Chapter 415 This person must be a scholar in the world!
The candidates outside should look forward to it and be anxious, but this is the beginning of the game in Gongyuan.
In the Jiawu Konan Zhili Township Examination in the 13th year of Jiajing, there were 3,100 candidates admitted, and the admission quota was still 135.
As mentioned earlier, in addition to the four books that scholars must learn, they also have to choose one of the Five Classics as their own classic. Qin Dewei chose the Spring and Autumn Classic with the largest number of words.
In this rural examination, in addition to the chief examiner, there are also co-examiners who are responsible for the first reading of the examination papers. There are nine people in total, each with one room.
Among them, there are three rooms for the Book of Songs, two rooms for the Book of Books, two rooms for the Book of Changes, one room for the Book of Rites, and one room for the Spring and Autumn Classics.
Candidates' test papers will be sent to the corresponding examination room according to this book.
It can also be roughly seen from the number of rooms assigned to the number of candidates for each classic. There is only one room for the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Rites Classic, so it is also called the "lonely classic".
Wang Yongshou, a Confucian scholar from Xiangcheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, was fortunate enough to be selected as a fellow examiner for the Southern Zhili Township Examination and was responsible for the Spring and Autumn Sutra room.
It is a very rare life experience for Wang Jiaoyu, a low-level county school instructor, to be selected as a fellow examiner for the No. 1 provincial examination in the world.
This kind of thing still happens now, but in a few decades, all the examiners of the Southern Zhili Township Examination will be county magistrates, and they will be appointed by recommended officials.
There were a total of 180 scholars in this subject of Spring and Autumn Classics. Wang Jiaoyu carefully read these 180 test papers and selected the ten that he thought were the best as the main papers and ten more as the backup papers.
Afterwards, Wang Jiaoyu followed the procedures and submitted twenty test papers to the examiner, Bachelor Zhang Chao.
After receiving the test paper from the Spring and Autumn Sutra room, Academician Zhang looked through it roughly.
The test paper presented to the examiner had no name but a number, and it was a red paper copied with a red pen. The original handwriting of the respondent could not be seen.
Academician Zhang looked over and over, but in the end only five papers were left. He returned the other papers to Wang Jiaoyu and said, "Choose some spare papers."
Wang Jiaoyu diligently re-examined the remaining 160 test papers, selected ten test papers that he thought were excellent, and submitted them to the examiner again.
After reading it, Academician Zhang shook his head, went to the Spring and Autumn Sutra room in person, and said to Wang Jiaoyu: "I will personally search the papers!"
There is a paper search system in the Ming Dynasty examination. If the examiner thinks that the test papers submitted by the same examiner are not qualified, he has the right to personally search all the remaining test papers in the room.
But the disadvantage of the examiner doing this is that it easily arouses suspicion, and it also slaps the fellow examiner in the face.
Wang Jiaoyu's face turned red with anger, and the examiner ran to his room to search for papers. Does that mean that he was not good enough, had no vision, and could not select truly qualified papers?
But the other party is a Hanlin bachelor who is the top scholar, and he is just a county school teacher with a former supervisor's background, not even a Jinshi.
They are not on the same level at all. How can they resist the Hanlin bachelor?
Academician Zhang didn't care about the humble instructions and went through the remaining more than one hundred test papers again.
After flipping through dozens of copies, he finally found the test paper he wanted. In this test paper, there were several sentences that he said when answering the first Analects question.
It was so hard to ride the horse, and the dim-sighted Bachelor Zhang couldn't help cursing secretly. If it weren't for the fact that Xu Miaoxuan had been helping the old couple diligently in the past two years, who would care about this bastard's life and death!
Fortunately, this bastard is studying the unpopular Spring and Autumn Classics. There is only one room and a small number of people, so the test papers are relatively easy to find.
If it was a two-bedroom or three-bedroom apartment like the Book of Songs and Yi Jing, with hundreds to thousands of people, I would have left it alone! I have no interest in looking for a needle in a haystack!
Seeing the angry Wang Jiaoyu again, Academician Zhang sighed: "How can you avoid suspicion by yourself and ignore the progress of talents! This man must be a scholar in the world!"
Wang Jiaoyu was speechless, you are Hanlin, you can do whatever you say!
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of August, the day when the results of the Jiawu Ke Rural Examination in South Zhili were released in the 13th year of Jiajing.
Wu Chengen came to ask Qin Dewei to look at the list together. Qin Dewei walked out of the house and felt the coolness of the autumn wind, and casually recited: "The autumn wind is bleak again today."
"Just one sentence? Why don't you continue?" Wu Chengen asked strangely.
Qin Dewei replied: "Forget it, forget it, the next sentence will be easy to harmonize, don't ask for trouble today."
Wu Chengen sighed: "Even you are so nervous."
Qin Dewei responded: "You don't know how much I paid!"
Wu Chengen was speechless, who didn't pay the price? Look at you, you have been sharpening your skills for a few days, how can you still pay more than others?
Qin Dewei could only sigh secretly that no one else understood his efforts.
For the sake of a clean reputation, I just bet that Bachelor Zhang would have a tacit understanding and take the initiative to take care of himself. I don’t know how many other cheating opportunities I gave up!
Aren’t the officers responsible for supplying the Gong Yuan all county government officials?
Also, officers and soldiers will be dispatched to the examination room to monitor candidates one-on-one as they answer questions. This is also feasible!
If you find connections through Commander Xu, you can let Xu Laosan monitor your answers!
But you have to find someone to do these things. There is no airtight wall in the world. If word gets out, it will affect your reputation to some extent.
As mentioned earlier, the newly released provincial examination results will be placed in the colorful pavilion, carried from Gongyuan to Yingtianfu Yamen, and posted on the screen wall of the Fuyamen gate.
Just like three years ago, in the core area of Nanjing, at the intersection of Sanshan Street and Dazhong Street, the nearby tea shops and restaurants are already full of people.
Qin Dewei and Wu Chengen walked into Taibai Building on Sanshan Street in a hurry. Gao Changjiang, the young boss, had already occupied the best place and sat down together by the window on the second floor.
The place is still the same as three years ago. There are dozens of scholars sitting there, but the atmosphere is oppressive and quiet.
Qin Dewei saw Gao Changjiang's nose and face were bruised and swollen again, and asked strangely: "Why did you get beaten again?"
Gao Changjiang said angrily: "It's still your fault!"
Qin Dewei slapped the case and said, "Don't blame me every time you get beaten!"
Gao Changjiang complained: "I heard that you were planning to be a father when you were only sixteen years old. My father felt that I was too unsatisfactory. He just said that I was wandering around and having fun outside and didn't even have a son or a half at home, so he beat me."
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Qin Dewei shook his head, "I don't want to talk about cross talk today, otherwise my next words will anger you!"
Suddenly, there was a loud roar of gongs and drums outside the window, and countless people joining in the fun gathered around the colorful pavilion and headed toward the government office.
Suddenly, no one in the entire restaurant was in the mood to talk, and they were quietly waiting for the news.
Winning the imperial examination is equivalent to having official status. Whether you will continue to be a mortal or be among the immortals will depend on this list.
Qin Dewei arranged for several yamen officers to help look at the list. Those who are near the water and towers get the month first, and they are faster than others.
Not long after, I saw a servant running in panting. He didn't see where the target was sitting, and he just shouted at the top of his lungs: "Master Xiao Qin! Fifth place!"
Wucao! Qin Dewei, who was leaning against the window, almost fell out when he heard this ranking!
Teacher Zhang, do you want to be so awesome? He would be content with just assigning one hundred and eighty people in a low-key manner, but he actually arranged for the top five!
The fifth place is not just a ranking, it is also one of the top five classics!