Chapter 99 Still Remembering Still Remembering

Before the third provincial examination began, Wenzhu was quite worried, secretly saying, "I was first in the first round, but why am I last in the second round? Did something go wrong?"

"Feng Zhang, could it be that you have offended someone?"

Su Fengzhang was helpless and said, "I've been in the examination room all this time. Who could I have offended?"

"Could it be that he offended me before entering the examination room?" Wen Zhu reasoned, supporting his chin.

Mr. Wen, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you offend someone before the exam, how can you still get first place in the first exam?"

"That's true. Once you enter the examination room, it feels like you're in jail. No, it's harder for you to be in jail. It's impossible for someone to pass on information from outside." Wen Zhu himself dismissed this ridiculous idea.

Su Fengzhang couldn't think of who he could have offended. He thought he was not a bad person, and anyone who could influence the imperial examination was a crucial figure. How could they possibly have a problem with a scholar like him?

Thinking of this, Su Fengzhang smiled and comforted him, "There are always people better than you. If you didn't do well on the exam, it means you're not as skilled as others."

Wen Zhu admired his mentality very much. Before the exam, he felt that he would definitely fail, but he was sad for several days after failing the first exam. Su Fengzhang ranked first in the first exam, but came in last in the second. Not everyone can bear this psychological gap.

Mr. Wen smiled and nodded. "Feng Zhang is right to think that way. You've only met a few people. It's not good to be arrogant because of your talent. You should learn more from Feng Zhang in the future. You have so many bad habits and you haven't learned any good things from him."

Seeing that the fire was about to burn herself, Wenzhu quickly stuck out her tongue, covered her forehead and cried out: "Ouch, ouch, I can't take it anymore, my head hurts so much, I need to lie down and rest for a while."

Su Fengzhang was watching with both laughter and tears. Mr. Wen was too lazy to bother with his unlucky son. He turned around and said, "Fengzhang, you must give your all in this third round. As long as you try your best, it will be worth all the hard work you have put in over the years."

"You are only nineteen. How many people haven't even passed the Tongsheng exam at nineteen?"

Su Fengzhang knew that the master was worried that he would be too concerned about gain and loss and lose his composure, so he said, "Sir, I can save you that."

If he could pass, he would certainly be happy, but if he failed, Su Fengzhang would not be too sad. Although he had made up his mind to pursue a career in imperial examinations, he never thought of himself as the center of the world. The situation where the male protagonist waved his arm and the whole world followed would not happen to an ordinary scholar.

When he entered the examination room again, perhaps because of Wen Zhu's words, Su Fengzhang subconsciously looked at the examiners around him, but after careful observation, he did not find that anyone treated him differently.

Su Fengzhang shook his head, thinking that he was overthinking. Who would tamper with such a major event as the imperial examination just to deal with him?

The third round of the provincial examination consisted of five questions, all of which were about current affairs. This meant expressing opinions or views on current affairs and government affairs at the time by combining the theories of Confucian classics. This was the core content of the imperial examination.

This item of current affairs policy is different from the previous ones. It is not included in the academy examination and the provincial examination, and the requirements are extremely high. Many students still remain scholars after taking exams all their lives because they cannot pass this hurdle.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, those who passed the examination for Juren were eligible to be promoted to an official, so the hurdle from Xiucai to Juren was extremely strict, and the requirements were more inclined towards the current affairs of officials.

Don't think that the ancient imperial examination system was stubborn and out of touch with reality. In fact, the imperial examination system was originally established to select talents. Apart from the rigidity that it developed in the end, it still had the distinctive characteristics and unique needs of the times from the beginning.

Su Fengzhang looked down and found it interesting. When the prefectural examination was held, the content was about floods. Now the provincial examination was also within the scope of floods. There were five questions in total, and three of them were about floods.

He shook off the complicated thoughts in his head, took a deep breath and began to answer the questions. Whether he could pass the imperial examination depended on this one test.

On the other side, behind the inner curtain, Xiao Hanlin was also feeling uneasy, but he couldn't show it.

As soon as the results of the second exam came out, Xiao Hanlin actually regretted it. Who knew if Su Fengzhang's paper would fall to him when the third exam papers were distributed.

If it wasn't assigned to him, it would have been difficult for him to do anything. What was he thinking before? He didn't do anything with such a good opportunity, but now he is in a dilemma.

When the test paper comes in later, if he really is not given it, will he get up and go to other examiners to check?

Xiao Hanlin thought of thousands of possibilities in his mind, and he resented Qian Tongzhi even more. You said, as a Tongzhi, it would be easy for you to deal with a scholar, so why let him tamper with the imperial examination?

It would be easy to tamper with it. Why didn't he hand over his manuscript font first? Otherwise, the misunderstanding in the first game wouldn't have happened, causing him to have to think about the second game as well.

Xiao Hanlin was originally an indecisive person, and this character was fully displayed at this moment.

As he sat there, he began to comfort himself again. He had passed the first and second rounds, so he would make Su Fengzhang happy first. If he failed the third round, he would have done his best for him.

I don’t know if God was against Su Fengzhang, but when the third paper was handed in, his paper happened to be assigned to Xiao Hanlin.

When Xiao Hanlin saw the beautiful handwriting, he was shocked and thought to himself, "Su Fengzhang, Su Fengzhang, your papers have been assigned to me every time in the three exams. It seems that even Heaven cannot bear to see you pass the exam."

"You can't blame me this time. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for offending Qian Tongzhi. It's just that your luck is so bad."

Thinking this in his mind, Xiao Hanlin should actually throw the paper directly into the pile of fallen papers, but for some reason, when he looked at the upright characters, he lowered his head again.

Seeing this, he couldn't hide the pity in his heart, "Su Fengzhang is indeed quite talented."

Even with his preconceived bad reputation, Xiao Hanlin couldn't help but think, "If he takes the exam again in three years, he will definitely pass the exam."

It was a pity, but it was not as important as repaying the favor. When he thought of the easy future without the favor, Xiao Hanlin immediately closed his eyes, and against his conscience, he put the paper at the bottom of the fallen papers and pressed it down tightly.

Perhaps the quality of the rejected papers in the previous round had deeply hurt Master Wang's heart, so this time he did not mention the intention of looking at the rejected papers. Instead, he asked them to submit the accepted papers as soon as possible.

At his urging, several examiners placed the marked papers on his desk one by one.

Wang Xueshi was also an instant shot. He looked at it and shook his head, commenting, "This is just average, barely passable."

"Nothing new, just the same old stuff. I guess he's old, and even if he passes the imperial examination, it won't be of much use."

"This one is not bad, but the handwriting is like a dog's crawling, which is unsightly. Well, let him go this time."

After looking at them over and over again, Master Wang was not satisfied with either of them. The number of papers originally submitted exceeded the number of admissions, but after his comments, many of them were eliminated.

Xiao Hanlin noticed something was wrong and quickly reminded him, "Sir Wang, although Qingzhou Prefecture is a place of flourishing literary style, this is after all a provincial examination. In terms of talent and insight, these scholars are naturally no match for the gentlemen in the court."

Scholar Wang glanced at him and said calmly, "I didn't compare them with the great men in the court. I just heard that the emperor intends to combine the northern and southern examinations for next year's imperial examination. Thinking back to the past..."

Wang Xueshi almost blurted out the tragedy of the North-South List, but luckily corrected himself just in time: "I'm worried that this Southern Cross group has become complacent over the years, and now they're outmatched."

Xiao Hanlin pretended not to hear the slip of the tongue and simply asked, "Sir Wang, has the matter of the combined North and South rankings been decided?"

Although there have been rumors in the capital before, it was decided during the reign of Taizu. Is it going to be changed now?

Scholar Wang nodded and said, "In recent years, the scholars from the north and south have been quite incompatible in the court. I believe the emperor also wants to use this opportunity to ease the relationship between the two sides."

After saying this, the two of them looked at each other helplessly, thinking that this emperor was really imaginative. They didn't know who came up with such a bad idea. It was really one who dared to propose it and the other one dared to do it.

Although he was helpless, Xiao Hanlin understood what Master Wang was thinking. Regardless of whether this matter was true or not, as a southerner, Master Wang must want to select scholars with real talent through this provincial examination.

With this interruption, Mr. Wang had to face the fact that the scholars of this session might not meet his expectations.

Later, he lowered his standards. Just like Xiao Hanlin said, he couldn't hold these scholars to the same standards as those in the court. No matter how picky he was, the quota for Juren still had to be filled.

"Never mind, this one is okay. At least it flows smoothly throughout. Even though it's lacking something, it's still acceptable."

"This person's handwriting is pretty good. You can tell he put a lot of effort into it."

"This one is a bit old-fashioned, but it wins in being calm. Well, let it pass."

Xiao Hanlin heaved a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that everything was going well.

Who knew that at this moment, Master Wang slammed his hand on the table and shouted angrily, "What kind of nonsense is this? You actually presented it to me. It's really a stain on my eyes."

Xiao Hanlin's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that something was not right. He took the paper and took a look at it, which gave him a headache.

In fact, the content of this paper is not bad, but for some reason the words on it are a bit disordered. The strangest thing is that there is always a foul smell on it. I don’t know what happened.

Scholar Wang, however, would rather die than look at the paper again. He had a particularly keen sense of smell and could not stand the smell. The examiner who had just handed over the paper came over to take a look and could only lower his head and say, "It was my mistake."

Scholar Wang waved his hand in disgust and shouted, "Take it away, take it away, and don't dirty the other papers."

But when the final papers were counted, the number of admitted students was one less than expected. Xiao Hanlin quickly said, "Why not just admit these people? One less won't be a big deal."

But Wang Xueshi said, "That won't do. The number I mentioned is the number I have. Not one more, not one less. If there is one less, Lord Fang will definitely be unhappy."

"How about this, you guys take another look at the fallen scrolls and see if there's anything you can hand over."

But the others all said no. Wang Xueshi frowned and looked at Xiao Hanlin: "Master Xiao, do you have any?"

Without waiting for Xiao Hanlin to speak, he said, "Forget it, go get one, just the one you remember best."

Seeing Xiao Hanlin's troubled face, Wang Xueshi asked unhappily, "What's wrong? What's the difficulty?"

Xiao Hanlin numbly shook his head and walked towards his desk. He wanted to randomly pick one from the pile of papers, but he didn't dare to fool Lord Wang. Lord Wang urged him, "Hurry up, don't waste time."

Xiao Hanlin felt his mind was empty. At this moment, apart from Su Fengzhang, there was only Su Fengzhang in his mind. He couldn't think of anyone else at all. The only thing left was his writing!

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