Chapter 199: The First Scene
The candidates on the front foot left the examination room, and on the back foot, a transcription officer transcribed all the papers into the manuscript in separate rooms.
Then he handed it to Misuki and asked them to paste the candidate's name on it.
By the time more than 3,000 volumes had been transcribed and sealed, it was already midnight.
In fact, in addition to the eighteen examiners in the entire Gongyuan, plus the transcription and sewing, the secretary office, and the officials, and a few engravers who were confined, more than 100 people were crammed into the small area.
More than 100 people were locked up three days before the exam, and a group of people ate, drank, and slept.
When there are many people, friction is naturally indispensable, and it is also very annoying to toss.
By the end of the first session, the candidates could certainly relax for a night, but the work of the relevant people in the Gongyuan had just begun.
By the time the rolls were ready, everyone was tired.
The transcription officer and the sealing officer confessed, put the paper into the examiner's hand, and glared at each other.
Next, it's up to the examiners in each room.
Looking at the neatly transcribed papers, the examiner in the Tianzi room smiled bitterly in his heart:
In this way, it is possible to prevent candidates from cheating as much as possible. But is it possible? Historically, there have been many kinds of fraud in the examination room, only the unexpected, but nothing can be done. With the performance of these three Lord Lu, it has to make people wonder.
Don't...... Lord Lu and the candidate at Tianzi No. 30 secretly communicate with each other?
β¦β¦ This thought made the examiner of Tianzihao feel a chill in his heart. I couldn't help but have this terrible thought.
The examiner's surname is Guan, and the examiner has been an examiner for some years and has rich experience. In the officialdom, he can be regarded as having some eyesight, and he immediately sensed that something was wrong.
In the past few days, Lu Fengyi has made his feet not stick to the ground, which has made him very dissatisfied. But now he is his top boss, and there are rumors that this person will be of great use when he is transferred back to the capital this time. Historically, there has been an unspoken rule in officialdom. Once an official is sent to the Sixth Department in Nanjing, his political life can be declared over. Most of the people who can't be transferred back to Beijing from the nursing home in Nanjing are people with backgrounds.
It seems that there must be a big man behind this Lu Fengyi to do the backstage.
What an enviable, jealous and hated guy.
No, this guy is so proud, he has to kill him anyway.
The examiner sneered in his heart, if you big people want to do something, you must have the support of the people below us. Blindly playing the prestige of the boss, hum, this time you must know how good I am.
So, the examiner put forward all the examination papers in the Tianzihao examination room, looked at them carefully, and tried to find out the unusual things in the papers.
Because the volumes have all been transcribed, and the names have been confused, I don't know which one is Tianzi No. 30.
It is said that since Lu Fengyi has colluded with candidate No. 30, she must have leaked the exam questions in advance. In this way, the candidate must first call the expert to write the essay in advance, and then memorize it.
Well, in this way, there may not be any traces left.
Most of the so-called good writers have a fixed routine and know how to answer in order to get a high score.
Well, just brush off some of these clichΓ© papers, and send them with a very novel intention to select the content.
With this idea, the examiner immediately began to mark the papers, which didn't matter, but he was confused.
I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: it was really well done.
An examination room, more than 300 volumes, it stands to reason that it is not easy to find words with very novel content and ideas, and it is good to have one or two articles, and most of the other volumes are written in a regular manner, so as not to make mistakes.
But the rolls in this room are strange, and they are all very well done. Many of these ideas are thought-provoking, and some of them are deviant and applauded.
The strangest thing is that there are more than a dozen copies of such a volume, all of which are exquisite.
The examiner is also from a scholar, and he is also interested in article learning, so he immediately took a fancy to it.
At this glance, time is delayed. I don't know how long it took, but when the husband of Mingyuan Building sounded the drum of Yinshi, he was shocked to find that he had made a mistake.
Sure enough, a bookstore ran in in a hurry, with a panicked face: "Lord Guan, my Lord Guan, why are you still grinding." The principal and deputy examiners are all waiting for Dingyuan in the lobby! β
The examiner was a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and asked, "Have the papers in the other rooms been finalized?" β
The clerk said: "The papers of the other rooms have been finalized and handed in." "It turned out that the papers of the imperial examination were not directly reviewed by the principal and deputy masters, but were marked in separate rooms, and the examiners in each room were handed in after making a decision, and the two examiners were only responsible for determining the rankings.
The volume of the Tianzi number has not been handed in for a long time, and the ranking of this first game is naturally uncertain.
"I'll go." The examiner answered.
The secretary said: "My lord, hurry up, Lord Lu is annoyed." I heard that the volume of Tianzifang has not yet arrived, and I was so angry that I dropped something, and said that you are negative and lazy. β
The examiner's face was ugly, but his self-cultivation was good, and he said: "Lord Lu's surname is in a hurry, but it is helpless." β
But the next sentence of the secretary office made him completely annoyed.
The secretary said: "No, there are also late submissions in other rooms, and Lord Lu didn't say anything!" From beginning to end, he kept asking if the volume of the sky number had been decided. β
"I can't wait!" The examiner slapped the table in annoyance, and brushed the few papers that were placed on the side of the table to the floor.
These volumes look a little suspicious, the articles are old-fashioned, empty, and they make it impossible to find faults. Obviously, it was done by a good hand at the problem, and there was a reason for fraud if it was not allowed.
He was hesitant just now whether to save a little face for Lord Lu and bring these papers with him.
Okay now, since you Lord Lu look ugly, we're not welcome.
After a fire, the examiner took another sip of tea, took the dozen or so newly written papers, and went to the lobby with the book office.
Bao Yingxia and Lu Fengyi had already finished reading the papers of the other rooms, picked out a bunch of useful articles, and put them on the big case, and the examiners from the other rooms were also waiting there.
Bao Yingxia still looked calm and calm, and nodded: "Master Guan is here, waiting for you." β
Lu Fengyi had a dark face, and scolded him: "Lord Guan is really calm, the volume can be selected, let me and Lord Bao wait for a good life." β
"I've chosen." The examiner handed over the paper.
"So much?" Bao Yingxia was a little surprised, and said: "It doesn't take so much, the rolls in other rooms have already been decided, and there are only five rolls in your Tianzi room, you can choose one." β
"Yes, the lower official will choose." The examiner picked out five better papers and presented them.
Bao and Lu looked at it, nodded at the same time, and said, "Not bad." β
Lu Fengyi: "These five papers are really good, they have already suppressed the candidates in other rooms, I think these five papers can cover the top five names." β
All the examiners were slightly scratched, and the top five in the first exam were all rounded by the candidates in the Tianzifang, which was very abnormal.
The examiner sneered: It's too unscrupulous.
There are people who want to speak out against it.
But at this time, Master Bao smiled and said, "But, now, let's order the first place Caoyuan, I think this one is good." β
With Bao Yingxia's prestige, everyone naturally had nothing to say, and they all closed their mouths at the same time.
The first place proposed in this game is called "grass yuan", if the three games are good, this grass yuan is the solution yuan, if the two or three games are not very good, then the grass yuan will be downgraded.
It will be counted towards the official grade.
As long as you win this grass yuan, even if you don't do well in the next two exams, or even fail the list, you will have the opportunity to put the paper out and make up the list when the examiner picks up the loss.
Therefore, as long as you win the grass yuan, you will be 60% sure of the lift.
The examiner looked at Lu Fengyi coldly, and said in his heart: Lord Lu, wait for the next tear of the seal, I'm afraid that you will be greatly disappointed. Not surprisingly, the paper from Kaula No. 30 should have been inside the one I had thrown on the ground earlier.
"Okay, let's open the pack." Lu Fengyi was impatient to tear the grass yuan roll.
"Lord Lu." Bao Yingxia glanced at Lu Fengyi majestically: "Do it according to the system." β
According to the system, these papers have to be recorded according to the ranking from the lowest to the highest.
Lu Fengyi snorted in her nose, obviously very dissatisfied, but she also stopped.
The examiner saw that Lord Lu was stunned, and his heart was happy.
I thought to myself, you Lu Fengyi is prestigious, but you still have a main exam. This bag of adults is well-known for his integrity, and it is not so easy to play tricks in front of him.
By the way, if something unusual is found in the examination room, or if there is something wrong with Lu Fengyi, you may want to talk to Master Bao. I don't believe that this Lord Lu can cover the sky with one hand and ignore the law of the country?
So, a special seal stepped forward and tore the rolls in turn and called his name loudly. It took a lot of time to toss a pot of tea before it was the turn of the top five rolls.
These are all Tianzifang's exam papers.
The examiner showed a smug smile on his face, and he couldn't wait to see Lu Fengyi's disappointed expression.
"Fifth place, Lu Family of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Capital, Lu Chang."
......" fourth place, Lu Family of Zuodu Governor's Mansion, Zhou Yuanji. β
......" third place, Lu family of the Zuodu Governor's Mansion, Lin Tingchen. β
......" second place, Lu Family Studies, Lu Xuan, Zuodu Governor's Mansion. β
...... "Ah! β
Four of the top five are from Lu Bingfu, which is too abnormal.
Immediately, an examiner took the case, pointed at the examiner and scolded: "Lord Guan, you are so bold, you actually took four Lufu disciples in one go, but you accepted bribes from others?" β
"The thief is so daring." Another person bowed his hand to the two examiners of Bao and Lu: "This person can no longer serve as the examiner of the Tianzi room, and must be taken immediately!" β
"I, I, I ......" The examiner only felt a pain in his heart, and a mouthful of old blood was almost about to spurt out.
"Shut up!" Lu Fengyi didn't care about how many people were in the Lu family, he stood up suddenly, and shouted: "There is still a volume that has not been opened, what is the trouble?" β
Turning his head to Bao Yingxia, he said, "Master Bao, open the package and see who the last person is?" His face was a little hideous.
(To be continued)