As the first day of exams ended, Gongyuan was locked again.
(The imperial examination in the Wei Dynasty was based on the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, so although it lasted for fifteen days, the candidates only took the exam for three days. Historically, in the Qing Dynasty, after being admitted to the hospital on the eighth day of the lunar month, they had been living in the courtyard, eating, drinking, and sleeping. None of them are allowed to leave the hospital, and if they encounter any illness, they will die inside. Once the gate of Gongyuan is closed, no flies can fly out except when the cannon is fired on the day of exams.)
The candidates' work is over.
At this time, it is time for the marking officer to be busy.
To the courtyard behind the court hall.
The rooms in the east and west rows were filled with room officials who were reviewing papers.
They are all members of the Tongzhi, County Magistrate, and County Magistrate who were drawn from each county.
During the examination, the door of the small room cannot be closed, and the officials supervising the examination will be patrolling the inner curtain. If you are tired, you are only allowed to rest for a short time on the chair next to the table in the courtyard.
The chief examiner and his fellow examiners sit high in the main hall in the backyard, where they can see every move of the curtain officer in the third room.
At this time, Wang Liangchen, Gu Shouyuan and other examiners were all among them.
Gu Shouyuan stood up in person, poured a cup of tea for Wang Liangchen and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother neighbor."
Wang Liangchen thanked him and sighed: "It's not easy. At least I survived the first game."
Gu Shouyuan nodded and said: "The first performance is the most important. After getting through this, we can feel a little more stable."
Everyone drank tea for a while and then looked at the activities in the small room.
Seeing that nothing major happened, the topic naturally turned to this exam during the long night.
A fellow examiner sighed: "I don't know how many people in South Zhili will be on the top list!"
At this time, another fellow examiner said, "If you want to pass the exam, you have to write essays!"
Everyone here is a person who has worked hard in the examination room.
When it comes to imperial examination composition, of course it’s time to recall the glorious past.
Finally, a fellow examiner said: "I wonder if the examiner has any experience when he was selected as a Jinshi, so that I can learn about it when I go home and teach my younger generations."
After hearing this, everyone looked at the fellow examiner.
This is someone who knows how to take pictures, and I will take a few more steps in the future.
Gu Shouyuan pursed his lips and pondered for a while and then said: "The text in the scene was written quickly, but two people can't do it half as well. I have already completed the whole article, so I can make corrections in detail, one! I can compose the two or three chapters calmly, Erye!"
Everyone listened and ordered.
To put it bluntly, you have to pay attention to speed. If you write slowly, you won’t have enough time later, so it’s all over.
But this is a cliché and there is nothing new about it.
Just when everyone thought that Gu Shouyuan was all about this, he went on to say: "There are two types of Chinese-style articles. They are bizarre, like fierce gods, and people will be afraid of them. Such articles are easy for the examiner to get, and there is also a kind of magnificent article. Wei State is like Wang Qiang of the West, who must be loved in the world, and love is in the middle!"
Wang Liangchen nodded when he heard this and said: "It's either strange or loving. The examiner's summary is really clever!"
All the fellow examiners were also chewing on Gu Shouyuan's words.
But Gu Shouyuan continued: "But as I am the examiner, I don't care about the original solution to the problem, the novelty of the situation, or the strangeness of the writing. I only need to have a harmonious tone and an elegant tone, and my words will be rich and natural!"
If Xu He were here, he would definitely be overjoyed. Sure enough, his analysis of Gu Shouyuan's personality couldn't be more accurate.
This person is not a person who likes strange things. He likes articles that are both great and honest.
When talking about the rule of law, we must also talk about morality, and when talking about natural principles, we must talk about impartiality.
Everyone was talking and laughing, and time passed quickly.
At the eleventh hour, the marking officers in the small room all went to bed to rest.
But Gu Shouyuan, the examiner, did not dare to rest and ordered the papers that had been read and copied to be sent to the court for him to make a selection.
Seeing this, Wang Liangchen advised: "Mingshan, it's getting late. You'd better rest early. There's still a long time to mark the exams, so there's no need to fight for this little time!"
In the Gongyuan, the rooms for the main examiner, the promoter, and the co-examiners are all separate.
And before the provincial examination, the decoration will be completely new, and all the bed sheets, bedding and other bedding will be changed to bright red.
After a busy day, everyone around me is already very tired.
But Gu Shouyuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty ordered me to preside over this Nanzhili Township Examination. Something went wrong before. It must not happen again. I'd better finish reading it earlier and let everyone read it. I will feel at ease after the results are released early." !”
Wang Liangchen knew that he could not be persuaded anymore, so he called the officials to prepare supper. It seemed that he would have to burn the midnight oil today.
After the candidates turned in their papers, the test papers were gathered together by the examiner and sent to the court. Then, under the supervision of the supervisor, they were first sent to the examiner's office for stacking, counting, and preliminary selection.
All damaged or stained articles will be taken out directly and sent back to the court, where they will be transcribed with a blue pen by the supervisor.
The remaining qualified papers are then sent to the sealing station for sealing.
Here, the candidate information on the test paper is all covered and bound with thick paper, and no one can open it privately before admission.
After completion, it must be handed over to the Transcription Office, where a clerk who is good at writing will copy the candidate's paper with a red pen.
If there is a typo in a candidate's paper, these clerks must write it down and mark it in the header.
After transcribing, do you think it’s over?
It must also be handed over to the reading center next door, where the scribe responsible for reading will check whether the transcribed "ink scroll" is consistent with the "ink scroll" handwritten by the candidate, and whether the markings are correct.
At this point, the candidates' papers will be collected by the clerk and sent to Zhigong Hall.
The supervisor left the ink scrolls and sealed them, and then divided the examination papers into bundles according to the number of examiners in the inner curtain, and then printed them and sent them to each hut personally.
These examiners are now in jail.
The examiner sat next to them with big eyes and small eyes, making no sound. If you pick your nose if you pick it, he will get up and stare at you, just in case you do something weird and collude with others.
The guards were stared at with horror by these people. From the time they received the papers to the time they got off work, they couldn't even drink water, they had to hold in their coughs, and they had to be careful not to make any sound when they farted. It was really more painful than being in prison. .
During this period, Wang Liangchen was still staring from left to right, his eagle eyes would make the whole house jump into pieces if he saw any disturbance.
But being so strict does have its benefits.
Many curtain officers who wanted to do some small tricks also stopped their crooked thoughts and concentrated on reading the papers.
But after such a long process, there are not many papers that can be put in front of the examiner for him to choose.
Gu Shouyuan reads papers very quickly, and almost one article can determine the fate of the examinee in just two or three sips of tea.
At the beginning, all the fellow students felt that Gu Shouyuan was a bit too much and treated the candidates' academic career as a joke.
But after they saw the papers that Gu Shouyuan had dismissed, they found that there were more or less problems. From then on, everyone couldn't help but admire them.
"Thank you book friends for your rewards and monthly tickets!
Thank you!
I can only write my reply seriously!
I wish my brothers a peaceful life, a healthy family, a successful career, good health, and delicious food! "
