Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2655 The event begins

Di Zhixun's work efficiency is very high. If he said there is no problem, then there is no problem.

Ten days later, he had everything ready.

In front of the imperial city, a large arena was set up. On the arena, there were tables for writing poems, pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Around the yamen servants set up a railing, the literati who competed stood inside the railing, and the common people who watched the excitement stood outside the railing.

And within these ten days, Qin Tian began to register candidates.

This matter spread throughout Chang'an City, and even in various places around Chang'an City, it was also spread.

Therefore, there are many people who come to sign up.

Before Qin Tian's deadline for registration, there were more than 500 literati who came to register.

Naturally, it is impossible for all these 500 people to participate in the competition at once.

According to Qin Tian's calculations, in one day, 100 people participated in the competition is already quite a lot. Just like this, it can be compared to ten in the evening from the morning.

In other words, for the preliminary round, it may take five days of competition.

Five days later, through layers of screening, there will be half of the people left, that is, more than 200 people.

It will take three days for these more than 200 people to continue the competition, so there is still half left.

By analogy, the 30 winners in the end can go outing with the emperor when they go outing.

This is a great honor for the literati in the world.

You know, among these scholars, which one of them reads, doesn't he want to sell it to the emperor's family?
And speaking of it, wouldn't it be the best means and method to meet the emperor directly and write some good poems during the outing?
As long as the emperor appreciates your talent, you may be able to become an official right away.

Everyone needs an opportunity like this.

Therefore, although there are only thirty places, everyone still fights for it and wants to get in.

Ten days later, the first batch of people started their first competition.

The first competition hadn't even started yet. It was just dawn, and there was already a sea of ​​people in front of the imperial city, and those who were going to play today had all come within the railing.

On the ring, Qin Tian and several officials sat on it, responsible for the selection, as well as issuing questions and collecting papers.

The arena was not small, but it wasn't particularly big either. Only a dozen or so people could be on stage at a time. After all, there were only ten tables on it.

After everyone came to the stage in order, they each made a table.

Afterwards, some officials randomly issued questions, and these questions were the same for two people, that is to say, two people may have to write poems with the same question. When the time comes to compare, it means comparing these two people, the one who writes badly on the same topic will be eliminated, and the one who writes well will be able to advance and wait for the next round of competition.

This kind of competition method is not particularly fair. After all, some people are not good at some topics. Maybe he just isn't good at this, so he will suffer a lot.

But relatively speaking, it is fair to match opponents at random and choose topics at random, because before that, no one knows who they are facing, and no one knows what theme they are going to write about.

In a relatively fair situation, some unfairness has occurred, which is understandable.

Because there is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world.

Everyone has only one incense stick of time to conceive, so the time is still very tight. If someone does not write it, it will be more convenient and trouble-free. If your opponent writes it, then he will be promoted directly.

The common people watching the excitement outside kept talking.

Soon, someone finished writing them. After these people finished writing, someone read out these poems, so that everyone who watched the excitement could listen to them and discuss them. Qin Tian only needs to take a look at them to know that they are good. If it is bad, an evaluation and judgment can be made immediately.

So among the dozen or so people on the stage, some advanced quickly, some failed, and then, the second group of people came on stage and continued to compete. The poems they wrote must be different from the previous ones, and the opponents were naturally matched randomly.

For a whole day, everyone was competing like this. Relatively speaking, it was a bit slow, but because it was a competition, everyone liked it very much because it was so lively.

If it is fast, the time for five hundred people to burn a stick of incense is over, so everyone is still so lively?
Just like that, everyone likes it.

Of course, the reason why Qin Tian wanted to do this competition was also to have time to observe the literati in these competitions. It would be best if he could identify some suspects through the initial observation.

If five hundred or so people were to finish the competition at once, then he would definitely not have time to observe these people.

The people were lively, and at noon, everyone was unwilling to leave. Some businessmen in Chang'an City had business minds. When these people were watching the excitement, there were more hawkers selling food beside them.

On the first day, these food vendors can be said to have made a lot of money.

However, on the second day, many people gained experience and would bring some food by themselves. In this way, the business of those hawkers was much worse than that on the first day, but they still made money.

These competitions started one after another like this, even if it rained in spring sometimes, it never stopped.

Among the literati participating in the competition, there are many literati who are really talented. Their poems are very good, so in the past few days, all kinds of good poems have also been spread in Chang'an City.

It is said to be a grand event, and it is by no means in vain.

These poems spread quickly, and even Li Chengqian brought some good poems to watch every day.

After reading these poems, Li Chengqian couldn't help but came up with an idea. There are really a lot of talents in Tang Dynasty. Why didn't he realize it before?
And at this time, there was news from Longying.

"Boss Long, our people have already entered the promotion competition, and there are a total of five people who have entered."

Among the 500 people, it's not a big deal for five people to enter the promotion competition. However, Longying sent a total of five people, and all five people entered. It can be seen that their talents are really good.

After hearing this, Boss Long was not particularly happy, but nodded with satisfaction: "Let them succeed no matter what, I just want to see if anyone enters the top [-] in the end."

Entering the top [-], then you can have close contact with Li Chengqian, and in this way, you will have a chance to assassinate Li Chengqian.

This opportunity is their only chance.

After Boss Long finished speaking, someone responded immediately.

"If there is news, report it immediately."

(End of this chapter)