When Li Jie was writing the second question of the Four Books, it was already close to noon. At this time, a drum sounded and the officials began to collect the answer sheets for the first question. The purpose of collecting the test papers at this time was mainly to give the examiners enough time to mark the papers.
Otherwise, it would be a bit overwhelming to grade thousands of people's exam papers in just a few days.
Before Li Jie entered the examination room, Zhou Xiucai had already told him about the process of the government examination. He was not surprised by this. When the yamen came to his examination room, he handed over the copied answer sheet. Then he saw that it was already noon.
Having roughly finished writing the second four-book question, I took out the food prepared by Mrs. Wang in the morning and started eating.
In the courtroom, Lu Heng (heng second tone) was about to start checking the answer sheets collected by the government officials. Lu Heng was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Chenghua. It is an honor for both father and son to be Jinshi. His father, Lu Ju, was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Xuande.
, a scholarly heirloom, Lu Heng’s craftsmanship is very high.
After reading dozens of papers, Lu Heng couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. This year's candidates are really not good. Although the first question is a combination of questions and answers, it is a bit difficult, but for Chen Xingzhi and others who have a small literary name, they should not be able to write nonsense.
, there are some unknown candidates who have written quite well.
Then he picked up the next paper. His strong and powerful handwriting was already quite impressive, and it stood out among the many answer papers. Lu Heng thought to himself, I hope your article will not disappoint people like your handwriting.
"The great sage asked for illness to resign his king, but because of his humiliation, he looked down on his ministers."
Good! The topic is broken down well, short and concise.
Read on to the back of the article, read it carefully, and feel refreshed!
I can only see where the topic starts and where it ends. I can see clearly and draw clearly. One stroke of writing can make the article full of waves. It is different from those who stick to the "hanging, crossing, and pulling" of cutting and setting the topic.
There really is a barrier between cloud and mud.
After reading the article, Lu Heng secretly decided that this paper must be taken, and it must be the first one in the case. Even if this article passed the provincial examination or even the general examination, it would be difficult to conceal its brilliance. Unexpectedly, it would be so good in this government examination.
Talented man, this made Lu Heng a little curious. He wanted to know who the candidate was who wrote such a magnificent essay?
After Lu Heng turned over the paper, he looked at the name.
Oh? It turned out to be this guy. Lu Heng had also heard of Lin Pingzhi’s name recently. Previously, Lu Heng was not interested in this kind of behavior that people began to tout as soon as he got the top spot in the county examination. He fought his way out of thousands of people.
Lu Heng, the head of the county examination case, has seen too much, and it is not worth reading.
However, after seeing this article, Lin Pingzhi was caught in his eye. Even if he was asked to write this article, it would be impossible to write it better, and then he gave instructions to the entourage next to him.
"Go and invite Zhang Jiaoyu over."
After Zhang Jiaoyu arrived, Lu Heng handed him Li Jie's answer sheet.
"Please tell me, how is this article going?"
After Zhang Jiaoyu took the answer sheet, he began to read it. After reading it, he clapped his hands and applauded, and then said: "The meaning is full of twists and turns, and the bones are very tight, just like what Liu Zihou called Changli's writing!"
Who is Liu Zihou? Liu Zongyuan, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and Chang Li is Han Yu, the leader of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Zhang Jiaoyu’s evaluation of this article is really too high. Although Lu Heng is very optimistic about this article,
But comparing it to Han Yu is a bit exaggerated. This article probably appealed to Zhang Jiaoyu, and Lu Heng did not try to dampen Zhang Jiaoyu's interest.
"Wen Quan, where do you think this article should be ranked?"
"Master Prefect, needless to say, this essay will definitely take the first place! Even though I haven't seen other candidates' test papers, this essay is naturally perfect. It's a coincidence. I don't think there is any essay that can surpass this in this exam.
Chapter."
Lu Heng put his hand on his beard and smiled, then clapped his hands and said, "Okay, heroes think alike! This article was written by Lin Pingzhi of Min County. As long as he can answer the following questions at the top of the list, he will be ranked first."
At this moment, Li Jie, who was finishing the second question on the Four Books, had no idea about the episode that happened in the hall. Li Jie answered the remaining questions on the Five Classics and Poetry in a fluent manner after thinking about it for a while.
When he finished answering the questions, he saw that the candidates around him were still bending over their desks to answer questions. Li Jie moved his wrists, and then began to copy the articles on the manuscript paper onto the answer sheet. After finishing the writing, he saw that it was still too early to finish, so Li Jie simply started to meditate and practice.
Many candidates were not surprised to see Li Jie behaving like this, and they only thought that Li Jie was a student who admired Taoism.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three drums sounded, indicating that the government examination was over.
Li Jie followed the crowd and walked out of the examination room. This time Lin Zhennan did not wait outside the examination room because when he went out at noon, he learned that a friend was injured. Then he asked the servant to pick up Li Jie while he went to visit his friend.
My friend is actually just a gangster.
After returning home, Mrs. Wang greeted Li Jie a lot, but seeing that Li Jie's expression was normal, she said nothing. In the next few days, Li Jie studied, practiced martial arts, practiced calligraphy as usual, and quietly waited for the results of the government examination.
On the day when the results were released, Mr. and Mrs. Lin got up early. Listening to the news of good news outside, Lin Zhennan kept pacing back and forth in the hall, looking nervous.
"Why hasn't Pingzhi come to my home? Did he fail this time? I asked before and the candidates said that this government examination is very difficult. Will Pingzhi fail?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? My son Pingzhi will definitely win. He hasn't come to announce the good news yet. This can only mean that Pingzhi's ranking is very high." Mrs. Wang saw Lin Zhennan saying depressing words and said to him angrily.
Lin Zhennan shut his mouth tightly when he saw his wife's somewhat unkind tone. When Mrs. Wang saw this, she went to prepare the silver reward that would be given to the messenger later. In her eyes, her son was the best, and he would definitely do it this time.
Hit the mark.
After a while, the boy ran in excitedly and shouted: "Master, Madam! The one who brings the good news is here! The one who brings the good news is here!"
The couple cheered up and led the maids and servants to the door quickly to welcome the good news.
When I arrived at the door, I saw a smart young man walking to the door: "Is this the residence of Lin Pingzhi, Mr. Lin's family in Min County, Fuzhou Prefecture?"
Lin Zhennan looked excited when he saw the messenger, raised his hands, and then said: "Yes, you are here to announce the good news, right? Please come in quickly, please come in quickly!"
When the messenger saw that this was the Lin family, he shouted loudly: "Good news for Lin Pingzhi, a scholar from your mansion. In the 22nd year of Chenghua, he won the first place in the Fuzhou Prefectural Examination!"
With a bang, the words of the messenger were like thunder falling on the ears of the onlookers.
"Oh my God, someone is going to be born in the Lin family now!"
"When this kid got his first conviction in the county examination, I knew he would skyrocket!"
"The Lin family will definitely have a candidate for the imperial examination in the future. Maybe our street will even produce a Jinshi!"
"I have always thought that the Lin family boy is extremely smart and different from ordinary people since he was a child!"
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Hearing the praise that Li Jie won from the head of the government examination and the crowd around him, Lin Zhennan's face flushed with excitement, and then he shouted to the boy next to him: "Quick! Quick! Get the reward quickly!"
The person who brought the good news took the reward money with a smile, weighed it without any trace and found out that the reward was rich, then he beamed with joy.
"Congratulations to your master for winning the case!"
People around also congratulated one after another. The Lins were drowned in the congratulations around them, and they were overjoyed. After the crowd dissipated, Lin Zhennan waved his hand to the maid and the servant: "Reward! The master is happy today! Everyone will be rewarded!"