The second session of the examination is the same as the township examination, with one trial, five judgments, and one edict, edict, table, and internal medicine.

In fact, it is all official application writing, in addition to the correspondence of official writing, it is to write judicial judgments based on the provided cases.

For the Ming Dynasty, many of whom have gone through the cold window, especially many of them were also born in the family of eunuchs, this is more like a formality, and most of them are comfortable with these topics.

When the candidates take the second exam, the examination of the papers also begins.

Following the same process as the township test, after the ink roll goes through the two procedures of "pasting the name" and "transcribing", the "ink roll" is left in the outer curtain for preservation, and the "red roll" is sent to the Feihong Bridge in the inner curtain.

The chief examiner Wu Shan, the deputy chief examiner Zhang Lei and the eighteen fellow examiners were waiting under the Feihong Bridge, and after welcoming the red scrolls back to the Martial Arts Hall, under the watchful eyes of the internal supervisor served by Jinyiwei, the ceremony of worshiping the Confucian saint was carried out, and then the fellow examiner drew lots to take the papers.

There is a difference with the township test, although the "Zhu Roll" is sent from the outer curtain, but the Zhu Roll still has the words "South", "North" and "Middle".

With the end of the "Confused Case of the North and South Lists", the Ming Dynasty opened the examination system of regional sub-lists. In the Xuande period, the middle volume was divided from the north and south volumes, and it was stipulated that 55 people should be taken from the south volume, 35 people from the north volume, and 10 people from the middle volume.

Judging from the proportion of this score, the candidates of the southern paper undoubtedly have an advantage, but in fact, it is not.

Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Huguang, and Guangdong provinces are admitted to the southern roll, and some scholars are in the south of the country, while Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian have always been the birthplace of the great provinces and champions of the imperial examination, so the competition among the candidates in the south roll is even more fierce and cannot take advantage.

After obtaining the examination papers, the 18 fellow examiners got busy. Mediocre test papers will fall directly, excellent papers will be recommended, and especially excellent papers will be recommended.

The examiner, Wu Shanduan, sat in the lobby, in his fifties, with white temples, but his complexion was good, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes were bright, quite official.

This is the first time he has presided over the examination as the chief examiner, and he attaches great importance to this examination.

Not only because he is taking on this important responsibility for the first time, but also because he will become the mentor of 300 new science and technology scholars, and the teacher-student relationship in this era is like that of parents, which will be a heavy political resource for him.

In fact, there was a fierce competition for this main examination position. After all, this is the emperor's special convening, and it is normal for the "specifications" to be higher than the previous ones, so the cabinet elders are interested in this position.

He, who had only been in office for more than a year, thought that he could only be a bystander, but he didn't expect that in the end, this good thing would fall on his head in a daze.

While he was happy, he was also cautious. It seems to be very rewarding, but the pressure is not small at all, and there are countless pairs of eyes staring. If you are not careful, you will grab the pigtails and go to death.

He was a Jinshi in the fourteenth year of Jiajing, born in Hanlin, and succeeded Wang Yongbin the year before last and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Whether it is "background" and qualifications, he is expected to become a cabinet elder and is expected to become one of the most powerful ministers in the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that behind the beauty there is often a murderous intention, and Li Mo's lesson, he really saw it in his eyes. Because he was the left waiter of the ministry at that time, he saw it more clearly than others.

At that time, Li Shangshu was deeply encouraged, and he had Lu Shan, a proud protégé, and the limelight even overshadowed Yan Ge Lao, and the defectors came like a cloud, thinking that Li Mo would take over the position of the old Yan Ge Lao.

It's just that who would have thought that just when Li Mo was at the height of his limelight, a catastrophe quietly came. Li Dang is a tree is scattered, and Li Shangshu himself is in a different place, falling from heaven to hell.

It is precisely like this, Wu Shan constantly admonishes himself. Even if now is the time to be proud, even if he is about to have a lot of political resources, he still has to be careful not to make Li Mo's mistakes.

As the excellent exam papers were sent in, he carefully reviewed them. While deciding to stay, he also wanted to pick out the Huiyuan test paper from it, so that those eyes staring at him couldn't find fault.

Fortunately for him, the level of this year's candidates was higher than he thought, and in just two days, he submitted five highly recommended papers, and he couldn't put down two of them.

"It is advisable for the saint to hide, and for those who are able to begin to reveal it."

Wu Shan stroked his pale beard, as if he had drunk wine, and found that this problem was extremely exquisite, so he couldn't help but read through this article again.

"Will it be determined?" When Zhang Lei saw his expression, he asked curiously.

Wu Shan has been tempered by officialdom, and has long cultivated Qi cultivation Kung Fu, and said with a tepid appearance: "It's a pity that the answer sheet behind is slightly inferior, and the overall is not as good as Song Tong's highly recommended paper, but it is estimated that it can be pointed out as Jingkui."

Every time you get a top, it means that this test paper is not in the first, but it can be in the top five, which is quite a powerful result.

"In this way, the high-recommendation paper of Song Tong's examination is Hui Yuan? Hehe...... Looks like I was right in my previous judgment! Wang Lei's eyes flashed with joy, and he stroked his beard quite proudly.

Wu Shan smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "It's too early to say!" There are still thousands of test papers behind this, and there are still two papers that have not been delivered! ”

"Huh...... I'll put my words here, that test paper must be a yuan! Wang Lei's eyes were full of confidence, and he looked like he was sure of the test paper.

Wu Shan kept a smile on his face, and deliberately flipped through the other test papers, but he kept an eye on it.

This Wang Lei is a member of the Xu Party, which can be regarded as a "compensation" for Xu Jie's inability to compete with the examiner. It's just that when this person held the ceremony, his expression was a little strange, and now he looks even more strange.

It was precisely like this, he suddenly suspected that the high-recommendation paper of the Song Tong Examination was hidden, if he guessed correctly, it was very likely that he was a candidate from Nanzhi. It's not that he's nervous, it's that this trial is weird at the beginning.

First of all, Yan Dang took the initiative to give up the position of the chief examiner, although he was mistaken by many people in the outside world for Yan Dang, thinking that he was sitting in the position of chief examiner on behalf of Yan Dang, but he knew very well that he had nothing to do with Yan Dang.

Now that Yan Dang not only did not implicate the chief examiner, but even gave the deputy chief examiner to Xu Dang, how can this matter not reveal weirdness? How can you not let him keep an eye on him?

It was for this reason that he was in good spirits from the moment he stepped into the Suncheon Tribute Temple. I'm afraid that he will really be planted inexplicably, especially in the selection of Huiyuan, he needs to be cautious.