Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 550 The Controversy of Huiyuan (Part [-])
When Gao Yushi was confused because of Gu Xiancheng's criticism of Xinxue at the banquet, Shen Shixing, the chief examiner of the Gengchen Examination, was also struggling.For seven consecutive days of grading papers, Shen Shixing and other examiners stayed in the Gong Yuan honestly according to the rules and never stepped out of the gate. As of today, the Chinese-style exam papers have been selected, and now the most critical moment of ranking has come.

But the problem lies in the ranking.

The ranking in the general examination does not actually affect the final ranking after the palace examination, because the final ranking is the exclusive power of the emperor, and only Zhu Yijun can decide.But the ranking of the general examination is still an important qualification of a scholar. After the palace examination, the Ministry of Rites will make an undergraduate Jinshi record, and the Jinshi record has the ranking of the general examination.

What's more, the emperor didn't necessarily read through the more than 300 Jinshi examination papers one by one. He usually checked them against the rankings. Then the rankings of the exams also affected the emperor's judgment, so the rankings of the exams are still determined. Incomparably important.

Especially the selection of Huiyuan is the most important thing.

The root cause of Shen Shihang's entanglement now is the two examination papers, both of which have the strength to win Huiyuan.

A group of examiners were also arguing, and one said: "The meaning of this volume is better than the words, and the words are so deafening, it should be Hui Yuan!"

Another said: "The analysis of this volume is clean, like a butcher dissolving an ox. If you read it carefully, you can't help but make people intoxicated."

Shen Shixing's brain ached from their quarrel, and after a while he couldn't help but said: "You wait and stay." Then he said to Pan Sheng, who was reading the two transcripts carefully, "Mr. Pan, you are always a scholar. Readers, Senior Xuedao, what do you think of these two articles?"

Pan Cheng slowly put down the two examination papers, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then twisted his beard and muttered: "You can tell a good article at a glance, but if you want to distinguish between two good articles, you must savor them carefully. This article, if you only read it at the first glance, it is true that the first volume is better than the meaning, and the second volume is better than the analysis, and the two seem to be in the middle."

Pan Sheng put on his 20-year qualifications as the No. [-] in the Jiajing Gold List. Although his tone was light, everyone was a top student, so he could tell that he thought he could tell the difference, so they all stared at Pan Sheng to see what he was going to do. Why not.

Pan Sheng himself was born as a master in his early years, and he worked as a minister of the Ministry of Rites a few times. After adding up for many years, he was naturally not afraid of discussing knowledge, and said indifferently: "But if you taste it carefully, you will find that although the first volume is high-minded, the end of the text is too late. Gradually, the words are poor; although the later volume focuses on analysis, the end of the article hides a high meaning.

The former is like a flying dragon in the sky, its prestige is powerful, but the repentant dragon is unstoppable in the end; the latter is like a potential dragon in the abyss, although it is under the Nine Nethers, it is hidden and opportunistic, so in the end it is a sleepy dragon ascending to heaven The trend... the superiority has been judged! "

Senior Pan Sheng here, everyone couldn't help but be impressed when they heard him speak so clearly, and thought to themselves: "Jiang is still old and hot, why didn't I see such a big difference?"

Only Shen Shixing was a little puzzled. Although Pan Sheng was a senior in Jiajing for 20 years and came second in the list, no matter how he looked at it, he was an absolute authority figure, but he was not bad at Shen Shixing!He Shen was the No. 26 scholar in the [-]th year of Jiajing, and after the palace examination, he beat Wang Xijue, the member of the Academy, to get the number one. The state of a sleepy dragon ascending to heaven?
I read it very carefully!
Shen Shixing frowned deeply, picked up the two articles again and carefully compared them for reference.

Pan Sheng glanced at him, and thought to himself: Although these two articles were brilliant for a while, it is difficult to distinguish them from each other, but the candidate's scripture in the first part is "Spring and Autumn", and the candidate's scripture in the second part is "Book of Changes". The latter is the work of the kid from the Gao family, and his original scripture is the "Book of Changes"... The old man's promise to Zhang Xueyan and Wei Xuezeng cannot be broken by you, Shen Shixing.

So Pan Cheng coughed lightly, and said calmly: "Yaoquan, there has been a saying since ancient times: Wenwu is the first, and Wuwu is the second. Both of these two essays are excellent works. It is enough to be able to distinguish the difference between them. rare."

Shen Shixing originally wanted to make a comparison, but upon hearing what Pan Sheng said, he suddenly came to his senses, pondered for a while, and then nodded his head: "What Mr. Pan said is very true. It is really not easy to compare such two magnificent essays. , and it will take only a few days for the test papers to be reviewed. How can we wait for a long time? How to determine the rankings, we have our own reasons. In this case, we will use what Pan Gong said as the comment on the two volumes. Volume 49 in Tibetan characters is Huiyuan, what do you think?"

The examiners have been arguing for almost two hours over the dispute over the Hui Yuan, and indeed they can't stand it anymore. Seeing that the main examiner and the deputy examiner have reached a consensus, how can there be room for others to disagree?They all agreed at the moment.

Shen Shixing then wrote his signature and comments at the end of the volume, and then Pan Sheng wrote, Fang Shi wrote, Zhigong Juguan wrote, the promotion officer wrote, and the inspector wrote again... eight or nine names were signed all the time. , it can be regarded as setting the undergraduate Gengchen Huiyuan-Zangzi No. 49 volume!

At this time, all the papers had been ranked, and Shen Shixing took a deep breath in front of all the invigilators and reviewing officials, and announced: "The eighth year of Wanli's Gengchen Branch Chunwei Examination has been graded. Make the list, and still make the announcement to the world!"

All the officials worked hard in the Gongyuan for nearly a month, and this was considered the last moment. They couldn't help but agreed loudly, celebrating that they had finally completed another wave of qualifications and were "released after serving their sentences". The atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

Pan Sheng's old hall also stood up, and said with a smile: "As usual, you can take a look at the list at this time. Our hall is also quite interested in the authors of the two articles just now, so just take a look at who is so talented. Can write such a good article...Yaoquan, do you want to read it together?"

Shen Shixing said with a smile, "Shixing has this intention and is willing to share the reward with Pan Gong."

So he ordered someone to bring in the ink scroll, and opened the seal to reveal the head of the ink scroll—there were all kinds of information on the examinee's name, birthplace, three generations of fathers, grandparents, brothers, etc.

Pan Sheng was anxious, and took a look at the No. 40 ninth volume of Tibetan characters, and there were three large characters written in front of his head: high pragmatism.

In the next two lines, one side reads: Native place of official registration in Xinzheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province;

The line to the left is written in three big characters: Zeng Zukui.Below it is written in small characters: Chenghua Bingwu Imperial Examination, donated to Zhu Guo Shaoshi Zhongjidian University Bachelor (Gao Gong was given to his grandfather after his death).

Below it are three big characters: Zu Shangxian.Below it is written in small characters: Zhengde Gengwu Kejie Yuan, Zhengde Ding Chou Ke Jinshi, Zhuguo Shaoshi Zhongjidian University Bachelor (same posthumous gift, but Gao Shangxian himself has also been admiral Shandong Xuezheng, Guanglu Temple Shaoqing and other high-ranking officials ).

The two big characters at the bottom: father's choice.Below it is written in small characters: Fengyang Mansion General Judgment and Shouzhou Magistrate.

Pan Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself: Fortunately, the old man has good eyesight and did not guess the wrong paper.

Then he looked at Shen Shixing with a smile, only to see Shen Shixing's face was calm, but he sighed softly, but he didn't know what he was sighing.

Pan Sheng was satisfied when the important matter was settled, and said with a smile, "Gao Qiuzhen has a long history in his family and is known as a child prodigy. It's not unusual to have such a good essay. No wonder, no wonder."

Shen Shixing smiled, but he couldn't see any joy or anger, and said indifferently: "This makes sense." Then he said: "Let's read another volume."

Pan Sheng didn't want to be obvious, so he greeted the other examiners with a smile and said, "Come on, bring me another paper."

Everyone hurriedly sent another scroll of ink, and also opened the seal, opened the front of the scroll, and saw three large characters in the letter: Xiao Liangyou.There are two lines in the next letter: native place of Hanyang County, Hanyang Prefecture, Huguang; Zhichunqiu character is born on the seventh day of October, the fifth year of Zhanxing.

Shen Shixing suddenly said: "This is the Huguang child prodigy in the past. The former Prime Minister Zhang Taiyuegong (Zhang Juzheng has been restored to the original official after Zhang Juzheng's death) mentioned this person to me, saying that he is a young talent in Huguang." He asked again: "His younger brother Xiao Liangyu is said to be a rare hero, did you ever take this subject together?"

An examiner immediately laughed and said: "Old Master Shen Ge knows that his brother Liang Yu is also in the top six of this list!"

Both Shen Shixing and Pan Sheng were greatly surprised, they looked at each other and said with a smile: "What a pair of gifted brothers!"

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