[Okay, the annual vacation is officially over after today. In the new year, work hard, work hard, and work harder. I will resume normal updates tomorrow.]
There are naturally restrictions in the Imperial Examination Hall. Magical powers cannot be used, and stored treasures cannot be opened. In other words, once you enter, you will no longer be able to take out the items you have stored in the storage space. You can only open it again after the exam. So, whether you bring it with you or not, as long as you walk onto the Zhengxin Bridge, it will be the same. You must enter the examination room without anything, and you have no choice.
However, since they came to participate in the imperial examination, not many people came with the intention of cheating. They all came with the most sincere attitude. They all wanted to participate in the imperial examination sincerely, serve Dayi, and become people who are beneficial to Dayi and the entire human race.
Walk along the Qingyun Road and step onto the Zhengxin Bridge.
What is the Bridge of Verification? The Bridge of Verification is a path that verifies one's true self and determines one's inner destiny. Once one has walked this path, there is no doubt that it is equivalent to embarking on a road to great success. One can only move forward, not backward.
Zhuge Liang walked along the Qingyun Road and stepped onto the Zhengxin Bridge. On the Zhengxin Bridge, an invisible force swept over him. All the items that had not been put away were sealed at this moment and sent directly into their respective storage spaces. They could no longer be taken out and could only be opened again after leaving the Imperial Examination Hall. This force was something that no one could resist.
After crossing the Zhengxin Bridge, you will arrive at the actual examination area of Gongyuan.
It can be seen that the examination rooms are presented in front of us. These examination rooms are very simple, just independent spaces separated by walls. Three sides are walls, and one side is an exit. The only place without a wall is covered by a restriction. To pass through the restriction, you must have a Tianji card to verify your identity. Only then can you really enter. This is connected to the star network, and there is no way to cheat. There is no such thing as taking the exam on behalf of others. It is impossible to appear and it is impossible to succeed.
The examination room is not big, but it is not small either.
The rectangular shape houses a desk, on which are placed the four treasures of the study: brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. The brush is a wolf-hair brush made from the tail hair of a fierce beast, the ink is made from a fusion of high-quality inkstone and the blood of fierce beasts, which makes the words written by the pen more elegant and spiritual. The paper is a brand new paper specially created by Li An, who has inherited the papermaking technique from his ancestors.
This paper is no longer made of ordinary materials, but is made from rice stalks from various spiritual grains and rice, leaves from spiritual trees, and various fibers. It is made with special techniques, combined with cultivation skills, and repeated experiments to finally obtain a new type of paper. It is as white as snow, as thin as a cicada's wing, and as tough as silk. Even if it is put into ordinary fire, ordinary fire cannot ignite it, and ordinary lake water cannot penetrate and erode it when put into water. Even after thousands of years, it is difficult to easily decay, and the surface remains the same as before. It can be said that this kind of paper is a groundbreaking creation in the papermaking industry, a divine paper among papers.
Any one of them is worthy of being regarded as a family heirloom by scholars, a holy piece of paper, a truly irreplaceable holy piece.
After this kind of paper was made, the first batch was sent to Yi Tianxing, who loved it and personally named it Tianling Paper. This kind of paper can be said to be very precious, and it also contains the unique papermaking secret recipe of Li Ang's family.
This kind of Tianling paper has a unique book fragrance. After smelling it, people's literary thoughts will flow like a spring, and their minds will be extremely clear.
It can be said that such paper was absolutely hard to come by in the past. I don’t know how many dignitaries would crazily pursue it. Now, it is only available in Dayi. Perhaps the art of papermaking is not a secret method, but the materials are rare. However, only when the situation is stable can various skills be truly innovated and developed. Finally, they will be rejuvenated with new life.
If Dayi was not inside now, he could ensure that the people of the human race could live and work in peace and contentment. Only then could the skills that the human race originally possessed, under the cultivation of civilization, shine again with a different brilliance.
Tianling paper is just one of them. According to Li An, this Tianling paper is not the final paper. He is researching a more precious and magical paper, tentatively named Sage Paper. Once it is successfully manufactured, it will definitely produce magic, which is more magical than Tianling paper. Of course, it has not appeared yet, and it has not really been born. It is just still in the process of research and development.
If one were not in a stable environment and did not have to worry about one's own safety, who would have the time to study these things.
When these four treasures of the study are placed on the desk, a natural scent of books will immediately reverberate and flow through the examination room, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Moreover, there is a small incense burner in the examination room. In the incense burner, there is a calming incense burning. The light smoke naturally swirls in the examination room. Breathing it can make your thoughts clearer and get rid of all kinds of distractions.
It can be said that within this Gongyuan, all factors that will affect the performance of candidates have been taken into consideration. This is to allow all candidates to exert 100% of their strength. What they want is talents who are truly not affected by any external factors.
This is the most important.
"It is indeed the Great Yi Dynasty. The facilities in this examination room are simply rare in the world. The differences between dynasties can be reflected from the details."
After entering the examination room, the yearning for the Great Yi became stronger. Similarly, it goes without saying that they attached great importance to this imperial examination.
"This is the golden age of our Great Yi. Hundreds of thousands of candidates entered the Imperial Examination Hall to take the imperial examination. Such a scene can only be compared with one count in history. This imperial examination can lay the supreme foundation for our Great Yi."
On the Qingyun Tower, several figures appeared and stood on the balcony, sweeping their eyes across the entire Imperial Examination Hall. They could see everything in the Imperial Examination Hall. Those figures were Cai Yong, Huang Chengyan, Wu Yong, Jia Yucun, and others. The one who was speaking was Cai Yong.
A large number of detectives patrolled back and forth in the Imperial Examination Hall.
Zhuge Liang came to an empty examination room and a Tianji Card appeared in his hand. It touched the white barrier in front of the examination room. Naturally, a passage opened and he entered the examination room directly.
At the same time, a plaque appeared in front of the examination room, indicating that the examination room was already occupied by a candidate. At the same time, Zhuge Liang's name appeared, indicating the candidate's information. In this regard, there would be absolutely no mistakes in obtaining information from the Tianji Card.
No need to arrange, just find an empty examination room and enter at will. There will be no chaos. This also makes the entire entrance speed extremely fast. Before you know it, hundreds of thousands of candidates have all entered the examination room.
In the examination room, breakfast had been prepared long ago.
Every candidate finished their breakfast attentively.
"The written examination for the liberal arts among the ten subjects of the imperial examination will begin now. There are prepared papers on the desks in front of the candidates. Now, the test topic will be announced. The topic is survival. Write a policy essay on this topic. The time limit is one day. When the time is up, no matter whether you have finished or not, you will stop writing and collect the papers. The written examination officially begins."
Cai Yong's voice came directly from Qingyun Tower, covering the entire Imperial Examination Hall.
The written test only has one policy essay question. Naturally, there is no need to issue any test paper. You will be given a blank paper directly. After receiving the topic, you can start thinking and writing.
"Survival, strategy."
After receiving the questions, countless candidates showed a solemn look on their faces.
The scope of this proposition is so large that it is impossible to really lock down the final scope, or the scope that one wants to outline, for a moment.
Many candidates fell into deep thought on the spot.
Survival, what is survival.
Survival means living. This is the simplest and most direct meaning. It is also the most fundamental meaning.
But for some people, being alive does not mean real survival. If they cannot get what they want and achieve their ideal goals, then living is worse than death.
The proposition contains too much meaning, which makes it difficult for people to make a quick choice.
No one wants to act rashly.
Any one of the ten subjects in the imperial examination is crucial, and even more so for those who aspire to be the top scorer.
Think first, then have a draft in your mind, and finally put it on paper.
Think twice before you act. Now is the time to do so.
However, some candidates did not have so many ideas. They were not good at literary essays, and after getting the topic, they did not have much to think about. They quickly started writing down their own feelings about life on the paper.
For them, as long as the score in the policy essay was not 0, it would be the best result. The rest was up to fate.
"Survival, this proposition seems easy, but in fact it is extremely difficult to excel. Moreover, without true understanding, the policy articles you write will ultimately lack some style and literary grace."
Zhuge Liang pondered to himself.
"To survive, you still need to think carefully."
The dark-faced young scholar muttered to himself, looking thoughtful.
In every examination room, one can see many candidates looking silently in deep thought.
"Bo Ji, how many candidates do you think can excel and write good essays in this policy essay? Although some people have started writing now, their pens are not full of talent. I think the chances of the first batch of candidates who can excel are not high."
Huang Chengyan stood on the Qingyun Tower and looked towards the examination room. He could naturally see that a large number of candidates had already started writing.
However, many of them even write in a dull and dull manner, and they are not originally scholars. It is impossible to expect them to write good policy papers.
Literature, Taoism, and Confucianism are integrated into the entire Eternal Continent.
Naturally, once one's talent is amazing, all kinds of extraordinary phenomena will appear in the entire void. At that time, it will be a true hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending.