Chapter 628: Unexpected Harvest
A quarter of an hour later, the exams began. In addition www.biquge.info to the Caiying Wind Music Section, which was held in the Imperial Palace, the remaining 16 subjects of the Writing Department were all written examinations, all of which were held in the Jiying Palace. After all, the wind music subject is musical, Lu Chengqi doesn't know anything about musical instruments at this time, if he goes to the invigilator, won't he leak his bottom line. However, his topic is also very ingenious, and he specially taught the palace maid a song, singing it three times in total, and asked these candidates to write a tune after three times and play it with an instrument. As for how well it is played, this palace maid has the final say. Who is this palace maid? Naturally, it was the immortal Shao envoy when Lu Chengqi went to court. This is the palace maid who was selected to enter the palace, and her attainments in musical instruments are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Professionalism is a thing, so let's leave it to professionals to do.
Proctoring is a painful job, the candidate suffers, and so does the proctor. Needless to say, candidates are in pain, who likes exams? The invigilator suffers because during the invigilation, there is nothing to do but keep his eyes on the candidate. Fortunately, Lu Chengqi had already prepared, called Gao Hao to take a book, and read it with relish. As for the work of invigilation, leave it to Cai Xiang.
Less than a quarter of an hour after the exam started, Cai Xiang ran to Lu Chengqi's side and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen a few talents that can be created. β
Lu Chengqi was slightly stunned and said, "Oh, Cai Qing is so determined? β
"If it is a system next to it, the minister is not sure, but in calligraphy, the minister still has some insight." Cai Xiang said with confidence.
When Lu Chengqi heard this, he also felt a little moved in his heart, closed the book, and said in a low voice: "Don't alarm them, go down and take a look." "If you want to talk about Lu Chengqi's specialty, calligraphy is one. Even if his handwriting can only be said to be decent now, not outstanding, but compared to other piano, chess, and painting, it is still more than a notch higher. Because of piano, chess, and painting, Lu Chengqi doesn't know anything at all. Not understanding doesn't mean that Lu Chengqi won't appreciate it, many people have the same opinion about beautiful things.
Slowly followed Cai Xiang through the candidates, and the first thing he saw was a teenager, who was probably less than fifteen years old. Lu Chengqi had some questions in his heart: "How can this person be so young and be able to take the exam?" β
Quietly leaning over to take a look, I saw this young man, who stopped writing and hesitated for a long time before he could finish a word in one go. If you look closely, it's a book. If you look at it literally, this force is not mature, and it is even very naΓ―ve. But its style is rare to see, self-contained, and quite good-looking.
Looking at the candidate's name again, a rice character was printed in his eyes, and the remaining word didn't know if he wrote it too sloppily, or Lu Chengqi didn't know it, so he couldn't call it anyway. After secretly remembering this kid, Lu Chengqi continued to check other people's words. Sure enough, the person recommended by Cai Xiang is also a weak crown age, but his pen skills are not weak. The hand-written book, such as the same clouds and flowing water, its skimming open, the shape of the word is flat and broad, the word posture rises to the right, the spear and the halberd, the strength is sluggish, vertical and horizontal, and it is a family of its own. The book has the style of regular script, but it is a little obscure, which not only does not affect the overall beauty, but even adds a little more elegant. This kind of pen power actually overwhelmed the people who came to try. It's just that he has already changed a piece of rice paper, and Lu Chengqi can't see his name.
The rest of the people, calligraphy skills are good, but they are a little dull, only know how to copy, do not have their own style. Lu Chengqi took a look at it and was not interested. It's like a person who eats good rice every day, and suddenly eats brown rice one day, and he definitely doesn't want to eat any more bite.
Slowly coming to the painting department again, there are already people coloring. Lu Chengqi nodded slightly, he could think of the method of breaking this topic so quickly, this person's mind can be described as very well-informed. This is a very famous painting topic, but no one has ever proposed it at this time. There are only seven words in this title, "stepping on the flowers to return to the horseshoe incense", the meaning of this poem is very clear: people ride horses to enjoy the flowers in the spring, and after playing, the horse's hooves become fragrant because of the petals that fall to the ground. It's not easy to draw on this topic. Tourists, falling flowers, and horseshoe are all tangible and easy to paint; But the horseshoe incense is not easy to paint. Incense is a breath, you can only smell it, you can't see it, you can't touch it, it's really hard to paint. And the poetic eye of this poem lies in the word "incense", which must be drawn.
Aroma is a subjective consciousness, how can it be expressed in a painting? At this time, there is no exaggerated expression of comics, and what lines can be used to represent the fragrance. So a lot of people are stuck in a situation where they can't even know how to write. Seeing that time is passing little by little, many people have to put pen to paper.
Lu Chengqi leaned over to take a look, these people either painted tourists, or rode horses, falling flowers all over the ground, tourists rode on horses, and horses' hooves stepped on petals...... Where is this incense word? It is not reflected at all. Lu Chengqi knew the answer in his heart, and said in his heart: "If someone thinks of a different answer, it's really a hell." Even if it's close, it's a genius, right? β
And the next water conservancy department is also a classic question, how to control the flooding of the Yellow River? The topic of the Architecture Section is, can Zhaozhou Bridge be replicated? The subject of the artenary department is simpler, and an irrigation facility is designed...... Anyway, it's just a big brain, Lu Chengqi threw out the problems that no one thought about in this era, no wonder he was so concerned about this system. It is foreseeable that if it is in line with the answer in his heart, I am afraid that his career will be smooth sailing......
Little by little, the time passed, and the two hours were soon up. Lu Chengqi's question is so strange that many people haven't finished answering it. Lu Chengqi also did not have any extrajudicial favors, and accepted the papers without discrimination. Many candidates complained that although there was only one question, it was really all-encompassing, and they didn't know how to write.
Lu Chengqi's goal was achieved, and he looked at the scholars who slowly withdrew from the Jiying Palace, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. If nothing else, these 17 questions will cause a national sensation in tomorrow's "Da Shun Min Bao." Who can answer such a strange question in two hours?
Many candidates shook their heads, and it seemed that they had lost hope in this system.
Lu Chengqi is a vigorous and resolute person, and after the paper was collected, he began to review it. For the sake of this system, he threw all the twists and turns to the cabinet to deal with. He wants to make time for his country. Talent is the foundation of a country, if in a court, all the Jinshi and Mingjing are born, then this court is hopeless, and it is going downhill.
Lu Chengqi took an attitude of thinking about the country and looked at these volumes fairly. I have to say that after the enlightenment of "Da Shun Min Bao", these scholars have more ideas of their own than the previous ones, which is a good trend. Even if these ideas are not very reasonable, as long as you dare to think about them, it is a progress, isn't it?
From the afternoon to the dawn of night, Lu Chengqi finally screened out dozens of people's volumes, and asked Gao Hao to transcribe them and submit them, Lu Chengqi was taken aback: "Mi Fu, Huang Tingjian?" Don't these great talents have any fame yet? "Let's look at other names, Wang Weiyi, Xu Xi, Zhu Qiu, Tang Shenwei, Qian Yi, Li Gonglin, Wen Tong...... As if they had heard it somewhere, "Could it be that I had no intention of inserting willows, and I actually fished out these people in one net?" "Lu Chengqi is a little unexpected, this time the system is really crooked! (To be continued.) )