Hu Ying, who was on the side, was curious and couldn't help but stretch his neck to take a look, but saw that on the snow-white test paper, there were no words of a saint, not even eight strands, just a limerick poem.

"I have never mentioned the pen with tears rippling, and I have been studying hard for more than ten years. If the examiner doesn't take me, I'll go home and die in the yellow spring. As soon as he read two sentences, Hu Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Yang Shiqi laughed a few times, groaned slightly, and wrote "unnecessary", "not necessarily", "inevitably" and "why bother" behind each poem in the candidate's test paper.

Hu Ying was slightly stunned, and then looked at it carefully, and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that after adding eight words to the whole limerick poem, it immediately changed, and the whole poem became: "I haven't mentioned the pen and tears ripples - no need, I have been studying the cold window for more than ten years - not necessarily, if the examiner doesn't take me - it is inevitable, I will go home and dye the yellow spring - why bother." "It's a lot of fun.

Yang Shiqi saw that Hu Ying was watching, put down the lake pen in his hand with a smile, and said, "Lord Hu has a harvest?" “

Hu Ying smiled, calmly pulled out a sheet from the thick test paper and handed it over.

Yang Shiqi took it curiously, stretched his neck to read it, and laughed again.

This scholar was more interesting than the one just now, and he saw that the test paper was also full of verses, but he reluctantly called it the words of the sage, "Everyone has his own rank, and the saint waits for him." The first sentence can also be understood, which is to say that people have different levels. What does the latter sentence mean? Is it true that saints have levels like people, or are saints higher than human ranks? As the chief examiner, Hu Ying was confused and couldn't understand, so he approved the following two sentences: "If you want to be a junior sergeant, you have to wait." ”

"Interesting, interesting?" Yang Shiqi laughed.

Hu Ying reviewed a lot of test papers today, and left a few interesting test papers, and then sent another one, but in the end, I don't know whether this scholar wants to show his talent, or he likes Li Yu very much, and he actually imitated Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and wrote a "word" on the test paper imitating the queen Li Yu's "Waves and Sands•The Rain Murmuring Outside the Curtain": "The paper is on the tip of the pen, and the seven orifices are smoking." The heat is hard to solve, and the heart is cold. Touching the ears and scratching the head is not good, such as sitting on pins and needles, staring alone, infinitely bitter. The questions are easy to come up with and difficult to answer. As soon as the bell rings, how many points? After reading it, Hu Ying also felt that although this student regarded the imperial examination as a child's play, this imitation poem was not bad, and the comment written at the end of the examination paper was: "Although there is no real learning, there are crooked talents." No spanking in the ass, come back next time. ”

The two of them laughed when they saw it, and the whole ceremony department was not lively for a while.

At this moment, someone shouted outside the door: "Lord Yang, His Royal Highness the Prince, please go to the Prince's Palace quickly?" ”

Yang Shiqi was slightly stunned, when the imperial court appointed the chief examiner and other examination officials, it asked the court officials to wait for the order in the court, and after the order was issued, "he knew the tribute, the invigilator, the main text, and wore a shame hat, wore a deacon, and waited for the same examination, greeted the tribute court, and then locked the court, and chose the day to take the exam." After the examiner enters the Tribute Academy, he will not come out until the end of the examination and the ranking is determined, which can be as little as three or five days and as many as more than 50 days. The palace test is generally locked for three days. During the lockdown period, they are not allowed to meet relatives and friends, nor are they allowed to have correspondence with outside the Gongyuan, mainly to prevent the occurrence of fraud in the field such as leaking examination questions and opening joints. As the chief examiner, he can't leave lightly, and the prince, as the prince of the country, should be clear about this, and he should not be allowed to leave the tribute courtyard at this time and rush to the prince's palace.

Yang Shiqi put down the test paper in his hand, frowned and muttered for a moment, and said, "Does the prince have any explanations for the old minister?" ”

The voice said outside the door: "The prince asked the servant to tell Lord Yang, someone is coming from the capital?" ”

"Someone from the capital?" Yang Shiqi raised his eyebrows, and his complexion changed slightly.

Seeing that his face had changed, Hu Ying lowered his voice and said, "But what happened?" “

Yang Shiqi's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's about Jiangshan Sheji?" “

Hu Ying was stunned and said, "Adults are too worried, right?" It's just that someone from the capital came, maybe it's to come to see this imperial examination? ”

Yang Shiqi exhaled heavily, his expression was a little uncalm, and he lowered his voice and said: "How can the emperor's body and bones not need me to say more, presumably Lord Hu should know that if it weren't for this, the prince would definitely not risk the scolding of the world's scholars, let me be discharged from the hospital, and hurry to the prince's palace?" It can be seen that there is something big going to happen in the world? “

"This-?" Hu Ying said the word "this", but he couldn't speak anymore.

Yang Shiqi said: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, although the saint is benevolent and righteous, but the body and bones are too bad, since he ascended the throne, he has been working on state affairs, but compared to the past when he was the prince, it is not impossible to have such a change?" Now that the King of Han is eyeing him, if it is really as I expected, I stick to the old rules and break the big things, how can I face the first emperor and the people of the dawn of the world? “

Hu Ying thought about it, and also felt that Yang Shiqi's guess was very likely, the emperor's body and bones were indeed weaker, and the state affairs were hard, and it was inevitable that he would be a little powerless. “

"That's fine, you go out first, if that's the case, the prince can be more calm with an adult by his side, even if the king of Han also has some scruples?" As soon as the words fell, I felt a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: ""After receiving the edict, go straight to the tribute courtyard", my lord went out of the Ministry of Rites this time, I'm afraid that someone is chewing the root of the tongue?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "I, Yang Shiqi, am open-minded, why should I be afraid of chewing the root of my tongue?" Besides, I went out of the Ministry of Rites at the behest of the prince, if it is really as I expected, the country and the society are important, I think the scholars of the world will also be able to understand my painstaking efforts in doing this, so there is no need to worry about this matter? “

Hu Ying saw that he had made up his mind, so he did not hesitate, waved his hand and called all the personnel of the Ministry of Rites, and began to hand over the marking of Yang Shiqi's hand. Before the marking process begins, the examiner will divide the examination papers according to a certain number.

After the pile, it will be distributed to the housing officials who have reviewed it according to the lottery method. However, the room officer who reviews the test papers does not know which test papers he should review in advance, and the room officer and the test papers are temporarily matched to prevent favors due to requests. During marking, the room officials can only review the test papers they are assigned, and must not interfere with other people's marking, or look at each other's papers, and the room officials cannot talk about the content of the test papers privately, the purpose of which is to avoid collusion and fraud among the room officials. When marking the examination papers, the "trade-offs" of the examination papers are left to the main examination, and the responsibility of each room officer is to recommend excellent examination papers to the examiners. After marking the examination paper as considered to be superior, the room officer will recommend it to the examiner with a blue pen, which is called the "recommendation paper", also known as "leaving the room".

At the time of marking, if there is a candidate whose test paper is particularly good, and the first test paper is not recommended, it can also be recommended. The chief and deputy examiners first review the "recommendation papers" of the first field, and then look at the second and third ones, and then decide whether to admit them based on the results of the three games, which is very cumbersome.

After Zhu Yuanzhang took the Bagu Scholar, the Bagu Wen was used as the admission standard for the imperial examination, so the level of the Bagu Wen in the first field became the key to whether he could be admitted.

In order to ensure the quality of the room official's marking, the room official and the examiner also have to add simple comments to the test papers that are not recommended, in order to explain the reasons why there is no recommendation or recommendation is not recorded, Yang Shiqi as the chief examiner, these processes can not be less, several officials are busy together, about a cup of tea, Yang Shiqi will be the matter of marking the paper at hand clearly, and carefully check it, to make sure that there is no mistake, before leaving the tribute courtyard and rushing to the prince's palace.

He blocked the light with both hands, closed his eyes, and then slowly opened them, and when his eyes were used to adapt to the sun, he tidied up his clothes and walked to the prince's palace.

In the hall, Zhu Zhanji was anxiously waiting for Yang Shiqi, such a big event, a little carelessness is a catastrophe, he needs to find someone to discuss, but now he has waited for about two teas, he was stable in the past, he couldn't wait, glanced outside the hall, and still saw no trace of Yang Shiqi.

Gritted his teeth, he couldn't wait any longer, and shouted loudly: "Spread the decree, let the Shenji Battalion get ready, and go back to Beijing alone?" “

Yang Zheng was drinking tea, as a person who knew this history, he naturally didn't have Zhu Zhanji's nervousness, but after listening to his command, he was still startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't do it, don't do it?" The world knows that the king of Han has the intention of rebellion, His Royal Highness this time forward, if he leads the soldiers and horses, it will inevitably cause the king of Han to be alert, although the king of Han is fierce, but the battle is brave, in the battle of Jingjing repeatedly made meritorious achievements, in the military generals have a high prestige, and has repeatedly saved the ancestors in danger, governing the country may not be a capable person, but the war is a good hand, now he has a lot of guards in his hands, these years according to the soldiers, I want to raise a lot of soldiers and horses, His Royal Highness this time, I am afraid of accidents? Let's wait patiently, Lord Yang thinks it's coming soon, let's discuss it and think of a safe way? “

Zhu Zhanji nodded at Yang Zheng gratefully, but said in his heart: "Why don't you want to wait slowly, but Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and Nale Anzhou is at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Although most of the six ministries and cabinets of the DPRK and the central government are the father's people, although they are loyal, but after all, they are civil ministers, and my good uncle has always been very prestigious among the military generals, if he learns the news and raises his arms and shouts, those military generals are afraid that many people will respond, even if I can rush back to Beijing at that time, what can I do? ”

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