After the palace test, Lin Yanchao left the Imperial Palace in the night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this moment, it was getting late, and a little eunuch came to Lin Yanchao with a lantern.

"It's dark in Huiyuanlang, let the villain show you the way."

Lin Yanchao arched his hand and said: "This father-in-law doesn't dare, just come by himself." “

The eunuch saw that Lin Yanchao was so polite, and there was no problem with the scholar looking down on the eunuch, and said with a smile: "Hui Yuanlang is polite, it is the honor of the villain to lead the way for Hui Yuanlang." “

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "My father-in-law is polite, since this is the case, it is better to be respectful." “

At that moment, the eunuch Tilin Yanchao took him all the way out of the palace gate, and the two chatted while walking. Lin Yanchao knew that the other party was a little eunuch who was serving in the Qianqing Palace, and his name was Gao Huai.

Judging from the fact that the other party knows that he is Huiyuan, and he also leads the way for himself late at night, he is undoubtedly a person with a lot of vision.

Lin Yanchao followed his guidance and walked out of the imperial city and returned home, where he fell asleep.

The next day, Lin Shibi and Lu Yicheng both came to Lin Yanchao's house.

After the palace examination, the two of them are now waiting for the award in three days, and the joy on their bodies cannot be stopped.

Lin Shibi proposed that before the grace banquet after the palace examination, we should first visit the high-ranking officials in the capital.

Lin Shibi is a child of a family, and the rules of officialdom are the most understood among the three. As a senior, a fellow senior official will instruct you on the bright and dark rules of officialdom in the future, bypass unnecessary troubles, and make your road in officialdom smoother.

After Lin Yanchao and the three of them discussed, they decided to go to the mansion of Chen Rui, the servant of the Criminal Department.

When Lin Yanchao first took the exam, he was looking for Chen Ruiyin to form a guarantee, and now he is about to become a jinshi, and it is natural to find Chen Rui to be grateful.

Chen Rui was very happy to see the three of them, and he was even more surprised by Lin Yanchao. He didn't expect that his little fellow countryman would actually win Zhonghuiyuan, this is Xie Yuan, Huiyuan Liankui, Shuangyuan!

At that moment, Chen Rui held a banquet in the mansion to entertain Lin Yanchao and the three. At the banquet, Chen Rui actually started a friendship with Lin Yanchao.

Chen Rui is a native of Changle, and has the same surname as Chen Yiyu, Chen Zhenlong, and Chen Xinggui, so he passed the sect. Lin Yanchao and Chen Yiyu are in the same case, Chen Xinggui is a classmate, and Chen Zhenlong is a friend. The two sides are not outsiders when they talk about each other, and Chen Rui has a good relationship with Lin Yanchao, just like a world friend who has been friends for generations.

After talking about friendship. During the banquet, Chen Rui couldn't help but ask Lin Yanchao how the palace played? How many can you take the exam?

Lin Yanchao said modestly, do his best, I really don't dare to say how many places.

Coming out of Chen Rui's mansion, Lin Shibi said: "This Chen Shilang, I heard that he was about to be promoted to the governor of Liangguang, and he had a bright future, but I didn't expect it to be blue-eyed to you." “

Lu Yicheng said enviously: "Yes, just at the banquet." This Chen Qiuguan and the two of us are both faint, but you take the initiative to make friends with Zong Hai. “

Lin Shibi sighed: "Who called him Huiyuan? The real world is hot and cold. Brother Zonghai, you have to be the east, comfort me and others. “

"No way!" Lin Yanchao said decisively.

The three of them were on the road, but they happened to meet Liu Tinglan, Huang Kezhang, Wen Xian and others.

The scholars of Fujian and Zhangquan fought fiercely in the countryside of the province. But when it came to the national examination, it was to put aside disputes and unanimously to the outside world.

The six of them are all tributes, and they will become officials soon, and they are now finished with the exam. So I decided to go to the Liyu Hutong restaurant to drink together.

Liyu Hutong is on the edge of the Gongyuan Courtyard, and after the examination, most of the scholars returned to their hometowns in frustration, but those who won the Gongshi stayed in place.

Lin Yanchao also met a lot of the same list along the way to the restaurant.

During the palace test, everyone knew that Lin Yanchao was a huiyuan, starting from the banquet in the restaurant, these fellow players were all vying to greet Lin Yanchao from various tables.

These people are all elites of the Ming Dynasty, and Lin Yanchao didn't feel that he was a Huiyuan, so he was superior to others, so he asked the shopkeeper to add a table and invited these people to drink together in the same year.

During the banquet, everyone talked about it, and it was indispensable to talk about yesterday's palace exam.

Liu Tinglan inquired: "Brother Zonghai, I heard that you only handed in the paper when you tried the second candle in the palace yesterday, some people said that your palace test did not go well, but is it true?" “

Lin Yanchao generously admitted: "It is true that above the palace exam, I have thought about the first question for a long time, but in the end I finally got in time. “

When everyone heard this, they all thought to themselves, Lin Yanchao was a little hung in the palace test this time.

Huang Kezhang comforted: "Brother Zong Hai is the leader of the club, even if he is not enough for a while, the final ranking will not be too bad." ““

After Huang Kezhang finished speaking, a scholar surnamed Huang, who was already a little jealous of Lin Yanchao, said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Zonghai, the palace chess test is one move away, I'm afraid that Sanyuan and the first will not succeed." I thought that Brother Zong Hai was only eight buckets high, and this palace test could surpass Shang Wenyi Gong and become the first person in my Ming Imperial Examination, but I didn't expect that it would fall short in the end, but it's a pity. “

As soon as these words came out, everyone heard a full sour taste, and Lin Yanchao didn't care at all, just smiled peacefully and said, "Not necessarily, brother, don't say it too early." “

Everyone heard Lin Yanchao's words, revealing a sense of confidence.

The scholar surnamed Huang smirked and said, "Hui Yuanlang, I just lost my words, then I'll wait and see." “

The banquet dispersed, and Lin Yanchao returned to the Fuzhou Hall. Chen Jichuan, Zhanming brought Lin Yanchao sobering tea.

Zhan Ming said worriedly: "Master, today I went to the market, there are several gambling houses in the capital, and at the moment the surname Zhang is the highest, the surname Xiao is second, and the surname Lin is the third." “

Lin Yanchao knew that this was a folk gambling method, and they bet on who the champion belonged to, guessing the surname, not the person's name.

The highest surname Zhang is Zhang Maoxiu, Zhang Jingxiu, Zhang Taizheng, and Xiao Liangyou is Xiao Liangyou, and Xiao Liangyou also has a younger brother Xiao Liangyu, who is also a tribute.

As for the surname Lin, he is alone.

"Sir, do you have a number in your heart?"

Seeing Zhanming, Chen Jichuan looked worried, Lin Yanchao said: "Okay, I'll get to the bottom with you, this time the palace test screening papers, if I can enter the top ten, the champion will belong to me!" “

After speaking, Lin Yanchao looked at Chen Jichuan, Zhanjin's expression, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you believe it?" ”

"Faith!" The two spoke in unison.

At this moment, the revision of the examination papers in the inner hall of the Wenhua Hall had already begun, and the examiner under the supervision of the supervisor unpacked the test papers and placed them on the desk.

Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing and other ten paper readers each sat behind the case. The supervisor took a bundle of test papers from the test papers, and according to the official position, he put down one paper at a time, starting with Zhang Juzheng.

When the division was exhausted, the supervisor took another bundle until all three hundred and two volumes had been distributed, so that the average number of volumes per reader was thirty volumes.

When grading, first look at your own volume, mark the superior, and then take turns to read other people's papers, which is called turning the table, a volume to the table, and passing the eyes of ten paper readers, before graduation. Each examiner, when grading, is divided into five grades according to his grades, marked with circles, points, points, straight, and crosses, and after annotating the comments, they are stamped with official titles.

In order to prevent the examiner from favoritism, there is a huge difference in the results in the palace examination, so there is an unspoken rule for the palace examination to mark the papers, that is, the circle does not see the point, and the tip does not see the straight.

What does this mean?

That is, the first reader of each paper, if the circle (first class) is used, then the next nine readers cannot use points (third class).

If the first reader uses a straight (fourth-class), the latter reader cannot use a sharp (second-class). In case there is a circle and a fork on a paper, then one of the two paper readers will be hung up and beaten (punished).

Therefore, the first judge to read the paper in the palace examination is very important for the judgment of the paper.

At this moment, the reading of the papers in the Wenhua Hall is continuing, such as Gu Xiancheng, Xiao Liangyou, and Zhang Maoxiu's papers, they have all been ticked for the first time, and according to the rules of not seeing the dots in the circle, their articles will be between the first and second grades. The papers of the ten candidates with the most circles in the last circle will be presented to the Son of Heaven. After the Son of Heaven personally visited it, he decided the top ten rankings from it.

Now Lin Yanchao's scroll is in the hands of Zeng Shengwu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Zeng Province Wu, the word three provinces, the name is very easy to understand, three provinces every day. This person is a native of Zhongxiang County, Huguang, and a Jinshi in Jiajing for 35 years. Zeng Xingwu once put down the Sichuan Tusi rebellion meritorious, belonging to Zhang Juzheng's heavy and capable ministers, his articles are good, and Wang Shizhen and Wang Shizhen look at each other unpleasantly, but Wang Shizhen can't help but praise his literary brilliance.

At this moment, Zeng Xingwu got Lin Yanchao's article, and he didn't look at the content, but first looked at whether it was beyond the system and made mistakes.

There is a standard format for the palace trial question, and the beginning of the article is enabled to use "ministers to ministers", and the end is "ministers grass new entry, ignorant of taboos, dry and strict, and trembling and surpassing." Sincerely'.

The article is forbidden to be altered, the beginning of the paragraph must be blank two words, the article must be written in four or six prose, at least 1,000 words, if you can say something, write the most of course, the better.

Zeng Xingwu saw that there was no mistake in the format of Lin Yanchao's article, and the handwriting was neat, although it was not a first-class good word among the candidates, but under the first reading, it was very comfortable.

However, Zeng Xingwu was not the one who made a hasty decision, as the first official to read the volume, without the reference of the previous officials, Zeng Xingwu had to be cautious again and again.

So Zeng Xingwu read Lin Yanchao's first question.

Well? Using both rigidity and softness, and using the inner and outer kings to solve the problem, this is a new idea.

When I saw the scroll, it was written, 'Saints are not all kings, but kings must be saints', Zeng Xingwu couldn't help but smile. If someone can read Zeng Xingwu's smile, the subtext in his heart is that the first article will be the first article, and this person is too impatient.

Zeng Xingwu is a fellow villager of Zhang Juzheng, and he is also favored by him, and he can be regarded as a hardcore fellow of Zhang Juzheng, and he is 100% in favor of the examinees' writing of articles. However, in the eyes of the superiors, if the candidate writes like this, it is inevitable that there will be a little 'kneeling and licking', and it is inevitable to look down on the candidate's personality by one point.

Then, after reading the second question, Zeng Xingwu showed a stunned expression at this moment, and he could almost hold a duck egg in his mouth.

In his heart, it seemed that there were thousands of grass and mud horses galloping and whistling by, and he said in his heart What is this candidate doing, where everyone does not make a sycophant, he made a sycophant. And where everyone is patting on the back, he doesn't do it. (To be continued.) )