The crowd surged under the Anqing Prefecture list. Uncle Zhu Shouren and others struggled hard and finally squeezed through the crowd to a position where they could see the list. Their faces were full of anticipation. Before looking at the list again, several people worked together to push Zhu Ping'an, who was squeezed to the front, from the crowd. They couldn't wait to share the news of their high school list with Zhu Ping'an, who once topped the list.
Zhu Ping'an felt like he was being pushed around by a group of pigs. He didn't know how many times he was stepped on, and his head was hit many times by accident.
"Zi'er, look... ..."
"Angel, now you can see the list..."
Uncle and others patted Zhu Ping'an a few times, reminding him that he could look at the list. Then he couldn't wait to raise his head and carefully look for his name on the list.
Just kidding, I knew the question about chrysanthemum in advance, how could I not get it right.
Uncle and others are full of confidence.
However, they never expected that when they looked up and saw the list for the first time, they felt terrible.
The announcement of the results of the academy examination is called "Chang'an". There were 30 people in the Chang'an of Anqing Prefecture, and they were written on a list from the first to the 30th.
Although the uncle and the others were full of confidence, they never considered that they would be at the top of the list, so they were all prepared to look forward from the back, feeling that they would appear around the bottom ten.
But they never expected that when they were about to look forward from the back, their eyes were involuntarily attracted to the familiar name in the front!
First place: Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an, these three words are so damn familiar. I have seen the county and provincial examination lists countless times, and the person is still right next to me.
But. But why is Zhu Pingan the first? Didn't the fat guy say that Zhu Pingan's test poem about chrysanthemums was not as good as his? Zhu Pingan also admitted it himself. How could he be the first? It's unscientific and shouldn't be. How could it be...
Uncle and others looked at the three words "Zhu Ping'an" at the top of the list and were unable to come back to their senses for a long time. They muttered for a long time but could not utter a word.
Zhu Pingan also saw his name at this time. Although he was sure that he would be on the list, he never expected to be the first place. After all, there were many students in the previous years. They were well prepared. However, when he saw that he got the first place again, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but smile.
Zhu Ping'an could laugh, but his uncle and others couldn't.
They wanted to look at the back, but they were attracted by Zhu Ping'an's name. Although they still couldn't understand why Zhu Ping'an was ranked first, they were still confident that they would make the list. Since they had already looked at it from the front, they decided to just look at it from the front to the back.
But damn, I couldn’t find my name from beginning to end, not even a name that had two characters that overlapped with mine!
Zhu Ping'an won the first place in the case, and we are not on the list!
This news was like a bolt from the blue. It was unbelievable. We knew the test questions in advance, and our chrysanthemum poems were better than Zhu Ping'an's. How could this happen
fraud
report
unfair
Countless thoughts flashed through their minds, but when they thought about the fact that Zhu Ping'an was just a man from a mountain village with no money, no power, and no influence, they realized that there was nothing he could do to cheat.
What the hell is going on? Uncle and others are so sad that they can’t even cry.
At the same time, Xia Luoming and others who were laughing at Zhu Pingan who was crowded around came over. At a glance, they could see the hidden meaning behind the expressions of Zhu Pingan's uncle and others who wanted to cry but had no tears. He failed the exam. Haha, I knew it from the beginning. Chrysanthemum? How about rapeseed? It would be strange if he didn't fail the exam.
But why does Zhu Ping'an, that chrysanthemum man, have such a silly smile on his face
Could it be that he couldn't accept the reality of failing the exam, and was so angry that he became stupid? That would be a pity, this person still has some talent.
Xia Luoming and others walked over slowly and looked up at the Anqing Prefecture list.
Naturally they have to read from the front to the back. After all, the levels are there. The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth are just these few.
But the first time I looked up, I was shocked.
Zhu Pingan
What the hell is Zhu Ping'an? How could this chrysanthemum man be the first? Could it be that the list is written from the back to the front?! This is too ridiculous. Theoretically speaking, this guy can't be admitted if he wrote a chrysanthemum poem. His basic skills are not solid! But how can this guy get the first place? He is the first in the case.
They thought they might have seen it wrong, so they looked at the entire list carefully again.
First place: Zhu Pingan; Second place: Liu Qian; Third place: Wang Jin; Fourth place: Ding Ji... ... Eleventh place: Guo Ziyu; Twelfth place: Feng Shanshui; Thirteenth place: Xia Luoming... ...
The top of the list is Zhu Ping'an, Brother Liu Liu Qian is only second, and as for Brother Guo Guo Ziyu, although he is also on the list, he is only eleventh. The others on the list are outside the twelveth place, and this time Xia Luoming is actually ranked behind Feng Shanshui.
It was a mess, everything was a mess. Except for Feng Shanshui, whose lips slightly raised without showing any expression, everyone else was like a Sparta.
Although all the thirty people on the list passed the exam, they were all students and scholars, but the rankings were very different. The top ten were students on government stipends. All the scholars who had just entered school were attached students, except for the top ten. The others could be promoted to additional students or students on government stipends after passing the annual exams and the imperial examinations with excellent results. Students on government stipends were the students with the best grades, with limited places and food provided by the government. Students on government stipends could guarantee for the students who were taking the exam that they had no illegal background or impersonation. None of these were important. What was important was reputation, and students on government stipends had the best reputation.
What I can’t understand the most is why Zhu Ping’an is the first in the case? How can a chrysanthemum man be the first in the case
This is the college entrance examination, to select pillars of the country, how can it be treated so lightly
The imperial examination is unfair, the examiners are deceived, we want to see the test papers!
This is their voice!
However, the ancient imperial examinations did a very good job in this regard. Their test papers could be reviewed. If you failed, you could request to review your test paper. It was allowed and even encouraged. This was also a form of supervision.
Because there were many people applying and the test paper was not small, Zhu Ping'an's test paper was quickly displayed by the officials.
The first poem that Xia Luoming and others looked at was Zhu Ping'an's test poem.
When I saw Zhu Ping'an's "Fu De Huang Hua Ru San Jin", I lost interest and felt as uncomfortable as if I had swallowed a fly.
"Ode to the Yellow Flowers as Scattered Gold"
The fertile fields are full of mulberry trees early in the morning, and the plains are filled with fragrant rapeseed flowers.
Beauty does not compete for spring, but only announces the arrival of spring.
This poem "Yellow Flowers Like Scattered Gold" was completed by Zhu Ping'an by borrowing two lines from a poem by a modern great man and adding the first two lines of his own. Although it has various shortcomings, perhaps because it feels unfulfilled or for other reasons, the last two lines are enough to shock the whole audience.
"Ahem, ah, ah, you're writing about rapeseed blossoms in spring. You're getting off topic."
Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at Zhu Ping'an's test paper displayed on the list. When he saw the test poem written by Zhu Ping'an, his eyes lit up.
As soon as the uncle finished speaking, he saw the clerk who was showing Zhu Ping'an's test paper, as well as several people around him, including Xia Luoming, looking at him as if he was an idiot.
"Did I say something wrong?" Uncle Zhu Shouren was a little lacking in confidence.
"That's right." The villagers and some students who failed the exam supported him.
"You're wrong. 'Yellow flowers like scattered gold' comes from the Selected Works of Literature by Xiao Tong of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties and Tang Situ, and it's exactly about the rape flowers in spring..." said a man in the crowd, shaking his head slightly.
"He is Wang Jin from Taihu." Someone in the crowd recognized him.
Uncle and the others stood there, feeling as if struck by lightning, unable to calm down for a long time. (To be continued)