After several days of hard work, the qualification examination for the scientific examination has finally come to an end. One by one, the scholars walked out of the examination room physically and mentally exhausted, some happy and some depressed.

Standing on the street, Xie Ai couldn't help but feel in a trance as he remembered his experience in the last few months. When he repeatedly hit a wall in Liangzhou, he thought that he would waste his life, but who knew that he went to Liaodong to participate in the scientific expedition.

"Xie Langjun, how did you do in the exam?" Just when Xie Ai's mind was not belonging, he saw Wei Yan come out from behind him.

"It's okay, except for the last arithmetic question that is too difficult and the preparation is insufficient, the rest is still a little certain. What about you? How did Brother Wei do in the exam? ”

This is not Xie Ai's boasting, he is a Confucian disciple, and he is not a nerd who only knows how to study, except for arithmetic, the rest of the exam questions in Liaodong are not very difficult.

"I'm similar to you, and I'm also a stumbling stumbling in arithmetic! It's not a big problem to get in, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to get the first place! ”

In fact, most of the scholars from other places in this scientific expedition fell into arithmetic, and only the elite scholars of Liaodong who were born in the state school passed the test with their superior arithmetic knowledge.

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As soon as the exam ended, all the exam papers were gathered in one room, and Wei Shuo took Pei Wei, Wen Qiao, Gao Zhan, Mo Han and others to start grading the papers intensively.

Since there was no standard answer to the last question of the policy, the marking speed was very fast, and by sunset, nearly 1,000 qualification re-examination papers had all been reviewed.

The results of the marking were similar to what Wei Shuo had expected, and the local scholars in Liaodong accounted for the majority of the admitted scholars.

"My lord, if this result is released, I'm afraid it will cause controversy again!"

Pei Wei looked at the ranking that had just been set, among the top ten, there were six Liaodong scholars, and they also occupied the top three. He was worried that the publication of the list would cause criticism from the outside world, saying that the pastoral government took care of the local scholars, which would raise questions about the fairness of the scientific expedition.

"It is impossible for any list to satisfy everyone, and it is an unchangeable fact that Liaodong Shizi performed well in this scientific expedition! Could it be that in order to so-called appease some people, it is impossible to erase the achievements of Liaodong scholars? ”

"Then how should we deal with it in the opinion of the Lord?"

Wei Shuo pondered for a moment and said: "Announcing the top ten exam papers, although it can't completely avoid criticism, it can at least show that I didn't carry out black-box operations in Liaodong." ”

"In addition, it is my intention that the two hundred and twenty-three scholars who have passed the qualifying examination will be placed in List A and B, with those who score above 80 points in List A and those who have scored between 60 and 80 points in List B. The rankings are based on the score, and the same score is tied. ”

Soon, after some statistics, most of the candidates' rankings were arranged, and only the top ten had not yet been determined. Although there will be a tie in the later rankings, the top 10 will not. When the test papers of the best ten people were put in front of Wei Shuo, he finally saw several familiar names, among which Xie Ai, Pei Kai, Huang Fuzhen and other famous figures in history were impressively listed.

"Lord Huangfu, I didn't expect your Huangfu to be really powerful, and he won the first place, pressing a large number of elite children such as Pei Kai, Yang Yu, and Feng Yu behind him."

When the final ranking came out, colleagues around the surrounding area congratulated Huangfudian and Huangfuqi one after another, and the first imperial examination leader will inevitably be recorded in the annals of history, and it will definitely be reused by Liaodong. As long as the Huangfu family does not make mistakes, at least two generations of wealth will not be worried.

Although Huang Fu Qi and Huang Fu Dian were very proud in their hearts, they still pretended to be indifferent on their faces.

"Hehe, you have won the award, and a few juniors like Pei Kai, Yang Yu, Feng Yu and others have performed well, but they are only a little worse, if you really want to say it, they may not be worse than Zhen'er!"

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On the second day after the exam, the Jicheng wine shop was full of scholars waiting for the list, and they were discussing the exam questions with the scholars around them, while looking nervous and secretly praying that they could go to high school.

Xie Ai and Wei Hu found a table and sat down and ordered some wine and food.

As soon as a glass of wine was served, Wei Hu couldn't help but say, "It's not when the results will be announced?" ”

Xie Ai was about to say something, when he suddenly saw a commotion in the crowd on the street, and faintly, he heard someone shouting: "It's time to release the list!" It's out! ”

Xie Ai suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, he casually threw dozens of dollars on the table, picked up Wei Hu next to him and immediately ran towards the Mu Mansion. As soon as I arrived at the square in front of the Mufu, I heard someone reading out one name after another at the top of his voice.

"Leader-Liaodong Huangfu Zhen!"

"Second place - Quang Binh Yangyu!"

"Third place - Hedong Pei Kai!"

"Fourth place - Liangzhou Xie Ai!"

"Fifth place - Liaodong Fengyu!"

"Sixth place - Jing Zhao Wei Hu!"

"Seventh place - Pingyuan Yiyi!"

"Eighth place - Liaodong Liang Yuan!"

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Every time a name was announced, the crowd would let out a loud cheer and cheer, and then many people would run in all directions, as if they were ready to report the good news and beg for money!

Xie Ai and Wei Wei barely squeezed into the crowd, looked forward on tiptoes, and saw two huge cloths hanging in front of the Mu's Mansion, one side was golden yellow, which was the first rank; The other side is silvery-white, which is the second list.

The Pastoral Government announced the final admission list of the qualification examination to the outside world, and soon many scholars gathered under the list to check the results. Although Xie Ai, Wei Yan, Yi Yi and others were confident and sure to be admitted, they were still crowded in the crowd like other scholars, looking at the list with nervous expressions.

When he heard his name from the mouth of the roll caller, Xie Ai's head was completely empty, all the hustle and bustle in the outside world had nothing to do with him, and at this moment there was only one voice echoing in his head - fourth place - Liangzhou Xie Ai!

Although he failed to win the first place, Xie Ai is self-aware, his arithmetic foundation is far inferior to that of Liaodong Shizi, and now he can rank fourth in high school far beyond his previous expectations.

"Xie Langjun? Xie Langjun? Are you okay? Wei Yan shook his stupid friend vigorously.

"Oh, it's okay, I'm just in a trance for a while, I can't believe that I am ranked fourth in the gold list of high schools, it is really unexpected!"

"Eh, Xie Langjun is too humble, with your talent, not to mention the fourth place, even if you win the first place, you are worthy of it! However, speaking of which, the Mufu is really bold, and he actually gave the top three to the Liaodong scholars, aren't they afraid of causing criticism? ”

During the time he was in contact with Xie Ai, Wei Yan knew him very well, and he knew that although Xie Ai was young, he was extremely talented, and even he had to express his admiration.

"Brother Wei has filtered! In my opinion, General Zhenbei is fair and rigorous, and he will never allow black-box operations! Since Liaodong dares to list the list, there must be a perfect strategy, we will wait and see! ”

Things were as Xie Ai expected, along with the announcement of the list and the papers of the top 10 candidates, there were already people among the scholars who wanted to make trouble, but as soon as the exam papers were announced, the idea of some people trying to make trouble was dispelled.

"Lord, thanks to your arrangement in advance, otherwise this release would not have been so smooth! I've heard that some people are planning to make trouble in secret, but as soon as we put the test papers, they forced those people to give up their original plans! ”

When Wei Shuo heard this, he laughed, and said indifferently: "Hmph! Jumping clowns! In fact, many things are like this, the more you cover up, the more it arouses speculation and discussion from the outside world; On the contrary, it was announced generously, but it did not cause any waves. ”

"What the lord said is very true, and this scientific expedition has recruited a lot of talents for Liaodong, which has greatly alleviated the pressure on talents!"

For Wei Shuo, scientific research is a profitable business, which not only makes Liaodong famous in one fell swoop, but also provides convenience for Liaodong to recruit talents in the future. Moreover, through this scientific expedition, Liaodong will also recruit a large number of non-Liaodong outstanding talents such as Xie Ai, Wei Hu, and Yiyi.

As soon as the qualification examination ended, the news about the scientific examination in Liaodong instantly spread all over the world, and all parties were envious of Liaodong. Thinking about the fact that hundreds of outstanding scholars have joined Liaodong, it suddenly makes the hearts of all parties tighten. Now that Liaodong is as strong as this, if the scholars help again, won't no one be Liaodong's opponent in the future?

Many far-sighted people like Schler are well aware of the importance of talent and have to find ways to strengthen the competition for talent. And a powerless person like King Langya can only watch the Liaodong imperial examination secretly drool. (To be continued.) )