Jinling Gongyuan is close to the south gate. An empty street with few people passes through the Gongyuan gate. A row of tall lanterns hangs under the "Gongyuan" plaque, and many soldiers have lined up outside the Gongyuan gate.
Li Shu first went to the large courtyard in the Gongyuan, reported his name and received his number plate. Then he handed in all his clothes at the inspection area.
Everything that should be carried must be handed over here for inspection. After the inspection, a designated person will be arranged in the examination room to put these things into each person's place. After Li Shu handed over his belongings, he sent the servants back, and he went to
Enter the clothes check area.
The clothes inspection office is located in front of a small pavilion. Several officials are sitting inside, checking the candidates one by one. If there are any candidates involved, the lights are brightly lit in front of the pavilion, and a long queue has already formed.
A few more officials burned paper cows and horses in the tribute field and worshiped them from all directions, which caused a lot of whispers among the officials. Li Shu knew that this was an old practice in the examination room, so he didn't care. But Shan Shijie was also there at the front.
The team members were so angry that they rushed forward and kicked Shan Shijie hard in the back.
This kick was seen by many people, who all shouted "Okay" loudly.
Shan Shijie kept his head down, fearing that others would hurt him. He suddenly received this blow, and his heart felt aggrieved. When he turned around, he saw it was Li Shu. The two of them were talking secretly together this morning, but now they are strangers.
Shijie also took the risk and yelled back: "What to do?"
"What are you doing? You scumbag, I need a knife in my hand to stab you." Li Shu said viciously.
Shan Shijie wanted to argue, but he couldn't tell clearly! Everyone around him spat at him and shouted "ok" for Li Shu in unison! For a moment, Shan Shijie really wanted to die.
When the guards in the examination room heard the commotion, they ran over and shouted: "You don't want to take the exam, do you? Don't make any noise!"
Li Shu also looked away and returned to the back of the queue! Shan Shijie was amused when he thought about it, so he walked out of the queue angrily and walked away.
A group of candidates scolded: "You dare to come to the exam, you should have died far away!"
The guard stepped forward to scold Shan Shijie again, but ignored Shan Shijie who left.
Not long after Shan Shijie left, a group of officials guarded Su San and walked out of the corridor on one side. Some people had not seen Su San. After being reminded by everyone, they all went towards Su San. They saw that Su San was in a good manner.
He behaves gracefully and looks like an official. I can't help but think that only with this kind of grace can I write such poems!
Naturally, there was another discussion, but the guards shouted down.
Su San glanced at the team of candidates waiting for inspection, and then at the paper money being burned in the yard, and couldn't help frowning. An official from Gongyuan came to Su San, frowned, and hurriedly explained: "Gongyuan is usually not very popular, and the yin energy is a bit stronger.
! So many people crowded in at once, and I was afraid of disturbing the underworld, so I burned something to ward off evil spirits."
Su San naturally didn't believe in these evil things. He smiled faintly and walked straight into the main hall without saying a word and sat down.
Gao Zaixian and Huang Zhidong were already waiting here. Su Sanyi cupped his hands and said, "You two arrived early!"
Gao Zaixian smiled and said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to get up in the middle of the night. He Zhidong slept here last night."
Su San then laughed again and said: "Ning Yuan is presiding over the imperial examination for the first time. There are some things that I don't understand. I hope you two brothers can give me some advice."
Gao Zaixian laughed and said: "There are no rules. Everything is arranged by someone below."
Su San glanced at the distracted Huang Zhidong, knowing that he was worried that Luo Ruiqing's matter would involve him. The last time he came to test his tone, he had already expected that Huang Zhidong and Luo Ruiqing were related. If this matter was further investigated, Huang Zhidong
There is no way to escape the relationship. It's just that I don't even want to dig into Luo Ruiqing, so there is no reason to accuse him.
So he sat at the top and waited quietly for the time to come, and then went to the main hall to offer incense to the saint. Because the title of the imperial examination had been circulated in the city, for the sake of fairness, when I presented the memorial today, I specifically asked the emperor to change the title.
The royal seal is sealed in the jade box, so no matter whether the topics circulated before are true or false, I don't have to verify it. This saves me a lot of trouble.
This was also a subconscious choice he made after he realized that the imperial examination was a muddy ground.
He is the examiner. If the test questions are leaked and he is investigated in the end, he will naturally be the unlucky one. Qin Peisong was in charge of all the affairs of the imperial examination before. It is not known what tricks he did. Although he is dead, many things have been done.
He died of illness, but if the test questions were sold by him before that, he would have to bear the final bitter consequences.
Changing the test questions is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice. If it were a shrewd emperor, he would have to ask in detail about such a big thing as changing the test questions. He would never just change it just because of his doubts. But Zhao Pu obviously didn't.
He wanted to make the matter bigger, and it was enough for Qin Yuanzheng to die. He wanted to cover up what should be done, and keep out of sight. That's why the examination questions were changed so smoothly.
There are two locks on the jade box. One key is in Gao Zaixian's hand and the other is in Huang Zhidong's hand. After burning incense, the two of them opened the jade box respectfully, took out the scroll inside and handed it to Su San.
Su San took a look at the test questions first, then handed them to the two deputy examiners, and then said to him: "Let the test begin!"
It was already daybreak! The people in the venue closed the gate of the tribute courtyard, locked the entire tribute venue, and then announced the examination questions.
As all the candidates began to take the exam, Su San breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about how to deal with Wu Taiming's hints and the second prince's explicit instructions.
After thinking about it, I still have to give face! However, I can’t give it all, but only those who are qualified. This is naturally considered fraud, but I can increase some places appropriately. The people who took the exam this time
It is normal to have more quotas. Taking advantage of this name, I can go back and ask the emperor for more quotas, so that I can place people who are party to the second prince. In this way, I can still ensure that the entire imperial examination is on a normal schedule.
Proceed on track.
In fact, there are some things that cannot be avoided. Everyone's position is different, so nothing is completely fair in the eyes of different people. Absolute fairness does not exist. It is precisely because of understanding this truth that Su San only
Just settle for the next best thing and try to make things relatively fair.
The imperial examination lasts for three days! The most important thing is to test policy essays, and the incidental test is poetry! But poetry is usually written at the beginning of the paper, so the quality of the poems determines whether the examiner will carefully read the following chapters. After all, the chapter is
It is very long and there are so many papers. It is unrealistic to expect the examiner to go through each one carefully.
After three days of exams, the candidates left and the examiners were the only ones in the Gongyuan who were busy grading the papers. As for the details of the titles and transfers, there is no need to go into details. The dirty papers were the first batch to be typed.
, these papers will never enter the examiner's eyes.
Just to be on the safe side, Su San got rid of these messy papers! If there was someone special, he would also pick it out.
After another five days of busy work, they were able to finish approving these papers. The three examiners selected 250 papers. After registering their names, Su San asked for an additional fifty places and spent time selecting from them.
Fifty more people were selected from the remaining papers. Finally, the three of them deliberated on ten papers and sent them to the emperor, who asked him to appoint the top three candidates.
These things were busy for two more days, and everything finally came to an end. By the time Su San came out of the Gongyuan, it was almost the month. The results were released on the 15th, and the biography was set for the 16th. Su San was
On the afternoon of the third day, I left Gongyuan and went to the Jiumen Yamen to inquire about something. Then I went back to the mansion and had a long sleep.
The imperial examination was not an easy task! It took a lot of effort. In the end, he still had to go through the three hundred papers one by one! Even the selected papers, he had to randomly check them to avoid omissions.
The wishes of Wu Taiming and the second prince must also be taken into account, otherwise there is no need to ask for a special request to choose fifty more people. Regardless of whether it is the person the second prince wants, as long as it is enough, he is happy to choose a few more people. Only Zhang
Too bad, he pressed it.
Anyway, everyone will be happy with the result in the end, and Su San doesn't have to worry about being unable to survive.
During this period of time, he had been staying in the Gongyuan, but something happened in the city.
The marriage proposal between Yuanren and Fengren has been finally confirmed in the past few days. The content of the peace treaty between the two countries has also been spread by people who are interested. It is not about the terms of sharing blessings and sharing hardships. The key is
Of course, there are still difficulties.
In addition, the original person asked Zhao Pu to send a team to pick up the bride and follow the original person to the grassland to pick up the bride. Despite the objections of some courtiers, Zhao Pu finally agreed to go to the grassland to pick up the bride instead of picking up the bride on the spot.
Marrying Naren was not his original intention, so he was not in a hurry to marry Naren into the harem on the spot, so he was actually very concerned about these things. Since the original person had a strong request and it was non-negotiable, he would just go along with it.
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Su San also understood that this kind of thing could not be avoided! The matter of marriage was tied to the matter of alliance. Unless Feng Dynasty did not want an alliance, it would be impossible for Feng Dynasty to marry Narenge Rile on the spot.
Since Zhao Pu agreed to the original person's request, the original person could not wait to return to the grassland. The date of this trip was set on the 15th! It was the same day as Chuanlu.
This is a big thing! The other thing is a small thing, but to Su San, this thing is very important.
That is, Yu Feng’s Zuixian Restaurant has started its trial operation, and it is said that the business is going well. At least so far, two of the one hundred taels of seats have been sold. The first seat is actually Lao De Pao
He came to fulfill his promise; probably Jiumen was taking great care of Jingren Yuansuo during this period, so he came to support him. The second seat was unexpectedly attended by Narenge Rile.
Lao De has been a little annoyed recently, and it is understandable that he would like to flatter Su San and become friends with Su San. Narenge Rile also joined in the fun, and Su San didn't think she was greedy. She was not interested in Yu Feng last time.
It's so cool. I'm here to support you again this time. I don't know what's going on in her mind.
Two tables alone brought 200 taels of income to the trial operation, which was obviously an encouragement to Yu Feng and others. At least they knew that no one would dare to eat this kind of table. As long as they wait for the name to be established, I'm afraid