Aoyama Chronicle

The meeting with An Le Wang can be regarded as a bad breakup.No matter how An Lewang hinted at warning, Zhong Yiwen still insisted on his attitude and absolutely let go.In the end, King An Le left in a huff.

The appearance of King An Le shocked everyone who was waiting outside, but Zhong Yiwen who came out behind King An Le had a smile on his face.It seemed that Zhong Yiwen didn't take King Anle's anger seriously at all. Such a strong nerve really made Aqi, Amo, Dafang Meizi and the others admire him.

After that, within two days, it was time for the palace examination.

Zhong Yiwen was led directly to the main hall of the palace together with the three hundred students who had passed the exam.The three hundred students were quietly sitting upright without making a sound.The location of the palace examination is the main hall where the morning affairs are discussed every day. It was temporarily changed into an examination room, and [-] desks and small stools were placed.The time for the palace examination is not long, only two hours. If you are lucky, you will see the Holy Majesty personally come to invigilate the examination.

Because Zhong Yiwen is the top member of the exam, he is in the middle of the first row and definitely attracts people's attention.Zhong Yiwen watched his eyes and mind, as if he didn't notice those eyes secretly looking at him, let alone heard those eunuchs and servants pointing at him.

After the examination papers were handed out, Zhong Yiwen was more attentive, so he didn't notice the commotion caused by the appearance of the Holy One at all.Because there were only two hours, and the time was a bit rushed, so Zhong Yiwen didn't have the energy to take care of other things at all, and just wanted to hurry up and answer the paper.The imperial examination only tested policy theory. Fortunately, the topic of this policy theory was not particularly exaggerated and required a long speech. After Zhong Yiwen quickly recorded the main points and outline of the answer, he began to slowly add content.When the waiting time was slightly over half, Zhong Yiwen began to transcribe.

The Holy Majesty wandered around Zhong Yiwen's side for a few times, and finally confirmed that Zhong Yiwen was really concentrating on answering the question, without even looking up at him, and leaned over to look at what Zhong Yiwen answered, and couldn't help but nodded.However, the Holy Majesty quickly realized that he seemed to be too obvious, so in order to confuse his eyes, he ran to the other students, looked at them, and nodded, but he didn't even notice what was written on their test papers. .The Holy One ran to a dozen or so students to check and nod, until he felt that they were almost done, then turned and left happily.

The few ministers who have been paying attention to the performance of the Holy Majesty are baffled by the performance of the Holy Majesty. In the past palace examinations, the Holy Majesty has never seen so many people praised by the Holy Majesty!Could it be that the students of this palace examination are better.There is a minister who thinks he is smart, and he has asked people to record all the students who have been nodded and praised by the Holy Master, for future use.Among them was his cousin Wu Yuanheng who had another shit luck.

As soon as the palace examination was over, the students were hardly allowed to stay, and the little eunuch came over and led them all the way out of the palace gate without stopping.

It wasn't until seeing the bustling street scene outside that some students realized: "I've walked through the palace once, but I didn't see anything!"

"Brother, me too, I didn't dare to look up at all, I just walked with my head down!" Another student joked.

What the two students said immediately aroused the laughter of other students. Many people said that they entered the palace for nothing and didn't see anything at all.

Zhong Yiwen found Wu Yuan'an among the crowd, and then the two ran to greet Wu Yuanheng, then boarded the sedan chair arranged by Steward Chen, and returned home.

The palace examination is really easy, not only because there is no such a great pressure, after all, as long as it is not too exaggerated, most of the students can pass the Jinshi and then become officials.In addition, the more important thing is that it only takes two hours for one exam, unlike the previous three exams for three days, there is not so much physical and psychological pressure.

The top three champions, the second best, and Tanhua in the palace examination are called Yijia, and they are awarded Jinshi Jidi; the third to ten are named Erjia, and they are awarded Jinshi's background;There are eight examiners in the palace examination, and each answer sheet must be read by eight people, and then the examiners will discuss and select the answers they are more satisfied with, and then select ten of them to be the top ten in the palace examination. The name is submitted to the Holy Majesty for selection.The answer sheets that failed to enter the top ten are the top three in this test. Of course, the top three will also be ranked by these examiners.

Every time when they are in the top ten answers, these examiners are the most active. They can always argue for a satisfactory answer, and of course it is more often because of those corners and corners.

"I think Yongzhou Dinghe's answer sheet is quite wonderful, and he ranked No.3 in the general examination, which is enough to enter the top ten in the palace examination!"

"Well, what Master Wang said is very true. I also have a good answer sheet here, Liu Qingfeng from Yuzhou, will try No.6."

"I've seen Liu Qingfeng's answer sheet that Mr. Li said, it's really good, and he can definitely enter the top ten."

"My lords, I don't know how you judge Yangzhou Zhong Yiwen, who will take the top answer sheet? I think there seems to be a little bit of lack, and it seems that he is a little out of order!"

"Yes, yes, I just said that I always felt something was wrong when I read Zhong Yiwen's answer sheet. After listening to Mr. Hong's words, I suddenly realized that it does seem to be lacking, but I don't know where the lack is. I don't know about the other adults. What do you think?"

"This time, No. 2 Jizhou Han Youguang's answer sheet is undoubtedly perfect. Compared with Zhong Yiwen's answer sheet, it seems to be a bit insufficient, but Zhong Yiwen will take the Huiyuan test, but he can't make it into the top ten in the palace test. Will it make people suspect that we are jealous of the virtuous and capable?"

"In the scientific examination, who can guarantee that he can perform supernormally every time? Even if Zhong Yiwen's palace examination is abnormal and fails to enter the top ten, it is still possible. Why should we use the results of the general examination to determine the top ten? If this is the case? What are you doing in this imperial examination, and what do you need us to work hard day and night to mark the papers? It’s not enough to judge according to the results of the general examination. Zhong Yiwen’s answer paper can enter the top ten, and I am the first to object."

"Master Li, don't worry. Aren't we still discussing this? Why don't we decide on the other people first, and wait until Master Lu and Master Shen come over to discuss Zhong Yiwen's position before making a decision."

Only the two examiners, who already knew the reason for the Holy One's anger after the examination, did not participate in this farce.Who didn't know that Lord Li, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Lord Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had a disagreement, and they didn't know how Lord Hong planned to let Lord Li be the leader.As for whether Zhong Yiwen's articles are good or bad, they are no longer under their judgment.If they really get Zhong Yiwen out of the top ten this time, they can guarantee that they will be the next Minister of the Ministry of Officials.However, the two will not argue about anything at this time, after all, it is still long before the final result comes out.

Several examiners continued to recommend people who they thought were good enough to enter the top ten. After the final recommendation, almost everyone was able to be confirmed to enter the top ten. The final result was that the more than 20 people were selected from the very beginning. out the answer sheet.Several people started to argue lively again, and no one would give up their persistence.

Lu Bonian, a scholar of the Inner Temple, and Shen Ying, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and the crown prince, are the chief examiners of the palace examination. Because they have multiple positions, they only read all the examination papers once, and then passed their own examination papers. The opinions were recorded and have not been discussed with several other people.As soon as the two arrived outside the marking hall, they heard the sound of arguing inside. They looked at each other and sighed. Every time the examination papers were graded, it was almost the same drama.

"Master Lu, Master Shen!" Someone saw them with sharp eyes and immediately shouted, running over to salute the two of them.

After a group of people greeted each other and sat down again, the highlight of the day finally came.

"My lords, I wonder if you have drawn up the top ten candidates? Let me and Mr. Lu have a look and see if everyone agrees?" Mr. Shen is an old man who likes to smile all day long. If you think he has a good temper, you are wrong, he is famous for his smiling face.

When several people heard Mr. Shen's question, they all fell silent.They couldn't come up with a candidate, but they couldn't decide on a single person.

Mr. Shen knew what was going on just by looking at their expressions. With such efficiency, it's no wonder His Majesty's anger is getting bigger and bigger.Mr. Shen was not polite, and took out a piece of paper directly: "This is the top ten candidates I have drawn up in my mind. If you think you have no objections, you can approve them. If you have opinions, we can discuss them again!"

Several people unfolded the list drawn up by Mr. Shen, and when they saw that the first name was Yangzhou Zhong Yiwen, two or three of them immediately looked a little ugly.Especially Mr. Li, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who he had been the first to object to when he said that Zhong Yiwen was in the top ten, now his whole face is blue.

Lu Bonian, Mr. Lu didn't look at who was on Mr. Shen's list, but slowly took out a piece of paper: "This is the list I drew up. If there is any overlap with Mr. Shen, just go straight ahead. Top ten, I believe we both can fancy people, and no one will have an opinion. If there are other objections, we will discuss and decide. The top ten answers tomorrow morning will be directly handed over to the emperor to select the first and second. .”

After hearing Master Lu's words, the few people didn't dare to be negligent, and directly unfolded the list drawn up by Master Lu. The first person, Dinghe from Yongzhou, was the same as the third person from Master Shen, so he was confirmed to be selected.The second name is still the same as the first candidate of Yangzhou Zhong Yiwen and Mr. Shen.The few people suddenly fell silent. Master Lu's previous words have come out, and other people who both he and Master Shen can choose should also agree with them. What else can they say.As for the reason why Zhong Yiwen was excluded from the top ten list, I am sorry they don't remember.