Time flies, and it’s late February in the blink of an eye. Seven days have passed since the third session of the general examination was completed.
At this time, the first round of grading by the same examiner was basically completed. Each room officer selected the examination paper that he thought was the best, drew a circle on the beginning of the paper, and sent it to the deputy examiner Ding Siquan.
Many of these recommended papers have comments such as "highly recommended" and "top of the list", and some even have the words "can be ranked among the best" written on them.
Ding Siquan roughly looked through the recommendation papers sent by each room, and found that there were more than a dozen so-called "Jinggui". He couldn't help but laugh and cry.
However, Ding Siquan had already anticipated this situation.
As we all know, after each examination, high school candidates must respect the examiner as their teacher and pay him the courtesy of teacher and student to express their gratitude for the recommendation.
Therefore, as long as an official can preside over a subject examination, he will have countless disciples in the court in the future. This is why the position of examiner is so popular.
Although the fellow examiners are not as famous and rich as the examiner, they can still reap a lot of benefits.
The same examiner also has the favor of recommending the candidates. After the candidates reach high school, they should also treat them as teachers and students and respect them as room teachers.
For these fellow examiners, this is an extremely valuable network.
Therefore, the fellow examiners naturally hope that the examiner can accept more exam papers that they recommend.
Especially if one of the top five Wu Jing masters in the examination can be admitted to his own Jing room, it will not only bring glory to the fellow examiners, but also benefit a lot in the future.
Ding Siquan had been an official for many years, so he was well aware of the thoughts of these fellow examiners. However, with these dozens of recommendation papers in front of him, Ding Siquan could not help but curse in his heart.
He is simply not a son of man!
Almost every one of the eighteen fellow examiners recommends a "Jinggui". There is no way they can get enough places among the Five Classical Leaders!
After scolding, Ding Siquan couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he had already made up his mind to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and only Wei Chen would take care of everything. The troublesome matters of selecting the recommended papers and finalizing the candidates should be left to Wei Chen, the chief examiner. .
Therefore, the recommendation papers sent by each room only stayed on Ding Siquan's case for one day, and Ding Siquan only turned over them symbolically.
One day later, Ding Siquan impatiently sent someone to bring all the papers, which were still almost intact, outside Wei Chen's house.
The door opened and when he stepped into the room, the first thing that caught Ding Siquan's eyes were the two piles of examination papers in front of Wei Chen's desk.
There were two piles of examination papers, one on the left and one on the right. They were clearly differentiated, but they were piled up like a hill. Ding Siquan couldn't help but feel a little nervous just looking at them.
The pile is so high, how many exam papers are there? Did Wei Chen collect thousands of exam papers here?
It seems that what Wei Chen said before, that he should practice it personally and review every examination paper personally, even the rejected papers that have been rejected by the same examiner, is definitely not a lie!
Ding Siquan walked up to the case, bowed and said, "Mr. President, this is the recommendation letter sent by each room."
After hearing this, Wei Chen, who had been burying the first batch of red scrolls, noticed Ding Siquan's arrival. He quickly put down his pen and stood up to greet him.
"I didn't know that when Brother Lu Shan came here, Mr. Wei was not able to welcome him from afar. I hope Brother Lu Shan is not surprised."
"How dare you?"
Seeing the bloodshot eyes in Wei Chen's eyes, Ding Siquan immediately understood that Wei Chen must have been burning ointment and setting the sundial these past few days to pass the exam, and he didn't dare to be dissatisfied at all, so he quickly returned the favor to Wei Chen.
Ding Siquan knew that Wei Chen was busy with official duties and had no time to entertain him, so he only gave Wei Chen a brief report on the examination papers. After a few words, he resigned wisely and no longer disturbed Wei Chen to continue reviewing papers.
After leaving the house, Ding Siquan was still frightened and a little emotional when he recalled the mountains of test papers he had just seen in front of Wei Chen's case.
"This Wei Xingyun really does what he says. Looking at him like this, he must have not had a sound sleep for several days. After all, he is young and strong. If it were me, I would have collapsed in front of the case from exhaustion. , let’s talk about marking papers.”
When he thought of this, Ding Siquan couldn't help but admire Wei Chen from the bottom of his heart.
Although he admired him, Ding Siquan was still a little worried.
There are only a few days until the results are released. With so many test papers, plus the ones he just sent over, in just a few days, can Wei Chen really read them all by himself?
In fact, Ding Siquan's worries are not unreasonable.
In the first session of the general examination alone, each candidate had to submit seven articles. Adding together more than 3,000 candidates, there were already more than 20,000 articles.
What's more, there are still the second and third games later, so the workload of grading is huge, as you can imagine.
Even though Wei Chen could read ten lines at a glance and have a photographic memory when grading papers, and his grading efficiency was far beyond ordinary people, he still felt stressed when facing so many papers.
Therefore, when the fellow examiners had not selected the recommended papers and the deputy examiner Ding Siquan was still drinking tea and taking a nap, Wei Chen had already ordered people to send the papers from each room and took the time to review them day and night.
That's why Wei Chen couldn't hide the look of exhaustion on his face when he saw Ding Siquan.
Huang Tian pays off, and Wei Chen is so diligent, and the effect is naturally very significant.
Before Ding Siquan came, he had already seen most of the fallen scrolls in each room.
Now, he only needs to read the last batch of papers within three days, plus the recommended papers sent by Ding Siquan. The pressure Wei Chen faces is much less than before.
The day before the results were released, the 300 Chinese-style examination papers were finally decided. Wei Chen and Ding Siquan summoned eighteen fellow examiners to agree on the seats in the court hall, and then filled out the list by name.
As usual, before the seats are finally decided, the examiners will argue over the red papers in their respective sutra rooms, and even have fierce quarrels.
But this time it didn't.
Because the examiner Wei Chen has personally read every article in the Zhujuan, he knows the pros and cons of this article very well.
Coupled with Wei Chen's vision as a contemporary Wen Zong, he naturally hit the nail on the head when he judged the article, making it impossible for the examiners to refute.
In this way, after only half a day, the seats for the 300 Chinese examination papers for the Jinke Examination were decided, and then the names were filled out.
Seeing this, Ding Siquan, who had always been worried, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "I thought it would be delayed for a while, but it turned out to be so smooth."
After more than an hour of name-checking and filling in the results, the three hundred candidates of Jinke Chinese Style finally revealed their true colors in Lushan.
Some well-known talents are unknown on the list, while some unknown candidates make it to high school in one fell swoop, and even rank among the top candidates.
Seeing this scene, some of the examiners looked surprised, while others looked like they had expected it.
But even though their expressions were different, they were all convinced of the final result, and no one stood up to question whether Wei Chen's selection was fair.
Ding Siquan led a group of fellow examiners, bowed to Wei Chen, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, you have devoted your whole life to selecting scholars for the country, and you are fair and strict. We admire you very much!"
"You are so complimentary. Wei is just doing his duty." Wei Chen smiled and raised his hand, gesturing for everyone to get up.
Seeing Wei Chen acting like a minister who was calm and gentle when facing everyone, Ding Siquan suddenly felt mixed emotions in his heart. He couldn't tell whether it was jealousy or envy. After the turmoil, it finally turned into a long sigh.
"After passing Jinke, this son's foundation in the court has been established, and no one can easily shake it..."
