When Xiao Mo returned to Shanxian County for ten days, under the hard work of Zhu Ruide and others, nearly 1,000 exam papers were finally judged. (This book is reprinted in 1 Literature Network.6.)

Compared with other literati of this era, Zhu Ruide has a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a strict expression.

This is also the biggest difference between Zhu Ruide and the scholars of this era, he is too serious to do things, so serious that everyone around him can't stand Cheng dù, coupled with his old-fashioned and old-fashioned character, although he has a good reputation among Confucian scholars, few people like to get along with him.

At this moment, Zhu Ruide's expression was even stricter than before, because he was about to join the other four deputy examiners to decide where Xie Yuan belonged in the county examination of the eldest son county this time.

In front of him, there were five answer sheets with names pasted on the table, which were the five answer sheets with the highest scores in all aspects among the nearly 1,000 candidates who had been judged at the initial time. And the attribution of the first name Xie Yuan will be generated from these five answer sheets.

"Everyone, these are the five answer sheets with the best results in the county examination in Changzi County, everyone take a look, decide before and after, and then we can report the ranking."

Zhu Ruide first carefully browsed the five answer sheets in his hand, and then looked up and said to the four old men in front of him.

During this period, Zhu Ruide's eyes stayed on the answer sheet written in small letters in the middle for a little longer.

Originally, at the beginning of the imperial examination in the Chu Dynasty, it was stipulated that candidates must write in a specific font, but later, as the status of scholars became more and more high, many prestigious literati thought that this move was too much to suppress the growth and personality of readers, so that readers could answer the papers in a font they were not accustomed to, and it was difficult to wave the real results of scholars. In addition, everyone's handwriting is different, even if the font is the same, people who are interested can still easily distinguish the owner of the handwriting, this rule is actually useless, so eventually this rule was abolished.

And as many high-ranking officials and even royal nobles like "Yan Ti", in order to please the examiner, candidates also answer with Yan Ti when taking the exam. At this moment, against the backdrop of the other four answer sheets written in "Yan style", this answer sheet written in small block letters is indeed very conspicuous.

And the four old men in front of Zhu Ruide are the four deputy examiners of the Changzi County County Examination this time.

After hearing Zhu Ruide's words, the four old men all nodded yes, came to Zhu Ruide, picked up the five exam papers and examined them carefully.

After a long time, an old man with a white face and beard took out the exam paper with small block answers, and said: "I think this answer sheet is the best, in fact, the Jingyi is a single subject of memorization and silent writing, and the scores of all candidates are not much different, but his results can at least rank in the top ten, regardless of it, and he wrote the best in this item, and this law article is also a flying style, seemingly stable, but without losing talent, from all aspects of the results, this answer sheet should be ranked first." ”

Another old man said: "What Brother Ru Yan said is very true, I also think that this answer sheet should be ranked first, but my difference with Brother Ru Yan is that in addition to the top grades in all aspects, this answer sheet has some novel points of view, which is eye-catching, but unlike those who can only boast about the readers, although these views seem to be a little novel, but after careful tasting, people can't help but be convinced, which shows that this reader is not the kind of person who only knows how to read dead, such as here, on national security, His statement that the culture and the country are prosperous and the country is established, and the Quartet is very good. ”

Another old man said with a smile: "I have the same opinion as the two of them, and I agree that this answer sheet ranks first, but what I value is the stability of this reader, regardless of the solid academic performance shown in his answer sheet, but it is very commendable to see that he can set his mind to practice Xiaokai hard, and not like most readers who use his face to please the examiner." ”

Among the four examiners, the youngest examiner couldn't help frowning slightly after hearing the words of the three.

Originally, the first place in the county exam in his heart was another answer sheet, but after seeing that the other three deputy examiners all agreed with this answer sheet written in small letters, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

In the end, thinking that he had the lowest qualifications here, and he didn't want to offend the other three deputy examiners, he also nodded slowly: "What the three brothers said is very true, and I also think that this answer sheet deserves to be the first." ”

Hearing the answers of the four deputy examiners, Zhu Ruide nodded slowly.

The five answer sheets in front of him are all carefully selected from nearly 1,000 answer sheets, and it can be said that any one can be selected to rank first, among which Zhu Ruide is most optimistic about two of them, and this answer sheet written in small block is one of them.

Originally, Zhu Ruide was still a little hesitant, but after hearing the opinions of the four deputy examiners, he finally made up his mind, nodded and said: "Since this is the case, I will use this exam paper as the first place in this eldest son county examination." Now we will start the transcription and report the rankings of the county examination. ”

After Zhu Ruide and the four examiners ranked these exam papers, Zhu Ruide slowly tore off the paste name on the first-ranked exam paper, only to see the words "Ding No. 9, Shanxian County, Xiao Mo" written on it.

After seeing this scene, the white-faced deputy examiner seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and after glancing at the other two deputy examiners, he flipped through the book in his hand, then raised his head and said with a smile: "Well, Xiao Mo...... found it, Xiao Mo of Shanxian County, Xiao Nianzu, the guarantor of the family, and Guo Ping, the guarantor of the neighbor, were only fourteen years old. Haha, Brother Red, with you as the main examiner, this is the first time that such a young scholar has won the first place Xie Yuan? ”

After Zhu Ruide heard Xiao Mo's information, he couldn't help but be stunned, but then said with a stern face: "I do the main exam, not based on age, as long as he is really knowledgeable, let alone only fourteen years old, even if he is only four years old, he should be Xie Yuan is Xie Yuan." Without this knowledge, even at the age of sixty-four, I would still let him fall off the list. Brother Ru Yan must not say this again in the future, otherwise it is easy to lead people to misunderstanding. ”

After hearing Zhu Ruide's words, the old man's face changed slightly, he was just in a good mood and wanted to make some jokes with Zhu Ruide, but he didn't expect to cause Zhu Ruide to respond like this, and his expression couldn't help but sneer. scolded in his heart: "This Zhu Ruide, the old man is just joking with him, it's so serious, as if the old man wants to hurt him, this stubborn old guy, it's better to get along less in the future." ”

Therefore, Zhu Ruide's reputation among Confucian scholars and the situation of the young friends around him are not accidental.

And just when Zhu Ruide and others from Changzi County finished the county test rankings, Xiao Mo didn't care about his results in the county test, but leisurely practiced the five bird operas at home in Shanxian County.

After ten days of study, Xiao Mo no longer needs to practice with Deng Shangquan.

At the same time, according to the agreement with Songshan Academy, he also began to carry out his next plan.

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