On May 11th, the examination and selection process officially began. In the lobby of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, the test papers that had been uniformly transcribed were piled on a dozen long sheets lined up. More than twenty officials participating in the examination sat on the left and right, and began
Conduct a preliminary review of the test paper.
The first step was to eliminate those who submitted blank papers on poems, poems, poems and essays. In this alone, more than 160 people were eliminated.
The second step is to eliminate the papers whose content is general, full of errors, and does not address the topic. This category eliminated even more papers, and more than a thousand people were eliminated in this category.
In the end, there were only more than 400 examination papers left in front of the three chief examiners, Lu Yijian, Du Yan, and Yan Shu. The more than 230 Jinshi who will be admitted in the provincial undergraduate examination must be selected from these more than 400 people.
produce.
The three of them began to evaluate the papers one by one. As people who had experienced the examination, they all knew the importance of the imperial examination to candidates, so they did not dare to slack off at all. The three of them had to exchange opinions on each test paper in a low voice before deciding on which choice to make.
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After three days of review without sleep and food, by the morning of the 13th, 232 places had been announced.
What was left was to determine the top ten rankings, and the most important thing was to determine the top three rankings. By this time, the three people's opinions had serious differences.
The top three test papers selected by each of the three people were actually different, and a total of nine test papers participated in the competition for the top three. In desperation, the three people had to read through the nine test papers again, and Du Yan soon discovered the problem.
"How can this candidate enter the top three competitions when he didn't even answer the test paper completely? This candidate was selected by Yan Sansi. This is not good! According to the rules, such unfinished test papers should not be accepted.
I think it would be better to eliminate him and replace him with another person." Du Yan said, shaking the test paper in his hand.
Lu Yijian reached out and took the test paper, only to find that in the Jing Mo Yi section of the test paper, the person did not answer the question according to the regulations. Instead, he wrote a limerick on it.
"It rained in Bashan last night, and snowflakes fell in the north of Saibei tomorrow morning. I don't have enough ancient books in Gudeng to know the difference between cold and heat, winter and summer?"
Lu Yijian threw the test paper on the table and said in a cold voice: "Absurd! This statement is sarcastic. Is this an accusation that the undergraduate exam questions are too remote? Just such unruly remarks should be discarded directly. You need to know
The examination questions are appointed by the Holy Emperor, so how can he be allowed to dictate. Yan Sansi, I think I still give up."
Yan Shu was deeply impressed by this test paper and hurriedly said: "My lords, the reason why I took this test paper is because its policy essays are very well written. Do you think that most of this year's policy essays are...
Talking about redundant officials? The content is the same, and the comments are witty. Almost without exception, they quote the words of Song Zijing's letter during the reign of Tiansheng. Apart from the literary and rhetorical skills, there are few novel arguments; but this article has a unique approach.
, starting from the balance between officials and officials, the viewpoints are novel and the arguments are rigorous, so I put it forward separately."
Lu Yijian did not read this policy statement carefully. Seeing Yan Shu's seriousness, he read the following policy statement carefully, nodded slowly and said: "Although it is a bit biased, it is also novel. It is indeed a bit different. The literary talent is quite good.
It makes sense."
Du Yan frowned and said: "But if such a candidate who fails to answer all the questions can get into the top three, how will the emperor explain it? In addition, wouldn't it be said that the candidates are quite critical? Besides, these people can't answer the questions well and they will mock the question.
How can a person who is so arrogant about his talent be able to hold a big position in the future? I mean, if you just throw him away and bring him down, the most important thing is to have a scholarly attitude. What if you have talent if you have a bad attitude?"
Yan Shu understood that what Du Yan said sounded nice, but in fact there was a hidden secret behind it. Over the years, the imperial examinations finally selected the top three, and the examiners all hoped that the people they selected would be shortlisted. The reason was very simple. What would they rely on to recruit these new officials in the future?
It is the virtue of recommendation based on the kindness of acquaintance; in the end, you only need to say a simple sentence: "If I hadn't chosen you as the top three against all the opinions, how could you be where you are today." This sentence is enough to teach these people.
The fledgling disciples fell at their feet with tears of gratitude.
The competition among the examiners to obtain scholars is, to a large extent, laying the foundation for their future power cultivation.
"Privilege Du, now we are recruiting scholars for the country, but we only look at talents. As for the character of the candidates, it is difficult to make a conclusion based on a short poem. Privately speaking, these questions are indeed a bit biased, so
If you and I were to answer, I would probably not be able to explain why. Although the other students answered, they were far-fetched and unspectacular. On the contrary, I think this person is very forthright and dares to speak out."
Du Yan waved his hand and said: "What is it about being frank and frank, just to please others? I insist that it is not advisable."
Yan Shu looked at Lu Yijian and said, "Prime Minister Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Yijian will become an official in 2012. Of course, there is no problem of cultivating his own power, so he doesn't care who recommends the top three. Emotionally speaking, he naturally favors Du Yan more, but Lu Yijian is not someone who expresses his opinions easily.
One of the secrets to staying in the court and not falling down is to play football, so he said: "I think Privy Du's words are reasonable. In this case, I suggest that the three of us each choose an answer sheet and submit it to the Holy One, who will make a decision. This is suitable.
Holy Will, the differences between the three of you and I have also been resolved; to be honest, I have been grading papers here for three consecutive days, and I feel a little dizzy and can’t bear it anymore, so I want to go back and rest early.”
Du Yan and Yan Shu hurriedly expressed their condolences and asked: "Prime Minister Lu takes care of your body and must not be overworked; just follow Prime Minister Lu's words."
Since Lu Yijian had spoken, Du Yan had to give him face, so the three of them each selected a test paper, presented it to the palace, and kicked the ball to Zhao Zhen.
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After the provincial examination, Su Jin had no spare day. On the one hand, he began to prepare for the wedding on the 18th, and on the other hand, he had to supervise the completion of the house near Lijingmen.
In order to complete the construction of the new house as soon as possible, Su Jin did not hesitate to spend a lot of money more than ten days ago and asked the dynasty to hire hundreds of craftsmen to work here in order to complete the construction as soon as possible. Now the whole family is
Yan Shu naturally didn't say anything when he stayed in Yan's house, but Su Jin didn't want to see the faces of other people in Yan's house.
The new house occupies an area of nearly 20 acres. The original walls were only about five feet high. They had not been inhabited for a long time and had a lot of damage and collapse. Su Jin ordered them to be demolished and rebuilt, and all the adobe walls were replaced with bluestones and the height was also increased.
to one foot and five feet; and imitating the practice of the Imperial Post Office, they covered the walls with thorns, porcelain tiles and other objects, and spent huge sums of money to pull up several barbed wire fences.
In terms of the layout of the house, two observation towers were built in the front and back yards, and gongs, arrows and other alarm and defense objects were placed. Once the enemy attacked, they could quickly predict and carry out preliminary defense.
The inner house spent a lot of effort to build several strong secret rooms. In case of danger, the whole family, old and young, can stay in the secret room and wait for help. The secret rooms are fully equipped with food, accommodation and drinking utensils, and are equipped with dry food and water for ten days. They are covered with mezzanines and are not afraid of fire.
Between the inner house and the outer hall, the original two-entry house was demolished, paved with blue bricks, and transformed into a small square; seven or eight jingjing rooms were built on both sides. It was led by the dynasty Mahan Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others.
The nursing home can be used as a place for martial arts training on weekdays. If there is a danger, the open square can also make it easy for enemies to hide.
After the whole house was completed, it looked like a small castle. The whole house was surrounded by strong, tall and thick walls. Tall towers stood in the front and back yards. The large house with five entrances was changed to four entrances.
After entering, it is basically a restricted area. Except for a limited number of more than a dozen maids and Wang Dynasty Mahan, the rest are not allowed to enter the backyard.
Su Jin was also quite helpless. It cost nearly 150,000 yuan to rebuild the mansion, and all this was because he was worried about Xia Song's counterattack, which made him feel very unhappy.
He had always taken the initiative, but now he had to do it. The last assassination attempt on him failed. After the situation calmed down, how could Xia Song give up so easily? It was just him. Now his mother, Mrs. Wang, was here too.
Moreover, Yan Biyun was about to get married, and Rou Niang, Huan Niang, Xiao Sui'er, and their family members totaled nearly thirty or forty people. Any mistake could be taken advantage of by Xia Song, and Su Jin couldn't take this risk.
But Su Jin is not willing to be suppressed and live in the shadow for a long time. Once there is no worries in the backyard, he will look for opportunities to fight back. Anyway, both of them are doing things secretly. It depends on whose method is better.
Whose arrangements are more thorough?
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