The most ruthless emperor
Qi Yan glanced at the test paper and put it back, and said, "Since you don't want to hold the lamp and answer the paper, you should rest early and recharge your batteries."
Liu Yu'an whispered: "The teacher's topic is very advanced, and the student's qualifications are mediocre. Even if you don't sleep and write for three days, you may not be able to complete it. Ten years of cold windows are only for one day, how can you rest?"
A sense of surprise rose in Qi Yan's heart: there must be monsters in the abnormal, does this young man want to "open a new way"
Qi Yan: "Oh? Then why don't you light the lamp?"
Liu Yu'an sighed and took the three candles at the table that were uniformly distributed by the examination institute, and held them up in front of Qi Yan with both hands: "Teacher, please take a look."
Qi Yan motioned for the guards holding the lamps on both sides to get closer, took a look at the candle, and frowned - none of the three candles had wicks!
Qi Yan carefully touched the three candles with small holes in the wicks. It seems that the craftsmen were not negligent during the production process, but that someone pulled out the wicks.
During the years with the masked person, Qi Yan's best skill is to take the lead in using the deepest malice to speculate on the unexpected events around her. She thought: Could this wick be pulled out by Liu Yu'an herself? She wants to use this method to achieve some kind of purpose
However, this idea was quickly rejected by Qi Yan. Although Liu Yu'an is somewhat "beautiful", he is definitely talented and practical if he is able to try it out. Moreover, he also wrote a beautiful thin gold body. I'm afraid that I can't practice it, isn't it too stupid to use such a clumsy method to attract the examiner's attention
Then it's what others did, but who would offend a little-known teenager? And that person actually has the ability to put people in the examination academy...
Qi Yan thought about it a lot in a moment, she took a night pearl and handed it to Liu Yu'an: "This East China Sea night pearl was originally a gift from the royal family, but if you are thirsty for talent, this official will lend it to you. In three days, this official will come and pick it up in person before the scroll is collected."
After he finished speaking, he didn't listen to what Liu Yuanan said, and took the guards to inspect other trumpets.
Needless to say, the benefits of being the chief examiner of the general examination are accompanied by a certain degree of hard work. For example, during the three days of the exam, the chief examiner must sit on the high platform throughout the whole process, and the two deputy examiners can alternately go to the backyard to rest, but the chief examiner, as the person in charge of the overall situation, must be there for the whole process.
Although Qi Yan had slept for a day in advance, but on the third day, she began to lose energy and her mind was chaotic...
The gong of the scroll finally sounded, Qi Yan took a breath and stood up and came to the middle of the high platform, and said loudly: "Stop writing, seal the scroll!"
The candidates put down their brushes one after another, and carefully pasted their names and places of origin with the materials sent by the examination institute. Qi Yan said a few more symbolic words in Mandarin, the lock outside the trumpet was opened, and the candidates left in an orderly manner.
Next, Qi Yan and the two examiners will go to the main hall to review the papers behind closed doors and determine the ranking. The examination institute will be locked from the outside, and will be guarded by heavy troops. The three examiners cannot leave until the day when the red list for the ranking of the examination is posted. Examination academy.
The real highlight has only just begun. The two deputy exams belong to different camps. The process of determining the rankings must be very exciting, but Qi Yan has already thought about the countermeasures.
Qi Yan covered the exam papers with red silk, Gongyang Huai and Lu Boyan followed Qi Yan with their trays, and the three entered the main hall together, and the guards locked them from the outside.
As soon as the test paper was put away, Lu Boyan took on a "senior" attitude: "This official specifically asked the Zhongshu Ling, Master Xing, to set the file before grading the paper, any handwriting is scribbled, the surface of the paper is unclean, and the words are not expressive. The test papers that account for all three samples are regarded as waste papers and can be ignored. The two are marked as third-class papers, and the one is downgraded to second-class papers. Those who reveal their names and places of origin are also considered waste papers. Less, our standards can be a little stricter."
Neither Gongyanghuai nor Qi Yan objected to this, but Lu Boyan became more and more complacent when he saw it, raised his chin and continued: "The qualified rolls are divided into three batches. Then gather these excellent papers together to discuss the top three, and if there are still places in the future, you can choose other ones."
Qi Yan thought for a while and expressed a different attitude: "It may be unfair, everyone's style of writing is different, and the answers we don't like are not necessarily good rolls, it is better to divide the rolled paper into three parts and let us three People take turns reviewing, not only in the position of the examiner, if you feel good, you can draw two circles on the front of the scroll. How about the negotiation?"
Lu Boyan and Gongyanghuai both frowned and agreed after thinking about it.
The primary election was relatively simple, and soon half of them were eliminated, and the rest were divided into three parts. The three of them took the exam papers and sat down in their respective positions to start grading the papers. The hall was extremely quiet.
This method was jointly thought up by Qi Yan and Nangong Jingnu. They were worried that Lu Boyan and Gongyanghuai would secretly engage in party disputes, so they thought of such a method to eliminate it from the source.
However, Qi Yan felt that the style of writing was eclectic. In the future, he would draw two circles on the test paper that he could use for himself, and he would not draw the other circle, so that no matter how hard the two of them were, it would be in vain.
By the time Gongyanghuai and Lu Boyan found the clues, it was too late...
Qi Yan unhesitatingly drew two circles on the test papers of Jinzhou students who she recognized and admired her. In the past three years in Jinzhou, Qi Yan had already laid the foundation, and many local students had She took the initiative to submit the article to Qi Yan to ask her for guidance. Under her deliberate teaching, the thoughts of those students have been somewhat affected.
Then there are the sharp and radical test papers, especially the one that denounces the drawbacks of this national policy, which is most favored by Qi Yan.
This national policy is the most widely implemented among the people, and the problem is also the deepest. It is the only one that can quickly shake the foundation of the Wei Kingdom's court among the people.
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On the last day of grading, Qi Yan saw Liu Yu'an's examination paper.
Among the more than 100 test papers, there is only one who uses the thin gold body, which is very easy to recognize.
Surprisingly: the header of this test paper has already dropped two red circles. It seems that the other two examiners recognize Liu Yu'an's talent.
Qi Yan looked at it seriously. The previous answers were very exciting, but the last question was quite satisfactory. It is no wonder that the two of them chose him.
Qi Yan thought for a while, and drew a red circle on the scroll head for the first time.
Intuition tells Qi Yan: The wickless candle is worth exploring.
Under Qi Yan's operation, Jinzhou students accounted for one-third of the top three, and one of the top three.
After the rankings were set, the test papers were unpacked one by one. Under the joint supervision of the two deputy testers, Qi Yan personally wrote their names on the red list in order.
Lu Boyan and Gongyanghuai both looked a little ugly, because Qi Yan held two votes, the ranking did not achieve the effect they expected.
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It was ten days after the three of them walked out of the examination institute. The troika stopped at the entrance of the examination institute. Qi Yan dragged her tired body onto the carriage, ordered, "Go back to the palace," and fell asleep while leaning on the carriage.
On the other side, Nangong Jingnu was talking to Nangong Rang in Ganquan Palace. This year, Nangong Rang's situation was very bad, and it could be distinguished with the naked eye without the imperial doctor's explicit explanation.
Nangong Rang's beard and hair were almost completely white, and he lost a few laps of weight. His sharp cheekbones were high and bulging, his eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were dull, and the loose old skin on his face was drooping and deeply wrinkled.
Although Sijiu massages him in person every day, the hand on the half of the body that is unconscious: the little finger and the ring finger are bent and twisted in one place and cannot be straightened. self-awareness.
At this time, Nangong Jingnv could read the humiliation and unwillingness in her father's eyes, and her heart ached.
No, the father and daughter were talking and writing one by one. Nangong asked the hand holding the pen to suddenly stop, and a drop of saliva fell on the written word, which was dense.
Nangong Jingnv: "Father, let's rest today?" She took out a silk handkerchief from her cuff and carefully wiped off her saliva for Nangong Rang.
Nangong let "uh" get over his body, and there was a trace of emotion and sadness in his eyes. He turned his pen and wrote tremblingly: "I'm afraid that time is running out, and I will ask my son a few more words."
Nangong Jingnu clenched her teeth and forced her tears back. She said softly, "The imperial doctor said that the emperor's body has improved, so don't think about it too much."
Nangong Rang showed a twisted smile, his mouth twisted to one side, and he wrote: Qi Yan is willing to help you with all his strength
Nangong Jingnu pursed her lips: "Imperial father... how did you know?"
Nangong Rang sighed, knowing his daughter Mo Ruofu, he still knew his daughter's temperament. But Nangong Rang was a little tired and didn't want to explain too much, and wrote: It's good to have him to help you, but there is another matter that concerns the country, and my son needs to think about it clearly.
Nangong Jingnu's face flushed, and she understood what Nangong Rang meant.
Nangong Rang continued to write: Your children must all be surnamed Nangong, but the matter of the empress cannot be seconded, if...
Writing this, Nangong Rang paused for a long time, as if thinking about something... Then he wrote again: If you are destined to have no children, you can choose a son to be adopted by the many imperial brothers. If so, remember to keep the son to the father, so as to avoid endless troubles. This move is a last resort and should not be taken rashly, lest the birth of a parent and child in the future will lead to a struggle for succession. It's not too late to reconsider the Year of Destiny...
The more Nangong Jingnu looked at her, the more frightened she became. Although she knew that Nangong Rang was thinking about her, it was extremely difficult for her to kill her compatriots. She raised her eyes and looked at Nangong Rang. Write something that doesn't matter.
Nangong Jingnu was shocked, even though she had already learned the meaning of "the most ruthless emperor's family" in countless classics.
An elderly voice of 49 came from outside the door: "Report to Your Majesty, the red list for the exam has come out. Mr. Qi from the Ministry of Personnel has sent three test papers of the first grade and the big list, please take a look at your majesty."
Nangong Rang crumpled the written paper into a ball, nodded, and Nangong Jingnu said, "Come in."
Forty-nine: "Yes."
After Si Jiu left, Nangong Rang wrote another sentence: "Call Qi Yan to see me."