Although he failed to win the first place, Ling Xia did not feel frustrated, because no matter what, he had already passed the semi-finals, which was enough for him, after reading the results, he returned to the barracks to rest, and there was a semi-final tomorrow, he had to recuperate.

In the early morning of the next day, Ling Xia took his number plate and came to the door of the forbidden city's "Wenfang Palace", which was the office of the prime minister and the cabinet scholars.

This morning, the highest-ranking minister in the scholar's hall, when the prime minister Zhuge Yiyan as the chief examiner, will personally evaluate the candidates, Zhuge Yiyan is over sixty years old, ruddy complexion, elegant appearance, bright eyes, serious expression, and exudes a heroic righteousness around his body.

At this moment, he was wearing a purple court uniform, standing in the wind with his hands upright, on the right were four first-class generals, and on the left stood the four major scholars of the cabinet, he stood in the middle, giving people a feeling of stability like a mountain, staring at the candidates who came one after another, Zhuge Yiyan couldn't see any expression on his face.

Ling Xia was wearing a blue Rushan today, still holding the folding fan for X, standing in the designated position, he kept looking around, and saw that there were only about a thousand people around, he couldn't help but be a little strange: "Why are there only so many people?" ”

Just when Ling Xia was feeling puzzled, suddenly, the passage into the scholar's hall was closed, and several Wenchen walked in front of the candidates, perhaps guessing that everyone would be puzzled, and one of the leading Wenchens explained to everyone that only 1,361 people passed yesterday's semi-final.

After hearing this, everyone at the scene was stunned, and their faces were all shocked, you know, there were as many as 13,887 candidates who entered the semi-finals yesterday.

13,887 people entered the semi-finals, but only 1,361 people passed the assessment, in other words, yesterday's semi-finals actually brushed off 90% of the candidates, this ratio is too terrifying.

Glancing lightly at the candidates in front of him, looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Zhuge silently observed something, although most of the candidates on the scene had a surprised and shocked expression, but there were also a few people whose expressions were very calm.

Qiu Luobei looked calm, Win Qiankun looked calm, Nangong Xiu was unhurried, Mu Wanqiong was expressionless, Zhuge Qing was calm and calm, a young man with a dark complexion and honest appearance was calm and calm, and Ling Xia, a popular figure recently, was thoughtful.

Looking at these people with different expressions, Zhuge Yiyan opened the roster and inquired, the person with a dark complexion and a simple expression was named Zhong Yuelin, and the thoughtful person was the military general Ling Xia, looking at the Confucian cedar that Ling Xia was wearing, Zhuge Yiyan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"After taking charge of the 10,000-person team, I have to have a meeting first, and get familiar with the commanders below, I am the commander of 10,000 people, and the positions of the commander and the chief inspector have to be vacated, but there is no suitable person to promote at the moment, to put it bluntly, there is still a shortage of people under my hands.

It is appropriate for the shopkeeper to serve as the chief inspector, but his rank is too low, the fourth thousand-man team can be regarded as an independent thousand-man team, and there is a shortage of a suitable thousand-man commander at the moment, and the first-thousand-person team also has to be adjusted to try to get Nangong Na away......" Ling Xia thought thoughtfully.

Zhuge Yiyan saw that Ling Xia looked thoughtful from beginning to end, and thought how unfathomable he was, but as everyone knows, Ling Xia's mind at this time was all about the 10,000-person team, and he didn't bother about the semi-finals at all.

When he was about to observe, Zhuge coughed lightly, and after everyone was silent, he said in a flat tone: "Zhen Guogong gave an exam question called "State Affairs" yesterday, and appointed Lao Yu and several colleagues as marking officers afterwards.

To tell you the truth, I basically reviewed all of yesterday's examination papers, and found that the answers of many candidates were simply not the lips of the donkey, and some people wrote on the answer sheets such as "begging and eliminating disasters for stability" and "princesses and relatives avoiding war", which is simply incredible.

The island country just recruited some soldiers, horses, food and grass to be scared and begged for stability, let the princess go to make peace, if the island country really fights, those people are afraid that they will immediately defect to the enemy and treason, in view of this, the old man was a little ruthless last night, caught a few wastes, and eliminated ninety percent of the candidates.

Today is the semi-finals, the emperor appointed the old man as the main examiner, since it is related to the happiness of the princess's life, then the old man can only be ruthless again today, in order to help the princess choose the best horse, the old man decided to play a big one today.

After some screening yesterday, the candidates of the two camps today are almost even, and there are 1,361 candidates who have entered the semi-finals, including 683 candidates in the scholar camp and 678 candidates in the martial arts camp.

Listen carefully, today's exam questions are divided into essay questions and martial arts questions, both of which are one question, called "Extreme Challenge", the four generals on my right are first-class military generals, masters of the triple realm of true qi, and the four of them will be auxiliary examiners for martial arts candidates.

The four colleagues on the left of the old man are the four major scholars of the cabinet of the scholar's palace, and the first important ministers of the imperial court, all four of them have written books and biographies, and their literary attainments are even ashamed of themselves.

Later, when the old man announced the start of the exam, the warriors lined up in four teams, each of whom selected an auxiliary examiner, at that time, the auxiliary examiner would deliver a full blow with ten successful forces, and if the candidate received the attack of the auxiliary examiner, he would be deemed to have passed the examination.

Later, the four college students will each compose a poem or couplet, and the candidates will select an assistant examiner in advance, and then the candidates will select an assistant examiner in advance, and take their couplet or create a corresponding poem, which is considered to be passed.

In view of the speed at which the martial arts candidates adjust the auxiliary examiners, the old decay wants to add a difficulty to the scholar candidates, that is, the time for each scholar candidate to connect poems or couplets is only ten minutes, and if the overtime or the answers are not neat, they will be eliminated.

If one candidate is successfully challenged as "Qualified", two Auxiliary Examiners are successfully challenged as "Excellent", three Auxiliary Examiners are successfully challenged as "Excellent", and if a candidate can successfully challenge four Auxiliary Examiners, the result will be assessed as "First Class A". ”

The old man needs to remind you that the scene is in full view, and there are more officials around to supervise, and the auxiliary examiners will not release water, so the semi-finals are a test of your true ability, and only through this assessment set by the old man can you be eligible to enter the finals. ”

"Hiss......"

After listening to the exam questions read out by Zhuge Yiyan, all the candidates were stunned, and the candidates on the scene, including Ling Xia, Qiu Luobei, and Ying Qiankun, all gasped after carefully recalling the content.