Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 145 An Exam Paper
In just three days, millions of scholars in the Song Dynasty have been looking forward to it for three years.

These three days will change the fate of many people, give countless people hope, but also give countless people despair.

After all, three days is too short, the exam is over in a blink of an eye, and the examination papers have entered the review time. Five days later, all places will announce the admission list of the examination one after another.

Although the chief examiner held the most authoritative list, after the imperial examination ended, everyone couldn't bear the anxiety in their hearts, and various speculations and various folk lists began to fly in the sky.

Among the various lists, the lists released by several Guanpu have always been considered more reliable.

In the adult solution test, Meng Tong, a scholar from Kunshan County, became the favorite to win Jieyuan, and at least two Guanpu shops ranked him at the top of the list.

Meng Tong was a disciple of the great writer Ouyang Xiu, and he lived in the capital all the time. He didn't return to Kunshan for reference until the imperial examination.

In addition, Zhang Chao, a talented scholar from Wujiang, is also the favorite to win Jieyuan. He has the full support of the Zhu family and ranks first in the Zhu family's sponsorship list.

Also, Xie Jiaping, the No. 1 in the school year exam, from Changzhou County, is also the favorite to win the first prize. Almost everyone thinks that the top three in the exam are among the three of them, but the order of ranking may be different.

Compared with the adult solution test, the children's test list is much more unstable.

The counties have already thoroughly studied each other's opponents, and have come up with a strength list that everyone agrees on.

Guanpudian also recognized the list.

For Guanpudian, there are only two bets for Tongzijieshi. First, who will No.1 be.

Second, which five people were selected as Gongjushi?

There are a total of eight people on the list of boy test strength posted by Guanpudian.

Jiang Feng, Yao Xi, Luo Zaidao, Wei Feng, Zhao Yan, Fan Ning, Liu Ran, Yan Qing.

Everyone believed that Jiang Fengfeng would win the championship, but on the first day of the exam, there was a breaking news that Jiang Feng failed in the argumentative essay.

Immediately after the third day, news came out that Zhao Yan fainted in the examination room due to excessive nervousness.

These two pieces of news made this strength list lose its authority, and the situation became complicated and confusing.

Fan Ning's odds are still [-] to [-], unchanged. Although many people have included him in the admission list, there are still very few people who bet on him to win the first place.

But Fan Ning didn't care about all of this anymore, and he went home after the imperial examination.

At the same time, the grading of the examination papers was going on in full swing in the examination paper courtyard.

There were more than [-] examiners participating in the review, all of whom were experienced professors from prefecture schools and counties and counties.

The chief examiner is Zhou Zhen, the chief examiner from Qizhou, and there are two deputy examiners, one is Zhang Xian, the instructor of Pingjiang Fuxue, and the other is Qi Yong, the chief professor of Fuxue.

There are 780 papers in total, [-] of which are children's papers.

According to the paper review rules stipulated by the imperial court, any test paper must be cross-checked by two reviewers, and the review opinions must be written at the same time.

If there is a disagreement between the two, the third person will review it again, but if the two opinions differ too much, it must be handed over to the examiner for approval.

According to the normal process, [-]% of the papers will be cleared in the first round, calligraphy first, countermeasure essays second, argumentative essays next, and poetry and silent scriptures will be judged last.

If you fail in calligraphy, you will be eliminated directly, no matter how good you are in the exam. In the eyes of the literati in the Song Dynasty, if you can't even write well, you can't be called a literati.

Therefore, the students of the Song Dynasty began to practice calligraphy from the beginning, and almost all of them practiced hard for ten years.

Half of the examination papers will be eliminated in the second round of paper review, and the remaining [-] papers will be handed over to the two assistant examiners and the chief examiner. The three chief examiners will review the papers together, and another [-] papers will be eliminated. The examiner examines the papers alone.

The chief examiner eliminated half of the papers again, and the remaining [-] papers were this year's juren papers. At this time, you can tear off the name slips, copy the list, and hand the list to the Pingjiang prefect.

If the magistrate has no opinion, the list will be officially released.

As for the boy list, it is quite special. The reviewers also review the papers normally, but they are not eliminated. The fifty papers must first be copied and then graded to prevent the reviewers from recognizing the handwriting.

Then hand them over to the two assistant examiners for retrial. After the two assistant examiners sign their opinions, they finally hand over fifty papers to the chief examiner. The chief examiner selects ten of them, and all the examiners vote to select five candidates. By.

The reason why the judging papers of the boy's test is more complicated is that the boy's test involves the vital interests of the county governments and should not be too hasty. After such a review process, the county governments can basically be convinced.

"Zhang Jiaoyu, take a look at this paper!"

Examiner Yue Qing handed a paper to Zhang Ruoying. Yue Qing was the chief professor of Changshu County School, and he and Zhang Ruoying worked together to review the papers.

After a busy day and reading countless papers, both of them were a bit exhausted.

Zhang Ruoying took a sip of tea, took the paper from Yue Qing, saw the paper number on it at a glance, smiled and said, "Is it the paper for the boy's test?"

Yue Qing nodded, "It's not easy for children to take the test this year! They are all very strong, and this paper is not inferior even in the adult test, at least it can be ranked in the top three."

"Oh? So powerful."

Zhang Ruoying was a little interested. He took the paper and read it carefully. The first thing he saw was the argumentative paper.

In "Spring and Autumn", every book about the wars and conquests of the princes must be ridiculed and demoted, because of the crime of arrogance, there is no one who thinks it is in line with justice and allows it. '

"Good! Thorough review."

The first sentence made Zhang Ruoying slap the table and applaud. Several professors around were attracted, turned their heads to look over, and asked with a smile: "Zhang Jiaoyu, have you read the good article?"

Yue Qing smiled and answered for Zhang Ruoying, "It's the answer sheet of the boy's test, it's very exciting!"

Several professors have deep feelings.

"The candidates for the boys' examination are indeed very good. If they participate in the adult examination, these candidates will account for at least half of the candidates. They are indeed the young geniuses selected by the counties."

Zhang Ruoying didn't have time to reply, so he turned to the countermeasures again, scanned it hastily, and felt 'thumping!thumping! 'Jumped up, the countermeasures The article talked about the impact of the Yin County Young Crops Law on farmers.

Zhang Ruoying knew very well that Fan Ning and his party were going to Yin County for a study tour, and this paper was most likely one of Fan Ning, Su Liang and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu can rule it out. Duan Yu's essays are more feminine, and this paper is not Duan Yu's style.

Su Liang's articles are bright and generous, and the style matches them, but his talent and learning cannot write high-level articles like the previous argumentative articles, and Su Liang's articles are sharp, like a sharp spear.

Fanning is much more mature. Fanning's articles are not only elegant and refined, but also rigorous in thinking, impeccable.

Zhang Ruoying turned to poetry again, again in a fresh farm style, which is almost Fan Ning's signature.

Zhang Ruoying can basically judge that this is Fan Ning's paper.

Zhang Ruoying nodded, approvingly said: "If you participate in the adult solution test for this volume, you can win the Jieyuan."

He took up a pen and wrote his own comments: the article has a strong and deep aura, like an iron city soup pool, and it is inviolable, which can be called a wonderful article.

Immediately gave the highest score: upper and upper class.

If Zhao Xiuwen reviewed the papers, maybe he would be a little humble and just give him a higher score, but Zhang Ruoying has a strong sense of competition, and he knew that if he was a little humble, Fan Ning would probably fail the ranking.

Scoring according to the rules, there is nothing wrong with giving high scores.

Yue Qing nodded with a smile and said, "There is not a single typo in the paper, but it's a pity that it's just a famous paper, and you can't see the calligraphy, but in terms of content, it can be called the grade of 'Shang Shang Jia'."

He also took a pen and gave a top grade, and then wrote his own comments: "No word has no source, no word has no origin." '

"Hehe! What kind of paper is so highly rated by two professors?"

The deputy chief examiner, Zhang Xian, walked over with his hands behind his back. Zhang Xian is Zhang Yi's elder brother, and he is currently the school teacher. After Zhang Yi was overthrown, Zhang Xian broke up with him in time.

However, through operation, Zhang Xian sent his brother Zhang Yi to Sizhou as a professor in a private school.

At least on the surface, he and Zhang Ruoying maintain a good relationship.

Zhang Ruoying smiled and said, "It's a boy's test paper. Both Yue Jiaoyu and I think that this test paper is very good, and we agreed to give it a top grade."

Zhang Xian knew that both Yue Qing and Zhang Ruoying were respected old professors, so they wouldn't say exaggerated words easily, and he was really interested that the two of them gave the same paper a top grade.

He quickly took the paper and looked at it carefully. After reading the argumentative essay, he was full of admiration, and said with a smile: "I will take a closer look at this paper."

Looking at the back of Zhang Xian going away, Zhang Ruoying couldn't help feeling a little worried. In the countermeasures of this paper, many examples were quoted from the Taihu Lake area. It is easy for people to guess that this is the test paper of Wu County students. I am afraid that Zhang Xian will have an idea.

Zhang Ruoying never underestimates a person, he is very clear about Zhang Xian's virtues, he looks decent on the surface, but deep down he is as despicable and shameless as his brother.

A few years ago, he served as the deputy chief examiner and had a certain right to write the questions. He did not know how many questions he secretly leaked to Zhang Yi. It was not until the imperial court implemented the system of cross-examiners three years ago that this loophole of leaking questions was blocked.

Yue Qing saw the worry in Zhang Ruoying's eyes, so he said lightly: "Fifty examination papers for children's subjects must be collected in the hands of the chief examiner, we just need to pay attention."

(End of this chapter)