It can be said that what scholars hate most is invalid test papers.
Because people's states are different, some people are in a good state today and can answer very fluently. If it were changed to next month, or if they answered again, they might not be able to write such beautiful sentences or think of appropriate answers.
So these scholars began to gather and shouted slogans: "Release the results immediately!"
All the scholars shouted in unison: "Publish the results immediately!"
Su Zaixing was extremely nervous when he heard the noise coming from the government office in the examination hall.
It can be said that most of the reasons why he did this were because he guessed that the Holy Emperor sent him to invigilate the exam because there was a possibility of fraud in the exam.
But in the final analysis, it was his guess, and the reality may be exactly the opposite of what he guessed.
Because he was manipulated by a fellow examiner in Qinghe County and almost rejected Zhao Cheng's test paper, Shen Yuan made a lot of arrangements and deployments before the start of the government examination.
For example, during examination, the rejected examination paper must be signed by the name of the examiner to prevent mutual disapproval in the end.
So this time, in terms of procedures, Shen Yuan grasped the details very accurately. Every link and step was recorded and signed. This made Su Zaixing, who was obsessed with finding fault, unable to find anything at all.
"Sir! Master Fu Yin sent someone to ask, why haven't you started publishing the results yet?" A government official knocked on the door of the examination center and asked loudly.
Shen Yuan sneered and replied: "Go back and tell Lord Fu Yin that Su Zaixing, the iron-faced censor, is re-grading the papers as an examiner!"
"As for when Mr. Su will be able to finish reading it, that's unknown."
After receiving the reply, the yamen officer quickly ran back to report.
In fact, even the scholars have heard about the problem of someone going to the examination hall at night to re-examine the papers, so there is no reason for the governor not to know what happened.
The reason why he sent a government official to inquire was actually to show that he was not aware of the matter.
Even after the yamen reported what Shen Yuan said truthfully, the governor would not take any effective measures.
Sure enough, not long after, the previous yamen officer ran back again, stood in front of the closed door of the examination hall and shouted: "Master Shen, Fu Yin said that Master Shen is the chief examiner and should make decisions based on the actual situation. The most favorable disposal, if the governor needs to come forward, he will be obliged to do so."
This means that Shen Yuan is fully responsible for the matters in the examination institute, and can make the final decision on everything. Moreover, he will "make the most favorable disposition based on the actual situation." If the governor needs to step forward, he will definitely do it.
Although Fu Yin did not clearly stand up to stop Su Zaixing's ridiculous behavior, Shen Yuan was still very grateful to Fu Yin.
At least he has clearly stated his position, that is, he is on Shen Yuan's side, and Su Zaixing's behavior should be regarded as a silent protest.
Shen Yuan was not in a hurry at this moment. Su Zaixing had already made the matter bigger anyway. Why not help him make it bigger? It would be better to spread the news to Beijing. In this case, Su Zaixing would definitely be criticized.
Although Su Zaixing was still reading the papers, there was already a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, but he had a stubborn temper and would rather lose his job than continue on his own path.
While he was reading the papers, he also used a pen to record something on a long roll of rice paper. Although the words were small but very neat.
"Fellow examiners, please find out the rankings and papers for the retest now!" Su Zaixing faced the thick stack of test papers without any hesitation and once again devoted himself to grading the papers.
In fact, Su Zaixing does not just look at the papers and then finish them. While he is reading, he will record the candidates' rankings in each test on paper, and then make a simple judgment on the candidates' writing style based on the answers to the questions in several papers.
If the candidate has been consistent with this writing style throughout several exams, then there is no doubt that it is unlikely that he will make cheat sheets in the exam room. Then he would make a judgment based on the ranking status of the scholars and the actual situation.
In this exam, Zhao Cheng's performance was actually underestimated.
On the one hand, because Zhao Cheng won the first place in the county examination, Shen Yuan planned to suppress him and prevent him from winning consecutively. If he won the first place in both the county examination and the prefectural examination, for the next provincial examination and palace examination, Very disadvantageous.
Secondly, it was also because Zhao Cheng's answers were not that outstanding compared to those in the county examination, and could only be said to be quite satisfactory. Under Zheng Yucheng's personal training, even if he is average, he is still better than other scholars.
But Shen Yuan still had the same idea, as the old man should be arrogant and the young should be steady. Zhao Cheng was in his early twenties and won the first place in the county examination. It was inevitable that he would be arrogant. If he was ranked first in the Zhongfu examination, most people would become arrogant. , which is very unfavorable for the provincial examinations held in the autumn.
After passing both the county examination and the prefecture examination, you will be granted the status of Gongsheng, which means you are qualified to take the provincial examination.
Even if Zhao Cheng is ranked first again, he won't gain an extra point in the provincial examination. On the contrary, being ranked 19th will surely allow him to calm down, reflect and learn.
This was Shen Yuan's painstaking effort, so when faced with Zhao Cheng's paper, he was inevitably a little biased.
If Zhao Cheng is not suppressed, judging from the overall results, there is no problem in entering the top ten.
Su Zaixing is worthy of being the iron-faced censor. This title is not obtained for free. You can rest assured about anything he handles.
After reviewing three test papers in a row, Su Zaixing keenly discovered that Zhao Cheng's test paper had obvious misjudgments.
If you count the overall score, it should be within the top ten, and now this scholar named Zhao Cheng is ranked nineteenth.
At this time, the scholars outside the government office were becoming more and more intense. Three full days had passed from the day after the final examination to today, and the final list had not yet been posted.
Many scholars could no longer control their anger and demanded that the results be released immediately.
The demands of the scholars were not excessive. The government examination has been completed, and even the list of each retest has been released. The last one is just a matter of calculating the overall score, and it does not take such a long time.
The governor had to stand up and said to the scholars at the gate of the government office: "You entered the government exam from the county exam. It is not easy to get the fame. You can't bear it even these days. How can you go to a more strict province?" What about the imperial examination and the imperial examination?"
"Since the results haven't been released, we can just wait for two more days. Can't you make so much noise that the results can be released immediately?"
While Fu Yin was talking to the scholars, Su Zaixing finally finished reviewing the papers for the last final examination and had already made a basic judgment on the ranking of this examination.
"Sir Shen, after my investigation, I found that many scholars ranked low in the Yunzhou Prefectural Examination, which is obviously unreasonable. I hope that Sir Shen can give me an explanation."
