Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1665

After entering February, the spring in Chang'an became more and more obvious.

Flowers everywhere in Chang'an City are competing to bloom.

And at this time, this year's imperial examination finally started.

When the results come out, there must be someone who can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

Chang'an City is bustling, the east and west cities are bustling, and everywhere is very lively.

And the people everywhere in Chang'an City are also talking about the imperial examination.

Ma Zhou was not as nervous as he imagined when he was the chief examiner for the first time. Maybe he had been with Qin Tian for a long time, maybe he had been up and down in the officialdom for a while. Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face.

The imperial examination was in progress, and Qin Tian was still in charge of the affairs of the six departments. Under his vigorous rectification, the six departments gradually returned to calm.

It was rare for Qin Tian to take a break, but he didn't feel very at ease.

In the imperial examination, if something goes wrong, Qin Tian will be the biggest suspect.

Is the emperor's heart something he can guess casually?

Uneasy, uneasy.

The two-day imperial examination passed a little slowly, and Qin Tian's heart was suspended because of the slowness, he had never been so nervous like now.

Even when he led the army to fight and fell into the situation of being outnumbered, he never looked like this.

The two-day imperial examination was finally over. During the entire imperial examination process, nothing happened, no one plagiarized, and no one made a scene at the imperial examination site. It can be seen that Ma Zhou was very careful in handling this matter. , is very well done.

However, the fact that there were no problems during the exam does not mean that there will be no problems in the imperial examination, so even though the exam was over, Qin Tian still did not let go of his heart.

He was a little uneasy, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be a problem there.

The whole thing is weird.

Qin Tian is not a great Confucian in the Imperial Academy, why did Li Shimin ask him to write a question, and moreover, since he was asked to write a question, why did he let him come out again?
He always felt that behind the whole thing, someone was instigating secretly.

It's not difficult to guess the person who instigated this matter, but what Qin Tian couldn't guess was how he could frame himself.

He thought about many situations, but no matter which one, there will always be something that doesn't make sense in the end, which makes Qin Tian very anxious, and even more anxious for a while.

After the test papers were aliased, they were sent to a special place for grading test papers. This place was very safe and hidden. No one would approach this place except those Fu examiners. Ma Zhou and a few others, Then wait for some results from these examiners, and finally, a few of them will select some articles or other things that are well done from these people to become Jinshi.

They will even draw up three top three lists for Li Shimin to refer to.

However, whether these three top three people can really become the top three depends on Li Shimin's intentions. Sometimes, Li Shimin can just make a decision directly, and sometimes, a palace test may be needed to decide.

If the imperial court had many things to be busy with, Li Shimin would most likely make an appointment directly in the Imperial Study Room, unless Li Shimin was free, he would then conduct another imperial examination.

There are not many Fu examiners. It took them two days to finally read all the examination papers, and then selected some people who they thought were good and qualified to have the Jinshi list.

The list they gave is a little more than the number of people admitted this year stipulated by the imperial court, so that it is convenient for the chief examiner Ma Zhou and several other great Confucian scholars to conduct competition selection, and the list they selected in the final competition just coincides with the quota stipulated by the imperial court of.

If there are other problems, they will be selected from the unsuccessful candidates, but under normal circumstances, there are not so many surprises.

After the list was sent, Ma Zhou and others began to review the papers. The whole process was still very fair. After Datang carried out some imperial examination reforms, those cheating methods rarely appeared, and even directly was eliminated.

If you want to succeed and become a Jinshi, you can only rely on your own true ability.

After Ma Zhou and the others selected some articles for the prescribed quota, they selected three more articles as the top three places. Of course, this quota is for reference, not really the top three. .

However, according to the previous imperial examination situation, as long as the chief examiner selected the top three, Li Shimin would generally determine their top three places, but there were some changes in the rankings.

However, this also shows that the abilities of the top three have been confirmed.

After confirming this, without any hesitation, Ma Zhou hurried into the palace with the list and those papers, and came to the imperial study.

There are several potted plants in the imperial study room, which exude a faint fragrance at this time.

After Li Shimin saw Ma Zhou, he smiled and said, "Ma Aiqing, are the imperial examinations over?"

Ma Zhou nodded and said: "My lord, it's over. These are all the papers that we think are qualified to be admitted to the Jinshi. After the sage confirms, I will tear off all the names in front of the sage, and give the list to you." confirm."

Ma Zhou did this to ensure absolute fairness. Seeing this, Li Shimin nodded, "Okay, show it to me."

Reading papers is a bit time-consuming, but Li Shimin doesn't need to read every article carefully, he only needs to read it roughly. Generally, as long as there are no special problems, he believes that the examiner and the chief examiner will work together. vision.

After Li Shimin read it in this way, he took out several articles that Ma Zhou and the others had confirmed before.

"Is this the top three selected by you?"

Ma Zhou nodded: "Yes, these three articles have something to say, and they are beautifully written. They are the best written by the minister and other great Confucians."

Ma Zhou did not mean the slightest bit of modesty, because these articles were indeed the best in his opinion. Li Shimin nodded with a smile and said, "I also think these articles are good, especially this one. The article is even more amazingly written, even after I read it, I can't put it down and want to recite the whole article."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin said with a smile: "This deceptive article, I think it can be called the top of the list, Ma Aiqing, how about the owner who announced this article together with me?"

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "I am deeply honored."

Li Shimin smiled, and then casually tore off the name. After tearing off the name, Li Shimin read the author of this article: "Song Tao?"

After Li Shimin said the name, he rubbed his head and said, "This name is so familiar."

(End of this chapter)