Before the first exam in the Gongyuan Academy.

Sun Chengzong has already arrived, and this time the imperial examination is really not smooth sailing for him.

The day before the exam, if Zhanming hadn't driven him here with a horse, I am afraid that he would have to rush to the examination room with Sun Daqi carrying the test box.

But after Sun Chengzong arrived at the examination room, he had already put his mind at ease. After he cleaned the examination booth carefully, he laughed at himself for what happened to him, and calmed down at the moment.

Sun Chengzong wanted to take out the pen and ink at the moment, but when he looked up, he saw the army guarding in front of his door, and his eyes looked at his examination box a little greedily.

Sun Chengzong knew that those who passed the examination or the Shuntianxiang test were very corrupt in military discipline, and often stole the valuables of the candidates, and the scholars were often very indignant about this.

Sun Chengzong smiled when he saw the greedy eyes of this army, and immediately opened the examination box in front of him and took out the clothes one by one.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong had turned over the examination box to the end, there was no heavy object and couldn't help but be deeply disappointed, and muttered: "A dignified and poor person is not as good as me, this time it is really in vain, I lost the money to buy the waist card, and I don't know when this debt will be repaid." ”

Seeing that the army was like this, Sun Chengzong smiled and took out a small ingot of silver from his coat, pretending to accidentally throw it at his feet.

Seeing this, the army was overjoyed, and when he saw that no one immediately picked it up, he said with a smile: "Thank you for this son, I can not see the place where I will be accommodating for a while." ”

Sun Chengzong laughed, and the other party thought that he was bribing him.

Sun Chengzong said: "Where did Sun's poor scholar come from, this is the extra ink he bought just now." It's useless to leave this money in the examination room, so it's given to the little brother, and it's a fate. ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong's beard was like a halberd, his face was dark, he looked poor and destitute, and he did not have the graceful appearance of a scholar, but he had a kind of upright and sloppy speech in his speech, which was really different from the sour scholars he usually saw. The trumpet army nodded at the moment and said: "Thank you Master Sun, there is still a while to leave the exam, you have a good rest, and after a while, the sound of Mu Duo sounds, you get up again." ”

Sun Chengzong thanked him when he heard this, and of course entered the examination shed to rest.

Sun Chengzong squinted for a while, and then heard Mu Duo's loud voice, so he opened his eyes.

He looked out of the examination shed, and the officials in the distance had already handed out papers in the examination booth one by one, and the examination began.

Tao Wangling, Yuan Keli and they also entered the examination room. According to the explanation of the seniors, the candidates who had some valuables on their bodies privately gave the army a little benefit to buy peace.

But there are also people who refuse to give this money out of integrity, and it will be okay to be so careful about one or two. It is said that when Lin Yanchao tried it, he didn't give the army benefits, not because he didn't accept this rule, nor because he didn't have money, but because he was confident that no one would steal it from him.

After distributing the test papers, most of the first day had passed, and Lin Yanchao and Wang Xijue saw that there was nothing in the examination room, so they went back to the examiner's room to rest for one night.

On the second day, the two of them came to Mingyuan Building first, and saw that the candidates in the examination booths on all sides were answering the questions seriously, and they all nodded slightly.

Then Lin Yanchao and Wang Xijue were both on patrol and accompanied by the proctor officials from the outer curtain, so they were followed by a group of proctor officials, and they came in a mighty way. Watching the candidates bury their heads in the questions, Lin Yanchao thought about his hardships back then, and couldn't help but feel a little empathy.

Six years have passed in a flash.

Lin Yanchao inspected the examination booth one by one, Tao Wangling, Yuan Keli, Yang Daobin, Chen Yinglong, Lin Xin and others were all focusing on answering the questions, and seeing that their clothes and charcoal basins were fully prepared, they were slightly relieved.

Then Lin Yanchao walked to Sun Chengzong's examination shed and took a look. When Sun Chengzong saw Lin Yanchao, Lin Yanchao didn't speak, and was about to pass by without knowing him, but Wang Xijue in front of him suddenly stopped, turned around and picked up Sun Chengzong's exam paper.

Lin Yanchao was slightly stunned, how could this scene be a bit familiar.

It was also in the examination room of this exam that year, Yu Youding took a fancy to his paper at a glance, but when he finally wanted to fill in the list, he didn't find that there was no recommendation paper.

So Shen Shixing, Yu Youding went to the examination rooms to search for the papers, and finally found Lin Yanchao's papers in the papers.

It is said that at that time, a man in a red robe pointed to the scroll where Lin Yanchao was.

Immediately left a good story of Zhu Yi's forehead.

Wang Xijue picked up Sun Chengzong's paper and looked at it for a while, then put down the volume, glanced at this person again, and then left silently, while the invigilator behind him immediately reprinted Sun Chengzong's paper.

Lin Yanchao couldn't hold back his curiosity, and did not ask Wang Xijue in the court, but left with him.

The next day, there was nothing to do.

After Lin Yanchao returned to the chief examiner, someone told Ye Xianggao to come.

Lin Yanchao was not surprised, because it was he who privately instructed Ye Xianggao, who was already the same examiner, to come to the examination room by himself during the Kui Jutang meeting today.

Looking at Ye Xianggao, Lin Yanchao suddenly didn't know how to speak.

Since Lin Yanchao returned to the Hanlin Academy, Ye Xianggao has not been too close to him. Originally, Yilin Yanchao's status today, as a bachelor, the two of them are small, he should take the initiative to hug his thighs.

But Ye Xianggao didn't do this, but he came to visit during the New Year this year, and there was no extra interaction except for official business.

Lin Yanchao inquired about Ye Xianggao's three-year life in the Hanlin Academy, and others told Ye Xianggao that he did not tend to be important, and the master Xu Guo rarely moved around, and as for the colleagues of the Hanlin Academy, there were few contacts, but he occasionally got together with Guo Zhengyu and a few Zaijing fellow villagers.

Lin Yanchao was not surprised when he heard this, when he was in the academy, he and Ye Xianggao were in the same dormitory, so I didn't see how he made friends with the people in the same dormitory, but I just saw him alone and studied silently.

At that time, Lin Yanchao thought that people were conceited as scholars, very high-minded, and looked down on scumbags such as Er, so he did not associate with them.

But later I learned that it was Ye Xianggao's silent and solitary style, except for reading, other things in the world seemed to be unable to move him.

Later, Ye Xianggao stood up and spoke up about a few things, but Lin Yanchao changed his outlook, knowing that the other party was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he was righteous in his heart. During the college, the two were continuously on the same list, and after leaving the college, the two were in the same exam.

Lin Yanchao and Ye Xianggao slowly became familiar with each other, according to the current words, Ye Xianggao is a very slow person.

After recognizing friendship, Ye Xianggao is also a very good friend.

Now that Lin Yanchao is suddenly an important minister, Ye Xianggao is not too close, and he also has the meaning of avoiding suspicion.

Lin Yanchao saw Ye Xianggao, and immediately said, "Jinqing, please take a seat." ”

"President Xie."

Lin Yanchao said with a solemn face: "Jinqing, you and I have intersected for many years, and I won't go around the corner, now I have a difficult matter that I want you to help me." ”

Ye Xianggao hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then said seriously: "The president just orders." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and asked, "Does Jinqing know what rumors are in the examination room these days?" ”

Ye Xianggao's eyes lit up: "I don't know what kind of rumors the president is referring to?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "It's about the mane roll!" ”

Ye Xianggao suddenly understood Lin Yanchao's intention to find him, and he said: "There are always some rumors in the examination room before the exam, but most of them are false, and if they are not true, we and other examiners will not take it to heart." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "That's right, Jinqing will tell me what you know." ”

Ye Xianggao mentioned a few things at the moment, Lin Yanchao remained silent, but he shook his head in his heart, these things were not right. These things are just like the entertainment gossip now, many things are said to be the smoke released to confuse the public.

Ye Xianggao said a few things, and then remembered: "By the way, I heard a joke from one of my markers the day before yesterday, he had someone who had a joint with the examiner, and broke the question with four words in the second question of the four books, and after breaking the question, he annotated an ink circle of one hundred taels of silver to reward the examiner." ”

Lin Yanchao said in his heart when he heard this, this is right, this news is consistent with what Zhang Whale gave him, and if it is confusing, then it must be ten falsehoods and one truth, or a number of falsehoods and one truth.

True news is lost in fake news, and only those who really know the inside story know which one is the true news.

Otherwise, there are nineteen examiners in the nineteen rooms, plus thirty-eight marking officers, no matter how much Zhang Jing has the means, it is impossible for so many people to greet them one by one.

A circle of 100 taels of silver, good business.

The examiner, with the examiner, each take a copy, Lin Yanchao, the deputy examiner, and then take all of them, Zhang Whale is really a brother, and this kind of business is used to take care of himself.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said to Ye Xianggao: "Jinqing has helped me a lot, you pay attention to it for me, and tell me anything immediately." In addition, if there is a chance, you can help me probe Zhao Shuzi's tone and see if he knows. ”

Ye Xianggao said yes and left.

On the third day, the first test of the general examination was completed.

All the examiners breathed a sigh of relief, and there were no accidents in this most critical first game.

There was neither water nor rain, and the candidates did not die of illness, and finally passed the most difficult hurdle safely.

After the first paper after the exam is taken away by the examiner, the first step is to hand in the transcription office for transcription.

The transcriber transcribes the ink scroll written by the examinee himself with a red pen, and the transcribed scroll is called a red scroll.

Then the ink scroll and the scroll were sent to the reading office, and the students were asked to read the ink scroll and the scroll in pairs to ensure that the transcriptionist did not make any mistakes.

The transcriber of each paper must write his or her name on the paper to indicate that he or she is responsible for the paper.

In addition, according to the candidate's origin, the Zhu volume is divided into three volumes, south, middle and north, as well as the five classics examined.

Finally, the ink roll was handed over to the external collector, and the external collector left the ink scroll, and then passed the scroll to the public hall and handed the scroll to the internal collector in the curtain.

The internal officer in charge is then sent to the promotion office, and the promotion officer will divide the candidates who are in the Spring and Autumn Period according to the Five Classics Room, and the Shangshu will be sent to the Shangshu room.

This process can be described as a layer of responsibility, and each external curtain officer has to act as a stakeholder, the purpose is to cut off the connection with the examiner, the chief examiner and the candidate.

It makes it impossible for examiners to detect any information about candidates from handwriting, markings on the papers, and the way the examiners and candidates receive the papers directly.

But the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high.

There are always methods, such as the joint between Zhang Whale and Lin Yanchao.

The examiner and the examinee agree on the words in the important question stem of the paper, such as the examinee writing 'a line of egrets on the blue sky' for no reason, and the examiner will also recognize it.

Such words are not one, but at least two.

The second question that Ye Xianggao said used four words is only one place, and Zhang Whale and Lin Yanchao also agreed on two other places.

As for the ink scroll, it is a symbol used by the ancients to divide paragraphs.

It's just a small circle that is placed where the paragraphs of the article connect. Candidates can write or start a new line without writing, in short, draw a few circles as you like. But if you write a few circles and pay the bill afterwards, then the examiner will not let you go.

After the first batch of Zhu rolls were sent to each room by the promotion officer, the examiners of each room began to revise the papers.

As the chief examiner, Lin Yanchao agreed with each room in advance that there is a time limit for the recommendation papers handed in by each party, and you can't change it randomly, if you find mistakes, etc., people will come to you to settle accounts.

Therefore, the examiners in each room and the examiner are also serious about correcting the papers, everyone knows that Lin Yanchao's three-yuan name is not fake, not to mention the ability to only remember it, and few people in the Hanlin Academy will do it.

If something offends him, he can really remember it for a lifetime with his memory.

The editor Fang Congzhe is the same examiner of the Spring and Autumn Room.

You must know that there are three transmissions in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the ram is one of them.

In the Spring and Autumn Classics of the Imperial Examination, the ram preached the subtle words and righteousness, so it was appreciated by the imperial court, and it was therefore suitable for the craft, and the candidate ruled the ram the easiest to sell.

Fang Congzhe is also the Legend of the Ram, and like most candidates, he studied the Legend of the Ram just to facilitate the exam.

When Fang Congzhe himself became the examiner, he didn't necessarily have to take the ram as the standard of the Spring and Autumn Room, and the ram's fax was just a stepping stone.

The most important thing in the way of Hengwen is to follow the heart, even if you don't need to pass on the ram, or even if your opinions are not in harmony with yourself, as long as you tell the truth, Fang Congzhe will take it as the recommended paper of this room.

Fang Congzhe read the papers, and listened to the chatter of the two markers below from time to time.

Marking the file is a very tense and dull thing, and Fang Congzhe doesn't mind the casual chatter below the marking officer, and reading the file for more than ten days, if such an environment doesn't let people talk, it will simply drive people crazy.

I heard the examiner surnamed Lu below suddenly scolded: "Such a blind article must be written by the prisoner!" ”

After listening to the words of the examiner surnamed Lu, another examiner surnamed Gao put down his pen and said: "Brother Lu, why should I be wronged with you, why do you want to scold me like this?" ”

The official surnamed Lu was stunned and asked, "Brother Gao, how did I scold you?" ”

The official surnamed Gao said angrily: "I am from a prison student!" ”

Fang Congzhe's face was so tight that he almost laughed when he heard this, and then he coughed solemnly and said, "The two of you weigh carefully, don't be distracted!" ”

Seeing that the two of them shut up, Fang Congzhe shook his head and looked down at the scroll in his hand.

The papers handed over to him by these two graders were all preliminary qualified papers, and then handed them to themselves to see if they could be included in the main and prepared volumes of the recommended papers.

Fang Congzhelian read several articles and couldn't help but get angry, how did such a sparse article come up?

Fang Congzhe saw that they were all recommended by officials with the surname Gao, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

So Fang Congzhe thought about it, walked up to the official surnamed Gao, knocked on his desk with his hand, and then walked to another room.

The official surnamed Gao immediately put down the scroll and followed Fang Congzhe to the room.

Fang Congzhe asked with a straight face: "The articles you recommended just now have obvious mistakes, even if you are a child, you can't write such an article, how do you balance the text?" ”

The official surnamed Gao explained a few words, but when he saw that he couldn't hide it from Fang Congzhe, he could only say in a low voice: "Is it true that the editor doesn't know anything?" ”

"What don't you know? You speak openly. ”

The official surnamed Gao thought about it and whispered a few words at the moment, Fang Congzhe's face changed and then said: "Such a false statement, you should also take it seriously, hum, most of the candidates outside were released by luck." ”

The official surnamed Gao said: "As far as the lower officials know, it is not a lie, but it is a big person, and I heard that this person is from the palace." You see there are ten ink circles on this volume, I know that the editor may not have the money in his eyes, but it is ...... to make friends with this Da Jue."

"Shut up, don't say anything more!" Fang Congzhe's face was pale, and the anger on his face was not completely expressed. When he came to serve as the examiner, he also knew that most of the things he would encounter such things, but he suddenly encountered it, on the one hand, he was really angry, and on the other hand, he also wanted to appear upright.

So Fang Congzhe put this matter in his heart, and the next day he took the opportunity to test a few other fellow examiners, but seeing everyone's eyes dodging, Fang Congzhe was a few points convinced at the moment.

When he returned to the room, he immediately took out the red scroll in the room and read it from beginning to end, and there were as many as seven or eight copies of the scroll with such words in it.

This is the case for only one room, but what about the other rooms?

If this kind of thing is spread out, it will be a big case!

Fang Congzhe couldn't help but be afraid, he had no intention of changing the volume one day, thinking that since all the rooms were already like this, he might as well count from the mainstream and still make a lot of money, but thinking of his conscience, he felt a little unbearable.

That night, Fang Congzhe struggled all night, and the next day he came to Lin Yanchao's examiner's room with two dark circles under his eyes, these papers in his hand, and his shirt.

However, he said that Lin Yanchao agreed with each room to hand in the recommendation papers after the third exam, so this was the second exam, Lin Yanchao was still idle during this time, but each room had to ask him for advice when he encountered a question sheet.

As the deputy chief examiner, Lin Yanchao is the standard of Hengwen, so he also understands the situation of each room through the recommendation papers.

At this time, hearing that Fang Congzhe came to the door, Lin Yanchao was slightly surprised.

Fang Congzhe knows a lot and knows a young man very well. For such a person who takes the initiative to approach the leader, Lin Yanchao still has a good impression.

But after seeing Fang Congzhe entering, his face was solemn, and he saluted Lin Yanchao and handed over a few papers.

Lin Yanchao glanced at Fang Congzhe suspiciously, and immediately read a few volumes.

He had read every paper at a glance.

The quality of the paper is uneven, but the second question is written in the same four words, but the other two words are slightly different.

This is true in seven volumes, but only two volumes are written correctly in all three places.

Lin Yanchao said in his heart, okay, even candidates who don't know the truth know a thing or two about this news, Zhang Whale's confidentiality work is really bad enough, even if I help you with my conscience, not to mention whether the Son of Heaven will pursue it, the reputation accumulated over the years is also ruined.

Of course, Hengwen must uphold the public heart!

Lin Yanchao looked at Fang Congzhe and asked pretending to be confused: "What does it mean to edit this?" Is there anything wrong with this volume? ”

PS: I wish the brothers and sisters of the college entrance examination in these two days a smooth exam!