Madam, protect me!

The chief examiner set the tone himself, and the other examiners naturally had nothing to say.

They originally thought that these three examination papers could get excellent results.

What's more, judging from the style of writing, these three people are obviously from the Wei family. As examiners, it is normal for them to favor their own students.

Besides, this isn’t called favoritism.

The calligraphy of these three people has already entered the hall. Looking at the calligraphy world, it is not bad. Let alone the court review results, even if the king of heaven comes, it should be excellent or excellent.

At this point, the results of the calligraphy subject have been assessed.

In the same examination hall, the grading of the other three subjects is also coming to an end.

In this imperial examination, there was only one comprehensive question in the painting section. Although the marking process was a bit more cumbersome, it was faster than calligraphy.

Originally, all examination papers had been reviewed.

There was only one examination paper left, and the five painting examiners had been reading it all morning.

They were not troubled about how this painting should be rated. This painting was rated as "excellent", the highest grade in the examination paper, and not a single examiner had any objections.

As early as the cross-review, the five examiners all gave excellent evaluations.

Even if you remove one of the highest ratings and one of the lowest ratings, there are still three excellent ones.

They are just learning.

The flowers of Tang Dynasty, Fei Li's birds, Zhao Yuan's meticulous brushwork, Liu Qian's use of ink, Shen Nian's freehand brushwork, Sun Run's structure and layout...

This small examination paper, no matter from every aspect, has reached the level of a master. It is a master of flower and bird painting. They even feel guilty when they are asked to rate this painting.

Who are they to evaluate such a master?

Candidates for the imperial examination must not be over forty years old. Even if this person is exactly forty years old, it is really amazing to be able to master painting to such an extent.

Even if he failed to pass the imperial examination, it would be more than enough for him to become a painting teacher in one of the four major academies.

No, none of you here is a painting teacher from the academy. This person is enough to be their teacher.

Therefore, even if an excellent rating above the imperial examination would be a bit troublesome for them, no one would have any objection.

In another spacious hall, the legal examination papers have also been evaluated and sorted out.

Compared with calligraphy and painting, there are no controversial points in the legal examination papers.

All questions have standard answers. As long as the candidates memorize the law well, their scores will not be too low. Historically, there has been no difference in this subject.

In the first examination hall alone, there are more than ten people who have perfect answers in the law department.

There are countless people on top of the class, first class, and so on.

However, it is useless to do well in law subjects. Only good calligraphy, painting and articles, and comprehensive scores in calligraphy, can you be ranked at the top.

The results for the three subjects of calligraphy, painting, and law have been compiled, and only the final article remains.

There is no fixed answer for the article subject, and there may be major differences between the examiners, so the results are final every time.

More than a dozen examiners are discussing several test papers that are tentatively classified as A-level.

In these answer sheets, the articles were all answered well. It can be seen that the students are very familiar with the meaning of the scriptures and can't find any faults.

But I heard that it is rare for calligraphy and painting to have excellent students. In these examination papers, it is acceptable to be rated as A, and it is enough to be rated as excellent.

From the bottom of my heart, an excellent test paper will cause them some trouble.

But even the calligraphy and painting examiners are not afraid of trouble. If they deliberately refuse to give excellent candidates because they are afraid of trouble, it would appear that they are irresponsible.

This time, the examiner of the Articles subject of the first examination hall was a member of Zhongshu She.

After careful consideration, he said: "Which one of these test papers do you think can be rated as excellent?"

More than a dozen examiners pointed to one of them without any discussion.

Since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Judging from the articles, there is no way to tell the difference between these exam papers.

But this candidate's opening poem was well written.

The sordid past is not worthy of praise, but today the dissolute thoughts have no limit.

The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoofs, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

In just four sentences, the mood changes before and after the imperial examination were well described, and it even reminded them of their own years.

Because the examination of statecraft is required, the essay examiners of the First Examination Institute are all officials temporarily seconded from the DPRK.

The confusion and uneasiness before the imperial examination, the pride and revelry after being named on the gold list, these four lines of poems can be said to be the inner portrayal of the vast majority of Jinshi. Even they, as examiners, can deeply resonate with them.

What's more, this exam paper is not just a well-written opening poem.

His calligraphy also stands out among many examination papers.

The handwriting of the imperial examination candidates is actually very good, but this person's handwriting is more prominent. Unlike other candidates, he did not choose the most regular block letters, but integrated calligraphy, which looks more ornamental.

Regardless of the content, just reading the words on this exam paper makes people feel happy.

If you want to judge it as excellent, it must be this examination paper.

Zhongshu Sheren actually liked this one the most. He nodded and said, "This is exactly what I have in mind..."

…

According to the process of the imperial examination, after the calligraphy subject is completed and the review of the examination papers is completed, the list of students who will take the next subject examination can be compiled and announced.

But in addition to law, if there are excellent test papers in one of the three subjects of calligraphy, painting, and essays, one more step will be required.

It is difficult to get excellent results in these three subjects, and they need to be reported by the examination hall. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel, which are responsible for the imperial examination, will send special personnel to review and evaluate the excellent examination papers to prevent the examiners from engaging in malpractice.

In the review of several excellent test papers from the First Examination College, the two essay and painting test papers were approved by the reviewers and successfully finalized excellent evaluations.

However, I encountered some problems in the three calligraphy test papers.

The chief examiner in charge of the review believed that the three excellent papers should be adjusted to the top level.

As the examiner, Mr. Wei insisted that these three test papers should be excellent.

Neither of them wanted to give in, so the situation ended in a stalemate.

In the first examination hall, somewhere in the main hall, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Wei Xun's face was livid, he pointed at an old man in blue and said angrily: "These three characters are so well written. If this is not excellent, what is excellent? Tell me, what is excellent!" "

The old man in green glanced at him lightly and said: "Why do you have to choose a few excellent ones? I admit that these three paintings are well written, but they are not as good as the excellent ones in my mind. It cannot be because they are Wei Our students, so you deliberately give them the best, right?"

Wei Xun said angrily: "You fart!"

The old man in green smiled coldly and said: "Wei people, don't think that everyone else is blind. There is no regular script, running script, or cursive script that doesn't reveal the flavor of your Wei style. Do you dare to say that they are not your students? "

Facing the naked slander, Wei Xun's eyes were bloodshot and his whole body was shaking with anger.

The man surnamed Huang had no intention of making a fair judgment, he came here for himself.

Don't say that he doesn't know whether these three characters were written by his students, even if they were, that's because of their strength!

There is nothing fishy about the results of these examination papers!

Either the imperial court chose him as the question maker and examiner for this imperial examination and did not choose anyone named Huang, or it was because he had been suppressed by himself in the calligraphy department for decades...

He has always looked down upon people named Huang.

I look down upon it even more now.

Bringing personal grudges to the imperial examination will affect the future of innocent students because of personal emotions.

This beast!

Wei Xun could no longer suppress his anger, spit a thick mouthful of phlegm on the face of the old man in green clothes, and kicked him hard. The old man in green clothes was unexpectedly kicked to the ground, and Wei Xun jumped on him, scolding and beating him.

"Who are you? How dare you slander me!"

"The imperial court asked you to be the chief judge, just to let you do whatever you want?"

"You can't write such words yourself, even the juniors are bullying you!"

"You damn beast, I'll beat you to death!"

…

This scene happened so fast that no one even had time to stop it.

After reacting, the two of them immediately pulled Wei Xun away from him, who was losing his mind. The old man in green, who didn't know whether he was angry or beaten, had already passed out.

No one expected that such a thing would happen in such a serious occasion as the imperial examination.

The Wei family was immediately controlled, and the Huang family were also carried to Taiyuan Hospital. After Zhongshu Sheng got the news, a minister was furious, temporarily transferred several examiners from other examination halls, and ordered the Yushitai Supervisor to re- Review the three examination papers from the first examination house.

These examiners have no relationship or contact with the Wei family and the Huang family on weekdays.

Among them, there is a supervisory censor with great righteousness, who can achieve absolute fairness and impartiality.

Within the examination hall.

Three test papers were placed on the table.

Five calligraphy examiners, including a supervisory censor, gathered around the table, while officials from the Menxia Province and the censorship station were waiting aside.

A middle-aged man looked at the three examination papers carefully, sighed and shook his head.

An official from Menxia Province said: "Why, these examination papers are not worthy of excellence?"

There was a trace of anger in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he said: "It is really surprising that such a word appears in the imperial examination. The Huang family has gone too far. For such a person to be the chief judge is an insult to the imperial examination!"

The other people also spoke slowly.

"These three examination papers should all be rated as excellent."

"More than excellent, this person's calligraphy is better than his own. He may have surpassed all the Wei people."

"Master Huang has ulterior motives, but everyone in Wei is really serious. If these papers are graded as Grade A, those papers graded as Grade A might not even be good enough for Grade A..."

Several officials finally looked at the supervisory censor, who then looked away from the examination papers and said: "These three examination papers are undisputedly excellent."

Of course, the requirements for imperial examination candidates cannot be compared with those of calligraphers.

An excellent test paper for the imperial examination may not count as anything in the calligraphy world.

But these paintings are absolute masterpieces even in the world of calligraphy.

If the imperial examination is based on 100 points, a test paper with 90 points will be rated as top, and a 100 points will be excellent.

The quality of these three paintings is comparable to several excellent ones.

If we look at pure calligraphy, of course these paintings are not considered to be excellent. They can be either above A or A, but by the same standard, it would be difficult for other candidates to even pass.

Not long after, everyone walked out of the hall.

I thought it was the Wei people who engaged in malpractice for personal gain.

Unexpectedly, it was the Huang family who avenged their personal revenge. They were both masters of calligraphy. Their ambitions and plans were really in the same world.

Perhaps the Huang family did not expect that the Wei family would take such drastic actions for the sake of justice.

His status as the chief examiner has been cancelled. After the news spreads, I am afraid that his reputation in the literary circle will also be ruined.

When Wei Dajia was released after his innocence was proven, his chest was very high.

Evil will never defeat justice. He knew that the court would definitely give him justice.

Everyone present, whether it was the examiners of the examination hall or the officials of the court, looked at him with admiration.

"Master Wei is a true character!"

"We admire him very much..."

"Having Master Wei here is really a blessing for the imperial examination and the candidates."

...

Faced with everyone's praise, Wei Xun smiled and arched his hands, saying: "It should be. The court let me be the chief examiner, which is a trust in me. Even if I risk my old bones, I can't let down the trust of the court and let the candidates' ten years of hard study be ruined by these scums..."