Rise From the Humble

The hard work was withdrawn from the hall for the whole night, and the lights and words were blurred. ——"Case Reading" Li Hongkui

The candidates were relieved after finishing the exam, but the examiners were busy at this time, reviewing the exam papers at night, and their eyes were dazzled.

In the Nanzhili Township Examination, the examiners were all Hanlin, with two examiners: the chief examiner and the deputy examiner. The examiners are Zhang Tao and Wang Da, bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. Both Hanlin bachelors are from other provinces. Zhang Tao is slightly older, but Wang Da is also fifty. In addition to the two chief and deputy examiners, there are nine co-examiners in Nanzhili, which is about three more than the co-examiners in other provinces. These nine co-examiners are county magistrates recommended by the censor. As well as literature instructors, recommendation officers and instructors are all from other provinces.

The test papers of Zhu Pingan and other candidates are in the hands of these two examiners and nine co-examiners.

During the marking process, there is a clear division of labor between the chief examiner and the co-examiner. How to put it, the co-examiner selects outstanding test papers from more than 10,000 candidates and recommends them to the chief examiner, who then finalizes the admitted students and determines the ranking of the admitted students among the recommended test papers.

The examiner's review began after Zhu Ping'an and the others finished their first exam. The test paper that the examinee has completed answering in the examination room is called the ink scroll. The examiner does not read the ink scroll directly when marking the paper. Instead, the scribe re-copies the ink scroll with a red pen and then submits the handwritten copy to the examiner for marking. This is the "Ink Roll". The examiner reads the paper and recommends it to the examiner if he feels it is well written. This is the "recommended paper".

In order to speed up the grading, the examiners, including the co-examiners and the chief and deputy examiners, all focus on the first eight-part essay test paper. The quality of this first test paper almost determines the success or failure of the candidate's exam. As for the subsequent test papers, although Important but not as important as the first game.

The chief and deputy examiners generally only read the "recommended papers" and select good and outstanding papers from the examiners' recommended papers. However, this does not mean that papers that are not "recommended papers" have absolutely no chance. After marking, according to the rules, the chief and deputy examiners are obliged to search and re-read the papers that have not been recommended. If you are lucky, you will be appreciated by the chief and deputy examiners, but this is only in theory. The marking work is hard, and the chief and deputy examiners It is not necessary to check the papers.

Anyway, it's snowing heavily outside, and the marking site is in full swing; it's dark outside, and the marking site is lit with torches and brightly lit; the examiners are working overtime to mark the test papers.

Enjoy the snow and drink outside. The candidates who are enjoying the time after the exam do not know how their test papers are being treated.

Zhu Ping'an was also admiring the snow at the restaurant at this time. This was the backyard of a restaurant, and the lights all night long would not violate the curfew. The heavy snow falling under the bright lights also had a unique flavor. The fat man was chattering beside him, waving his fat paws, foaming at the mouth, as if he would be sorry for Confucius and Mencius if he was not admitted.

"Brother Zhu, you don't know how well I answered this time."

Fatty Xue Chi was chewing on mutton. I danced and danced, and I couldn't get emotional.

"Yeah." Zhu Ping'an hummed noncommittally, looking at the thick snow outside under the light, calmly.

"Don't believe it. This time I got tested in a field that I'm good at. It's hard to pass the exam." The fat man picked up a chicken drumstick and took a bite. A face full of confidence.

This actually makes Zhu Pingan a little curious. What are the areas that Fatty is good at?

Seeing Zhu Ping'an's curious eyes. The fat man was so proud that he wiped his mouth with his fat hand and started blowing. "You think it's strange, why does the provincial examination also test the love between children?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but think of the words "I'm not thinking about it", and looked at the fat man with some constipation, didn't he think of this guy as his sister and I was thinking about it?

"Sister, I'm thinking about it, hahaha, you said this question is the same. I don't remember this sentence in the Four Books and Five Classics, but these are not important. The important thing is that I am good at this. I think I read all over Fengyang back then. size"

Sure enough, the next second the fat man was as confident as a shining little sun, and his face was so excited that it was as red as fire.

There should be a soundtrack at this point, fire, I am fire.

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an looked at the fat man with a constipated face, speechless, how did this guy pass the county examination?

Just when Zhu Pingan was looking at the fat man with constipation, Zhu Pingan didn't know that at this time, it was time for his test paper to be reviewed by the marking officer.

It has to be said that Zhu Pingan was really unlucky. His test paper fell into the hands of fellow examiner Song Shiming. Song Shiming was a Confucian instructor in Zunhua County, Jizhou, Shuntian Prefecture. He was not as "Shiming" as his name suggests, and he was relatively conservative.

At this time, our Song Tongkao had already worked overtime and was overloaded with grading papers. I have to say that Song Tongkao was quite hard. While wiping sweat with a towel, he took out a review from a pile of test papers.

That's right, the test paper in Song Tongkao's hand at this time was Zhu Pingan's test paper.

Zhu Ping'an's fate is now in Song Tongkao's hands. Song Tongkao can decide to recommend the test paper to the examiner to "recommend the paper", or he can decide to click the test paper away and "drop it."

A sudden north wind roared outside, picking up snowflakes all over the ground and hitting the window without any warning.

Song Tongkao, who was close to the window, was caught off guard by the cold air that came in from the window crack. He was so hot that he was sweating just now, but now his hands and feet were cold again!

Hot and cold, our Song Tongkao is not in a generally bad mood.

However, when Song Tongkao quickly calmed down and looked at the test paper in his hand with the mentality of being responsible for the candidates.

Then, his originally bad mood, which he had just put away, suddenly changed.

Worse!

"Let me go, what the hell is written here!"

Song Tongkao looked at the test paper in his hand, as if he was seeing the goddess he had chased for eighteen years.

Ever since, our fellow student Song muttered something disgusting as if he had swallowed Rexiang, and casually threw the test paper in his hand, which was Zhu Pingan's test paper, to the ground!

Lost!

The treatment is even worse than the treatment for those who have failed. At the very least, their failed papers are still piled up on a few desks in the corner. Maybe there are free fellow examinees or the examiner who has time to dig through the pile, and maybe they can turn over. There was no chance. However, Zhu Pingan's test paper was thrown to the ground. It didn't even have a chance to be flipped over. There was no chance at all. It was worse than failing! The fallen fighter, the fallen VIP!

After throwing Zhu Ping'an's test paper to the ground, our Song Tongkao picked up the terrible mood and continued to devote himself to the cause of selecting talents for the country. He took another test paper, meticulous, concentrated, and devoted ten thousand times. reviewed

Life is so cruel. When you meet the wrong person at the right time, your outpouring of hope can only turn into a sigh and sadness. This is life.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an, who was looking at the fat man with a constipated look on his face, didn't know that his test paper was thrown to the ground after being looked at with a look on his face.

but

Still nothing

Fate turned a corner at this time. Just when Zhu Pingan was about to become a failed student, the goddess of fate winked at Zhu Pingan and smiled playfully.

Just when Zhu Ping'an's test paper was thrown to the ground by our Song Tongkao and fluttering down, the door was pushed open.

That's right, it's such a coincidence, even the script couldn't be more clever.

Our examiner just opened the door and walked in. He just happened to see this scene, and our classmate Zhu Pingan's test paper just happened to fall at the examiner's feet.

So, our examiner bent down and picked up Zhu Pingan's test paper from the ground and held it in his hand. He was shocked at the first glance. He looked at it carefully for a long time at the second and third glance, and then slowly walked towards us. In front of Song Tong, he pressed Zhu Ping'an's test paper on the table and said in a very soft, but deafening voice:

"As Jieyuan"