction of all the exam papers in one day."

"In order to ensure that the start time of school arrives as scheduled, I have discussed with His Majesty that the results of today's exam will be released on the spot."

Wow!!

As soon as these words came out, the scene caused an uproar. There are more than 6,000 candidates who take the exam, and no matter how many teachers mark the exam papers, it is impossible to complete the marking.

It's not modern, it has high-tech means. In ancient times, it was all manpower, and it was an impossible task to mark more than 6,000 examination papers in one day.

Shang Zhizhou saw the audience talking quietly, and they kept talking, he said: "Everyone be quiet, and continue to talk after listening." ”

"I know what I think in my heart, there are so many exam papers that it can be completed in a day." Shang Zhizhou said, "As I said just now, this examination is slightly different from the imperial examination, and its biggest difference lies in time. ”

Time?!

Someone was shocked, I don't understand what the hell Shang Zhizhou is doing.

The imperial examination is scheduled for one day, that is, twelve hours. But this exam, there are only ......

"You must complete the exam within half an hour, and if you cannot complete the answer within the specified time, you will be considered eliminated; Those who have completed the answer will be judged by a special person to make the final announcement. ”

When Shang Zhizhou finished speaking, the discussion was replaced by silence, and the scene was dead silent, and the silence was terrifying. The candidates present were stunned and dumbfounded, don't say half an hour, even if it is three hours, they can't finish answering at all.

The first thought that popped into everyone's head was: it's over.

More than 6,000 candidates gathered in the Imperial City Square, with Shang Zhizhou as the chief examiner, and Tang Wang and hundreds of civil and military officials jointly supervised the production.

However, when the rules of the examination were announced, it was a thunderbolt for those who came to take the examination.

Half an hour?!

Even if it is the imperial examination, the time limit is enough for 12 hours, and it is only half an hour, with a flick of the fingers, even if you are familiar with the ancient and modern, it is difficult to complete the answer.

It is the answer to the exam, which must be proposed by the examiner, and only after the candidate knows the question can he conceive, argue and write.

Throughout the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there were very few people who could write chapters immediately. In the Tengwang High Pavilion, Wang Bo exported a chapter, and a "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" shocked the five mountains, shocked the world, and crowned the world, however, how many students in the world can compare with Wang Bo's literary brilliance?

Mo said that those poor students were surprised, and even the students of Guozijian were also sighing, they couldn't complete an answer sheet in half an hour.

Even some officials said, "Half an hour? I'm afraid that before I can write a pen, I'm afraid that the exam has ended. ”

"I wonder what Your Majesty and President Shang are thinking? It's only been half an hour, and it seems that everyone is going to be wiped out today, and no one will be able to complete the exam at all. ”

"Since ancient times, there has never been such a rule, alas!! It's really incomprehensible. ”

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The courtiers beside him were also whispering, Tang Wang and Shang Zhizhou listened to it, but they ignored it, at the beginning, after Li Muchen proposed such a perverted rule, even Shang Zhizhou hesitated, but the principal is the principal, and he has always stood on Tang Wang's side.

How did the group of courtiers who kept talking know that Li Muchen's approach was not only a test of the students' literary talent, but more importantly, a test of their on-the-spot quality and ability.

A qualified talent, if he only has literary talent, but does not have excellent psychological quality, he will always be overwhelmed.

Tang Wang stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the students in the audience complaining, and the students of Guozijian were even more sad, it was because they were students of Shang Zhizhou that they better understood the principal's temperament and personality, and he was upright and never favored any side, which could be described as absolute fairness.

Seeing the bitter faces of the candidates in the audience, Shang Zhizhou was slightly displeased, as the principal of Guozijian, he always had the habit of teaching students some teachers, he said: "As a student of the empire, your performance today is really disappointing, you have been studying for more than ten years, with such virtue, how to govern the world?!" Just listen to its rules, but before the results come out, the will has been consumed, is this the arrogance that a scholar should have? ”

"The way of Confucius and Mencius emphasizes the word 'benevolence', however, the benevolent person should not be afraid of the enemy; whether it is a soldier on the battlefield, or a vertical pen and horizontal calligraphy, you must not be defeated first, even if you die on the battlefield, even if you die on the table, you must meet all invincible enemies with a proud fighting spirit, this is the way of the sages."

Shang Zhizhou is not the principal of Guozijian, even if he is old, what he says is still so imposing. Thousands of students in the audience, after these remarks, all bowed their heads silently, like a group of children who had done something wrong.

Hearing the principal's inquiry, Tang Wang was disgusted, when he was young, he had also listened to the principal's lessons, and now like this, he is a little nostalgic.

Shang Yezhou also knew how to grasp the measure, knowing that this place was the place where the imperial city exams, not the school, so he didn't say anything more and stopped there.

"Now, it's up to me to announce the topic of this exam." Shang Zhizhou said that he would not change the rules of the exam, no matter how the students present objected, he would insist on doing so, which was his obsession.

With that, he walked to the edge of the high platform, took a horizontal scroll, and held it in both hands, so that the wide scroll fell freely, and then unfolded and appeared in front of everyone.

"On the Governance of the Country"

Such four words, impressively reflected in everyone's eyeballs, compared with other topics, talking about the policy of governing the country, is a relatively broad topic, if there is no overall mind, there is no way to start, so it can be regarded as one of the topics, the topic is more difficult, not to mention in half an hour to complete the answer, undoubtedly more difficult.

Shang Zhizhou did things vigorously and resolutely, and after the thesis was announced, he ordered someone to sound the gong and drum of the exam.

"Exams, it's officially started!!" The sound of gongs and drums fell, and it was announced by a special person.

Li Changsheng was "drowned" in the crowd, except for that beautiful face, it was really difficult to have other shining points to attract the attention of others.

When the exam began, I saw the people around me in trouble out of the corner of my eye, some people scratched their ears and cheeks, some sweated profusely, and some people trembled so much that they couldn't hold the pen and write.

In such a tight timeframe, almost everyone was in a mess, and from the outset, they knew it was an impossible task.

For those who have poor psychological quality, being chased by time, this feeling is like the last fifteen minutes of the countdown to the exam, and their test paper is empty, and they suddenly panicked, and they didn't know what to do.

Even the most basic one plus one equals two has been forgotten.

People like this are what Tang Wang wants to eliminate the most.

In fact, everything went according to expectations, Tang Wang was on a high place, standing with his hands in his hands, overlooking the people in the square, whether it was a poor student or a noble child, almost all of them had a blank in their heads.

Even the geniuses of the Tianzi class, such as Fang Yang, Helan Mountain, and Wenren Muyue, were also in deep thought.

Even this group of geniuses has fallen into a "bitter battle", can you imagine what the others will be like?

For them, half an hour is short and torturous. In a hurry, even if a "On National Policy" can be written, the quality of its writing can be imagined.

Li Changsheng saw a lot of people, wiping his sweat and flustered, he looked puzzled and confused, he couldn't understand why they were like this?!

Changsheng shrugged his shoulders, as if he was nothing, picked up the pen, very fast, but not panicked, very calm, and didn't know what to write on the paper.

It wasn't until a second before the exam that Li Changsheng put down his pen, and he was obviously very satisfied with his answers.

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Unconsciously, half an hour, a blink of an eye passed, only to hear someone shouting: "The exam is over, everyone put down the pen in their hands." ”