Shuntian Gongyuan, to the public court.

The officials related to the examination are mainly divided into two groups: the inner curtain officer and the outer curtain officer, the inner curtain officer is naturally the ten examiners responsible for reviewing the examination papers, and the outer curtain officer includes the supervisor, promotion, provisional examination, patrol, seal, family record, reading, palm paper and other officials.

Among the many external officials, in addition to the promotion officer who is responsible for the preparation of things and things, the most important is the supervisor who is responsible for overall supervision.

In the previous examinations, the supervisor was usually an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the chief examiner of this examination was Wang Yue, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, so this task naturally fell to the Ministry of Rites.

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, served as the supervisor of this meeting, but anyone could see that this left attendant of the Ministry of Rites was very unhappy with this arrangement.

In fact, it is no wonder that Liu Jian is already qualified to be the chief examiner of the examination to collect 600 protégés, but he has become a gate-watching supervisor.

The benefits of the current meeting will not be his turn at all, and if something happens to this meeting, he, the prison officer, will not be able to escape the involvement.

The outside curtain officials didn't have as much thought as Liu Jian, and when they saw that there was finally movement on the side of the stone bridge, they said happily: "It's here!" They're coming! ”

Today's weather is nice and the wind is beautiful.

There is a stone bridge connecting the Zhigong Hall and the Jukui Hall area, and since the first day of the examination was closed, there has been an army here to guard it day and night, and now it is directly lined up on both sides by the people inside.

Naturally, the chief examiner Wang Yue was wearing a second-grade official uniform, Wang Yue's beard was gray, but his face was ruddy, and his eyes looked extremely firm, and he was resolutely handsome after returning from the battle.

The deputy chief examiner this time is Zhang Sheng, a bachelor of Hanlin Professor, and the other eight examiners are mostly officials of the six departments, all holding high school test papers in their hands.

Reviewing examination papers is a very hard job for the examiner.

More than 4,000 candidates took the examination, and 13,000 papers were written in the three examinations. Even if eight examiners divide the examination papers equally, each examiner has to approve more than 1,500 papers, and they have to complete the review within 15 days.

In fact, the fairer scoring method is like the palace examination, where all examiners score each test paper accordingly, and the highest and lowest scores are removed to select the candidate with the best average score, but it is not realistic at all in the examination of this size.

Wang Yue knew that the same examiner couldn't even read 1,500 test papers, let alone ask them to review more than 13,000 test papers, so he deliberately emphasized the first and second Huichanghou case questions.

Once things are arranged, the effect is immediate.

Although many Qingliu officials despise Wang Yue very much, especially the relationship between Wang Yue and Wang Zhi is an indelible stain, Wang Yue has great prestige among the eight fellow examiners.

Not to mention the two major things that Wang Yue did to benefit the country and the people, even the military exploits he built back then were enough for them to admire. As for the resentment of writing poems back then, it can only be said that there is no word for the sin that is added to it?

It was Wang Yue's "flexibility" that made the eight fellow examiners attach importance to the questions of the second Huichanghou case, and the speed of reviewing the papers has obviously been greatly improved.

Even if you answer the first exam paper well, if you answer the second question badly, you will also be ruthlessly dismissed.

If you answer the questions of Changhou well in the second game, even if you do not perform so well in the first exam, there is a high probability of passing.

"Xiaguan has seen the president!" When the outer curtain officials saw Wang Yue appear, they also saluted respectfully.

Wang Yue is a person who values practice over etiquette, nodded lightly and walked towards the main hall of the public court, but he was ready to start working immediately.

The public hall is actually the office of the outer curtain official, and Liu Jian is sitting on the first seat, looking at Wang Yue who came in with very complicated eyes.

Originally, he had already stepped into the door of the cabinet with half a foot, and the person in front of him was only a criminal minister who lived in Anlu, and everyone's status could be described as poor.

It's just that now the other party not only robbed his examiner of the examination, but also had an official position two levels higher than himself, and God simply deliberately teased himself.

Cough!

Wang Yue came in and saw that Liu Jian's buttocks were still attached to the chair board of the first seat, and knew that this arrogant minister looked down on him, so he coughed lightly with a straight face.

This......

The officials who followed in couldn't help but look at each other when they saw Liu Jian being so rude.

Not to mention that Wang Yue is the president of this test, Wang Yue's official position is above Liu Jian, and now Liu Jian's behavior is indeed very inappropriate.

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was extremely reluctant, but he knew that some rules could not be broken, so he had to stand up and salute: "The lower official has seen the president!" ”

"Liu Shilang, since we are doing things together, we should be orderly from top to bottom, and now we must respect our own officials!" Although Wang Yue does not pay attention to etiquette, he also moves out of his own principles of action to admonish.

On weekdays, Liu Jian didn't see the courtesy, and even rolled his eyes at him, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it. It's just that now we deal with affairs together, like marching and fighting, but we need all the generals to be of one mind.

As for Liu Jian's move of wanting to challenge the authority of Shangguan, if he was put in the army, he would have to directly pick up Shang Fang's sword and kill it.

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, sank his face, but he still held back the anger in his heart and explained: "This official's ass is sick, please also ask President Haihan!" ”

"If you are sick, then sit less!" Wang Yue knew that this was actually a lie, but he was too lazy to care about this, so he turned around and said to the external curtain officials: "Six hundred test papers are here, and the rankings have been arranged, let's start!" ”

Zhang Sheng, the deputy chief examiner, led eight fellow examiners to put the high school test papers on the table, which is the result of their recent labor.

As early as the beginning of the first examination of the general examination, the ten examiners of them were "under house arrest" in the Jukuitang area by the officers and soldiers on the bridge, and now they can be regarded as successfully completing the task of reviewing the examination papers.

The promotion official Shuntianfu Cheng Liu Hai realized that Wang Yue was a resolute character, and said to the stunned reading officer and the palm officer: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly find the ink scroll!" ”

Both the scrolls and the ink scrolls have corresponding numbers, and as long as you follow the numbers on the 600 scrolls, you can check them one by one to find the corresponding numbered ink rolls at the palm scroll.

600 copies of the ink rolls are not a small number, so it takes a lot of work to find them, and then they have to be arranged in a fixed order.

Wang Yue is not an official who likes to do it himself, he is sitting on the first seat and drinking tea slowly, watching these officials find the ink scrolls one by one.

"Your Excellency, the six hundred ink rolls have been verified, and they are all here!" The promotion official Shun Tianfu Cheng Liu looked very active in doing things, and pointed to the ink scroll he found.

Wang Yue was quite satisfied with their work efficiency, and after seeing that Zhang Sheng and other examiners had compiled and checked the code number, he took the teacup and said lightly: "Then start unsealing it!" ”

Since the development of the imperial examination, the means of preventing cheating have been very advanced.

Not only did the inner curtain official get a copy of the red scroll, but the ink scroll guarded by the outer curtain official was also sealed in advance, and until now everyone doesn't know who is in high school.

"Wait!"

It was then that a voice suddenly stopped.

All the officials turned their heads to look over, and their faces couldn't help but flash a touch of surprise, but they didn't expect it to be Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Wang Yue glanced at Liu Jian lightly, and asked very calmly: "Liu Shilang, what are you doing?" ”

"Mr. Wang, I heard that you are trying the second Huichanghou case this time, but is there such a thing?" Liu Jian, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, flashed a touch of pride in his eyes, and immediately asked directly.

The title of this general constitution was suddenly severed from the subordinate relationship this time, and instead became a colleague relationship with the DPRK as an official.

Wang Yue found that the enemy was actually inside, and his eyes looked at Liu Jian majestically and said, "Liu Shilang, how did you know?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, yes or no?" Liu Jian was not afraid of a lonely minister like Wang Yue, but he didn't intend to ask back.

Wang Yue's face was straight, but he said aggressively and defensively: "Don't care? The inner curtain is not allowed to interact with the outside world, and you are actually peeping into the inner curtain today, what should you be guilty of? ”

Hey?

Shuntianfu Yin Liuhai and other officials realized that something was indeed wrong, this Jukuitang has been isolated from the outside world, how did Liu Jian know the situation inside, there is really reason to investigate deeply.

If Liu Jian really sent someone to peep, then the black gauze hat on Liu Jian's head could be removed.

"Wang Zongxian, you don't want to spray people with blood, and the lower officials didn't peep into the inner curtain!" Liu Jian didn't expect Wang Yue to hit a target, so he immediately denied it.

Wang Yue put the teacup down heavily, and then asked with a straight face: "How did you know about the inner curtain?" Today you have to make it clear! ”

This......

Yin Liuhai and other officials of Shuntian Mansion turned their heads to look at Liu Jian, obviously Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, wanted to find fault, but now he was cut off by Wang and grabbed his pigtails.

"This official just got the news, so he didn't peek into the inner curtain!" Liu Jian still wanted to abide by the agreement with the person who leaked it, so he deliberately revealed a little bit of tone.

Hey?

Shuntian Mansion Yin Liuhai and other officials realized that Liu Jian's news came from the inner curtain official, but they couldn't help but look the nine examiners up and down, but they didn't know who leaked the secret to Liu Jian.

Wang Yue glanced at the eight fellow examiners, but he didn't intend to give up and said, "How long has it been since it came out?" If Liu Shilang can't say why, then the official will report the matter to His Majesty and ask the court to conduct a strict investigation! ”

Rogues?

Yin Liuhai and other officials of Shuntian Mansion seemed to know Wang Yue again, but they secretly swallowed and spit, and looked at this aggressive old man with complicated eyes.

At this point, it must not be Liu Jian peeking at the inner curtain.

Not to mention whether Liu Jian has the ability or not, it is impossible to have the courage, this crime is not light.

Judging from all kinds of signs, it must have been just when everyone was not paying attention, a fellow examiner or deputy examiner made a small report to Liu Jian.

It's just that now Wang Yue is holding on to this matter, if Liu Jian doesn't disclose his sources, Liu Jian may really be charged with peeping into the inner curtain.

At this moment, there is a middle-aged fat man among the eight fellow examiners, and he is eager to find a crack to drill at this moment.

"This matter was just revealed to the lower officials by Ye Qian, a member of the Ministry of Rites!" Liu Jian knew that he was being manipulated by Wang Yue, so he directly confessed.

When all the officials heard this, they all turned their heads to look at the examiner, and their eyes showed a look of disdain.

A traitor, in no time will he be welcomed.

Ye Qian, a member of the Ministry of Rites, had a hot face, but he knew that he had nothing to hide, and silently greeted Liu Jian's ancestors for the eighteenth generation in his heart.

Wang Yue hates this kind of traitor the most, if he has to chop him up in the army, he will lightly ask for verification: "Ye Qian, you just told Liu Shilang?" ”

"Next...... Xia Guan ...... "Ye Qian originally only wanted to make a small report, but now that he asked him to make this small report public in person, he suddenly became hesitant.

Wang Yue knew what was going on at a glance, and even reprimanded with a straight face: "If you have it, if you don't, if you don't, don't be like a concubine!" ”

This analogy is simply scolding, but no one thinks that Wang Yue is doing too much, and there is really no need to be too polite to deal with this kind of villain.

"Yes! After the second exam, you will take out a second exam paper and let us focus on the Changhou case with the examiner! Ye Qian was also angry in his heart, even if he pointed out Wang Yue.

After the news of this matter spread, his reputation was ruined, but he did not intend to make Wang Yue feel better. In this trial, Wang Yue obviously made a big mistake.

When Liu Jian saw Ye Qian standing up to testify against Wang Yue, he immediately gloated and turned his head to look at Wang Yue.

No matter how much military exploits you make, what can you do? What can be done if it is reused by the emperor? As long as the slightest flaw is revealed, you can put it to death on your side.

Wang Yue found that this court was indeed a battlefield, but he was not a rookie after all, so he asked lightly: "Ye Qian, do you remember the original words of this official?" ”

"You...... You said: There are 600 candidates admitted to this year's examination, so there are more candidates than in previous years, and the examination papers can be flexible. Ye Qian tried hard to recall, so he said truthfully.

Wang Yue knew that there were some things that could not be denied, so he asked arrogantly: "This official did say so, and emphasized that it was Enke this time, but what is the problem with these words?" ”

This......

Ye Qian was speechless for a moment, but turned his head to look at Liu Jian for help.

The officials present knew that this was all a superficial excuse, and now it was time to start a fairy fight.

"It has always been the focus of the first four books and five classics, and I will try to be the first question of the four books!" The corners of Liu Jian's mouth rose slightly, and he attacked.

Wang Yue glanced at Liu Jian, and then asked lightly: "Who set this rule?" ”

"It's always been like this!" Liu Jian had a burst of contempt for Wang Yue, who was not born as a minister, and said it confidently.

Wang Yue asked lightly: "Is there a clear text?" ”

"Nope!" Liu Jian shook his head slightly.

Wang Yue then continued to ask: "Is there a holy will?" ”

"Nope!" Liu Jian frowned slightly, and immediately continued to shake his head.

Wang Yue finally asked: "Are you the main examiner or the official is the main examiner this time?" ”

"It's you, naturally!" Liu Jian secretly hated.

Wang Yue's face was straight, and he said seriously: "There is neither clear text nor holy will, this official is the main exam, what is the importance of the examination paper, why do you need to talk nonsense?" ”

(End of chapter)