The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 359
Steward Wang left Hu Anguo, went straight back to the inn, and tiptoed back to the room.At the same time, Zhao Gou opened his eyes suddenly, frowned, and whispered, "Where did Steward Wang go so late? Could there be some secret?"

Wang Steward took advantage of Zhao Gou's deep sleep and got up to leave. Even if the two of them were not sleeping in the same room, they were still door to door.Zhao Gou's martial arts are too high, any movement can alarm him, and he has no chance to go out during the day, so he has to sneak out at night.

Because of this, Steward Wang thought that Zhao Gou would fall asleep, go out again, and come back again without being found.However, he ignored Zhao Gou's vigilance.At any time, only any trouble can wake up, and Wang Steward only returned after more than half an hour, so Zhao Gou didn't ask about it.

The number of times Zhao Gou really fell asleep is very small. Even the imperial examinations were completed quickly without a long delay. The rest of the time was spent playing, so Zhao Gou did not sleep deeply.When Butler Wang got up, Zhao Gou woke up.

However, Zhao Gou trusted Steward Wang very much, so he did not follow Steward Wang.Just dozed off, thinking that something is wrong these days!He didn't find anything wrong before, but in retrospect, Zhao Gou felt that Steward Wang had something to hide from him, but he didn't point it out.Because, he believed that Steward Wang would not harm himself, there must be some reason why he had to do so.

The conversation was divided into two parts, Hu Anguo, Wang Huai and others gathered together and were reviewing the test papers.

At this time, Hu Anguo was the chief examiner, and Wang Huai was the deputy chief examiner, and they graded the papers separately.Arrange the test papers of all candidates neatly, and then separate them from the middle.There are a total of 380 examinees this time. Hu Anguo is in charge of the first 610 nine candidates, and Wang Huai is in charge of the last 610 nine candidates.

There are a total of 40 examiners, including Hu Anguo and Wang Huai, a total of 42 people, who are responsible for 380 exam papers. On average, each of the few people has to reach thousands of answer papers, so the workload is relatively large and the time is tight. , only three to five days, no more than 21 days at the latest, that is, the official release of the list is required on the [-]st.

Therefore, on average, each person has at least hundreds of assignments per day. This is the time to really test the examiners, and sometimes they will continuously review papers without sleep.Moreover, they had to ensure that there were no omissions. As the chief and deputy chief examiners, Hu Anguo and Wang Huai had a heavy responsibility.

Not only to review, but also to monitor whether the examiner has any personal affair. As long as he thinks it is good or bad, he will basically go through it. The real initiative is in the hands of Hu Anguo.If there is an answer sheet that is difficult to decide and cannot be distinguished, then everyone will make a unanimous decision, the majority obeys the minority, and Hu Anguo has special rights to decide the life and death of the candidates.

The grading volume of the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination in later generations is relatively more modern. It only needs computer grading, and there are standard answers, so you can compare them one by one.At this time, the grading can only be read word by word, and there is no standard answer. It is more of the examiner's subjective consciousness, and there may also be cheating behaviors, that is, the examiner has private affairs in it.

It can be said that a small number of people read more than [-] characters, and they are still classical Chinese, and the task is quite heavy.

After Hu Anguo arranged everything, he asked everyone to start working on the answer sheet at hand.If you think it's good, just keep it and compare it later; if it's not good, you need to go through it yourself, and then directly brush it down.

Start right from the beginning, even if Hu Anguo wanted to directly select Zhao Gou's answer sheet to check, but he still kept his temper and started from the beginning to the end.Zhao Gou's answer sheet was taken out independently by Hu Anguo and Wang Huai, and it was not included in the answer sheets of other candidates.

Hu Anguo, Wang Huai and others were marking papers in full swing, working continuously day and night, and their bodies were a little bit overwhelmed.Moreover, Hu Anguo was over fifty years old, and he was no longer in the body of a young man, so he was really overwhelmed.However, Hu Anguo still persisted, and he will do his best to be responsible for the things he promised.

Everyone was also tired, and seeing that Hu Anguo was so persistent, they had to persevere no matter how tired they were, and they dared not complain.

Hu Anguo is a scholar, no matter how tired his body is, his spirit is full of energy, because he is immersed in the sea of ​​books, which is his greatest pleasure.

"Good! Good! Good! . . . "

Hu Anguo saw a good article and saw that the candidate had written it well, so he couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding. He looked at the number again, and then put it in the first row; after reading several articles in succession, some of them were put in the second row , and some are directly placed in the C class, but there is no hope for the C class.

After several days of continuous struggle, the answer sheets of 380 candidates were finally completed, among which 14 were grade A, 320 were grade B, and the rest were grade C.Zhao Gou's essays were undoubtedly ranked first, but the problem was that there were 14 candidates for the first rank, and the candidates for the next exam had to be the top six, which meant that eight candidates had to be eliminated.

However, Zhao Gou's article is among the top three, so there is no need to worry about this problem.However, a new problem has emerged, that is, the ranking of Zhao Gou's articles.Some of the examiners think that Zhao Gou's article is good and can be placed in the first place, that is, to get "Jieyuan"; some think that it is placed in No.2, and some think it is placed in No.3.

Hu Anguo frowned, pondered for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind.Although Zhao Gou's status is not ordinary, his writing style is really good, but he can clearly distinguish between public and private.In the area that Mr. Zhang is in charge of, Zhao Gou is impressively listed.

"Master Zhang, which one do you think is better for this candidate?" After thinking about it, Hu Anguo decided to ask for his advice.

Mr. Zhang pondered for a long time, and he already had the answer in his heart, and replied: "Zhang believes that it is more appropriate for this candidate to be placed in the second seat!"

"Why?" Hu Anguo also guessed such a result, without any surprise.

Mr. Zhang replied: "This examinee's writing and answers are all top-notch, and he is among the best in the first class. It is not a bad idea to be placed No. 1. However, Zhang thinks that the examinee's writing is good, but he has lost etiquette. If Putting it first, I'm afraid it doesn't conform to the system, so I'm afraid others will gossip!"

Mr. Zhang's words are not groundless, but well-founded.Although it is a bit far-fetched, it makes sense.After all, Zhao Gou only needs three days to answer the three exams. In his opinion, this attitude is arrogant and rude. He ignores the imperial court's restrictions on the imperial examination system. It cannot be encouraged to prevail. If it is really put in the first place, I am afraid that others will make irresponsible remarks in the future, or someone will follow suit, which will be disadvantageous.

(End of this chapter)