After the preliminary review, 233 examination papers were passed together. "After two days and two nights of hard work and careful selection, they were finally included as tributes, a total of 233 people.
"Take a rest for two hours and then proceed to the second trial." As food and hot water were brought in, the examiners, who were locked in and not allowed to go out, entered the temporary berths and fell asleep snoring.
Eunuch Zhao asked someone to move a chair and sat at the door with his eyes closed to relax.
After two hours, the examiners washed their faces and hands with clean water, and then went to the second trial again.
This time, it will be much easier than the first trial.
But the pressure is not small at all.
After all, choosing more than 200 exam papers out of thousands of them has a bearing on the fate of many people. Likewise, choosing the ranking among 233 exam papers is also a dilemma.
Some examiners even got angry in the end because of different opinions, even if eunuchs were present, and almost rolled up their sleeves.
"Eunuch, the second trial has been completed. There are thirty-three examination papers." At first, Eunuch Zhao was somewhat interested in watching the quarrels among the civil servants. After watching for a long time, he became sleepy. It was not until he fell asleep that someone suddenly said something in his ear. , and then he woke up.
"Is the trial over?" Eunuch Zhao took a look. Sure enough, although some of the examiners didn't look good, they had indeed stopped arguing.
These civil servants are really... arrogant.
"The person you ordered to keep an eye on is also among the thirty-three copies." The little eunuch whispered.
"Okay!" This time we can go to the errand. Eunuch Zhao stood up directly and smiled sharply: "Now that we are out, our family and the three adults will enter the palace."
"Let's go, three adults."
The three chief and deputy examiners who were taking their papers to see the emperor, although they didn't like the eunuch, dared not say anything in anger, so they nodded and stepped out.
Eunuch Zhao followed directly with his people.
It's as if he came here just to supervise the review and deliver the results once the results are available.
The remaining examiners from Room 18 looked at each other, not to mention what they were thinking in their hearts, but they tried to keep their faces as calm as possible.
Eunuch Zhao and the three chief and deputy examiners, the Gongyuan Courtyard was not far from the palace, and they were accompanied by guards along the way. It was quiet and gave people the impression that they would arrive in a blink of an eye.
"Eunuch Zhao, the emperor is taking a nap. Can you please let me know?" When Eunuch Zhao came back, a eunuch hurriedly whispered.
Eunuch Zhao nodded: "You go ahead, we are here to accompany the three adults."
The eunuch left immediately.
Since today is not the day for going to court, it is not surprising that the emperor was not at work when he came here.
If it weren't for the fact that before he left, the emperor told him to report the results immediately, with Eunuch Zhao's loyalty, he probably wouldn't have minded waiting outside for a few hours, just to let the emperor have a good sleep.
Generally speaking, Da Zheng treated his ministers fairly well. In the side hall, the three adults drank hot tea served by the eunuch and talked casually with Eunuch Zhao instead of kneeling down.
"Your Majesty has arrived -" It was the second round of drinking, and with the voice of a eunuch, the four people present stood up in a hurry.
"I will bow to your Majesty."
"My servant pays homage to Your Majesty."
"Let's all stand up." The emperor waved his hand and asked them to stand up. He sat on the chair. Eunuch Zhao went straight to the emperor's side, bent slightly, and stood to serve. This is the duty of a domestic slave.
Zhong Fan took a step forward and told the emperor about the situation of this joint examination: "I and others have selected a total of 233 examination papers for the first review, and the emperor will make the decision."
This is the rule of Dazheng Li. After Huiyuan is ordered, 233 tributes including Huiyuan will participate in the subsequent palace examination, and they will be divided into first-class, second-class and third-class officials.
"Send it up." The emperor said.
There was no need for eunuchs to come over. Zhang Xiu personally held the scrolls and delivered them to the emperor. There were thirty-three copies in total.
The emperor started reading the first volume. The first two volumes did not make him show any special expression, but when he saw the third volume, Eunuch Zhao suddenly coughed.
The emperor's hand paused, unfolded the third volume, looked at the characters, and nodded slightly. For the emperor, the 11th-level Guan style calligraphy was not bad, it was passable.
"It seems that you have worked hard." Wild calligraphy is pretty good for this.
When I saw the broken question, I was stunned.
"The children and grandchildren have endless deficiencies." If we look at it further, the general idea is that although the steps forward are difficult, there are endless deficiencies for the children and grandchildren. As long as the children inherit the father's ambition and work hard, they will be able to make strides forward.
This is actually Su Ziji's deception. The terrible thing about the law of rise and fall is not that you can resist it if you have a wise king and famous ministers, but to a certain extent, even if every generation has a bright king and famous ministers. Nations will also decline and die.
Take the human body as an example. If a person follows scientific maintenance and exercise, won’t he age?
Definitely not, and the same goes for the imperial court.
But for most people, this reason is sufficient. Indeed, as long as a son inherits his father's ambition and works hard, he will be able to achieve infinite progress - the principle is very sufficient.
This is also the reason why the examiner gives high marks.
"Hateful!" The emperor finished reading, and suddenly felt irritated. He took two more copies and continued reading. After reading these two copies, he became more and more unhappy. He waved his hands and stopped reading, without saying a word. He just stood up and walked around in thought.
Seeing the blank expressions on the faces of the three examiners, the emperor felt even more angry. These ignorant ministers had taken out this paper and placed it among the thirty-three examination papers of Huiyuan. Could it be that they also agreed with it? From this point of view, do you think I am old?
I can only wait for future generations to complete what I can't do, but I can just give up my throne?
"How much money did your examiner charge to take out such an examination paper!" The emperor endured it, but he was still angry and said coldly.
At this opening, the three chief and deputy examiners were so frightened that they knelt down. Before the two deputy examiners could react, the examiner Zhong Fanzhi kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I have been favored by the emperor for a long time, and I am even more favored by him. If you are presiding over this examination, how dare you bend the law just to lighten your reputation?"
Saying this, he kowtowed repeatedly.
As soon as the emperor spoke, he knew that he had lost his composure. In fact, among the five articles he read, some said that as long as he loved the gentlemen and stayed away from the villains, great governance could be achieved, and some said that rectifying the administration of officials could delay the destiny of heaven. All of them made some sense, but none of them made sense. Su Ziji is still the most popular one.
Spring has come, and although the palace steps have been cleaned, moss is still faintly visible, but in the distance withered grass and new seedlings grow side by side, trembling in the wind. The more uncomfortable I feel, it takes a long time to take a deep breath, turn around quickly, and return to my seat. Then I took out the third volume and looked at it carefully.
"The writer is really old and every word is so precise that he can't even be plagiarized."
Not to mention the emperor's own literary quality, but all he writes every day is the writings of Jinshi. It can be said that even if he has high vision and low skill, his aesthetics has been cultivated. This kind of writing is the best in the world and cannot be obtained by fraud.
There is no certain answer to the title of Tianbu, and this answer is very good. Why did I feel so angry after reading it?
"Am I jealous?" the emperor asked himself.
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