Prime Minister

Chapter 283

Wang Kui is also riding a tiger now.

In order to win the No. [-] Scholar, he not only asked wealthy businessmen to contribute a lot of money to create momentum for him, and spread the news that he would win the No. [-] Scholar, but also accepted the imperial examination questions obtained in advance by the eunuch of the Imperial Medicine Academy.

All the gambling stalls in Beijing bet on who will be the top Jinshi this time. These wealthy businessmen think they have a plan, and put a lot of money, even most of their net worth, on Wang Kui.In order to win the support of those people, Wang Kui put all the chips on himself and promised everywhere.

Wang Kui did so much just for the sake of the champion, and if he didn't get the champion, he would suffer backlash.

Besides, even though they are all Jinshi, the difference between the first class and the lower class will be cloud and mud in the future.

When it comes to the first place, it is even more different. The number one pick and the second place are both in the top three, but one is a state, and the number one pick is another state compared to the second place.

Therefore, Wang Kui held on to his marriage with the rich family. As long as he spread the news, it would be beneficial for him to become the champion. Therefore, the marriage of the rich family could not be let go.

Wang Kui had thought before that if he won the champion, could he talk to the rich family and let them accept Guiying, but now he dare not think about it.

The story of my stealing had been spread by Zhang Yue before, but now it is well known in the market, and it has become another wave, saying that someone was jealous of Wang Kui's talent and learning, and wanted to make him not the number one scholar, so he intentionally fabricated it .

So for a while, Zhang Yue was also splashed with dirty water.

Wang Kui was relieved to learn about this, the news was complicated, so it would be easier for him to fish in troubled waters.It can be seen from this that those who sue behind their backs will not have good fruit to eat.

This is called retribution!
Facing the astonished Gui Ying, Wang Kui didn't dare to tell the truth, but said: "I'll say it again, if it doesn't work, I will give up my official position and quit my job. At that time, the two of us will live together on the ground, and we will never be separated in this life. "

Guiying was both sad and moved.

Wang Kui comforted her softly for a while, coaxing Guiying to sleep.Gui Ying was exhausted for several days, so Wang Kui packed his bags, took most of the money from him and put it next to Gui Ying's pillow, and then left the residence with his bags on his back.

The palace examination is determined in detail.

The first, second, and third, fourth, and fifth papers of the palace examination have been counted to the primary examination office.

Shen Yu, Sima Guang, Pei Yu, and Lu Jing, four well-educated Confucians, had to write down the rank and rank of each examinee on the 180 seven volumes, based on the test words given by the previous checkers.

The fifth-class comment corresponds to the fifth-class review. For example, the inspector's comment reads "you should be able to learn well, the arts and sciences are thorough, and you can be called a high-level among the crowd", which seems to be crazy to imply that this is a second-class paper.

If the comment is 'slightly inferior in arts and science, but proficient in arts and sciences', then it is equivalent to telling the preliminary examiner that this is the fourth class.

As for the fourth class, there are also advantages and disadvantages.

After reviewing the papers, the first-time examiner will write down the rank and ranking of the papers in his opinion after the reviewer's comments.

After the primary examiners finish writing the grades and rankings of the papers, their comments will be sealed.

The papers will be submitted to the re-examination office.

In the reexamination office, four ministers, Zu Wuze, Zheng Xie, Li Wei, and Wang Guan, served as Jinshi review examiners.

They will also grade and rank each paper again according to the opinions of the inspectors.

The papers after the preliminary examination and the re-examination will be sent to the detailed examination office.

The detailed judge will give the final opinion based on the grades given by the first examiner and the reexaminer.

Yang Tian, ​​He Tan, and Wang Anshi served as detailed officials in the detailed establishment.

The job of Wang Anshi and the others is to make detailed decisions.

The task of the detailed official is to compare the ranks set by the first examiner and the re-examiner. If the first examiner and the re-examiner set the same, then submit the order to the emperor.

Otherwise, choose one of the two from the preliminary examination or the re-examination, and don't wait.

It's like a paper that the first examiner and the second examiner have all rated as second-class, but the detailed judge should not be presumptuous, and report this directly to the emperor.

If the primary examiner assigns the second class and the re-examiner assigns the third class, then the detailed examiner must select a rank for the candidate from the second class and the third class based on his own judgment on the paper and report it to the emperor.

You can't make up your own mind and set a fourth or first class for candidates.

In addition to ranking, it is the ranking among the peers. The most important ranking is the top five in the top armor, and the top name in each armor.

No.1 in the same list is called Jiatou.

Yijia No.1 is naturally the No. [-] Scholar, also known as the champion.Erjiatou name, known as Jiatou.

As for the top five, it is more important. No.1 in the top is one treatment, the second or third in the top is one treatment, and the fourth or fifth in the top is another treatment.

Therefore, there was a dispute for the top five.

From March [-]th, the papers after the re-examination of the preliminary examination entered the detailed examination room.

As the head of the detailed official, Yang Tian's name is Le Dao. His great-uncle and grandfather are the famous Yang Ye, Yang Lao Linggong, and Yang Wenguang, a famous general of the Western Army, is his uncle.

At the same time, he is the same year as Ouyang Xiu, and the friendship between the two has always been very good.Last March, Yang Tian sentenced Liu Neiquan to the Ministry of Officials. At that time, Su Zhe, Su Shi's younger brother, was ranked fifth in the imperial examination. At the same time, he returned home and Ding You was not appointed.

Seeing that Su Zhe was a promising talent, Yang Tian thought it would be a pity for him to become a local official, so he recommended Su Shi, and Su Zhe should take the national examination.

Now Yang Tian is the chief of the detailed official as a direct bachelor and attendant of Longtu Pavilion.

Yang Tian and Wang Anshi have a good personal relationship, and they have written poems and given each other gifts since they took office as detailed officials.

Wang Anshi wrote a poem to Yang Tian.

The materials of the palace and pavilions are poor, and the servants are good at Wenhua today.Yang Xiong's literacy is invincible, and He Xunneng's poetry has a family.The old virtues are as intoxicating as fine wine, and the new chapter clears eyes better than real tea.A glass of wine and a chants of each other's music, the legend is still worthy of exaggeration.

After Yang Tian and Wang Anshi served as detailed officials, he thought it was a very good life experience.

But Yang Tian later realized that he had made a serious mistake, and the two had often disagreed on the ranking and ranking of the examiner's papers.

It should be known that Yang Tian, ​​as a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, is a detached official who can be awarded this post.For example, Bao Gong has always been honored as Bao Longtu.

But Wang Anshi is very stubborn, very stubborn.

On March [-]th, the emperor visited the detailed examination office again in person to visit the examiners.

At the same time, each examiner was given two pots of wine and a box of fruit for the Cold Food Festival.

In the evening, eunuchs were sent to give the examiner wine and fruit, and cold food.

The Son of Heaven visited the examination center in person several times, and the examiners were very moved, but the grading progress was extremely slow.On this day, only the ranks of 87 Jinshi were compiled, and there were still [-] papers with no agreement.

And the day after tomorrow is the deadline for the ranking and papers to be presented to the emperor.

On the last day, the deliberations continued in the detailed office.

The order of the palace examination is from the end to the front.

After agreeing on the ranking of a paper, the seal official will remove the seal from the paper, and then fill in the names of the candidates on the paper on the list for the emperor to read.

The fifth and fourth grade volumes were all discussed yesterday, and now there are still some third grade volumes, second grade volumes and first grade volumes.

The three detailed judges discussed for a long time, and finally arrived at the first-class paper.

There are a total of twenty volumes in the first-class volume, but the discussion starts from the first name.

It turned out that the first-time examiners Shen Yu, Sima Guang, Pei Yu, Lu Jing and others agreed to recommend that the paper with the name "笾" be the first.

However, the re-examiners Zu Wuze, Zheng Xie, Li Wei, and Wang Yu recommended the paper with the name "菹" as Taujia No.1.

The initial examiner and the re-examiner have different opinions.

Yang Tian, ​​chief of the detailed official, insisted on following the system. When the initial examiner and the reexaminer had different opinions, he took a volume in the font size of "笾" and "菹" as the first volume.

But Wang Anshi came forward to object. Since the first examiner disagreed with the examiner, it should be another one.

Yang Tian and Wang Anshi were in dispute. At this time, Zhu Congdao, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple who was appointed as the Mifeng official, suggested: "Since this is the case for these three volumes, we might as well dismantle the names and make a decision."

This was also the last resort, Yang Tian and Wang Anshi both agreed, as for the third detailed official, He Tan, he chose to sit on the sidelines as he watched the two quarrel.

In the end, the name was dismantled, and everyone regarded it.

The scroll with the font size is Zhang Yue, the scroll with the font size is Jiang Yan, and the scroll with the font size is Wang Kui.

Seeing this scene, all the officials couldn't help but laugh, He Tan said with a smile: "Of course, the top three of the provincial examination are all here. Congratulations, congratulations."

Zhao Yan, Sima Guang, Shen Yun, Wang Anshi, and Zu Wuze who were present all laughed.

As an examiner of the Palace Examination, there is a lot of pressure. It is not that there are no examiners who have misjudged and blown a candidate with no talent to the sky, and finally got laughed at.

These three candidates competed for the top spot, and they deserved their names, but if you take a closer look at the rankings given by the examiners, this is the point of contention.

First of all, for the three volumes, the inspectors gave first-class comments, which is not controversial.

However, there is a huge difference in the rankings given by the first-time examiner and the re-examiner.

For Zhang Yue's paper, the first examiner gave it the first name, and the reexaminer gave it No.8.

Jiang Yan's papers were given to nineteen by the first examiner, and No.1 by the reexaminer.

Wang Junmin's papers, the rankings given by the first examiner and the re-examiner, one is No.6 and the other is No.2.

According to Yang Tian's method, it is a bit complicated. For example, Zhang Yue can't get the first place, and can only get No.8 in the end.

If Jiang Yan couldn't win the first place, he could only get nineteenth.

Therefore, Wang Anshi had his own reasons for weighing Wang Junmin as the first name.

After the dismantling of the name, Yang Tian still insisted very much. He believed that the legal system established before must be abided by and should not be changed.

The re-examiner, Zu Wuze, said: "Wang Kui and Jiang Yan are slightly better than Zhang Yue in terms of prose talent. Although Zhang Yue is strong in reasoning, he is indeed inferior to the two in poetry."

Shen Yu then said: "Brother Cho, I think the diction and the chapters are not bad. The most important thing is that the sentences are well-connected and the writing is meticulous. Especially this Fu, when I read it suddenly with several examiners, there is something to say. Read the feeling of Ping Bian Ce."

Ping Bian Policy is a policy theory presented to Chai Rong by Wang Pu, a famous official of the Later Zhou Dynasty.Later, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu adopted the strategy of "first south and then north, first easy and then difficult" in the strategy of leveling borders, and finally became the national policy of Taizu and Taizong to calm the world.

Shen Yu compared Zhang Yue's article to Ping Bian Ce, which is a bit shocking and endless.

Zu Wuze shook his head and said, "It's too much, it's too much."

Wang Anshi also said: "I heard that Zhang Duzhi is only 17 years old. He is a student of the imperial court. How many years has he been an official? How many places have he governed? How much has he heard about the temple above the court?"

"It is true that this work has its own merits, but I am not convinced by Wen Tong's comparison with his strategy."

Ps: The story of Wang Kui in this book is based on the biography of Wang Kui in the drama. The historical prototype of Wang Kui is Wang Junmin, the No.Wang Junmin in the history books is a good official with integrity.Therefore, the story in this book still imitates Xiben's name as Wang Kui, so as not to offend.

(End of this chapter)