In just three days, millions of scholars in the Great Song Dynasty have been looking forward to it for three years.

These three days will change the fate of many people, give hope to countless people, but also give countless people despair.

After all, three days is too short, the exam is over in a blink of an eye, and the exam will immediately enter the time of review, and five days later, the list of admissions will be announced one after another.

Although the chief examiner only has the most authoritative list, after the end of the imperial examination, everyone can't bear the anxiety in their hearts, and all kinds of speculations and various folk lists begin to fly all over the sky.

Among the various lists, the lists opened by several Guan have always been considered more reliable.

In the adult test, Meng Tong, a scholar from Kunshan County, became the favorite to capture Xie Yuan, and at least two Guan Pu shops ranked him at the top of the list.

Meng Tong was a disciple of the great writer Ouyang Xiu, and he lived in the capital until the imperial examination before returning to Kunshan for reference.

In addition, Zhang Chao, a talented man from Wujiang, is also a favorite to seize Xie Yuan, he received full funding from the Zhu family, ranking first in the list of Zhu family's funding.

There is also the first place in the school year exam, Xie Jiaping, a native of Changzhou County, is also a popular figure, almost everyone believes that the top three in the exam are produced among the three of them, but the ranking order may be different.

Compared with the adult exam, the list of winners of the children's test is much more unstable.

Each county has already thoroughly studied each other's opponents and arrived at a consensus power list.

Guan Pudian also recognized the list.

For Guan Pudian, there are only two bets on the Tongzi Solution, the first, who will be the first.

Second, which five people were selected as tribute warriors?

There are a total of eight people on the children's test strength list listed in Guan Pu Shop.

Jiang Feng, Yao Xi, Luo Zaidao, Wei Feng, Zhao Yan, Fan Ning, Liu Ran, Yan Qing.

Everyone thought that Jiang Feng Feng won the championship, but on the first day of the exam, there was a strong news that Jiang Feng's argumentative essay did not pass well.

Immediately after that, on the third day, news came out that Zhao Yan fainted in the examination room due to excessive nervousness.

These two pieces of news made this power list lose its authority, and the situation became confusing.

Fanning's odds are still 20 to 1, unchanged, and although many people have included him in the admission list, there are still very few people who bet on him to win the first place.

But Fanning didn't care about all this anymore, and after the imperial examination, he went home.

At the same time, the marking of the examination papers was in full swing in the examination hall.

There are more than 30 examiners who participated in the marking of the papers, from the government schools and county schools, all of whom are experienced professors, such as Zhang Ruoying, the teacher of Wuxian County Studies, also participated in the marking of the papers.

The chief examiner is Changshi Zhou Zhen from Qizhou, and there are two deputy examiners, one is Zhang Xian, the teacher of Pingjiang Fuxue, and the other is Qi Yong, the chief professor of Fuxue.

There are 2,780 papers, of which 50 are children's papers.

According to the examination rules stipulated by the imperial court, any examination paper must be cross-examined by two examiners, and the opinions on the examination must be clearly stated.

If there is a disagreement between the two people, the third person will review it, but if the two people have too different opinions, it must be handed over to the examiner for review.

According to the normal process, seventy percent of the volumes are brushed away in the first round, first calligraphy, then countermeasures, then argumentative essays, and finally poems and scriptures.

If the calligraphy is not good, it will be eliminated directly, no matter how good the test is, in the eyes of the literati of the Song Dynasty, if you can't even write well, then you can't talk about the literati.

Therefore, the students of the Song Dynasty began to practice calligraphy from Mengxue, and almost all of them practiced hard for ten years.

In the second round of examination, half of the examination papers will be eliminated, and the remaining 300 papers will be handed over to the two deputy examiners and the chief examiner, and the three chief examiners will review the papers together, and then 200 papers will be eliminated, and the remaining 100 papers will be reviewed by the chief examiner alone.

The examiner eliminated half of them, and in the end, the remaining fifty papers were this year's lifting papers, and at this time, they could tear off the name slip, copy the list, and hand the list to the Pingjiang prefect.

If the prefect has no opinion, the list will be officially announced.

As for the boys' list, it is more special, and the examiner also examines the file normally, but does not eliminate it, and the fifty papers must first be copied and then marked, so as to prevent the examiner from recognizing the handwriting.

Then all of them are handed over to the two deputy examiners for re-examination, and after the two deputy examiners sign their opinions, they finally hand over the fifty papers to the chief examiner, and the chief examiner selects ten of them, and all the examiners vote for five candidates.

The reason why the marking of the children's examination is more complicated is mainly because the children's examination involves the vital interests of the county government, and it cannot be too hasty.

"Zhang Jiaoyu, look at this volume!"

Yue Qing, the examiner, handed a copy of the file to Zhang Ruoying, the chief professor of Changshu County School, who and Zhang Ruoying reviewed the file together.

After a busy day, I don't know how many papers I read, and both of them are a little exhausted.

Zhang Ruoying took a sip of tea, took the roll from Yue Qing's hand, saw the volume number on it at a glance, and smiled; "Is it a paper for the boy's exam?"

Yue Qing nodded, "This year's children's exam is not easy!" The strength is very strong, and this paper is by no means inferior even in the adult exam, at least it can be ranked in the top three. ”

"Oh? So powerful. ”

Zhang Ruoying was a little interested, he took the paper and looked at it carefully, and the first thing he saw was an argumentative essay.

'In the Spring and Autumn Period, every book of the princes' wars and wars will be ridiculed, and there is no one who agrees to it for the crime of being reckless. ’

"Good! Thoroughly reviewed. ”

The first sentence made Zhang Ruoying applaud the table, and several professors around were attracted, turned their heads to look over, and asked with a smile: "Zhang Jiaoyu, have you seen a good article?" ”

Yue Qing smiled and replied for Zhang Ruoying, "It's the answer sheet of the children's exam, it's quite exciting!" ”

Several professors were deeply impressed.

"The candidates for the boy test are really powerful, if they participate in the adult examination, these candidates will account for at least half of the lifting quota, and they are worthy of the young geniuses selected by the counties."

Zhang Ruoying didn't have time to reply, he turned to the countermeasure text again, and hurriedly swept it, 'Pounding!' Impulsive! Jumping up, the article talked about the impact of the Yinxian Seedling Law on farmers.

Zhang Ruoying knew very well that Fan Ning and his entourage were going to Yinxian County for a study tour, and this volume was most likely one of the three of Fan Ning, Su Liang and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu can rule out that Duan Yu's article is more feminine, and this volume is not Duan Yu's style.

Su Liang's article is bright and atmospheric, and the style matches it, but his talent can't write an article of the same level as the previous argumentative essay, and Su Liang's article is sharp, like a sharp spear.

Fanning, on the other hand, is much older, and Fanning's writings are not only atmospheric and concise, but also thoughtful and impeccable.

Zhang Ruoying turned to poetry again, and it was a fresh peasant style, which is almost Fanning's signature.

Zhang Ruoying can basically judge that this is Fanning's volume.

Zhang Ruoying nodded and said approvingly: "If this volume participates in the adult solution test, you can win the solution yuan." ”

He picked up the pen and wrote down his own comments: The article has a strong and profound atmosphere, like the iron city soup pool, which is inviolable, and it can be called a wonderful article.

Immediately gave the highest rating: Upper and Upper A.

If Zhao Xiuwen reviews the papers, maybe he will be a little humble and give the upper scores, but Zhang Ruoying has a strong sense of competition, and he knows that if he is a little modest, it is likely that Fan Ning will fall off the list.

There is nothing wrong with grading yourself according to the rules and giving high scores.

Yue Qing nodded and smiled: "There is no typo in the volume, but unfortunately this is only a reputation volume, and I can't see calligraphy, but in terms of content, it can be accurately called the score of 'Shangshangjia'." ”

He also put pen to paper and gave a rating of the top grade, and wrote his own comments: 'There is no word without a source, and there is no word without a source. ’

"Huh! What kind of paper is so highly praised by two professors? ”

Zhang Xian, the deputy chief examiner, walked over, Zhang Xian is Zhang Yi's brother, the current teacher of Fuxue, Zhang Xian broke up with him in time after Zhang Yi was overthrown.

However, Zhang Xian still sent his brother Zhang Yi to Sizhou to be a professor in a private school through operation.

At least on the surface, he and Zhang Ruoying maintain a good relationship.

Zhang Ruoying said with a smile: "It is a paper for the children's exam, and I both think that this test paper is very good, and we unanimously agreed to give it a top grade." ”

Zhang Xian knew that Yue Qing and Zhang Ruoying were both respected old professors, and they would not easily say exaggerated words, and the two of them actually gave the same paper a grade of the first grade, which really made him interested.

He hurriedly took the paper and looked at it carefully, and after reading the argumentative essay, he was amazed and said with a smile: "I'll take a good look at this paper." ”

Looking at Zhang Xian's distant back, Zhang Ruoying couldn't help but feel a little worried in her heart, many of the examples cited in this volume are from the Taihu Lake area, and it is easy for people to guess that this is the exam paper of students in Wu County, I am afraid that Zhang Xian will have ideas.

Zhang Ruoying never underestimates a person, he knows very well what kind of virtue Zhang Xian is, he is sanctimonious on the surface, but in his bones he is as despicable and shameless as his brother.

A few years ago, he served as the deputy chief examiner and had a certain right to write questions, but he didn't know how many questions he secretly leaked to Zhang Yi, until three years ago, the imperial court implemented the cross-examiner system, which plugged this loophole.

Yue Qing saw the worry in Zhang Ruoying's eyes, so he said lightly: "The fifty test papers of the children's subject must be summarized in the hands of the chief examiner, let's just pay attention to it." ”