When Wang Xiang arrived in Xi'an, he was full of confidence, and he was able to be appointed by the emperor to become the inner curtain official of the Shaanxi Township Examination, and he was the chief examiner, he was very excited, this was the first township test since the emperor ascended the throne, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military knew that the emperor was thirsty for talent, looking forward to this township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination, and the real talents could be selected. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After determining the internal curtain officials of the township examinations, the emperor personally instructed many internal curtain officials to be conscientious and select talents for the imperial court, and the king listened to every word of the emperor.

The news of Wang Xiang's arrival in Xi'an Mansion is confidential, and only Shaanxi Governor Li Yingqi and Xuedao Fang Fengnian are known, and even the political envoy does not know that he came to Xi'an, of course, this is the emperor's special entrustment, otherwise Wang Xiang is not so arrogant, and he will not meet the Shaanxi political envoy.

The examiners of the township examination are divided into three categories: the inner curtain officer, the same examiner and the supplementary curtain official, of which the inner curtain official is directly appointed by the emperor, the same examiner is drawn from the Hanlin Academy and Guozijian and other places, and the supplementary curtain official is a local person.

The internal curtain officer is divided into the main examination and the deputy chief examiner, the chief examiner's responsibility is to produce the examination questions, decide whether the candidates are admitted, and the ranking of the candidates, the deputy chief examiner assists and supervises the chief examiner, in fact, it is the chief examiner who decides all matters of the township examination, and the deputy chief examiner is mostly responsible for supervising the matters.

There are four examiners in total, and their responsibilities are to assist the examiner in writing questions and marking papers.

The number of curtain officials is relatively large, and their responsibilities are also very clear, including the following main officials.

The inspector is responsible for inspecting the examination room, maintaining the order of the examination, and prohibiting anyone from making noise.

The rewinder is responsible for collecting the test papers, and filing the case for future reference to prevent the omission of the test papers.

The sealing officer is responsible for sealing the name and place of origin on the candidate's answer sheet to prevent cheating in the exam.

The transcriptionist is responsible for transcribing all candidates' test papers word for word, preventing anyone from making marks on the test papers or revealing special handwriting, so that the person who marks the papers knows their identity.

For the reading officer, he is responsible for correcting errors in the transcription and reading the transcribed test paper word for word.

On the second day of the ninth lunar month, Wang Xiang finally appeared, and according to the rules, the governor, the political envoy, the scholar and other officials came forward collectively at this moment to meet with the inner curtain officials, the same examiners and the outer curtain officials of the township examination, and the governor and the political envoys represented the local banquet for everyone.

After the end of this banquet, the inner curtain officer, the same examiner and the curtain official immediately entered the tribute courtyard, the gate of the tribute courtyard was locked, there was a special handle, no one was allowed to approach, otherwise there would be no mercy.

And after entering the Tribute Academy, the place where the inner curtain officer and the same examiner stayed was also completely closed, and in the inner courtyard of the Tribute Academy, they no longer met with the curtain officer, after all, the curtain officer was a local, and if there was any leakage, everyone would suffer.

The banquet was set up at the governor's yamen.

With a smile on his face, Wang Xiang hugged his fists and saluted with Li Yingqi, Fang Fengnian and others, and the atmosphere looked very harmonious.

In fact, Wang Xiang, who is the chief examiner, is very vigilant at the moment, he will not speak easily, and he will not mention anything about the township test, and he will not mention a word, you must know that the township test in Shaanxi, the heavy responsibility is on him alone, after all, the exam questions are still in his mind, and any words, even superfluous greetings, may leak the content of the exam questions.

When Wang Xiang greeted everyone, he basically didn't speak, at most he said a few good words.

This banquet is also the time for Wang Xiang to meet with all the curtain officials, and the Taoist party is responsible for introducing all the curtain officials, and Wang Xiang is at most nodding slightly and will not speak.

Among the curtain officials, the identity of the inspectors is the most special, they inspect the examination room, not only responsible for supervising the candidates, but also supervising the internal curtain officials and fellow examiners to prevent collusion and cheating. Most of these people are very pedantic, iron-faced and selfless, they don't know how to turn around, and they are absolutely unambiguous in carrying out orders, which can be described as a tendon.

All the examiners, this banquet, according to the rules are not allowed to drink, but after hundreds of years of imperial examinations, this aspect of the regulations has not been strictly enforced, you must know that the inner curtain officer and the same examiner to the place, the place is to receive twice, respectively three days before the exam and the next day after the list, at the same time, the chief official in this place, there is also a small ninety-nine in his heart, one is to hope that the place under his jurisdiction can really appear talents, and the other is also in the staggered planning, to the examiner secretly convey some meaning, As long as the examiner is smart, he can understand the meaning.

The feast began, and when the flask was brought up, most of the people had a smile on their faces, as if they were used to it.

"Master Li, there are rules in the imperial court, don't serve this wine when you see it."

Wang Xiang's words made everyone's smiles freeze.

Li Yingqi is even more embarrassed, as the governor of Shaanxi, his rank is much higher than that of Wang Xiang, and he has done it many years ago, and he knows the joints.

Li Yingqi still had a smile on his face, but his muscles were a little stiff.

"Lord Wang thanks to the emperor's trust, for the Shaanxi Township Examination Examination, the official did his best to be a landlord, entertaining Lord Wang and his party, the so-called no wine is not a feast, this wine is still to drink some, but you all need to control, can not drink more...

Li Yingzhi had already given Wang Xiang a lot of face, and if he was someone else, he had already asked to remove the wine jug, and everyone ate with their heads bored, and after eating, let the chief examiner enter the Tribute Academy, and never ignored it from then on.

The number of places admitted to the township examination is fixed, and the examiner will never dare to increase or decrease the number of places admitted at will, it is nothing more than to select the elite from many candidates, and although the chief examiner is entrusted by the emperor, but after all, the rank is not high, and they are all officials of the seventh grade in the capital and the supervision of the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the local governors are generally second-grade or third-grade officials.

A wise examiner will never offend local governors, political envoys, and scholars.

The emperor appointed the chief examiner, and he would never choose to take the master, which is very likely to ruin the township examination in a certain place.

Wang Xiang's face barely squeezed out a smile.

"Master Li said, it is better to be respectful than to obey your orders."

When Wang Xiang said this, the smile at the banquet reappeared, but unfortunately the smile was a little reluctant.

You must know that if Wang Xiangru insisted, Li Yingzhi would have nothing to say, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu, who dares to openly violate it, if there is that kind of head that does not turn around, participate in a book, local governors, political envoys and scholars and other officials, no one can eat and walk around.

In fact, the king did not intend to cause such a situation, he also thought of the emperor's entrustment, so before the banquet began, he specially proposed the rule that no alcohol should be drunk, in case someone played because of this, he could also explain, and the emperor would not deliberately pursue the matter.

It's a pity that Wang Xiang's painstaking efforts can't be understood, and other imperial histories, when they go to various places to preside over the township test, most of them have privately been entrusted with the governor and the Taoist, so the governor and the Taoist will specifically mention it when they are drinking, and they are not allowed to drink, and the examiner also mentioned it, but the situation is special, and the place should do the friendship of the landlord, so everyone drinks some wine, so that everyone is happy, and they can drink happily.

It's a pity that Wang Xiang lacked a tendon in his mind, and after coming to Xi'an Fucheng, after he met the governor and learned the Tao, he stayed in the heavily guarded yamen, didn't go anywhere, and didn't have a private meeting with Li Yingqi and others at all.

Thinking about Wang Xiang's ability to write such a twist and turn in the first year of Chongzhen, directly naming the shortcomings in the place, it can also be seen that his character is straightforward, and he doesn't like to do one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back.

It is no wonder that Wang Xiang Chongzhen was the supervision of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the first year, and now it is the second half of the third year of Chongzhen, and it is still the supervision of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Li Yingqi, who is the governor of Shaanxi, personally held the pot and poured wine for each examiner, but when he drank, he cherished words like gold, did not put forward any words of thanks and expectations, picked up the wine glass, and asked everyone to toast.

Then the political envoys, Xuedao and others successively held pots and poured wine, and they also cherished the words like gold, and they all drank them in one gulp.

After the pot was held, Li Yingzhi no longer asked anyone to pour wine, and the banquet was basically over at this time, and the people who were doing it were not barbarians, and this meal was mainly about drinking, and there was not much to eat.

In less than half an hour, the banquet was gone.

Wang Xiang and others were immediately sent to the Tribute Academy.

Entering the inner courtyard of the Gongyuan, Wang Xiang was indeed a little annoyed, becoming the chief examiner of the Shaanxi Township Examination, which was a good thing, at least it was valued by the emperor, but when he came to the place, he offended the governor, the political envoy and the officials such as Xuedao, and Xuedao Fang had a special identity in the New Year, after the end of the township examination, he would return to the capital, and when he was in the court, wouldn't he have another opponent.

What has happened, irreparable, the next thing is still to pay attention to the examination matters, until the noon of the fourth day of the ninth month, Wang Xiang will think about the matter of the examination questions, and will also discuss with the deputy chief examiner and the examiner, to the afternoon of the fourth day of the junior high school, the examination questions will come out, and the Gongyuan Transcription Institute will print the test papers overnight.

At the fifth day of September, candidates begin to enter the examination room.

The attitude of Li Yingqi and others made Wang Xiang very annoyed, after all, his proposal was not that he could not drink, but that he wanted to put it forward, so as not to leave a handle, and if someone made a fuss about this matter in the future, it was difficult for Li Yingqi to not be able to understand.

This night, Wang Xiang tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep for a long time, in fact, the examiner had a hard time before and after the start of the township exam, and it would be very hard, and that kind of hard work was not something ordinary people could bear.

It was on this night that Wang Xiang basically determined the exam questions, and he had already made up his mind to select talents for the emperor and the court in a down-to-earth manner, regardless of the local feelings.