Black-bellied Prince: Princess Ding is 13 years old

Chapter 72 Participating in the Preliminary Examination
Finally, the two of them stopped in Shangcheng County, not far from Kyoto.Bai Yu changed into Shunchang's local attire, like a handsome gentleman, holding a folding fan in his hand, with his black hair tied up, walking leisurely on the street.Li didn't follow, because his attire would definitely attract more attention, and Bai Yu had already arranged for him to go to the Tiemu branch to deal with matters.

Wherever Bai Yu walked, many girls who had not left the cabinet would be secretly teased.Even some men are fascinated by her aura.As for Bai Yu herself, she was walking freely. She was not just wandering aimlessly, but was going to sign up at Wenzheng Hall on the other side of the street!
Wenzheng Hall is the place where all Shunchang participants in the Anthology Conference sign up, and it is set up in every county in Shunchang.When Bai Yu walked to Wenzheng Hall, the assistant officer who was in charge of registration was going to play chess with Zhou Gong with his head on his head.There was no one else in the hall. On the assistant officer's desk was the Four Treasures of the Study. Bai Yu took the pen and wrote his name on a piece of white paper: Bai Yu.

Putting down the pen, Bai Yu opened the fan, fanned the breeze, and coughed slightly.It happened to startle the assistant officer, the assistant officer opened his sleepy eyes, wanting to see who disturbed his lucid dream.

In the eyes is a handsome young man, standing with a fan; bright eyes and white teeth, black hair like hemp, eyes that are unparalleled, three parts scholarly and seven parts heroic.The assistant officer rubbed his eyes again, seeing that he was not dreaming, and put on a smiling face in front of such a wonderful person, and said enthusiastically: "Is this little brother going to sign up to represent this county in the literary election conference?"

Bai Yu smiled slightly, "Exactly!" This smile made the assistant officer even more confused.

"Okay, okay, sign up here. Tomorrow is the first test. As long as you pass the first test, you can participate in the literary selection meeting in the capital. Hey, little brother, let me tell you, in our county, there has never been a scholar who has passed the first test." , Here, business is more important than literature, and people laugh at it every year, little brother... eh? Little brother? Little brother?" The assistant officer kept talking, picked up the paper and turned around to ask Bai Yu to sign it, but when he turned around, Bai Yu Yu had long since disappeared, and a distant voice came from the lobby, "Bai Yu will definitely take the preliminary exam on time tomorrow..."

Zuo Guan scratched his head in puzzlement, and looked down to see two black words on the paper in his hand: Bai Yu.

"Could it be that the little brother just now was a fairy?" Zuo Guan said to himself.

After Bai Yu left, she found an inn to rest and had nothing to say all night.

The next day, Bai Yu got up early in the morning to participate in the preliminary examination of the Shunchang anthology. He secretly thought that he was also someone who had studied Tang poetry and Song Ci in the 21st century. He had also studied a lot of common sense and history for various tasks. There won't be any difficulty in the first try.

The Shunchang Anthology Preliminary Examination is divided into five groups by its 49 counties, and the preliminary examination is held in the nearest place, which is more like the ancient imperial examination in the 21st century.The county where Bai Yu is currently located is the nearest initial test site to the capital. As long as he passes the initial test and has a letter of recommendation to enter the city, then Bai Yu will succeed in his first step if he wants to sneak into Shunchang's capital court.

The initial pilot site has already gathered many literati and writers, who came from various counties.There is a team at each station, and someone holds a sign in front of each team. Wherever the literati sign up, they must represent that place to participate in the preliminary examination.At a glance, Bai Yu saw Beicheng, Shicheng, Majia County, Luojiazhuang, and Shangcheng County, which he signed up for.Among them, Majia County and Luojiazhuang have the strongest teams, with more than a dozen people in each team; and the least is Shangcheng County, which he signed up for. Er... there is no one, only the assistant officer from yesterday holding a sign.

After seeing Bai Yu, the assistant officer's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Hey, brother Bai! This way, this way!" He waved to Bai Yu as he spoke.Bai Yu finally understands why Shangcheng County got its name. Here, business is really valued over literature. The children of every household have been doing business with their adults since they were young, and their families are wealthy. Who would want to study the Four Books and Five Classics and become a poor literati?

And the people in the four teams next to him all started to look at Bai Yu secretly.

"Yo! This year, some people from Shangcheng County participated in the preliminary examination of the literary selection." Literati A said.

"Isn't that right? It's probably because there aren't even any literati who sign up every year. This year, the preliminary examination of the literary selection is held in Shangcheng County. It's hard to face, so I found someone to participate!" Literati B here replied.

"Haha, if Shangcheng County can also pass the preliminary examination of literary selection, then everyone in our Majia County can do business!" Another person sarcastically sarcastically provoked the other literati to burst into laughter.Literati have looked down on merchants since ancient times, thinking that merchants smell like copper, and they are no better than them these days.

Bai Yu listened to their words, without any expression on her face, and walked in the direction of the assistant officer.

The examination room for the preliminary examination was a large academy. There were not many students here in Shangcheng County, and they were all children who dropped out of school and went to business after they could read a few words.The old dean of the academy felt embarrassed, but he couldn't refute. He stared at Bai Yu, a handsome young man, and hoped that she would be proud of them for Shangcheng County.

It's almost time, the old dean said: "The emperor's kindness is mighty, the five major cities and counties will be held in our Shangcheng County today, and now all scholars can enter the examination room of the academy in order. The examination will last for two hours and will be invigilated by me and the assistant officer. , I hope all the examinees can answer the questions well, and don’t try to be heretical! The exam questions will be judged by the Taifu from Kyoto, and the decision will be made in three days."

After finishing speaking, a servant opened the gate of the academy, and each examinee entered the examination room of the academy in order, and there were more than forty people in total.Bai Yu also walked among them, with no expression on her face. She didn't know what the ancient exam would test, but fortunately, Shunchang and Yongle used Chinese characters that she knew. Let's deal with the poems and songs of the literati.

After entering the examination room, each candidate sat down according to their position, and the old dean and assistant officer began to distribute the test papers.

When the assistant officer sent it to Bai Yu, he gave Bai Yu a cheering look. Bai Yu understood, smiled slightly, opened the file, and the topic was in front of him.

[-]. The ancients all used bamboo to represent the noble character and integrity of a gentleman. Please use bamboo as the title to write a poem.

[-]. Which is heaven, the people or the king?What is the most important thing in governing the country?Please write down your opinion and explain your opinion.

The topic is not too difficult. If Bai Yu himself could say some sharp words or criticize the current situation, but in this time and space, no matter how good he said, they would not understand. After thinking about it, Bai Yu decided to steal some words from the ancients. It’s good to add some of your own opinions to the famous sentence of the famous sentence. If you pass the first test, it will be no problem.

(End of this chapter)