Supervision is simple, it depends on the system.

The imperial examination is a big deal. As long as the examination time has not ended, even if the Gongyuan is on fire, it is not allowed to open the door.

——There was such a situation in the previous dynasty. The Gongyuan caught fire, and the examiner at that time refused to open the door, which directly burned more than 90 candidates.

Therefore, even if someone is caught cheating now, the Gongyuan door cannot be opened to take the person out.

Xu Yanmiao: "You and the person who took the exam for you, stay in the Zhigong Building. You can go downstairs after the other candidates have finished their exams."

He tore off a piece of paper from the blank book and handed it to the candidate who took the exam for someone else: "Do you want to confess, who has taken the exam for you in the past fifteen years? If you confess, you will be punished leniently, and if you resist, you will be punished severely."

"Ah?" The candidate was startled and grabbed the pen: "Okay, write it now!"

[Good! These names can be handed over to the old emperor reasonably, and there is no need to doubt where the list came from. ]

Xu Yanmiao stepped out of the door and went down the stairs with satisfaction, and continued to inspect the examination room.

——As for whether the names on the list are correct, it doesn't matter, he will check.

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Of course, Xu Yanmiao was very satisfied, and the old emperor outside the Gongyuan was struck by lightning.

"Heart-beaten? What heart-beaten did he say?!"

The old emperor slammed the table excitedly: "Is it so miserable to be an official for me! He wants to eat meat, didn't I give him meat!"

Princess Xiangyang muttered softly: "But people's pursuit is not only meat. And you only give him mutton, I think Xu Yanmiao also likes to eat pork, beef, donkey, chicken, fish..."

"..."

The old emperor cursed: "He is the only one who knows how to eat!" He lowered his head and took a sip of hot wine, stunned, and looked at Empress Dou: "Sister, why is my wine half cold?"

—— Before, Empress Dou would pay attention to change his wine to prevent him from drinking cold wine and hurting his stomach.

Empress Dou glanced at him and said, "You are the only one who knows how to eat!"

The old emperor was surprised and curious: "What?"

Empress Dou: "You could drink cold wine in the past, but now you can't drink half-cooled wine? After becoming an emperor, you have become more and more arrogant."

The old emperor was stunned again and again. After reacting, he slapped his head and drank the half-cooled wine. He smiled at Empress Dou and said, "Don't be angry, sister. I just said those nonsense. I also know that Xu Yanmiao is not really moved, but just has a bad mouth and said a few words. Besides, he should eat more meat, he should."

Empress Dou touched the old emperor's rough hands. He suffered a lot when he was young. After getting old, he could feel the cracks on his palms, backs of his hands and fingers.

"Wu Lang." Empress Dou held the hands and said slowly: "Any words may not be sincere at first, but after saying it a thousand times or ten thousand times, it becomes the truth."

Maybe at the beginning, she scolded Xu Yanmiao once or twice, just for fun, as a way of showing closeness. But if she scolded him too much, one day she would not be able to help thinking: Xu Yanmiao really does not know how to be content!

She would complain, blame, and gradually drift away from him.

The Crown Prince and Princess Xiangyang were both thoughtful.

The old emperor also reflected seriously: "It is indeed my fault..."

[How boring! Let me see some gossip! ]

[Yo yo! Two sixty-six-year-olds shook hands affectionately in front of their children! ]

[The old emperor and the empress have a really good relationship! ]

Empress Dou blushed and was about to withdraw her hand.

Suddenly, she felt her palm being rubbed. She was slightly startled and looked at the old emperor.

[Yo yoo!]

[Old emperor, you secretly hooked the queen's palm with your fingers! Tsk tsk tsk! The world is going downhill! Tsk tsk tsk!]

Empress Dou's face turned even redder.

The old emperor said "Pah" and cursed with a smile: "Little bastard! What are you looking at!"

[You are still scolding people for looking at you, tsk tsk tsk, it's because he is too shameless to be affectionate with his wife in front of his children.]

[But I don't know who he is scolding, I don't know if it's the prince or Gao Xiang.]

Princess Xiangyang sat at the table and laughed secretly. The prince jumped up and laughed: "Dad, you continue to be intimate with mother, I'll go to the cabinet to borrow a bowl and make you hot wine!"

An egg shell was thrown over. The prince dodged and laughed: "Don't rush me, I'm leaving now!"

*

Xu Yanmiao took a look at the royal gossip for a while, and then began to supervise the exam patiently again.

When he didn't go downstairs to inspect the examination room, there would be guards often walking around in the examination room. There were soldiers guarding the door of each room to prevent candidates from cheating.

On February 9th, the first examination.

On February 12th, the second examination.

On February 15th, the third examination.

On February 18th, the candidates left the Imperial Court, and the examiners continued to be locked in to mark the papers.

While a group of examiners were marking the papers, outside the Imperial Court, the news that a young examiner in this examination could tell who had cheat sheets at a glance began to spread in the capital.

He even found out that his name was Xu Yanmiao, with the courtesy name Yaohai. He had just come of age this year, but he was already a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel. He was also a minister to the emperor, and he was very popular with the emperor.

So some people praised him, saying, "Xu Lang has won the emperor's favor at such a young age. He has outstanding abilities and a first-rate vision.

He is truly a man of great powers." Gradually, some people began to call him "Xu Shentong."

When the prince heard this title, he clapped his hands on the spot and even joked in public, "It is said that there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames. The title of Xu Shentong is worthy of the name!"

Once the title of Xu Shentong was called, it became more popular.

But those who really knew what Xu Yanmiao was capable of still called him "Little Bai Ze" in private.

Xu Yanmiao didn't notice all this. Marking papers is also a brainwork.

Although in order to prevent bribery, the Great Xia Dynasty has a rule that the chief examiner is not responsible for reading the papers. He is only responsible for the final review and ranking of the five top examiners.

Of course, although he does not need to read the papers, he needs to supervise other examiners to prevent them from being cunning or bending the law for personal gain.

- Supervision, simple, look at the system.

Time passed day by day, until the crabapple trees outside the Gongyuan were in full bloom, and the stacks of papers in the hands of others were so thin that only three or two were left. Someone handed the papers to Xu Yanmiao: "Xu Lang, this is the Jingkui I selected. Do you think it's feasible?"

Xu Yanmiao looked up and found that it was the Imperial College Jijijiu named Wu. He nodded to him and shouted to the others: "Let's see how his answers to the "Li" questions are. Can he be selected as the Jingkui and Chengwen?" The imperial examination

will test the Five Classics: "Poetry", "Book", "Rites", "I Ching", and "Spring and Autumn". The first place in each classic is called the Jingkui, and the top five candidates in the imperial examination will be the Jingkui.

As for Chengwen, it is the model essay of the selected candidates.

In order to ensure the fairness of the imperial examination, Xu Yanmiao did not look at the names that were covered up even if he could use the system to check, for fear that he would make a preconceived decision.

"It's really well written." After reading it carefully, Xu Yanmiao asked the other examiners, "What do you think?"

The test paper was passed around among the examiners, and they all expressed their opinions. The conclusion was: if the full score is 100, the score of this essay would fluctuate between 88 and 95.

So, it could be decided.

As the chief examiner, Xu Yanmiao made the final decision: "Okay, this is him."

Just as he was about to put it aside, Bachelor Le asked for it and couldn't let it go: "The handwriting is really good, round and plump, with a slender figure. It must be learned from the "Heyang Magistrate Cao Quan Stele". He has learned the three points of strength, without being soft and delicate. There are not many people practicing this kind of calligraphy nowadays! I haven't seen a single one for several years."

Xu Yanmiao glanced at Bachelor Le and began to chew on the pen.

[Round and plump...]

The Imperial College's chief academic officer excitedly invited the Minister of War to arm wrestle: "For several days, I could only sit on a chair to turn over papers, and my arms and wrists are so stiff - come, let's move around."

The Minister of War's eyes lit up and he said enthusiastically: "Come!"

He immediately sat on the chair.

The two of them started arm wrestling with great interest. The two were evenly matched, and both wrists were shaking vigorously, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right. The Imperial College's chief academic officer's face turned red, and veins on his neck appeared. He was exerting all his strength when he suddenly heard a sentence -

[The paper in Wu Jijiu's hand, can it be Liang Youwu's? ]

"Drop -"

With the low shout of the Minister of War, the Imperial College's chief academic officer's hand suddenly slammed outward on the table.

The Minister of War said cheerfully, "Thank you."

- He had not paid attention to Xu Yanmiao's thoughts before.

Xu Yanmiao looked at the Imperial College's chief academic officer with a strange look.

[It feels a bit subtle, I shouldn't think too much, right? ]

[The Cao Quan Tablet of Heyang magistrate...returning to Heyang to study...hmm...]

[Also, the statue of the lady is round and plump, and the font of the Cao Quan Tablet is also round and plump. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be a hint that Liang Youwu should answer the paper in the font of "Cao Quan Tablet". He will select people based on the font? ]

[Anyway, the top scorer has been decided. I'll take a look at whose name is on this paper. It should be okay, right? ]

The Minister of War felt that his wrist, which was pressed down, seemed to be trembling slightly. Immediately, he glanced at the Imperial College Priest meaningfully.

He lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Wu, I think what the examinees of that generation said is very true - if you don't want people to know, unless..."

Do not do it.

[Oh wow! It really is Liang Youwu's name! ]

Oh wow!

The other examiners all looked at the Imperial College Priest, and his eyes widened suddenly, explaining everything.

"This is really..." Scholar Le was stunned. So

bold!

No wonder he was so nervous when Xiao Bai Ze mentioned him in his heart before!

It turns out that he was carrying such a secret!

The Imperial College Priest frowned and tried to calm down.

It doesn't matter, this is all just speculation, he is very cautious and did not accept any bribes from Liang Youwu! You can't just take him down by coincidence, right?

[Fortunately, Wu Jijiu and Liang Youwu don’t know that I know about this! When the list is posted, Liang Youwu will see that he has become the champion of the Book of Rites. Will he not be interested and bring a generous gift to express his gratitude? ]

[Then I can catch him in the act! ]

[I am so smart! The Minister

of War suddenly cried out "Ah!" and grabbed the wrist of the Imperial College's chief academic officer with his backhand, as if joking: "Wu Jijiu, you suddenly feel cold and hot? People who don't know would think you are in hell."

The Imperial College's chief academic officer smiled stiffly and tried to reply calmly: "Maybe I was too tired these days, and I was struck by evil wind when I relaxed."

The Minister of War said meaningfully: "So that's it. It's almost time to announce the results, Wu Jijiu must find a doctor for himself."

"Thank you for your concern, Minister."

The Imperial College's chief academic officer's face turned sickly red, and his heart beat loudly, almost banging for another person to hear.

He kept repeating to himself: Liang Youwu, please don't come! Please don't do stupid things to drag me down! You are trying to use leverage against me, not really bribing me, so don't be stupid enough to come again!

...

Liang's residence.

The hired servant brought a stool and sat beside the bed. There was hot tea in the washbasin. Liang Youwu's neck and head were sticking out of the bed, and his body was still lying in the warm quilt.

The servant picked up the hibiscus leaves and rubbed them on Liang Youwu's hair, rubbing them from the roots to the top, bit by bit.

Liang Rui walked in, took a look at the condition of his youngest son, and smiled: "Why did you think of washing your hair?"