On the first day of December in the third year of Yuanfu, Wu Haogu took Pan Qiaolian, Mo Niangzi, Ao Niangzi and others to bid farewell to their mentor Su Dongpo, the good apprentice Mi Youren, and the concubine Ximen Qing, and embarked on the way to the west and went to Kaifeng Mansion.

And the next day, that is, the second day of December, that is, the day when the first college entrance examination in Chinese history began!

There is only one volunteer that can be filled in this college entrance examination, which is the University Hall of Yuntai Xuegong - haha, the most awesome university in China in the future may not be Peking University Tsinghua University, maybe it will become Lianyungang Huaihai University!

It was the "Millennium University" founded in the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1100), and it was the end of Peking University and Tsinghua University in this year alone.

And the first president of "Lianyungang Huaihai University" was Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty! Famous alumni include Li Gang, Gao Yanei and others - Li Gang is sure to be able to enter, and Gao Yu has already sent a letter to Wu Haogu a few days ago, saying that his sons will enter the Yuntai Academy in a few years, so Gao Yanei is also a famous alumni of Lianyungang Huaihai University. As for other awesome alumni, there must be many more, but I don't know yet......

Fan Zhiwen is undoubtedly also an alumnus of Lianyungang Huaihai University, because Wu Haogu has already taken care of Mi Youren and accepted him to get started. However, Fan Zhiwen himself didn't know about this on the afternoon of the second day of December, and he was still anxious. If you only test the essence of the Five Classics and the moral essay, Fan Zhiwen is not worried. His essay couldn't pass the Jinshi, but it was more than enough to take the exam. There is no problem with such a standard as an official school like Yuntai Academy, right? However, the entrance exam of Yuntai Academy has to test Lao Shizi's talent!

But what talent does Fan Zhiwen have? Although I can make poems, I can't do it very well. Now that the imperial examination has long been out of poetry, why does Fan Zhiwen work poetry? And he didn't have much talent for poetry. As for filling in the words, he doesn't want to do it even more, he doesn't understand the rhythm at all, how can he fill in the words? Even if you bite the bullet, most of them will fall off the list in the end.

So after thinking about it, he still thought of the Black Cloud Sword he was carrying. He doesn't know how to do serious swordsmanship, but he still doesn't leave his sword now, and sometimes he will pull it out and play with it a few times. And during the period of listening to the class in Yuntai Village, he also met a nobleman, a bachelor surnamed Mi under Mr. Dongpo's door, and saw that he was playing with a long sword, so he pointed to him three strokes of the Mi family's swordsmanship...... It's all holding a sword in both hands, one move to the left, one move to the right, and one move to stab forward, that's all real kung fu!

Fan Zhiwen, who had learned real kung fu, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and simply reported a swordsmanship in the first subject of talent! He also gave it a fight, and the students who came to the Yuntai Academy Palace were all able to write but not martial arts, and finally he had a "civil and military both", so it was easy to pass the test, right?

This morning, the Essentials and Treatises of the Pentateuch have been examined. There is nothing in the essence, that is, to explain some words excerpted from the Five Classics, and Fan Zhiwen passed the test very easily.

The subsequent "treatise" is to take the words taken from the "Book of Rites": "The journey of the avenue is also, with the three generations of Ying, Qiu Weizhi is also arrested, and there are ambitions." The road is also a trip to the world, the world is for the public, the selection of talents and abilities, and the belief and harmony. ”

asked to use a thousand-word essay to explain the truth of this passage, and Fan Zhiwen also handed in the paper smoothly. However, his response to current affairs was slow after all, and he did not think of the "Republic of Commerce" and the "Lü Township Covenant", nor did he expect the "Tianya Shi Covenant" that was being drafted - although he knew these three "covenants", and even discussed the "Shi Covenant" with others, but he did not expect that these "covenants" were actually Confucian Tao.

However, it is no wonder that Fan Zhiwen is also a student of "one morality", and he was born in a rural righteous family, and his ideal is naturally "a holy monarch, a suppressing business, and a small peasant". Among the three "covenants", only "Lu's Township Covenant" is more in line with his appetite. If he were to talk about it, he should practice the "township covenant" in the countryside, the government-run industry and commerce in the city, and the way of the holy monarch controlling the scholars and doctors in the imperial court. In this way, the country will be prosperous, strong and stable......

Although his "Treatise" is written so-so, Fan Zhiwen still feels good now, and he is waiting to show his skills in the "talent examination room".

"Yunzhou Fan Zhiwen, test swordsmanship!"

Fan Zhiwen's ears sounded the shouts of the school palace steward.

"Congbin, it's your turn!"

"Brother Fan, take the test well!"

With the encouragement of several scholars who were familiar with Fan Zhiwen, Fan Zhiwen, who was holding a black cloud long sword, took a deep breath and strode into the lobby that served as the examination room.

There were several examiners sitting in the examination room, and Su Dongpo's third son, Su Liulang (ranked with several sons of Su Zhe's family), Su Guo, was the main examiner. Su Dongpo's third son is a filial son, his talent is also quite good, and he also has a certain attainment in poetry, and because he has taken care of his father for a long time, he has also obtained the true inheritance of Dongpo meat! However, he still doesn't understand swordsmanship.

"Swordsmanship?" Su Dongpo's third son looked at the black cloud long sword held by Fan Zhiwen, and he was also a little stunned.

What's the test? He doesn't even understand this exam! Su Guoxin said: Senior Brother Wu has a golden maid who seems to be good at fencing, and often instructs Senior Brother Wu in swordsmanship. But now......

"Uncle Shi," Mi Youren, who was also an examiner in the examination room, saw Su Guo stunned, so he smiled and said, "Can you start the exam?" ”

"Exams?" Su Guo glanced at Mi Youren, and then remembered, "By the way, Yuan Hui, you are a general, and you know how to fencing, why don't you go and compete with him?" ”

Competition?

Hearing this, Fan Zhiwen was immediately trembling, he still learned those three tricks with this Teacher Mi! How do you compete with others? And Mr. Mi is burly and tall, so he looks very powerful...... This sword has no eyes, don't throw your life on Yuntai Mountain!

How could Mi Youren really go down and compete with Fan Zhiwen, just Fan Zhiwen's three kung fu, he really wants to laugh with others.

"Uncle Shi, this kind of black cloud sword is not used for martial arts, this is an ordnance used in the battle array." Mi Youren knew that Su Guo didn't know swordsmanship, so he opened his mouth and began to flicker.

"For the battle array?" Su Guo asked, "How to use it?" ”

"Congbin," Mi Youren commanded, "play a few tricks and show Professor Su." ”

"Whoa."

When Fan Zhiwen saw Mi Youren here, his hanging heart suddenly relaxed-he had met a nobleman!

Thinking of this, Fan Zhiwen stretched out his right hand, grasped the hilt of the sword, and pulled out an ancient sword that had not been sharpened for more than a hundred years.

"Yuan Hui, why is this sword rusty?" At this time, Su Guo found that the sword body of the black cloud long sword was full of rust.

"Uh," Mi Youren frowned, "this sword ...... Well, you can't grind it for a long time, otherwise the steel fire on the blade will grind away. ”

, of course! In fact, Fan Zhiwen didn't know how to sharpen his sword at all...... Sharpening a sword is also a craft! Mi Youren can't do it, so naturally it is impossible to teach it to Fan Zhiwen.

"I see." Su Guo nodded.

"Let's get started." Mi Youren said.

"Whoa."

Fan Zhiwen answered again, then spread his legs, stood firm one after the other, held the hilt of the sword with both hands, raised the long sword, shouted, and cut it to the right, and then immediately raised the long sword again, and then cut it to the left, and then put the long sword flat, put his arms away, and the whole person took a few steps forward, and shouted again, and then stabbed the long sword, and finally put the sword into the sheath.

"That's it?" Su Guo asked a little ignorantly.

"Alright." Mi Youren nodded, "Well, it's not bad...... The swordsmanship is good, this is the black cloud three styles of the Huainan Black Cloud Long Sword Capital. ”

Although Mi Youren's swordsmanship is not good, he still has vision, and he has long recognized Fan Zhiwen's long sword as the Black Cloud Long Sword.

"Yuan Hui," Su Guo asked, "The sword on the battlefield is not very easy to use, right?" ”

"I can't say that." Mi Youren shook his head and said, "On the battlefield, there are arms that restrain each other and help each other, and this black cloud long sword is used for hand-to-hand combat. The sword-wielding soldier must be heavily armoured, guarded by spears and crossbows, to attack the enemy's spear formations, and can also cooperate with the cavalry, which itself fears the cavalry the most. ”

Not to mention, Mi Youren also knows a little about the knowledge in the battle array...... Otherwise, how could Song Gaozong make him a wartime squire in history?

"Oh......" Su Guo nodded, "I didn't expect Yuan Hui that you still know the formation formation, if the Academy Palace wants to teach the formation diagram in the future, I can arrange for you to teach." ”

Formation?

Mi Youren said: Yuntai Academy doesn't teach this kind of thing...... This thing is full of Kaifeng's generals, and they all know that it's not easy to use!

"We'll talk about that later." Mi Youren said, "Uncle Shi, let's continue the exam." ”

"Okay." Su Guo smiled, "Fan Congbin, let me ask you why you came to Yuntai Academy?" ”

Naturally, I want to be an official!

Fan Zhiwen thought so in his heart, but he said seriously: "I want to seek the truth of the saint." ”

Seeker!

"Good!" Su Guo smiled and asked, "What about after finding the truth?" Are you willing to spread the truth far and wide? ”

"Yes!"

Fan Zhiwen didn't know that "Spreading Beyond the World" was really going to be sent overseas......

"Good!" Mi Youren stroked his palm and smiled, "Sure enough, you have great ambitions!" Uncle Shi, I think I can accept him as an entry and belong to the first department of doctorate. ”

Doctor is actually the name of an official position, which was borrowed by Wu Haogu indiscriminately. But Fan Zhiwen didn't know, and he was immediately excited when he heard it.

This is to enter Sumen, and I have to study for a doctorate...... I don't know if I can be awarded an official in the future? Even if you can't confer an official, Dr. Sumen, how can you be a staff member, right?

What an endless road!

Mi Youren then said to Fan Zhiwen: "Congbin, I look at you very well, Yunwen Yunwu, and you have great ambitions, why don't you join my disciple and be my disciple." ”

Fan Zhiwen is so happy! He didn't know that Mi Youren was a student of Wuhao Gu, and he thought he was a disciple of an old Sumen scholar. Hearing Mi Youren's words, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "The teacher is above, please accept the disciple Fan Zhiwen!" ”