The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 370

[Chapter 370 Grading]

After three rounds of drinking, Wu Yi was already a little drunk.

At this time, Bai Xiaochun came close to Fang Xiu’s ear and whispered a few words.

When Fang Xiu heard this, the expression on his face became very strange, and there was a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Wu Yi.

After all, he really didn’t expect that Wu Yi would be willing to serve the ladies of those wealthy families in order to collect five thousand taels of silver.

No wonder his face was always pale and colorless in the past two days. It turned out to be because of overwork.

Fang Xiu was thinking this when he suddenly heard a noisy discussion coming from downstairs.

Just as he was about to ask, he saw the shopkeeper pushing the door open. After bowing and saluting, he explained: “Master, the scholars downstairs are guessing who will be the Jieyuan of the Gyeonggi Province in this provincial examination.

Neither is Xiao Lan. It’s okay not to stop them, so I’m here to ask you, if you think they are disturbing your purity, I’ll kick them out right now.” When

Fang Xiu heard this, a smile appeared on his face, he waved his hand and said, “ “

It doesn’t matter.”

“Hey, I understand. Master, please step back slowly. If you have any orders, I will be here immediately!”

The shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this answer. , turned around and prepared to leave.

“Wait a minute!”

Fang Xiu stretched out his hand to stop him and said, “You said those scholars downstairs are guessing who Jieyuan is?”

The shopkeeper nodded and replied: “Yes, young master, what is under discussion?” Call it a show of excitement.”

Fang Xiu looked curious and asked, “Who do they think will be Jieyuan?”

After hearing this question, the shopkeeper lowered his head and thought for a moment, then murmured: “There is the second son of the Liu family. , the eldest son of our Lord Yin of Kyoto Prefecture, and

there are many others, I can’t remember clearly,

but the one who has been guessed the most is the second young master of

Liu Mansion, named Liu .

One, he is a famous talented man in the capital.

If one were to say who was most likely to win Jieyuan, even Fang Xiu would be the first one to think of him.

However, among the candidates discussed by these people, I was not included. They were really short-sighted.

Thinking of this, Fang Xiu shook his head and waved his hand: “I understand, you can go down.”

“Yes, young master.”

Next to him, Zhao Yan asked curiously: “Who is the second son of the Liu family?”

Fang Xiu thought .

After thinking for a moment, he said, “A very beautiful person.”

“A very beautiful person?”

Zhao Yan didn’t understand what he meant.

Fang Xiu took a sip of wine and said, “That’s what it means literally. I met him last time at a banquet in Prince Ning’s Mansion. He was clearly a man with the face of a woman.”

When he said this, he seemed to have thought of something. The expression on his face became a little strange.

At first, when he first met the second son of the Liu family, he was also very surprised.

At first I thought it was a bloody plot that often appears in some novels, in which a stunning beauty disguises herself as a man and has a love-hate relationship with the protagonist.

However, after just one glance, he knew that he was thinking too much.

Because he clearly saw that the second son of the Liu family had an Adam’s apple.

No matter how many disguises a woman can make, her Adam’s apple is real. If she has it, she has it, and if she doesn’t, she doesn’t have it.

For a man to be so beautiful, it can only be said to be a fate.

When Zhao Yan heard his explanation, she seemed to think of something, and the expression on her face became a little strange, and asked: “Then which second son of the Liu family is he?”

Fang Xiu was slightly startled when he heard this question.

He also knew very little about the second young master of the Liu family. He only knew that others called him Young Master Liu. As for his name, he didn’t know which Liu family he came from.

There are many famous Liu Mansion in the capital, but the most powerful and famous among them is the Duke of Wei.

Of course, when everyone mentions the Duke of Wei’s Mansion, the first thing they think of is the Duke of Wei’s Mansion, not the Liu Mansion.

“I don’t know, I just know that I live in the north of the city.”

Fang Xiu thought for a while and replied.

When Zhao Yan heard the word ‘Chengbei’, the expression on her face became even weirder, as if she was holding back something.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Zhao Yan shook her head and said, “It’s okay, I’m just not feeling well.”

After hearing this, Fang Xiu looked at Zhao Yan and said seriously: “Drink more heat. Water.”

All the restaurants in the capital were lit up all night long.

Somewhere in the Gongyuan is also brightly lit.

Here, the examiners from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy in charge of grading papers are reading at night by candlelight.

What you read is not a book, but a series of test papers.

Because we have to take care of the emotions of the candidates and prepare in advance for next year’s examination, we have to read the examination papers in a very short time and decide whether to pass or not.

The imperial examination in Chu State has been developed for many years and has a very strict process.

After the examination paper is written, it will be collected by the invigilator first, and then handed over to the official.

The sealing officer will cover all the candidate’s name, place of origin and other personal information on the examination paper with blank paper, seal it, and stamp it with a seal.

This is the first procedure, called “anonymous”, which is similar to the binding and sealing of later generations, in order to prevent fraud.

It is precisely because of the existence of this layer of procedures that the marking personnel do not know whose test paper they are looking at.

The bound and sealed test papers are then distributed to marking personnel for review through a specific process.

The distribution of test papers is done by drawing lots under the supervision of the examiner and fellow examiners.

Therefore, even the marking personnel do not know which candidate’s paper they are correcting.

It can be said to be a double guarantee. Taking into account the previous process of selecting the examiner and co-examiners, it can be regarded as a triple guarantee.

It can be seen that the fairness of examinations has always been a top priority no matter what time it is.

After that, the marking staff will recommend the papers that they like after the first reading to the same examiners. This type of papers is called “recommended papers”.

The same examiner, in fact, to put it another way, is the so-called deputy examiner.

If the deputy examiner also likes this examination paper, he will mark it with the word “take”, which means “pass”. There is not much difference in meaning.

Papers that have been approved with the word “take” can finally be given to the examiner.

If the examiner is also satisfied, he will mark the word “middle” on the test paper. At this time, the fate of an examination paper, or a candidate, is finally decided.

Whether it is successful or not, it must be controlled by at least three levels of personnel.

Unfortunately, most people’s test papers may not even pass the first level, let alone fall into the hands of the examiner.

The graders on this first level are all members of the Hanlin Academy.

Every Hanlin is an outstanding person selected by the imperial examination, and the examination paper for evaluating a student is certainly not a problem.

But

at this moment, Li Cheng looked at the exam paper in front of him, but he didn’t think so.

(End of chapter)