The last question aroused Bai Song's thoughts.

It is also thinking back to the flood I just experienced, and I feel something in my heart.

River management, Bai Song just threw out some ideas based on his own observations.

When he wrote to answer, Bai Song forgot about the exam, and just copied his content on modern river management in as much detail as possible.

In addition to urban drainage, explanations were given on afforestation, diversion of tributaries, design of embankments, and water storage in canals, and even schematic diagrams were made with charcoal prepared in advance.

Bai Song's devotion gradually restored calm to the examination room.

After an autumn test, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Song handed in the test papers, packed up his things and prepared to leave.

This year's autumn exam is completely out of play, and if you only answer the last question of the four questions, you will definitely not be able to win.

As soon as Bai Song's scroll was put away, Princess Runan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward and picked out Bai Song's scroll.

The reason why she came to the examination room was because she had been in Jixian County for too long, and she didn't have time to continue waiting for the list, so she wanted to return to the capital after reading Bai Song's test papers for the first time.

When Princess Runan saw the Bai Song scroll, she saw that the first three questions were blank, and she frowned instantly.

"What is he doing? Why don't you answer all three questions? ”

Princess Runan was a little impatient, feeling that the person she had been looking forward to for a long time gave a very disappointing volume.

But when she saw the fourth question that Bai Song answered, she became more serious.

The candidates were gone, and the examiners in the examination room all stood aside earnestly, waiting for the princess to speak.

Regarding the question of river management, Princess Runan didn't understand it very well, but she faintly felt that Bai Song's answer was different, and the combination of pictures and texts was very detailed and easy to understand.

In order to make a comparison, Princess Runan drew two more scrolls as a reference.

The first three questions on other people's papers are each densely written, but the fourth question is only a few sentences, and they are all empty words that are not as incomprehensible as no one, and many sentences cannot be read, let alone understood.

The princess looked at it for a long time, frowned, and simply handed the paper to the examiner, and said, "Sir, how do you see his answers?" ”

My examiner took the paper and looked at it, and the princess's expression was the same, first frowning at the first three questions, and then falling into deep thought when he saw the fourth question.

But the examiner didn't look at it for long, and then put down the paper.

"How?" The princess hurriedly asked.

The examiner asked rhetorically: "Does the princess want to listen to the truth?" ”

"Of course!"

"The answer to this question is too straightforward, floating on the surface, less literary precipitation, it seems to be a combination of pictures and texts, and the answer is meticulous, after all, there is no charm of the article, in fact, it can only be regarded as average."

"General......ly," the princess was a little disappointed, "then he should have failed the test?" ”

The examiner still said truthfully: "Only one of the four questions is answered, and this question is also mediocre, if it is based on this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public." ”

"That's ......"

The princess herself didn't know why she felt lost because of this, maybe she put too much energy into Bai Song, and she walked the streets and alleys every day just to get to know Bai Song.

After learning more, the princess firmly believed that this man was different, and naturally expected him to perform amazingly in the imperial examination room.

As a result, I waited and waited, and what I waited for was a mediocre sentence, which made the princess very devastated.

A group of examiners looked at the princess's expression, didn't it clear that they were not satisfied with the examiner's answer?

The examiner wiped his sweat and hurriedly added: "Actually, there are still merits in this answer, such as this sentence......"

The examiner blows a rainbow fart on a paper that he can't even read, trying to save his image in the princess's heart.

As a result, the princess was silent in her own thoughts, and did not hear a word.

The princess frowned and thought about it, and suddenly thought of something, her expression was straight, and she said, "This is not right! You say his article is not well written, but he talks about how to manage the river. Hongu wondered if the method he said was useful? ”

The examiners looked at each other, they were all literati, and they were not the supervisors of the waterways, how could they understand this?

When the princess saw it, she knew that she had asked the wrong person, so she put Bai Song's test paper into her clothes: "This palace went to ask the people from the Ministry of Works." ”

The provincial ministries of industry have set up water divisions, and the supervisors of the water departments are busy repairing the rivers in Jixian County.

The princess took Bai Song's test paper to the officials who knew waterways and asked them to see how Bai Song's answer sheet was.

Several officials gathered around to take a closer look, all of them showed a look of horror, only said that the designer was a man of heaven and earth, and the various governance methods mentioned above were all the symptoms of frequent floods, and with Bai Song's plan, they would not be so difficult to control the river in the future.

On the edge of the Wei River outside Jixian County, the carriage back to Beijing was already on the way, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry returned the answer sheet to the princess and bowed: "The princess sent this thing to open my eyes, but to give me charcoal in the snow, and all kinds of lower officials have been recorded one by one, and in the future, the lower officials will act according to the instructions of the river management." ”

The princess was very excited, she couldn't believe it, she vaguely felt that Bai Song was reasonable, but she didn't expect to be praised so highly by the officials of the Water Division.

"What you say is true? Is that important what this says above? ”

"As mentioned here, the water division in Datang will be reformed, and after more than ten years of operation, there should be no more floods in Datang in the future."

The princess's eyes widened in surprise, incredulous, and she didn't say anything more, and got into the carriage back to Beijing.

The guards outside were dutifully riding their horses, but the princess inside was still unsatisfied: "Did you hear that?" The palace said that this Bai Song is not an ordinary person, I didn't expect it to be a great talent hidden in the city, and when I returned to the capital, I will present this book to my father, and let my father make him a big official, how can such a person be in the people? Since he came to serve my Li family. ”

The princess was proud, recalling that the summer trip was not in vain.

But I heard the guards outside say: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I'm afraid things are not so simple. ”

"Huh?"

"As you have heard, those examiners said that his articles were mediocre and difficult to convince the public, and since he was a businessman's family, the emperor would not value it."

"What people say is useful, but what if the article is not good? Isn't it enough to have the ability? ”

"The princess thinks so, but the world doesn't think so. They will only think that this son is favored by the princess and will not be reused. ”

"Speaking of which, it's because he has no fame."

"Yes, the emperor is bent on promoting the imperial examination, and he must give priority to the imperial examination in everything. Although the villain doesn't understand the article, he has read a few sentences, and the person really can't write an article, and there is no taste of the article, as the examiner said, there is less literary precipitation. ”

The princess pondered for a while, and suddenly snorted: "If you can't write articles, then go to study!" ”

After that, the princess looked upright: "Stop, pass on the palace message, and order Bai Song of Jixian County to go to Beijing to enroll in school in two months." ”