"In March, the flowers are full of branches in the south of the Yangtze River, and the wind is light and the curtains are flying. Visitors should not cherish the candles at night, and the willows are thick and the spring is about to return."

Sitting on the pleasure boat and enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait, Lin Yuan said to have a poem.

"Okay, Brother Lin Yuan's poem is really good."

"It's worth it."

"Lin Yuan is very talented and deserves to be the number one talented man in Jiangnan."

Lin Yuan laughed and scolded: "Qin Guan, if others say I will praise you, but if you say the word "the best poetic talent in Jiangnan" from your mouth, I only think you are a satirical person, so I punish you for writing poetry, and it must be good."

Others cheered, "Yes, let the young man come here, it's best to write a word, so that the beauty can sing a song for us."

Qin Guan was dissatisfied: "I just shouted ok, why did it become a sarcasm to you? And today I just want to relax, and it is so brain-intensive to write poetry, and it doesn't do it."

Everyone was reluctant to let him go, Chen Yichen said, "Look at the beautiful girl, she is already looking forward to it."

Everyone looked at Qinglien sitting aside, and two red clouds rose from Qinglien's faces.

She was indeed looking at Qin Guan with a bright look just now, hoping that Qin Guan could write a new word.

This pleasure boat is the pleasure boat of Bingqing Pavilion. Zhu Peng spent a lot of money to invite Qingmei, one of the six courtesans in Qinhuai, to come to liven up. Qingmei, who has a slim figure and beautiful face, is especially good at poetry and singing music, and is a master of Qinhuai.

Nowadays, Qin Guan’s poems are famous, such as “The Fairy on Magpie Bridge”, “When will the bright moon come to you”, “The lights are dim”, “The lights are dim”, “I’m haggard for you”, “What is love in the world”, and even the autumn poems that Qin Guan used during the provincial examinations, are all masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages. Now they are widely circulated, and brothels chant Qin lyrics. If Qin lyrics cannot survive in the geisha world.

Yes, people have already called these words of Qin Guan "Qin Ci".

Qin Guan's famous Qingmei people have long been famous for a long time. I heard that Qin Guan was a lover, and the one who was a lover, was finally put into the room. I heard that he is very happy now, and he envied countless prostitutes.

Looking at Ling Xiang'er, who was given two words by Qin Guan, was originally just a little girl, but now her value has doubled, and she can't hear a song for hundreds of people, becoming the real champion of this year's flower.

Qin Guan and others were drinking and laughing in Qinhuai, but they didn't know that in the Gongyuan, the examiners were nervously investing in the review of the exam papers. The three-day release of the exam is a rigid rule. More than 2,000 test papers need to be carefully reviewed, and the workload is not small.

Zeng Yu, the chief examiner of this exam, was Yan Chang, a senior secretary of the Hanlin Academy. He was the eighth in the same exam, all of whom were fifth or above officials.

Zeng Yu stood in the main hall and said to several fellow students: "The official has set the number of tribute students withdrawn this time, totaling 76. Everyone must strictly judge and select talents that are suitable for me, Da Zhao. Now start the preliminary selection and judgment."

The eight students all agreed to the promise.

The rule of the National Assembly of Zhao State is that the first-ranking examiners are selected by the two examiners, and the rankings are also judged by the two examiners, and they are divided into the first batch of top ten and the second batch of rankings.

In fact, it is said that candidates need to pass two levels before they pass the exam. Only when the examiner who is marking the papers will he recommend you to the main examination, and the main examination will make the second round of judgment. 76 people fight out of more than 2,000 candidates, which shows his cruelty.

If you want to become the number one in the imperial examination, which one is not a genius? Moreover, the number one in the imperial examination is very important for the palace examination. According to general rules, the number one in the imperial examination is rarely the case when the palace examination is falling from the top three.

Because from the beginning, the emperor has paid great attention to you and has a good impression of you.

The little official made a pot of tea for Zeng Xianggong and Grand Secretary Yan, and respectfully poured it into the cups for the two. Yan Chang picked it up and smelled it, and said to Zeng Yu with a smile: "This should not be the tea of ​​the Gongyuan. The Gongyuan can afford Xian Zishu tea."

Zeng Yu also smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Yan is also a tea lover, and you will know it as soon as you hear it."

Yan Chang said: "The Tea Saint 6 Phoenix wrote the Tea Classic" and said: "The Yin Forest of Yang Cliffs, purple is on the top, green is on the top, bamboo is on the top, and bud is on the top." Since the Tang Dynasty, I have never drunk such a good tea several times. This time I really benefited from my husband's fortune."

When they were free, the two started chatting about the Tea Classic.

Soon, a fellow examiner began to recommend the test papers. The two old men put down their teacup and began to mark the papers. It was not until noon that someone suddenly shouted: "The words are good, the meaning of the scriptures are good, the writing of strategy and the poetry is exquisite. This test paper is expected to win the Huiyuan this year."

The other examiners looked at each other and saw that the examiner who was talking was very excited, as if he had drunk a fairy wine, his face was flushed and his breathing was rapid.

At this moment, a soft scolding came from the room next to him: "Don't make noise in the markings, it's true. Just present the good ones, don't influence others."

The examiner who was called Zhizhen quickly stood up and returned: "Yes, Mr. Yan, the lower official Meng Lang."

When the test paper was sent to the two examiners, Zeng Yu also became interested and said, "What kind of test paper can make you so excited, come and take it to me to see."

The examiner quickly presented it to Zeng Yu. Zeng Yu took the test paper and read it for a while. He felt that the answers in this test paper were very skillful and had sharp words, but they would not be too intense. Especially one of the policy comments, which attracted Zeng Yu.

Zeng Yu handed the test paper to Grand Secretary Yan again, and Yan Chang was also very excited and admired this answer.

Zeng Yu said: "The meaning of the classics and principles can be better. What is rare is that the poems are also very good. This is the best answer I saw today."

Yan Chang said: "It's really good. I think this test paper has the strength to compete for Huiyuan."

Zeng Yu said: "There are so many talents in the world. This one is set among the top ten first. As for the top ranking, we will finally decide."

"It should be like this." Yan Chang said.

After two consecutive days, the test papers were finally judged. A total of 266 test papers were elected with the examiner, which was basically a 10-to-1 ratio, and 90% were eliminated. The two main test papers, who had to choose 76 of the tribute scholars among these 266 recommended papers, would be eliminated by 70%.

The test papers of 76 tribute scholars were finally released, and the last one was to rank the ranking, which was also a very important step.

All the others were fine, and according to the given judgment scores, the third place to 76 were quickly selected. However, regarding the first place and the second place, the two candidates failed to decide for a while.

It's okay if there are differences in scores, but the scores of both test papers are the same, and they can be the first.

Then who is second?

Yan Chang said: "I think this paper is sophisticated and the strategy is very insightful. The other paper can be described as a whole with bright and varied. The content is very amazing, which touched me deeply. But this paper also gives me a feeling that it is done by many people. Of course, maybe it is because the candidate is young, active and clever. I think it is better for my husband to make the final decision."

Yan Chang is very good at being a human being. Both test papers can be the first, and he gave the final right to the chief examiner.
Chapter completed!