In just three days, millions of scholars from the Song Dynasty waited for three years.

These three days will change the fate of many people, give countless people hope, but also give countless people despair.

After all, three days are too short, and the exam is over in a blink of an eye. The exam is immediately approved. Five days later, all regions will announce the admission list for the exam.

Although the examiner only had the most authoritative list, after the imperial examination, everyone could not resist their inner anxiety, and various speculations and various folk lists began to fly all over the sky.

Among various lists, several lists have always believed that they are more reliable.

In the adult trial, Meng Tong, a scholar from Kunshan County, became a popular favorite to win Jieyuan, and at least two Guanpu stores ranked him at the top.

Meng Tong was a great disciple of the great writer Ouyang Xiu. He lived in the capital until the imperial examinations. He did not return to Kunshan to refer to his original hometown.

In addition, Zhang Chao, a talented man from Wujiang, is also a favorite to win Jie Yuan. He received full funding from the Zhu family and ranked first in the Zhu family's funding list.

There is also the first place in the provincial school year exam, Xie Jiaping, a native of Changzhou County, is also a popular figure. Almost everyone believes that the top three of them will be selected among the three of them, but the ranking order may vary.

Compared with adult trials, the list of the boy trials is much more unstable.

The counties have already thoroughly studied each other's opponents and came up with a list of strengths that everyone agrees on.

Guanpu Store also recognized this list.

For Guanpudian, there are only two types of bets for the boy to solve the test, who will be the first and the first place?

Second, which five people were elected as tribute scholars?

There are eight people in the list of boy test strength listed in Guanpu Store.

Jiang Feng, Yao Xi, Luo Zaidao, Wei Feng, Zhao Yan, Fan Ning, Liu Ran, Yan Qing.

Everyone thought that Jiang Feng won the championship, but there was a lot of news on the first day of the exam that Jiang Feng did not get well in the argumentative essay.

Immediately afterwards, news came out again that Zhao Yan fainted in the examination room due to excessive tension.

These two news made this list of strength lose its authority and the situation became confusing.

Fanning's odds are still 20 yuan, and there is no change. Although many people have included him in the admission list, there are still very few people who bet on him to win the first place.

But Fan Ning no longer cared about all this, and after the imperial examination was over, he went home.

At the same time, the review of the test papers was underway in full swing in the examination court.

There were more than 30 reviewers participating in the review of the papers, from the prefectures and the county schools, all experienced professors. For example, Zhang Ruoying, the Wu County School Teacher, also participated in the review of the papers.

The examiner was Zhou Zhen, the chief secretary from Qizhou. There were two deputy examiners, one was Zhang Xian, the teacher of Pingjiang Prefecture School, and the other was Qi Yong, the chief professor of the Prefecture School.

There are 2,780 papers in total, fifty of which are boy test papers.

According to the review rules stipulated by the court, any test paper must be reviewed by two reviewers, and the review opinions must be stated.

If the two people have different opinions, the third party will review it again, but if the two people have too different opinions, it must be handed over to the examiner for review.

According to the normal process, the first round is to brush 70% of the papers, first of all, calligraphy, secondly, countermeasures, and argumentative essays, and finally, the poems and silences are evaluated.

If the calligraphy fails, it will be eliminated directly. No matter how good the exam is, it will not work. In the eyes of the literati of the Song Dynasty, if they cannot even write well, they will not be called literati.

Therefore, the students of the Song Dynasty began to practice calligraphy since elementary school, and almost all of them practiced hard for ten years.

In the second round of review, half of the test papers were eliminated, and the remaining 300 papers were handed over to two deputy examiners and examiners. The three examiners reviewed the papers together, and then 200 papers were eliminated, and the remaining 100 papers were reviewed by the examiner alone.

The examiner eliminated half of the testimony, and the last fifty papers were left, which were the juren papers for this year. At this time, you can get rid of the famous notes, copy the list, and hand over the list to the prefect of Pingjiang.

If the prefect has no objection, the official announcement will be issued.

As for the boy list, it is quite special. The reviewer also reviews the papers normally, but it is not eliminated. The fifty papers must be copied first and then scored to prevent the reviewer from recognizing the handwriting.

Then all of them were handed over to the two deputy examiners for retrial. After the two deputy examiners signed their opinions, they finally handed over fifty papers to the examiner. Ten of them were selected, and all examiners voted to select five candidates.

The reason why the score of the Boy Test is more complicated is that the Boy Test involves the vital interests of the governments of each county and cannot be too hasty. After such a set of evaluation procedures, the governments of each county can basically convince them.

"Teacher Zhang, look at this paper!"

The examiner Yue Qing handed a test paper to Zhang Ruoying. Yue Qing is the chief professor of Changshu County School. He and Zhang Ruoying reviewed the papers together.

After a busy day, I don’t know how many test papers I have read, and both of them are a little exhausted.

Zhang Ruoying took a sip of tea, took the paper from Yue Qing, saw the number on it at a glance, and smiled, "Is it the paper that the boy tried?"

Yue Qing nodded, "This year's boy exam is not easy! They are all very strong. Even if this test is in the adult exam, it will never be inferior. At least it can rank in the top three."

"Oh? So awesome."

Zhang Ruoying was a little interested. He took the paper and looked carefully. The first thing he saw was the argumentative essay.

‘In the Spring and Autumn Period, every time I write about the wars of princes, I will be ridiculed and demoted, and I will be punished for their crimes of being promiscuous. No one thinks it is in line with the righteousness and agrees to it.”

"Okay! Comment thoroughly."

The first sentence made Zhang Ruoying slam the table and applaud. Several professors around him were attracted. They turned their heads and looked over, and asked with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, have you seen a good article?"

Yue Qing smiled and answered for Zhang Ruoying, "It's the boy's test answer sheet, it's quite exciting!"

Several professors have deep feelings.

"The candidates for the boy exam are really good. If they take the adult exam, these candidates will have to occupy at least half of the juren's quota. They are worthy of being young geniuses selected by each county."

Zhang Ruoying had no time to reply. He looked at the countermeasures article again and quickly scanned it. His heart jumped up, and the countermeasures article talked about the impact of the Qingmiao Law of Yin County on farmers.

Zhang Ruoying knew very well that Fan Ning and his team were going to Yin County to study, and this paper was most likely one of Fan Ning, Su Liang and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu can rule out that Duan Yu’s article is more feminine, and this paper is not Duan Yu’s style.

Su Liang's articles are bright and grand, and the style is inconsistent, but his talent cannot write articles as high as those of the previous argumentative essays. Moreover, Su Liang's articles are sharp, like a sharp spear.

Fanning is much more mature. Fanning's articles are not only refined, but also have a rigorous thinking and are flawless, making people flawless.

Zhang Ruoying turned to writing poetry again, which was a fresh farm style, which was almost Fanning's signature.

Zhang Ruoying can basically judge that this is Fanning's paper.

Zhang Ruoying nodded and praised: "If you participate in this adult test, you can get the Jie Yuan."

He picked up his pen and wrote his comment: the article has a strong and strict spirit, like a titanic city and a stern and unforgivable article, which is a wonderful article.

Then he gave the highest score: Superior High School.

If Zhao Xiuwen reviewed the paper, he might be a little humble and give him a score, but Zhang Ruoying had a strong sense of competition. He knew that a little humble would probably lead to Fan Ning's failure.

It is not wrong to score according to the rules and give high scores.

Yue Qing nodded and smiled, "There are no typos in the paper, but unfortunately this is just a tribute book. You can't see calligraphy, but in terms of content, it can be called the 'upper-A' score."

He also picked up the pen and gave a score to the upper and upper academy, and wrote his own comment: "No word has no origin, no word has no origin."

"Haha! What kind of paper has received such high praise from two professors?"

Deputy examiner Zhang Xian walked over with his hands. Zhang Xian was Zhang Yi's brother and is currently the teacher of the prefecture. After Zhang Yi was defeated, Zhang Xian promptly cleared his relationship with him.

However, through operation, Zhang Xian sent his brother Zhang Yi to Sizhou as a professor in a private school.

At least on the surface, he and Zhang Ruoying have a good relationship.

Zhang Ruoying smiled and said, "It's a boy test paper. Teacher Yue and I both think that this test paper is very excellent. We unanimously agree to give it a score."

Zhang Xian knew that Yue Qing and Zhang Ruoying were both respected old professors and would not easily say exaggerated words. The two actually gave the same paper a grade, which really made him interested.

He quickly took the paper and looked at it carefully. After reading the argumentative paper, he was amazed and smiled and said, "I'll take a closer look at this paper."

Looking at Zhang Xian's back as he left, Zhang Ruoying couldn't help but feel a little worried. Many of the examples quoted in the countermeasures of this paper are in the Taihu area, which makes people easily guess that this is a test paper for Wuxian students. I'm afraid Zhang Xian will have ideas.

Zhang Ruoying never underestimates a person. He knows very well what Zhang Xian has. He is hypocritical on the surface, but he is as despicable as his brothers in his heart.

A few years ago, he served as the deputy chief examiner and had a certain right to set questions. He secretly leaked many questions to Zhang Yi. It was not until the court implemented the inter-examination system of chief examiners three years ago that the loophole of this leak was blocked.
Chapter completed!