Chapter 16 Striving for the Rise of the Nation
"Exam begins!"
As soon as the originator gave the order, dozens of carriages started at the same time. Smoke and dust rose and the sound of horses' hooves rang out chaotically.
"Driving... Ladies and gentlemen, work hard!" Although Chen Letian was at the back of the team, after a while, he rushed to the front of the team, laughed three times, waved his hand to the students behind him, and rode into the dust.
"People move with horses, cars move with horses, horses follow people......" Zhou Guoting, a poor student, could barely drive the car to keep up with the big team, he held the wheel tightly, and kept reading the royal car that he learned from others.
And although the 300-pound classmate Tian Hao was already sweating profusely, his horse was still motionless. "Master Xi, why don't I move this horse?" Tian Hao couldn't help asking.
Master Jiaoxi glanced at him coldly and said, "Other people's horses move, but yours don't move, it's hard to blame the horses?"
"The student knows that he is wrong..."Tian Hao suddenly wilted, did not dare to ask again, and only whipped the horse's ass vigorously. After a dozen lashes, the horse snorted and began to walk slowly. "Hurry, run..."Tian Hao shouted anxiously, but he didn't want to think about it, his weight alone was comparable to two or three people, and when the horses for the exam were selected, for the sake of fairness, the instructors tried to choose the same size, endurance, and speed. The horse is estimated to see that the other horses are not as big as the place it pulls, and he is unhappy, plus although Tian Hao's family can be used by him to learn the royal car anytime and anywhere on weekdays, he has been a horse since he was a child, so he is not diligent in practice. That's why the horse bullied him, and at first he didn't move, but now although he moved, he only walked slowly. After a while, Tian Hao and his carriage and horses became the penultimate in this group.
Chen Letian drove the car, and it was already halfway through, and he lost two miles of the first team behind.
The audience around the examination room watched with relish.
"Look at the one at the front, that person is the one who was beaten by Jiao Xi in the etiquette exam a few days ago, why is he so powerful?"
"He is the commander of the forward battalion of the Northern Army, and he is like playing in the barracks on weekdays, of course he is amazing. ”
"I see, wow... Li Jiajun's or Wu Chang's? No wonder. Alas, you look at the one at the back, haha, so fat, I think the carriage is about to collapse for him, it's really embarrassing for him to take the imperial exam, haha..."
"You see Li Chengjun, the grandson of the prime minister, seems to be exerting his strength, and I heard that he works hard every day. ”
"No matter how hard you work, it's useless, when you come here, you can't do the same thing as us people from poor backgrounds, ah, Li Chengjun overturned, haha..."
Everyone looked at it, but saw that they had already thrown off the first echelon and became the second place after Chen Letian, Li Chengjun, the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, accidentally crossed a puddle, and the right wheel hit the edge of the deep pit, and the car and horse flipped out. Due to the high speed, the carriage flew several kilometers away, knocking the fence of the runway into the air. However, Li Chengjun jumped up and landed lightly beside him, not injured. After standing firm, he hurriedly stepped forward to check on the carriage and horses, first to make sure that the horses were not injured, and then to make sure that the car was not seriously damaged except for the cracked roof. So he held the wheels with both hands, and with a fierce force, he flipped the car over.
"Okay, Li Gongzi is very skilled!" Li Chengjun's calm performance caused the people around him to applaud.
But Li Chengjun didn't even have a happy expression, looked up at Chen Letianche in front of him, frowned slightly, and boarded the car to continue the exam.
Chen Lotian whistled and was very at ease.
With the rocks piled up in front of him, he gently swung the wheels to pass on to the horse, and the cart shook with a very slight shake, and when the puddle was in front of him, he only moved the wheels slightly, and the two wheels of the carriage ran over the puddles, and not a drop of water was touched on the wheels.
When he was still about a mile away from the end, he looked back, only to see that the noble boy who had examined him before was only half a mile away from him. I saw that the noble boy kept whipping and urging the horse, and looked at Chen Letian's car with fixed eyes.
"Wow, that's amazing?" Chen Letian gave a thumbs up to the noble man. Then, he raised the whip, which had not been used once since the beginning, and gently slapped the horse's buttocks with the handle of the whip: "Man, make a little effort, don't take a walk." ”
I saw the horse neigh, and suddenly spread its hooves and sped up. Soon, he crossed the finish line, and with the momentum, Chen Letian flicked the wheels to the right, and the car and horses turned around in place, changing from facing away from the runway to facing the runway. At this time, it seems that he has lost more than a mile to the second noble son.
The second noble boy frowned and rushed over the point, he didn't have Chen Letian's ability to turn around on the spot, he just honestly let the horse stop slowly, and then pulled the horse's head around and tied it with Chen Letian.
"Chen Gongzi's imperial skills are superb, so I can't wait for them. The noble prince arched his hand and sighed.
"Brother Tai has won the award, everyone is good at different things, and I have been in the army for five years, compared with you, it can be regarded as a big advantage. I haven't asked my brother for his name. Chen Letian returned the salute.
"My surname is Lee. The noble prince nodded.
"Brother Li, I'm glad to meet you. Chen Letian smiled, feeling that this noble son surnamed Li seemed to be too serious, and he didn't smile at all when talking to people.
After half a pillar of incense, the large troops behind also reached the end one after another.
Some of them came back with broken cars and injured horses, some came back with only the people and horses left after the car was destroyed, some came alone covered in blood, and even a few fell directly on the road and were seriously injured and were carried away and could not come back.
The first batch is over, and the second session will be carried out below, and the second batch of candidates is invited to enter.
Chen Letian stayed outside the fence to watch the exams of the two remaining batches of candidates in their venue. There are occasionally a few candidates who have good chariot skills, but they are far worse than him. He put his mind at ease and said to his grandson who was accompanying him to the exam: "It seems that I can't run away from the score on this one, haha." Hey, Zishu, how good is your royal car?"
Sun Zishu said: "I have a friend in the dart game, I often let him take me to practice, the last half a year I will go to practice every other day for half a day, but I think there is still a lot of difference, compared with your just this exam, I can barely keep the first team behind Li Gongzi of Xiangfu." ”
"Who is Gongzi Li of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Chen Letian wondered.
"It's the second place behind you, Li Chengjun, he is the eldest grandson of the prime minister of the dynasty. Sun Tzushu replied.
"He just greeted me, I thought he was just an ordinary rich kid, but I didn't expect him to be the prime minister's eldest grandson. I see that his royal car skills are quite high, and it is obvious that he often practices, and the grandson of the dignified prime minister can endure this hardship, and it is not easy. Chen Letian said with a smile.
When the application was approaching, all the candidates in several venues had completed the exam.
"This exam is over. "There are fifty royal science teachers sitting on the grading seat, and after scoring each candidate separately, it is announced that today's imperial science is over. The students left one after another.
The remaining second and third batches of 6,7000 candidates will take the exam again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and then the examination will be completely completed.
Chen Letian and Sun Zishu walked out of Qingtian Pavilion, and under the huge door plaque, all the candidates congratulated Chen Letian one after another.
"Chen Gongzi Yuke is the first place in the ironclad world, congratulations. ”
"Chen Gongzi is really proficient in everything, proficient in etiquette, and proficient in the royal way. ”
"Yes, in the future, Chen Gongzi will definitely be the best among our students, please take care of me in the future. ”
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Chen Letian made a circle salute and said: "All students have won the award, no matter whether we can be admitted in the end or not, the experience of our joint examination during this period of time is rare in our lives, and we will be blessed and enjoy the same difficulties in the future, and work together for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty and the well-being of the people!"
"Well, that's good!"
"For the strength of the Great Song Dynasty!"
"For the well-being of the people!"
The crowd applauded, shouting like a wave, layered on top of each other, as if it could shatter everything. Under the gilded plaque, there is a majestic hair. Tens of thousands of students dressed in blue and white student uniforms gathered at the door of Qingtian Pavilion. If you look down from the sky, it will be like the sea, like the sky, vast and vast.
At this time, on the balcony of the highest building of the Qingtian Pavilion, there were more than a dozen old men. They looked at the students below, and their hearts swelled with pride.
It is the efforts of countless predecessors, countless people who have exhausted their blood and painstaking efforts, passed on from generation to generation, and they have lived up to their predecessors, and they have done everything to maintain this good atmosphere and stable operation.
That's why it has the momentum it has today.
Just the candidates who have not yet passed the exam, just this group of fledgling candidates, can burst out because of the three words Qingtian Pavilion, which is enough to make any country frightened.
Looking at the whole world, I am afraid that there is no young people in that country who can have such cohesion and vigorous upward force.
"All of this is due to you. The dean stroked his white beard lightly and said with a smile.
"It's the dean's leadership, and I'm just doing things step by step. "The head teacher of the department bowed his hand.
"Yes, it's all the credit of the dean..."
The dean turned his head to look at his colleagues and subordinates beside him, and said loudly, "Don't be modest, everyone. The success of any major event in this world is the result of the concerted efforts of many people. Our Qingtian Pavilion in the Great Song Dynasty, teaching the six arts and teaching practice, is not the most important, the most important thing is to let the students understand how important the joint efforts of the Chinese people are. The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, the prosperity of the world is the result of everyone's efforts, and the decline of the world is also the result of everyone's lack of efforts!"
All the general teachers nodded their heads in agreement.
For them who are already aging, there is nothing more comforting than seeing the vigorous unity and friendship of the younger generations!