"My surname is Ji, my first name is Jize, my courtesy name is Runmin, and I am a bachelor of Dongge University." After introducing the prince and princess, the old man introduced himself, and then introduced another old man sitting side by side with him: "This master

His surname is Li, his given name is Li Tao, his courtesy name is Shanmou, and he is a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy."

The Dongge University Bachelor and the Hanlin Lecturer were both imperial officials, and they were all teaching masters at Mingdetang, which specialized in teaching the descendants of the royal family.

"Master Ji! Master Li!"

The teenagers followed Jize's introduction and greeted them politely, but their eyes frequently glanced 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 fourth prince felt extremely calm, even cold and distant, with a cool appearance, while the fifth prince was much softer, with a sense of dignity in his politeness.

gas.

The sixth prince was a little gentler than the fourth prince, and a little more agile than the fifth prince. He also had a friendly smile. His eyes moved more than the previous two princes, and his eyes wandered over the young people.

Come and go.

The seventh prince looked like he wanted to move but didn't dare to move. He bit his lower lip slightly and blinked again and again.

Princess Zhiling was a little timid. She looked at her feet most of the time. Occasionally, she raised her head to quickly glance at the young people in the palace, and then looked at the girls in the palace with some expectation.

Fu Xuechen's first impression of the sixth prince was quite good. His appearance was the highest among the princes.

Next are the fourth and fifth princes, who seem to have the most approachable temperaments. As his companion, I don't know about others, at least there should be no need to worry about being ignored by him.

The Sixth Prince Yunzuo also looked at Fu Xuechen several times and gave Fu Xuechen more eyes.

I have long heard that Fu Yuchen has an outstanding appearance and is well-known as a beautiful young man in Guoxue. When I saw him today, he was indeed well-deserved. However, I heard that his talents and learning were not very good, and he was not worthy of his appearance.

After Ji Ze made the introduction, he immediately waved the young eunuch in, held a stack of papers, and began to distribute them one by one.

"This literary test is intended to test everyone's knowledge level, as well as everyone's mentality and ambition. Therefore, there are only three questions, and the time limit is one hour. The papers will be marked and graded on the spot. The top 25 for men and the top four for women

, the remaining ones will be eliminated!”

Fu Xuechen took a look at the number of young people in the field. There were about fifty, and more than half of them were eliminated in one literary test. The probability of elimination was quite high.

After the paper distribution was completed, Ji Ze waved again, and the two young eunuchs came forward with scrolls in their hands. Under Ji Ze's instructions, they unfolded the scrolls to the left and right and hung them on the pillars on both sides of the hall. The scrolls were large and unrolled.

It is about three feet by four feet square, with the topic of this literary test written in black characters on a white background.

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

"As the spring equinox has just passed, I will recite a poem with the theme of spring. It can be five words or seven rhymes. Let me try your talents and writing skills!"

Jize loudly announced the test questions: "Let's use 'young' as a guide. What should we do as a young man? You all can express your own opinions and observe the nature of your mind. Okay, let's start answering the questions."

Oh wow! This is much simpler than the various entrance examinations for high school entrance examinations and college entrance examinations in later generations!

Fu Xuechen's mind turned around a little, and several poems about "spring" came up. Among them, the most straightforward and easy to understand, with simple words and sentences that even an old woman could understand, was undoubtedly Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn", which can be said without a word.

Use it directly instead.

As for "Youth", the first one I read was Liang Qichao's "Young China". Liang Qichao's original text Fu Xuechen cannot be memorized word for word, but because he can also sing the song with the same title, the most critical sentences

I remember it clearly.

Some of the young people in the field began to scratch their heads and ears, some were deep in thought, and a few looked around as if they were restless and trying to cheat. A few of the gentle-looking ones had spread out their pens and papers and answered slowly.

Fu Xuechen thought that his opponent Xie Yucheng in the literary test was a well-known figure in Guozixue who could be praised by many people for his talent and learning. He felt that he could not be careless, so he simply copied Meng Haoran's five-character poem "Spring Dawn" in the poem.

under the question.

Young China Theory omitted many of the more esoteric words and took only the most essential and straightforward sentences to form a very short article.

Fortunately, in the early days of the founding of Darong, the literary culture had not yet flourished. Many of the children here had fathers who were generals on horseback, and they themselves were still young. Even those who were civil servants did not reach a very advanced level in their studies. Fu Xuechen combined the writings of the two generations.

The level is enough to cope with it.

Even for calligraphy, she has inherited the muscle memory of her original body and has practiced it frequently in the past six months, so she can write with style and style without worrying about showing timidity.

An hour passed quickly, and no one handed in the paper in advance.

Jize shouted loudly: "Stop writing! Rewind the paper——"

There were several wailing sounds in the field, but some people still failed to answer these two simple questions.

The little eunuch got up from the back seat and quickly moved forward to collect the scrolls. He quickly collected them all and placed them in front of the two masters with both hands.

The two masters also had desks and pens and ink in front of them. Li Tao picked up the first answer sheet, picked up the ink pen on the table, read it roughly, made comments casually, and then handed it to Ji Ze. Ji Ze read it and also used the ink pen to mark it.

After two strokes, he announced loudly in the court: "Wang Jialian! The poems are inferior, the comments are inferior, and we will be eliminated!"

Such high efficiency! Fu Xuechen glanced at the young people with different expressions around him and suddenly felt interested.

The two masters graded the papers very quickly, and each time they read each paper did not take more than a minute. Judging from the performance evaluation, there were four grades: excellent, superior, medium, and inferior. If one of the two questions was rated as inferior, it would definitely be eliminated.

Only those who have passed both questions above average will be temporarily passed. The passed papers will be passed to the hands of the princes. Several princesses will accompany the candidates to read the candidate's answer sheets. In the end, if four copies are passed, they will be sent to the princesses.

Fu Xuechen soon heard the announcement of the results of the two competitors. Cheng Defang was worse, with superior poetry and average theory. Xie Yucheng was better, with excellent poetry and superior theory. This made Fu Xuechen's heart beat faster for a moment, and he was secretly glad that he was not careless.

, he took out Wang Zha at the beginning.

Two more papers were passed by. Suddenly, the lecturer Li Tao's eyes narrowed slightly and he said softly, "Hey". His eyes stayed on the next paper for a moment. After evaluating it, he quickly handed it to the lecturer Jize.

"Fu Yuchen..." Ji Ze took the paper and read out the famous words on the paper. His eyes froze for a few seconds, and he praised the word "good" loudly: "Good poem! Good words! I didn't expect you to wait.

How can there be such a talented person in the world! Excellent poem! Excellent essay! Passed!"

Wow! In an instant, all the young people turned their heads and focused on Fu Xuechen. They were surprised, surprised, doubtful, and disbelieving.

Is it that exaggerated? Fu Xuechen immediately felt that he seemed to have underestimated the power of famous ancient poems.

After announcing the results, Ji Ze was reluctant to pass Fu Xuechen's paper to the princes behind him immediately, and read aloud to the paper: "Spring! Spring sleeps without waking up, hearing birds singing everywhere, the sound of wind and rain at night, and how many flowers have fallen.

...What a poem, what a poem!”

This time, even the princes above all looked at Fu Xuechen, as if she had instantly become the target of public criticism.

Fu Xuechen was reflecting on whether he had acted a little too much when he saw a thumb being handed to him quietly. Zhang Chuyang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but praise in a low voice: "Yuchen! That's awesome! Mosquitoes bite me everywhere.

Why didn’t I think of such a good sentence!”

Master Ji speaks with a slight accent, but how can you interpret "sounding a singing bird" as "mosquito bite"?! Fu Xuechen almost burst out laughing.

And Shang Jize then read the sentence from Fu Xuechen's second policy statement: "The nation is as young as a young man, and a young man is like the rising sun. The future of a young man is immeasurable, so the responsibility for the present lies entirely with my young man."

"The wisdom of young people will make the country wise, the richness of young people will make the country rich, the strength of young people will make the country strong, and the freedom of young people will make the country free. Therefore, young people should have youthful madness. Their bodies are like mountains and rivers, their backs are straight, and their hearts are like the blazing sun. They can overcome all obstacles and be unstoppable, and work hard to become stronger.

Be a pillar..."

"Good! Good character! Good ambition! Fu Yuchen, you are very good! Everyone here should encourage you!" Ji Ze praised repeatedly.

Hey! This is being praised by name and the article is read! It happened to me in my previous life when I was in junior high school. Fu Xuechen thought about it and quickly thanked Ji Zeji politely: "Yuchen, thank you Master Ji for the praise! The student deserves it."

Ji Ze smiled and nodded towards her, admiring her with admiration.

Fu Xuechen's eyes seemed to move inadvertently to the sixth prince above, Yoong Zuo, who was also looking back at her. His beautiful obsidian eyes seemed to have a tiny light. The moment their eyes met, these black eyes

He blinked, and the tiny bits of light began to flow as if they were alive, as agile as stars.

Fu Xuechen quickly blinked his eyes and silently conveyed his wink: Have you seen my excellence? You must choose me as your reading partner, choose me!

This kid is very courageous! He doesn’t know what fear is... The rumor impression about Fu Yuchen who likes to join in the fun but is afraid of taking responsibility, who will get involved when something happens, and who will run away and shirk the responsibility when the incident happens, is slightly formed in Yunzuo’s mind.

Shaken.

After Fu Xuechen, there are still many papers waiting for review, but perhaps because Zhuyu came first, it is difficult to surpass him. No one after him has been praised by Jize, and no one has even received an excellent evaluation, not even two of them are top-notch.

After the literary examination, the two masters left first, and the princes and Princess Zhiling also moved to the martial arts field specifically for the princes and princesses to practice riding and archery. There were twenty-five temporarily promoted candidates for the prince's companion and four princesses.

The candidates followed behind under the guidance of the young eunuch. Others who were eliminated on the spot could only be led out of the palace gate and returned to their respective homes without mentioning them.

Among Fu Yuchen's two friends, Guan Enming was also eliminated, leaving only Zhang Chuyang who luckily advanced to the bottom and continued to follow Fu Xuechen.

What's unpleasant is that Fu Xuechen's two major competitors, Cheng Defang and Xie Yucheng, also successfully advanced. Among them, Cheng Defang's literary test score was a few points better than Zhang Chuyang's, and Xie Yucheng was even better. If Fu Xuechen hadn't used his big move, his score would have been at best the same as Zhang Chuyang's.

Cheng Defang is completely different.

The next step is the martial arts test. Fu Xuechen can only ride a horse, but he is far from being good at it. He has practiced archery, but his accuracy is far from good. In fact, he is quite worthy of being called the queen of generals. Even Fu Yuchen is not better than her.

How many.

However, according to Zhang Chuyang's words, martial arts examinations were Cheng Defang's strong point. As for Xie Yucheng, no one knew how good he was at riding and shooting. They could only guess that he came from a scholarly family and might not be good at riding and shooting.

Then her advantages are probably that her literary skills are better than Cheng Defang's, she is better than Xie Yucheng in riding and shooting, and her abilities are more comprehensive. That's all. If Xie Yucheng's riding and shooting skills are better than hers, then the one with comprehensive abilities will be Xie Yucheng.
Chapter completed!