At this time, in the county office, everyone was reviewing the manuscript of the imperial examination.

The officials who reviewed the examination sat in the center, and four or five academic officials sat upright on the left and right.

There is also a highly respected retired minister in the Jiangnan region, former prime minister Li Rusong.

This Li Rusong was the champion of the Dakang period, and later entered the Hanlin Academy to compile books, and then was promoted by the emperor, and was appointed as the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials and the Scholar of the East Pavilion University, and later moved to the cabinet to assist him, and was a scholar of the Ministry of Officials and the University of Jianji Palace, and finally promoted to the prime minister.

Now this old man, who used to be a very popular minister, resigned and went into hiding, has been idle at home for many years, looks more than seventy years old, has gray hair, a thin face, bright eyes, strong spirits, old and strong, without losing his demeanor, and does not have too much old age and inconvenience.

At this moment, the former prime minister is different from everyone else, wearing plain clothes instead of the official uniform of a court official.

This county examination was supposed to be the participation and main examination of the prefect of Jinling, but after the prefect of Jinling was taken down for corruption, the imperial court did not arrange for someone to come to take office, and the day of the imperial examination could not be delayed, so as not to miss the time, so as to take a compromise and send Zhang Tang, an official of the imperial court, from Shenjing to come to the main examination, in order to demonstrate the kindness and benevolence of the Son of Heaven.

Li Rusong, as the former prime minister, is a top person with high morality and great power in Jinling Mansion.

In order to avoid favoritism and fraud, therefore, everyone discussed inviting the old man to come over and supervise it, so as to demonstrate the fairness and justice of this imperial examination and block the mouths of the people.

A total of 180 people participated in the Jinling County Examination, and the papers were not too much, nor too little, and they were assigned to everyone to read the papers, and the speed only took seven or eight hours to complete the review.

Since all the students participating in the imperial examination this time are local candidates, they also need to be confused and transcribed during the examination, and cannot be directly reviewed, so as not to cheat for personal gain.

The county order and the school officials cross-mark the papers together to avoid errors and omissions.

After several hours of back and forth, the papers were finished that day.

After the completion of the marking, everyone opened the paper with the name of the name, and gradually arranged it neatly according to the ranking drawn in the previous circle, according to the smooth order, and then began to carry out the final confirmation, as long as the last procedure is correct, then you only need to copy a list in the order of the volume, which can be used as the list on the release date.

Li Rusong originally just came to go through the motions, and he didn't care about these child-level rolls, he was able to be the top student in high school back then, and then he was the prime minister for a while, and his vision and talent were extremely good, so he was quite unsightly to look at ordinary volumes.

It's just that this Jinling Mansion is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many talented people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the style of study is prosperous, so it is inevitable that there will be some demons and weirdos.

Therefore, he was also interested in seeing if he could select a few pillars of talent from these students in the imperial examination.

When you pick up the roll, you will see the first-place roll.

"Jia Yun?"

Before reading the paper, first looked at the name, and then saw the word Jia, Li Rusong's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he knew the origin of this person, "Is this person a candidate from Shenjing Jiafu or Jinling Jiafu?" ”

"Qi Qi Old Xiangjun, this person is a student who came to Jinling Mansion from Shenjing Jia Mansion to take the imperial examination!"

"This person's writing is strong and powerful, and there is a faint style of a calligraphy master between the pen and the dragon, which is a wonderful pen Danqing, and it is also a very rare kind of romantic character in the whole world."

This volume has been checked by many people, and they are all praised in their hearts, regardless of the background identity, the text written by Jia Yun relying on the [Cai Jing template] is indeed a first-class romantic writing, don't say that at this stage of childhood, even if it is in the Enke Palace Examination, it is also able to compete with the champion writing without falling behind.

Suddenly, Li Rusong became interested.

He knew that these examiners and scholars were all upright scholars, and it was unlikely that they would curry favor with their conscience to curry favor with Jiafu in Shenjing, so there was only one possibility, that is, this person's talent was really very powerful and amazing, and immediately, Li Rusong said: "Then let's take a look first!" ”

Reading this volume, Li Rusong's eyes couldn't help but light up.

The answers and answers are quite accurate, although the writing adheres to the golden mean, the rules are decent, and it is only a medium article, but this wonderful pen is true, so that the article immediately jumped from the mean level to a rare boutique.

Li Rusong is also a reader, but also loves words, literacy, can write, but also often copy the calligraphy of ancient calligraphy, see this exquisite text, but also groaned, said: "In my opinion, among the entire world of scholars can have this level of calligraphy, there are only a handful." ”

"Even if it is the Enke palace test, you can win a jinshi and rank with this word."

Just thinking about it, he looked at the word Jia again, thinking of Jia Yun's identity, the origin of the four major families, in the eyes of others, it seems to be a plus, but for a literati like Li Rusong, there will be some thoughts in his heart, "Jia Mansion!" ”

So he sighed again and again: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

The people next to him were quite puzzled when they heard this, how could it be a pity about the origin of Jiafu? Everyone was puzzled, looked at Li Rusong and said with a smile: "Old Xiangjun, you have been amazed so far after reading the papers, why did you mention the origin of Jiafu, but it was a pity?" ”

"It's a pity, among these volumes, this son can be the first, but this Jiafu ....."

As he spoke, Li Rusong closed his mouth.

Don't look at his idle family and ignore the turmoil outside, but there are many protégés and old officials in the court, and these people will also report to him on time some movements in the court.

Li Rusong handed the scroll to Zhang Tang and Zhang Cao next to him, and said, "This son can be the first." ”

When Zhang Tang and Zhang Cao heard this, they also nodded and said, "Then let's settle it like this." ”

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Jinling Mansion Release Day

The number of participants in the county list is small, most of them are locals, and there are no outsiders, so the speed of the paper is very fast.

Generally speaking, it can be seen five days after grading.

If you extend it a little longer, it won't exceed seven days.

Most of the hours in these days are used to bring these people closer.

Dignitaries and dignitaries often get the news from the official yamen after the ranking is determined.

Therefore, they can take advantage of this gap that has not yet been revealed to meet and make friends with those who have already made the list.

Therefore, people who really have news and access do not need to stay in the inn and wait for news at all, they only need to go home and ask their father.

The children in the poor families did not dare to return home, for fear of missing the time to see the rankings.

On this day, the Tianxiang Building was overcrowded, and the Jiangnan geniuses sitting here, in groups of three or five, calling friends and friends, were eating and drinking, and suddenly heard a voice from outside, "It's time to release the list!" ”