Bachelor

Chapter 80 Examination
The lights of the Shandong Gongyuan were kept on at night, and the gate was closed tightly. More than a dozen scribes and deputy examiners were gathered in the Xuezheng Yamen long before the exam, and they couldn't even go out of the courtyard to eat and drink.After ten days, everyone felt that their eyes were dry and their waists were sore.

As soon as the weather entered May, it gradually became hotter. On the day when the Shandong Academy Examination ended, it was sunny for ten consecutive days. The temperature rose sharply, and summer came.Everyone got rid of their cotton robes and put on light jackets.But even so, it was still very hot in the Gongyuan.After staying in the house for so many days, the room was scorched by the sun for a whole day. When night fell, the heat had not dissipated, and everyone was sweating all over.

The Gongyuan was originally the Qingshui Yamen, and Wang Yuanzheng was under extremely strict control. These scribes were only subsidized by one coin a day.The labor intensity is high and the salary is low, and everyone has some complaints.Coupled with the sweltering heat and nervousness, everyone felt a little impetuous in their hearts.

But when they saw Mr. Wang sitting in the middle of the lobby, everyone couldn't say anything.

The weather was so hot, Wang Yuanzheng was still wearing a thick official uniform, his body was so neat that no creases could be seen, and there was not even a drop of sweat on his smooth forehead.

The scribes secretly admired in their hearts, and said in their hearts: As the saying goes, a calm mind naturally cools down, this Lord Wang is really calm!

In fact, Wang Yuanzheng really had nothing to do. He sat in the lobby with a cup of tea all day long, read two papers when he was happy, and just sat here to nourish himself when he was unhappy, and he didn't feel tired.

He is the chief examiner of this subject, but he doesn't have to personally do the reviewing of the papers.

According to the procedure, after all the candidates' papers were copied and their names were blurred, they had to be broken up and assigned to several assistant examiner's papers.After selecting articles with a certain standard from more than 2000 papers, they are classified, numbered, and graded.Many examinees' papers were rejected at this level, and they never reached Wang Yuanzheng's hands.

Only after passing this level first can you be regarded as a scholar.

The imperial examinations are related to the great affairs of the country, and there is a set of strict procedures.In fact, Wang Yuanzheng won't be able to play any role in this first hurdle by taking whoever is not and letting the scholar be selected in that paper.

What Wang Yuanzheng needed to do was to wait for the assistant examiner to take the admission, then re-examine, and determine the ranking for the passing examination papers.

Although the papers that can be finally sent to Wang Yuanzheng are considered high schools in a sense, how they are ranked matters a lot.There are also grades among scholars, and the differences between each grade are also very different in treatment.Scholars are divided into Linsheng, Zengsheng, and Epiphysis. Among them, Linsheng has six buckets of rice per month to receive wages.And one collar is for a lifetime, as long as you don't make a big mistake, you can be regarded as an iron rice bowl.Therefore, how this ranking should be ranked is definitely not sloppy.

In fact, when Wang Yuanzheng came to Shandong to study politics this time, he had put in a lot of work beforehand, and he was very familiar with the students in Shandong.He also has a certain number in his mind who can win and who won't.

In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with Sun Yue and Sun Danzhong of the Sun family. The key is how many places they can get.

This is probably the only thing worth looking forward to in this academy exam.

After sitting in the Gongyuan for ten days, he was also tired of sitting, and he just wanted to end this annoying work as soon as possible and go out to play earlier.

Fortunately, the matter can finally be completely concluded today, and the grading work of the assistant examiners has also come to an end. If you stay up all night tonight, you will be done.

Taking another sip of the cold green tea, Wang Yuanzheng felt refreshed for a while, and was about to ask the deputy examiner to bring over another paper to take a look, and pass the time, when he heard the gate of the Gongyuan rattling loudly. Like someone came in.

Wang Yuanzheng frowned. Someone came to the forbidden area of ​​the examination room without warning, which made him unhappy. Just as he was about to get angry, a secretary ran over quickly, "My lord, Mr. Yang is here."

Wang Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows: "Which Mr. Yang?"

"Brother Yuanzheng doesn't seem to want to see me!" A burst of hearty laughter came.

Wang Yuan was looking up, but it was Yang Shen who broke in.

He hurriedly stood up and said: "It turns out that it is Yongxiu, so let me just say, who is so bold and dares to break into the Gongyuan. You came at the right time, I was about to judge the ranking, you are a well-known celebrity in the country, help me judge."

Yang Shen: "Brother Yuanzheng was joking, you are studying politics, and I have other important business to visit late at night."

Seeing his serious face, Wang Yuan was moved in his heart, and pointed to Fang Zhifang: "But about the matter over there, did Yang Ge come over with a letter?"

Yang Shen nodded: "I just received a secret letter from Yang Shoufu, asking you to finish your errand in Shandong Institute as soon as possible, and work with me to raise money and food for a place in Shandong to send to Nanjing. By the way, Sun Henian is coming too."

Wang Yuanzheng was a little surprised. It is not impossible to collect Shandong's summer tax in advance. This matter is not difficult, just issue an official document and order the governor of Shandong to do it.Now he and Yang Shen, two academicians from the Hanlin Academy, are required to sit in charge, and Sun Henian was transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs to cooperate.

Probably seeing the doubt in Wang Yuanzheng's eyes, Yang Shen smiled: "This time not only the summer tax in Shandong, but also the autumn tax will be collected in advance."

"Nonsense." Wang Yuanzheng was not polite, and directly responded.

Waving his hand, motioning him to listen to what he had to say, Yang Shen said, "I know what brother Yuanzheng wants to say, but this matter is quite urgent, so I have to follow the authority. Now, the emperor Pingkening is rebelling, and he is preparing to launch a rebellion in Nanjing." It is not appropriate to offer prisoners to discuss matters. There are only a few 10 taels of silver. However, the treasury in Nanjing is already empty, and the southeast has also been corrupted to the point of no return due to the war. Shandong has the convenience of water transportation, so we can only send money from here for emergency.”

Wang Yuanzheng lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and let out a long sigh of relief: "The Son of Heaven...finally wants a class teacher. I will do my best to assist Yongxiu in this matter."

Yang Shen nodded emphatically: "If the emperor doesn't work as a teacher for a day, all the officials and the court will not live in peace. Brother Yuanzheng, take the exam at hand as soon as possible, so you can follow me to urge the Shandong officials to do their best."

"That's natural. I stayed up all night today, and I can make a list tomorrow."

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Yang Shen was overjoyed and said, "Then I won't go back to the post house, I'll just wait here."

"It's up to you." Wang Yuanzheng glanced at Yang Shen, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard a commotion from the assistant examiners who were reviewing papers in the ear room.

Wang Yuanzheng is extremely strict, how can he hear such a commotion.His face sank, he patted the table, and shouted: "What's going on, what's wrong with it?"

A deputy chief examiner rushed over: "My lord, my subordinates were delighted when they saw a good article, and couldn't help admiring it loudly. If you alarm your lord, you will be punished with death."

"Just one article made you so excited. After so many years of reading and keeping calm for so many years, you still can't hold it?" Wang Yuanzheng: "Have you picked out all the papers on the list in this subject?"

"It's all been judged."

"I'll come and have a look."

(End of this chapter)