Yuzhou...
Yuzhou...
And it’s Yuzhou!
All the candidates looked at the results in confusion.
Judging from the experience of previous years, in a small place like Yuzhou, it is quite rare to win two or three candidates in one township examination, and it is not uncommon for there to be no results.
Now, sixteen people were selected in one breath, including two of the Five Classics Leaders, one of whom was Jinke Jieyuan.
It’s really unbelievable!
"Where did Jie Yuan Guo Jin come from? Why have I never heard of it before? And who is Hu Cheng, the leader of the Spring and Autumn Classics?"
The candidates who made the list were in a good mood, they were just a little curious.
Those candidates who failed to pass the examination were extremely unhappy because of their failure. When they discovered that there was something wrong with the number of successful candidates in Yuzhou, there was an uproar immediately.
One candidate, his face full of grief and anger, shouted loudly: "I am the leader of the examination in Yangwu County. I am ranked in the top ten in both the government examination and the college examination. It is easy for me to pass the exam. How can I not be on the list? There must be some emotional disadvantage!"
This man's name was Su Yuan, and he was quite famous among the scholars in Kaifeng Prefecture. He took the lead in questioning, and many of the failed scholars started to make noises.
"It's unfair to select a scholar! It's unfair to select a scholar! We're going to check the papers!"
It would be okay to change it to a normal exam, but this provincial exam is an exam that affects the life and destiny of the candidates.
The three-year ranking carries the expectations of countless scholars, and any opportunity to make a comeback cannot be missed.
No matter whether there is an inside story about the Jinke Township Examination or not, you can take this opportunity to make a fuss with everyone.
Anyway, the law does not blame everyone.
With so many candidates putting pressure together, they might be able to get a chance to make up their admissions, and then life would be a different world.
With various thoughts, thousands of candidates outside Gongyuan were in a furious mood, clamoring in unison for examination papers.
In the Gongyuan, the examiner Yang Yuanzhen did not panic when he heard his subordinates coming in to report the situation outside. He had already been mentally prepared for this.
After all, even he himself was so scared that he fainted when he saw the admission list for the first time, let alone these candidates?
That day, Zhao Zhen summoned him to the palace overnight for questioning. Although Yang Yuanzhen was frightened and acted very embarrassed, after this incident, Yang Yuanzhen could be regarded as proving his innocence.
Even the powerful Imperial City Division didn't find out the problem, which shows that there is no leakage at all.
Zhao Zhen asked Yang Yuanzhen to go back and publish the results as usual. After hearing this, Yang Yuanzhen felt confident at that time.
Now even if he hears candidates gathering to make trouble outside the door, he doesn't panic at all.
Yang Yuanzhen calmly drank a sip of tea, turned around and ordered the clerks beside him to bring the sixteen Yuzhou Chinese examination papers that had been prepared and post a notice outside the Gongyuan for the candidates to check.
Not long after, sixteen papers were lined up and posted on the screen wall. Candidates who had already lost their patience and failed rushed to the papers one after another.
The candidates' eyes were as wide as bells, just to find out where these articles were not as good as their own, in an attempt to prove the examiner's ignorance.
What they are most concerned about is the Xin Ke Jieyuan Guo Jin's paper. Everyone can't wait to know what kind of virtues and abilities this little-known Guo Jin has. He is actually able to surpass thousands of talented people from the nine prefectures and four prefectures of Henan and win today's prize. Ke Jie Yuan.
However, when everyone saw Guo Jin's essay for the first question of the Four Books, those candidates who shouted about injustice gradually became silent, and the venue suddenly fell into a strange silence.
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The comments written by an examiner at the end of the paper can best express everyone's mood after reading the article.
"The talent that rises above the sky, the pen that turns the sea and the river upside down, the thoughts that peel off the cocoon, and the power of flying into the clouds!"
Finally, someone spoke up and broke the silence: "The context and style of this article are quite worthy of Wei Xingyun's true biography. This article alone is worthy of the name of Jieyuan. I can't be better!"
The candidates heard the news and went out, but the person speaking was actually Jin Ke Yayuan, a great talent in Zhongmu County, Fu Qixian.
I saw him staring at Guo Jin's article, sighing, and then left quietly.
Most people think that Fu Qixian's comments on Guo Jin are very pertinent.
The first article written by Guo Jin is very good, and you can even vaguely see the shadow of Wei Chen, who was ranked sixth in the past. As for the other articles, although they are also at the level of Juren, they cannot be said to be very exciting.
However, the first question has always been the most important in the examination. This first excellent essay alone was enough for Guo Jin to surpass his peers and become the first question in this subject.
Guo Jin, the Jieyuan, is well-deserved!
After realizing this, some unwilling candidates turned their attention to the next fifteen Yuzhou candidates' papers.
They still haven't given up.
It is not impossible that Yuzhou was lucky enough to produce such a talented man as Guo Jin, but even if Guo Jin is excluded, there are still fifteen people in Yuzhou who have won the exam.
This is still outrageous.
If there were not these fifteen people from Yuzhou, maybe he would be the one who won the exam?
Therefore, the failed candidates read all the articles in the fifteen papers word by word with a critical feeling.
However, they were ultimately disappointed.
Although the articles of these fifteen people are not as good as Guo Jin's, they still have their own highlights, some are profound and unique, some are fresh and elegant, and they can be regarded as outstanding among thousands of candidates.
Even from the perspective of the candidates who are bent on finding faults, it is natural that these fifteen people can win the exam, and there is nothing controversial about it.
Seeing this, Su Yuan and other failed scholars who had taken the lead in making trouble could no longer say anything. They had no choice but to curl their lips and leave in despair, heading to the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion in the city to soothe their frustration with wine and beautiful women.
Most of the remaining people quickly changed their mentality and began to study carefully on the posted papers.
The provincial examination is the most difficult of the six imperial examinations. Passing the examination in one attempt is a luxury for ordinary people.
Most people failed this year and made a comeback three years later, learning from their failures again and again. Successful cases are now in front of them. Of course, they must study hard and learn from each other's strengths.
At that moment, some candidates bought pens, ink and paper and copied down the articles on the sixteen papers one by one, preparing to study them carefully when they returned home.
However, after copying, someone discovered a problem: "Although the writing styles of these Yuzhou scholars seem to be different, if you look closely at their context, they all seem to be of the same origin, and they are quite similar to Wei Xingyun's style!"
After this person reminded everyone, everyone also reacted. That's right, isn't Wei Liuyuan serving as the magistrate of Yuzhou now?
Could it be that the reason behind the explosion of Yuzhou scholars' rural examination was related to Wei Liuyuan?
Many people suddenly realized it.
Wei Chen's status in the imperial examination system is known to everyone, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one person in the Zhou Dynasty.
If it were Wei Chen, then it would not be so difficult to accept that Yuzhou scholars dominated the provincial examination rankings...
Not long after, as the news of success in the provincial examination spread, Yuzhou's feat of "sixteen national examinations in one subject" shocked the entire Bianjing city, and Guo Jin and others became famous in Bianjing.
At the same time, Wei Chen's good governance in Yuzhou, where he established a school, wrote books, and gave lectures, gradually became known.
People suddenly realized that this was the real reason for the sudden outbreak of Jinke, a scholar in Yuzhou.
All the Bianjing scholars were excited.
Overnight, "Tanwenlu" in the hands of Yuzhou scholars was sold at sky-high prices, and all kinds of weird and bizarre pirated copies emerged one after another.
Of course, scholars privately prefer to call it another name.
"The Imperial Examination Guide!"
