Xiangye

Chapter 178

It turned out that Huang Wei had been in the low-level officialdom all his life, he was sophisticated, cunning and wise.After getting the test questions with the help of the Chief Envoy, immediately find a good writer to complete the article and memorize it by heart.

I have to say that the article by the kidnapper he found was excellent.But the problem is that there are too many uncertain factors in matters such as the imperial examination. No matter how good your essay is, if it is not right for the examiner's appetite.Especially with the examiner's appetite, I'm afraid that the first pass of the room-by-room test will be brushed off.

In fact, this first pass is the most important part of the rural examination. A single decision between the housing allocation and the examiner can directly determine your life or death.As long as you pass this level, when it's time to turn tables, because the papers that have been preliminarily screened out need to be reviewed by all the examiners, everyone's tastes are very different.As long as your stereotyped essays are well written, the opinions of one or two people cannot influence your fate.

Thinking of this, Huang Wei felt that his heart was still not safe, and it was better to do the job as a fellow examiner.

He used to be just a small county boss, Bo, and he couldn't get into the officialdom of Shaanxi.He didn't dare to bother Gao Linghan, he is a dignified frontier official, it's very kind of him to let you steal the exam questions.If you ask someone to contact the same examiner for you again, I am afraid that the chief executive will beat him out immediately.

After much deliberation, Du Shenghui was the only one I knew and could talk to.

Therefore, Huang Wei took out all the movable money in the family and managed it up and down.Du Juan Shenghui's long followers each received 200 taels, Master Lin [-] taels, and Du Shenghui [-] taels.

Only Master Tong Lin left the joint with the word "hu". That's because the gunman Huang Wei found had something special in his composition. Whenever he encountered interrogative sentences, he liked to use the word "hu" at the end of the sentence.Unlike others, who can use "hu" as well as "xie", "yan" and "yeah."

For example, there are a few sentences in the article "Zi Zai Chuan Shang Sai", "To catch people who have lived for hundreds of generations, do you see any difference?" It has been decided, but the one who comes is not yet determined?"

Anyway, the whole article is full of the word "hu", which has a strong personal color, and you can tell whose paper it is at a glance.

Hearing what Master Lin said, Du Shenghui suddenly felt a little unhappy: "You guys are already prepared!"

Master Lin smiled: "How important is the matter of fame and fame, Mr. Huang is so thoughtful and careful."

Du Zhixian: "I went to the Gongyuan to draw lots to allocate rooms, and the official drew a yellow lottery. After the candidates enter the venue, they must get a seat number. No one knows which test booth Huang Wei will go to, and the papers may not be able to fall into me. In his hand. Even though he cares about it, he may not be able to touch his paper."

Indeed, when candidates enter the arena tomorrow, although they will be checked and searched according to the region, the seat number is random, and you don't know which test booth you will be assigned to in the end.

Mr. Lin said: "The county lord only needs to accept it. Mr. Huang said that even if he can't be assigned to your room, he still has the confidence to rely on his real ability to recommend papers with the examiner. When turning tables, if you encounter For his examination paper, the magistrate should draw a circle and say more good things for him."

Du Zhixian didn't raise a question: "Why, Mr. Huang asked other examiners to walk through the door?" But he felt a little unhappy, the fraud in the examination room was serious.The more people who know about it, the more troubles there will be.

Besides, it's all right for Huang Wei to ask for it on his own head, but to find someone else, is he looking down on me, Du Shenghui?
There is a big taboo in the officialdom. If you entrust someone to do something, you only need to find one person.Once you ask the door, you can't go to another door.Otherwise, not only will people be offended, but there will be too many people who say it is difficult to intervene, and too many oars will destroy the boat, and everyone will cause trouble together.

Master Lin hurriedly said: "No, the county lord has misunderstood. What Huang Zhubo means is that even if he can't be assigned to your room, he still has the confidence to do the test well and pass the recommendation test with real skills. It's a last resort, so please give me a lot of good words when you turn tables."

Just kidding, Huang Wei has already paid out more than 1000 taels of silver in order to get in the door of Duzhi County. This is due to the fact that everyone works together in the same yamen.If you go to other examiners to ask for love, 2000 taels will be indispensable.All the masters of the eighteen houses have come down, does Huang Wei have the financial resources?

Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. Huang Wei really has so much money, why should he be an official? Wouldn't it be good to be a rich man at home?

Only then did Du Zhixian realize that he had misunderstood, and he was suddenly a little surprised: "Is this Huang Wei's article well written, so confident? I have never heard of it before. If it is true, how can he come back after being selected as a scholar?" Have you ever taken the country test?"

Master Lin smiled wryly: "I don't know about that, maybe Huang Wei was hiding his secrets and had no intention of fame before." This reasoning was a bit far-fetched, and he was also confused.

Du Zhixian: "Forget it, let's do it like this!"

After finishing the matter, Du Zhixian wrote the letter, took a nap after lunch, and sat in the study for a long time.At dusk, he went to the chief envoy's yamen to join Gao Linghan and a group of fellow examiners and outer curtain officials, and entered the tribute courtyard in a grand manner.

The sky was getting dark gradually, and there was a burst of cannon fire inside, and someone shouted: "The imperial envoy has an order to close the Gongyuan!"

The gate of the tribute courtyard was slowly closed, that is to say, from now on, all the officials will stay inside for nearly a month, and cannot come out until the day when the list is released.

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"The Grand Master of the Imperial Envoy has issued an order to close the Gongyuan!"

One after another, like a relay, the shouts echoed in the Gongyuan.

At this moment, in the Kuishu hall, a man with the appearance of a civil official led several craftsmen to kneel in front of Li Zhen and Shu Richang, and kowtowed: "The imperial envoy master, the craftsmen who engraved the inscription have gathered, please invite the great master show them."

Kui Sutang is the daily living place of the two chief examiners. It was already dark, and the two great masters had been reading for a long time in it.Shu Richang is fine, Li Zhen is too old to read two pages, and his head is like a chicken pecking at rice.

Hearing the official's words, he woke up suddenly, looked at the situation in front of him, felt that it was not a big deal, and stared away again.

Shu Richang: "Take the craftsmen down and take good care of them. The exam questions will come later, and you can engrave them overnight. By the way, Master Li is very kind and gave the craftsmen a midnight snack."

"Yes."

According to the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, especially the rural examination, which is directly related to the future of scholars and can directly become an official, its importance has surpassed the national examination in later generations.Because once the exam is won, the candidate can directly become an official from the seventh rank.Therefore, if you really want to compare it, it is equivalent to taking the exam in the study class of the Central Party School.

Therefore, the examiner will not ask questions in advance to prevent leaks.

Only on the night before the craftsmen who engraved the questions entered the examination room, the two masters would have a discussion, write out the questions, and order them to engrave them overnight.Then, when candidates enter the venue, they can send it directly.It has not been more than four hours.When many candidates get the question paper, the ink on it is not dry yet!
Of course, the craftsmen who carve the questions cannot go out after they have carved the questions, and they can't leave the hospital until the day when the exam is over and the results are released.

After several people retreated, Shu Richang called out: "Duke Changqi, Duke Changqi..."

However, there was a slight snoring sound from the ears. It turned out that Chief Examiner Li had already fallen asleep.

Shu Richang smiled wryly, shook his head, picked up the pen, and after deliberating for a long time, he wrote five questions from the "Five Classics" on the paper.In fact, he has already figured out these five questions in the past few days.For these five questions, he also spent some time. The culture and education in Shaanxi is lagging behind that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The questions should not be too difficult, and of course they should not be too simple.

After finishing writing, he called again: "Mr. Changqi." This time, he raised his voice.

"Enenen." Li Zhen's eyes were a little red, and his face was tired: "The day is long, what's wrong? Exam questions...you just prepare it..."

Shu Richang: "Mr. Li, my title is ready, but what about yours? I can't do it for you. By the way, how do you think about the title?"

The so-called poem title refers to the last test post poem.

Li Zhen randomly pulled out a book of Tang poems from the bookshelf, turned a page, it was Wang Wei's "Lu Chai", and said: "I want to use an empty mountain to see people."

Shu Richang nodded: "That's right, write a lot, and I'll pick a rhyme."

This is also the rule of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty. The main examiner writes the questions, and the deputy examiner grasps the rhyme.

At the moment, after writing the paper lump, Shu Richang grasped it, and it was exactly the word "person".

After such a commotion, Li Zhen's sleepy child didn't know where to go.As soon as he was old, drowsiness came and went quickly.He said with a smile, "It's not easy to make a question in Chinese characters. It's a bit embarrassing for Shaanxi students."

Shu Richang: "Trying post poems is just a matter of icing on the cake. It is a trade-off. By the way, Li Gong's policy can be drawn up."

Don't say that test post poems and strategies are the icing on the cake, isn't it the same for the five "Five Classics" questions that I wrote?
In fact, as long as candidates do well in the first three questions, they will win the exam.

It's not right to say that, in fact, I met a lazy fellow examiner.You just need to spend more time on the first and third questions of the three "Four Books". As for the second question and the next two games, hehe.As long as the first "Four Books" papers are recommended, the rest will be decorations.Especially the strategy theory in the third game, no one read it, even if it was empty strategy, I had to recommend it as a supplement.

Li Zhen: "I've already thought about it."

After that, he picked up the pen and wrote a topic on the paper.

Shu Richang picked it up and looked at it, but it was a question about salt administration.He smiled immediately: "Mr. Li, Shaanxi does not rely on the sea and does not produce well salt. If you ask candidates from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shuntianfu and Sichuan to do this question, it is no problem. Ask Shaanxi scholars to do it. It's embarrassing."

Li Zhen: "What's wrong?"

Shu Richang said: "After I came to Shaanxi, I also wandered outside. Those who have knowledge and read books are fine. Some farmers said that this salt is the essence of the sun. Otherwise, why would people sweat dry when exposed to the sun? , but a layer of salt and frost will form on the clothes."

"Haha, that's an interesting remark, it woke up the old man from his drowsiness."

(End of this chapter)