A chubby scholar was pushed out in a panic, and someone who knew shouted: "Here, he is the third Hu Ping, a person from Qinghe, Hebei." According to his usual drinking and boasting to us, he has been poor since he was a child, and he has been borrowing from Qinghe Cui's family. ”

"That's right, this guy relies on the support of the Qinghe Cui family, and he usually shows off to us. We wanted him to help introduce the papers, but he was afraid that we would steal his limelight and squeeze us everywhere. ”

"That's right, to talk about his literary brilliance? Phew! Not to mention the third place, I can't even rank at the end of the list, and I am the first to disagree. I was selected by licking Qinghe Cui's ass, saint, if you don't believe it, you can take the test on the spot. ”

Talking nonsense, everyone who knows this fat candidate Hu Ping has come out to accuse, obviously this usually unpopular person.

Qinghe Cui's face was dark, and he had already scolded this waste hundreds of times in his heart, we fancy your ability and loyalty, I didn't expect you to be such a wastewood, and before you became an official, your tail was raised to the sky.

Hu Ping hurriedly defended: "You, how can you be like this? I'm kind enough to tell you some secrets, but you're lucky, and no one wants to throw papers, but you're jealous of me? ”

Li Er listened quietly, and the anger in his heart gradually prevailed.

"Who is responsible for reviewing the examination papers for this scientific examination? Who marks the third-place exam papers? ”

An official of the Ministry of Rites stood up, "Back to Your Majesty, it is the Lord of Weichen who grabbed the papers." There was nothing wrong with the third candidate's answer to the question paper, and it was indeed excellent. ”

The candidates were not convinced, "Is it better or not that you have the final say behind closed doors?" There is a kind of making the test papers of this exam public, who is good and who is bad, let everyone judge! ”

Hearing this protest, the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites who reviewed the examination papers reprimanded: "Shut up! The imperial examination is scored and the results are excellent, and we have our own rules, so we can't be resentful and question our injustice just because we have failed the list. Since ancient times, there is no first martial arts and no second, and when the test papers are released, everyone says that they are the best, so it's not messed up? ”

"You are, we can naturally recognize who is good and who is bad. Champion Hou's poems are out, which of you dares to say that it is not good? Who is not convinced? "There is a candidate who can speak well, and he is very slight.

"There is no vanity under the fame, and the champion Hou is indeed amazingly talented, but even if he enters the imperial examination room, he has to follow the rules of the imperial examination."

"Whew! What rules? Isn't it just that if it is useful to you, it will be admitted, and those of us who don't submit the paper will be on the list? ”

Soon the scene was scolding.

The official of the Ministry of Rites shouted: "You are shameless! Ask yourself, are you really questioning the unfairness of the imperial examination? is clearly jealous of others on the list. You're not complaining about the unfairness of the papers, you're biting, why aren't you the ones who are chosen by the papers? is so selfish, and has the face to question the imperial examination? ”

"It's gold that shines everywhere, and this official admits that there has always been a record of submission, but which one of the people on the list is not a brilliant talent? Before participating in the imperial examination, he used his poems to submit them to the famous people of the dynasty in the hope of being appreciated, which did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen often received dry poems sent by people earlier, but they were just letters sent by some scholars to show their talents. That is, what they call a projection. But submitting papers is not bribery, and Wechen has never accepted any money, let alone any favoritism in the examination papers. Your Majesty, please be clear! ”

Li Er scolded in his heart, that's right, you didn't accept any money, because you didn't lack money at all, what you received was the vote of these people, their loyalty.

After pondering for a moment, Li Er spoke: "What Aiqing said is reasonable. However, if only a few exams are questioned, it may be because of personal arrogance. But so many candidates questioned it, it can't be said that the people who came to make trouble today are all talentless people with wine bags and rice bags, right? ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the many candidates, "Since you dare to confidently question the unfairness of the scientific examination, who dares to stand up and say that the exam papers you answer will definitely surpass those on the list?" ”

Li Er didn't say who threw the scroll, because what the person said just now was right, the scroll is hateful, but it is not illegal.

However, as long as it can be proved that the articles of those who fail to make the list are better than those on the list, it can prove that the examination papers are unreasonable.

"Saint, the grass people dare to try. Maybe the grass people's answer is not as good as the top of the list, but it will definitely not be worse than the third place. The grass people don't compare with others, they compare with him! ”

"That's right, Brother Lanxiao's poems are usually better than Hu Ping's. We can all attest to it. ”

Li Er nodded, "Come on, go and transfer the test papers of these two people and review them in public." ”

Fang Xuanling understood that this was to overturn the imperial examination, so he fanned the flames and shouted: "Is there anyone else who doubts it?" Those who are confident that they can be on the list stand up, call up the test papers, and evaluate them in front of the saints and hundreds of officials, and they can immediately distinguish which is better and which is inferior! ”

Yes? Does this mean that the examination papers can be reviewed?

"My, my ......"

In an instant, the whole scene was chaotic, and everyone stood up with a glimmer of hope and asked to re-check the test papers, what if they were selected?

The person from the Ministry of Rites shouted: "Fang Xiang, this is not good, what about the thousands of candidates on the scene, if they have to check it again, they will not be busy for three days and three nights." ”

Fang Xuanling waved his hand to quiet everyone down, "In this way, call out the test paper that is last on the list, and use this as a boundary, all candidates, please judge consciously." If you feel that you are more than the last place, you can review the test paper. If you think it's inferior, don't waste everyone's time. Personal affairs are small, national affairs are big! ”

The deputy chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites said loudly: "If you find that there is an indiscriminate filling of the number and deliberately waste everyone's time, you will be cleaned up and disqualified from the next year's reference." ”

This is clearly a threat, which means that there is no need to review it without self-examination.

But is that enough to scare everyone? With your kind of unfairness, let alone not taking the exam in the coming year, even if I am asked to take the exam for three or five years in a row, and I still fail the list, is there a difference between it and you forbidding me not to participate for five years?

Seeing the deputy chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites speak, Liu Jinyuan, a scholar with an unjust case on his back, stood up, "Sage, ask the sage to be the master of the grass people!" It was he, the deputy chief examiner, who deliberately threw the grass people's test papers into the inkstone to stain them in the imperial examination, and then drove the grass people out of the examination room on the charge of stigmatization, and sentenced the grass people to three years from taking the exam. ”

The deputy chief examiner surnamed Cui said sharply: "Bloody mouth, it is clear that you deliberately defiled the test papers, despised the imperial examination, and failed the sage emperor's grace, but now you are shouting that you are wronged?" ”

"Oh? What the hell is going on? Li Er opened his mouth and interrupted the quarrel between the two, "Candidate Liu Jinyuan, is there any evidence for what you said?" ”

Liu Jinyuan lowered his head aggrievedly, "Sage, the grass people themselves can't prove themselves. The exam paper was torn up by him on the spot. The two accompanying officials who followed him and saw everything were also killed, and the grass people have filed a complaint in Chang'an County, and they are still investigating. For the time being, for the time being, there is no evidence ......"

"Wait, I can testify!" The examiner, Kong Yingda, stood up.