Poor Family 1

  Chapter 123 Waiting anxiously

   It has entered the third day of marking the examination papers. Except for some candidates who have no hope of getting in the rankings, most of the candidates are waiting in torment except for traveling around the mountains and rivers all day long, eating, drinking and having fun.

  Although the paper review is still going on, and there are still three days before the list is released, all kinds of gossip, true or false, spread like the wind in Anyang City.

The Xiangzhou Jieshi Billboard is undoubtedly the discriminator of these gossips. The list is constantly changing, and there are still two days before the list is released. The list has basically remained unchanged. Yuan.

Yang Du is second, and Wu Bangchang is third. These three are from Anyang, the elites of Taixue, and are recognized as the top three. Yuan Ming, who was originally ranked ninth in the Anyang County Examination, admitted that he did not answer the second question of the criminal law. He had already dropped out of the list, and Li Yanqing, who ranked tenth in the Tangyin County Examination, became the only candidate among the local students who entered the top ten.

There were originally five local students on the list, but after several rounds of adjustments, there were only two local students left on the list, Li Yanqing, who was the first in Tangyin County, and Zhou Chun, who was the first in Linzhang County. Ranked nineteenth, the other three local students who were originally on the list were all eliminated from the list because they did not complete the criminal law.

There are 20 people on the Billboard, 18 of them are Tai students and students from the four major academies. They occupy an absolute advantage. Students from the four major academies ran back to their hometowns one after another to take part in the imperial examination.

   There was another surprise. Zheng Rongtai, a Tai student who had never been on the list, actually ranked fifteenth. Regarding Zheng Rongtai's listing, all the Tai students remained silent. Everyone knew it well, but no one wanted to reveal it.

With two days left to release the rankings, Guanpudian has reached the final betting time. The three candidates who bet on the first ranking can be all-in or bet on one person alone, which lures Anyang people to go to Guanpudian to place bets. gamble.

Even Li Daqi couldn't stand it any longer, so he ran to Guanpu shop to bet one hundred taels of silver on his son's entrance into the top three. If he wins, he can win eight hundred taels of silver. After all, Li Yanqing only ranks tenth on the list , How could it not be his turn to enter the top list.

In the morning, Li Yanqing moved into his small inn room with another tenant who gave him a big headache, the fat man Zheng Rongtai. Zheng Rongtai told Li Yanqing his misfortune with his nose and tears, "I had a quarrel with my father, and my father asked me to Get out, I packed my luggage and came out in a fit of anger, but when I came out, I found that I didn't have any money on me, so I had to come to you, you won't drive me out!"

  Li Yanqing was helpless. Fortunately, he still had an empty house, which was the room where Zhang Xian and Qin Liang lived. He originally lived in it for his father. It happened that his father went to visit friends in Linzhang County today, and he would not be able to come back until the day the list was released.

Li Yanqing arranged for Fatty Zheng to stay, and asked the staff to buy ten baskets of steamed buns and three bowls of Hu spicy soup. Fatty Zheng didn't eat breakfast. The spicy soup was also drunk to the bottom, and then he patted his stomach and burped contentedly.

   "It's better to have friends! Otherwise, there will be no place to go to, and I will go back and admit my mistake obediently in the end, so I won't do it!"

   "I think you did well in the exam! Why is your father still not satisfied with being ranked fifteenth on the Billboard?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

Zheng Rongtai curled his lips and said: "People are not enough! If I can be admitted to Juren, I am already satisfied, but my father still wants to force me to be admitted to Jieyuan. Don't I know what level I am? We have self-knowledge, but I don’t want people poking people’s spines.”

Li Yanqing was a little speechless. Fatty Zheng was in the room next to him. He witnessed the whole process of Fatty Zheng's cheating. It turned out that his father not only wanted his son to be on the list, but also wanted to be at the top of the list. This... this is too much. For Fatty Zheng's sake, Li Yanqing didn't want to say even worse comments to his father.

   "What danger do you think I will be in Jieyuan?" Zheng Rongtai asked cautiously.

"Of course the danger is great. Xie Yuan's test papers have to be sent to the Ministry of Rites. If the Ministry of Rites finds anything wrong when reviewing the test papers, they will take the test again alone. In addition, when I took the top spot in the Zhongxian examination, the inspector who inspected the imperial examinations in Hebei specially whipped me. Investigation, in short, Xie Yuan looks good in the exam, but he will also attract people's attention, and many unexpected things will happen, Lao Zheng, I advise you to go back and tell your father, many times low-key is the kingly way!"

Zheng Rongtai's expression changed again and again, every word of Li Yanqing pierced his heart, he was ignorant, he couldn't even memorize the most basic Tang poems, everyone in Taixue knew his bottom line, once he Jie Yuan passed the exam, who wouldn't know he was cheating? Everyone will not let him go, can father afford it at that time?

   Zheng Rongtai was anxious and angry, and knowing that he could not persuade his father, he finally lay down on the table and cried.

Li Yanqing shook his head involuntarily. This fat man Zheng was innocent, and his own words frightened him into such a state. He smiled and comforted him: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much. Although your father wants you to be Jieyuan, but He may not be able to do so?"

   "Why?" Zheng Rongtai asked, wiping away tears.

"Xie Yuan is not so easy to win. This year's chief examiner is Ouyang Xun, who was sent by the capital. This person is known for his ruthless and selfless face. Your father bribed the deputy chief examiner at most, but the chief examiner will not pass. Old Zheng, let me tell you something To be honest, don't be angry, no matter how good your answer is, it's really impossible for you to get Jie Yuan for your handwriting."

Zheng Rongtai's face turned red. His handwriting was really terrible, even the students in the elementary school were inferior. Although Li Yanqing's words were a bit harsh, Zheng Rongtai felt warm in his heart. Li Yanqing's words finally made him not worried.

  He rubbed his belly, "I was in a bad mood just now and couldn't eat, can you help me buy some more food?"

  Li Yanqing rolled his eyes, and ate ten cages of steamed stuffed buns and three bowls of Hu spicy soup in one go, but he was still in a bad mood and couldn't eat?

  The imperial examination marks the fourth day, and it has nothing to do with the assistant examiners. In the end, there are only 60 papers left, half of which are screened by two assistant examiners, and then handed over to the chief examiner.

The imperial examination involves the vital interests of too many people, especially the examination. Although it is a fair competition on the surface, it is actually very difficult to achieve this. How can the traditional prominent families and emerging wealth classes in the states be willing to compete fairly with the poor students? The local solution test is that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. It was originally the territory of the local gentry and local tyrants.

Although this year's examination reform was implemented, the imperial court took away the right to set questions and the right to examine, which was slightly better than before, but it still couldn't stop the powerful offensive of local gentry and local tyrants. Before it started, the various transactions and games behind it were going on in secret.

Although Xiangzhou strictly implemented the system of locking courts and ambiguous names stipulated by the imperial court, the inevitable loopholes in the system still gave many opportunities to the gentry and local tyrants. .

However, there must be a prerequisite for any transaction, that is, the candidates themselves should not do too badly in the exams. This is the bottom line of human relations in the imperial examinations. The papers of the scholars who have won the list must be sent to the Ministry of Rites for record. Once serious fraud is found in the papers , the consequences of which no examiner can afford.

  So no matter what methods the examinee uses to cheat in the exam, the test papers handed over to the assistant examiner must be of good quality without obvious flaws, otherwise the assistant examiner will not be able to help you.

Same as the primary election, the re-election also requires two assistant examiners to cross-check, write comments and seal them for confirmation. Both of them must pass before they can be handed over to the examiner. The examiner decides.

Han Hongjun is the principal of the school and the instructor of the state school, and Guo Baisong is the chief professor of the state school. The two have worked together for many years and have a tacit understanding with each other. Han Hongjun knows that Guo Baisong is kind, so Guo Baisong handed him something special. As long as he performed well on the exam papers, he would not embarrass the other party, and usually stamped his pass.

   It's not that the two have no conflicts, but the conflict between the two is not at the moment, but at the time of the final ranking.

   "Mr. Guo, take a look at this exam paper!"

Han Hongjun smiled and handed Li Yanqing's paper to Guo Baisong. Guo Baisong flipped through it and said with a smile: "The calligraphy is good, and the scroll is beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye. Since my virtuous brother has passed, I don't need to read it again." Bar!"

  Guo Baisong saw that Zheng Rongtai's paper had been successfully approved by Han Junhong, and he didn't want to embarrass the paper handed over by Han Hongjun.

   "Guo Gong should take a look! This volume is slightly controversial."

Guo Baisong was taken aback, and he turned to the countermeasure question. If there was any dispute, it must be the countermeasure question. He saw that Wan Qixie's score was low, but Wang Ji's commentary was grand in calligraphy, rigorous in structure, and broad in vision. , as a rare masterpiece, there is a big gap in the points.

This was the first time he saw a paper with two examiners whose opinions were very different. Guo Baisong read the content hastily again, frowned slightly and said: "I agree with Wang Ji's comment, but I don't know much about the Jurchens." I understand, if it is true, it is indeed a masterpiece, but if it is made up by the examinee at will, it is made up for the purpose of writing the triangle game, how about this, I will write a little reservation, and then we will leave it to the examiner Ouyang to decide, what do you think? ?”

  Han Hongjun smiled and nodded, "That's what I mean!"

  The two stood up, and Guo Baisong took the papers of Zhao Yushu and Zheng Rongtai by the way, and they walked to the examiner's room together.

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  (end of this chapter)