August 18th.
The secret pavilion exam is completed.
The four examiners worked non-stop to correct the papers on the spot. The papers of the five candidates had to be reviewed by four examiners, Wang Anshi and Yang Tian, who wrote comments at the back of the papers and finally agreed on the ranking.
There are five levels of academic performance.
According to the convention, first and second class are just a fictitious test. Anyway, as long as you are an individual, you cannot pass first or second class.
The actual ranking of candidates is divided into third, fourth and fifth grades. The third and fourth grades are divided into upper and lower grades. For example, the third time, the third time, etc., the fourth time, the fourth time, etc.
The worst is fifth grade, and there is no upper or lower grade for fifth grade.
As for the Secret Pavilion Examination, it is about screening candidates to see if they are qualified and deciding who will finally take the Royal Examination.
To participate in the Royal Examination, one must be in the fourth grade or above. During the Jingyou period, it was changed to allow those who were in the fourth grade or above to participate in the Imperial Examination.
Therefore, to be able to take part in the Imperial Examination, it was at least the fourth time, or even the third level.
How difficult is it to enter the third class?
Among the more than 30 people admitted to the medical school since the founding of the Song Dynasty, only Wu Yu, uncle of Qi Niang, has been admitted to the third class. But Wu Yu is not the third class, but the third class.
No one has achieved the third level of the system. If there is a title higher than the number one scholar in the system examination, the only one is the third class in the system examination.
Whether you can enter the third class in the end depends on the imperial examination Shangguan family's holy will.
Wang Anshi and other five examiners first determine whether the candidate can pass the secret chamber (pass the six secret chamber tests).
If you can pass four or more of the six theories, you can pass the cabinet. After passing the cabinet, it will be at least the fifth level.
The fifth level seems to be in sight, but crossing the pavilion is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Although those who can participate in the Six Secret Pavilion Examinations are all outstanding, the elite among the elite. Therefore, there are very few candidates who have passed 1, 2, 5 or even all.
Most people are connected to all three.
The examiners first looked at Wang Jie's paper. The marking rules were as follows. They first looked at the source and whether the context was clearly explained, and the text and words came second.
At the end of Wang Jie's paper, the five examiners unanimously gave a pass-four conclusion. Tongsi means passing the cabinet. But the article is a little less wordy.
Finally, Wang Jie was given a fifth-level evaluation, which meant that Wang Jie was not eligible for the imperial examination. However, Wang Anshi was very happy for his old friend.
Next came Wang Kui's paper. It was a pity that although all the examiners were impressed by his diction and composition. But he only passed three, so he was dismissed as unqualified.
But it was a pity that Wang Anshi was the Taoist priest of Wang Kui. He told everyone that if he were to pass the cabinet, Wang Kui's articles would be in the fourth class.
Everyone is also sorry, the rules are like this, if you can't be ranked, you can't be ranked.
Next, the examiners saw Su Che's paper.
Among the examiners, Wu Kui himself was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, and in the first year of Huangyou, he was ranked fourth in the admonishment department for being virtuous, upright, and eloquent. Among the people present, Wu Kui was the only one who had passed both the Jinshi and Systematic examinations.
Wu Kui himself was also a man of strong memorization and was known as a person who could not read without reading. Therefore, in this examination, all the examiners chose him as the main one.
Wu Kui looked at Su Che's paper and smiled and said: "Nowadays, people either respect the scriptures or slander the scriptures. Although Su Ziyu is young, he is very eloquent."
Yang Tian smiled and said: "Mr. Wu, I heard that Su Zi was taught by Zeng Yangong. The second biography of Gu is not enough, and only the left biography is used to govern the Spring and Autumn Period."
Wu Kui said: "Gong, Gu Erzhuan does have the intention of passing on the truth, but after Sun Taishan, people nowadays treat many diseases based on assumptions in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they use denigration of the classics as a way to do it. This son was justified by being demoted, and twenty years later the world There must be a place for this person among those who govern the Spring and Autumn Period."
The other examiners also agreed with Wu Kui's words, but Wang Anshi said nothing.
Finally, everyone checked the article and found that Su Che's theory on etiquette, righteousness, and trust are sufficient to achieve virtue did not indicate that the source of the annotation was Bao Xian of the Han Dynasty, so it was judged as unreasonable.
All the examiners felt sorry for Su Zhe when they saw that there were so many, and if there were only a few shortcomings, they would get a perfect pass.
In the last six chapters, Su Zhe passed the five passes and was initially assigned the fourth rank. Whether it was the fourth rank or not would have to go through the imperial examination before being awarded the final rank.
Then there are Su Shi’s articles.
Su Shi was talented and wise in the physical science. Originally, the ten subjects of the system used different questions, but during the Jingyou and Baoyuan years, the first two subjects, such as Xianliangzheng, who was able to speak out and give advice, and Maocaiyi, used the same questions.
Afterwards, the four subjects of virtuous and upright people who can speak out and give advice, Botong Tomb Code and Enlightenment are enlightenment, talents and knowledge are outstanding in physical application, and talents and talents are outstanding, all use the same theme.
In this way, these subjects have different names but are actually the same. Therefore, Jinshi in these four subjects can claim to be of virtuous background to the outside world.
When they saw Su Shi's six essays, all the examiners unanimously praised him. Even Wang Anshi, who had criticized Su Che, made an exception and praised Su Shi.
The only fly in the ointment is that when the situation was not as good as the theory of virtue, all the examiners could see that Su Shi had some shortcomings in this article.
The first sentence is found in "Zhuan": "The weather is not as good as the right place, and the geographical advantage is not as good as the people." This sentence comes from Mencius, not the biography.
But the flaws do not hide the virtues.
In the end, Su Shi got Tongwu.
When discussing the ranking, Wang Chou took the lead and said: "The meaning of each article is brilliant. Su Zizhan has to be in the third grade. The fourth grade is surrender."
Yang Tian asked: "Is that the third level or the third level?"
Wang Chou said: "Of course it's the third level, not the third level."
You must know that although the first and second grades of the system are a fictitious thing, no one has ever been able to obtain the third grade, and it seems to be a fictitious thing. When Wu Yu got the third grade, the entire court was in an uproar.
"Jiefu, come and give me a word!" Wang Chou asked Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi said without hesitation: "Su Ziyou deserves it."
Wu Kui saw that Wang Anshi also supported Su Shi, and finally nodded and said: "I also think we deserve it. There has never been anyone in the third class in the system of science. Now it is judged that although we have a clear conscience for promoting talents for the country, we have no regrets." Are you afraid of what others will say?"
Wang Anshi spoke up and said: "Although Su Zizhan is young, he is already able to read extensively and speak deeply about the affairs of the world. This talent and willpower are indeed worthy of the third class. As long as we don't deceive our hearts, external comments are just that. Mr. Wu is really too worried."
Wu Kui stabbed Wang Anshi, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, but still calmly said: "Indeed, if after the imperial examination, one of Su's Kunzhongs will be promoted to the third class, and another will be promoted to the fourth class, it will really be called a prosperous age."
Several examiners listened and finally decided unanimously to set Su Shi's grade as third grade.
After writing it down, Wu Kui stroked his beard and said: "The third level of the system is unprecedented in this dynasty. I don't know if there will be others in the future."
Everyone shook their heads and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult."
Wang Chou said: "A talent like Su Zizhan only appears once in a hundred years. Where can there be another person?" As he said, Wang Chou wrote his own testimonials on Su Shi's paper.
"This is the only one." Yang Tian also said the same.
Having said this, Wu Kui said: "In that case, let's go to the official house."
Yang Tian was the happiest among those present, because he and Ouyang Xiu recommended Su Shi and Su Zhe to participate in the system training, which meant that he was really knowledgeable about people.
Wang Chou said: "Wait a minute, there is another Zhang Duzhi."
Everyone suddenly realized that Su Shi's article was so good that they temporarily forgot about Zhang Yue. However, Zhang Yue was only seventeen years old. Even though he was good at writing articles, he was definitely not as good as the Ersu brothers in terms of memorizing knowledge.
What's more, Zhang Yue had just finished the Jinshi examination, but in order to prepare for the examination, the Su brothers postponed even becoming officials and spent a whole year preparing for the examination in their apartment.
One is prepared and the other is unprepared.
So all the examiners read the Zhang Yue examination papers together.
After one person has read it, pass it to the other person.
After reading it, Wu Kui said: "Let's talk about the incomprehensibility first! Which examiner saw it?"
But Yang Tian shook his head.
Then Wang Chou shook his head.
Wang Anshi also shook his head.
Wu Kui smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't see it either."
Wang Chou asked in surprise: "Are you really unable to find any faults?"
The examiners searched for another half an hour.
All the examiners unanimously concluded that Zhang Yue had passed all six theories, which was unbelievable.
All access!
Even brothers Su Shi and Su Che couldn't do it.
"I heard that Zhang Duzhi mastered the Nine Classics at the age of twelve. I thought it was just hearsay..." Wu Kui shook his head.
Wang Anshi, who is the most knowledgeable and capable of remembering, also said at this moment: "It's weird, it's weird, could it be that Zhang Duzhi copied the questions while facing the book? Otherwise..."
Yang Tian said with emotion: "It is not difficult to finish reading a house of origin, but it is really difficult to finish it and not be good at all. Is this man's knowledge really so rich?"
"That's what happens when you're seventeen."
Wu Kui took Zhang Yue's paper and read it again. He frowned and asked Wang Chou, "What did you think of Su Zizhan's paper just now?"
Wang Chou looked a little worried and said: "I remember that Zizhan is only a hundred years old... he comes out every hundred years... and there is no second person."
Yang Tian was glad that he had just spoken and not put his opinions on the paper.
Wu Kui said: "Everyone has said so much, how can I wait for you?"
Yang Tian smiled bitterly and said, "You can't give me another third-class one, right?"
All the examiners laughed after hearing this.
It has been more than a hundred years since the establishment of the subject, and there is not a single third-class one. This does not happen once in a hundred years, but only once in two hundred years.
As a result, not only did I pass this subject, I actually passed two in one breath.
From the emperor down to the common people, everyone will ask invariably, are you serious?
"You have been debating for half a day, but you can't find fault. Why don't you force Zhang Du to be demoted?" Wang Anshi asked.
Wang Chou objected: "This is really unfair. Just because we read Su Zizhan's article first, we demoted Zhang Duzhi. I can't do this."
"Then we will demote Su Zizhan's ranking?" Wang Anshi asked again.
The other three examiners also objected.
"Jiefu has always been decisive, what do you think?"
Wang Anshi said: "Since we can't surrender, I think it's better to just not deceive your heart."
"We don't deceive our hearts, but we are afraid that the world will think that we are bad candidates."
Yang Tian said: "In the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhou was well-dressed and well-dressed. Every year, people were given away to the public. Most of them were not famous, so they were called Tianhuangjie."
"When he arrived, he was escorted to Jingzhou and passed the Jinshi examination. He was named unprecedented. It can be seen that this unprecedented event is not a bad thing, but a good thing!"
Wu Kui slapped his legs and laughed, "That's exactly it."
Yang Tian said: "It's unprecedented. If both of our sons become great talents in the future, the world will praise us for our ability to recognize people today. Besides, it doesn't count if we are all ranked third. In the end, after the imperial examination, the officials have the final say." ."
Wu Kui smiled slightly and said, "Then report it like this first."
After Wu Kui finally discussed with the examiners, he also wrote a third grade on Zhang Yue's paper, and finally reported it to the officials.
After learning that Zhang Yue and Su Shi both ranked third in the pavilion examination, the Chongwen Academy was collectively shocked, the Zhongshu Province was also shocked, and even the officials were shocked!
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