Then there is no more

Lu Shi seemed to have lit up some amazing skills.When she faced Bian Jingyu, her mantra gradually changed to "ah, what's wrong with your brother" or "ah, what's wrong with your sister".Bian Jingyu was tossed around by her mother in the name of her future siblings.

If it is said that Bian Jingyu was forced to suffer this kind of treatment, then Marquis Anping and Shen Yi took the initiative to seek abuse.

Marquis Anping looked at Bian Jingyu enviously, and wanted to have this kind of treatment, so that he could get close to the child in Lu Shi's belly, but Lu Shi had a bad temper when he saw him.If he didn't want to annoy Lu Shi, he had to hide with his tail between his legs.The position of the head of the household is in jeopardy.

Shen Yi is more scheming.Now he figured it out, it turned out that Lu family had been looking forward to Bian Jingyu marrying a lady, and he didn't accept his son-in-law very much.Shen Yi and Bian Jingyu were together, and never thought of making Bian Jingyu confront his family, so he was working very hard to get Lu's approval.Lu Shi is willing to torment him, which shows that Lu Shi has gradually accepted him, otherwise Lu Shi would not even see him.

Anyway, Marquis Anping has been blamed, Shen Yi and Bian Jingyu are both innocent, but Lu's attitude towards Shen Yi is not bad.

While Shen Yi was courting Mrs. Lu, the adults in charge of this scientific examination were intensively marking the examination papers.There is a special room in the palace for grading examination papers. Before all the examination papers are read, the examiners will live and board inside, and cannot leave without authorization, nor can they pass on news to the outside world.

The chief examiner is generally served by Ge Lao.The host of this year's Enke is a relatively junior member of the elders, surnamed Jiang.Jiang Ge always came to prominence after the Qiuwei fraud case that year.If it hadn't been for a cabinet elder who was convicted at that time and vacated his position in the cabinet, Jiang Ge might have to wait a few more years for his qualifications to join the cabinet.Therefore, Mr. Jiang Ge urgently needs to have some political achievements, so that he can be more worthy of his name as an elder.

Precisely because Jiang Ge always climbed up on the basis of fraud cases, this year's Enke hosted by him will not allow any mistakes, and will try to be as fair and just as possible.Moreover, Jiang Ge is not afraid of explosions, but he is worried that there will be no explosions.With a hot spot, he has a sense of existence.The emperor took a fancy to him, so he revealed to Mr. Jiangge more or less the tax reform that he was planning in his heart.Elder Jiang Ge stood firmly on the emperor's side.

That is to say, at least on the issue of taxation reform—and the fundamental purpose of taxation reform also falls on land reform—Jiang Ge always understood the emperor's mind best.Others think that tax reform is the goal and the result, but Mr. Jiang Ge knows that this is just the beginning.

In addition to the chief examiner, several deputy examiners also have a lot of authority.Before the Qiuwei fraud case, deputy examiners were generally drawn from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial Academy.After the fraud case, Emperor Xianwu expanded the scope of the transfer to the entire court, drawing from the Beijing officials of the third rank and above.

There were only more than 300 papers in the palace examination when the number of people was the largest, and there were only more than 200 in the current general examination.For the first time, read the paper first. If there are inappropriate words, for example, there are no taboos in places that should be taboo, then the paper is invalid. No matter how well the paper is answered, it will not be accepted.Sounds inhumane, doesn't it?But it has already made scholars all over the world read Huang Enhaodang.You know, in the past, if the taboo on the paper is not timely, you will be punished!

After there is no problem with the paper, the examiners will study the contents of the paper one by one.

The test paper can be divided into five grades, each grade has a different mark, the best grade is to draw a circle.If the examiner is very satisfied with a certain paper, he will draw a circle on the paper.Even if the candidates have age and experience, they have never been experienced in the officialdom, so some of their views will be more idealistic in the eyes of the examiners. Sometimes it is impossible for all the examiners to collect all the circles of the examiners. .

"Old Niu, aren't you being lazy? I saw that you haven't touched the paper in your hand for a long time." One examiner surnamed Zhai teased the other.All examiners sit separately.Examiner Zhai and Examiner Niu happened to be sitting face to face, and they could see what each other was doing when they looked up.

Everyone was exhausted from reading the papers, so they took advantage of this time to take a short errand, and after hearing what Examiner Zhai said, they all looked up at Examiner Niu.

Examiner Niu looked as if he had just woken up from a dream, and suddenly slapped down the table and said, "Okay! I don't want to read such a good article in the palace exam. Now my whole body is transparent, I just feel hearty!" He looked at the paper again After reading the mark on the test paper, I found that I was the first examiner to read this paper, and the other examiners had not scored yet.Examiner Niu rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't we make a bet, I think the champion of this year's Enke has come out."

Didn't expect Lao Niu to value this paper so much?

Candidates who can walk through the single-plank bridge to the palace examination are already very good talents, and their papers are actually worth reading.So the examiners did not grade the papers fast enough. Lao Niu still didn't read at least two-thirds of the papers, but he dared to say that the No. [-] scholar had already been confirmed?Examiner Zhai was the first to stand up, walked quickly to examiner Niu's desk, and said, "I want to see what kind of article actually made Lao Niu talk big."

After seeing this, examiner Zhai took a look at it.The casual expression on his face gradually turned serious.

Another examiner surnamed Xu saw that examiner Zhai had not spoken for a long time, so he couldn't help calling him: "Master Zhai..."

Mr. Zhai seemed not to have heard anything. He took the paper and turned it around twice, and said, "I still have more ideas! The paper is too short to fit the roughness in his chest. I should talk to him face to face!" He is an official of the household department.The household department is in charge of land, household registration, taxation, currency, official salaries, financial revenue and expenditure, and other affairs.Mr. Zhai is very familiar with the current situation of land and taxation. He knows the necessity of reform and is very concerned about the future.

If it wasn't for the closed examination papers now, Mr. Zhai would have rushed out to talk to the owner of the examination papers about life.

When the other examiners saw this, they felt itchy for a while. What kind of a paper was it that not only made Lao Niu take a high look, but also made Lao Zhai so crazy?They stood up one after another, approached Niu examiner's desk, spread out the papers on the desk, and everyone read them together.

After a while, the whole room was silent, only the breathing of several adults could be heard.

"After we finish reading all the papers, I want to report to the emperor that this examinee will be admitted to my household department. You are not allowed to snatch it." Lord Zhai said.The country does not lack ordinary talents, but it will always lack cutting-edge talents.At this moment, Master Zhai rolled up his sleeves and snatched people before he finished reading the palace examination papers.

Examiner Xu shook his head and said, "Lao Zhai, Lao Zhai, don't ruin his future. I agree with Lao Niu's words, this article can only be matched with the number one scholar. The number one scholar must first enter the Imperial Academy for training. .” He himself is an official of the Imperial Academy, and these words are stealing people in a disguised form.

"The Imperial Academy is a place for young people to experience themselves." Lord Zhai pointed at the paper and said, "How young do you think this person can write such a paper? I'm afraid he is a very experienced middle-aged man. Time is not enough Waiting for someone, why don't you let him join my household department and tell him to start doing some practical things early!"

Several assistant examiners were talking when the chief examiner, Mr. Jiang, came in from the next room.The marking is closed, but the examiner has to report the progress of the marking to the emperor at any time, so Mr. Jiang just met the emperor's valet in the next room.Mr. Jiang picked up the paper and looked at it for a while, pointing to the words on the paper and said, "Xiao Zhai, you may be wrong. This paper was written by a young man. The words seem restrained, but they are hard to conceal their sharpness."

Mr. Jiang Ge is not only a good official, he also writes excellent calligraphy.He can write, and naturally he can comment.

Earlier when Lao Niu said he wanted to bet with everyone, he bet that the number one spot had already been decided, but now no one was willing to bet with him.Everyone has read this paper carefully, and they all feel that it is worthy of the No. 1 Scholar position.Even if there is a saying that Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second, if someone's grades are particularly monstrous, he is naturally a well-deserved No. [-].If they really made a bet with Lao Niu, they would lose in all likelihood.

Elder Jiang Ge said, "Do you want to gamble with the old man? The old man bet that this person is not as good as the weak crown."

Can people who are not as weak as the crown write such in-depth articles?Mr. Zhai felt that Mr. Jiang Ge must lose, so he hurriedly said, "It's a bet! If I lose, the "Xingyun Pavilion Preface" that I have treasured for many years will belong to you. But if you lose, our household department will rob people." You have to help me say a few words."

Elder Jiang Ge patted Mr. Zhai on the shoulder and said, "I thank you for your "Xingyun Pavilion Preface" first."

Although Mr. Jiang Ge was good at calligraphy, he was not magical enough to tell the age of a person from his handwriting. He just thought that the owner of the paper should be very young.And when he thought of young people, the image of Bian Jingyu naturally popped up in his mind.As a cabinet elder who manages a lot of things, he didn't have time to pay attention to a small candidate, even if the candidate was very extraordinary.However, Mr. Jiang Ge was very optimistic about Shen Deyuan, and he always wanted to make friends with Shen Deyuan.Through Shen Deyuan, he met Bian Jingyu once, and was deeply impressed by that kid who looked like Shen Deyuan's own.

Tsk, the little fox raised by the big fox...

Elder Jiang Ge's eyes fell on the paper, which was actually very Shen Deyuan's style, it was round on the outside and square on the inside!

Shen Deyuan's two sons are very good.However, his eldest son, Shen Si, was not round enough, and his second son, Shen Yi, was not round enough.These two sons are excellent, but they are different from Shen Deyuan's excellence.The person who can perfectly inherit Shen Deyuan's political style is actually Bian Jingyu.

Bian Jingyu, who was regarded as Shen Deyuan's second by Mr. Jiang Ge, went to the suburbs of Beijing to pick flowers, because his mother said that his sister especially wanted to see flowers outside the city.When Shen Yi came to Bian's house to report on time, she only saw Mrs. Lu.Lu family tossed a bit according to the usual practice.After Shen Yi finished performing shuttlecock kicking for her younger sister, Lu Shi suddenly let out a burst of laughter and asked, "My younger sister torments you so much, will you hold a grudge and vent your anger on Jingyu after you get married?"

"No, no!" Shen Yi shook her head in denial without thinking.

"Won't we get married?"

Shen Yi: "..."

Aunt, if you go on like this, I might go to Jingyu's bed to lie down for comfort.