The year of Wuzi in the lunar calendar, the second year of Zhenguan, and the third day of the second month, today is destined to be a day in the annals of history.

The cold wind in Chang'an is still a little cold, but when scholars from all over the country pour into this world's largest international metropolis, a wave of enthusiasm in Chang'an City soars into the sky.

Isn't the golden scale a thing in the pool, and it changes in the face of the wind and clouds.

After two days is the day of the annual imperial examination, the cold window has been studying hard for decades, just for nine days, the students of the cold door have accumulated a year of hard study, just to bloom at this moment, the court is Tian Shelang, the twilight of the Tianzi Hall, the same as in previous years, the scholars are gearing up, praying in front of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, only hoping that the imperial examination can be witty and soaring to the sky.

The warm atmosphere in Chang'an has remained unchanged, and the scholars have feasted their friends in major restaurants, hoping that they and their friends can get a good ranking this year, but unlike previous years, a high-end scientific institution in Chang'an called Nanshan Academy has also begun to recruit people to apply for the examination.

One is the news that the Tang Fleet is going to go on an expedition, and this news also makes the scholars look twice, but the other makes all the scholars crazy, that is, the students who graduated from Nanshan Academy are escorted to serve in government agencies.

This news was like a fuse, detonating the entire Chang'an, and scholars could be heard discussing this matter everywhere.

What is the purpose of studying, many people can't say clearly, but ranking as a high-ranking official, the glorious lintel is definitely a large part of the reason for reading, so when the "Datang News" wrote that the students who graduated from Nanshan Academy could directly enter the government office, all the scholars were moved, and the talented ones were determined to go to the academy, and those who were not talented planned to give it a try, just like that, a grand event no less than the imperial examination was held.

At the foot of Nanshan Mountain, Nanshan Academy.

In a huge square, it was full of anxious people preparing for the exam.

Li Er attached great importance to the Nanshan Academy that had been established with a huge amount of money, and sent Chang'an 400 Xuanjia troops to maintain discipline.

At this time, Liu Qizhang Er took a group of people to follow Xu Yang's instructions, and carried a batch of honeycomb coal stoves very humanely, and put one next to the four scholars, and the warmth of the stove quickly made the scholars feel much warmer.

Li Gang, Lu Deming, Yan Zhitui, and Kong Yingda, four Confucian veterans of the dynasty, came to preside over the big examination in person, and next to them sat Xie Yong, counselor of the School of Mathematics, Yuan Tiangang, dean of the School of Chemistry and School of Mathematics, Sun Simiao, dean of the School of Medicine, and Li Chunfeng, dean of the Academy of Astronomy.

I saw that on the high platform in front of the square, several Confucians and Taoist chiefs were dressed in full clothes, and a large stove was placed in front of them, and the flames were burning vigorously, and they didn't feel cold at all.

"Ahem." Li Gang stood up and spoke, "Since the establishment of the Jinshi Department in the third year of the Great Cause, the abolition of the nine products of the Zhongzheng, the world's scholars will have a way to ascend to the sky, this is a great good act, and now Nanshan Academy is also for this, to educate the world as its own responsibility, the students of the academy need to be the dragon and phoenix in the people, the mainstay, the backbone of the literary style, the arrogance of morality, the all-round talent of civil and military, the party is my Tang Dongliang, I announce, the first big examination of Nanshan Academy, officially began. ”

As Li Gang's words fell, the three servants carried a huge incense burner with a long lit incense stick inserted on it, and then several servants rang a bronze bell hanging next to them.

"Knock knock" with the bell, hundreds of small guys began to distribute the test papers, the scholars took the test papers with a worried heart, originally swore to show their skills, but a look at the test papers suddenly dumbfounded, only to see the full test paper densely divided into six parts, there are some strange things written on it, some are called physics, some are called chemistry, there are arithmetic questions and medical questions, only a large piece of Chinese and composition are normal, the test is some literary poetry and ancient and modern debates.

The time of the exam has been so fast for the scholars since ancient times, some people are strolling around, some people scratch their ears and cheeks, and the time of two hours will pass quickly, when the bronze bell rings again, Li Gang stood up and solemnly shouted: "Roll up!" ”

"Knock knock" accompanied by the bell, the first big exam of Nanshan Academy came to an end

"Yes, yes, bring the Tibetan mastiff I raised."

Xu Yang shouted to the busy people under the boat.

"Master Hou, do you have your eagle with you?" Liu Qi reacted quickly, and when he heard that Xu Yang wanted to bring a dog, he immediately thought of whether to bring an eagle.

"Bring it, Master Hou, I like small animals the most, bring them to me." Xu Yang touched his chin, and then shouted under the boat.

"Okay."

To say that the Tibetan mastiff and eagle like Xu Yang also conform to the current trend of Chang'an City, and now the general large families have begun to like to raise pets such as eagle dogs, and they like to walk on the street when they have nothing to do.

Cheng Chumo, Yu Chi Baolin, these are now well-known sons of big families in Chang'an, and the pets they raise are also top pets, like Li Chongyi and Li Dejian, who raised a little leopard by themselves, and now they are still young, and they didn't open their eyes when they just came to Xujiazhuang, and Liu Mengli's eyes were full of little stars, and they insisted on raising one.

Xu Yang felt that the leopard was too dangerous and did not let Liu Mengli raise it, but Liu Mengli said with tears in her eyes that after her husband left, there was no one to accompany her, so Xu Yang had to go all over the East and West Markets, and only then bought a Persian cat from a Persian merchant for two thousand yuan, and I heard that the cat was originally going to pay tribute.

Since she had a Persian cat, Mengli no longer cares about family affairs, she just plays with the cat all day long, cleaning up the cat's hair, and Xu Yang is a little jealous when she sees it.

The current affairs of the family are handed over to Steward Liu to take care of, Xu Yang may have to go to sea for half a year this time, Liu Mengli tossed Xu Yang all night last night, the two of them did firewood and fire, Xu Yang felt that he was about to lose his mind at that time, Liu Mengli's obscene pants were taken off, and he almost completed the major human affairs, but Xu Yang's feet cramped at the critical moment, and the two of them had a big red face, and Liu Mengli hid in the quilt with a red face and never came out again.

Today is the day when the sea ships set sail, and it is also the big day of the whole court, and a group of officials arrived at the Taicang wharf early, and they were amazed and commented on the huge sea ships.

Li Er also arrived in a carriage, and when he was close to the Taicang wharf, he changed to a footman, wearing a mink fur black jacket and a splendid robe, which was very graceful and luxurious.

Yu Chi Baolin and Cheng Chumo were discussing navigation matters with the craftsmen of the sea ship, and when they heard that His Majesty was coming, they almost ran out without even having time to put on their shoes.

At this time, Xu Yang was teasing the Tibetan mastiff he raised on the big boat, which Cheng Chumo bought from a Hui merchant, a total of three, one was snatched by Baolin, and one was snatched by himself, and now it is also his own treasure.

Xu Yang has an eagle on his shoulder, this eagle is not big, and there is a chain under his feet, which looks a little nondescript, because this eagle is not stable, so it can only be tied like this.

Xu Yang was holding a bottle to feed the Tibetan mastiff called rhubarb, when he heard someone calling his name, and saw Liu Qi panting out of the cabin, and said, "Hou Houye, Your Majesty is here" RS