As soon as Qian Heng handed in the test papers, Wang Hao and Cai Yi received the exam papers in the invigilator's room, and read them several times together with Qian Heng's poetry papers.

Cai Chong admired Qian Heng's volume very much, but what amazed Cai Heng the most was Qian Heng's Jingyi article "The benevolent person is invincible and can be the king".

"It is worthy of being a candidate who is favored by the official, this Qian Hengyuan's article skills are really not weak, just looking at this article, it is impossible to write such a wonderful article without more than ten years of study for the concurrent economy!"

Listening to Cai Cheng's praise of Qian Heng's article, Wang Hao smiled, "Master Cai has forgotten, Qian Hengyuan's mentor, but Mr. Yanshan, many scholars in the court today, almost more than thirty percent, all regard Mr. Yanshan as their elder in their studies!" ”

Cai Yi nodded, "This is also true, such a wonderful article, it should be the first choice on the list!" ”

Wang Hao didn't expect Cai Yi to have such a high evaluation of Qian Heng's article.

However, Wang Huang, who has read Qian Heng's last strategy, disagrees with Cai Cheng's statement a little, "If you want to talk about the excitement of the article, I think this last strategy is more exciting!" ”

"Oh? What did Lord Wang say about this? ”

Cai Cheng has also read Qian Heng's policy article, but he thinks that the arguments and arguments are quite clear, but if you want to say that it is wonderful, you can only say that the wording is wonderful, but the arguments referred to in it are not things that Cai Heng is familiar with.

Wang Hao smiled faintly, "Lord Cai, what the official family likes, I still think it is very clear, and Qian Hengyuan's last policy is obviously very appropriate." ”

Cai Yi was stunned for a moment, his face changed slightly, "In this way, this Qian Hengyuan thinks so thoroughly about the thoughts of the official family?" ”

After Cai Cheng read Qian Heng's policy article, he didn't think it was too brilliant, but when Wang Hao said this, and then thought about it carefully, it was a different feeling.

Wang Hao waved his hand, "Lord Cai, I said just now, Qian Hengyuan's teacher, but Mr. Yan Shan, could it be that Lord Cai forgot, Mr. Yan Shan once helped the official family sort out all the Taoist classics, if you want to say that the most understanding of the official family's cultivation concept, it is Mr. Yan Shan, Qian Hengyuan can understand this level, it is already good, as for Qian Hengyuan to figure out the preferences of the official family, it is impossible!" ”

Regarding the understanding of the official family, Wang Hao thinks that he is the second, no one dares to admit the first, even if he is Gao Yu, he will not say in front of Wang Hao that he knows the official family better than him.

It can be said that Wang Hao's understanding of the official family is the most worthy of his pride.

Throughout the night, the two of them were discussing Qian Heng's test papers, not that they didn't want to compare Qian Heng's articles with other candidates, but only Qian Heng handed in the papers that day.

So on this day's work, the two of them pondered Qian Heng's articles and poems to an extremely thorough extent, and the more they studied, the more they felt that Qian Heng's articles were wonderful.

So much so that both of them had a subconscious thought, if they didn't see a too brilliant article the next day, they would directly recommend Qian Heng's ranking to the top of the list.

The provincial examination papers, naturally also have Wang Hao and Cai Cheng in the lead, all the candidates' examination papers, must be judged by the two, and then make a final judgment, arrange the appropriate ranking, and hand it over to the official family.

Of course, for Zhao Ji, he was too lazy to produce another exam paper when he took the palace exam.

Therefore, the last strategy of this provincial examination will become the last test for Zhao Ji to assess the candidates in the palace examination.

What Wang Hao and Cai Yi have to do is to pick out the relatively good ones in the candidates' articles, list the rankings, and recommend them to Zhao Ji, and then Zhao Ji will do a preliminary review according to his own judgment, and then ask the candidates in the palace when the time comes.

I don't know if it's because Qian Heng handed in the papers one day earlier, many candidates began to hand in their papers one after another and left the venue the next morning.

It was close to noon, and when Cai Cheng looked through one of the test papers, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Read it carefully, and sure enough, the excitement of this article is no less than Qian Heng's, especially in terms of arguments, which is even more unique.

Cai Chong's expression changed, naturally he would not escape Wang Huang's sight, and found that Cai Chong's expression was abnormal, and he hurriedly asked, "Lord Cai, have you found a wonderful article again?" ”

"However, Lord Wang, take a look at this, after reading it, Xia Guan thinks that it is more in-depth than Qian Hengyuan's, at least judging from the feeling, this candidate's understanding of the classics, especially the essence of the article "Mencius", is more profound than Qian Hengyuan!"

In Cai Ling's judgment, if you judge according to this article, it is at least more subtle than Qian Heng, and it is also a choice that can be ranked at the top of the list.

In the last article, the views are too ordinary, and the style of the article is slightly better than Qian Heng.

On the whole, this candidate's article is slightly inferior to Qian Heng as a whole, but as a member of the Cai family, although he decided to open up to Qian Heng, he can give a chance to enter the Shi and the first, which is already very face-saving, if Qian Heng wins the champion, Cai Heng will feel that he is too merciful, and he will feel ashamed in the face of the rest of the Cai family in the future.

Therefore, after careful consideration, I decided to promote my newly discovered article by this candidate.

After Wang Hao read the candidate's article, he did not agree with Cai Chen's suggestion, and the two of them had their own opinions, and finally decided to make a decision after all the candidates' examination papers came down.

If I found other great articles, wouldn't the decision now be a joke.

The two deliberately maintained a tacit understanding and arranged the articles that had been submitted.

After all the candidates handed in the exam papers, it was already after the palm of the hand, especially in the final stage, there were too many candidates who handed in the papers consecutively, and the two of them couldn't see it at all.

After sending the last batch of candidates out of the examination room, the gate of the Gongyuan was closed again, and it officially entered the marking stage.

For three consecutive days, it was the time for the Gongyuan Provincial Examination to mark the papers, and when the examination was over, there were special eunuchs who came to the Gongyuan to inquire about the news.

When the eunuch who asked about the matter learned that Qian Heng's article had a good score, he specially sent the soldiers on duty in the tribute courtyard to reward each of them with money.

Sending away the eunuch to ask questions, Wang Hao was also a little worried, and in three days, Wang Hao and Cai Yi turned over all the exam papers.

A total of 12 officials participated in this examination, and in the end, there were more than a dozen candidates with splendid articles, while only eight of them were wonderful enough for the articles on scripture and policy.

However, how to rank these eight people has become the most headache in front of Wang Huang.

In fact, what Wang Hao and Cai Ling are fighting about is the articles of these two people that they excavated in advance, and the articles of other people, although they are also wonderful, there is still a gap between them and the excitement of their articles.

Therefore, the article of the two people at hand, who puts it at the top of the list, has become the focus of argument between the two.

At this time, Cai Yi suddenly suggested, "Lord Wang, the name on the test paper can already be revealed, we might as well take a look at who this candidate who wrote the splendid article is, how about it?" ”

Wang Hao nodded, "It's okay!" Then uncover the name! ”

But when the two of them unveiled the pasted paper on the frontispiece, not only Wang Hao and Cai Yi were stunned, but even the servants who came to supervise the unveiling of the names were also stunned.