"I've met Bachelor Xie and Minister Chen."

"I've met two examiners."

"Why did you two quarrel?" Xie Mingtang asked with a sullen face, looking at the two of them.

The two of them scrambled to answer, because whoever speaks first usually gets the upper hand and gives others a preconceived impression.

When Xie Mingtang saw Wang Kui holding the test paper in his hand, he said, "Wang Kui, tell me what happened."

Wang Kuigong cupped his hands and said: "Zhang Jiaoyu and I were in the same team to judge the test paper. Zhang Jiaoyu's judgment on the test paper in my hand was too arbitrary. I felt that this was very unfair to the candidates, so I argued with each other. Because of this, the two of them argued

There was a dispute over something."

Wang Kui didn't dare to arrange it at will, so he gave a rough outline of the matter. Bachelor Xie looked at Zhang Shouming, and Zhang Shouming also said that this was indeed the case.

"Bring me the test paper and let me see it," Xie Xueshi said.

Wang Kui quickly handed over the paper in his hand. Xie Mingtang took it and took a quick look at it. He was stunned. The handwriting was the same as the Ci Fu paper he had just read. He looked at the number on the name of the test paper again.

, Number 1008, is indeed the same person.

Xie Mingtang opened the paper and looked at it carefully. Generally speaking, after reading a few questions, he found that the candidate's answers were reasonable. If he followed this level, his score should be good.

But when I opened the last paper and looked at the fifth question, I saw two completely different judgments from the same examiner. The first one was "No" and the second one was "A".

It seemed that the two people were arguing about the last question. After patiently reading it, Xie Mingtang felt that his answer to this question was quite satisfactory.

Then he handed it to the deputy examiner Chen Yao. Chen Yao frowned slightly after reading it, looked at Zhang Shouming, but didn't say anything and put the paper down.

Xie Mingtang watched Chen Yao finish reading the test paper, put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at the two people in front of him, and finally fixed his gaze on Zhang Shouming and said: "It seems that your dispute is about the fifth question. I think

This candidate’s answer to this test question was quite regular and there was nothing excessive. Zhang Jiaoyu, why did you give this candidate a negative answer?”

Zhang Shouming replied: "Master, the examiner, I cannot judge this question because this candidate is suspected of plagiarism."

Xie Mingtang and Chen Yao were both stunned. Cheating in the examination room is not something that can be taken carelessly. "Did you find the test paper with the same answer? Who is the other person?" Chen Yao asked.

"No similar papers were found in this exam." Zhang Shouming replied.

His answer made the two examiners very unhappy. They didn't notice how you said someone cheated and plagiarized.

"Then why did you judge this candidate for plagiarism?" Xie Mingtang's tone was already full of displeasure. In fact, Xie Mingtang admired the candidates for this test paper very much. The calligraphy is beautiful and he can be ranked among the top in this exam. He often

He had read the questions and answered them quite well, especially the poem, which could be said to be very exquisite and definitely a masterpiece. It was very enjoyable to read and he liked it very much. It was the poem "Autumn".

It is also a rare masterpiece.

Zhang Shouming had better be able to give some reasons. If he were to judge randomly, he would not let him go easily. At the very least, he would be deprived of his status as a fellow examiner.

Zhang Shouming said with a serious face: "Xie Bachelor, I took the Ezhou Township Examination three years ago, and this question also appeared in that session, "The husband's ambition is high, and his energy is low. Hold on to his ambition,

Don’t be outrageous.” I remember that the answer of one of the candidates who was admitted was exactly the same as this candidate. Because I was the one who judged that person’s classic questions, I remember them deeply.”

"Taking the exam using answers that others have answered is not cheating." After Zhang Shouming finished speaking, he looked at Wang Kui with his neck raised.

In front of the two adults, Wang Kui ignored him and turned away.

After listening to Zhang Shouming's words, Xie Mingtang frowned deeply. "You mean, the same question was asked in Ezhou during the last provincial examination?"

"Yes, it should be the third question of Jingyi." Zhang Shouming said.

"Come here, go to the Xuezheng Yamen and check whether there is this question in the examination questions of various provinces over the years." Xie Mingtang ordered.

Soon a clerk took the order and went out.

The room fell into silence for a while.

About a quarter of an hour later, a clerk came back with a thick book of past examination questions from various provinces, opened it and showed it to Xie Mingtang.

Xie Mingtang was silent for a long time, and then said leisurely: "I took the test questions myself this time. I didn't expect that they overlapped with the test questions of other provinces. It was my mistake."

The others were startled, and Chen Yao quickly said: "Bachelor, there are dozens of provinces across the country, and the exam questions are from three years ago. They are not widely circulated. It is not an exaggeration that the bachelor does not know about it."

"Besides, our dynasty has never stipulated that exam questions overlap. This shouldn't be the bachelor's fault. Even so, the candidate's answer may not be exactly the same as the previous candidate. You have to check the paper to find out."

But even like this, Xie Mingtang couldn't let go for a while.

The examiner of the Provincial Examination has great power and is responsible for setting the topics and final admission. Every year for the Provincial Examination, the emperor sends Hanlin bachelors to sit in charge. Hanlin bachelors are the emperor’s trusted advisors and their status is very important. Those who are not Jinshi will not enter the Hanlin. Hanlin bachelors

Those are all the prime minister's reserves.

There are only three people in Jinshi and every third year, and the top two in the rankings are all from the thousands of troops, and they are the top people in terms of brains and knowledge.

Xie Mingtang is 42 years old this year. He was the number one scholar in the first imperial examination after the emperor ascended the throne. It can be said that he has the emperor's trust, otherwise he would not be sent to the most important Jiangnan examination venue.

But he didn't expect that there would be such flaws in this imperial examination.

In fact, speaking of it, this is not a mistake, because there are only so many questions on classics and meanings, and the patterns are changed back and forth, and there is always the possibility of overlapping. The last exam was too close to this exam, only three years, and Xie Mingtang did not check it for a while.

It was a coincidence that I chose the same question.

"Bring me all the answer sheets of this candidate."

Not long after, other rooms brought over the test paper No. 1008. Xie Mingtang and Chen Yao looked at it and found that this candidate's Tie Jing questions and Mo Yi questions were all correct and the writing was neat. It can definitely be used as a model paper.

to use.

Chen Yao read the poems and poems volume again, and was also attracted by the poem "There are things mixed into poems" above. He couldn't help but say "good", and the autumn poem was also excellent.

Chen Yao said: "This candidate's answers to other questions are excellent. If we go by the results, it would not be an exaggeration to choose him as the first place this year. I think the classic question is not a big question. Even if the answers overlap, it can only be

It means that the candidate has read a lot of books and has an excellent memory. If he can memorize the answers to the scriptures over the years, it will not be difficult to answer the questions."

At this time, no one else dared to say anything. If they said something right or wrong, they would offend others.
Chapter completed!