The training of the dragoon army made Li Shimin look forward to it.

He even forgot to continue to ask Li Zhi how far he had learned.

I saw him wave his big hand and say, "In this way, you will hold a grand poetry meeting on the selected date, and by the way, you will clean up the dust for my dragoons." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Since it is a literati competition, how can it only be compared with poetry and literature, and it seems that it is better to compare the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting together." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side said: "The prime minister's idea is very good, and the minister seconded it." ”

The others also looked like they didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and they all agreed with Dobby.

So this matter was determined according to everyone's opinions, and the date was jointly determined by Wang Jue, Fang Xuanling and others.

Even the referees directly selected four.

They are the secretary and young eunuch Yu Shinan, the young eunuch Yan Liben, the grandmaster of Qinyuan Zhao Yeli, and the superintendent of the imperial history Xiao Ji.

Among these four people, Yu Shinan is good at calligraphy, Yan Liben is good at painting, Zhao Yeli's piano skills are unparalleled in the world, and Xiao Ji's Go is also famous in the world.

The four of them have nothing to say about their knowledge, and all of them are literary giants.

For this competition, in fact, the eldest Sun Wuji and Li Jing were more active.

Because they also want to use this opportunity to let the literati of the world see Li Zhi's attainments in all aspects.

Originally, they were still depressed, Li Zhi was obviously proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, why did he never want to show it in front of others.

Especially after hearing those rumors outside, I can't wait to personally pull Li Zhi to compare with those literati.

If nothing else, they themselves also hope to give them a long face through Li Zhi's performance.

After some deliberation, the venue of the competition was set at the Hibiscus Garden in Qujiang Pond.

The time was set on the eighth day of the lunar month, which happened to be the day when the dragoons returned to Chang'an City.

Li Jing specially asked Li Shimin to let the dragoons enter the city to enjoy the competition together.

Almost everyone in Chang'an City is looking forward to this competition.

Because the wind of public opinion in the past few days has already blown all over Chang'an City.

There were also several heated quarrels over this.

The reason for the quarrel was that almost all the literati were not optimistic about Li Zhi.

He was thought to be too young and didn't have any talents.

Therefore, everything he does may be the ability of his subordinates to advise him.

And those who are optimistic about Li Zhi are all ordinary people, especially those who have fled the disaster.

They have witnessed almost everything Li Zhi has done, so they firmly believe that Li Zhi is a prodigy in the world.

So in such a situation, quarrels inevitably occur.

The only person in the entire Chang'an City who is not interested in this game is Li Zhi.

He really didn't want to expose too much strength right now, because he was a little scared of his current ability.

Over the past year, he has found that his learning and memory skills are getting better and better, even far surpassing his previous life.

In his previous life, he did have a strong memory in mathematics, but he was far from being able to memorize it.

And his hands-on ability in his previous life was actually very average.

If it weren't for the fact that he often conducted various experiments in school and often had to get started in person, he would have even been clumsy.

However, in this life, everything seems to be surprisingly good.

When he first started reading, he could read about twice and memorize 80 percent of the content.

After a few months, it progressed to the point where I could memorize it after reading it twice.

Halfway through this year, he can easily get past it.

If this is because he has read a lot of books in this life, it can be regarded as a special training.

Then his ability in other areas is really inexplicable.

The teacher who taught him the art of the piano was only a slightly more skilled violinist, and he only taught some basic fingering and notation.

But in just a few days, his fingers were already proficient in playing the piano.

In just over a month, he could hear the mistakes made by his teacher when playing.

After only two months, his teacher was no longer embarrassed to teach him.

Because he copied some of the tunes he had heard in his previous life, although it was not necessarily correct, he could indeed adapt it very well.

This operation almost scared his teacher to death.

A person who has only studied the piano for two months can compose music by himself, who dares to believe such a thing?

Li Zhi's calligraphy has also reached the realm of having an independent style, with both Li Shimin's uprightness and a touch of detachment and handsomeness.

In terms of painting, Li Zhi studied Yan Liben, but he also combined some realistic painting methods from his previous life.

This makes his paintings seem closer to the real thing.

As for Go, that's even less to say.

A person with incredible computing skills and a brain that can never be forgotten is nothing short of a bug for everyone else.

Li Zhi felt that he was already good enough now, and if he showed all of this again, he was really afraid that someone would treat him as a demon.

It's a pity that Fang Xuanling and the others don't think so, they want to let Li Zhi behave well.

The reasons they gave also made it impossible for Li Zhi to refuse.

They directly told Li Zhi that they wanted to be famous, and they wanted the world to know what a wise decision it was for the emperor to choose them as Li Zhi's teacher.

In this way, Li Zhi could only reluctantly agree to participate in this competition, and he was forced to get a good ranking.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, many people in Chang'an City came to Qujiangchi early.

They all wanted to see the event for themselves.

Soon after, the literati began to enter the Hibiscus Garden in pairs.

They were the participants in the tournament, so they quickly entered the inner circle unimpeded.

There are also many students who are Guozijian students, and they also want to take this opportunity to compete with other students from all over the world.

The carriages of Li Zhi and Li Tai arrived at Qujiangchi almost at the same time.

After the two got off the bus at the periphery of the crowd, they performed a brother-to-brother drama on the spot.

They were humble, but neither of them wanted to be half a step behind when they took a step.

So a fat man, a little bit, the two walked into the Hibiscus Garden together.

The last ones to arrive were the four referees, they were all famous grandmasters, and naturally they didn't have the kind of caution that Li Zhi and the others had.

So they just gave in a little and climbed the Purple Cloud Tower in turn.

Ziyun Building has four floors, and the floor where the competition is hosted is on the second floor.

This allows the audience to see the contestants and to make the voices spoken far away.

The big horn invented by Li Zhi came in handy at this time.

Zhao Yeli, the oldest referee, stood in front of the horn first as the referee's representative.

He coughed lightly and then spoke: "Today, when the whole country is rushing to take the exam, at the order of His Majesty, a literati contest will be held in Furong Garden..."

After reading a lot of manuscripts, Zhao Yeli finally raised his right hand and shouted: "Next, I announce the literati competition... Begin! ”