The autumn breeze is cool, the osmanthus is fragrant, countless osmanthus in Chang'an City are competing to bloom in this golden autumn season, the rich and refreshing fragrance of flowers is permeated in the air, close to the Imperial City in the west of the palace of the court between a wall of the awarding workshop, at this time the first imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty is being carried out, countless students are entering, they are either dusty, or radiant, or wearing coarse linen clothes, or silk fir flying. But no matter what kind of person you are, you come here with a solemn look. They know that at this time, when the fate of their lives is officially decided, it will be ten years old, in order to be able to get ahead one day?

Before the start of the scientific expedition, there is another important activity, that is, worshipping the heavens. This is a precedent event for the ages, so countless people in the government and the opposition are extremely important, a large group of Confucian students led by Kong Yingda in order to celebrate this event, so regardless of the obstruction of the rest of the ministers, must carry out a ceremony to worship the heavens, to announce to the heavens. Of course, there is also Li Er's support in this, and such an opportunity to remain famous for eternity has always been what Li Er is pursuing? Therefore, Li Er stood behind this group of Confucian scholars, so all the accusations of the rest of the ministers in the court and the rest of the ministers of the court were untenable for the reason of spending national funds and watching the after-effects, because the emperor liked it!

The guards on the left and right watched carefully the wind and grass around them. Because Li Er came to the examination room this time on a whim, he watched the ceremony of worshipping the heavens of these Confucian scholars. Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, etiquette has been flowing in the blood of the Chinese nation. Whether it is Taoism, Confucianism, or even those schools that are now hidden in the mountains and forests, they all pay great attention to etiquette. Li Er, the emperor with Hu blood in his blood, also paid close attention to these etiquettes. Because this is not only to restrain the people, but also an important measure for him to boast that the Li clan in Longxi is not a mixture of Hu and Han people. Therefore, Li Chengqian's good Hu Feng made him extremely disappointed. Li Kuan's maverick behavior also made him have a headache and brain swelling, and even let Li Kuan go.

On the street of the Shoji Workshop. Facing the gate of the imperial city - Anfu Gate, a small altar was built here, holding the earth as a step, beating wood into a platform, a group of old ministers in wide robes were holding a solemn ceremony, they were wearing costumes depicting the statue of Confucius Xingjiao, seventy-two sages sat around Confucius with kind eyebrows, listening carefully to Confucius's teachings. The wide sleeves are fluttering, and the hem of the shirt is like a flared skirt. But it looks like it's out of the dust. In addition, this group of ministers are more than half a hundred years old, and even there are several people who are close to ancient times, their beards are all white, and they look even more childish at this time, although they are not said to be fairy wind bones, but there is a different kind of Haoran righteousness lingering, with a solemn expression, and their eyes are staring ahead, as if they are passing through a thousand years of time. Listen carefully to the earnest teachings of the sages of Confucius who have been separated by the long river of time.

"The hour has come, open the altar of incense!" A neutral and peaceful voice sings the promise at this time.

"Students, please stand softly! Now we are upright and salute to the Holy Master of Dacheng, Master Confucius! The voice continued. Then I saw a portrait slowly rising on the humble altar that had been built, and Confucius holding a bamboo slip in his hand was slowly revealed in the green smoke of sandalwood. It's like a manifestation in the clouds. The breeze came slowly, blowing the curling green smoke. The whole picture seems more ethereal.

"Zi said, learn and learn. Exhilaration! There are friends from afar, don't you say! People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen! Standing under the altar, Kong Yingda looked at the ancestors who were resurrected among the countless sandalwood incense, and took the lead in reciting Confucius's most famous work, the Analects, although this book was not compiled by Confucius himself, but was compiled by his disciples after Confucius's death. But at this time, is there anything else that can replace this Analects?

"Confucianism is really thrifty, and it doesn't engage in those mystical things, I thought there would be some mysterious and intricate scenes, and those Confucian students were so insistent, and the result was to read the Analects like this?" Li Er felt a little disappointed, originally thought that Confucianism could become the most well-known university school in the Spring and Autumn Period of a thousand years ago, and in the Western Han Dynasty, all the other schools were pressed under him in one fell swoop.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see!" Li Er walked back a little lost, bypassed several markets, and then returned to the palace from the Vermilion Bird Gate at the front of the imperial city. But what he didn't expect was that after he left, those Confucian scholars who were reciting the Analects and could be called contemporary Confucians passed a subtle look to each other, and then they saw that all of them, wearing robes and robes like Confucius, stepped forward, stretched out a hand hidden in the sleeves of the robe, stepped forward to the incense burner that was still burning with sandalwood, each took a stick of incense, and walked in a direction along the mysterious steps.

Bursts of green smoke drifted behind them with their steps, but what was surprising was that these smoke and dust did not drift away with the breeze, but condensed and formed a series of mysterious trajectories that stayed in the air, impartially and vertically. As they spread out more and more, and then around a small altar, an intricate pattern appeared around the altar.

Countless students are stirring the blood in their hearts, with all the people reciting the "Analects" together, at this time they never felt that they could actually read the "Analects" so thoroughly, many of the original incomprehensible thoughts in their hearts, now all are solved, and the original doubts in their hearts are all solved at this time. All the candidates thought that it was because of the excitement of countless people reading together, but they didn't know that everyone was like this. No one even noticed that in the middle of the circle they had formed, the small altar was completely obscured by the curling green smoke, and in one of the statues of Confucius seemed to come to life at this time, and Confucius in the portrait was reciting the Analects with everyone in his hand. It's just that in the smoke, everyone didn't see this strange scene clearly, even Kong Yingda, who was still on the side of the altar less than three steps away from this portrait, didn't see it.

"Now, salute! After the recitation, "After reciting, although the occasional candidates are full of enthusiasm in their eyes, they all have new insights just now, and they think that there is a world of difference compared to before, and now they go to see the articles they did before, and the poems they wrote, they all have a funny feeling, just like when a person grows up and recalls his childhood dreams, he will feel that he was really stupid and naïve.......

The peaceful voice of "Bow ...... Again" sounded in the ears of countless people, as if someone was talking in their ears, but no one noticed this, and they all bowed respectfully to the altar in front of them with all the people around them. None of them had a trace of distraction at this time, their hearts were the purest at this time, and all the calculations and worries before had become sincere and frank at this moment.

Everyone had an idea at this moment, that is, to use their true level to get a real result. No one is an exception, at this time everyone is so pure, and the dirty thoughts in everyone's hearts are purified and clean, which is beyond common sense. But no one thought it was anything out of the ordinary, and everyone took it for granted.

Li Er didn't see this scene, and even if he did, he couldn't understand it, he couldn't read minds, and he didn't know what the candidates were thinking at this time, maybe he could see some clues from people's expressions, but now he wasn't here, so he definitely didn't know that at this time, all the candidates were actually brainwashed, making this first scientific examination the most fair and just, and it was also a time when all the palace nobles did not use the slightest privilege, In the next thousand years of scientific research, there will never be such a thing again, countless scientific research fraud cases, countless backstage support, so that the poor scholars are suppressed, these things are endless.

What the hell is going on with this qiē? Li Er didn't know, Li Kuan didn't know, they were all doing their own things at this time, Li Er was sad for countless cases, and Li Kuan was sad about how to step into his mansion without being caught by Li Er.

All the candidates were gathered together in a small group, or three or five people in a pile, and they formed a small group either according to their place of origin or according to their identity, and at this time a group of teenagers in gorgeous brocade robes were gathered together in a corner. These people were all dressed in extraordinary beauty, and the clothes they wore and the boots they wore were all exquisite.

"Brother Eldest Sun, I didn't expect you to come too! Haha......" A young man in a bright yellow brocade robe greeted with a smile when he saw another boy who was slightly older than him.

"Brother Li, why are you here?" Seeing the person who greeted him, the young man known as the eldest grandson was obviously very surprised, he was justified in coming here, but it was really unexpected that this person on the other side would appear here. This young man who was greeted was the eldest grandson Chong, the uncle of the dynasty and the eldest son of the Zhao family.

"It's coming, it's coming, can't you come here?" The young man surnamed Li asked with a smile.

"Of course you can, you can come if you want!" Changsun Chong had no choice but to reply.

"So, together with us?" The young man surnamed Li led the way in front with a smile and took the lead in the examination room, and Changsun Chong had to follow. Under the guidance of the guards. The two teenagers walked into the two adjacent cubicles and waited quietly for the exam to begin. (To be continued......)