The beginning of the king guards the Great Wall

Chapter 39 The Temple Examination
"Thousands of caves are blessed, peace and worry!"

Jia Luo walked all the way, and the civilians would salute respectfully when they saw her, and then say the same thing.

"This should be a common etiquette in Thousand Caves City."

Jiang Ming guessed in his heart.

The Palace of the Thousand Caves City is decorated in a simple and luxurious way, revealing a cultural atmosphere everywhere.

Because a soldier had notified in advance, the king was already waiting here.

About 50 years old, with clear eyes and a kind appearance.

There is quite a Confucian temperament.

"Jiang Ming met the King of Thousand Caves."

"Thousands of caves are blessed, peace and worry!"

Jiang Ming greeted the king with Qiancao City's unique language.

"Haha, General Jiang Ming is indeed as wise as the little girl said."

The King of Thousand Caves laughed loudly, looking at Jiang Ming with more appreciation in his eyes.

"I heard that General Jiang Ming came here this time to learn the mechanism technology of my Thousand Cave City?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ming nodded and said.

"Forgive me for asking, what is the purpose of the general learning mechanism skills?"

The Thousand Cave King asked with a smile.

Although Thousand Cave City values ​​knowledge, it is also willing to share knowledge.

But Jiang Ming is a soldier of the Tang Dynasty after all, if he learns mechanics to make war weapons.

That definitely didn't teach him the truth.

"King, please rest assured. I learned mechanism skills to restore a mechanism doll I like very much. I will never use it in war."

Jiang Ming said seriously.

"In that case, of course I have no reason to refuse."

"However, organ skills are advanced knowledge in our city, and not everyone can learn them."

"If you want to learn, you need to pass the test of the Temple of Scholars first, even members of the royal family are no exception."

The Thousand Cave King said.

The Temple of Scholars is composed entirely of top scholars, and anyone who wants to obtain advanced knowledge of Thousand Cave City must first accept their review.

Only if they think you are qualified, you can enter the library of Thousand Cave City to borrow the books you want.

In other words, it is an alien version of cultural monopoly.

"Good guy, it turns out that Thousand Cave City still has such a complicated review system."

After listening to the king's introduction to the Temple of Scholars, Jiang Ming was slightly surprised.

But to be honest, this review system is actually necessary.

Because although knowledge is a good thing, the person who masters knowledge is not necessarily a good thing.

Knowledge such as mechanism techniques, gunpowder techniques, and forging techniques, once mastered by unscrupulous people, will be a disaster for the entire world.

The seemingly cumbersome review system of Thousand Cave City is precisely a manifestation of the prosperity of knowledge to a certain extent.

"Then may I ask the king, how to pass the test of the Scholar Temple?"

Jiang Ming asked.

"The temple test is held once a month, and the propositions are different each time."

"Candidates answer according to the proposition, and ten examiners score the candidates, and the ten candidates with the highest total scores can get the right to enter the library."

"Speaking of which, the general came at the right time. Tomorrow is the test day of the temple this month."

The king nodded slightly, and looked at Jiang Ming with interest.

As a deputy general of the Great Wall Guards, there is no problem in terms of force, and his appearance and temperament are far beyond ordinary.

If his knowledge can keep up, he would be a good candidate for a future son-in-law.

"This daughter of mine has never been close to men, but now that she has reached the age when she should start a family, she finally gets the hang of it."

Thinking of this, the king secretly glanced at Jia Luo out of the corner of his eyes, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Tomorrow is the test day for the temple..."

Jiang Ming frowned.

He knows very little about the knowledge of this world, so he might not be able to pass in such a haste.

"By the way, I don't know what the proposition of tomorrow's test is?"

Jiang Ming raised his head and asked.

So far, I can only hope to get familiar propositions.

"Tomorrow's proposition is quite difficult. The topic is—composing poetry!"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Jiang Ming's heart went cold.

But when he heard the word "poetry", his eyes lit up suddenly, and he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Poetry, good poetry!
My dignified Chinese people have recited three hundred Tang poems since childhood, and are familiar with ancient and modern poems.

There are 5000 years of literary and artistic crystallization in China in the mind, and just taking out a capital is enough to beat you thousands of cave scholars.

"Tomorrow's test proposition is the most difficult poem to compose. Why is the general so happy?"

the king asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something happy."

Jiang Ming restrained his smile, nodded lightly and said, "I'm not talented, I have a little research on poetry couplets."

"Oh, the general is actually good at reciting poems and making pairs?"

The king looked surprised.

As we all know, people in the army are relatively rude, and generally don't like to study gentle things.

Especially poetry, is not popular.

"A little bit, a little bit."

Jiang Ming shook his head modestly, and then threw out a famous sentence through the ages: "What is done on paper is always shallow, but I know that this matter has to be practiced, and I am still far behind."

"What is done on paper will eventually become shallow, and I will never know that this matter must be practiced. Good poetry, good poetry!"

When the king heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then showed shock.

Thousand Cave City has always been the most cultured in the mainland, and it is a place of pilgrimage for all literati and poets.

The status in the knowledge circle is equivalent to the holy place for Internet celebrities to check in on the earth.

There are countless well-known poets that the King of Thousand Caves meets every year. Which of them is not proud to leave a line or two of poetry?

But all of their poems combined are not as classic as Jiang Ming's sentence! .

"Can write such a stylish poem, the general really hides his secrets, I admire you!"

said the king respectfully.

"The king's words are serious, the road is long and long, and I will search up and down."

Jiang Ming smiled slightly, and blurted out another famous sentence.

king:? ? ?
Gallo:? ? ?
Good guy, did you come all the way to Thousand Caves City to show off your talent?

This is better than pretending, full marks!
After some fancy pretense, the Jia Luo father and daughter were too shocked to speak.

Jiang Ming smiled lightly and stopped making any noise.

As the saying goes, when things are over, go away and hide merit and fame.

Of course, this sentence was said in the heart, otherwise the two of them would almost kneel down after hearing this.

. . .

To take part in the assessment tomorrow, Jiang Ming rested in the palace that night.

Lying on the bed, I replayed the poems I had recited before in my mind.

For the first time, I felt that the Chinese teacher who forced the students to recite poems turned out to be a very good person.

"With these verses, isn't it easy to get a place in the library?"

Jiang Ming smiled confidently and closed his eyes contentedly.

At the same time, the king's study is not far away.

Su Yu, the number one literary master in Thousand Cave City, recited two poems written by the king to her.

"It's superficial on paper, and I absolutely know that this matter has to be done."

"The road is a long way to go, and I will go up and down to find out."

"King, you said that these two poems were written by a Tang general?"

Su Yu looked excited and trembled all over.

"That's right, he's still a young man under the age of 20."

the king nodded.

"Genius, must be a genius!"

"Where is he, I want to see him!"

Su Yu stood up suddenly.

"What's the rush, he may have already fallen asleep so late."

"See you tomorrow. Anyway, you are the examiner, so we will definitely meet."

The king waved his hand to signal Su Yu to sit down, then looked into the distance with flickering eyes.

"You said, could he be the prophesied savior?"

(End of this chapter)