Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 204 Continue to take the blame
It will take ten days to mark the provincial examination papers. At that time, the admission list will be announced, but there will be no ranking. The palace examination will be held in another 20 days. More than 500 scholars who have been admitted to the provincial examination will take part in the one-day examination, and then the final ranking will be determined.

For the top ten, the emperor will personally interview and arrange the top three in the final list.

But for the candidates, there are almost no people who are preparing for the palace exam, or indulge in drinking and playing, or go shopping, but most of them are anxiously waiting for the provincial exam to be released.

After all, the palace examination is only a battlefield for more than [-] people. For the vast majority of candidates, it is meaningless to consider the palace examination.

Early the next morning, Su Liang and Cheng brothers and sisters went to Chenliu County to play, and Fan Ning had to assume the responsibility of being the behind-the-scenes owner of the Kistler Pavilion.

He has five members in the Kistler Museum, but they are all under his mother's name.

When everyone came to Shuyuan Street, the new store was being renovated. The decoration of the store in the Song Dynasty was not focused on the interior. As long as the interior was clean and tidy, the dirt on the walls would be repainted, and the damaged wooden boards on the floor should be replaced.

But the appearance is very important. Fan Tiege spent [-] yuan to build a small Huanlou, which is his dream all the time. In the past, the gate of the old Fan grocery store was very dilapidated, and he had no money to decorate it.

The Mudu Qishi Pavilion itself is the largest store, so there is no need to build a Huanlou.

But this store in Beijing is similar to other stores, so it is very important to have a building at the entrance if you want to stand out.

When Fan Ning walked to the shop, Huanlou was being installed. Huanlou is actually a gatehouse with many poles on it, which is convenient for tying colored satin. It looks very beautiful and imposing.

Fan Ning found that the plaque was still empty, so he asked with a smile: "Is there no name on the plaque yet?"

Fan Tiege smiled wryly and said: "I'm going back to find Mr. Zhu, and ask him to find a famous person to write the name of the store."

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome. In a few days, I will ask Ouyang Xiu to inscribe it. He is a master of calligraphy, or ask Xiangguo Pang Ji to inscribe it. He also loves collecting famous stones and has a great influence in the world of strange stones. I will do this."

Mingren laughed at the side: "Ah Ning, why don't you write the inscription? You are the big proprietor, so it is only natural to write an inscription on your shop."

Fanning shook his head, "This is an out-and-out bad idea!"

He walked straight into the shop, and Fan Tiege slapped his son on the head, "Don't talk nonsense from now on!"

"Why not?" Akihito mumbled softly, covering his head.

"Ah Ning doesn't want others to know that this shop has something to do with him. If you don't understand it, don't talk about it."

Akihito stuck out his tongue, not daring to make another sound.

The shop has already been tidied up. Half of the first floor is filled with shelves. The shelves are mainly filled with small Taihu stones, and the large Taihu stones are placed in the backyard. There will also be a few medium Taihu stones in the store for decoration.

"Where's Tian Huangshi?"

Fanning asked, "Have you moved here?"

Fan Tiege pointed to the second floor, "I moved here yesterday, and Mingren slept in the shop at night, guarding these Tian Huangshi, and I may go back tomorrow."

"Is Second Uncle leaving tomorrow?"

Fan Tiege nodded, "Go back and hand over to the new shopkeeper. At the end of the month, another batch of Taihu stones will be transported to Beijing, and the strange stone museum in the capital will open."

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said, "Second Uncle, it's better to recruit two more carvers to Beijing. Tian Huangshi needs carvers to stay in the store."

"I know! The right person is already there, let's go to Beijing together next time!"

Fan Ning immediately went up to the second floor, the door on the second floor was locked, Fan Tiege took the key to open the door, and then opened the door to go in.

The second floor is the world of Tianhuangshi. The shelves on both sides of the wall are densely packed with thousands of pieces of the best Tianhuang, which vary in size, but most of them are the size of a fist.

There are also many Tianhuang stones as big as grapefruits, and a few pieces the size of water tanks, placed on the ground.

Fan Ning picked up the pieces and looked at them carefully. After watching for a while, he turned his head and smiled at Ming Ren: "I will pick 20 yuan to take away, and I will ask Zhu Pei's brother to sculpt. His works will become the treasures of our shop."

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In Zhang Guozhang's mansion, Zhang Yaozuo listened to a subordinate's investigation report with a gloomy face.

Zhang Yaozuo's grandson, Zhang Chun, failed the imperial examination because of a broken arm, which made Zhang Yaozuo very angry.

Although Zhang Yaozuo sent someone to smash the Qingfeng Building afterwards, when he calmed down slowly, he still felt a little strange. There are a lot of drunk people every day, but it is rare to hear that someone broke their arm because of it. Why did his grandson meet? To this kind of thing?

The more he thought about it, the more something went wrong, so Zhang Yaozuo sent his capable men to investigate the matter.

"Reporting to Her Majesty, my subordinates carefully inspected the stairs of Qingfeng Building. There is indeed a damaged place between the second and third floors. Because the business is too busy and there are not many people going up to the third floor, they didn't have time to repair it.

A bartender also unfortunately stepped on the air and fell downstairs that morning, but was not injured. "

Zhang Yaozuo was a little unhappy, and asked coldly, "You mean my grandson really stumbled?"

"Subordinates can't lie to the head of the country. It is true that Ya Nei stepped on the air and fell downstairs, but this subordinate still has two doubts."

"What doubt?" Zhang Yaozuo turned around and asked.

"The first suspicious point is the damaged part of the stairs. My subordinates found that the stairs were seriously damaged. If you don't pay attention, you will step on the air and fall down. The subordinates feel strange, such a serious damage, why didn't you repair it in time?"

"Then did you ask Qingfeng Restaurant?"

The subordinate smiled wryly, "The people in Qingfeng Restaurant have an extremely domineering attitude because the head of the country sent someone to smash the restaurant. They insisted that the head of the country sent people to smash the stairs and it has nothing to do with them."

Zhang Yaozuo's face was ugly, and he snorted heavily.

"What about the second doubt?"

"The second suspicious point has nothing to do with Qingfeng Restaurant, but in Zhulou. Just the day before the incident, there was a quarrel with someone in the small yamen."

"Who did you quarrel with?" This is what Zhang Yaozuo cares about.

As long as he suspects that there is something wrong with his grandson's injury, he will naturally move closer to all conspiracy theories. His grandson has conflicts with others and is framed by others. This is the result he wants.

"According to the investigation of my subordinates, Xiao Ya Nei went to Zhulou for a drink the day before, and had a conflict with the shopkeeper because there were not enough seats. Then he met Fan Ning, and he argued with Xiao Ya Nei."

"Fanning!"

Zhang Yaozuo clenched his fists, gnashing his teeth with hatred, it was this bastard again.

The subordinates hurriedly said: "The yamen only had a few words with Fan Ning, which did not affect Fan Ning's interests, and Fan Ning will have an exam the next day, so I'm afraid he doesn't have the time and energy, the subordinates are actually suspicious of the Zhu family. "

"It can't be the Zhu family!"

Zhang Yaozuo vetoed it outright, because the Zhu family was not that stupid to have an enmity with him because of a restaurant owner.

Moreover, for so many years, the Zhu family has been relatively low-key. If the Zhu family is dissatisfied with him, they can come to ask for an explanation, and it is impossible to do something that hurts someone behind the scenes.

Zhang Yaozuo knew in his heart that this incident was definitely not the work of the Zhu family.

On the contrary, Fan Ning, Zhang Yaozuo had great hatred for him. He heard that he had a rift with his grandson, no matter whether Fan Ning did it or not, Zhang Yaozuo put part of the blame on him.

Zhang Yaozuo looked out of the window with his hands behind his back for a long time, and snorted, "I thought it was Fan Zhongyan's grandson, so I could be arrogant. Do you really think I can't deal with him?"

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Candidates can relax a little after the provincial test, but their test papers also have to go through the severe test of five passes and six generals.

It is true that there are five checkpoints to pass, and the first checkpoint is the Chaoyu Academy. This is to prevent the examinee's handwriting from being recognized by the examiner, which will lead to fraudulent behavior.

Therefore, the papers of all candidates must first go to the Copying Academy, and the Copying Academy will copy it again.

But in this way, the examiner cannot know the examinee's calligraphy and the situation of the paper, so it is necessary for the copying and reputation institute to properly intercept and collect some test papers with bad calligraphy, obvious mistakes in the silent scriptures, or too many changes on the paper.

The officials of the copying and honoring institute have no right to deal with it. They will transfer this part of the test papers to the examiner, who will make a judgment.

Generally speaking, if the calligraphy is unqualified, if there are more than three alterations on the surface of the scroll, or if there are more than three mistakes in the silent scriptures, they will be eliminated directly.

Such papers probably accounted for about [-]% of the total number of papers, and about [-] papers would be eliminated at the first level of copying and reputation.

The second pass is the first trial pass, which is also called the ghost gate pass. It is the pass that eliminates the most test papers. Those who escaped the plagiarism court by chance and entered the audit court papers will be eliminated by [-]% in the preliminary trial pass.

About [-] papers will be eliminated here, mainly in the countermeasures.

But this is just the experience of previous years.

This year, it is a bit more harsh. There are two questions in the countermeasures. The first question is, do you agree with the county magistrate's judgment?

If the answer is yes, then no matter how brilliantly written the candidates are, it will be meaningless. This is a death line, and if they cross it, they will be brushed off.

So [-] papers, [-] were eliminated on the first question,

More than [-]% of the elimination rate.

There are only more than [-] papers left to enter the second trial.

(End of this chapter)