When Han Gang woke up, it was already afternoon.

The sound of the rain beating on the bluestone slabs in the courtyard, opening the windows, and the damp and slightly cold wind immediately blew into the room. The fresh air lifted Hangang's spirit.

After freshening up, Han Gang walked along the corridor to the front hall, but he ran into Wang Hou, who was at home today, watching the rain.

The rain poured down from the eaves, and a curtain of water hung in front of him, and Wang Hou looked at it in a daze.

Han Gang walked over: "It's finally raining." ”

Wang Hou turned his head, "This winter, there is little rain and snow in Jingdong and Hebei, and many people in the court are worried." ”

Han Gang frowned, and in retrospect, the situation was indeed as Wang Hou said.

Since he went to Beijing, his mind has been focused on the exam, and he hasn't paid attention to how many days there has been no rain or snow. No, he noticed, and was glad that the weather had been good for two months, and had completely forgotten about farming.

"Fortunately, it rained, and it rained in the spring, so I could alleviate the drought on several roads."

Wang Hou looked up at the rain clouds in the sky, and it seemed that there were signs of dispersion: "It would be nice if it could rain a little more." ”

"yes, better go a little more." Han Gang said, "There is no snow in Hebei and Jingdong this winter, and I am afraid that there will be more insects in the fields after spring." ”

"It's not something we can handle."

Wang Hou smiled self-deprecatingly, what can a third-class master do? Even Lao Tzu, who is his privy deputy, is inconvenient to point fingers at the jurisdiction of Zhongshu. It's Han Gang, you can say a sentence on the premise of Wang Anshi.

Walking to the front hall with Han Gang, Wang Hou said with a smile: "Looking at Yukun's worry-free appearance, there is no doubt that it is a high school!" ”

Han Gang shook his head, "That won't be known until after the list is released." ”

Han Gang is still confident in his knowledge, but he knows better that not all talented scholars can be admitted to the Jinshi, and luck also accounts for a large part of the factor.

Han Gang has always been reluctant to gamble on luck and put his fate on the number of days, which is not in line with his character at all. Without breaking the rules, trying to give himself a more secure future has always been the key to his consideration.

That's why he deliberately gave up the three correct answers in yesterday's exam, and delayed until the last time to hand in the paper, just because he didn't want to rely on luck to decide his fate. Despite this, it was indeed cheating, but Han Gang didn't care about this trivial matter. In terms of ability and merit, Han Gang is more qualified than anyone else, even in terms of talent, he doesn't think that he is not up to the standard of a jinshi.

In fact, Han Gang was not sure that one of his other twenty-seven articles was good, but he knew more clearly from Wang Yan that the twenty-seven articles were not a dead rule, and exceptions could be allowed. In this case, as long as he can identify himself, he still has a chance to get his hands on this exception.

As long as his identity is identified, he has a high chance of presenting his paper to the examiner. And even if you can answer all the 30 scriptures correctly, there is still the possibility of being dethroned by the three parties of inspection, examination, and re-examination in terms of history.

The success rate of both sides is not 100%, but in terms of probability, of course, the former is a little greater.

In order to make himself roll all the way through, Han Gang tried his best and tried his best, and his choice was understandable. In the same way, he has also put a lot of effort into historical theory, and I believe it is enough to pass the judgment of the four main examiners.

Of course, there is a possibility that the mechanism is too smart, but ......

"It's a matter of chance."

Walking with Wang Hou on the corridor with the constant sound of rain, Han Gang whispered to himself.

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In fact, the test papers were corrected quickly.

Ye Zuqia, Shangguan Jun, and Lu Dian, a dozen or so test papers, spent three days to correct a total of more than 5,000 test papers. They mainly corrected the Moyi Sutra and also discussed the policy. Because it is to check the Moyi with the correct answer, it only takes your eye to correct it, but you don't need to think about it, basically in an hour, you can pass fifty or sixty copies, with an average of more than 300 per person, less than 400 test papers, and the correction will be completed in two days. An extra day is spent exchanging the corrected papers with each other and checking whether others have corrected them for errors.

Through the Moyi Sutra alone, more than 4,000 people were wiped out at once. Except for some papers that are really good enough to let go, all the tributes who did not meet the red line of 27 Zhongge were dethroned - although there was another review later, there were almost no papers that could bring the dead back to life.

There were only about 1,000 copies left of the papers that were sent to the examination and re-examination later. There are six examiners and four re-examiners, and these two passes are mainly for judging the historical theory. If the marks of the three parties are the same, there is nothing to say, and if they are different, they will be submitted to the examiner. This judgment was more mentally draining, and it took a total of six days before it was over.

Just when the exams of all the subjects, which were mainly based on the Ming Law Subject, were all over, and the special performance of the famous Jinshi exam began. The examiners finally completed their work, and sent the nearly 500 papers left after the last one to Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing and others.

Among them, there are more than 200 undisputed volumes that have passed three levels in a row and are determined to be in the middle of the grid; In addition, there are more than 200 test papers that do not match the three evaluations of the inspection, examination, and re-examination, which need to be finalized by four Zhigongju.

The four main examinations were to finalize the 400 [Note 1] Jinshi at the very end, which took more time than the checks, examinations and re-examinations. Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing, Deng Xuan, and Deng Runfu each silently flipped through the exam papers, and only the rustling of papers could be heard in the hall for a while. I can only see the volume that has been too wrong and take it out as a joke; Or if there is a great phrase to read, read it and communicate it.

It was almost late, and most of the test papers that had been selected had already been confirmed. When it was time to eat, Deng Juan suddenly laughed.

Lu Huiqing heard him laughing strangely, put down his pen, turned his head and asked, "What, what interesting scrolls did you see again?" ”

Deng Juan patted the scroll: "It's not interesting, but it's well written." It's just that this volume is of many quality and less literate, either from Hedong or from Shaanxi. ”

Deng Runfu also raised his head from the work of marking the papers, and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Hu Guanglikui's literary style is good?" ”

"There are so many Western things that can only be ......written by the Gongsheng of Shaanxi," Deng Xuan's smile was meaningful, and he handed it to Deng Runfu.

Deng Runfu took the test paper disapprerovingly, looked at it for a while, and his smile suddenly became exactly the same as Deng Juan: "Change the law and make time, Wang Ye will prosper for a hundred years; As a result, the emperor stopped at II. Governing the six countries with the law of annexation of the six countries, how can they not die? This sentence is out of the ordinary, the Tao has never been said before, rare, rare! ”

Lu Huiqing looked at Deng Runfu in surprise. These two sentences talk about the benefits of changing the law, which is indeed satisfying, but Deng Runfu's evaluation is too high.

"Don't you see that in the "Treatise on the Passage of Qin", 'benevolence and righteousness are not applied, and the offensive and defensive momentum is easy'? This article should be used to apply its meaning, how can it be said that the way has never been done before? 'Those who merge are highly deceitful, and those who are stable are noble and obedient, and they are different from those who are guarded. 'The world is unified, and it should change its course. The first emperor banned the text and torture law, first deceit and then benevolence, and took tyranny as the beginning of the world, so life and death were destroyed, and death was laughed at by the world. Jia Changsha [Jia Yi] has already written this truth! ”

"'Qin Ren Shang Ying, the second died', Gong Xie didn't think what Jia Yi said was reasonable." Zeng Bu was correcting the test papers, but he didn't forget to sing a duet with Lu Huiqing, "The insight in this sentence is not bad, it's better than Xie An!" ”

Lu Huiqing shook her head and was about to refute, but Deng Runfu had already handed over the volume. Lu Huiqing took it and took a closer look, and soon, the corners of his lips twitched, as if he was sneering. Then a sincere smile came up: "This article doesn't matter what else, only one word 'potential' is very good." Henkel took advantage of the trend, and the harsh punishment of the tyrannical Qin in the third chapter of the covenant law won the hearts of the people; Wang Mang went against the trend and followed the right path of the ancient system to chaos the world, so he died and the country was destroyed. It's all about changing the law, and it's right to follow the trend. ”

"Henkel, Wang Mang, this really dares to write!" Zeng Bu casually clicked a little on the scroll in front of him, shook his head and said, "If it is selected, I am afraid that after it is posted, someone in Xijing will ask: If it is raging today, it is all a change, according to the statement in this volume, is it homeopathic or contrarian?" ”

Li Fang doesn't like to talk about interests and disadvantages, and he doesn't change his government, just because he hasn't been established for a long time, and the system has been preliminary, so he can't act rashly. But when today's son ascends the throne, the prime minister's hundred years of nothing to do have said enough has been said, and the general trend needs to be changed, how can the group be moved? Only for the sake of the northwest, the change of law is inevitable. The military is not good without food and salary, and the seedlings and the market are not all financial management for the country? The success of the river is also the power of changing the law. China has suffered for a long time in the northwest, and a rich country and a strong army are homeopathic! ”

Zeng Bu stopped arguing with Lu Huiqing, and looked down at the scroll in front of him: "The truth is reasonable, but the text still needs to be pondered, and it is not very good." ”

Deng Runfu immediately replied: "The text is indeed not very good, but it is good enough." ”

Deng Juan also echoed: "It is already advisable to rely on the truth in the volume, but it is difficult to put Gao Er." It is not appropriate to use words to judge scholars, otherwise why should we abandon poetry and use scriptures? ”

"The first and second classes are not entered, and the right is placed in the third class." Lu Huiqing was quick with his hands and feet, and traced a circle with a red pen on the frontispiece.

Zeng Bu stared at the test paper in front of him and nodded slowly. Since the three deputies had the same opinion, he had no intention of objecting—those few words did not sound bad—and besides, he could not object. It's just that when Zeng Bu approved two more scrolls, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he put down the pen with a snap, and asked sharply: "Whose handwriting is this?!" ”

Lu Huiqing took it slowly: "After opening the name paper, you will know the way." ”

Note 1: In the past two days, I went to check the information and found that the number of students admitted to the six-year rite examination in Xining was 408, instead of the 300 written above, which was corrected from this chapter.