Chapter 95: Sharp young spirit, good article, good ambition!
"Thank you for your hard work, dear sir. Can you finish reading them all at noon tomorrow?"
The official Zhao Ji walked forward slowly with square steps, accompanied by Wu Zhizhong, the Minister of Rites, who nodded beside him.
"The officials can rest assured that we have all the examiners on staff. Most of them have been responsible for the examination papers for the previous imperial examinations and should not be traveling."
"Okay, okay... Dear friends, go and do your business. Wu Aiqing, come with me for a walk."
The examiners who came to see the Emperor of the Song Dynasty dispersed, leaving only Wu Shangshu alone.
The two walked slowly forward for a short distance. Wu Zhizhong reached into his arms, took out a small thing wrapped in thin silk, and presented it respectfully with both hands.
Official Zhao Ji reached out to take it, squeezed it with his fingers, felt the texture of the paper wrapped in thin silk, and stuffed it into his arms.
"Officials, all the officials are busy. I will go to supervise the reading of papers in various places soon. I also invite the officials..."
"It's okay, Wu Aiqing, you are busy with your business, I still want to walk around here."
Faced with Wu Zhizhong's attempt to expel him, official Zhao Ji ignored him at all, even though he got Xiao Gao's handwritten letter.
When Mr. Gu, whose eyes were burned by Cai Qilinzi's bullshit article, heard this, he simply stood up and stretched out his hand to ask for it.
"To make Mr. Gu so angry, it seems that this must be something that cannot be looked at."
Mr. Gu only glanced at it, and it was difficult to take his eyes away from this article.
Then the good reputation of this minister will definitely be implicated, and he may even be directly labeled as a traitor.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. My beloved must also know that I am very curious about Gao Shengyuan."
Although Chen Shilang couldn't see the expression of the professor from Taixue at this moment.
But the problem is, after all, everyone is eating from the imperial court, so they can only talk quietly in private, not in person.
"What kind of bullshit article is this? It's simply nonsense. What kind of nonsense is it written about?"
"Officials, please come here with me. Chen Shilang is reading the papers with a group of paper readers over there."
The examiners naturally knew that it must be the well-known Mr. Gu who read the wonderful article.
"It is unreasonable that people like this can actually participate in the imperial examination."
"..."
After all, the official is a foolish king, and this is recognized by the world.
"Is this "Young Chinese Ode"? Hey, this life is really novel. Treat me, um... eh?"
More importantly, Zhao Ji didn't want his beloved disciple to be unfairly wronged, so he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and forced a smile towards Wu Zhizhong.
Chen Shilang hurried forward, glanced at it, and almost twisted the corner of his mouth. It was the article written by the Qilinzi of the Cai family.
Seeing Wu Zhizhong suddenly going silent, his face changing, but he didn't say a word.
At this moment, after Chen Shilang distributed the Gongshi examination papers, he did not leave.
This is an excellent thing, but the problem is that Wu Shangshu, who is selfless and never pretends to be public for personal gain, is worried.
At this moment, a file reader suddenly slapped the desk, making everyone in the room tremble.
Seeing the official's expression that he wanted to stay if he didn't want to leave, Wu Zhizhong's face turned dark and he had a headache.
His head started to move from left to right, and he saw this old scholar looking like this.
Naturally, he no longer hesitated and handed over the article that he regarded as the top three in this year's palace examination.
"Haha... Everyone, in my opinion, the top three in today's imperial examination must have the name of this volume."
"If the officials have any instructions, please tell them directly."
Everyone turned their attention to the old man with white beard and hair, and saw that his face was red with excitement, and he pointed at the test paper in his hand and shouted sharply.
Wu Zhizhong did not want such a scene to occur, which was why he was willing to join forces with Chen Shilang in both the provincial and palace examinations.
But judging from the other person's body language, he still tried hard to get the test paper closer.
Zhao Ji didn't understand what was going on. His reputation was flawed in the eyes of his ministers. Zhao Ji, who had a high self-esteem, was still a bit weak.
If you don't leave, how can I, as a subordinate, leave you here?
Forget it, then you have to sacrifice your life to accompany the king.
He already knew the appreciation of Gao Zhang's article from the official who read the document.
Instead, he stood behind the examiner who was reading Gao Zhang's "Young Chinese Fu" carefully.
That would cause Gao Zhang's true achievements to be stained with a layer of dirt that is difficult to wash away.
#####
Generally speaking, a team of examiners will come from multiple departments in order to ensure the fairness of grading to the greatest extent.
"Mr. Gu, please calm down. Mr. Gu, please calm down. Don't get hurt because of a mere test paper."
Professor Wang subconsciously glanced at Shilang Chen, who was supervising here, and saw the other person nodded slightly.
"Mr. Gu, let me read it carefully and see how wonderful the article can be praised by Mr. Gu."
"Who, it turns out to be Professor Wang from Taixue. Is it real or fake? You haven't even read a few articles, why are you so sure?"
Just like the eight examiners in this room, including officials from the Ministry of Rites, Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, Imperial College and other institutions, they read the examination papers together.
"Now that the imperial examination is over, and I happen to have some free time, I came here to take a look..."
"Good! What a joy, what a sharp-edged young man with great spirit, good articles, and good ambition!"
Here, this foolish king influenced the reviewers’ judgment on the candidates’ test papers.
However, how could I leave so easily? I had to see what the readers thought of Gao Zhang's test paper.
"That's right, that's right. It's not like this article of mine. Although some of the articles are not on topic, at least the writing is not very good and the calligraphy skills are very good. It can be regarded as a rare masterpiece."
We must not let those examiners bury a young prodigy like Aitu.
After wandering around for a long time, Mr. Gu couldn't help but strike the case again.
But once any minister gets too close to this foolish king.
And the way the teaching assistant shook his head in admiration while looking at it had already affected the surrounding examiners.
"Don't worry, my dear, I'm just taking a look and I won't disturb important national affairs such as the imperial examination."
"Come on, let me take a good look at my writing and wash my eyes."
#####
Wu Zhizhong looked at the Hunjun. Although he was mentally prepared, he did not expect that the Hunjun would actually come here for Gao Zhang.
Unexpectedly, it happened to fall into the hands of Mr. Gu, who was quite old and rigorous in his studies.
Seeing the official's behavior, Wu Zhizhong could only nod his head and lead the way first.
"Why are you so anxious? I've only seen half of it."
"Mr. Gu, it's inappropriate for you to read any more. You must know that this is what I read..."
Seeing that he was fighting for the right to see it, this scholar-type official who was obsessed with academics seemed to be quarreling.
Chen Shilang couldn't help but feel a little confused, and finally jumped out to calm the scene.