"Thank you for your hard work, dear sir. Can you read them all at noon tomorrow?"
The official Zhao Ji walked forward slowly with square steps, accompanied by Wu Zhizhong, the Minister of Rites, who nodded beside him.
"The officials can rest assured that we have all the examiners on staff. Most of them have been responsible for the examiners for the previous imperial examinations and should not be traveling."
"Okay, okay... Dear friends, go and do your business. Wu Aiqing, come with me for a walk."
The examiners who came to see the Emperor of the Song Dynasty dispersed, leaving only Wu Shangshu alone.
The two of them walked forward slowly, and Wu Zhizhong reached into his arms, took out a small thing wrapped in thin silk, and presented it respectfully with both hands.
Official Zhao Ji reached out to take it, squeezed it with his fingers, felt the texture of the paper wrapped in thin silk, and stuffed it into his arms.
"Officials, all the officials are busy. I will go to supervise the reading of papers in various places soon. I also invite the officials..."
"It's okay, Wu Aiqing, you are busy with your business, I still want to walk around here."
Faced with Wu Zhizhong's attempt to expel him, official Zhao Ji ignored him at all, even though he got Xiao Gao's handwritten letter.
However, how could I leave so easily? I had to see what the readers thought of Gao Zhang's test paper.
We must not let those examiners bury a young prodigy like Aitu.
Seeing the official's expression that he wanted to stay if he didn't want to leave, Wu Zhizhong's face turned dark and he had a headache.
If you don't leave, how can I, as a subordinate, leave you here?
Forget it, then you have to sacrifice your life to accompany the king.
"If the officials have any instructions, please tell them directly."
"Actually, it's not a big deal. My beloved must also know that I am very curious about Gao Shengyuan."
"Now that the imperial examination is over, I just have some free time, so I came here to take a look..."
"..."
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Wu Zhizhong looked at the Hunjun. Although he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect that the Hunjun would actually come here for Gao Zhang.
This is an excellent thing, but the problem is that Wu Shangshu, who is selfless and never pretends to be public for personal gain, is worried.
Here, this foolish king influenced the reviewers' evaluation of the candidates' test papers.
That would cause Gao Zhang's true achievements to be stained with a layer of dirt that is difficult to wash off.
After all, Guan Jia is a foolish king, which is recognized by the world.
But the problem is, after all, everyone is eating from the imperial court, so they can only talk quietly in private, not in person.
But once any minister gets too close to this faint king, he will be punished.
Then the reputation of this minister will definitely be implicated, and he may even be directly labeled as a traitor.
Wu Zhizhong did not want such a scene to occur, which was why he was willing to join forces with Chen Shilang in both the provincial and palace examinations.
Seeing Wu Zhizhong suddenly going silent, his face changing, but he didn't say a word.
Zhao Ji didn't understand what was going on. His reputation was flawed in the eyes of his ministers. Zhao Ji, who had a high self-esteem, was still a bit weak.
More importantly, Zhao Ji didn't want his beloved disciple to be unfairly wronged, so he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and forced a smile towards Wu Zhizhong.
"Don't worry, my dear, I'm just taking a look and I won't disturb important national affairs such as the imperial examination."
Seeing the official's behavior, Wu Zhizhong could only nod his head and lead the way first.
"Officials, please come here with me. Chen Shilang is reading the papers with a group of paper readers over there."
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Generally speaking, a team of reviewers will come from multiple departments in order to ensure the fairness of grading and grading to the greatest extent possible.
Just like the eight examiners in this room, including officials from the Ministry of Rites, Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, Imperial College and other institutions, they read the examination papers together.
At this moment, after Chen Shilang distributed the Gongshi examination papers, he did not leave.
Instead, he stood behind the examiner who was reading Gao Zhang's "Young Chinese Fu" carefully.
Although Chen Shilang couldn't see the expression of the professor from Taixue at this moment.
But judging from the other person's body language, he still tried hard to get the test paper closer.
He already knew the appreciation of Gao Zhang's article from the official who read the document.
And the way the teaching assistant shook his head in admiration while looking at it had already affected the paper readers around him.
At this moment, a file reader suddenly slapped the desk, making everyone in the room tremble.
Everyone turned their attention to the old man with white beard and hair, and saw that his face was red with excitement, and he pointed at the test paper in his hand and shouted sharply.
"What kind of bullshit article is this? It's simply nonsense. What kind of nonsense is it written about?"
"It is unreasonable that people like this can actually participate in the Jinke Palace Examination."
Chen Shilang hurried forward, glanced at it, and almost twisted the corner of his mouth. It was the article written by the Qilinzi of the Cai family.
Unexpectedly, it happened to fall into the hands of Mr. Gu, who was quite old and rigorous in his studies.
"Mr. Gu, please calm down. Mr. Gu, please calm down. Don't get hurt because of a mere test paper."
"To make Mr. Gu so angry, it seems that this must be an article that cannot be looked at."
"That's right, that's right. It's not like this article of mine. Although some of the articles are not on topic, at least the writing is very good and the calligraphy skills are very good. It can be regarded as a rare masterpiece."
"Haha... Everyone, in my opinion, the top three in today's imperial examination must have the name of this volume."
"Who, it turns out to be Professor Wang from Taixue. Is it real or fake? You haven't even read a few articles, why are you so sure?"
When Mr. Gu, whose eyes were so irritated by Cai Qilinzi's bullshit article, heard this, he simply stood up and stretched out his hand to ask for it.
"Come on, let me take a good look at my writing and wash my eyes."
Professor Wang subconsciously glanced at Chen Shilang, who was supervising here, and saw the other person nodded slightly.
Naturally, he no longer hesitated and handed over the article that he regarded as the top three in this year's palace examination.
"Is this "Young Chinese Ode"? Hey, this life is really novel. Treat me, eh... eh?"
Mr. Gu only glanced at it, and it was difficult to take his eyes away from this article.
His head began to move from side to side, seeing the old scholar looking like this.
The examiner naturally knew that it must be the famous Mr. Gu who read the wonderful article.
After wandering around for a long time, Mr. Gu couldn't help but strike the case again.
"Good! I'm so happy, what a sharp-edged young man with great spirit, good articles, and good ambition!"
"Mr. Gu, let me read it carefully and see how wonderful the article can be praised by Mr. Gu."
"Why are you so anxious? I've only seen half of it."
"Mr. Gu, it's not appropriate for you to read any more. You must know that this is what I read..."
Seeing that he was fighting for the right to see it, this scholar-type official who was obsessed with academics seemed to be about to quarrel.
Chen Shilang couldn't help but feel a little confused, and finally jumped out to calm the scene.
