In the marking room.
Zhang Xuezheng sat in the main seat.
The marking officers below were lined up on both sides, each with his head down and busy.
The silence was punctuated by the occasional rustling of papers and murmurs of conversation.
Sudden.
A burst of cheers suddenly broke the calm.
"Was such a magnificent article really written by a child?"
"Wonderful! It's so well written!"
The person who made the sound was none other than Zhang Xuezheng.
Just now the marking officer came over with a stack of papers and told him that he had found a good article.
At first, he thought it was an article written by one of the students he had read who submitted the paper in advance.
After taking a quick glance at it, I realized it wasn't the case.
But seeing this person’s neatly rolled face, I subconsciously thought that this article would be good.
So he lowered his head and started reading.
When marking papers, focus on the beginning.
Once you are interested at the beginning, you will scan more of the following paragraph.
The article is really well written, so I read the entire article carefully.
After reading the first two paragraphs of the article in his hand, Zhang Xuezheng praised it in his heart.
Then he couldn't wait to read on.
The more I read this, the more I can't take my eyes away.
After reading the entire article in one breath, I couldn't help but cheer.
Everyone else was attracted by his voice and looked over.
Zhang Xuezheng was delighted and said to everyone: "Come and read this article."
Everyone was naturally curious about the article that could make the academic master show such an expression and make such a sound.
After hearing Zhang Xuezheng's words, everyone put down what they were doing and gathered around.
"A common man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and one word can be a law for the world..."
“It’s really wonderful to break the topic like this!”
Everyone's heads were next to each other, and everyone gathered around to read this article.
After just reading the beginning, I was amazed again and again.
Some linger on the first few sentences, others read on.
"This saying, 'The work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness.' is also true and wonderful."
"This article is more inclined to majestic discussion, starting from the perspective of sages, every word is precious, and every sentence is full of classics."
"It is indeed a rare and good article."
"How could such a good article appear in the children's examination in our city?"
"Even if this article is put into the provincial examination, it is estimated that it will achieve good results!"
There was endless praise from everyone.
Zhang Xuezheng stroked the beard on his chin with joy: "I don't know when we had such a great talent."
"I have never seen an article with such mature writing style and overwhelming momentum on a candidate's paper since I was appointed as a student."
As an academic scholar on the admiral's side, Zhang Xuezheng was naturally a second-ranked scholar.
His imperial examination results are beyond doubt and absolutely true.
Most of the students who came to take the college examination were young boys.
Some children from wealthy families have been educated since childhood and can write good articles.
But due to age, horizons, etc., no matter how good this article is, it is only limited to the surface.
This was the first time he had seen a child write an article of this level.
The words and sentences throughout the article can be easily excerpted, and it will be enough for others to use for a long time.
Could it be that this paper was written by an old boy who had participated in the college examination for many years?
After hearing Zhang Xuezheng's words, all the marking officials looked at each other.
They all raised their hands and congratulated: "Congratulations, sir, for bringing such a talent to the imperial court."
I was able to call them over to read this article together, and to express my appreciation in public.
Needless to say, the ranking of this article will definitely not be bad.
Anyway, congratulations.
Zhang Xuezheng was also very excited and read this article again before putting it on the top of the papers he had read.
After reading such a stunning and powerful article, I feel like I can't even read the following articles.
The rhetoric of this article is not gorgeous enough, and the literary talent is not impressive enough. It is difficult to find a well-written article, but I feel that the meaning is not profound enough.
All kinds of problems.
If this continues, I'm afraid these papers will all be thrown away by me.
This situation often occurs during imperial examination marking.
Generally, the examiner will take a closer look at the papers placed in front of them.
The further you get to the back, the more perfunctory it becomes.
Because there are pearls and jade in front, those behind will find faults no matter what.
And if you pick too much, your spirit will begin to decline.
Those placed at the bottom, sometimes I don’t even bother to glance at the beginning.
Zhang Xuezheng has been in academic administration for several years, and he considers himself to be fair and responsible when grading papers.
Therefore, he could only stop what he was doing, drink a few sips of hot tea, and adjust his mentality.
After adjustments are made, continue grading patiently.
Finally, all the papers were read.
Zhang Xuezheng was relieved.
Picking up the article that he and everyone else had just praised, he said happily: "This article must be the leader."
There is no doubt that this is the first trial case in the hospital.
After all, you can tell by looking at Zhang Xuezheng's praise just now.
After reading all the test papers, you can open the seal.
If the ranking of some articles is controversial, we will look at who the candidates are, and the reputation of the candidates will also affect the ranking.
After the ranking is completed, it is not only necessary to publish the red case, but also to prepare for the crime and the good news.
While everyone was busy breaking the seal, Zhang Xuezheng suddenly remembered that incident.
Prince Gu had told him in advance that he wanted someone to pass the hospital examination.
Zhang Xuezheng remembered that the article of the candidate named Su Yu should have been included in the pile of articles that had just been published.
Apart from that good article, there are only a few other articles that are barely readable.
There weren't many people there.
So he thought that the candidate who took the back door would probably be dismissed by him just now.
It doesn't matter if he is deposed, since the real ranking has not been released yet.
He just needs to look for it again.
Anyway, when he was just reading it, he found a few good articles and he conveniently put them down.
When the time comes, just pick them out together and take all these papers low and medium.
It’s not good to do this too blatantly.
Zhang Xuezheng said: "I will go through these unsealed papers again to avoid missing any good articles."
After everyone heard this, they all complimented him on his dedication.
These candidates are indeed lucky to have such a responsible examiner.
Zhang Xuezheng smiled, but he had some words for it in his heart.
For one person, I have added so much workload.
In other words, King Huainan has a lot of face. If it were anyone else, he would definitely not do this favor!
...
The first batch of unsealed papers was handed over.
This is what Zhang Xuezheng just said was the top article in this college examination.
Zhang Xuezheng lowered his head and looked at the information about the head of the case that he had captured.
One look at the name.
"Su Yu..."
"Huh? This name seems a bit familiar?"
After muttering a few words, he was suddenly dumbfounded.
Isn't this name the name of the student who asked him to help him get through the back door?
Is it the same name?
Are there two Su Yus?
Take another look at the detailed information next to it.
A student from Qiushui Village, Hewen Town, Baipo County.
Zhang Xuezheng was immediately stunned.
"It's really him!"
