Lin Han smiled when he saw that Li Jie had stopped writing. Unfortunately, there were too many big guys in the palace to take a look. He could only see if he had a chance to see Li Jie's writing style during the marking process.
Very familiar, you can recognize it just by seeing it.
The cabinet bosses also left one after another not long after the emperor left. After all, they still needed to make decisions on the affairs of the entire empire, and they could not be abandoned because of the palace examination. The remaining officials were led by the Minister of War, Ma Wensheng, to supervise the examination room.
After handing in the papers for the palace examination, Li Jie and Lin Lan walked out of the Fengtian Palace together and followed the young eunuch out of the imperial city. The faces of the fellow scholars all looked relaxed. Han Chuang had studied hard for decades and finally got through it. In the imperial city
Inwardly afraid of the solemn atmosphere in the imperial city, everyone did not dare to communicate loudly. After leaving Daming Gate, they all let themselves go and relaxed their restraints in speaking.
A scholar from Fujian walked up to Li Jie and asked, "Lin Huiyuan, how sure are you of winning the first prize in this imperial examination? If he wins the first prize, he will be the first scholar from Fujian to be number one in six titles since the beginning of the dynasty, and so will we Fujian scholars.
How proud of it."
Li Jie thought to himself that he was not sure this time. How could he be favored by the chief minister of the cabinet? However, there was no need to explain the reason to outsiders. Li Jie smiled slightly and said: "I dare not say this. I can only say that I am lucky.
, I lost my life.”
Everyone said: "Hui Yuanlang has such a good attitude. A truly famous man is naturally romantic!"
Compared with the rural examination, the examination papers in the palace examination do not include the recording process. The examinee will send the examination paper to the sealing officer to seal the name. After sealing, the examiner will send it to the examination officer for review and evaluation. The examination paper will be read.
Most of the officials are important ministers in the court, and they are basically officials of the fourth rank or above, such as Shaoqing of Dali Temple (fourth rank), Jiujiu of the Imperial Academy (fourth rank), Zhan Shifu of Zhanshi (third rank), about six departments
Minister (third grade), six ministers, etc.
The next day, the ministers who served as the examiners for the palace examination came to the East Pavilion. The East Pavilion is the designated place for marking the examination papers. The original examination time was one day. This time, Liu Jijian said that one day was too short and there might be errors and omissions. He applied for an extension of one day.
, Emperor Hongzhi agreed. He entered the cabinet at 5 a.m. and could not leave the cabinet until 7 p.m., and the file readers could not return home at night, so they all lived in the official residence of the Ministry of Rites in the outer city of the imperial city.
In the East Pavilion, the twelve test readers, headed by Chief Assistant Liu Ji, have all arrived. The examiner will distribute the answer sheets to all the test readers. Among them, the top ten test papers of the general examination will be read by the cabinet ministers in person.
The first-class candidate is selected, and the other answer sheets are distributed to the ministers. They are finally divided into two grades, with the first grade being the second grade and the next second grade being the third grade.
At this moment, Li Jie's answer sheet was in Liu Ji's hands. As usual, Liu Ji first looked at the article to see if there were any flaws marked by the examinee. After a glance, he found that there were no flaws. Instead, he was attracted by this good handwriting. However,
A closer look revealed that something was not right. After the imperial examination yesterday, Liu Ji specially asked someone to collect Li Jie's articles. The more he looked at the volume, the more his handwriting looked like it was written by Li Jie.
But after all, he is the chief minister of the cabinet. Even if he is to be included in the top three, he must take a good look and find out his faults so that others can't argue. At first, when he looked at Li Jie's policy questions, he sighed that it was not his fault that his old enemy Xu Pu strongly recommended him.
Yuan indeed lived up to his name and was truly a pillar of talent, but it was a pity that he was on the wrong team.
Liu Ji secretly admired and regretted at the same time. Until he saw what Li Jie wrote in his article, "The evil and sycophantic ministers in the previous dynasty were scolded in every possible way." Liu Ji was so angry that he trembled all over and cursed: "Yellow-mouthed kid! How can this be unreasonable!"
That’s unreasonable!”
When everyone else saw this, they didn't know what the examinee had written, which actually made the chief assistant furious.
When everyone was astonished, Liu Ji waved to the scroll official and said: "Place this scroll in the top three!"
When the examiner was about to take away the test paper, Xu Pu stood up and said, "Wait a minute! Let me see why the top ten candidates fell into the top three."
After saying this, he took the test paper from the examiner and started reading it. When he saw the handwriting on the answer sheet, Xu Pu recognized who wrote it. He was very impressed by Li Jie's good calligraphy.
After reading carefully, Xu Pu couldn't help but smile. When Liu Ji saw the smile on Xu Pu's lips, he knew that he was laughing at him. He was so angry that he was so angry. But what puzzled him was that after reading the answer sheet, Xu Pu
The test paper was handed over to the examiner, and he didn't argue with himself. I didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.
Xu Pu had no intention of launching an attack at this time. At this moment, most of the record-reading officials in Dongge were neutral officials. Even if he argued hard, he might not be able to change the result, but it would be easy to fall into the trap.
After Xu Pu strongly recommended Li Jie as the Huiyuan, rumors spread in the capital, and many imperial censors also followed suit and impeached him. Anyway, the final candidate was personally evaluated by the emperor, who originally submitted Li Jie's three plans for the Hui Yuan.
During the imperial examination, the emperor also spoke highly of Li Jie's policy and was deeply impressed. When the first-level candidates were evaluated and Li Jie's answer sheet was not found, he would definitely ask questions and submit the answer sheet at that time.
When the other examiners saw that Xu Pu didn't say a word, they thought at first that the two cabinet elders were going to argue fiercely in the hall again. Unexpectedly, in the end, Xu Pu just handed the answer sheet to the examiner. Everyone was even more confused. Usually, the two cabinet elders were...
There is no shortage of arguments. I will definitely object to something you agree with, and I will support something you object to.
Lin Han felt like a mirror at this time. There was a high probability that the answer sheet was Li Jie's. It was really a fire at the city gate, affecting the fish in the pond. Seeing that Xu Pu did not have an attack, he couldn't help but feel anxious secretly.
I remember that my teacher Peng Hua tried to win over him many times during the previous dynasty, and Liu Ji also personally extended an olive branch. However, due to his ideological differences, he did not join the other party. The relationship was formed at that time, and when Xu Pu
After taking office, as a die-hard supporter, the conflict between the two parties became more intense.
After the first day of marking, everyone came to the official office of the Ministry of Rites. Lin Han found Xu Pu alone. As soon as Xu Pu saw Lin Han, he knew why he came and said with a smile: "Hengda, are you here for the answer sheet?
"
Lin Han looked embarrassed: "Mr. Hui Ge, yes, does that test paper belong to my nephew?"
Xu Pu nodded slightly: "Yes."
Although Lin Han had already guessed that the test paper belonged to Li Jie, he still felt a little disappointed when he learned the exact news from Xu Pu.
"Is there anything inappropriate in that test paper?"
Xu Pu shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, every word is very precise. Every comment must be well-founded, what is said is meaningful, and what is done is effective."
Seeing Lin Han opening his mouth to say something but not saying anything, Xu Pu said: "Are you wondering why I didn't argue with Liu Ji?"
Lin Han nodded, and Xu Pu smiled slightly: "We will find out when the emperor comes to read it. Liu Ji doesn't know that I have already presented your nephew's three strategies for the test to the emperor, which left a deep impression on the emperor."
Impression, let’s make him look good when the time comes!”
After listening to Xu Pu's words, Lin Han finally let go of his worries.