On the morning of the sixth day of the new year, the second and third test questions of the Shuntianfu Township Examination were mainly released.

Because Shen Xi set the tone, the questions were basically completed before noon, followed by the exam questions of the five scriptures. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoCompared with the four book exam questions, the exam questions of these twenty articles and five scriptures only need to be "Zhou Zheng".

This word is used in exams and is very easy to explain, that is, just find a random sentence, as long as you can explain the intention of your question, you can use it.

Anyway, there will be no mistakes or omissions in the content of the Pentateuch, and even a single word in the Pentateuch can be used as an exam question, let alone a complete sentence.

In this way, by three o'clock in the afternoon, the examination questions of the five scriptures were basically completed. According to the plan, we will take a break after lunch, and then discuss the last three or four books in the afternoon.

The food in the inner curtain is quite generous, all of which are specially supplied by Shuntianfu, chicken, duck and fish, and even shrimp and crabs, which are quite rare in the north of this era.

Shen Xi had lunch and thought to himself, this dietary condition is much better than the food given by the palace to the prince in class, eating here every day is the same as going to a banquet, wouldn't eating a few more meals make Shuntian Mansion poor?

The only thing that was not provided in the food and drink in the Gongyuan was wine, and when the officials were satisfied, they returned to the hall from the cafeteria and waited for the final agreement on the three and four books, but when they arrived at the president's office, they were told that the three questions and four books had been completed, and they had been sent to the printing workshop of the other courtyard to start the official printing of the test papers.

"Shen Yude, Jin Zhongyun, this ...... Is it too hasty? Isn't it necessary to wait for everyone to discuss the topic before sending it for printing? ”

The same examiner surnamed Hu began to shout again, and it could be seen that he was very concerned about the three questions and four calligraphy exam questions, after all, when it came to the admission of Juzi, Shen Xi and Jin Gui did not directly hand over the questions to the printing workshop through them, which was equivalent to cutting off their way to send the questions out of the inner curtain.

Shen Xi explained with a smile: "You are all enjoying a hearty lunch in the canteen, and when the official came back, he thought to himself, there are only three exam questions left and right, so I won't bother you, so I discussed the topic with Jin Zhongyun and sent it directly to the side hospital to print the test papers, after all, the township test is approaching, so save time as much as possible." ”

"This ...... This...... This is clearly disrespectful to us! But I don't know what the topic of Shen Yude and Jin Zhongyun is? Now that you're done, it's time to talk to us, right? ”

The examiner surnamed Hu is still unrelenting.

Shen Xi put away his smile and said, "No need, although this official is only a shallow learner, how come they are all three yuan and first, born in Hanlin, and now he is a lecturer on His Majesty's day, can't even the most basic four book questions be good?" ”

"Not necessarily, Lord Shen."

A middle-aged examiner surnamed Han next to him said, "Lord Shen discussed with us before to use the method of drawing lots to make questions, could it be that these three questions were also made by this method?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, do you want to provoke me and let me tell you what the topic is? It's a total wasted effort! I'm not going to give you a chance.

Shen Xi said: "As for whether to draw lots and make a question, it has nothing to do with you, the topic is the result of the discussion between the official and Jin Zhongyun, if you don't believe it, you can ask Jin Zhongyun." ”

Everyone looked at Jin Gui, and Jin Gui nodded and said, "The topic is indeed something that I discussed with Shen Yude, and it is not obtained by drawing lots, you can rest assured." ”

Since entering the inner curtain, all the township examiners and examiners were in a very relaxed mood, because Shen Xi would discuss each question with the people below when he came out with the questions in the morning, and even the five scriptures directly used the questions of other examiners, which seemed to have no temper at all.

"The matter has been decided, can the exam questions that have been sent for printing still be changed?" Speaking of this, Shen Xi's face turned cold.

As the chief examiner of the inner curtain and the highest official position in this township examination, Shen Xi does have the right to decide the exam questions on his own, and the few internal curtain examiners who have not even held official positions in a row are not qualified to talk to him on an equal footing.

Some of the same examiners looked at the two same examiners from Hanlin and hoped that they would come forward and say a fair word, but these two themselves were also very high-minded, and although they accepted the full amount of coins, they did not promise anything, so they simply pretended to be deaf and dumb at this time.

In terms of rules, Shen Xi directly asked the question without discussion, which is not only in line with the law, but also ensures that the topic will not be leaked.

But this actually contains huge risks, Shen Xi knows very well that if he and the people below jointly discuss the exam questions, if there is a leak of the question in the end, there are many people who are responsible, according to the principle of the law not to blame the public, in the case of no empirical evidence that he released the exam questions, the crime will not be very serious.

However, if the question is written on its own, and the final question is leaked, then the imperial court is likely to hold the examiner responsible, and he will not be able to explain it at that time.

The inner curtain and the examiner leaking the exam questions are a channel, who dares to ensure that the Gongyuan is very safe? Those craftsmen in charge of printing, although the imperial court directly transferred them from the celebrant and the national eunuch, it is difficult to guarantee that Shuntianfu will not buy them in advance, and some of them may leak the topic.

In any case, only Shen Xi, Jin Gui and the craftsmen in charge of printing know the three exam questions of the four calligraphy texts, and others cannot know them in a short period of time.

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Shouning Marquis Mansion, Zhang Heling entered the palace to face the saint, and hurriedly returned to the house.

According to the situation of the previous two Shuntianfu Township Examinations, on this day, the questions will be automatically sent to Zhang Heling, and Zhang Heling can decide who to give the questions to, and in this way he will buy some families and ministers.

"Master, you can count it back, the second master has been waiting for you inside for a long time." When a steward saw Zhang Heling, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"The second brother is also there?"

Zhang Heling frowned and asked, "Are the people from Shuntianfu here?" ”

The steward shook his head, which made Zhang Heling's face turn cold, and then strode towards the reception hall.

At this time, in the huge living room, Zhang Yanling was sitting on a Taishi chair, moving his hands and feet at a maid in the Shouning Hou Mansion who was offering tea to him.

"Uh-huh!"

Zhang Heling cleared her throat before walking in the door.

Zhang Yanling glanced at the elder brother, pursed his lips, and retracted his hand, the maid was knocked out of love, her face was flushed, and she quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Heling.

"Go down!"

Zhang Heling is not very strict with the slaves at home, unlike Zhang Yanling, who likes to beat the people in the house at every turn, even if he thinks that this maid doesn't care about the body, he just snorted and waved his hand to let the maid retreat.

Zhang Yanling rolled his eyes: "Brother, why do you want to be angry with a little girl?" But don't say it, this girl looks pretty handsome......"

"Nonsense, are there fewer women around you on weekdays? Now he actually stretched out his hand to my mansion, let me ask you, what's going on over there in Shuntianfu? ”

Zhang Heling sat down and asked angrily.

Zhang Yanling replied angrily: "Brother, too, hasn't the Shuntian Mansion already communicated?" What else are you worried about? But things are really a little strange, today I sent two groups of people to ask, and they all replied the same, saying that the inner curtain did not send the question out. ”

"Didn't reveal the exam questions of the four books?" Zhang Heling sensed the seriousness of the problem.

Even if there is a problem on the side of the inner curtain, Shuntianfu usually explains to some of the personnel in the inner curtain in advance, so that they can participate in the four books as much as possible, even if the questions are not accepted by the examiner, they must try to take the questions from the examiner, so that they can know the exam questions before the exam.

As a result, the day has almost passed, and now the Gongyuan has not even obtained a four-book exam question, in Zhang Heling's opinion, either the inner curtain official is a ghost, or the Shuntian Mansion intends to deceive the Hou Mansion.

"I don't know exactly what the situation is, it may not be until after dark." Zhang Yanling said, "If you wait until the evening and the question doesn't come out, then there will be a real problem." ”

Zhang Heling did not anger his younger brother, because he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Zhang Yanling, although Zhang Yanling was a little nonsense, but he would not be ambiguous in some major matters.

"Stay for dinner, and we'll see what happens when it's dark, if not...... I'll go to Suncheon in person! ”

Zhang Yanling doesn't like to stay at his brother's house to eat, because Zhang Heling's meals at home are not as rich as those in his house.

Although Zhang Heling is generous, he is still relatively mean to himself and his family, because Zhang Heling was guilty when he was a teenager, followed his father to give gifts everywhere, often ran into walls, and experienced the white eyes of others, so he knows how to save. And Zhang Yanling suffered a little when he was a child, but because of his young age, he has no impression. As his sister married into the prince's mansion, his family situation changed rapidly, and by the time he reached adulthood, he was already arrogant and domineering...... My sister is the queen, my brother-in-law is the emperor, who am I afraid of in this world?

After dinner, Zhang Yanling went to the study and continued to talk to the little girl who served him tea.

Zhang Heling didn't pay attention to his younger brother's actions, he looked at the sky outside, and summoned a steward to order: "Send two people to Shuntian Mansion to ask about the situation." ”

After the talent walked for a while, someone came from the Shuntian Mansion, and it was Tang Ying, the promotion officer of this township test and the general judge of the Shuntian Mansion.

"I've seen two lords."

As soon as Tang Ying came, he immediately saluted the two uncles, and he didn't smile anymore, and his face was full of murder.

Zhang Heling asked in a cold voice: "Pingning, what's going on over there in Shuntianfu?" ”

came up and directly called out Tang Ying's table, indicating that Zhang Heling was very familiar with Tang Ying.

In fact, the reason why Tang Ying would work in Shuntian Mansion was arranged by Zhang Heling.

This Tang Ying is the old experience of the Yamen, originally served as a pawn in Xingji, the hometown of the Zhang family, and first served as a county magistrate in Wanping County after taking refuge in the Zhang family, and then transferred to Shuntian Mansion as a pusher, and now he is doing a good job in the position of being able to go up and down.

"Back to Hou Ye's words, there is a little ...... State. ”

Tang Ying told the matter of bribing Shen Xi and Jin Gui, and then explained what happened in the inner curtain, and finally took out a piece of paper from his arms: "This is the twenty Five Classics questions and two or three exam questions in this exam, but there are only three and four book questions missing. ”

"Condemnation? Are you guilty of less? ”

Zhang Yanling shouted, "Let you get the exam questions, it's good now, you can't get the three questions and four books in the first game, what's the use of getting the rest of the questions?" What will those students care about the Pentateuch questions and the second and third exams? ”

Zhang Heling hurriedly said: "Second brother, don't be reckless, do things peacefully...... Always decent, this time it was just a little trouble. ”

"Big brother, didn't you hear me? It's just that Shen Xi and Jin Gui deliberately made ghosts, and they just had a meal, and they actually prepared the topic, which is a sincere attempt to cut off our financial route! ”

Zhang Yanling was so angry that his teeth itched, originally he deliberately calculated Shen Xi and sent the emperor's woman to the Shen family, so that Shen Xi was frightened, but later the woman disappeared out of thin air, and as a matter, Yanling has not dared to speak out so far. Originally, he thought that Shen Xi would be retaliated against by the queen, but now there is no follow-up.

"Not necessarily, try to send someone to sneak into the curtain and find the two examiners...... Or, start with the person who printed the scroll. The exam starts on the ninth day of junior high school, and the question must be obtained by the morning of the eighth day of the new year at the latest! Zhang Heling gave the death order.

"Yes, Master Hou, I'll do it." Tang Ying saluted and retired after receiving the order.

When the others left, Zhang Heling was silent in thought, he was thinking about what went wrong in all the joints.

"Big brother, you say...... Shall we do something to intimidate Shen Xi and Jin Gui and make them more honest? Zhang Yanling said, "In this way, even if we get the exam questions, we will not be able to cope with them when they go back and make some tricks in the marking papers." After all, many people are waiting for the results. ”

Zhang Heling said: "In extraordinary times, the queen is staring at you and me, so it's better to be honest." This matter is my brother's own measure! ”

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