I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 388 Amazing Quality

After the examination, the first important task that the court should pay attention to is naturally the review of the examination papers.

It was different from the later feudal examinations, which included stereotyped essays and poems and books: in this examination held by Liu Sheng, there were only ten questions.

——The first four questions are all calculation questions based on the background of "a certain farmer", "a certain county government" and "a certain department". They have a unique standard answer, and there is no need for the examiner to use their brains at all.

Take a look at the answer first, if you are right, as long as the process is not too bizarre, you will get a point there;
Even if the answer is wrong, as long as the calculation process and thinking are correct, it can still be based on 'just the result is wrong', and half points will be awarded according to today's Zisheng's instruction.

The five, six, and seven questions are more directly the silent writing questions of the imperial edict.

For example, Emperor Taizong's "Xu Min Chi Shanze Order" and Emperor Xian Xiaojing's "Decree to Cut Fans" and other key policy edicts were included in the examination questions of this examination.

The three imperial edicts are written silently, and candidates do not need to be verbatim, as long as the general meaning and the central idea are accurate, they can get one point;
Even if you only write half of it silently, as long as you can roughly express the intention that this edict wants to express, you can still get half points.

This also has a fixed answer, and does not require the subjective judgment of the examiner.

Questions eight, nine, and thirteen are rare subjective questions, but they are just superficial questions.

For example: when today's son was still the crown prince, he promoted the government-run grain and rice in Guanzhong. Please point out what benefits this policy has for the peasants and what risks can it avoid for the people?
This is purely flattering - it's half a point to throw off your arms and brag about Liu Sheng's foresight, wisdom and wisdom;

Then roughly point out the positive role of the official grain management, and you can get a complete point.

Just these ten questions, with a perfect score of 8000, but because there are more than [-] candidates, most of the Chang'an court, after the exams are over, lie down in the Xuanshi hall and review the test papers alternately.

On the imperial couch, the emperor Liu Sheng secretly suppressed his excitement, quietly waiting for the hundreds of officials and ministers lying in the hall to send the "representatives" in the examination papers to him.

"I don't know how many big fish can be caught with this net?"

"Tsk tsk..."

While thinking about it, the imperial servant Yuan An held an answer sheet, and if Zhen Bao's trot stepped forward, he held the exam paper forward.

"Please read this volume, Your Majesty."

"This volume is neatly written, without even a drop of ink. The first four arithmetic tasks and the middle three silent writing tasks are all seven points."

"Even for the last three questions, this volume can at least be said to have something to say..."

Almost as soon as Yuan Ang finished speaking, Liu Sheng immediately stretched out his hand, not even caring about the etiquette that the courtiers would present it first, and then the palace servants would send it to the imperial case, and grabbed the blank papers.

He muttered again, "The paper should have been taken out long ago", and began to concentrate on checking the test paper in his hand.

Like all candidates: this examination paper is divided into three blank sheets.

Almost as soon as he saw the first line on the first piece of paper, Liu Sheng was pleasantly surprised.

——No exam questions!

The first word on the answer sheet is already the answer to the first question, which means that the owner of this answer sheet did not copy the exam questions.

Combined with the strict discipline of the examination room that Liu Sheng specially sent people to keep an eye on, Liu Sheng quickly came to a conclusion: the owner of this examination paper showed himself the ability of "photographic memory" even in addition to the examination questions themselves.

And this kind of ability, no matter whether it is deliberately done to please Liu Sheng or not, is enough to impress Liu Sheng.

Because Liu Sheng is very clear: the ten test questions will only be displayed in front of the candidates for half a moment, that is, 15 minutes.

The choice of the vast majority of candidates must be to use the 15 minutes to copy down the test questions and check repeatedly for mistakes and omissions.

It takes 15 minutes to memorize these ten exam questions without making a mistake in the order—and regardless of whether this matter is awesome or not, just daring to "show off" in the exam hall, this calmness is also worth it. It is enough to explain the problem.

Continue to look down, as expected: the answers to the first seven questions are almost exactly the same as the standard answers, and even if you want to find the difference between the lines, you have to spend a little effort.

It is exactly as Yuan Ang said: On the basis of ensuring the correct answers, this examination paper is also self-taught, so that the examination paper is neat and neat, and it is almost perfect.

This test paper will be left to future generations, and the four words 'clean and tidy' alone may cause the examiner to add a few points.

——This word is so beautiful!

I can't say how much verve, how much attainment in calligraphy, but the square and square fonts make people feel refreshed for a while!
Skipping over the first seven questions where no mistakes could be found at all, Liu Sheng's eyes were naturally locked on the last three subjective questions.

The first seven questions, to put it bluntly, are to test whether the examinee is a person who shakes his head or is an intellectual with real materials.

Even if all seven questions are correct, it is still far from being sent to Liu Sheng for the emperor to review in person.

——Liu Sheng is very busy~
More than 8000 test papers, the first seven questions are all correct, not half of them, at least thousands!
If you really have to read every exam paper that has answered the first seven questions correctly, let alone Liu Sheng, even the workaholic Ying Zheng will inevitably die in a tragic end.

"Oh?"

"Confucian scholar?"

With just a glance at it, Liu Sheng came to the conclusion: the owner of this answer sheet must be of Confucian origin.

——It's not even 'emotionally inclined to Confucianism', but 'must be of Confucian origin', and must be a direct descendant.

Because in the first line of the title of the eighth question, the words 'ritual' and 'righteousness' that appeared very frequently appeared in Liu Sheng's eyes.

Overall, this question is well answered.

Although he revealed his identity as a "Confucian scholar" too bluntly, he quoted the classics first, and then accurately hit the key points of the grain and rice official camp, making it impossible for Liu Sheng to deduct points even if he wanted to.

Looking down at the last two exam questions, the taste is roughly the same: extremely distinctive Confucian characteristics, but also quite accurate in the answer that Liu Sheng wanted to hear.

"Whoo~"

"It's only a few hundred copies, and there is such a number one character;"

"Could it be that there is really a 'peerless national scholar' in this exam?"

If he let out a sigh, Liu Sheng glanced at the test paper again, and immediately handed it to Xia Que beside him.

"Full marks."

"Keep it away separately, I will personally meet you later."

With just one word, all the ministers and officials in the hall who were buried in fatigue were stunned. Immediately, their spirits were shaken, and they worked harder to find the outstanding ones from the pile of examination papers in front of them.

As for Yuan An who presented the test paper, he returned to his seat leisurely with a calm smile.

It is true: In this generation, when the examination has just sprouted, and there is no custom-made era, there is no such thing as a teacher or an examiner;
But there is no doubt that: just by picking that test paper out of the pile of test papers and sending it to Tian Zisheng, the owner of that test paper has to remember Yuan Ang as a favor.

The kindness of knowledge and encounter may be exaggerated a bit, but the favors such as supporting and knowing people are not exaggerated at all.

——This is an opportunity to face the Holy Spirit!

——A small person who has no official title with a high probability and can only start from [-] shi when he is admitted, has a god-sent opportunity to be interviewed by the emperor!
In that meeting, as long as he can say some dry things and get the attention of the emperor, his career in the future will not only be smooth, but at least many unnecessary obstacles will be swept away.

"I don't know that bastard in my family..."

Seeing Yuan An's pretending to be calm, but in fact he had already lost his eyes with laughter, all the officials in the palace lowered their heads and looked at the pile of examination papers in front of them.

But after a while, they completely wiped out that dangerous thought from their minds.

——On the right side of each examination paper, the part where the name, place of origin, and teacher's inheritance are written is strictly sealed.

Regarding the hidden danger of candidates’ information leakage, Tianzisheng’s original words are: before all the examination papers are reviewed and the results and rankings are confirmed, if the seal is broken, the examination papers will be directly invalidated, and the responsibility of the examiner will be infinitely pursued... ·
"Eh?"

"This volume..."

After a while, in the direction of the corner of the hall, there was another deliberately raised voice of surprise.

After everyone followed the prestige, they saw Tingwei Zhao Yu standing up, but he did not smile like Yuan Ang just now, but frowned, and presented the examination paper forward full of doubts.

"Your Majesty, let's see."

"Look at the handwriting..."

"Always felt······"

Zhao Yu's words were not very clear, but he still couldn't hide it from the crowd in the hall.

——As the saying goes: Seeing words is like seeing people.

Zhao Yu probably ran into an acquaintance during the examination papers he was responsible for grading.

And judging from Zhao Yu's reaction, this person is also likely to be an acquaintance of Liu Sheng...

"Um······"

Realizing the subtext hidden deep in Zhao Yu's words, Liu Sheng couldn't help but sit up a little bit, and reached out to take the test paper.

After reading it carefully from beginning to end, he put the examination paper back on the imperial case, put the pulp of his right index finger in front of his chin, and gently shook his head from side to side.

Aside from the slightly scribbled handwriting, and the scribbled style is very distinctive: this test paper, the first seven questions are also all correct.

As for the eighth question, the opening sentence of "a gentleman does something, but he doesn't do something" can be regarded as confirming the academic tendency of the master who opened the book, "Xi Huang Lao".

This is exactly what made Liu Sheng, as well as Zhao Yu a moment ago, feel extremely puzzled.

——After decades of baptism from Emperor Taizu Gao to later Emperor Xiaohui, the two young emperors before and after, and the two generations of emperor Wenjing, the Huang-Lao theory has become more and more popular in today's Han Dynasty The more unpopular it is.

For one thing, the giants who hold the lifeline of academics call themselves the "ruling school" and always look at every junior who wants to learn from them with an extremely proud attitude.

However, the extensiveness and miscellaneousness of Huang-Lao School have led to the emergence of the folk proverb that "the beard is not white, the family is not up to the family; the hair is white and black, it is difficult to cure the essence".

That is to say, as long as the beard is not white, it has not even touched the threshold of Huang Laoxue!
As long as there is black in the hair and beard, it cannot be said that this person has learned Huang Lao very well and thoroughly.

This makes Huang Laoxue less and less marketable in the academic world of the Han family today, and it is becoming more and more out of reach.

——The older generation is unwilling to teach, and the new generation is unwilling to learn. It is strange that Huang Lao's learning can continue!

But at this moment, the examination paper in front of Liu Sheng is telling Liu Sheng bluntly: the owner of the examination paper is a person who has just started learning for a few years and can't even write well, but has already devoted himself to Huang Laoxue' young people'.

Look at the dog-like font again, it is really ugly and too personal...
"I remember that during the time of the first emperor, there was a hero in Xingyang who was well known to the court for saving the lieutenant Zhang Yu from danger."

'Hearing that this person was very famous in Liang, the first emperor summoned him, and then sent him to the palace of the crown prince, and appointed him as the crown prince Sheren...'

As he said so, Liu Sheng always forgot to cast his unconvincing gaze on Zhao Yu who was bowing beside him.

After Zhao Yu nodded suspiciously, Liu Sheng was sure: I'm afraid, I really met an acquaintance...
"Zheng Zhuang..."

"Hey;"

"I couldn't be favored in the uterus, and I couldn't bear the loneliness, so I resigned and left, but I couldn't leave Chang'an."

"Now, I'm actually greedy for an exam again..."

"—In His Majesty's opinion...?"

There was a sigh of embarrassment, which only caused Zhao Yu's expression to freeze slightly;
He tentatively opened his mouth to ask, but saw that Liu Sheng thought about it for a moment, and then he was very open-minded and handed the test paper in front of him to Xia Que beside him.

"Full marks."

"Keep it."

Instructing Xia Que to put away Zheng's examination papers at that time, he saw Liu Sheng turned sideways with a half-smile, and smiled strangely at Zhao Yu again.

"I don't like Zheng Zhuang, because I can't understand the 'chivalry' spirit in him."

"It's just that now, since Zheng Zhuang is willing to study literature, and even wants to pass the exam, starting from a [-]-stone official, this kind of heart shows that he is very human."

"—After all, not everyone can accept the gap between the county's Renxia-Prince Sheren-Baishi Xiaoli..."

After saying that, Liu Sheng nodded slightly to Zhao Yu, and let Zhao Yu return to his seat.

What disappointed Liu Sheng a little was that there were only two "capable people" out of the first three to five hundred examination papers. He thought that there could be more than ten or twenty heroes out of more than 8000 examination papers;

As a result, Liu Sheng waited for a long time after the Confucian scholar and Zheng at that time, but in the end he only waited for two test papers that were worth a second look.

But this is the case—even if only four test papers can be seen in his eyes, Liu Sheng is still looking forward to the results of this exam.

Because there are more than 8000 candidates in this exam, although I can only see four of them, but the quality of these four talents is quite high beyond Liu Sheng's expectations...
"Um······"

"Just these four."

"In addition, the first seven questions are all correct, and those who have something to say about the last three questions, I will also summon them."

"Anyone with a test score of six points or above is qualified and will be temporarily in their respective residences to wait for the imperial edict."

"As long as the sons of meritorious princes and noble relatives have not written any rebellious remarks on the examination paper, and their scores are less than six points, they will be counted as six points."

(End of this chapter)