Chapter 431: Surprised

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The time is very tight, and it takes only three days from the temple test to the final result.

Although there are 28 of them, and the examination papers are greatly reduced compared to the general examination, there are many steps to endure!

All the test papers should be passed around among the 28 markers, and each person should read all the test papers once, and write various marks on the top part of the paper.

The symbols are divided into five grades.

The five symbols of circle, point, point, straight, and fork should be written down with their respective comments, and the official seal should be stamped on the comments.

If there is a mistake in the marking, with the comments and official seals, it is natural to find out where the problem is.

Under such strictness, the marking officers naturally did not dare to slack off, and they cheered up to quickly review one after another.

It took two and a half days to complete the examination papers, and all the examination papers were finally completed.

At this time, the graders finally retired without much care, they could rest directly, and the rest of the things would be done by the people of the Ministry of Etiquette.

According to the previous examination rankings, the Ministry of Rites will first classify the top 10 in the first class, the second class, and the third class as the Jinshi.

After the classification is completed, each class will be ranked according to the number of circles.

The more circles are drawn, the more praise the graders have, and it is a good paper and should be placed in the forefront.

In this way, after the ranking of each class is completed, if it is found that there are particularly outstanding ones in each class, the chief examiner should pick these out for the emperor's reference.

In this way, on the ninth day of the first month of April, all the test papers were corrected, arranged according to the number of circles, sealed into a letter, and handed over to Emperor Hui Chong's desk.

On the 10th day of the first month of April, Lu Shuo and others wore wide shirts and high scarves, divided into two columns according to the results of the examination, and waited outside the Taihe Hall early, waiting for Emperor Hui Chong to receive them.

At this time, in the Taihe Palace, Emperor Hui Chong was discussing with the ministers, focusing on the ranking of the new scholars outside the palace.

Zhou Yu'an presented the very best papers recommended by the examiners.

Lu Shuo and Zhou Mao's test papers are impressively listed.

And Lu Shuo, who won the second place in the exam, was put in the first place among the ten test papers at this time.

The first thing is usually what the graders think is the best!

Emperor Hui Chong opened it and took a look, the upper circle between them was dense, and after a glance, it was slowly twenty-five, and only three were pointed, thinking that it was average.

The results are quite impressive!

There were twenty-five laps at once, and the result was quite impressive.

Emperor Hui Chong raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at the examiners below, but when he saw that the twenty-eight graders were standing straight, their eyes did not squint, and they couldn't help but smile lightly.

Lu Yun is a capable minister, Emperor Hui Chong is quite important to him, and he heard that his son is also among the tributes this time, so he paid special attention to it.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the officials, this will become an extra preferential treatment!

Maybe when I saw it at the time, Lu Shuo's scroll was not badly written, and today I will take a closer look, this Lu Yun's son should not be the champion talent!

Thinking like this, Emperor Hui Chong smiled and began to seriously look at the scrolls in the top ten.

The officials at the next level smiled when they saw Emperor Hui Chong receiving the test paper, and they couldn't help but misunderstand even more!

It seems that Emperor Hui Chong really likes this Lu Shuo!

Seeing that his test paper was put in the first place, he actually laughed directly.

The officials' minds became active, exchanged glances with each other, and were just about to make up their minds, but when they saw Emperor Hui Chong above, they didn't know which scroll they had turned over, and they slammed the table and threw all the folds on the bookcase on the ground.

This is......

The officials all fell to their knees in panic.

"Your Majesty!"

The ministers shouted.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

All the officials were full of panic, especially the marking officials, who trembled with fear when they saw Emperor Hui Chong's reaction, lest there be any imperceptible mistakes on the test papers, which would make Emperor Hui Chong angry.

But it shouldn't be, the twenty-eight of them have all looked at it carefully, and there is nothing wrong here!

The officials were dazed and frightened, and they were thinking about it, but when they saw Emperor Hui Chong above, they slapped the table and laughed again, nodded and said: "Jia Juan! Jia Juan! I can expect to be in the next 20 years!"

The officials wiped their cold sweat and recovered from the fear they had just had.

At this time, someone secretly revealed that it turned out that what made Emperor Hui Chong angry was the same test paper as the one in front of him!

The same one!

Whose volume is it? It is so powerful, provoking Emperor Hui Chong to be so happy and sorrowful, and giving such a high praise!

The officials speculated one after another, but Emperor Hui Chong above had read all the test papers.

It was only at this time that he seemed to see the officials kneeling on the ground, waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then wrote to the examiners: "Ladies and gentlemen, who should be selected for the top three places in this palace examination?"

Hearing this, all the officials looked at each other for a while, and only then did one of them stand up and say: "Your Majesty, these ten test papers are carefully selected from the candidates for this palace examination, all of them are good papers, and they are also indistinguishable, and the ministers are incompetent, please make a decision!"

Emperor Hui Chong was naturally not polite, and said with a smile: "In previous years, people said that Yangzhou has more talents, but I still don't believe it, today is an eye-opener! Hahahaha......

Emperor Hui Chong laughed happily again.

Although they did not name anyone, the officials under them reacted immediately.

Yangzhou's!

Can make Emperor Hui Chong react so much!

That's just one person!

Zhou Mao, the second grandson of the Yangzhou Zhou family!

Thinking of Emperor Hui Chong's evaluation just now, all the officials felt a pang in their hearts.

It seems that they really underestimated Emperor Hui Chong's favor to the Zhou family!

Zhou Liangfu made such a big mistake, Emperor Hui Chong forgave the Zhou family and didn't say anything, but he even deliberately chose Zhou Mao as the first!

That's a ......

The officials were amazed at the knowledge, and Emperor Hui Chong had already said: "This Zhou Mao's words are sharp, to the point and accurate, and what is written in the front is angry, but there is a sudden turn in the back, hey...... I have looked at it for many years, and it is really rare to see such an excellent test paper!"

At this point, if the officials still don't understand, they are really stupid.

A scholar stood up and said with a smile: "When Zhou Mao was in the Yangzhou examination area, he passed all the way, this time he was the first, but it was a pity that he lost his foot in front of the horse when he took the test, and only clicked the third, this time his test paper did answer wonderfully, and the minister asked His Majesty to appoint Zhou Mao as the champion, although he could not achieve the good story of even the six yuan, it was a strange story!"

Emperor Hui Chong smiled when he listened.

Seeing this, more officials also stood up and began to reject Zhou Mao as the first.

At this moment, a discordant voice came from the side.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhou Liangfu is guilty of selling official positions, and if he is elected as the first in the palace examination at this time, won't it encourage such an atmosphere?