Chapter 90
The battle for the top spot in 90
In the Da Pei Dynasty, the provincial examination was as rigorous as the general examination. There were three examinations in nine days. After the examination, the examiner had to complete the marking and release of the results within fifteen days.
However, because this was a re-examination and time was tight, the marking time was repeatedly compressed, and finally the results were released within ten days, so it was already mid-September.
If you pass the rural examination, you will be the master of civil servants, and you can choose officials according to the eight classics.
The first place is Jieyuan, and the second place is Yayuan. Because each subject in the provincial examination must get one from each of the Five Classics, ranked among the top five, so the third to fifth place are called Jingkui, also called the Five Classics.
Kui; the sixth name is Ya Kui.
At this time, several marking officers were arguing over the two examination papers.
The mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right, and the father-in-law said that the public was right. They all wanted to get the top spot in the exam paper they were interested in.
Of the two marking officers, one is an official from the Ministry of Rites and likes beautiful articles, while the other is an official from the Ministry of Works and pays more attention to practical matters.
Mr. Qian leisurely sat at the main seat and drank tea with his eyes narrowed.
The two argued for a long time, but neither could convince the other. In the end, the person on the side couldn't stand it any longer, so he said, "Since you two adults are so fiercely competing for the upper hand, why don't you let Master Qian make a decision quickly?"
Don’t delay the release of the results.”
In fact, the final ranking still needs to be decided by the chief examiner, but generally the chief examiner who is not very arbitrary will still consider the opinions and suggestions of the deputy examiner, but the deputy examiner can never replace the final decision of the chief examiner.
Mr. Qian picked up an examination paper that had been lying beside him for a long time and said while tearing the seal, "This examination paper is of great literary talent and flowing flow. It can be regarded as the first of the Five Classics and named after Xie Yuan."
"Feng Shiming? It seems that the Feng family has indeed hooked up with my second brother." Pei Sheng put down the list, turned the finger on his thumb and asked, "Is there any remission from Rongxing?"
The last one on the list is Liu Ziqing from Rongshan Town.
Li Feng responded respectfully.
The copy officer was also helpless. This guy did too poorly in the exam. If the test paper looked better, he could find a way to get him to the front line, but really, hey...
"...Beitang Village, Laiqiao Town, Jiangzhou...Xu Zhian won the Central Asian Yuan."
"yes."
"Okay, you have people to keep an eye on him all the way. Before Feng Jinghong enters Prince Jin's palace, we must find a way to pry Rong Xing's mouth open."
"Humph, are you going to admit it? There are many things in this world that are more terrifying than death. If we continue to dig into his background, I will not believe that there is no one or thing in this world that he cares about!"
But he was very capable of doing things, and he could always successfully complete the difficult tasks assigned to him, with better results than expected. He was definitely a good knife, so Emperor Pei still valued his son very much.
"No need, it's just a side list, no one will be watching." Pei Sheng looked at the names of the first few people, thoughtfully.
The announcement of the results was at the gate of Gongyuan. They thought it was very early, but when they got there, they found that there were too many people earlier than them. The gate of Gongyuan was already so crowded that they couldn't squeeze in.
"Go ahead."
Master Qian gave them no face at all, but he also saved their face.
As for the fact that Mr. Qian is the uncle of King Shen, no one took it seriously, because the Qian family has always been a loyalist and impartial. The top two selected this time, it was immediately known that they were students from poor families and did not exist.
Partisanship.
One is Feng Shiming from Fenghuang Town, Jiangzhou. As soon as he hears this name, he knows that he is the person whom the King of Jin wants to recommend. The other is Zhao Rong, the legitimate son of the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"yes."
The two of them looked at each other, saying they didn't dare, while secretly cursing the old fox in their hearts. Needless to say, they each had their own agenda.
In this way, all five Jingkui examination papers have been selected and handed over to Mr. Qian.
"What should I do?" Qi Qi smiled bitterly.
After Wu Jingkui had decided, everyone didn't pay too much attention to the subsequent rankings, and quickly decided the rankings one by one.
It is not unfounded that Prince Shen was rumored to be cold-blooded and ruthless. He officially entered the court at the age of sixteen and was decisive in his officialdom and swept thousands of troops on the battlefield.
"That old guy is very hard-boned. We have tried all our methods, but he still won't let go. He refuses to admit that he participated in the last imperial examination fraud case." Li Feng also has a headache. He can withstand their torture and still not let go. There are very few people in the world who are either truly wronged or have a particularly strong willpower and are a character.
Seventy-eight on the main list and ten on the secondary list.
At night, Li Feng handed the final list to Pei Sheng for reading, and at the same time talked about Liu Ziqing, "Master, do you want to remove his name?"
The attendant on the side took it and read out, "Room Bing213, Qingshan County, Camellia Town, Qingshan County, Jiangzhou, won the first prize, Jieyuan..."
While they were fighting for first place and second place, with all their attention focused on that, a copy officer secretly picked out an exam paper from the pile of discarded papers and secretly stuffed it into the pile on the side list.
"Xiaoqi, why are you so early? It's still early for the rankings to be released." Qi Moxuan couldn't sleep either. Although he was confident that he would not fail the rankings, he still had expectations for his ranking.
"I can't sleep, let's go early and get a good seat later."
The two people who had just argued looked a little ugly, because the candidate chosen by Mr. Qian was not the two people they had just argued with.
The thing that Emperor Pei didn't like very much about him was that he was too violent and not tactful enough.
Now this is pretty good, no one wins the first or second place, anyway, it is a victory if the other party doesn't succeed.
And the exam paper that was just held up by two people to compete for the first place got the top three and four top prizes.
"How is the Feng family? Has Feng Jinghong set off?"
The day before the results are released.
After hearing the reminder from others, the two of them seemed to realize that they had gone off the rails, and they all confessed to Mr. Qian and handed in their examination papers.
Qi Qi got up early in the morning at dawn. Today is a big day.
But what made them frustrated was still behind. Jie Yuan didn't get it, and neither did Ya Yuan.
"OK."
"We have already set off. Mr. Feng is also afraid that there will be more troubles due to long nights and dreams, so he has sent half of his family members to personally escort Miss Feng San to Beijing."
Unexpectedly, the third uncle's literary talent is really good, and he won the first place in the eyes of his uncle. And this Yu Wenbin, he actually passed the sixth Yagui test, huh...
Li Feng bowed and left, planning to go to the cell to meet Master Rong in person. How could he get enlightened?
One of the two people secretly supported King Jin, and the other secretly defected to King Shen. It was inevitable to compete with each other. In fact, they also knew that such a fight was meaningless, but they had to fight.
Mr. Qian was smiling from beginning to end, with no trace of strangeness on his face. He calmly accepted the test paper and even praised the two of them a few times.
"Go home and wait for news?" Qi Moxuan had no choice.
"No, I'm here already. How about we find an inn and sit down?"
"Okay, then let's go to Zhuangyuan Building. Those fellow villagers from Qingshan Town should also..." Suddenly, he was stunned. Liu Ziqing would probably be there as well. What kind of useless suggestion was he making?
Qi Qi understood it, but didn't care, "Go, let's go."
Chapter completed!