With the end of the first day of exams, the Gongyuan was locked again.

(The imperial examination of the Great Wei Dynasty is a reference to the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, so although there are fifteen days, candidates only take the test for three days.) Historically, in the Qing Dynasty, it has been living in the hospital since the eighth day of the first month, eating, drinking, and sleeping, all of them are not allowed to be discharged, and if they encounter any disease, they will die in it, and the gate of the tribute courtyard will be closed, except for the day of the examination, when the cannon is fired, the flies can not fly out. ）

The candidates' work is over.

At this time, it is time for the graders to be busy.

to the courtyard behind the public hall.

The east and west rows of rooms are full of room officials who are reading the papers.

They are all subordinates of Tongzhi, Zhixian and County Cheng who were drawn from various counties.

During the marking of the papers, the door of the party room cannot be closed, and the officials who supervise the examination will not stop patrolling, and they are only allowed to rest for a short time on the chairs next to the table in the courtyard when they are tired.

The examiner and fellow examiners are in the main hall of the backyard, where you can see every move of the curtain officials in the room.

At this time, Wang Liangchen and Gu Shouyuan and all the fellow examiners were among them.

Gu Shouyuan personally got up and poured a cup of tea for Wang Liangchen and said, "Brother Rulin has worked hard. ”

Wang Liangchen sighed after thanking him: "It's not easy, I finally survived the first scene." ”

Gu Shouyuan nodded and said: "Shouyi is the most important, and if we get through this hurdle, we can be a little more stable." ”

Everyone drank tea for a while, and then looked at the movement in the room.

Seeing that there was nothing major, the topic naturally turned to this exam after a long night.

A fellow examiner sighed: "I don't know how many people in Nanzhili can be on the laurel list!" ”

At this time, another fellow examiner said, "If you want to win, then you have to talk about the article!" ”

All of you here are people who have come from the field.

When it comes to the composition of the imperial examination, of course, it is another time to reminisce about the past eventful years.

In the end, there was a fellow examiner: "I don't know if the examiner has any experience when he was a junior in the middle school, so that I can figure out a thing or two when I go home and educate my juniors." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the same examiner.

This is a good way to shoot, and there are still a few steps to go in the future.

Gu Shouyuan pursed his lips and pondered for a while before saying: "Field Chinese characters, done quickly, there are two people less than half, I have the whole article, you can correct it in detail, one also!" Two or three articles can be written calmly, two also! ”

When they heard this, they all ordered.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary to pay attention to speed, if you write slowly, then it will be too late for later, and it will be all over.

But it's a cliché, and there's nothing new about it.

Just when everyone thought that Gu Shouyuan was just that, he continued: "There are two kinds of Chinese-style articles, bizarre and bizarre, such as fierce gods and evil spirits, people must be afraid when they see them, such articles, the examiner is easy to take, and the other is a magnificent posture, such as Xizi Wang Yan, the world must love, love is in the middle!" ”

Wang Liangchen nodded when he heard this and said: "It's either weird or love, the examiner's summary is really ingenious!" ”

The same examiners were also chewing on Gu Shouyuan's words in their hearts.

But Gu Shouyuan continued: "But as the main exam, I don't care about the creation of the solution, the novelty of the situation, and the strangeness of the writing, as long as the atmosphere is elegant and the language is rich, it is natural!" ”

If Xu He was here, he would be overjoyed in his heart, and sure enough, his analysis of Gu Shouyuan's personality could not be more accurate.

This person is not a person who likes strange things, and the article he likes is the article of Dazhong Zhizheng.

When we talk about the rule of law, we must also talk about morality and heavenly principles, and we must say impartiality.

Everyone talked and laughed, and time passed quickly.

At the end of the day, the examiners in the room had to go to bed.

But the chief examiner, Gu Shouyuan, did not dare to rest, and ordered someone to send the paper that had been read and transcribed to the court for him to select.

Seeing this, Wang Liangchen persuaded: "Mingshan, it's getting late, you better rest early, the days of reading the papers are still long, you don't have to fight for this time and a half!" ”

In the Gongyuan, the rooms for the main examination, promotion, and the same examination are all separate.

And before the township test, it will be newly decorated, and the bed sheets, bedding and other bedding will all be replaced with bright red.

After a busy day, everyone around me is already very tired.

But Gu Shouyuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty ordered me to preside over this Nanzhili Township Test, something has gone wrong before, don't have any more accidents, I still read it earlier, let everyone read it, and I will be relieved to release the list early!" ”

Wang Liangchen knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he called the officials to prepare for supper, and it seemed that today was going to be a night battle.

After the candidates handed in the papers, the test papers were gathered by the collector and sent to the public court, and under the supervision of the supervising officer, they were first sent to the collection center to be neatly stacked, the number was counted, and the preliminary selection was carried out.

Any damaged or stained articles will be directly pulled out and sent back to the public court, where they will be transcribed by the prison officer in a blue pen.

The rest of the qualified rolls were then sent to the seal for sealing.

Here, the candidate information on the test paper is all covered with thick paper, and no one can open it without permission before admission.

After completion, it will be handed over to the transcription office, and the scribe will copy the candidate's paper with a red pen.

If there is a typo in the candidate's paper, the scribes must copy it and mark it in the header.

After transcribing, you think it's over?

It should also be handed over to the reading office next door, and the scribe in charge of reading will check whether the transcribed "Zhu Scroll" is consistent with the "Ink Scroll" written by the examinee, and whether the labeling is correct.

At this point, the candidate's paper will be collected by the scribe and sent to the Zhigong Court.

The supervisor left the ink scroll and sealed it, and then divided the examination paper into [bundles] according to the number of examiners in the inner curtain, and sent it to each room in person after printing.

These examiners are considered to be in jail at this point.

The examiner sat beside them with wide eyes, and he didn't make any sound, and if you itched your nose and picked at it, he would get up and stare at you, just in case you were doing any strange thing to collude with others.

The curtain officials were stared at by these people and were terrified, from the time they received the roll to the time they just got off work, they really couldn't drink water, they had to hold their coughs, and they had to be careful not to make a sound when they farted, which was really more painful than squatting in prison.

During this period, Wang Liangchen was still staring left and right, and the eyes of the eagle could make the house jump when he saw any wind and grass.

But being so strict does have benefits.

Many curtain officials who wanted to make some small moves also rested their minds and concentrated on reading the papers.

But after such a large list of processes, there are not many papers that can be placed in front of the examiner for him to select.

Gu Shouyuan read the paper very quickly, and almost an article can decide the fate of the examinee with only two or three sips of tea.

At the beginning of the same examination, they felt that Gu Shouyuan was a bit overbearing, and they regarded the candidates' academic careers as child's play.

But after they saw those scrolls that were dethroned by Gu Shouyuan, they really had more or less problems, and from then on, everyone couldn't help but admire them.

"Thank you for the tips and monthly passes!

Thanks thanks!

I can only write a serious article to repay!

I wish my brother a quiet life, a healthy family, a smooth career, a good health, and a good meal!"