At this time, in the Gongyuan, the two examiners and the four same examiners were nervously changing the test papers.

This time, because the first question is strangely asked, it is easier to change the paper than ever before - if you can say something from that "0" and solve the problem successfully, you will have the opportunity to let the marker continue to correct it; If you can't solve the problem smoothly, needless to say, you will fall directly.

So although there were eight or nine hundred copies, after a night of hard work, more than half of them had been changed.

The examiner, Pan Yiting, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.

To be honest, Gui Province is a remote place, and it is not a place where the literary style flourishes, so it is not valued by the court. Their faction could not compete with the Great Prince's faction in Jingzhong and several important areas, so they found several remote provinces, and Gui Province was one of them.

There are very few people who are born in Gui Province and can speak in the court, but these people are not from the faction of the great prince, and even if there are, there are either no sons and nephews in the family to take the imperial examination, or the mud can't support the wall. In the end, he chose the Qi family, which was related to Zhao Liang, because he heard that the talent of the Qi family seemed to be good, and Zhao Liang was from the faction of the eldest prince.

On the way to Gui Province, he handed over a message to the Qi family, asking the Qi family boy to hand in the papers, even if he can't hand in the first paper, he has to hand in the top ten, so that he can also know which test paper is the Qi family's boy through some channels early, so that he can work the comments. After all, as the chief examiner, even if he can do some small tricks during the scientific examination, he can't do it too obviously. Those people are looking at him and trying to pull his pigtails. The top few in the township examination have to be ranked among the test papers with more circles and better comments. If the Qi family kid can't squeeze into these test papers, he can only dream if he wants to get Xie Yuan.

But he didn't expect that the Qi family kid couldn't even do this, he couldn't hand in the paper early, and the article he wrote didn't seem to have any characteristics, Pan Yiting changed the test paper to the present, and he didn't know which paper was Qi Siyu's - Qi Siyu likes to quote Qi Yuandao's views in the article, but firstly, this "0" question can't be connected with Qi science, and secondly, many students in Fuxue have learned from him, and most of the articles mention Qi Yuandao's doctrine, so Qi Siyu's article gradually lost its characteristics.

Therefore, Pan Yiting was very unhappy.

Their faction finally snatched the position of chief examiner for him, and the Xie Yuan he took was from another faction, and promoted talents for other factions, so what face did he have to return to Beijing to restore his life.

With a deep sigh in his heart, he cheered up and continued to mark the test papers.

After most of the day, the examination papers were finally marked, and several examination papers were placed in front of the two examiners and the four same examiners.

Pan Yiting glanced at everyone, and asked Wang Shibin first: "Which test paper does Lord Wang think is worthy of Xie Yuan's talent?" ”

Pan Yiting didn't know which test paper belonged to Qi Siyu, and he didn't have a goal, but he could deduce it from other people's reactions. After all, a person's articles have their own characteristics, and they can still be recognized as long as they are intentional. For example, Qi Muyuan, who is highly praised by the Second Prince's faction, has always emphasized facts in his articles, is good at reasoning, and has a sharp spirit when laying out facts and reasoning. He usually writes essays with this trait, and he can amplify this trait in the examination room, so that the examiner who intends to win him can identify which essay is his at a glance.

Because he was appointed as the chief examiner in Beijing, he went directly south on the upper road, the time was too short, and it was not suitable to contact outsiders, so Pan Yiting could only get a few articles from Qi Siyu, and he did not have a safe channel to obtain the articles of other candidates, so naturally he couldn't identify which test paper was the test paper of Qi Muyuan, which was strongly recommended by the Great Prince.

But he has his own way of acquiring it. As long as Wang Shibin strongly recommends which test paper, you can know which test paper is Qi Muyuan's. When the time comes, he will directly suppress them and prevent them from succeeding. The rest is naturally Qi Siyu or other candidates.

Pan Yiting felt that Qi Siyu was not able to solve the yuan, and it was the most important thing not to let the candidates of other factions obtain the solution yuan when he was the chief examiner.

Wang Shibin is also in his sixties and has been an official all his life, Pan Yiting did not put forward the test paper he wanted to take, but asked him first, what is the purpose of this, Wang Shibin naturally knows.

In this regard, he is not without countermeasures.

He pointed to a test paper and said, "I think there is a talent for Xie Yuan in this life." ”

Pan Yiting picked up the test paper, looked at it, nodded to Wang Shibin, and said with a smile; "Yes, I think so."

Wang Shibin's face darkened, his heart was depressed, and he couldn't help but curse secretly: "Old fox! ”

The test paper he was referring to was naturally not Qi Muyuan's as he guessed, but suspected to be Du Jinning's.

Qi Bokun had already greeted him, if he still couldn't let Qi Muyuan get Xie Yuan despite his best efforts, then he would bite Du Jinning to death. Du Jinning is not a member of any faction, so he will not let Pan Yiting have to be taken down. But Du Jinning is good friends with the Qi family, almost equivalent to half of the people of the Great Prince's faction. It is better to let Du Jinning obtain the name of Xie Yuan than to let the people from the second prince's faction or the fourth prince's faction and the fifth prince's faction go.

Therefore, Wang Shibin planned to throw Du Jinning out, which can be regarded as throwing stones to ask for directions. Otherwise, he directly pointed out Qi Muyuan's test paper, the goal was too obvious, and Pan Yiting would definitely use his right as the examiner to veto it with one vote. When the time comes, no matter how much he argues, it will be useless. Throwing out Du Jinning's test paper is the safest way. Once Pan Yiting directly denied this one, he took the opportunity to take out Qi Muyuan's test paper, which was exactly what he wanted.

But he didn't want Wang Shibin to play cards out of common sense, and even agreed with the test paper he was referring to, which made Wang Shibin so depressed that he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Didn't he have the right person to choose?

But think about it, even if Du Jinning is won, at least it won't benefit the second prince. In the case of the second prince's faction doing the main exam, Du Jinning, who is close to the eldest prince's faction, can also be relieved of Yuan, and he, the deputy chief examiner, can also explain to the above.

At the thought of this, his expression relaxed.

Pan Yiting saw all his expressions in his eyes, sneered in his heart, and became more and more sure that the test paper launched by Wang Shibin was not Qi Muyuan's.

The chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner have great powers, and the same examiner can only assist in marking the papers, and they don't have much to say about who to take as the solution element.

But the four princes sent two examiners together, and they felt that the combined strength of the two was equivalent to one chief examiner. They naturally have to work for their own interests. At this time, seeing that Pan Yiting and Wang Shibin were fighting fiercely, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly pushed out a test paper they fancied: "I think that this test paper is brilliant and outstanding, so it should be Xie Yuan." ”

At the beginning in Beijing, there was a competition for who would be the chief examiner and who would be the deputy chief examiner, and the benefits were distributed again and again. The people of the faction of the fourth prince and the fifth prince failed to compete for the eldest prince and the second prince, and were reduced to the same examiners, how could Pan Yiting and Wang Shibin allow the two same examiners to interfere in the nominal arrangement?

The two glanced at the test paper, took turns to find fault with the article on the test paper, and directly denied it together: "This candidate's level is not enough to be used as a solution." ”