A paper that was "highly recommended" by the same examiner and regarded as Xie Yuan by the deputy examiner, not only was it not recognized by the chief examiner Yin Tai, but he didn't even take it, and was directly deposed.

The fellow examiners in the hall immediately looked at each other, as if they didn't believe their eyes.

Bagu Wen can become the mainstream of the imperial examination, in fact, it has his innate superiority, because the format of Bagu Wen is extremely strict, and it is easier to grasp right and wrong, good and bad.

For example, the problem at the beginning of the eight-strand essay can be seen at a glance whether it is brilliant or not. If you can't grasp it, you can undertake the topic, start the lecture, enter the topic, start the shares, middle shares, back shares, and bundle shares, and read them one by one.

It's just that now, there is such a huge disagreement, which is indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

However, the examiner's use of "indiscriminate use of dictionaries, vain discussion of sages, this madness" seems to be valid, after all, the ideas expressed in the text are also one of the criteria for the Bagu text.

"Lord Yin, is this over? The style of this volume is flat and stable, and it is clearly a classic, even if you don't accept the opinions of the lower officials, then you won't not take it, right? Li Mu didn't expect Yin Tai to have such an attitude, and immediately said with a gloomy face.

The same examiner who recommended the paper also responded: "Lord Yin, this is indeed a rare good article!" Throughout the past, I am afraid that this volume is also the best, and it is definitely the best choice for Xie Yuan. ”

The other three fellow examiners watched the two of them say this, convinced that this was a good paper, and couldn't help but look up at Yin Tai again.

"Isn't my word clear enough?" Yin Tai took out his majesty as a Shangguan, looked at Li Mu slowly, and said: "The inner curtain has the rules of the inner curtain, could it be that you can't accept his benefits, so favoritism to this son?" ”

When the examiner heard this, he was shocked, this was a very serious hat, and he explained: "I also cherish my talents, and I have never accepted bribes." ”

The inner curtain does have the rules of the inner curtain, and no matter what kind of dispute arises, everything must be based on the opinion of the examiner.

Li Mu chose not to say anything, and his face was gloomy all the time.

When he received the errand of the deputy chief examiner of the township examination, he knew that the opportunity to turn over had come. Sure enough, Lang Daiyi, the right side of the Ministry of Works, soon extended an olive branch, although he could not be transferred back to the capital, but the respect of the government also made him very content.

It's just that he never thought that Yin Tai, who thought he would become an alliance, became his obstacle at this time.

Seeing that the few related papers submitted were knocked down again, his teeth rattled, and he wanted to have a good time with this pedantic etiquette waiter, and smashed his fist in his face with hatred.

When it was time to eat, Li Mu grabbed Yin Tai, and the words seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth, and asked in a low voice: "Yin Jiushan, when did I offend you, why did you ruin my future?" ”

"I'm here to save you! Zhu Qianhu looks at you and me like fish and meat, the candidate who was bitten by the snake was roasted by Jinyiwei, can he still keep the secret? Yin Tai looked at Zhu Jiu and didn't notice this, and immediately suppressed his voice and said.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jiu turned around, and his eagle-like eyes swept over the two of them. It seemed to guess something, but in the end it didn't say anything.

Li Mu stood on the spot, the whole person seemed to be in an ice cellar, and he immediately figured things out. Facing Zhu Jiu's gaze, he knew that the candidate might indeed become a source of trouble.

It is also from this day that Yin Tai does not need to discard those papers with the word "customs clearance", these test papers can't even pass Li Mu's level, and they are all thrown into the pile of papers.

The related households that Dai Shuisheng snare is not incompetent. After all, in the vicinity of Guangzhou Mansion, there are some rich and noble families, and many candidates have outstanding talents and can pass by relying on their own strength.

It's just that the competition in the township test is too great, and the entire Guangdong Guangdong Chengxuan Political Envoy Department only admits seventy-five people, and Dai Zhilang has already opened the doorway, so everyone has chosen this most secure path.

But what I never expected was that this safe road led to hell.

Li Mu wasn't sure if he could get out of this matter, but he knew that he couldn't let a scroll with the word "customs clearance" be taken in, so when he saw the volume with the word "customs clearance", it was as if he had seen an enemy.

When the test papers with the "word "customs clearance" were presented, he did not hesitate at all, and directly fell down, and he was eager to step on the test papers.

The same examiner looked at some of the excellent papers recommended by them and was dethroned by Li Mu at just a glance, and someone would come forward, and he also found a few disputes with Li Mu.

But on the whole, the Vigilant Hall is still busy-based.

In this marking, the examiner is undoubtedly the saddest person.

The same examiner has the power to solve the problem of leaving the test paper, and controls the life and death of the candidate, but he has to bear a certain risk. That is, in order to prevent the same examiner from being perfunctory in the process of reviewing the papers, the imperial court formulated a "grinding" system.

'Grinding', in fact, is to review the test papers of the township examination or the general examination, which will generally be completed by the Hanlin Academy under the Ministry of Rites.

These are all first- and second-class Jinshi backgrounds in the Hanlin Academy, and they are only there, and they are usually very leisurely. Now that there is an opportunity to make political achievements, it is natural that I will be very careful to do my errands, and the main job is to check whether the problems such as typos and incomprehensible sentences in the papers with the examiner have been indicated.

Once a major problem is found, the same examiner will be demoted and fined at the least, and degraded to the people at the worst.

It is precisely because of this that the examiner does not dare to review the paper at a glance and ten lines, and carefully reads each test paper word by word. For the recommended test papers, the reason for the recommendation should also be written.

It is worth mentioning that this set of rules for reviewing the file began in the seventeenth year of Hongwu.

At that time, the country had just gone through the war, the population tax was reduced, and the number of scholars was even rarer, and only a few hundred people participated in a township test. Therefore, the four same examiners can cope with it completely.

It's just that in today's Jiajing Dynasty, both rich and poor support scholars, and they are bent on becoming officials through the imperial examination. For example, the number of people in Beizhili who participated in the township examination reached five or six thousand.

At present, the same examiner is still the original four-person setting, but the number of examination papers has increased by multiples, and because the imperial court stipulates that the examination time should not exceed ten days, the workload of the same examiner is quite huge.

In the same way, in order to improve the speed of the examination papers, and at the same time not to be blamed for finding fault with the above, a tacit understanding has gradually been formed. The marking only focuses on the four books and texts of the first field, and the later policy arguments are basically not read, so the township test is based on the eight shares, and the policy arguments become insignificant.

But even so, the same examiner was half tired to death, so he could finish the paper before the release of the list.