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Chapter 402 Selecting Scholars (Second Change)

After the county examination, the examination papers were all dubious, and more than a hundred papers were cross-checked by twelve examiners.

Just like before, the content of the first volume and the second volume is not difficult. Most of the scholars who can take the exam are heroes from one county and one place, or talents among the gentry.There are very few people who answer wrongly on the first and second volumes.

Therefore, the real fall is in the third volume of policy theory.

According to what Li Chongjiu said before, if one of the two examiners approves, he can pass.

Twelve fellow examiners each corrected about twenty volumes. After reading each volume, they wrote comments on the volume, whether it was acceptable or not, and they had to write down the reasons.

After being annotated by the examiner, the qualified papers were sent to the backyard of the Sheriff's Mansion.

Among them, if you can't even answer the first and second volumes well, and the third volume has no highlights, don't even think about it, and the same examiner will be dismissed immediately.With more than 110 papers in this way, more than [-] papers have been eliminated.

Of the papers that can be sent to the backyard, the first and second papers must pass, so the four assistant examiners mainly focus on the third paper to judge the superiority.

Together with the examiner, he selected more than fifty volumes and sent them to the backyard for the assistant examiner to review.

The four deputy examiners Wen, Chen, Wei, and Lu have a lot of government affairs, and it is too difficult for each of them to carefully read the more than fifty volumes.

At that moment, the first deputy examiner Wen Yanbo directly typed the paper back for further discussion.

As a result, more than 20 volumes were discussed overnight by twelve co-examiners, and more than 31 volumes were discarded after discussion, leaving only [-] volumes for the four assistant examiners.

The following 31 volumes, everyone dare not be careless, knowing that the way to acquire talents is a matter of life, and should not be missed by the virtuous, so the four assistant examiners have to read each volume carefully.

On each volume, the four assistant examiners must write in their own comments under the comments of two fellow examiners.Therefore, there must be six comments on these 31 papers.

These 31 volumes can be said to be the talents of Zhuo County. Several deputy examiners sometimes saw the words in the volumes, not all of them were overwhelmed.

Wei Zheng showed a smile on his face. This time the county examination seemed to be a lot of talents from Zhuo County. As a county guard, it would be great if he could have a few capable officials to help him.
Lu Chengqing thought in his heart, originally from a poor family, there were many talents in the countryside, it seems that in the future the officialdom in Zhuo County will not be monopolized by a few gentry families.

But Chen Xiaoyi shook his head silently. After all, these talents were drawn into the Sheriff's Mansion, so it's not a pity that they can't be assigned to the Governor's Mansion. However, Youzhou can get this talent, which can be regarded as helpful to Li Chongjiu's great cause.

However, Wen Yanbo had long been interested in several articles, among which there were a few talented scholars who had the same political views as himself, but unfortunately they were not selected.After he wanted to take the exam, he recruited them as his subordinates and helpers.

The four deputy examiners each had different ideas, and finally spent three days of hard work. According to the quota of five people from the county school and five people from the field, ten volumes were selected and placed on Li Chongjiu's desk.

The four deputy examiners, Zhou Xu, Xue Wanshu's younger brother Xue Wanshu, and others all stood in front of Li Chongjiu's case.

Chief Shi Wen Yanbo said: "The papers for county scholars in the county examination this time are better than those of rural sages and gentry students. The following ten papers are all the best among them."

While reading the paper, Li Chongjiu listened to reports from Wen Yanbo and others.

These ten volumes must be the best, and the level of the text is at least higher than his own. Li Chongjiu simply read the approval of the last six examiners of each volume, and then read the papers.

For Li Chongjiu, the most important thing is the power to determine the ranking, that is, the examiner, must be in his hands.

The most famous faction dispute between Niu and Li in history is an example. The examiners of the two parties suppressed the scholars of the enemy party and made the imperial examination a mess.

Later, Song Taizu created the palace examination, and after the examination, he came to pick a scholar in person.Ranking in the palace examination, instead of dismissing, is to put the talent in the hands of the emperor.Scholars who have participated in the palace examination in this way can be said to be disciples of the emperor, with such a close relationship.

At the same time, it must also put an end to the situation of Niu Li party struggle.Li Chongjiu's move is to set the rules first, so that future generations will not be swept away by the detours of the predecessors.

Compared with Wei Zheng and the others who took the time and effort to read each volume, Li Chongjiu could read all the papers at a glance.

After that, Li Chongjiu took out three volumes from the ten volumes, and various annotations were added to the back of these three volumes.As for the other seven volumes, there are very few such comments.

Since Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng are all above him, Li Chongjiu has nothing to doubt.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "The name of these three volumes will be blurred."

Soon the names of the three came up, namely Fan Yang, Lu Qiqing, Yixian Zhao Xin, and Jixian Zhouzhou.

When Li Chongjiu heard the names of these three people, he knew it from the bottom of his heart, and said with a smile, "Do you know these three people?"

First, Lu Chengqing stood up and said: "Reporting to Lord Shanggu, Lu Qiqing is a nephew of a low-ranking family. He studied in ethnology before."

Li Chongjiu nodded. This person is a celebrity. It is recorded in Taiping Guangji that Lu Qiqing has a good knowledge of people and is good at recommending people.

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Very good, it turned out to be Fan Yang Lu's talented person, your uncle recommended a good person for us in Youzhou."

Lu Chengqing lowered his head and said, "Don't dare, it's better for colleagues to know the truth."

At that moment Li Chongjiu made a final decision and said: "This volume can be the top three."

Lu Chengqing was overjoyed at the moment.

"As for Zhao Xin of Yi County and Zhou Zhou of Ji County?" Li Chongjiu asked.

Zhou Xu said in the foreword: "I would like to report to Lord Shanggu that these two are both students of the county school, and they are outstanding in their talents and learning. They are usually equal to each other."

Li Chongjiu asked: "Is this Zhao Xin from the Zhao family in Zhuo County?"

Zhou Xu said: "Exactly, this person is the third son of Bo Zhao Heran, the governor of the county."

The background is not small, Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "As for Zhou Zhou, if it wasn't for the age difference, I almost thought it was your illegitimate son Zhou Jijiu."

Hearing Li Chongjiu's ridicule, everyone couldn't help laughing, Zhou Xu quickly said: "I am an honest person with a humble job, and my wife is very powerful, so I can't help but make the governor such a joke. The world can learn from this, this person has nothing to do with me."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu tapped on the table and said: "I have heard it before. When this person was in the recruiting hall, he often loved Dafang's poems and led public opinion among scholars. But Zhou Jijiu didn't like this People are well taken care of, look at this volume, the six examiners have different opinions."

After speaking, Li Chongjiu passed the paper, and the six of them stepped forward together.

Chen Xiaoyi first said: "I want to report to Duke Shanggu, this man is arrogant, and his words do not show any sympathy. When the country selects scholars, they should use those who are loyal and patriotic. Although this man speaks eloquently, it is really treasonous to slander the regime. Depose him."

Chen Xiaoyi has a clear distinction between black and white, and hates those rebellious people the most, while Zhou Zhou criticizes current affairs in this article without showing mercy, which of course makes him the most unhappy.

Wei Zheng said from the side: "This statement is wrong. I have heard of my father's mistakes. If the son listens to it, it is unfilial. What's more, although this statement is biased, it is shocking."

Xue Wanshu said: "Guardian Wei, Youzhou has its own laws and regulations. If everyone is slightly dissatisfied and criticizes the current affairs, then the common people will follow suit. There is no distinction between upper and lower ethics."

Xue Wanshu spoke out against Wei Zheng purely for personal reasons.He has always had a good relationship with the Zhao family. His wife is the Zhao family of Zhuojun, and Zhao Heran also secretly asked him to inquire about his son's results in the county examination.

He knew that this time the top spot was not Zhao Xin, but Zhou Zhou, so he decided to step on Zhou Zhou and help Zhao Xin.
Wen Yanbo said: "To Duke Shanggu, among the more than [-] volumes, this volume is the top one. This Zhou scholar is a good talent in the country, but young people are too sharp, and they will hurt themselves and others in the future. They need to be frustrated. , sharpen your ambition, and it will be of great use in the future."
Li Chongjiu looked at Zhou Xu and said, "These two are Zhou Jijiu's seniors, what do you think?"

Zhou Xu was sweating on his forehead. He knew that Li Chongjiu was unhappy that he had been protecting Zhou Zhou.

But Zhou Xu also put his heart on the line, and said: "Zhao Xin, Zhou Zhou is my favorite student, Zhao Xin respects his teacher, and as a teacher, I can't find fault with him. I also read this article, and it is well done. It's well-organized, and it's worth clarifying. As for Zhou Zhou, he is usually very gentle and polite, and he is very kind to his classmates and teachers. It's just that his father was killed by corrupt officials, so he has a lot of hatred for officials since he was a child, and he is inevitably cynical. "

"understood."

Seeing that Zhou Xu wanted to protect this Zhou Zhou at this moment, Li Chongjiu really couldn't help wondering if this person was his illegitimate son.

Li Chongjiu didn't speak at the moment, picked up the brush to set the rankings on the ten papers, and then ordered someone to paste them again, saying: "Tomorrow the list will be announced!"

The important matter was over, Li Chongjiu saw that everyone still seemed to have something to say, and immediately asked: "Is there anything else for everyone?"

Wen Yanbo said in the preface: "Information to the envoy, I and my colleagues are reviewing the papers, and I have seen more than [-] questions about the scholar's policy. Shanggu Gong should be promoted to the throne in Youzhou."

More than twenty articles?Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly. It would not be surprising if there were only a few articles, but if there are more than twenty articles, it shows that there is a secret instruction.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "Who wrote these twenty or so articles, check them out immediately!"

"No!" Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng checked the test paper together.

It turned out that these twenty or so articles were mostly petitions written by students of the county school.

Hearing this, Li Chongjiu glanced at Zhou Xu, and Zhou Xu said immediately: "The humble job has nothing to do with this matter, and I can suspend my job for investigation."

Accidents happened again and again at the county school, and Zhou Xu, who was a sacrificial wine, was naturally suspicious.

But Li Chongjiu didn't dare to discuss this matter hastily. For a long time, local scholars have had a clear style of discussion, talking about current affairs.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the party was imprisoned, thousands of Tai students wrote letters, and they were proud to die.

But now Li Chongjiu has set up a county school, and the county school has a two-level system. In Ji County alone, there are county students, and there are more than 200 county students.

The comments of these people can lead the direction of public opinion, which is why Li Chongjiu was unhappy with Zhou Zhou's Dafang Que Ci in Zhaoxian Building.

No wind, no waves, the scholar took advantage of the opportunity of the county examination, and wrote a letter to persuade himself to become emperor. Li Chongjiu worried that someone might be behind the scenes to promote this matter.

(End of this chapter)