In the Zhejiang Provincial Examination of the Gengzi Branch in the 16th year of Chenghua, there were a total of twelve examiners. These are commonly known as the inner curtain officials, who are responsible for the marking work and correspond to the outer curtain officials such as the promotion officers and the supervisory officers. (Baidu search twelve
Among the examiners, there is one chief examiner, one deputy examiner, and ten co-examiners. It can be said that the future of thousands of scholars is directly determined in the hands of these twelve people. A single thought during marking can be directly adapted.
One's destiny.
Examiners have extremely heavy responsibilities, so they must be extremely cautious in all their actions.
So far, two to three thousand scholars have gathered in the provincial capital. Most of the reference students have arrived in Hangzhou City, and those who have not arrived are already on their way.
But contrary to the scholars, none of the twelve examiners are in Hangzhou. This is "prevention of idleness", and it is also a practice that has been formed for many years. It is conceivable that if the examiners also stay in Hangzhou for a long time, how many of them will be able to
Can it withstand "repeated bombings"?
According to the principle of mutual balance, the backgrounds of the three types of examiners, the chief examiner, the deputy examiner, and the same examiner, are different.
The examiner, Mr. Li Shishi, the deputy academic envoy of this province, has been out supervising students. He is afraid that he will not return to Hangzhou until the beginning of August, which is almost the last moment before the exam. There is no way, he has the greatest power and needs to avoid suspicion the most.
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The deputy examiner is sent by the imperial court from the capital. Hangzhou does not know who the candidate is, and he will not arrive in Hangzhou too early. It is estimated that the candidate has been selected by this time, but the specific arrival time is still unclear.
The ten fellow examiners were selected from among the instructors of the province. The candidates were jointly selected by the governor, chief envoy, and inspector. The time was also very late. They were not released until the last month before the exam. Then all the selected candidates were quickly notified to go to the province.
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The atmosphere of the exam is largely created step by step in this way. Now it’s time to select ten fellow examiners.
That day when Fang Yingwu was studying, he saw Xiang Chengxian coming to visit in a hurry, "Brother Fang Xian! I'm going back to Chun'an County! Will you go back with me?"
Fang Yingwu was very surprised. He rushed to the provincial capital from Chun'an County three months in advance for the exam to understand various market trends. Now that the exam is only one month away, Brother Xiang is going back again. What's going on?
Xiang Chengxian explained: "The same examiner will be chosen in the next few days, and I want to go back to the county to wait for news!"
Fang Yingwu still didn't understand. Is there any logical relationship between choosing the same examiner and returning to the county?
Xiang Chengxian explained again: "It's not impossible for County School Meng Jiaoyu to be selected as a fellow examiner. If he is really selected, it will be easier for us to deal with him in Chun'an County. When he arrives in the provincial capital, he will be locked up directly
I'm going to the Tribute Courtyard, how can I still have a chance to meet you?"
Fang Yingwu understood a little bit, and it turned out that this was the idea. These days, there is a relatively safe way of cheating in the middle and high-end. It is to agree on the marks with the examiner who is responsible for marking, such as what words to use at the end of several consecutive paragraphs.
But he still disagreed with Xiang Chengxian's behavior, "But you knew that Meng Jiaoyu would be selected? You don't know how likely it is, but you just want to be blind and kill the mouse?"
Xiang Chengxian has his own calculations, "Among the instructors, there is little possibility of teaching. Only the official teachings of county schools, state schools, and prefecture schools, and the professors with correct studies have hope. Now there are eleven prefectures and one prefecture in the province.
, seventy-five counties. A total of eighty-seven school officials.
Only ten people were selected from the eighty-seven people. Speaking of Meng Jiaoyu, there is more than a 10% chance, why don’t we give it a try? Anyway, Chun’an is only a few days away from the provincial capital by water, and it only takes half a day to get there.
It takes a month. It won’t delay the exam time.”
Fang Yingwu shook his head and retorted: "Your calculation is wrong. The chance is not 10%, but 1%! Even if Meng Jiaoyu is lucky enough to be selected, there are ten examiners in total who will review the papers.
The chance of your test paper falling into Meng Jiaoyu's hands is still 10%.
Adding up the two 10%, the possibility that you will get results in Chun'an County this time is only 1%. Do you have to spend time and money traveling hundreds of miles back and forth for the 1% hope?
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Xiang Chengxian said solemnly: "Brother Fang Xian, do you look down on the one percent? This year's reference scholars are said to have reached more than 4,000 people, but the number of candidates for admission is still only 95, and the chance of winning is only 100%.
More than two.
Being able to increase the chance by another 1% is equivalent to a 50% increase in hope compared to the original, which is also very good. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"
Although Xiang Chengxian's tone was ordinary, Fang Yingwu still deeply felt the cruelty of the provincial examination and the torture of human nature.
The first is that the competition is fierce and the elimination rate is extremely high; second, the scholars are like eight immortals crossing the sea, competing in all aspects such as knowledge, connections, money, etc.
Take Xiang Chengxian's move as an example. If he is a poor scholar, can he bear the cost of traveling hundreds of miles back and forth just for a 100% chance?
This time the fraud must be carried out to the end! Fang Yingwu secretly made up his mind, otherwise, he would have to go through a lot of trouble every three years in the future, which would be too troublesome. After a few times of tossing, a person's life will almost pass by, then
He really became Fan Jin who failed to pass the imperial examination.
"You don't plan to go back?" Mr. Xiang finally asked.
Fang Yingwu replied: "I am not on good terms with the county school, so it will be useless to go back."
In fact, Fang Yingwu has already started to make arrangements in this area, or the examiner, Mr. Li, has entrusted Fang Yingwu to make arrangements. But there are some things that God knows, you know and I know, and even the best friends cannot talk about it.
The hurdle that Scholar Fang has to pass below is none other than his cheap grandfather, Governor Wang. This practice of secretly appointing co-examiners is definitely not Mr. Wang’s style.
Without further ado, they said that when the time came to select co-examiners, the governor Wang Shu sent a message, inviting Liu Zhang, the political envoy from the left, and Zhu Shen, the censor envoy, to the governor's office to discuss the candidates for co-examination for the rural examination.
Among the three, Governor Wang and Liu Fantai both took office after the major case last year. It has only been a year since they were in high positions. They really didn’t have much impression of the instructors in the province. At this time, Zhu Fantai took out a list.
Pass it to the other two people.
Liu Fantai read quickly and saw five names at a glance. He was very surprised and secretly wondered whether Zhu Shen had taken the wrong medicine.
There are only ten places for co-examiners in total, which are called consultations. Each of them recommends talents, but according to the rules, the boss, Governor Wang, must make the decision.
Now, before Governor Wang has spoken, Mr. Zhu has come up with half of the candidates. This is tantamount to not taking the Governor seriously at all.
Moreover, Liu Fantai didn't understand even more. Mr. Zhu escaped with his life after being robbed in a major case last year. He had been keeping a low profile and cautiously for the past year. How could he be so bold today?
Did he have any thoughts that he shouldn't have? Or was there someone instigating him behind his back? Liu Fantai thought a lot in an instant.
Not to mention Liu Fantai, even Governor Wang himself was surprised. The main reason is that it is so unusual for someone to dare to despise his direct superior nowadays...
After pondering for a moment, Master Wang probed for details: "Master Zhu is in Zhejiang Province and is familiar with the situation. Presumably these are people with both talent and virtue selected from the instructors in the province?"
Zhu Zhengtai looked down at the tea cup in his hand and muttered: "I don't know whether this list has both talent and virtue. Anyway, Fang Yingwu knows."
His words were obviously filled with emotion. A dignified official was ordered around in front of Fang Yingwu, and Fang Yingwu was also strangely "concerned" about the issue of concubinage. He didn't feel angry at all.
Weird.
Fang Yingwu? When this name fell on their ears, Wang Shu and Liu Zhang's expressions changed slightly. Is this list related to Fang Yingwu?
Wang Shu gradually became serious and asked Zhu Zengtai in a serious tone: "You mean, Fang Yingwu drew up this list for you?"
Zhu Shen said angry words, but he didn't dare to open his mouth and talk nonsense. Especially when he saw Governor Wang's tone, he knew that Governor Wang had no prior knowledge. He replied in a low voice: "It's the right thing to hand over to the lower official.
But judging from his tone, it should be Li Tixue’s intention.”
A few names, but Li Shishi was involved again... Wang Shu waved his hand, "We'll stop here for today, we'll discuss it tomorrow!"
The two officials, Liu and Zhu, must have known that this was going to happen, so they both stood up and left without saying anything else. Watching the two people leave, Wang Shu quickly said to the people around him: "Go and call Fang Yingwu immediately, make sure there is no mistake!"
ps: It’s time to risk your life again at the end of the month, Alexander, temporarily clear up the rest of the things, come on!