The content of the exam paper was expected by Zu Ting, but Zu Ting was not careless, after all, it was a matter of whether he could return to the court.

The fifth exam is basically to confuse the impression in front of His Majesty, and it will not really dethrone someone, so it means that only this fourth exam is the most important.

If he doesn't pass this fourth game and achieves the best result, then he Zu Ting is basically out of play.

So this exam should be careful and careful no matter what! Every word of Zu Ting's pen is written in very neat and beautiful block letters, and before writing, every sentence must be carefully considered in the mind to make sure that the words are concise and clear, and the idea is clear, in line with His Majesty's aesthetics, and then he writes.

However, this did not waste much time for Zu Ting, sprinkled a thousand words, and it was done with a wave!

Zu Ting checked again and again to make sure that there were no typos and omissions, of course, how could he make such a low-level mistake with his Zu Ting's level?

He checked it just for peace of mind.

[In this examination, my ancestor will definitely be able to win the championship in one fell swoop! ] As long as Your Majesty is impressed in this examination, Your Majesty will naturally think of me!

At the beginning, His Majesty was able to ascend the throne in advance, and my ancestor Ting made great efforts!

Your Majesty wants to establish a thousand years of imperial industry, you can't do without the assistance of capable ministers, as long as I show enough talent, Your Majesty will definitely reuse me!

It's worth all the hardships that my Zu Ting has endured over the years! 】

The examiner announces the end of the exam, takes the public one by one down to collect the papers, seals the names, and then stores them in a sealed box.

Of course, due to the rush of the collection, the official did not pay attention to the name.

There was already a row of forbidden soldiers in heavy armor standing outside the door, waiting to escort these examination papers all the way to the Zhaoyang Hall for the approval of the cabinet lords.

The examination is a major event in the country's selection of talents, and if there is any mistake in their hands in these examination papers, it is a capital crime!

The examiner clicked three times, and after making sure that all of them were here, he carefully handed them over to the commander of the forbidden army who led the team, and the commander of the forbidden army waved his hand back, and immediately several forbidden soldiers loaded the sealed box into a carriage.

The carriage was made of iron, so tightly fitting that not even a trace of wind could penetrate it. The commander of the forbidden army glanced at the soldiers who came out of the examination room one after another, these three hundred people could pass three exams, and they were undoubtedly the elite of the elite.

But in the end, only fifty of the three hundred people can be left, and whether they can carp and jump into the dragon gate depends on whether their examination papers can impress the cabinet, or even ...... Impress the Holy One!

Perhaps, the future Zaisuke is among these three hundred!

The commander of the forbidden army took a deep look at the pride of these days, stepped on the majestic war horse, raised the whip in his hand, and shouted: "Array!" ”

The ironclad warriors quickly formed a formation and escorted the carriage away. All the scholars stood there, quietly watching the carriage go away, and a stone in their hearts hung up again before it was put down, and tonight was the night that decided their fate.

At dusk, in several warm pavilions of Zhaoyang Palace, the sound of paper turning is like the wind blowing through a forest, making a rattling sound.

The examiners who mark the papers are all cabinet members, and at this time, they are all immersed in reading the papers, responsible for selecting some excellent papers, and then handing them to the cabinet bosses and the chief examiner and deputy examiner for review and review.

300 papers, more than 20 people corrected, each of them had to look at it, and typed out the evaluation, the excellent triangle, the medium circle, and the inferior frame.

In fact, there are basically no weak hands who can enter this last exam, and everyone has their own strengths, so at this time, they can only synthesize the evaluation of all the examiners, give the total score, and then hand over the papers with the top 100 total scores to the cabinet and the chief examiner, and they will finally judge the 50 people who should be admitted.

"This volume is acceptable, but the rhetoric is too extreme, and the methods are cruel...... Just medium...... "One of the subordinates drew a small circle on the top of the scroll and passed it to the next subordinate officer.

"I think he answered very well, reasoned and measured, and he was right, in extraordinary times, you should do extraordinary measures...... Top! ”

Passed to the next subordinate officer, looked at it for a while and frowned, "What is this?" Take it for granted, bullshit! Inferior! ”

In a paper, individuals have their own opinions, and if they look at the problem from different angles, they will think about the problem from different angles.

Each examiner who marks the paper has his own aesthetics and opinions, and what conforms to their views is naturally excellent, and those who do not agree with their views are inferior, and there is no need to discuss, and each examiner must give his or her own most authentic evaluation.

So this time I was picky, very few papers can get most of the praise, only one exception, the triangle in front of it, only the last few marked with a circle or box, obviously this is still deliberate by the examiner who marked the paper later.

"This is the best paper I've found tonight...... one of the examiners picked up the paper that had actually achieved unanimous praise, and admired it, his mouth sighing in admiration.

"The writing is capable, the point of view is novel and calm, there is literary brilliance, this word is also extremely beautiful, and it looks graceful and atmospheric! It's a great work! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? If it weren't for the fact that this paper was so good that you all gave high marks, how could I have pressed him down and given him only a medium one? In fact, in my opinion, he is indeed worthy of it......" an examiner also sighed.

"The scroll is a red seal, it seems that this scholar is from an ordinary background...... It's unexpected......"

"Yes, yes, it's a pity that we can only make corrections, and we don't have the power to open the seal, so I can't take a look at who this person is for the first time, it's a pity that ......"

"Without further ado, since the correction is finished, let's quickly select the papers and send them to a few Shangshu adults!"

"Good ......" the examiner glanced at the paper in his hand again with admiration, and put the paper on the top.

When the volume was selected and sent to Feng Zicong's copywriting, Feng Zicong looked at the thick stack of volumes, and asked the subordinate officer who sent the volume curiously:

"Did you find any particularly outstanding exam papers after grading?"

The examiner was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Lord Shangshu, the lower officials and others really found an extremely excellent exam paper, whether it is strategy or literary style, it is the best choice, talented, admirable!" ”

Feng Zicong's eyes lit up and said, "Oh? Such a high rating? Bring it there for me to see......"

The subordinate officer picked up the first paper and handed it to Feng Zicong, Feng Zicong took it, and with a critical eye to inspect this examination paper, which was praised by all the subordinate officials, and in less than a cup of tea, Feng Zicong took the case.

The subordinate officer was startled, and looked at Feng Zicong in a daze, Feng Zicong stared at this exam paper deadly, and a shocked look appeared on his face, and he came back to his senses and said to the subordinate officer: "You go now, I'll go see Zhao Xiang and a few more examiners......

After saying that, he took the paper and left in a hurry.

In the warm pavilion, Zhao Yanshen, Yuan Wenyao and other senior cabinet officials were reading the chapters, while Ping Jian and Lang Mao were sitting on the low pier on the side drinking tea, talking softly, and they were a little surprised when they saw Feng Zicong pushing the door in.

"Zicong is in such a hurry, but has it already been reviewed before?" Zhao Yanshen put down his pen and looked at Feng Zicong suspiciously.

Feng Zicong couldn't take care of the salute, and said to a kind of cabinet boss: "There is an exam paper, everyone should take a good look at it!" ”

"Feng Shangshu, don't worry, you can wait and read the volume, is this more important than state affairs?" A cabinet minister smiled and expressed his dissatisfaction slightly.

"It's the lower official who is abrupt...... However, this exam paper is indeed thought-provoking, and the scholar who made this essay is amazing! Feng Zicong said apologetic words on his lips, but there was no sense of apology on his face, and he couldn't wait to take out the exam paper that shocked him.

"In that case, let's take a look, let me wait to see what kind of exam paper it is, which can make the always calm Feng Shangshu lose his temper to this point......"

Everyone put down the work at hand and came over, Zhao Yanshen took the exam paper, and after reading it carefully, his eyes suddenly widened, and the others were so shocked when they saw Zhao Xiangshang, they couldn't help but be more curious, and urged Zhao Yanshen one after another.

Zhao Yanshen looked at it a few more times, then took a deep breath, handed them the scroll, and sighed softly: "Don't blame Zicong for losing his temper...... This kind of talent and insight is indeed extraordinary! ”

After a while, I finished reading the volume, and it was all silent.

After a long time, a cabinet minister sighed: "It's really unimaginable, there is really such an amazing talent in the world? ”

"It's hard to be buried in such beautiful texts!" Lang Mao was also amazed, although he was not good at government innovation and the like, he could also see the value of this article. Even from the perspective of pure beauty, he can't find a single fault!

"What an amazing talent...... a cabinet minister muttered to himself, obviously still shocked, he proposed: "Let's see who this person is, we have to congratulate the saint on getting a great sage to assist, but I didn't expect to see such a brilliant and amazing article in the examination!" ”

"Yes, take it apart and take a look at ......, the old man can't wait! ……”

They have the power to open the exam papers. Under the gaze of everyone, the exam paper was opened. They carefully tore open the envelope and stared at the name on the scroll, their eyes widened, "It's him!" ”

…………

In the Zhaoyang Palace, Gao Wei had just finished dinner and was waiting for the cabinet to select the excellent rolls.

Before this, Gao Wei looked through the history books in his position, and after a long time, he couldn't help but wonder: [Why hasn't the cabinet selected the examination papers yet? 】

Just wanted Xiao Luzi to urge him, but he heard a report from the waiter outside, saying that Zhao Yanshen was here.

Gao Wei asked Zhao Yanshen: "Have you finished the selection of the papers?" ”

Zhao Yanshen replied: "Your Majesty, the examination papers have been selected. ”

"Have you found great talent?"

Zhao Yanshen paused for a moment and replied, "There are also ......."

Being recognized by Zhao Yanshen is naturally of some level, Gao Wei was very happy and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Gao Wei's attention was on the freshly baked talents at this time, and he didn't notice that Zhao Yanshen's expression was very strange.

I saw that Zhao Yanshen's face was unnatural for a while, and then he said: "This person is Zu Ting, Zu Xiaozheng ......"

Gao Wei paused, "Who are you talking about?" ”