Chapter 288 Exam starts
Finally, time quickly came to the day before the exam.
In an office in Taixue.
Tai Xuecheng serves as the chief examiner, and there are some doctors under him as deputy examiners.
There are three doctors from Taixue, who are in the sixth grade. They can master the rituals of cultivation, supervise classes, and test exams.
Although the official position of Doctor Taixue is higher than that of Taixue Cheng, he is helping as Taixue Cheng's deputy in the entrance examination. As a sixth-grade being, it is more than enough to assess some freshmen.
Before the exam, the examiners need to check the questions one last time.
Because the entrance examination of Taixue is based on questions individually formulated for each student after the examiner obtains the student's information, it must be checked repeatedly to ensure that it is suitable for this student.
In the past countless years, there has never been any mistakes. They are experienced and have keen eyesight. They can always find out what students are good at and what they are not good at, and then make targeted assessments to ensure that the students have indeed achieved the standards of Taixue. standard.
Just when everyone is busy.
Suddenly, Tai Xuecheng spoke.
"Everyone, Lu Ji, Tao Hongjing, He Fasheng, Du Guangting, the questions for this batch of candidates have been formulated. Now the only thing left is Li Qi's. Do you have any clues about this person?" Tai Xuecheng said to that person. Several Taixue doctors asked.
"Is there something wrong with him? Oh, does Li Cheng think this person has a special status?" A doctor from Imperial College raised his head and said.
"It is true that he has a special status. This person is the Master of Wu Shenshan. He came here for exchange study. However, we had agreed to enroll directly, but the big wizard over there offered to take the exam, so that's why." Another Taixue The doctor looked through the information again and confirmed Li Qi's origin.
"Master Wu Shen Shan, that question shouldn't be a problem for him. Although Wu Shen Shan is a barbarian, he has a profound background. After all, he is also a branch of humanity. It should be very easy to learn this aspect." The third doctor looked very relaxed.
"No, no, no, three doctors, you must pay attention to this and never let him pass." Tai Xuecheng raised his head and said seriously.
The other three Taixue doctors immediately stopped what they were doing and frowned.
"Li Cheng, do you want us to engage in malpractice for personal gain?" One of the doctors spoke first: "Even if this person comes from Wushen Mountain, you still have to do what you have to do. This is the rule. Don't make any mistakes."
His tone was serious and he seemed to hate this kind of thing.
The other two did not speak, but judging from their expressions, it was obvious that they had reached an agreement and would not change the test questions at will.
The rules of humanity are as important as a thousand stones. Those who practice humanity regard principles as life.
There was once a powerful legalist in humanity, and there was an allusion of "doing the law will kill you". It was obviously a law he made, but after he violated it, in the face of his own life and his own law, he did not hesitate to choose The law eventually died under its own punishment, which shows its weight.
"No, no, I'm not asking the three of you to show favoritism, but I want to teach Wu Shenshan a lesson. This matter was sent from Si Ye, and I have a handwritten letter here." Tai Xuecheng said, taking out a A souvenir.
"Wishenshan had made an agreement before, but they changed the requirements temporarily. We have changed it back and forth several times to meet their unreasonable requirements. Si Ye was very angry about this and considered it rude. You also know that Si Ye is Disciples of Confucianism who believe in 'repaying grievances directly' will be severely punished for Wu Shenshan's rude behavior."
Tai Xuecheng said this, and then observed the expressions of others.
However, the doctors all looked unhappy.
"Even if this is the case, if you want to complain, you should go to the Great Witch of Wushen Mountain. It is indeed unpleasant to repeat this, but it is the Great Witch who repeats it. You should go to him to complain. Why vent on a child?" A doctor from Taixue said immediately.
Another person also immediately added: "From what I can see on the resume of this Mr. Wu Shenshan, he is clean and clean. He studies hard and has never done anything illegal or disciplinary. He is a humble man and he is polite when getting along with others. Even though he is from a different family." If there is a conflict, don't use children to vent your anger. This behavior is despised."
The third person immediately followed up: "Besides, if the difficulty of the Imperial Examination can be tampered with, then will he still have to hide his secrets when teaching knowledge? If he has not broken the law, should he be punished? A master must teach people with rules. , Scholars must also follow rules and speak according to the law, and then they can achieve it. If the teacher is like this, there is no way to teach, and if the disciple is like this, there is no way to learn. How about learning skills, how about the way of a saint? "
The Taixue doctors all reached an agreement and were determined not to make things difficult for any candidate.
However, their reaction had already been expected by Tai Xuecheng.
Therefore, when Tai Xuecheng saw this, he immediately took a step back: "Oh, actually I think so too, but there is no way. This is what Zhu Siye ordered. You guys also know that Siye is in charge of students' academic assessment. I was very embarrassed to get his souvenir.”
But I saw a doctor from Taixue sneered: "Hey, what's the trouble? With this handwritten letter, we can tell him the wine sacrifice directly and impartially, which will definitely make him fall into trouble!"
"The rules are not easy once they are established. They are not easy for Qin and Chu, and they are not changed for Hu Yue. Once they are not evil, they can be followed but not flow. They are formed in one day and passed down for thousands of generations. How can they be changed just because of one official? Li Cheng If you don’t come with me, we went to report Jijiu before, and we will punish him severely this time!”
"That's right. Since there is a souvenir, this is how it should be!"
"This is how it should be, let's go together!"
Several people quickly reached an agreement, and they all agreed that students should not be manipulated. If they want revenge, they should go to the rightful owner. It is not a gentleman's behavior to express anger at others.
Seeing this, Tai Xuecheng sighed: "Indeed, whatever, in that case, I will go with you to hand over this souvenir to the sacrificial wine."
The four of them joined hands and stood up and walked out of the office. They saw Taixue Cheng carefully locking the door and sealing the restrictions. After ensuring that everything was correct, he left together with the three Taixue doctors.
However--
Shortly after they left, the ban was automatically opened, and the door set by Sanpin Jijiu himself showed a slight gap.
A transparent wave quietly passed into it.
On the other side, four people went to complain, and the results came out quickly.
Ji Jiu believed that Si Ye had changed the rules without permission. Although there were reasons and extenuating circumstances, he was a teacher after all and this behavior could not last forever. He ordered him to think about his mistakes and not touch Li Qi's affairs again. If he did it again, he would be removed from his post. He was deprived of his official position and returned to the official department for further use.
It is said that he is returning to the staff department for later use, but in fact everyone knows that his rank is basically about to drop, and it is impossible to continue to become a fourth-rank official.
The three doctors were very satisfied with the result and felt that the wine offering was handled fairly.
The matter was settled, but no announcement was made.
After all, the matter concerned a businessman, and there was no trouble and it was dealt with in advance, so there was no need to make it public.
They continued to go back, carefully opened the ban, and then continued their previous work.
The several doctors did not seek credit, but continued to assign questions to the candidates responsibly to ensure that everyone could get a proper test in their areas of expertise.
This can ensure that they can give full play to their strengths instead of encountering things they have not learned before. It also ensures the difficulty and ensures that these candidates can meet the admission standards of Taixue while using all their strengths.
However, in the eyes of others, such ‘justice’ represents extreme difficulty.
Even if they give full play to what they are good at, only a very small number of people can pass the Taixue test, on average less than one per year.
A long, long time ago, in the barbaric era when the world was extremely backward, the various sects and forces at that time basically asked questions in their exams about combat, and they had to have people go up to the ring and so on, and the competition was all about violence.
But this is no longer that era. Fighting is just one of the hundreds of arts. In Chang'an now, there is no need to fight for one's life all the time.
Throughout history, force has always had the absolute advantage.
After all, force plays a vital and irreplaceable role.
But times will always evolve.
At first, those practitioners who only knew how to fight showed disdain when facing these scholars, because mathematics cannot let you escape from the bandit's knife, know when the ice will condense, why the rain will fall, nor can you Allowing you to knock down your enemies.
But today, that is no longer the case.
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Li Qi finished his preparation for the exam and had a good sleep again.
After getting up, he lay on the bed for a while, contacting Shen Shuibi through the terminal to see what was going on on her side.
It had only been a few days, so naturally nothing major would happen. Shen Shuibi's side was peaceful. She had also arranged some formations as cover and defense, and was well prepared to fight with others from a distance.
As for the Son of Destiny, he has some clues, but he is still too young, and Shen Shuibi is not ready to show his face for the time being.
Everything was in order, no surprises.
After chatting for a while and everyone was fine, Li Qi closed the terminal with confidence and went to take the exam.
Soon, he came to the examination room alone.
Because I stayed in bed for a while, the examination room was already crowded with people.
It feels like a college entrance examination room, but more.
There are not many candidates, only a few thousand, but the number of accompanying family members, spectators, media, and people from all walks of life combined may exceed 100,000.
The Taixue Examination is a big event, and newspapers and various media are happy to report it, so there are many people surrounding it.
Everyone knows that those who can be admitted to the Imperial Academy will surely reach the top in the future and will soon become a big shot.
Although it's not that big in Chang'an.
In Chang'an, the density of high-level monks is frightening. Anyone caught on the roadside is a ninth-level cultivator. Those of eighth-level and above are running around in the streets. Seventh-level monks are rarer, but they are not one in a thousand. .
Only when they reach the sixth level are they considered rare, but they can be seen in the news and newspapers at any time, and the people don't think it's anything strange.
In fact, you can see news reports about third- and fourth-grade people in newspapers every day.
This also made the people's morale high, but only when the morale was high, what should be unworthy would still be unworthy.
Just like ordinary people, they don't seem to find anything strange when they see this high-ranking official or that dignitary every day, scolding the king and me, and commenting on emperors and generals.
But when you go out, let alone commenting on emperors, generals and ministers, if you can handle community security and manage your own property, you are already considered to be very capable.
With these messy things in his mind, Li Qi used the terminal to confirm his identity without any pressure, got out of the crowd, and stepped into the line of candidates from the crowd of onlookers under the gaze of a bunch of people.
There are also different attitudes among the candidates.
Some are still cramming, holding books and chewing hard, or they are constantly studying the exercises, trying to make their cultivation more profound.
Some are confident and seem to be sure of it. Even if they are chatting and laughing with the people next to them, they don’t know if they are really that sure.
Some were trembling with fear and sweating. Li Qi was afraid that he would die of a heart attack in the examination room.
Some seemed to be having nothing to do and laughing, but in fact their fingers were trembling and their steps were frivolous.
Others closed their eyes and concentrated, only glancing at the family members surrounding them from time to time, and then continued to prepare.
The world in front of the examination room is not inferior to that in the hospital.
Of course Li Qi doesn't care.
For him, as long as the Taixue exam is not deliberately difficult, it is not a big problem.
At first, he was curious as to why he performed rituals, hoping that the gods would always respond when they responded. It was not as difficult as the book said.
Now he understood why.
Nothing special, just because he is a genius.
Achieving rank one after one year of practice can scare many people to death. Li Qi has only been practicing for a little more than three years now, and he is already at the eighth rank, and may break through the seventh rank at any time.
Even among the young masters of Wushenshan, he is considered outstanding and has been praised by many great wizards. It should not be a problem to take the imperial examination.
As long as the title is not too outrageous.
Li Qi didn't brag about this. In fact, the talent of Master Wushenshan was much higher than that of Taixue students.
Although the number of Taixue students is already very small, they can actually enroll one per year.
It may seem like a small number, but over time it turns out to be quite a lot. Tang officials who had studied at Taixue counted them up and down and said that there were less than 100,000 people, and this did not include those who had not become officials.
But Master Wushenshan, generally speaking, a great wizard only has one disciple, and occasionally there are two or three, and only in rare cases does it exceed this number, and the number of disciples is not expanded, and most people only have one disciple in their lifetime.
The quantity is naturally much lower, and the quality has also gone up.
But it can be regarded as a strategy.
Although the number of Taixue students is slightly larger, their output is stable and there is basically no luck involved. And if there are more students, there will naturally be outstanding ones among them, such as Liu Junyi before, who can even fight against three people in terms of knowledge and combat power at the same time. The young masters join forces and do not fall behind.
There are only a few young masters in Wushenshan, and they are all elites. Boyue, Yanke, and Zhongminglou, whom Guang Li Qi is familiar with, are the proud ones wherever they go.
Time passes little by little.
About a quarter of an hour later, the bell rang.
Li Qi and others filed in.
The exam started.