In Kyoto, various academies, when they heard a few bells ringing from the palace, the essay test officially started.
Li Yi has already got his test paper, which covers a wide range of topics, including poetry, classics, governance, and even science...
However, the first few questions of the test paper brought a smile to Li Yi's face.
Without thinking, he picked up a pen and started writing.
However, after the other candidates got the test papers, they skimmed through them roughly, and their hearts immediately turned cold, and they scolded the fat man who sold them the test papers just now.
Damn it, I spent dozens of taels of silver to buy the secret volumes of betting titles, but none of the betting titles were successful.
What's even more hateful is that they have been up all night for several nights in order to memorize the topics on those secret scrolls...
It's better not to buy it!
However, they didn't dare to curse in their hearts for too long. After all, the exam time is only a short two hours, and all grievances and grievances will be settled after the exam.
When they were about to do the question, they were stunned again.
Question 1: Ignoring air resistance, if two stones, one light and one heavy, are dropped from the same height, which one will land first
There are four options below.
A: Heavy.
B: light.
C: landing at the same time.
Ding: I don't know.
Question 2: Wang Xiaoming's father has three sons, the eldest son is named Da Mao, the second son is Er Mao, what is the name of the third son
There are also four options below:
A: Sanmao.
B: four hairs.
C: Fifty cents.
Ding: Wang Xiaoming.
The third question is very simple, only one sentence: How many plum trees are planted in Furong Garden
Needless to say, the first question, two stones fell to the ground at the same time, this is personally verified by His Majesty, you must not answer it wrongly, the second question seems to be inexplicable, but it is actually a math problem, the eldest son is called Da Mao, and the second son is called Er Mao. The third son must be called Sanmao, and I will give you points.
As for the third question, how many plum trees are planted in Furong Garden, how do they know!
Skip the third question first, but fortunately, the following questions are beginning to go normal, time is limited, and all the talented people began to write hard...
Outside the examination room, there was also an inspection tour from the academy gathered together to analyze a test paper.
They are satisfied with the overall quality of the test paper, but they are also very helpless about the first three questions on this test paper.
The first two questions were posed by His Majesty himself, and they did not dare to raise objections.
The question of the two stones falling to the ground has long been settled. If someone still gives the wrong answer, you have to wonder if they are undercover agents sent by other countries. Being ignorant and ignorant, and disrespecting His Majesty too much, so anyone who answered the first question wrongly will be eliminated directly.
As for the second question, they can only understand it as that people who answer this question wrong may have some problems in their heads, and talents with problems in their heads naturally cannot marry a princess. will be eliminated directly.
The third question was posed by Princess Shouning herself. They don't know how many plum trees there are in the Furong Garden, but this question has no points, but there is a rule.
In the case of answering the first two questions correctly, and answering this question correctly, no matter how well you answer later, you can directly enter the martial arts test.
Sitting in the examination room, Li Yi was almost sure that the first question must have been written by that shameless Li Xuan.
And he has an 80% possibility that he will directly eliminate those who answer this question incorrectly.
As for the third question, there is no doubt that it was written by Shouning.
She said in her previous letter that she had named each of the thirty-six plum trees in the Furong Garden. She did not ask these people what the name of the tenth plum tree was.
He was distracted for a while, then continued to answer.
Not far from him, the fat man was meditating on the holder of his pen.
He took the exam not to marry the princess, but to make money selling fake exam papers.
So he didn't intend to answer, but if he handed in a blank paper, would he be arrested for disrespecting the princess
He can't take this risk, but he can't answer too well. If he passes the literary and military tests, he will definitely be beaten to death by those who paid a lot of money to buy his test papers.
To be on the safe side, just answer the first three questions.
He picked up the pen and looked at the first question.
Neglecting air resistance, if two stones are dropped from the same height, one light and the other heavy, which one will hit the ground first
There is still a choice, it must be heavy, but, just to be on the safe side, he still plans to choose the wrong one.
Picking the heavy one is the right choice, and choosing the light one seems a bit too careless. I don’t know if it’s a bit too perfunctory, so just choose one and land at the same time.
After checking the "C" option, he continued to look at the next question.
Wang Xiaoming's father has three sons, the eldest son is named Da Mao, the second son is Er Mao, what is the name of the third son
He was a little suspicious of the intention of the person who wrote the question, so he sent two sub-questions in succession, which won't make everyone feel better...
The eldest son is called Da Mao, the second son is called Er Mao, and the third son must be called San Mao. The one who chooses 40 Mao and 50 Mao has never studied arithmetic. To be on the safe side, he has to answer this question wrong. Well, I will choose Wang Xiaoming!
Seeing the third question, he finally frowned.
How did he know how many plum trees there were in Furong Garden? When he wanted to fill in a random number, he turned his head and looked at the stingy guy beside him, just in time for his answer.
Thirty-six.
He wrote "Thirty Six" on the horizontal bar, then got up to hand in the paper and left the examination room.
He left late, afraid of being surrounded outside and beaten to death.
There was no time for a cup of tea at the start of the exam, and some people handed in their papers and left the room early. There was a commotion in the exam room, but Li Yi was not disturbed. Although most of these questions were solved by memorization, they could be solved by hanging up, but they had to write all the questions , still takes a lot of time.
Two hours later, the bell rang again, and all the examination rooms in Kyoto handed in the papers at the same time.
Everyone walked out of the examination room, some with sad faces and some with high spirits.
"Hey, I haven't finished writing..."
"I almost finished writing..."
"Who knows how many plum trees there are in Furong Garden!"
"Where's the fat guy who sold the test papers? He didn't pass any of the questions. See if I don't beat him to death!"
"Is there a mistake in the second question? Da Mao Ermao Sanmao plus Wang Xiaoming, shouldn't there be four sons? How could there be three? I pointed out the mistake in the question, do you think they will give me extra points? "
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The imperial court attaches great importance to this essay test. After the test is over, the forbidden army will transport all the test papers to the palace immediately. Nearly a hundred academy gentlemen will review all the test papers within one day. , According to the ranking, one hundred handsome men who entered the martial arts test were selected.
In Furong Garden, Shou Ning looked at his mother and concubine, and said dissatisfiedly: "It is obvious that I am choosing a son-in-law, but I can only answer half of the questions, and even the emperor can answer two questions, it's not fair..."
Concubine Yan looked at her and said, "If you don't ask them the name of the tenth plum tree in Furong Garden, you can get two more."
An eunuch came in from the outside holding a tray, and said respectfully, "Empress Dowager, all the test papers have been graded, and the top 100 test papers are here."
Concubine Yan took out one at random, frowned, looked at the blank test paper, and asked, "What's going on here?"
The eunuch bowed and said, "Go back to Empress Dowager, although this person only answered three questions, he is one of the two people who answered the first three questions correctly. According to the rules, he can directly enter the martial arts test."
Concubine Yan thought for a while and asked, "Who is the other person?"
"The other one is the only one who has answered all the questions and got full marks." The eunuch said respectfully, "He is the first in this essay test!"
"What's his name?"
"Muzi."
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"Muzi..." Shouning took a deep breath, walked over, and said, "Where is his test paper, show it to me."
The eunuch handed her the top test paper.
She took the test paper, but didn't open it immediately, her eyes even averted a little, and after taking another deep breath, she slowly opened it.
After a long time, she closed the test paper and put it back gently.
She covered her face, squeezed it, suddenly looked at Concubine Yan, and asked, "Mother, have I gained weight recently?"
Concubine Yan nodded and said, "Let you eat less on weekdays."
"Ah!" With a look of shock on her face, she ran away quickly, ran to her room, stood in front of the mirror, pulled her elastic face, and said distressedly: "I'm really fat, what should I do? …”
After being so distressed for a while, a smile appeared on her face again, and she threw herself on the bed, rolling around and giggling...
Smiling and laughing, she quickly sat up again, straightened her clothes and hair, stood in front of the mirror, smiled slightly, and acted like a lady...
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Only one day away from the essay test, a huge red list has already been posted on the high palace wall.
This is the list of 100 people who passed the literary test and entered the military test.
There were thousands of people participating in the essay test this time, and only a hundred people remained in the end.
Naturally, there are also those who are on the list, standing at the bottom of the list, full of surprises, unwilling to leave for a long time.
"This Mu guy is a beast, and he can get full marks on that kind of test paper!"
"It's more than that. It is said that even Prime Minister Shen and several adults in the court are full of praise for his political comments, and he bluntly said that most of the adults in the court are inferior to him!"
"Also, his poems and essays are almost going crazy in court, and some people even say that his attainments in poems and essays are as good as King Jing..."
"Fortunately, there is still a martial arts test. When the time comes, we must unite and clear him out first!"
"Who is that Peng Er? He actually ranked second. I've never heard of it before. Today's Kyoto is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon..."
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Under the imperial list, there was a lot of noise, some people were on the list, laughing wildly, some people were not on the list, crying profusely.
In a certain corner of the crowd, a fat man looked at the name on the imperial list, just under "Muzi", his face was ashen-colored, and his body was shaking like chaff.
His lips were trembling, and he couldn't stop muttering: "There is a shady, a shady, there is a shady!"