At night, the marking room of the Yulin County Liberal Arts College was brightly lit, and three examiners and many officials from the liberal arts college gathered here.
Thousands of test papers are placed on the desk, forming a mountain.
The leading examiner was He Quan, a close friend of the Yulin County Magistrate. He raised his hand in the direction of the temple and said loudly: "Thank you all the saints for your help!"
As soon as the words fell, the seal on the test paper was lifted, and many test paper talents emerged.
Some are as high as two feet, and some are nearly three feet high.
Only one test paper was five feet high, which made everyone look shocked.
Four feet rule the country, five feet spread the world!
"This is the Jingyi from Du Ning in Nanping Prefecture? His talent is as high as five feet, and it is spread all over the world!"
Some examiners were so excited that their whole bodies trembled. The liberal arts academy in Yulin County has never published a book that spreads its meaning to the world. Today is truly unprecedented!
"God bless Yunguo! Yunguo will always be prosperous!"
"Du Ning is truly an eternal talent!"
Many officials were extremely excited. If this news spread, their Yulin County would become popular, and at least it would spread throughout the country.
This is an achievement of enlightenment, and the Palace of Chinese Studies will definitely reward you.
Many officials present may even be directly promoted and receive salary increases.
This is simply pie in the sky!
"This..."
He Quan looked at the test paper that was spread all over the world in front of him, and the expression on his face changed from dark to bright, including doubt, shock, confusion, and confusion.
He remembered Yan Lu's request to him, hoping that no matter how good Du Ning's article was, he would still be "picky" and that Du Ning's classics and principles should be ranked behind Yan Jun's no matter what.
But now, He Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If it were just an ordinary Mingzhou Jingyi, and He Quan wanted to find out the shortcomings in it and then belittle it, the examiners present would not say much.
Everyone reads the same article and gets different insights.
If you cannot please the examiner, you will have a high chance of being screened out.
But the meaning of Du Ning's classics is not simple. It is already above the level of the country and has reached the level of being spread all over the world.
Let alone a mere Jinshi to comment on the scriptures that have been passed down to the world, even if a great Confucian is present, he is not qualified to comment.
Anyone who is qualified to comment is at least a semi-saint!
Even if He Quan had a thousand courages, He Quan would not dare to make a bad idea of spreading the meaning of the scriptures to the world. That would be asking for death.
If the incident comes to light, he will face the punishment of a semi-saint, a ruined reputation, and a shame for the entire family.
"How could that idiot Yan Lu offend Du Ning, a peerless genius? Fortunately, I am not qualified to comment, otherwise I would have been dragged into the trap by them, and I might even have committed a serious crime that implicated the three clans!"
Cold sweat broke out from He Quan's back. He politely greeted all the eighteen generations of Yan Lu and Yan Jun's ancestors, and was so angry that his whole face turned the color of pig liver.
At the same time, He Quan was also very glad that he had not gone astray, otherwise his bright future would have been ruined.
"God damn Yan Lu, I am going to sever ties with your Yan family!"
He Quan thought viciously in his heart, thinking that he had no enmity or enmity with the Yan family, and even had a particularly good relationship.
Unexpectedly, Yan Lu allowed himself to block an article that was spread all over the world, which almost cost He Quan half his life.
How can this allow you to "find fault with your eggs"? This is clearly using this scripture to frame your own future.
"Ahem..."
He Quan coughed dryly, his face returned to normal, and he bowed respectfully toward the temple: "The Candidates of Yulin County have passed down the scriptures and principles to the world, and the lower officials dare not overstep them. I respectfully request the semi-sage's ruling!"
"Respectfully request the Half-Saint's ruling!"
Everyone also bowed and bowed respectfully.
"Boom!"
At this moment, the entire holy temple trembled slightly.
A force of talent turned into light and shone on the classic article written by Du Ning.
In the Guoxue Palace far away in the capital, an old man sat quietly. His eyes flickered, and an article appeared, which was the content of the classic written by Du Ning.
This person is none other than Half-Saint Fan Qianfeng of the Yun Kingdom.
Every time there was an imperial examination, Fan Qianfeng would use the power of the temple to inspect the articles of liberal arts colleges in various places.
Although there are semi-sages who oversee the imperial examinations, no one has asked Fan Qianfeng to be the judge for a long time.
"He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!"
"Okay! These seven words alone have the talent to rule the country!"
Fan Qianfeng swept through the articles with his holy thoughts.
"Okay!"
Fan Qianfeng spoke slowly, and with the help of the temple, his voice reached the liberal arts college in Yulin County.
"This man is a great talent, and the meaning of the scriptures he writes is so wonderful that he can be awarded the first grade."
As soon as the words fell, everyone had already decided on the top of the case, and even He Quan did not dare to say a word.
Half-Saint rating!
They didn't even dare to fart in front of the semi-sage. As long as the semi-sage opened his mouth, even if Du Ning copied this scripture article from someone else, they had no right to question it.
This is the face of a semi-saint!
"The fact that these scriptures were written by a child is shocking to the world. To protect Du Ning, you can only declare to the outside world that the meaning of Du Ning's scriptures is Mingzhou." Fan Qianfeng said.
"We will obey the orders of the saint."
Everyone hurriedly agreed and did not dare to violate it.
It has been hundreds of years since the Yun Kingdom had a scripture that was passed down to the world. If it were written by a young Jinshi, there would be no problem, but it happened to be written by a child.
How is this not shocking?
If this matter cannot be suppressed, there will inevitably be many forces hostile to the Yun Kingdom that want to secretly frame Du Ning.
Therefore, Fan Qianfeng immediately took countermeasures.
"Keep your mouth shut."
As soon as Fan Qianfeng finished speaking, a magical power entered their literary palace.
To keep one's mouth shut is used to describe being cautious in speaking. It is also used to describe someone who is unwilling or afraid to speak.
Fan Qianfeng used his holy power to impose restrictions on everyone. Once they accidentally leaked something, they would be stopped by this power and kept their mouths shut.
But if someone wants to speak out about murdering Du Ning, Fan Qianfeng will sense it immediately and punish him.
The punishment of a semi-saint is far beyond what they can bear.
The power of the holy temple disappeared, and the talent of Du Ning's classics and meanings was blocked, and the vision spread all over the world was reduced to the vision of Mingzhou. In this way, he could hide his eyes from others and not be afraid of anyone's investigation.
Even if a great scholar comes in person, he will only think that this is an article about Mingzhou.
"The Biography of Du Ning Jingyi... Mingzhou is listed as the top case in Yulin County, rated A, I wonder if you have any objections?"
He Quan suggested that although he had a good relationship with the Yan family, if something like this happened, He Quan just wanted to skin Yan Lu and Yan Jun.
Making careless friends!
He Quan immediately re-elected his side. Following the Yan family would definitely lead to no good results, so he might as well become friends with Du Ning.
This is a student who writes articles that will be spread throughout the world. He will become a great Confucian scholar in the future. Who do the Yan family count? They are just a group of people who follow the trend of others and want to climb up to the Eight Wise Kings and support him as the crown prince in order to obtain the merits of the dragon. In comparison, He Quan might as well be friends with a future great scholar.
If Du Ning becomes famous in the future, He Quan, as the examiner of this year's county examination, will have more prestige in Yulin County in the future.
He Quan still has this bit of foresight.
"Since Lord He is the one who speaks, naturally we have no objection."
"Du Ning Jingyi Mingzhou is worthy of being the leader of the county examination case of Yulin County Liberal Arts Academy."
"Du Ning is a great talent. He is second. Who dares to be first?"
Other officials dare to sing the opposite tune of the examiner, but they dare not sing the negative tune of the semi-saint. That is simply looking for trouble when they are full and have nothing to do.
Half-sage evaluation, why Quan goes along with the flow?
If anyone dares to say "no", He Quan will label him as disrespectful to half-saints, and he can directly take off his hat on his behalf.
Next, everyone selected the ninety-nine test papers based on the strength of other people's writing skills.
He Quan took a paper in his hand. His talent was as high as 2 feet 9, which was close to Mingzhou. He was the most talented among the ninety-nine papers. His signature was Yan Jun.
Yan Jun is worthy of being a child prodigy in the past. He is indeed very knowledgeable and has extremely unique insights into "Mencius".
However, after reading Yan Jun's classics, He Quan couldn't help but sneer.
"The frog in the well, with his level of rags, is not even worthy of carrying Du Ning's shoes, yet he still dares to dispute the case with Du Ning. He is simply arrogant and arrogant!"
Out of disgust for the Yan family, He Quan became even more angry after reading this classic article.
"No matter how well you write the classics, it's a pity that you can only rank second."
He Quan shook his head helplessly and directly rated Yan Jun's classics and righteousness articles as a lower grade.
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The next day.
After dawn, Du Ning and Li Changming went to the County Literary Academy together.
When I just went out, a group of students from the Jieying Society headed by Yan Lu and Yan Jun came over, and they cast a wary look.
Du Ning was puzzled at first, then suddenly realized.
They believed that Yan Jun would definitely get the top spot and were worried that Du Ning would not admit his defeat, so they came to keep an eye on Du Ning and prevent him from escaping.
Use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman.
"Master Du, Brother Li, where are you going so early in the morning?" Yan Lu said with a sneer on his face.
Li Changming said displeasedly: "You guys are wandering around my house early in the morning. Are you worried that Mr. Du will encounter something unexpected and come to protect him? That's really hard work for you."
Yan Lu joked: "Master Du is a guest from afar. We should show our friendship as landlords without saying thank you."
The students from Jieying Society looked full of contempt.
"Today the liberal arts academy is releasing the results, how about Mr. Du come with us to watch?" Yan Jun said with a smile.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Du Ning smiled slightly and agreed happily.
Seeing Du Ning's confident look, Yan Jun smiled coldly and thought to himself: "We'll see if you can still laugh after the county exam results are released!"
Everyone went to the county liberal arts college together. Students from the Jieying Society stood around. Once Du Ning tried to escape, they would swarm him.
Du Ning looked at them as if he were looking at a group of clowns.
At this time, the County Literary Academy has not released the results yet, and there are already huge crowds of people outside, making it very lively.
Some people are looking forward to it, some are worried, and some are very uneasy.
Before the gold medal list was announced, all the students were worried.