The officials of the Ministry of Rites went into each room to collect the examination papers of the candidates. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Di stretched his waist for a long time. Finally the exam is over!

This will be followed by a short and long wait.

Chen Di returned to his courtyard. Old Butler Yan greeted him.

"Master, are you done with the exam?" Old Butler Yan asked.

"Well, it's over!" Chen Di replied.

Old Butler Yan said: "I've heard before that this will test the gold list and will come out in two days." On the first day, three lists will be posted, two lists will be posted on the second day, and one list will be posted on the last day! The gold list is located next to the Longmen Bridge next to the Gongyuan. Two days later, I will go to guard the Longmen Bridge for my master! As soon as there is news, I will come back and inform you. ”

Chen Di knew that the first, second, and third lists mentioned by the old housekeeper Yan were called first, second, and third. The first, second and third grades are divided according to the ranking of the examination. There are only three people in the first class, called Jinshi and the first, a number of people in the second class, called the birth of the Jinshi, and a number of people in the third class, called the birth of the same Jinshi.

The maids Xiaoqing and Xiaobai carried a large jar of wine into the courtyard.

Chen Di asked, "What are the two sisters?" ”

Xiaoqing said: "Master, didn't you participate in the meeting?" We heard from Li Qianhu's family in the courtyard next to us that they would drink the champion red after the trial! ”

Chen Di smiled dumbly: "How do the two sisters know that I will definitely be able to win the championship?" After speaking, Chen Di twisted Xiaoqing's hand.

Xiaoqing's face turned crimson: "I just know." Then she and Xiaobai carried Zhuangyuanhong into the kitchen.

After the examination papers of the Daming Examination are collected in the Gongyuan, the names must be pasted on white paper, and then handed over to the marking room of the Ministry of Rites.

In the reading room of the Ministry of Rites, sixty long tables are lined up one after another. Hundreds of marking officers will read nearly 10,000 examination papers, and select the outstanding ones from them and hand them over to Zhai Luan and Yan Song, the chief and deputy examiners.

The imperial examination has lasted for thousands of years, and the hard work of many scholars for ten years is all due to the glimpse of these more than 100 markers.

A marker handed an exam paper to the examiner, Zhai Luan.

"Draw from the walker, need to be in the walker, as if you don't have to do it, but use it to do it? This person is not a person who has regained his fame! Great article! Great article! Zhai Luan smiled and handed the exam paper to Yan Song.

Yan Song, the deputy chief examiner, read the exam paper and was a little disapproving: "Although this article is good, it is old-fashioned." When you think about it, you know that the person who can make such an article must be a dying old man. The National Talent Dictionary selects promising young talents, if you really choose an old man with white hair, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous? ”

Zhai Luan is the leader of the Qingliu in the court. Most of the scholars in the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy were his protégés. Most of the graders in this examination are his people.

Zhai Luan said to Yan Song: "It seems that there is a dispute between you and me, the chief and deputy examiners. In this way, I plan to point out the candidates who wrote this article to be the first first! Yan Cifu, if you don't agree, just follow the rules of our Daming Society! ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a system, and if there was a dispute over the ownership of the first class of the chief examiner, more than 100 marking officers would be asked to pass on the examination papers. If the examiner thinks that the article is the first, he will draw a circle on the frontispiece. If the number of circles exceeds half of the number of graders, then the article can become the first place!

Zhai Luan handed the exam papers to the examiners for circulation, and then picked up a cup of tea.

Yan Song also picked up a cup of tea and said: "Zhai Shoufu, I often think, why can't you and I go all the way in everything?" ”

Zhai Luan said with a smile: "Daming's diet staples grains, supplementary vegetables, and meat. With the Yangtze River as the boundary, the southerners have good rice and the northerners have good noodles. Lingnan people like to make soup, Shanxi Yankees love to be jealous, you and I are from the same ancestral hometown, so it is difficult for people who can't eat together to enter a door! ”

Zhai Luan and Yan Song were arguing, and one of his markers presented the exam paper back to Zhai Luan: "Chief examiner, there are eighty red circles on this paper, which can be positioned as the first in the first class!" ”

Zhai Luan said proudly to Yan Song: "Yan Cifu, it seems that the vision of most of the examiners coincides with me!" ”

Daming's rules are there, and Yan Song can't say anything more.

Zhai Luan said to Yan Song: "How about we tear up the name?" ”

In order to prevent the examiner from cheating, the names and origins of the candidates have already been pasted with paper. If it is an article that has entered the top three, tear off the name and ask the two main examiners to be present.

Yan Song made a "please" gesture and said, "Then there is Lao Zhai Shoufu." ”

Zhai Luan stood up, tore off the paste, but sat on the chair: "How could it be。。。。。 He..... ”

Yan Song saw that Zhai Luan's face had changed, so he stood up and looked at the exam paper.

I saw that the column of the exam paper read: "Jingshi Shuntianfu", and the name column is "Chen Di"!

Yan Song was overjoyed: "Haha, I really lost my eyes." I wanted to make such an article, but I must be a pedant, but I didn't expect it to be Chen Di's thirteen-year-old boy! Zhai Shoufu is really a discerning talent! Now, you have become Chen Di's teacher! ”

Zhai Luan's face was bloodless, and he didn't reply to Yan Song's words.

At the Longmen Bridge in Gongyuan, the old housekeeper Yan Ping was already waiting there to see the list for Chen Di.

On the first day, the top three list came out, and there was no Chen Di's name on it. The old housekeeper Yan returned in a huff.

The next day, the top two list came out, and there was still no name of Chen Di on it, and the old housekeeper Yan left disappointed.

Chen Di heard that there was no one in the top two list, and his palms were already sweating. You must know that there are only three people on the first list on the third day. Although Hu Yuanchun has been an emperor, but the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, who knows if the article he wrote can stand out and become the first in tens of thousands of examination papers?

On the third day, the old housekeeper Yan was about to go out to read the list, but when he arrived at the door, he tripped over the threshold due to old age and frailty, and fell and broke his head.

Xiaoqing and Xiaobai mixed the old housekeeper Yan into the room to rest.

Chen Di thought, I'm afraid this is not a good sign.

He didn't dare to go to the Longmen Bridge of the Gongyuan to watch the list, if he fell off the list, then he could only be a rich man in the capital of Daming. Those ideals and ambitions of oneself will also become empty talk.

Xiaoqing reminded: "Master, I'm afraid that Old Butler Yan won't be able to get out of bed for the past few days." Why don't Xiaobai and I show you the list? ”

Chen Di waved his hand, it's okay, don't go to see it, let's wait for the letter at home.

In the Ming Dynasty, the title of the gold list was first issued, and then the imperial court would send a newspaper to the home of the person in the examination to report the good news.

Chen Di waited at home for a long time, and no newspaper came to report the good news.

Chen Di said secretly: It seems that Hu Yuanchun's old man has been in prison for a long time, and he can't return a lot of articles. This year's gold list is because I have no chance.

Just as Chen Di was thinking wildly, he heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the door.

A newspaper walked into the courtyard: "This is Chen Di Chen's home?" ”

Chen Di walked out of the courtyard gate and said, "Exactly." ”

The newspaper said: "Hurry up and let your father Chen Di Chen come out, he is in high school!" ”

Chen Di smiled: "What my father? I'm Chen Di! ”

The newspaper didn't expect that Mr. Chen Di, who was the first in the first class, turned out to be a half-grown teenager.

After a moment of silence, the newspaper thought that it didn't matter if he was an old man or a young man, it was only right to like money, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Congratulations to Master Chen for taking the first place in the first class in high school!" The little ones are rewarded!"

Chen Di was a little stunned, it turned out to be 。。。。。。 The first place in the first class?