Wang Junlin, Gao Ying, and Zhou Chengyan gathered the test papers, and under the leadership of the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate in the palace sent by Yang Jian, and under the protection of the Ouchi guards, the test papers were sent to the inner hall of the examination hall along with the examiners who finally reviewed the test papers.

Within a few days, the examination papers will be reviewed and approved, so that the top 200 candidates will be drawn up, and then the palace examination will be conducted, so as to discharge the ranking of the 200 students from high schools such as the champion and Tanhua this time.

Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan each took their own series of examiners to check the test papers, and it took three days to correct a total of more than 3,000 test papers. Correcting the meaning of the scriptures is relatively simple, because there is a correct answer to the scriptures, the correction only consumes eyesight, but there is no need to think about it, basically an hour, you can pass sixty or seventy copies, an average of more than 400 per person, less than 500 test papers, and the correction will be completed in two days. An extra day is spent exchanging the corrected papers with each other and checking whether others have corrected them for errors.

And just through the Jingyi, more than 2,000 people were brushed away at once, of course, almost all of these people were poor scholars, and those who were a little shorter when they were pasted will not be eliminated regardless of the Jingyi.

In the end, there were only 700 copies left in the examination and re-examination. There are seven examiners and five re-examiners, and these two passes are mainly for judging and commenting. If the marks of the three parties are the same, there is nothing to say, and if they are different, they will be submitted to the examiner. This judgment was more mentally draining, and it took a total of six days before it was over.

When all the passes were over, the last remaining nearly 300 papers were sent to Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan, the two examiners.

Among them, there are more than 100 undisputed volumes that have passed three levels in a row and are determined to be in the middle or upper grid; In addition, there are more than 200 test papers that do not match the three evaluations of spot check, examination and re-examination, which need to be finalized by the two examiners.

The two main exams have to finalize the 200 candidates who have won the list, which takes more time than the checks, examinations and re-examinations. Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan each silently flipped through the exam papers, and for a while in the hall, they could only hear the rustling of papers. I can only see the volume that has been too wrong and take it out as a joke; Or if there is a great phrase to read, read it and communicate it. On the surface, it seems that the two people are in harmony, but they both know in each other's hearts that the real competition really begins.

Although the quota has been almost divided, it would be better if there was an opportunity to make the other party's high school quota less and let yourself have more, especially some gate valve families who have not chosen to stand on either side of the prince and the abolished prince have secretly asked the two of them, if anyone has done things for these gate valve families, or let the children of their families pass one or two more exams, they will be drawn to their own side to a certain extent.

It was almost late, and most of the test papers that had been selected had already been confirmed. When it was time to eat, Gao Ying suddenly saw some words in the scroll in his hand, and instantly understood that this was Xu Jingzong's, and he didn't look at it and judged it directly, and said with a pity on his face: "There are also talents in the cold family, if this son is from a self-class and other disciples, he can be cultivated well, but it's a pity." ”

Something like this, Gao Ying didn't say it for the first time today, but Zhou Chengyan was still not at ease and deliberately picked it up and looked at it twice. Seeing that the paste paper was not a little shorter, that no slight creases appeared, and that the third word in the third line of the first page was not slightly larger than the others, he looked away again and ignored it.

Gao Ying saw that Zhou Chengyan didn't recognize that this was Xu Jingzong's volume, and while secretly breathing a sigh of relief, he felt that this matter was a little too easy, and the other backhands he arranged were not used, thinking to himself that Xu Jingzong's volume was not marked by the other party that the other party could use to compare?

This possibility is not impossible, with so many test papers, it is not impossible for the other party to arrange the pasting and copying of the papers, but this is too coincidental, right? Gao Ying felt a little uneasy.

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Wang Junlin left the stinking examination institute, and Niu Jinda was already driving the carriage in person at the gate of the courtyard, and Shen Guang and ten guards on tall horses were already waiting. After getting into the carriage, he took the towel handed over by Shen Guang, wiped his face carelessly, and asked a little tiredly, "What is Xu Jingzong's situation now?" ”

"This person, as we have analyzed before, is very proud and conceited, and is full of confidence in his high school and the top of the list, and now both himself and the people around him think that he will definitely be able to go high school, and at least the top three. The most important thing is that this person's fame and fortune are very heavy, once there is no high school, his character will inevitably suffer a lot of blows, although the character is quite stable, but at the critical moment, Hou Ye will mix the magic medicine to provoke, it will inevitably let him implement it according to our plan, even if it is not good to control him, we are ready to find a substitute to replace him, so that he will disappear completely. Shen Guang whispered the reciprocal words that had been prepared a long time ago.

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "The book of 10,000 words written in imitation of Xu Jingzong's writing habits is prepared in advance, the more the better." ”

Shen Guang respectfully complimented.

Wang Junlin thought for a moment and said: "I have carefully read Xu Jingzong's scroll, but he is a talent with a furrow in his chest, so it is a pity to die like this." Prepare in advance, and find a corpse for him to fake his death when the time comes, saving his life. Don't let the Nighthawks know about this. ”

"Humble duty understood." Shen Guang hesitated for a moment and agreed.

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In the next few days, it was calm in Kyoto, now that Wang Junlin had mastered the list, and the power hidden in the shadows on the Nighthawk side was running at full strength, it was not difficult to investigate and dig out some tangible evidence, not to mention that these people were so unscrupulous that they never thought that someone would check them.

Before the list was released, there had been no shocking news in the officialdom, and in the end, the top three, Wang Junlin secretly stuffed in the dozen or so talented and learned scholars were not eliminated, and were obviously regarded as their own by Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan.

And Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan mainly focused on each other, so they obviously didn't pay enough attention to Wang Junlin, who had already completed the errand, and didn't even see the problems in it.

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It's mid-September.

After two rains, the scorching heat finally came to an end and the weather gradually cooled.

During the period when the candidates were waiting for the list to be released, many people heard that Xu Jingzong would definitely be able to go to high school, and he was either the champion or Tanhua or the list, and there was the support of the two behemoths of Donggong and Yue Guogong behind him, so it could be said that he had a bright future, so he had to take advantage of the list to invite Xu Jingzong in advance.

Xu Jingzong did not refuse, and he calmly accepted everyone's praise at the banquet, and after a few days, he himself felt that if he couldn't get into the top three, it would be intolerable.

Originally, the appearance of the imperial examination and the palace examination presided over by the Son of Heaven only appeared in the early Northern Song Dynasty, but after Wang Junlin intentionally put forward this suggestion more than a month ago, Yang Jian happily adopted it. As a result, the Son of Heaven Hall appeared nearly four hundred years in advance.

Wang Junlin's suggestion at that time was completely based on the palace examination model after the Song Dynasty that he knew in history, and Yang Jian almost completely agreed, for example, the palace examination will not be dethroned, but only to determine the ranking. As long as you can be on the admission list of the Ministry of Rites Examination, you will be a Jinshi.

The words champion, Bangyan and Jinshi were thought up by Gao Ying, Zhou Chengyan and others, and Wang Junlin didn't know what kind of allusion they came from, but he remembered that in the original history, after the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty matured, there was a classification of "three first", that is, the first class of the palace examination was called "Yijia", and "Jinshi and first" were given; The second class is called "Erjia", and it is given "Jinshi origin"; The third class is called "Sanjia", and it is given "the same Jinshi origin", collectively referred to as Jinshi. The first, second, and third grades each take a number of names, the first class is limited to three, and the second and third classes each take a number of names. The first name of the first class is the champion, the second name of the first class is called Bangyan, and the third name of the first class is Tanhua; And the "top three" is actually the last class of the palace examination.

But when he proposed the method of the palace test, Yang Jian arranged it, Gao Ying, Zhou Chengyan and others naturally studied the method of the top three, Wang Junlin has been thinking about this from time to time in the past few days, whether this is a historical coincidence, or a historical necessity.

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On September 21, the autumn leaves on both sides of the road are falling, and the birds on the branches are in pairs, which is the season of the autumn harvest. In the ordinary inn on the west side of Kyoto, not far from the examination hall of the day, students from all over the world who were waiting for the results of the examination gathered downstairs in a panic, and there was no food or drink on the table, so these students had no intention of eating or drinking at this time, and focused all their minds on inquiring about the news.

"No play." A student from Yongzhou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Thinking about it, the possibility that I will wait for these poor scholars to be able to go to high school is too small." ”

"Why did Brother Ziming say this?" The student sitting next to him had a slightly dark face, but his eyes were very bright, it was Fang Qiao who was let go by Wang Junlin in the examination institute because of his entrainment.

Fang Qiao is from Linzi, Qizhou, and his family also has nearly 100 acres of land, which is considered a small landlord, but compared with the gate valve family, it is still the difference between ants and elephants, but he has the basic conditions for studying. Different from others, because he boldly asked Wang Junlin in the examination room if he could go to high school, and because Wang Junlin nodded to him at that time, his mood at this time was different from the others seated, but extremely relaxed.

At this time, he took a chopstick of old vinegar soaked peanuts from the table and ate it, chewing it, and said vaguely: "Brother Ziming is a well-known figure in Bingzhou, and his single-handed strategy is extremely wonderful. ”

Known as the scholar of Brother Ziming, surnamed Liu, Ziming is his word, a native of Tianshui County, Yongzhou, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, looks like a stable personality, quite sophisticated, at this time glanced at others, and stopped talking.

PS: The two were sent earlier, begging for support, asking for a monthly pass, asking for a collection————