"The old man's surname is Ji, his name is Ji Ze, and his name is Runmin, and he is a scholar of Dongge University." After the old man introduced the prince and the princess, he introduced himself, and then introduced another old man who was sitting side by side with him: "This master's surname is Li, his name is Li Tao, he is good at strategy, and he lectures for Hanlin Servant. ”

The scholars of the Eastern Pavilion University and the Scholars of the Hanlin Scholars were both official positions in the imperial court, and they were both teachers and apprentices in the Mingdetang, which specialized in teaching the study of the descendants of the imperial family.

"Master Ji! Master Li! ”

The teenagers greeted politely following Ji Ze's introduction, but their eyes frequently peeked at the princes and princesses behind the two old men above.

The eldest prince didn't come at all, but the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh princes came, as well as the second princess, Princess Zhiling.

Fu Xuechen was also quietly observing several princes and Princess Zhiling, the four princes felt very quiet, and even called cold and detached, cool appearance, while the five princes were much softer, with a sense of nobility in Sven.

The sixth prince is a little more warm than the fourth prince, and a little more agile than the fifth prince, with a two-point friendly smile, his eyes are rolling more than the two princes in front of him, and his eyes are slitting around the young people.

The Seventh Prince looked a little like he wanted to move but didn't dare to move, biting his lower lip slightly, his eyes blinking and blinking.

Princess Zhiling was a little timid, her eyes were often looking at her feet, and she occasionally raised her head and glanced at the young people in the palace quickly, and looked at the girls in the palace with a little expectation.

Fu Xuechen's first impression of the six princes was quite good, and his appearance was the highest among the princes.

followed by the fourth prince and the fifth prince, the temperament seems to be the most approachable, when his companion reads, he doesn't know anything else, at least he shouldn't have to worry about being ignored by him.

The sixth prince Yu Zuo also gave more attention to Fu Xuechen after a few looks.

I have long heard that Fu Yuchen is outstanding, and he is a well-known beautiful boy in Guozixue, but when I saw it today, he really lived up to his reputation, but I heard that his talent is not very good, and he is not worthy of his appearance.

After Ji Ze finished his introduction, he immediately beckoned the little eunuch in, holding a wad of papers, and began to distribute them one by one.

"This literary test is intended to test the academic level of everyone, as well as the mental ambition of everyone, so there are only three questions, limited to one hour, and the paper will be graded on the spot, etc., the top 25 men will be taken, the top four will be taken by women, and the rest will be eliminated!"

Fu Xuechen looked at the number of teenagers in the field, about fifty, and more than half of them were eliminated in a literary test, which is quite a high probability of elimination.

After the paper was distributed, Ji Ze beckoned again, and the two little eunuchs stepped forward with each scroll, and under Ji Ze's instructions, the scroll was spread out on the left and right and hung on the pillars on both sides of the hall, the scroll was very large, and it was about three feet by four feet square, and the question of this literary examination was written in black on a white background.

On the left is the word "spring", and on the right is the word "youth".

"Just after the spring equinox, I will take spring as the theme, sing a poem, five words, seven laws, and try your talents!"

Ji Ze loudly announced the exam questions: "Another 'teenager' is the policy, what should I do as a teenager?" Wait for each to express their opinions, to contemplate the mind, okay, start answering the questions. ”

Oh tsk! This is much simpler than any high school entrance examination, college entrance examination, recruitment and various exams in later generations!

Fu Xuechen's mind turned slightly, and several poems about "spring" came up, among which the most straightforward and easy-to-understand, the words and sentences are so simple that the old woman can understand them, is Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn", which can be used directly without changing a word.

As for "Youth", the first one is Liang Qichao's "Young China Says", Liang Qichao's original text Fu Xuechen can't memorize it word for word, but because he can also sing the song with the same title, the most critical sentences are remembered clearly.

Some of the teenagers in the audience began to scratch their heads and ears, some pondered, a few looked around and looked restless and tried to cheat, and a few of them had spread out their pen and paper and answered slowly.

Fu Xuechen thought that his opponent Xie Yucheng in the literary examination was a well-known figure in Guozixue who could be appreciated by many people for his talent, so he felt that he couldn't be careless, so he simply didn't think much about it, and directly copied Meng Haoran's five-character poem "Spring Dawn" under the poem title.

Juvenile China said that many of the more esoteric words were omitted, and only the most essential and straightforward sentences were taken to form a very short essay.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the founding of Darong, Wendao had not yet become prosperous, and the parents of many of the children here were generals on horseback, and they were still young.

Even if it is calligraphy, she has inherited the muscle memory of the original body, and she has often practiced in the past six months, and she can write well, and she is not worried about showing timidity.

An hour passed quickly, and no one handed in the papers ahead of time.

Ji Ze shouted: "Stop writing!" Rewinding—"

There were a few wails in the audience, but there were still people who could not finish the two simple questions.

The little eunuch got up from the back seat, quickly retracted the scroll, quickly collected all the pieces, and put his hands in front of the first two masters.

There was also a table case and pen and ink in front of the two masters, Li Tao picked up the first answer sheet, picked up the Zhu pen on the table, roughly read it, drew out the judgment casually, and then handed it to Ji Ze, Ji Ze read it, and also took the Zhu pen and drew two strokes, and announced loudly in court: "Wang Jialian!" Poetry inferior, on inferior, elimination! ”

So efficient! Fu Xuechen's eyes swept over the teenagers with different expressions around him, and he suddenly felt full of interest.

The two masters read the paper very quickly, each volume will not be more than a minute, from the point of view of the performance evaluation, divided into excellent, superior, medium, inferior a total of four grades, one of the two questions will be evaluated inferior must be eliminated, both questions are above the average can be temporary, the temporary volume will be passed to the hands of the princes, several of the princesses read the candidates' answer sheets, and finally passed four copies, and then sent to the princess.

Fu Xuechen quickly listened to the announcement of the results of the two competitors, Cheng Defang was poor, the poems were superior, the arguments were average, Xie Yucheng was more powerful, the poems were excellent, and the arguments were superior, which made Fu Xuechen's heartbeat speed up for a moment, and he was secretly glad that he was not careless, and he took out Wang Fang at the beginning.

After passing two more volumes, the waiter Li Tao's eyes suddenly condensed slightly, and he made a light "huh", his eyes stayed on the next volume for a few more moments, and after evaluation, he quickly handed it to Ji Ze.

"Fu Yuchen ......" Ji Ze took the volume, only to read out the famous name on the volume, but also followed the gaze for a moment, stayed for a few seconds, and praised the word "good" loudly: "Good poem!" Good words! I can't imagine that there will be such a talent among you! Poetry Excellence! On Excellence! Pass! ”

Wow! In an instant, all the teenagers turned their heads and set their eyes on Fu Xuechen, with surprises, surprises, and disbelief, all kinds of colors.

Is that exaggerated? Fu Xuechen immediately felt that he seemed to have underestimated the power of ancient poetry and famous texts.

After announcing the results, Ji Ze was reluctant to immediately pass Fu Xuechen's scroll to the princes behind him, and read aloud to the scroll: "Spring!" I don't know when I sleep in spring, I hear birds everywhere, I hear the wind and rain at night, and I know how many flowers fall...... Good poetry, good poetry! ”

This time, even the princes above all looked at Fu Xuechen together, as if she had become the target of everyone in an instant.

Fu Xuechen was reflecting on whether he had behaved a little too much, and saw a thumbs up quietly handed over to him, and Zhang Chuyang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but praise in a low voice: "Yuchen!" Awesome! Mosquito bites everywhere, how come I didn't think of such a good sentence! ”

Master Ji speaks with a slight accent, but can you hear "smelling birds" as "mosquito bites"?! Fu Xuechen almost burst out laughing.

And Ji Ze above then read the sentence of Fu Xuechen's second topic: "The country is like a teenager, a teenager is like the rising sun, the future of a teenager is immeasurable, so the responsibility of today is all in my youth." ”

"The wisdom of the youth is the wisdom of the country, the wealth of the youth is the wealth of the country, the strength of the youth is the strength of the country, and the freedom of the youth is the freedom of the country, so the youth should have the madness of the youth, the body is like the backbone of the mountains and rivers, the heart is like the scorching sun, the thorns and thorns are unstoppable, and the hard work is the pillar......"

"Good! Kindness! Good ambition! Fu Yuchen, you are very good! Ladies and gentlemen, we should encourage you! Ji Ze praised repeatedly.

Belch! This is to be praised by name and the article Fan reads! I also had it in my previous life when I was in junior high school. Fu Xuechen thought about it, and hurriedly thanked Ji Ze politely: "Yuchen, thank you Master Ji for your praise!" The student is ashamed. ”

Ji Ze nodded at her with a smile, and he had a kind of impressive appreciation for her.

Fu Xuechen's gaze seemed to inadvertently move to the six princes above, Yu Zuo was also looking back at her, her beautiful obsidian-like eyes seemed to have a small light, and at the moment when the two met their eyes, these black eyes blinked, and the small light flowed like a living light, as smart as a star.

Fu Xuechen hurriedly blinked his eyes and silently passed his eyes: Do you see my excellence? Companion reading must choose me, choose me!

This kid is very bold! I don't know what to fear...... The rumors in Yu Zuo's mind about Fu Yuchen being lively and afraid of taking responsibility, he had to take a kick in if something happened, and he ran away to shirk his responsibility when the incident happened, and he was slightly shaken.

After Fu Xuechen, there are still many volumes waiting to be reviewed, but perhaps it is Zhuyu in front of him, it is difficult to surpass, and no one in the back has been appreciated by Ji Ze, and no one has even received an excellent evaluation, and there are no two of them.

After the literary test, the two masters left first, and the princes and Princess Zhiling also moved to the martial arts arena for the prince and princess to practice riding and archery, and the twenty-five candidates for the temporary promotion of the prince and the four candidates for the princess's companionship followed behind under the guidance of the little eunuch, and the others who were eliminated on the spot could only be led out of the palace gate and returned to their homes without mentioning.

Among Fu Yuchen's two friends, Guan Enming was also eliminated, leaving only Zhang Chuyang to be at the bottom and continue to follow Fu Xuechen.

What is unpleasant is that Fu Xuechen's two major competitors, Cheng Defang and Xie Yucheng, have also been successfully promoted, among which Cheng Defang's literary test scores are a few points stronger than Zhang Chuyang, Xie Yucheng is even better, if it weren't for Fu Xuechen's big move, the results would be similar to Cheng Defang at most.

Next is the martial arts test, Fu Xuechen only knows how to ride a horse, far from being good at it, archery has been practiced, but the accuracy is a lot worse, in fact, there are some people who are ashamed to be behind the gate, it is Fu Yuchen, and he is not much better than her.

However, listening to Zhang Chuyang's chatter, martial arts testing is Cheng Defang's strength, as for Xie Yucheng, no one knows what his riding and archery level is, and he can only guess that he is a scholarly family, and his riding and archery skills may not be good.

Then her advantage is probably that Wen is stronger than Cheng Defang, riding and archery is better than Xie Yucheng, and her ability is more comprehensive, that's it, if Xie Yucheng's riding and archery skills are stronger than her, then the comprehensive ability will become Xie Yucheng.

"Yuchen, don't worry!" Zhang Chuyang patted Fu Xuechen's chest in a shy, "I stared at Cheng Defang for you, and I can't beat you if he can't beat you!" ”