Chapter seventy-ninth will try to release the list
February 28th is the day to fill in the official list.
In the public hall, the officials, supervisors, and promotion officers of the Ministry of Rites came to the inner curtain to supervise. Xu Pu, the examiner, and Ni Yue, the official examiner, sat at the head of the hall. Wang Xie, the deputy examiner, together with fourteen fellow examiners and supervisors
The test censors were placed on both sides in turn.
After going through a routine ceremony, Xu Pu said to everyone: "Start unpacking the papers and filling in the list!"
This time, 300 scholars, 300 main scrolls and 70 backup scrolls were selected for the examination. The scroll official had already matched the ink scroll and the red scroll one by one, and was waiting quietly to unwrap the scroll.
The draft list has been filled out two days before the main list is filled. The draft list is ranked according to the font size and made in triplicate as the draft list. After the three draft lists are sealed, the examiner keeps one copy for himself, and the promoting and supervisory officers each
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The fellow examiner heard Xu Pu's order and took action. According to the Five Classics, the three volumes of North, South and Middle were unpacked.
The test paper was divided into two parts when filling in the exam, and the first papers of each room were put together. There were a total of fourteen rooms in this examination, and there were fourteen first papers. The Five Classics Master decided from these fourteen test papers and opened the papers.
Start with other test papers first, and finally open the answer sheets at the beginning of each room.
From time to time, the clerk shouted out the names of the candidates who opened the papers, and then the recording officer filled in the main list.
"The 150th tribute scholar in the Gengxu Science Examination in the third year of Hongzhi, Lin Lan, Min County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian!"
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"The fifteenth tribute scholar in the Gengxu Science Examination in the third year of Hongzhi, Yu Feng, Kuaiji County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province!"
As the other test papers were dismantled and only the last fourteen first papers were left, Xu Pu said: "Do you have any objections to the ranking of the draft list?"
Everyone replied: "No objection!"
Xu Pu said: "Then let's start!"
After a while, all the nine test papers at the bottom of the rankings had been dismantled, leaving only the test paper of Wu Jing Kui that had not been dismantled. At first, no one was surprised, until the scribe sang.
"The second honorary scholar in the Gengxu Science Examination in the third year of Hongzhi, the leader of "Spring and Autumn" is Qian Fu, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili!"
"Qian Fu is only second? Then who is first?"
Wang Jie was also a little surprised by this ranking. He didn't expect that Qian Fu, who was famous in the capital, would only be ranked second. He was even more curious about the first place. He continued to sing without waiting for questions.
"Hui Yuan won the first place in the Gengxu Science Examination in the third year of Hongzhi, and Lin Pingzhi, the leader of Min County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian!"
As soon as the three words Lin Pingzhi came out, it was like a thunderbolt falling into the ears of all the examiners. There was an uproar in the courtroom. The fourteen-year-old Huiyuan was really unacceptable.
Ni Yue, the official responsible for the examination, stepped forward and said: "Mr. Xu Ge, according to the regulations, I shouldn't say this, but the fourteen-year-old Huiyuan is unprecedented. Is it inappropriate to rank like this?"
Ni Yue was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tianshun. He is now the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites (the third rank). It is known in the examination that tribute officials are usually held by two people, one is the Minister of Rites and the other is the left and right minister of the Ministry of Rites. This time, the examiner is the Minister of Rites.
Xu Pu was in charge, so only Ni Yue was in charge this time.
When fellow examiner Wang Jie heard this, he also said: "My lord, I also think this is inappropriate. Lin Pingzhi is only fourteen years old, and he is as showy as Lin! I hope your lord will think again!"
Several fellow examiners echoed: "I hope you will think again!"
Because Li Dongyang was good friends with Lin Han, and Lin Pingzhi was Lin Han's nephew, although he recommended him wholeheartedly, he had to keep silent in order to avoid suspicion, and he was secretly anxious. Li Jie's test paper was recommended by him, and now because of
On the contrary, social relations cannot be actively pursued as before.
Generally, the same examiner admits candidates, and then the same examiner is the examiner of the candidate. Therefore, when assessing the ranking, the same examiner hopes that the test papers he has reviewed will get a good ranking, so he will strongly recommend the test papers he has reviewed during the evaluation. However, because he and Lin Han
In this relationship, Li Dongyang had to restrain his hands.
When Li Dongyang was secretly anxious, the deputy examiner Wang Xie said: "I think there is no problem with this ranking. When filling out the draft list, didn't everyone strongly recommend this volume as a Huiyuan? Why, it can't be done now?"
Wang Jie did not back down at all because of Wang Xie's identity, and continued to argue: "The lower official believes that this move will harm him. The young man who won Jieyuan has already stolen the limelight. Since the founding of our dynasty, there have never been more than ten people."
The four-year-old Huiyuan, who has never been in the previous dynasties, is suddenly famous all over the world, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to him!"
Wang Xie was stunned for a moment and said nothing. Then Xu Pu said: "I don't think it's a big deal. I've heard of this guy's reputation. Since he came to Beijing, he has been studying hard behind closed doors. He has never been satisfied with his ambition. As for you,
He is so beautiful, even though I am very old, I can still protect him from the wind and rain!"
When everyone who opposed heard Xu Shangshu's speech, they were speechless and remained silent in response.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Xu Pu knew that they were afraid of his power and did not really agree with him, so he said: "Bo Xie, you show the three volumes of Lin Pingzhi's Policy Questions to everyone. I think most people haven't read it yet."
Let’s get through it.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Xie took out the answer sheets from Li Jie's policy questions on salt administration, Yellow River control and mutual trading and distributed them to everyone. Seeing what Xu Pu said, the examiners had no choice but to take a look at them first.
What Wang Jie got was a volume on salt politics. After reading it, his fingertips trembled slightly and he said excitedly.
"A talent for managing the world! The problem of opening the center that has been discussed endlessly in the court can actually be solved in this way. The good way to manage the world is so enlightening! The official took back what he said before. Although Renhe is soft-spoken, he is willing to shield him from the wind and rain!"
The other opponents who had not yet seen Ce Wen saw that Wang Jie, the leader of the opposition, had switched sides and looked at each other. It seemed that the problem was with Ce Wen. They all stepped forward to ask for a look. The other two got
The examiner from Zhihuang and Mutual Market sighed with emotion.
"The pillar of the country! Every statement in this article about the policy of governing Huang is like Huang Zhongdalu, inspiring and enlightening. He thinks things that ordinary people dare not think of and is practical. It is reasonable to choose him as the leader of the society!"
"This article on the policy questions about mutual markets is also very thought-provoking, well-organized, and well-argued. After reading the thousands of words, I feel that it is too short. I wish I could talk about it!"
Everyone else looked surprised when they heard the comments from the two fellow examiners. Not only the examiners were full of praise for the question, but even the current court elder expressed his appreciation without concealment.
At this time, everyone in the Zhigong Hall circulated the answer sheet one after another. Every time a fellow examiner read it, he praised it highly and was sincerely convinced that Lin Pingzhi was chosen as the Huiyuan. After everyone had circulated the answer sheet, Xu Pu said
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"Everyone, do you still have any objections to the rankings?"
Everyone respectfully replied: "No objection!"
When Xu Pu heard this, he waved his sleeves and said with a smile: "Fill in the list!"
On February 29th, the day when the examination results were released, the four thousand candidates who took part in the examination were all eagerly awaiting their arrival. They got up early at dawn in the morning to get ready to go to the gate of Gongyuan. Most of the candidates were there.
Wait quietly at the guild hall, inn or at home for the messenger to come and announce the good news.