All the test papers are pasted with slips of paper and sent to the marking room.

The reading room of the Academy of Literature is as bright as day.

The reading room of this literary institute is extremely large, and more than 20,000 children's test papers are placed on rows of tables, which looks like a paper workshop.

Three examiners, one inspector of the imperial examination, and ten scholars of the Academy of Literature stand in front of the statue of Confucius.

"Respectfully, Holy Judge!"

The invisible force is lowered, and the wind is generated in the room.

All the exam papers exude a smoky orange talent, but the intensity of the talent is different, and the level is also different.

An invisible force swept by, and tens of thousands of test papers were moved to the side of the marking room, stacked together, and piled up into a mountain of paper.

At the end, the two hundred test papers with the highest talent were placed on the table.

Dong Zhifu said: "The five movements of Wenqu, I don't know if it's a curse or a blessing, but since the saints have increased the number of talents, it will be a good thing for my human race." Let's start grading. ”

The ten academies of literature walked forward, one person selected nineteen examination papers, and the ten examination papers with the most talent remained in their place.

Unlike the county examination, the prefectural examination requires the Faculty of Arts to raise people to cross-mark the papers, and after each adjacent person marks their own test papers, they have to judge each other's test papers.

Three examiners and one inspector looked at the ten papers ahead.

The highest-ranked stack of papers is 2-foot-4, followed by 2-foot-1, 2-foot, and 1-foot-9.

Governor Dong smiled and asked, "Do you want to guess who is the most popular?"

Master Zhou said: "Do you still need to guess? The first must be Fang Yun's." ”

"What Lord Zhou said is extremely true. Feng Zimo smiled.

Inspector Geng sneered: "That's not necessarily. Even if he is the most talented, he may be a poet. It is not necessarily that the righteousness is high. Looking at the talent that followed, the difference was less than a foot, and it was unknown who the position of Maocai belonged to! As a disciple of a saint, you touted Fang Yun like this before reading the papers, and if you hadn't taken care of your face, you would have asked the Holy Judge to remove the qualifications for reading the papers. ”

The three examiners were angry in their hearts, but they were speechless, although the marking of this imperial examination was serious, everyone was a literati and not a wooden person, so there was no need to be so rigorous. But Inspector Geng was right. And he is Hanlin again, and everyone can only sulk.

"Master Geng's lesson is that we will start to read the papers. Governor Dong suddenly walked quickly to the first test paper, and the other two deputy examiners glanced at each other. Silently followed.

Follow the rules. The examiner will ask the Imperial Examination Inspector to review the first examination paper. One is to respect the status of the Holy Court, and the other is to respect the people with high literary positions, but Inspector Geng has torn his face and made it difficult to get lucky. If it weren't for Fang Yun's threat of asking for a holy judge, Inspector Geng would have intensified.

One side is a local hero, and the other side is an official of the Holy Academy, and the two may not meet for the second time in their lives, and Inspector Geng turned his face first, so there is no need for the three examiners who are also in Jingguo to take anything into account.

The three of them stood in front of the test paper table, and Inspector Geng could only turn his head to look at it.

Inspector Geng smiled contemptuously, not angry at all.

The four of them looked at the test papers, and the three of them changed their faces.

Inspector Geng looked at it, smiled and said, "This is not Fang Yun's handwriting, I recognize it!" Fang Yun is not the first person to be talented, your Yuhai City is really talented." Good!

Governor Dong said with a dark face: "Inspector Geng has lost his temper. ”

Inspector Geng didn't care, smiled and looked at the first-ranked test paper, and said: "I'll see, Jingyi's talent is one foot six, and poetry's talent is eight inches, I don't know this handwriting, if I guess well, it seems to be that Tong Li's? With this shaku-six talent alone, Mao Cai can be won in many places. If no one cheats in the imperial examination, he will be the only one in Yuhai City. ”

Master Zhou had the best relationship with Fang Yun, and said in a deep voice: "Inspector Geng, please be quiet, this is the reading room, not a place to tout indiscriminately." ”

Inspector Geng was still smiling, and he had the chance to win.

Governor Dong said: "We will cross-judge the papers, and after making the most final evaluation, we can be verified by Geng's inspection." ”

"Please!"

"Please!"

Feng Yuanjun and Master Zhou were polite to each other, and no one paid attention to Geng's inspection.

Dong Zhifu read the scriptures, Feng Yuanjun read the poems, and the Zhou master book looked at the holy words.

Not long after, Dong Zhifu simply wrote two words with a red pen under Tong Li's scriptures.

B.

Inspector Geng glanced at it and didn't say anything, this rating is very objective, Tong Li's Jingyi talent is good, and the problem solving is also enough to be at the level of B, but the latter part is average, but it still stands out among the talents.

Inspector Geng watched coldly, the current rating is only to be determined, in addition to the holy words, the highest rating of the most popular poems and scriptures will be changed to the first grade, no matter which level, even if it is C.

Two other examiners also gave their grades.

Tong Li's holy words, poems, and scriptures are respectively B, B, and B.

After that, the three of them crossed the papers, but they found no problems, and the final evaluation was the same as that of the first examiner.

The three examiners would normally praise Tong Li, after all, Sanyi is not common, if nothing else, this person will inevitably be a Maocai.

Without waiting for the three examiners to open their mouths, Geng Inspector said, "Yes! The three of you are fair. ”

The three looked at each other and began to sentence the second.

The handwriting is still not Fang Yun.

The faces of the three people were even more ugly, and Inspector Geng's smile was even bigger.

After a short time, the second rating appeared, which were C, B, and B.

Geng Inspector said: "This person's Jingyi evaluation is the same as Tong Li's, but Tong Li's Jingyi talent is four inches higher, not as good as Tong Li." ”

The three of them didn't say a word, and silently graded the third test paper.

It's still not Fang Yun's.

The faces of the three examiners are no different from those of the black pot, but the three of them have the courage to be literate, even if they are in a bad mood, they will not be judged indiscriminately.

The third person is rated C, B, and C.

Inspector Geng commented again: "This person's poems are out of the county, and his talent is one foot one, and he can get B." I can see the handwriting of the fourth person, it should be Fang Yun. "There are saints who look down on the heavens and the earth, and some words are harmless, after all, the three demi-saints are the real examiners.

The three examiners began to read Fang Yun's test papers with mixed feelings.

As soon as the holy words, poems, and scriptures were separated, there was a trace of despair in the eyes of the three of them.

Fang Yun's scriptures are only extremely faint in talent. Not even an inch.

"Go ahead. Governor Dong sighed lightly and began to look at Fang Yun's scriptures.

After reading the first question, Dong Zhifu said loudly: "Okay! I have been an examiner for more than ten years, and it is the first time I have seen such an ingenious problem! If the text is not bad, I will definitely give the first grade!"

The other three immediately looked over, and Inspector Geng also craned his neck to look.

"Wonderful! not even as good as me!"

"Great talent!"

The smile on Inspector Geng's face vanished.

Dong Zhifu said slowly: "Talent is the only criterion for poetry, but it is not the only criterion for measuring the meaning of the scriptures and policies. Especially the sages and disciples of Confucius in the pre-Qin period, their scriptures and meanings are often talentless, but they contain great truths. When the great Confucian clothes of the Wu Kingdom were examined, Jingyi was only three inches talented. But he still overwhelmed everyone. Obtain a first class. ”

Inspector Geng said that Governor Dong was telling him, but he didn't respond, and continued to look down.

The four of them looked at it slowly, and Inspector Geng's face became more and more gloomy. And the expressions of the three examiners are getting richer and richer.

"If I were Lord Dong. The first comment must be 'well-structured'! Start with the problem, then follow the imposer, and then the original question. Exceptionally smooth, it really lives up to our expectations, even if it is the champion of a country, the structure alone cannot be better. ”

"Clever to break the topic, the structure is tight, and my favorite is about the development of Zen, hereditary and popular selection, Zen and hereditary are great gifts, and there is a change of courtesy, but he excavated its meaning from it, and the righteousness is also changing, echoing the problem from afar. If there is a problem with the talent of this scripture, it must be due to the public election that he assumed. Although he is unable to assume a system of popular election that is as perfect as Chan and hereditary, he clearly points out the qualities of balance and stability, which is very much in line with my Confucian approach of 'the golden mean'. However, he also emphasized that there are saints in the election, which shows that this election is not a flawless gift, fortunately, if there is really a great gift of the country, it can get rid of the saints, but it is not beautiful. ”

Although this son's assumption is bold, in terms of balance and stability, it surpasses the current ten-state system. If there are no saints in the ten kingdoms, the country can only be maintained by the Ming monarch, but if the monarch is incompetent, the country is in danger. In it, he also makes it clear that since qualities such as balance and stability are chosen, there are also negative traits that follow. If he can learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and integrate their essence into the Ten Kingdoms, he can use this article as the foundation to become a great Confucian!"

"A!"

"First class!"

"First class!"

Dong Zhifu wrote under Fang Yun's scriptures: "The problem is wonderful, the structure is tight, there are signs of change, there is an opportunity to rejuvenate the human race, there is a feasible way, and the etiquette and righteousness are well understood, first-class!"

Subsequently, Zhou Zhushu and Feng Yuanjun also wrote first-class comments on it, as long as the same exquisite scriptures do not appear in the later test papers, then Fang Yun will be Maocai.

Inspector Geng said: "This article can't get first-class!"

The three examiners looked at Inspector Geng together, and the others were fine, Feng Zimo immediately said angrily: "Inspector Geng, this civilization is obviously a first-class text, how can you not get a first-class? I know that you colluded with Shi Dehong, a disciple of Shijun, and want to take revenge on my Jingguo, but if you want to destroy my Jingguo talent, I will ask the Holy Judge to expose you! You have selfless intentions, you know best in your heart!"

"Master Geng, you have to think twice. Fang Yun's "Burrow Inscription" is a half-saint commentary! If this article is judged by the saint to be of the first class, you will lose your official position in the Holy Court at the least, and at the worst, you will lose your courage and courage, and you will not be able to advance an inch in this life!"

Master Zhou sneered: "Lord Dong, Lord Feng, you two are Jinshi, if you fail to ask for the Holy Judgment, it will be a big disaster." I'm just lifting people, even if I fail, it doesn't matter, Geng Hanlin, don't force me to ask for a holy judge. ”

Inspector Geng said slowly: "Although the hypothesis of this article is very wonderful, it is hypothetical after all, and no one has written a book to demonstrate it, and it is too much to give the first grade. I suggest the same as Tong Li, all to Yizhong. The two are rated the same and impartial. ”

"You may seem impartial, but you are still harmful. If both of them are in the second middle school, Tong Li's article has a lot of talent, and it will inevitably be changed to the first class! Lord Dong, let me ask you the last sentence, do you give Fang Yun the first class? If you don't give it, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, I will immediately ask the Holy Judge, and the three semi-saint examiners will decide this article!" (To be continued......