Datang: Begin with Li Shimin as a father

Chapter 88 The Confident Little Guy
"Seventh brother, why don't you ride in a carriage? It's not as good as the seven of us, riding a horse and galloping at once."

"Yes, I wish my seventh brother a great success in this imperial examination!"

What Cheng Chumo and Chang Sun Chong said made Li Yuan nod in deep agreement and said.

"Grand grandson, grandpa thinks what these two boys said is right, why don't you just succeed immediately!"

"Okay, I'll listen to my grandfather and brothers, and I'll succeed immediately!"

Li Gen asked Zhao Si to bring a horse.

Li Gen got on his horse.

"Drive, drive, drive..."

The seven brothers rode their horses and galloped straight to the direction of Chang'an City.

Because of today's imperial examination.

There were at least [-]% more pedestrians on Chang'an City Avenue than in the past.

Shangshu Province, which is the place where the main examination is held, is full of people.

Shangshu Province is located in the imperial city.

In addition to the imperial examination.

On weekdays, these young talents have no chance at all to set foot inside the imperial city.

Seven horses entered Chang'an City from Mingde Gate.

The wide Suzaku Street made Li Gen's heart broaden.

Suzaku Street goes all the way north.

The Suzaku Gate in the imperial city is the gate where commoners stop.

"This is my sworn brother, Li Gen. He came to Shangshu Province to take the imperial examination today."

Chang Sun Chong's words are not easy to use!

The imperial guards guarding the city gate still checked Li Gen's identity before releasing him.

As for Changsun Chong, Cheng Chumo and the other six sons.

Naturally, the imperial guards did not stop them.

The fathers of these people are all high officials in the court.

They can't afford to mess with any of them!

What's more, the rules for entering the imperial city are different from the rules for entering the palace.

The imperial city is where the offices of various ministries are located.

The Imperial Palace is where His Majesty, the Empress, and all the princes and princesses live.

"Seventh brother, the one on the right is Taichang Temple, and the one on the left is Honglu Temple."

After entering the Suzaku Gate, Cheng Chumo began to act as a guide.

Li Gen raised his eyes and looked, and the figure of the official could be vaguely seen.

Taichang Temple, Honglu Temple, Dali Temple, these Li Gen have seen in TV and novels.

They are all very important court departments.

"Seventh Brother, Shang Shusheng is in front of you. Look, there are so many candidates queuing up to enter the arena!"

Li Gen looked in the direction of Cheng Chumo's finger.

Sure enough, a long queue must be the only way to enter the examination room of the Gongyuan.

Seven people got off their horses.

Because don't look at the door of Shang Shuxing, there are a lot of young talents gathered, but the place is not noisy.

Even if there are occasional whisperers, they speak in a low voice.

"Brothers, please go back. Seventh Brother, go to the back and line up!"

"Hey, the six of us are here, if we let the seventh brother line up again, then we'll be fucked!"

Chang Sun Chong, Fang Yiai and Du He walked towards the door.

But after a while, the three of them returned with smiles.

"Seventh brother, let's go!"

Chang Sun Chong and Cheng Chumo surrounded Li Gen and walked towards the door.

"Xiao Shilang, this is my brother Li Gen."

Chang Sun Chong, Fang Yiai and Du He all nodded and smiled.

"Okay, come in with me!"

What Li Gen didn't expect was that.

When entering the imperial city, you must verify your identity.

This is so meow that he has entered the examination room of the Tribute Academy.

Just say hello.

It seems that the practice of going through the back door has existed since ancient times!
"Li Gen, thirteen years old, a student of the Imperial College."

Xiao Shilang looked up Li Gen's candidate information while walking.

"Exam room No. [-] is close to the entrance, and it's convenient to go to the toilet!"

"This is your test number, don't make a mistake."

"Thank you Minister Xiao!"

Li Gen took over his own examination number, which is similar to the examination admission ticket of later generations.

After bowing and thanking him, he walked towards the No. [-] examination room.

At this time, there were not many people entering the examination room No. [-].

Li Gen carefully searched for the position of No. 12 candidate.

Searching the entire No. 12 examination room, there is no NO.[-] examination seat.

Li Gen was confused, after all, there was no one he knew by his side at this time.

Why don't you go out and find that Xiao Shilang again, and ask him if he has made a mistake in the examination number or the examination room.

Just when Li Genji's brow was sweating.

A tall and slender man stood up and said.

"Brother, are you NO.12?"

Li Gen nodded vigorously.

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake just now. I mistook twenty for twelve. I saw you searched the entire examination room, and then I realized that I got it upside down."

"Little brother, please take a seat, Ma Zhou's test number is NO.20."

"Ma Zhou..."

Li Gen's mouth opened into an O shape!
"Little brother, do you know me?"

Ma Zhou asked in surprise.

"Brother Ma, I'm sorry, I just saluted rashly."

"Little brother was joking, it was Ma Zhou who was rude, and asked little brother to search the entire examination room."

"Brother Ma, my name is Li Gen. I am originally from Lantian County. I am thirteen this year. I live in Chang'an now!"

The reason why Li Gen introduced himself in such detail was to find out whether this Ma Zhou was the one recorded in history.

"My hometown is Chiping County, Qinghe County, nine years older than you! I live in Chang'an temporarily!"

When Li Gen heard this, his heart was pounding.

There is no doubt that this Ma Zhou is the famous Ma Zhou during the Zhenguan period.

"It's fate to meet each other. If Brother Ma doesn't mind, let's have a few drinks after the exam."

Li Gen knew that Ma Zhou was fond of wine, so he warmly invited him.

Hearing this, Ma Zhou laughed heartily.

"Little brother, are you also good at drinking?"

"Of course, regardless of my young age, Brother Ma may not be as good as me in terms of drinking capacity!"

"Okay, then let's meet at the wine table."

Seeing that Ma Zhou agreed, Li Gen nodded with a smile and sat in his seat.

Taking out the Four Treasures of the Study, Li Gen began to study ink carefully.

Candidates came in one after another.

In less than half an hour, the entire examination room was packed.

Several examiners entered the venue with examination papers.

Li Gen knew that the moment to decide the fate of these people was coming soon.

Exam papers are not distributed before.

The identities of the candidates were checked again.

Li Gen, who is the oldest, is naturally quite eye-catching.

To Li Gen's relief, these examiners all cast kind eyes.

Talent attracts attention everywhere!

Li Gen was in his heart, giving himself a thumbs up!

"The papers will be issued next, and the exam time will be two and a half hours."

"Three days later, the first exam will be announced in Shangshu Province."

"Only those on the list can take the second exam!"

The examiner's voice sounded in the examination room.

These Li Gen have already learned all about them from Master Kong.

Jinshi imperial examination, divided into three rounds!

Each exam takes two and a half hours, and the first exam is pasted.

The second poetry test!
The third test plan!
Every test will be announced, and only those who are on the list can take part in the next test.

This is a real pass three levels!

Li Gen took the test paper, and the first thing he did was to write his name on it.

Then look at the exam questions again, and start writing hard!
(End of this chapter)