After wearing the book, he was favored by the villains in line

Even if Lou Rongrong didn't care, she inevitably listened to it incidentally.

The chief examiner for this year's provincial examination has been appointed, Zhang Zhixian, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Lu Cheng from Zhongshushe, and He Jinzhong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Officials, are the assistant examiners.

This year is the first year since Ying Ze took over the power to hold the provincial examination, so naturally he has to be more careful, and the examiners selected are all knowledgeable and highly respected.

For example, Zhang Zhixian, a Hanlin scholar, was a noble son from a poor family, who could recite poems at the age of five, and he could sing poems as soon as he uttered them. Nowadays, when people talk about child prodigies, they must mention this great scholar.

The key is that he is young, but his age is still good. At the age of 15, he won the top prize. I don’t know how many scholars he envied. Even so, he never became arrogant because of his youth. .

It is worth mentioning that Yang Shutong basically told Lou Rongrong about these things. When he mentioned these things, his eyes were full of longing. He was so eloquent, it was obvious that he was looking forward to achieving something in the imperial examination in the future.

It's just that when he thought that he was eight years old and was learning Mongolian books with a group of young children, and he hadn't even studied the Four Books seriously, he felt a little inferior in his heart.

Lou Rongrong saw his loss, but encouraged him:

"People in the world become talented, there are people who are amazing when they are young, and there are people who are late bloomers. For example, the old Mr. Chen Min in our school, it is rumored that he was mediocre when he was young, but he has become a great scholar after decades of diligent study. Even now, When I passed by my husband's residence in the early morning, I could still hear his recitation."

"It can be seen that although talent can affect a person, it is not the decisive factor in life."

Yang Shutong was comforted a lot by her words, thanked him shyly, and went back to study again.

Just when Lou Rongrong thought that this year's intersection with the imperial examination would stop here, a major event happened in the capital.

This matter also starts with the Daqing scientific examination system. Daqing’s scientific examination mainly has three stages. It is held at the beginning of spring, also known as Chunwei.

In the end, the excellent candidates who stand out from the provincial examination will be personally administered by the emperor, and will take part in the palace examination in the Chuigong Hall.

In fact, when the first emperor was in power in the early days, there was no old practice of palace examination in Daqing, but once in a provincial examination, the chief examiner dismissed the two people because they had "the worst material and failed to ask questions". The two beat Dengwen drums, accusing the chief examiner of "making a choice based on emotion" and demanding a palace examination in order to seek justice.

The first emperor took 195 of the failed Jinshi and held the palace examination together with the 33 admitted Jinshi. As a result, another 119 Jinshi were selected, and 10 of the originally admitted Jinshi were dismissed. It has become a common practice in Daqing scientific examination.

At that time, the proportion of scholars selected in the palace examination was about one-third to two-thirds. At the right time, Daqing was at war with the Northern Qin Dynasty. Feeling dissatisfied, he turned to Bei Qin in a fit of anger.

It is also for this reason that later the late emperor announced that the palace examination would no longer depose the candidates, just because the palace examination determines the ranking of the candidates, which has a great influence on the subsequent official career, so the candidates also attach great importance to the palace examination.

However, since the first emperor improved the rules of the palace examination, the Dengwen Drum, which has not been played again, was sounded again after the release of the palace examination this year.

The people who knocked on Deng Wengu were a few Jiangnan candidates. They accused the examiners of ineffectiveness in the school examination and wrong judgments, and demanded a heavy sentence in order to seek justice.

At this time, it is not a big deal. Every year, some candidates who are deposed feel dissatisfied and feel that the examiners are unfair. Among the similar answer sheets, there are naturally trade-offs.

This matter is also easy to handle, as long as you bring the test papers of those candidates, and then gather the examiners to compare and judge with the answer sheets of other candidates.

But the shocking thing came later. When the examiner took out the answer sheets of these students from the files, these students blatantly denied that they were their own answer sheets. Instead, they pointed out several answer sheets in the accepted answer sheets. , indicating that it is your own.

You must know that Daqing had already established a system of ambiguity and reputation as early as the late emperor.

To paste the name is to seal the name, place of origin, etc. on the examinee's examination paper, also known as "Mi Feng" or "Seal Mi".However, after the name is blurred, calligraphy and painting can still be recognized, so the examinee's test paper is recorded separately.

When reviewing the test papers, the examiners not only know the candidates' names, but also the candidates' handwriting, so as to prevent fraud.

You must know that the process of sealing up the official's name should have been accounted for by the various divisions, supervised by two internal servants, and then sent to the Beijing official for proofreading before it can be stamped and sent to the family record. The official positions are not low, and most of them are the emperor's close ministers or Yushitai admonishers.

It was originally a rule to prevent fraud, but it was used to exploit loopholes to cheat. When this matter reached Ying Ze's ears, the young emperor was furious and ordered the three divisions to interrogate and thoroughly investigate the matter.

The matter of cheating in the imperial examination was very involved, and all officials were in danger all of a sudden, especially for officials who served as examiners in the provincial examination.

Originally, no matter how serious the matter was, and the officials from all sides had headaches, it was not Lou Rongrong's turn to join in the fun, but coincidentally, the two precious daughters of Dali Siqing, one of the chief envoys of the three divisions, were in the same room as Lou Rongrong. School reading.

One day after school, Lou Rongrong packed her bookcases and was about to get up to go home, but found that Nan Zhihan, who always went home with her sister, hadn't left today for some reason, and was holding a handkerchief. The son looked very tangled, and occasionally looked up at her, as if he wanted to say something to her.

Seeing this, Lou Rongrong simply asked:

"What's the matter with you?"

Nan Zhihan was slightly taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously said:

"No... nothing..."

Lou Rongrong heard the words, picked up the bookcase and walked out. When she passed by Nan Zhihan, the latter couldn't help biting her lip, and grabbed Lou Rongrong's sleeve:

"Well, I... I do have something to ask you, Rongrong... You... You said earlier that the seven of us formed an association to help each other and learn from each other's strengths to make up for each other's weaknesses. Does it count?"

Facing her apprehensive gaze, Lou Rongrong smiled:

"Whether it counts or not, how can I be the only one who has the final say?"

Hearing this, Nan Zhihan knew that she was alluding to the two sisters, and that she was alienated from Lou Rongrong after school started. She couldn't help but blush, but she still gritted her teeth and said:

"Before... I'm sorry, it was my fault, I shouldn't..."

Lou Rongrong didn't want to hear her apologizing against her will because she wanted something from others, so she interrupted her directly:

"Tell me, what can I do for you?"

Nan Zhihan's eyes lit up, and she said to her:

"follow me."