Water Pavilion behind Chongzheng Hall.

It is the location of the palace examination arrangement.

The members of the arrangement officers were Zhao Yan, the Right Censor, Jia An, the Hanlin scholar, and Fan Shidao, the Censor, and the miscellaneous affairs.

The palace examination arrangement officer of the essay institute needs to do two things, one is to be in charge of the arrangement of the essay paper font size.

There is another thing that determines the level of candidates. This matter was handed over to the tutor alone, but five years later, the matter was jointly handled by the prosecutor and the tutor person.

The rank officer and the prosecutor will arrange the rankings of 127 juren from 187 Jinshi and imperial examination candidates, and set them to 345 ranks, and the remaining 60 will be sent to the first and second ranks.

Zhao Yan, Jia An, and Fan Shidao, who served as escort officers, were both famous officials of the dynasty, and Jia An was also the top scholar.

The red candles shine brightly in the arrangement office. As soon as the three examiners got the paper, they first reviewed the arrangement size. Soon after, they heard that the emperor was here in person.

The three examiners left the seat in a hurry. They all knew that although the emperor had been in power for more than 40 years, they still had their wishes on the scientific examination. After taking the exam in the daytime, they went to Chongzheng Hall and then went to the tutoring office in person.

After hearing this, the emperor comforted the three examiners and left.

Then the eunuchs from the Imperial Medicine Institute went to the Houshui Pavilion Organizer to issue an order to ask the three examiners to take the exam. After the talk, two internal officials brought the food, including the wine and food given by the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor attached so much importance to it, the three examiners did not dare to neglect them, and immediately sealed the 187 juren papers.

The papers for the seal are sealed by the arrangement officer from the beginning of the book and the font size is determined, and then sent to the copying. The papers for the transcripts are then handed over to the prosecutor and the arrangement officer for review.

The prosecutor has the right to decide the order, but the arranger can only supervise. If he is promoted to the test paper without authorization, he will be punished by demotion to the first level.

The next day, the school entrance examination will be held.

Several prosecutors and the organizer jointly formulated the examination papers.

The two prosecutors were Sun Tan and Zheng Mu, among which Zheng Mu was a marquis official and Chen Xiang were kind to each other, and were also called Mr. Binhai Fourth.

The five examiners first selected sixty volumes to present to the primary officer, and then ranked the remaining 127 volumes.

Before the exam, the emperor personally set the standards for the fifth grade papers.

First-class knowledge is excellent, pure and unique, and unparalleled.

Second-class talent should be well-versed in learning and thorough literature and science, so you can be a high-level among the crowd.

Third-class arts are good, and arts are well-versed.

As for the fourth and fifth grades, there is no need to say more.

In other words, several examiners must first screen out sixty volumes. In other words, the first and second grade papers must make the examiners' eyes lit up. As for the third grade papers, they cannot make mistakes. Although there are advantages, they are not enough to stand out.

Several examiners sat down, and the eunuchs from the Imperial Medicine Institute were about to take tea, and the Imperial College arrived at the examination center in person.

The five examiners were surprised. It was the third time that the emperor had visited in person.

Although the emperor valued the palace examination in the past, he had never been so concerned about it.

The five examiners were the first to thank the emperor for their kindness. The emperor comforted several examiners with gentle words, and then ordered the inner officials to come and give them wine and food.

What else can several examiners say to you? The emperor is so kind, so he can only focus on taking the exam to repay your kindness.

As for how to repay Jun’s kindness? That’s a quarrel!

The face of the test paper was red and the ears were red. Everyone had to be angry and made a sound, so that the eunuchs and those who served in the Imperial Medicine Academy knew about it, and then it was passed to the emperor's ears.

After reading the volume, Zhao Yan happened to see a volume, which was a paper titled "The king leads the people, and the world is one of them."

Zhao Yan looked up and saw that the other four officials were reviewing the papers. He immediately picked up the papers called "Zao".

Zhao Yan read it again. To be fair, this poem is average, but the fu and theories are too wonderful, so he is very kind to recommend it. However, he had just had arguing with two prosecutors with a red face and a thick neck, so he couldn't pull down his face. So he said to Fan Shi, "What do you think about this volume?"

Fan Shidao glanced at Zhao Yan and said, "Stop it."

Zhao Yan held the paper and waited until Shidao Fan finished reading the paper in his hand.

When Mr. Fan saw this, he thought to himself that Zhao Si was really stubborn.

Fan Shidao thought of this and asked, "Si Jian, what is the difference in this volume?"

Zhao Yan said: "When I was organizing it before, I read the names of the candidates in this paper, so in order to avoid suspicion, I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages."

Mr. Fan said: "So that's it, let me take a look."

Mr. Fan first read the first sentence but saw that he wrote it. The king led the people and was one of the worlds. He woke up immediately.

Fan Shidao couldn't help but lift his pen and circled it and wrote the theory of king and domineering.

Then Fan Shidao looked over with a pen, and then said: "The poem is good, but the theory is very good, but unfortunately the poem is a little worse."

After Fan Shidao finished speaking, he handed it to Jia An on the side and said, "Please see, Nehan, it was recommended by Zhao Sijian."

Jia An was born in the top scholar and was not only famous for his outstanding work, but also known for his integrity and integrity.

His expression was dull, which was in sharp contrast to Fan Shidao's surprise. However, after taking the paper and looking at it, he saw that it was full of Fan Shidao's circles, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

Jia An looked at several sentences and exclaimed slightly, then looked at them with all his body intently, and at the same time he picked up his pen to comment.

Sun Tan and Zheng Mu also looked over. Zheng Mu said, "I guess I saw some good scroll."

Sun Tan said: "It is not unexpected that good books can be produced in more than 180 Jinshi's books."

Zheng Mu said: "I have only read one-fifth of the book, how can I make a conclusion so quickly?"

While speaking, Jia An had already looked at Bi said: "Fu Gujia, it's very wonderful, um..."

Jia An twisted his beard for a moment and then said, "But the poetry is mediocre... Yes, can Wang Jiefu accept students recently?"

What does this mean? Sun Tan and Zheng Mu couldn't help but speculate.

Fan Shidao and Zhao Yan finished speaking, and then said, "Zhao Sijian abandoned the right to recommend it. I thought this volume could be included in the first and second grades. I don't know what Jia Gong meant?"

Jia An said with a word like Jin Di: "Ke."

Two of the three scheduling officials recommend it, but two prosecutors will decide whether to enter the first and second grades.

After reading it, Sun Tan waited for the understanding that the palace examination article could have been written, but said on his face: "I can't make a judgment on this article... I'd better ask Mr. Zheng to read it before talking about it."

As he said that, Sun Tan handed it over to Zheng Mu. The officials' markings have their own subtleties. These people are all ministers of the current dynasty. The higher they reach the highest level, the more cautious they speak. They have never figured out the mystery and the background relationship between the candidates, and they will not easily praise them, but they can only use criticism.

Zheng Mu knew that this volume was excellent for these people to "not criticize" and could not wait to see it.

But Zheng Musu is known as a true Confucian scholar and will not preconceive others' opinions.

Even though Zheng Mu was prepared in his heart, he was shocked when he saw it. From the unification of the spring and autumn dews to the noble people of Mencius, he was very skilled in the transition and had no sense of splicing. From this, it can be seen that this candidate is truly pure in Confucianism.

Zheng Mu thought that Wang Anshi, the government and the country, admired Mencius the most. No wonder Jia Gonghui said that this son was Wang Jiefu's student. Not only that, this style of writing that was not single but not single, and was tortuous but not slight.

Zheng Mu didn't think much about it. When he saw the final strategy again, he couldn't help but be amazed. The three paragraphs of the discussion were one strange, and the final conclusion was the finishing touch.

Zheng Mu couldn't help but think who had written such an article, but I'm afraid that the leader of the current department will be the one.

However, Zheng Mu suppressed the idea of ​​asking questions. He did not decide whether he was the top scorer. In this way, the first examiner would be rejected and the official's unanimous opinions were determined in detail. In the end, the emperor would make a decision.

In the end, Zheng Mu's heart was overturned and said lightly: "I have no objection."

Then Sun Tan added: "I have no objection to you."

The five examiners did not make a noise and reached an agreement.

Finally, Sun Tan wrote a comment on the book, "Excellent knowledge, pure speech, outstanding and special, unparalleled."

The five examiners wrote down their names and unanimously recommended this paper as a first-class paper.

After that, I placed it together with another volume.

It is necessary to know that the palace examination papers are only one-fifth, and the first and second grade papers need to be discussed and combined with the third and fourth grade papers before they can be recommended. Therefore, very few of them can stand out at the beginning. And these two volumes can be settled so quickly, which shows that as the criticism says, "extraordinary, unparalleled". Even if you look at two hundred volumes, these two volumes can still be ranked first.

...

Zhang Yue asked Butler Wu to take gifts to Wu's house first, informing him that he had finished the exam, and then rested for a day at Zhang Shi's house. On this day, the eldest lady from the village came to meet Zhang Yue, and she wanted to talk about how to make up the post.

As soon as Mrs. Zhizhuang saw Zhang Yue, she forgot her original job and praised him for his appearance.

"I used to say that your Zhang family is very lucky to marry the prime minister. Now it seems that your Sanlangjun and the emperor are also making friends with you."

Zhang Shi laughed and said, "I don't expect to be a prince consort. Besides, the prince consort cannot be an official. It's better for the Wu family."

Mrs. Zhuang praised him repeatedly, then smiled at Zhang Yue and praised him for a long time.

Immediately, Mrs. Zhuang talked with Zhang Yue about the situation of visiting the Wu family in the past few days.

The Wu family did not make any requests for the marriage, but instead offered a large amount of money to pay for Zhang Yue's subsequent expenses, so that no one could pick on the marriage.

Today, Mrs. Zhuang is talking about the red eaves.

This rule is the custom of Bian Jing. After the two families exchanged posts, the man put eight flowers or eight silk decorations into a wine tank with the girl's house. After the woman received the wine bottle, the woman's house gave two bottles of fresh water, two or five live fish, and a pair of chopsticks, all of which were given in the original wine bottle.

Mrs. Zhuang came to remind Zhang Shi to prepare early today. After Zhang Yue passed the imperial examination, he would come to the door to formally propose marriage, so as not to be hasty and unhappy to prepare.

Zhang Yue didn't have much patience to listen to such trivial matters and handed them over to his brother.

Zhang Yue and Mrs. Zhuang talked for a few hurriedly and left home. He also made an appointment with Zhang Heng today.

Zhang Shi asked Tang Jiu to take Zhang Yue to Zhang Heng's home in a donkey cart.

This time, Zhang Yue arrived at Zhang Heng's house, but saw his servants busy packing things inside and outside.

Zhang Yue was surprised when he saw it and hurried into the hall, but he saw Zhang Heng reading in plain clothes, and his whole face was not very good.
To be continued...