Xiangye

Chapter 219 Searching for Relics ([-])

Speaking of returning to the Gongyuan examination room, it has been busy for more than ten days, and the review of the rural examination papers has reached the last moment.

There are only three days left until the final announcement.

Seeing that the table-turning joint examination is still in full swing, all the recommended papers have been counted, and we only wait for the rankings of the two main examiners.Of course, Li Zhen and Shu Richang have the final say on who will be chosen and who will not be chosen. As the chief examiner of the imperial envoy, they have this power.

Li Zhen chuckled, and said: "I think it's almost time for a table transfer, so let's just leave it at that for now. You guys have worked hard, so please stop for a while."

Hearing this, the examiner was shocked and asked, "Is the Grand Master going to search for the remains?"

Li Zhen pointed to the pile of test papers on the case, and said: "Basically, that's it. Forty papers will be selected for admission. This time in Qiu Wei, everyone is also holding a public heart to recruit scholars for the court, and there is no suspicion of fraud. .Heavenly and conscientious, it can be regarded as doing our best for the country. The old man is very pleased. I also blame the old man. This time the question is really simple, and it is a lot of trouble for everyone to review the papers. Let’s leave it like this for the time being. The remaining ten papers will be collected from the search paper. Take it!"

He praised everyone for being fair and honest, and everyone lifted up their spirits and their faces were full of excitement.It is also a lie to say that it is fair and honest.Almost none of the papers recommended by Duzhi County were good, and all of them had joints.It's really funny that the cheating is so helpless and unscrupulous.You, Du Shenghui, are also Wang Shangshu's protégé, Wang Zhi has always been honest and self-disciplined, aren't you trying to discredit him?
Moreover, it has been several years since I heard about picking up relics in various provinces and township examinations in the country, and I don't know what the great master is going to find out?

Du Zhixian couldn't hold his head up in front of the crowd after being seen through these days, so he had no choice but to put Shen's face in silence.

Li Zhen: "Okay, Master Shu and I will read the test papers for a day first, and search all the test papers before the rankings are released the day after tomorrow, and then please wait to come back and turn the tables. Everyone has worked hard these days, and we will take a day or two to recuperate. The old man has come into the test room to sleep I slept too much, I am happy to see Lie Xin, and I want to read a few volumes."

All the inner curtain officials laughed, stretched their muscles and left.

When everyone left, the book office had already sent the papers eliminated by each room to the desks of the two great masters.

Therefore, Li Zhen and Shu Richang raised their spirits and read at night with the lights on.

The so-called search is that the responsible chief examiner is afraid of missing talents, so he collects the papers that the officials of the [-]th room have thrown in the wastebasket, and reads them again. .If you don't have any comments and you all think it's good, you can add it temporarily.

The imperial examinations are not like the college entrance examinations of later generations. Most of them are multiple-choice questions, ABCD.Among them, the personal factors of the reviewers are completely excluded.

But in the ancient imperial examinations, a few stereotyped articles were determined for life, and there was no agreed standard for the quality of an article.For example, in the eyes of the examiner, your essay is like a flower in seconds, but in the eyes of another person, it is a stinky bastard.Examiners are human too and have their preferences.For example, some people like the kind of simple and honest writing, while others only choose articles with gorgeous rhetoric.

Therefore, even if it is a great talent, a famous scholar, he is not sure that he will be successful in the examination room.For example, Hou Fangyu and Hou Chaozong, the fourth son of the late Ming Dynasty, took the exam several times in the Nanzhili Township Examination, and he was still a scholar when he was in his thirties; lift.

The establishment of the search system is to select the remaining talents from the candidates as much as possible.

Of course, this kind of thing is too troublesome and too painful.After all, no examiner is willing to read thousands of papers in one day and one night.

Of course, there are also chief examiners who deliberately make a gesture in order to arrange their own favor papers.The other fellow examiners also knew their own minds. When encountering this kind of thing, they all hid away and kept their promises.

The papers were delivered, and they were packed into two large boxes.

Shu Richang couldn't understand why Li Zhen wanted to search for the remains, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Li, the job you found for me is really troublesome. In my opinion, it was recommended by the inner curtain officials of various rooms in Shaanxi this time." The papers are all done very well, there are no major problems, and there is no need to search again. I am just worried about your body, and I am afraid that staying up all night like this will not be able to bear it."

Li Zhen smiled and said: "It's okay to stay up all night. The old man is eighty years old. The so-called life of seventy is rare in ancient times. Even if he dies in office, it is a long life. Didn't Gao Linghan give the old man a coffin, at worst, put it in it and send it back to his hometown So, it can be regarded as a matter of loyalty to the king. I have been loyal to the country all my life, and when I die, it is not bad to end like this. This is the last time this old man failed in the big exam. Naturally, we must do it perfectly and leave no regrets."

Shu Richang was moved in his heart: "It should be like this, Mr. Li is our role model." He is a person who is upright and responsible, so he read the paper carefully.

After watching for a long time, he suddenly slapped the table: "Du Shenghui is disgusting, why did Wang Zhi accept such a shameless villain as a student, I want to impeach this greedy and despicable person."

Li Zhen: "What's wrong?"

"Look, Mr. Li, look... this is too outrageous." Shu Richang was trembling with anger: "These papers are all articulated, and there are 'hu' characters throughout, so I recommend it to him." The test papers are exactly the same. Unscrupulous and insane, do you think I am blind?"

Li Zhen took those papers, there were about thirty copies, and he didn't know how much he charged for this joint.

After looking at it, he shook his head and sighed: "Du Shenghui's articles were good back then, and he was an upright person, but he didn't expect to become like this when he arrived in Shaanxi. He didn't even want to be decent. Wang Xingjian didn't know people! Richang, don't be angry, there is no evidence, and the impeachment papers are useless."

"Could it be possible to let him go like this?" Shu Richang sneered angrily: "Others are afraid that Wang Xingjian is a heavenly official, but I am not. Ask Wang Zhongzai personally, is it ashamed to ask him?"

Li Zhen: "What else can I do? Throw away all the joint papers! It's the most important thing, let's see if there are any good papers to choose from." As he spoke, he picked two papers and handed them over: "What do you think of these two papers?"

Shu Richang was still furious in his heart, looked at it, and said casually: "These two are optional, but since they are picking up relics, it is God's will to fall into Li Gong's hands, so let's keep it...cough , I can't get through this thought, Du Shenghui, villain, villain!"

Li Zhen is still persuading: "How else?"

Shu Richang gritted his teeth and said: "The papers recommended by Du Shenghui are all bad. I don't believe that there are no good papers in the test room he is in charge of. I have to pick a few and throw them on his face."

Li Zhen shook his head: "Don't be impulsive. Of course you can't miss a good paper. If it's unusable, it's unreasonable to pick it up."

Shu Richang: "Don't worry, Mr. Li. As the deputy chief examiner, I will naturally be absolutely fair and just. Otherwise, I will be no different from a villain like Du Shenghui."

"In this way, the old man can rest assured."

Shu Richang immediately gathered his spirits, picked up all the examiners in charge of Duzhi County, and read them carefully one by one.

Looking at it, I really found a good volume, so I shouted again: "Mr. Changqi, what a great article, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"

He called three wonderful words in one breath.

(End of this chapter)