When Gao Pragmatic was confused because Gu Xiancheng attacked Xinxue at the banquet, Shen Shixing, the chief examiner of Gengchen's examination, was also entangled. For seven consecutive days of grading, Shen Shixing and other examiners have stayed in the Gongyuan in accordance with the rules and have never stepped out of the door.

But the problem is in the rankings.

In fact, the ranking of the examination does not affect the final ranking after the palace examination, because the final ranking is the emperor's exclusive power, and only Zhu Yijun can decide. However, the ranking of the examination is still an important qualification for a scholar, and after the end of the palace examination, the Ministry of Rites will make an undergraduate Jinshi record, and there is a ranking of the Jinshi record.

Besides, the emperor may not necessarily read more than 300 Jinshi examination papers one by one, and usually he will pick and choose according to the ranking, so the ranking of the examination will also affect the emperor's judgment, so the ranking of the examination is still extremely important.

In particular, the selection of Huiyuan is the top priority.

The root of Shen Shixing's current entanglement is the two exam papers, both of which have the strength to win the Huiyuan exam papers.

A group of fellow examiners are also arguing, saying that "this volume is better than words, and what is said is deafening, and it should be a huiyuan"

Another said, "This volume analyzes the innocence, like a cook, and when you read it carefully, you can't help but be intoxicated by it." ”

Shen Shixing was so annoyed by them that he couldn't help but say, "Wait and stop." Then he was holding two copies of the transcription scroll and reading the book of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Shengdao, "Pan Gong, you are always an elder of Confucianism, a senior of Taoism, what do you think of these two articles?"

Pan Sheng slowly put down the two exam papers, closed his eyes and thought for a while, before he twisted his beard and muttered, "A good article can be known at a glance, but if two good articles want to be divided into winners and losers, it is necessary to savor them." These two articles, if you only look at them at first glance, it is true that the first volume is better than the high care, and the second volume is better than the analysis, and the two seem to be between the two. ”

Pan Sheng put on the old qualifications of Jiajing's 20-year gold list, although his tone was light, but everyone was a scholar, and naturally he could hear that he thought that he could distinguish the superior, so they all stared at Pan Sheng to see what he was going to do.

Pan Sheng himself was born as a scholar in his early years, and he did a few more books in the Ministry of Rites, adding up to several years, so he was naturally not afraid to discuss knowledge, and said lightly, "But if you taste it carefully, you will see that although the front volume is high, it has gradually become poor at the end of the article, although the back volume is heavily analyzed, but the end of the article hides high meaning."

The former is like a flying dragon in the sky, and the power is mighty, but the dragon has the tendency to regret and is unstoppable, and the latter is like a hidden dragon in the abyss.

Pan Sheng is outstanding here, and when everyone heard him say so much, they couldn't help but be impressed, and said in their hearts, "Jiang is still old and spicy, why didn't I see such a big difference?"

Only Shen Shixing is a little puzzled, although Pan Sheng is Jiajing's predecessor for 20 years, and he is from the top of the list, no matter what aspect you look at, he is an absolute authority, but he Shen Shixing is not bad, he Shen is the champion of Jiajing for 26 years, and he is the first place after the palace examination

I'm reading it very carefully

Shen Shixing frowned deeply, and picked up the two articles again and carefully compared them.

Pan Sheng glanced at him, and secretly said in his heart that although these two articles were bright for a while, it was difficult to distinguish between them at all, but the examinees' scripture in the first part was, and the examinees' scripture in the latter part was, obviously the latter was the work of the Gao family boy, and his scripture was what the old man promised Zhang Xueyan and Wei Xuezeng, but it can't be bad in your Shen Shixing's hands.

So Pan Sheng coughed lightly and said lightly, "Yaoquan, since ancient times, there is no first cloud text, no second martial arts, these two texts are all excellent works, and it is rare to be able to distinguish between one line and one line." ”

Shen Shixing originally wanted to compare, but when he heard Pan Sheng say this, he suddenly came to his senses, thought about it slightly, and nodded with a deep sigh, "What Pan Gong said is extremely true, such two eloquent essays, it is really not easy to divide them into two highs, and it will only take a few days to try to read the papers, how can we delay how to set the list, we have our own reason." Since this is the case, according to what Pan Gong said, as the comment of these two volumes, this Tibetan character No. 49 volume is set as Huiyuan, what do you think?"

The examiners have been arguing for almost two hours for this dispute, and they are indeed all unable to fight, seeing that the main examiner and the sub-examiner have reached a consensus, where can they still tolerate others to disagree at the moment.

Shen Shixing then started to sign at the end of the volume and write comments, and then Pan Sheng wrote again, Fang Shi wrote again, Zhigong Juguan wrote again, promoted the officer and wrote, and the invigilator wrote and signed the ** name, which can be regarded as the 49th volume of the undergraduate Gengchen Huiyuan Tibetan Character

At this time, all the papers have been ranked, Shen Shixing took a deep breath in front of all the invigilators and marking officials, and announced, "The examination papers of the eighth year of Wanli Gengchen Branch Spring Sect have been completed, and the officials will open the seal according to the volume in turn and make their lists in detail, and still promulgate the world"

The officials worked tirelessly in the Gongyuan for nearly a month, and this was the last moment, and they couldn't help but make a loud promise in unison, celebrating that they had finally completed another wave of qualifications and would be "released from prison" immediately, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Pan Sheng's old ministry also stood up, and said with a smile, "As a rule, you can take a look at the list at this time, and this department is also quite interested in the authors of these two articles just now, just to see who is the best talent, can write such a good article Yaoquan, you have to take a look together"

Shen Shixing twisted his beard and said with a smile, "Shi Xingzheng has this intention, and he is willing to reward it with Pan Gong." ”

So he ordered someone to bring in the ink scroll, opened the seal, and revealed the head of the ink scroll, which was the candidate's name, hometown, three generations of fathers, ancestors, brothers and other information.

Pan Sheng was anxious in his heart, and took the 49th volume of Tibetan characters to take a look, and there were three big characters written in front of his head.

The next two lines, on one side is written the official nationality of Xinzheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, and on the other side, it is written that the word Zhizhou Yizi Qiuzhen Xing was born on May 26, 18th of the New Year.

The line further to the left is written with three big characters: Zeng Zukui. The following is written in small characters Chenghua Bingwu Imperial Examination People, and the Pillar State Young Master Zhongji Temple University Scholar.

Under it are three big characters, Zu Shangxian. The following is written in small characters Zhengde Gengwu Branch Xie Yuan, Zhengde Ding Chou Ke Jinshi, and the scholar of the Pole Hall of the Young Master of the Pillar State.

The bottom two big characters are father. Written below is a small character Fengyang Mansion General Judge and Governor of Shouzhou.

Pan Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart Fortunately, the old man was not dazzled and did not guess the wrong volume.

Then he looked at Shen Shixing with a smile, only to see that Shen Shixing's face was calm, but he sighed lightly, but he didn't know what he was sighing about.

Pan Sheng's big event arrived, his heart was happy, and he said with a smile, "Gao Qiuzhen's family origins, known as a prodigy, it is not uncommon to have this good article, no wonder, no wonder." ”

Shen Shixing smiled, but he couldn't see his joy or anger, and said lightly, "This is reasonable." And he said, "Let's take a look at another volume." ”

Pan Sheng was not obviously biased, and greeted the other examiners with a smile, "Come, take another paper and take a look." ”

Everyone hurriedly sent another volume of ink scrolls, also opened the seal, opened the head of the scroll and looked, only to see the three big characters on the book, Xiao Liangyou. The next two lines of the book are from Guanhu, Guang, Hanyang Prefecture, Hanyang County, and the people of Hanyang County are born on the seventh day of October in the fifth Chinese New Year's Eve of the first month.

Shen Shixing suddenly said: "In the past, Huguang prodigy was also, and the former Prime Minister Zhang Taiyue once mentioned this person to me, saying that he was a young talent in Huguang. After a pause, he asked again, "His brother Xiao Liangyu is also said to be a rare handsome, can this subject be taken together?"

There was an examiner below who immediately smiled and said, "I know that my brother has a good reputation, and he is also ranked 56th in the second top of this list."

Shen Shixing and Pan Sheng were both surprised, looked at each other and smiled, "What a pair of talented brothers"