Lin Han smiled when he saw that Li Jie had stopped writing. Unfortunately, there were too many big guys in the palace to take a look. He could only see if he had a chance to see Li Jie's writing style during the marking process. Very familiar, you can recognize it just by seeing it.
The cabinet bosses also left not long after the emperor left. After all, they still needed to make decisions on the affairs of the entire empire, and they could not be abandoned because of the imperial examination. The remaining officials were headed by Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, to supervise the examination room.
After handing in the papers for the palace examination, Li Jie and Lin Lan walked out of the Fengtian Palace together and followed the young eunuch out of the imperial city. The faces of the fellow scholars looked relaxed. Han Chuang had studied hard for decades and finally got through it. In the imperial city Inwardly afraid of the solemn atmosphere of the imperial city, everyone did not dare to communicate loudly. After leaving the Daming Gate, they all let themselves go and let go of their restraints when talking.
A scholar from Fujian walked up to Li Jie and asked, "Lin Huiyuan, how sure are you of winning the first prize in this imperial examination? If he wins the first prize, he will be the first scholar from Fujian to be number one in six titles since the beginning of the dynasty, and so will we Fujian scholars." How proud of it."
Li Jie thought to himself that he was not sure this time. How could he be successful if he was noticed by the chief minister of the cabinet? However, there is no need to explain the reason to outsiders. Li Jie smiled slightly and said: "I dare not say this. I can only say that I am lucky to get it, but it is my life to lose it."
Everyone said, "Huiyuan Lang has such a good attitude. A true celebrity is like a gentleman!"
Compared with the provincial examination and the joint examination, the examination paper of the palace examination does not have the link of transcription. The examinee will send the examination paper to the sealing officer to seal the name. After sealing, the examiner will send it to the examination officer for review and evaluation. The examination paper will be read. Most of the officials were important ministers in the court, and they were basically officials of the fourth rank or above, such as Shaoqing of Dali Temple (fourth rank), Jiujiu of the Imperial Academy (fourth rank), Zhanshi of Zhanshi Mansion (third rank), and about six ministers. Minister (third grade), six ministers, etc.
The next day, the ministers who served as the examiners for the palace examination came to the East Pavilion. The East Pavilion is the designated place for marking the examination papers. The original examination time was one day. This time, Liu Jijian said that one day was too short and there might be errors and omissions. He applied for an extension of one day. , Emperor Hongzhi agreed. Those who entered the cabinet at 5 a.m. could not leave the cabinet until 7 p.m., and the file readers could not return home at night, so they all lived in the official residence of the Ministry of Rites in the outer city of the imperial city.
In the East Pavilion, the twelve test readers, headed by Chief Assistant Liu Ji, have all arrived. The examiner will distribute the answer sheets to all the test readers. Among them, the top ten test papers of the general examination will be read by the cabinet ministers in person. The first-class candidate is selected, and the other answer sheets are distributed to the ministers. They are finally divided into two grades, with the first grade being the second grade and the next second grade being the third grade.
At this moment, Li Jie's answer sheet was in Liu Ji's hands. As usual, Liu Ji first looked at the article to see if there were any flaws marked by the examinee. After a glance, he found that there were no flaws. Instead, he was attracted by this good handwriting. However, A closer look revealed that something was not right. After the imperial examination yesterday, Liu Ji had someone collect Li Jie's articles. The more he looked at the volume, the more his handwriting looked like it was written by Li Jie.
But after all, he is the chief minister of the cabinet. Even if he is to be included in the top three, he must take a good look and find out his faults so that others can't argue. At first, when he looked at Li Jie's policy questions, he sighed that it was not his fault that his old enemy Xu Pu strongly recommended him. Yuan indeed lived up to his name and was truly a pillar of talent, but it was a pity that he was on the wrong team.
Liu Ji secretly admired and regretted it. When he saw what Li Jie wrote in his article, "The ministers who were evil and sycophants in the past were denounced in every way", Liu Ji was trembling with anger and cursed: "Young man with a yellow mouth! How can this be unreasonable! How can it be unreasonable!"
When everyone else saw this, they didn't know what the examinee had written, which actually made the first assistant furious.
While everyone was astonished, Liu Ji waved to the scroll official and said: "Place this scroll in the top three!"
When the examiner was about to take away the test paper, Xu Pu stood up and said, "Wait! Let me see why the top ten candidates fell into the top three."
After saying this, he took the test paper from the examiner and started reading it. When he saw the handwriting on the answer sheet, Xu Pu recognized who wrote it. He was very impressed by Li Jie's good calligraphy.
After reading carefully, Xu Pu couldn't help but smile. When Liu Ji saw the smile on Xu Pu's lips, he knew that he was laughing at him. He was so angry that he was so angry. However, what puzzled him was that Xu Pu changed it after reading the answer sheet. The test paper was handed over to the examiner, and he didn't argue with himself. I didn't know what medicine he was selling in the gourd.
Xu Pu had no intention of launching an attack at this time. At this moment, most of the examiners in Dongge were neutral officials. Even if he argued hard, he might not be able to change the result, but it would be easy to fall behind.
After Xu Pu recommended Li Jie as Huiyuan, rumors spread in Beijing, and many censors followed suit and impeached him. Anyway, the final candidate was personally evaluated by the emperor. When Li Jie's three strategies for the general examination were presented to the imperial court, the emperor also highly praised Li Jie's strategies and was deeply impressed. When Li Jie's answer sheet is not found during the evaluation of the first-class candidates, he will definitely ask questions and just submit the answer sheet when the time comes.
When the other examiners saw that Xu Pu didn't say a word, they thought at first that the two cabinet elders were going to argue fiercely in the hall again. Unexpectedly, in the end, Xu Pu just handed the answer sheet to the examiner. Everyone was even more confused. Usually, the two cabinet elders were... There is no shortage of arguments. I will definitely object to something you agree with, and I will support something you object to.
Lin Han felt like a mirror at this time. There was a high probability that the answer sheet was Li Jie's. It was really a fire at the city gate, affecting the fish in the pond. Seeing that Xu Pu did not have an attack, he couldn't help but feel anxious secretly.
I remember that my teacher Peng Hua tried to win over him many times during the previous dynasty, and Liu Ji also personally extended an olive branch. However, due to his ideological differences, he did not join the other party. The relationship was formed at that time, and it was not until Xu Pu After taking office, as a die-hard supporter, the conflict between the two parties became more intense.
After the first day of marking, everyone came to the official office of the Ministry of Rites. Lin Han found Xu Pu alone. As soon as Xu Pu saw Lin Han, he knew why he came and said with a smile: "Hengda, are you here for the answer sheet?"
Lin Han looked embarrassed: "Mr. Hui Ge, yes, does that test paper belong to my nephew?"
Xu Pu nodded slightly: "Yes."
Although Lin Han had already guessed that the test paper belonged to Li Jie, he still felt a little disappointed when he learned the exact news from Xu Pu.
"Is there anything inappropriate in that test paper?"
Xu Pu shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, every word is very precise. Every comment must be well-founded, what is said is meaningful, and what is done is effective."
Seeing that Lin Han opened his mouth to say something but said nothing, Xu Pu said, "Are you wondering why I didn't argue with Liu Ji?"
Lin Han nodded, and Xu Pu smiled slightly: "We will find out when the emperor comes to read it. Liu Ji doesn't know that I have already presented your nephew's three strategies for the test to the emperor, and it left a deep impression on the emperor." Impression, let’s make him look good when the time comes!”
After listening to Xu Pu's words, Lin Han finally let go of his worries.
