Chapter 136:

The champion building on Qinghuasi Street has no seats.
Since dare to call the champion champion, naturally the champion. No. 1 champion has not only been the champion, but also dozens of champions. This restaurant has been around for a long time, and it has been handed down from the past. It is also known as Bo.
Every time Chun Wei, the taxis from all over the country to the capital to take the exam will come to pay their respects, and Quan Dang will be very happy. If the candidates are generous, they will regard the champion building as the first place to live.
Without him, because the world believes, if you can live in the champion building, you can win the champion. Even if the price of this champion is more than twice the price of the same restaurant.
This champion building occupies a huge area, with a three-storey restaurant in front, and the guest house behind the restaurant. Zhuangyuan Building is not only expensive to live in, but also expensive in food, tea and wine, but people who come here to eat and drink tea are still like crucian carp.
In addition to being happy, it is also for the people who live in Zhuangyuan Building.
Being able to live here is either rich or expensive, if not, it is also the famous talents. It is also the boss of this champion building that will do business. Every year, several well-recognized talents are invited to stay in the champion building. Not only the best rooms are available, but also no money is charged.
Now I will try it, it is time for the scholars to relax unprecedentedly.
Or about one or two friends drinking tea, or drinking alcohol, this kind of occasion is naturally indispensable.
The main object of everyone's discussion in these two days is two of the five great talents-
Shaoxing Yang Guangzhi and Suzhou Wang Xiu.
It was also the two people who were out of luck, and they didn't know whether it was prosperous or bad, or what bad luck it was. It's probably been touted by people for a long time. The of calamity got up. One of them suddenly had a cold before entering the tribute, and the other broke his arm in the tribute.
But the genius deserves to be a genius, even in such a miserable situation, the two men insisted on the three sessions. Especially Wang Xiu, he broke his arm in the first game, so he held the injured arm until the end of the first game before he went out to cure the injury.
It's not a big deal for people, but they have suffered a lot. But in the first test in this state, I know a little about Chun Wei in my heart, and I can't help but feel that these two people are also in danger.
Sure enough, they will try, and the two will stay behind closed doors for many days. And how much they had held before, how many people in private laughed at them.
Hearing the whispers of several scholars at the table next to his ear, Xue Tingyan picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.
Mao Badou has always been unable to sit still. He ran to other tables long ago to talk and talk with people he knew, and Li Datian was still here to accompany him.
"Ting Yan, we have been sitting for a long time, shall we go back?" Li Datian asked.
"Go back and cook? It's noon at this moment, so just stay and eat."
Zhuangyuanlou's food is not cheap, but Xue Tingyan still can afford it. The three ordered a few dishes, took another pot of wine, and listened to Mao Badou's gossip while eating and drinking.
As he was saying, there was a sudden silence around him.
Xue Tingyan followed everyone's eyes and saw a young man in his twenties who came up.
The man was pale, wearing a cyan cotton robe with a white cloth tied to his left arm. At first glance, he was injured. It was the most unlucky Wang Xiu in the population.
He didn't speak when he came in, but went to a table with a straight face and sat down. The people at that table were a few examples from Fujian. Before that, he hadn't discussed Wang Xiu with anyone. At this time, when he met with Wang Xiu, he suddenly changed his stiff face, which was very shameful.
Because the victim appeared, everyone could not point at the monk and scold the bald ass, and then talked about other things.
On the table at Wang Xiu, a middle-aged man in his thirties, whispered to Wang Xiu: "Wang Xiandi, don't pay attention to those who hold high and low. Mo said that there is no list yet, even if you really list it It ’s unnamed on the list, and it ’s a big three years before you take the exam again. With your literary talents, it ’s natural to get a jinshi in hand.

"Brother Xie Li was relieved." Wang Xiu sighed and said with a strong smile: "My luck is really bad."
Everything is said like this, and naturally people at the same table are comforted by your words. Not long after, Xue Tingyan saw Wang Xiu's changed look from afar, and he laughed and laughed with the people at the same table, but it was the same as usual.
Here, Mao Badou whispered: "This man is also weird. I'm afraid his head was clipped by the door. If he is a genius, can't he see that the people he made are all hypocrites?
Xue Tingyan gave a little talk: "Maybe people like to be with the villain."
It's really invincible to say that, even Mao Badou can't say anything, but Xue Tingyan's eyes flashed.
Afterwards, he deliberately slowed down the speed of the meal. Wang Xiu ran out of the table first, several people withdrew the table, and finally it was Wang Xiuhui's account.
In the next few days, Xue Tingyan and Zhuangyuan Building seemed to be on the bar, coming every day. Of course, I will go elsewhere. Some of the tea parties, poems and cocktail parties have not been pulled down. There was only one place where he did not go, that is, at night, some scholars would go to the eight alleys in groups of three or five to listen to a little song and drink a little wine or something.
Xue Tingyan didn't go anywhere, no matter how persuaded by others, or he was radical. Including Mao Badou and Li Datian, when the night came, the three returned to Jinger Hutong honestly.
Shuntian Gongyuan is located southeast of Chongwenmen in the inner city.
This long-established tribute courtyard has been the place where the capital city test and even the village test in Shuntian have been held since the beginning. Its tall and majestic building is in order, and it is naturally not comparable to tributaries in other places.
At this time, outside the Shuntian Gongyuan, it was still closely guarded. In the tribute courtyard, after the initial sorting, pasting, transcripting and matching, all the test papers that will be tested this time will be handed over to the inner curtain through the outer curtain.
There are a total of two presidents and deputy presidents, and another 18 room examiners, all gathered together.
The test paper is divided into 18 equal parts, and under the supervision of the official and vice president officials and supervisors, the room examiners will draw lots. As for the copy, the Fang Examination Officer took the large stack of examination papers into his examination room.
In addition to the Fang Examination Officer, there are also four examination officers in the examination room. These examination officers are all low-level officials from six departments in three provinces.
Because there are too many test papers, it is the reviewer who reads the papers first, and the appropriate ones are left. Those who have many typos or unreasonable knowledge or even make taboos will be dealt with. Then pick out more than 30 papers of outstanding people, and more than 20 papers of the spare ones, and then review the papers by the Fang Examination Officer.
After passing the examination papers, the room examiner will leave what he feels appropriate and recommend the examination paper to the vice president officer.
At this time in the spring and autumn room, the reviewer Dou Anzhun was looking at the paper closely.
He has been reading papers for several days. There are a total of eighteen examination rooms and nearly six thousand examination papers, which means that each room will have more than three hundred examination papers, and these examination papers are read by him and three other colleagues who are also the examination officials.
If it is only more than three hundred copies, in fact, one point for each person is not too much. But as a reviewer, the responsibility is great, and the lower-level people are more cautious. Because these test papers will eventually be handed over to the Ritual Department for investigation, if there are errors or omissions, the entire exam room will be held accountable.
The first ones to be blamed are their reviewers.
So they don't just read a part of one person, but cross each other and read all the test papers once. If you encounter test papers that are difficult to compare, four people will make a decision together.
Dou Anzhun set aside an unknown test paper, and the stack was filled with people.
The next Zhang Hu smiled at him, then stood up to make tea, and he made a drink for him. The two sat and drank tea, and talked about the past few days.
They are all from the serious imperial examinations, and the quality of the articles on the test paper is naturally qualified to comment on one or two.
However, I didn't say much. The Superintendent from time to time went into each room to investigate. If he saw that the reviewer was not doing business properly, he would drink tea and gossip.
Do n’t see that I wo n’t say anything to you in the tribute courtyard, but this one will be presented to the courtesy department, and then sent from the courtesy department to the government office of the department where it is located. The future is affected.
The two put down the teacups and continued to read the paper. I don't know how long it has passed, I heard Zhang Hu suddenly patting his thighs and said: "Good text!"
The voice was particularly loud in the silent examination room. Not only did Dou Anjun beside him raise his head, the two reviewers on the other side also looked over.
Probably also a little tired. The other three of them all stood up and walked over. Zhang Hu handed them the test paper, and several people looked at it.
"Unpretentious, but the words are not good."
"Zhongzheng is stable and the law is good."
Dou Anzhun also caressed his beard and said: "The word dictionary is cut and can be matched with the scriptures. Those who have not been soaked for many years can not write books."
This unanimous evaluation can be regarded as the first case in this spring and autumn room. Peng Baoyi, who was sitting here in the first place, couldn't help but look up.
"Sir, this volume can be included in the top of the recommended volume."
"Oh?" Peng Baoyi put down the examination paper in his hand and issued a question. He smiled again: "It's rare that you wait for a consensus and show me."
Dou An gave the examination paper to Peng Baoyi and returned to his seat.
Peng Baoyi didn't watch it immediately, but finished reading half of the papers he had seen before. He did not participate in the initial examination papers, but he needed to see the examination papers that were processed by the four examination papers. Of course, not all, but random drawing. For the three hundred test papers, he needs to randomly select fifty reviews.
However, it can be seen that the reviewers in this room are extremely responsible. He has read many copies and has no other objections.
Peng Baoyi picked up the exam paper, and the first line of words that caught his eye caught his eyeballs, and then looked at several pages at a stretch, hungry and thirsty, until he finished reading, he took a breath.
His heart was still beating uncontrollably, which was a sympathetic resonance after reading good articles.
By Wen Wenren, even a picture appeared in his mind involuntarily, and a man with a very demeanor was expressing his opinions with restraint. He has a peaceful attitude, but he is well-founded, and he does not lose his gentlemanly manner but is convincing.
Good style, good manners.
Before listening to Dou Anzhun's such a high evaluation, he did not take it seriously, and now it seems that the phrase "the word dictionary is cut, can be matched with the classics" is not exaggerated.
Another rising star!
I don't know who it is?
Peng Baoyi couldn't help but guess in his heart, is it Zhao Pinhe of Jiaxing, or Wang Xiu of Fujian? Or is it Zhuo Hejun in Suzhou?
All these articles have been read by Peng Baoyi, not their writing style.
After thinking for a long time, Peng Baoyi didn't come up with it, so he stopped thinking about it. However, he left the exam paper alone, at first glance it was special treatment.
The three Dou Anjun who had been secretly aiming at this side all smiled, and thought that the head of their room was probably out.
Another two days passed and all the exam papers in this room had been read. Next, there was no reviewer, but Fang Keguan and the chief and vice president jointly reviewed the test.
Peng Baoyi took a scholar who held all the exam papers to Heng Jian Tang, where he would complete the next exam with more than ten other examiners and rank them in the list.
At this time, two people also came on the opposite corridor, but another room examiner took the test paper of the room where he was. He was also followed by famous calligraphers, holding a large tray with neatly arranged test papers.
Because there seem to be a lot of exam papers, the code is in the shape of a tower, and the top is a test paper, just like Peng Baoyi.
This is the unwritten habit of every Fang Examination Officer. If the following Examination Officer reads the papers at the same time, he feels that there is any article that can be called the head of the Fang.
In this way, when changing the examination papers, other Fang Examiners can also be aware of it. Then, if another Fang Examiner agrees, they will recommend the case to the Vice President.
Then a Jinshi can't run.
The room examiner on the opposite side is also in the spring and autumn room. The 18 room examiner is named after the five classics, not mentioning the four book questions. What kind of classics the examinee will treat will be divided into which room.
Although Spring and Autumn are not very popular, but there are also many. Three of the eighteen rooms are Spring and Autumn rooms.
The Fang Keguan surnamed Sun, named Yuhai, was the attendant of the Hanlin Academy. The Peng Baoyi official worshipped the Doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, so the two were also considered colleagues.
The two approached and smiled at each other as a gift.
But instead of talking, he drove out of the corridor together and planned to go to Heng Jiantang.
The two of them were very good, but the scholar behind them made a mistake. The two scholars held high test papers. When they exited the corridor, their elbows bumped and the test papers in their hands spilled all over the floor.
"Why careless!" Sun Yuhai scolded.
The two scholars did not dare to say much, so they squatted down to pick up the exam papers.
Peng Baoyi said good things for them: "Master Sun should not be anxious. Anyway, these examination papers will have to be read again. Even if they are disrupted, it will be fine."
"I'm afraid it will cause trouble."
The so-called trouble is that if the order is correct, even if you read it again, the other party will be able to read the score according to the first room, and quickly divide the next level, although not according to the other party, at least it can be used for comparison.
If the order is disrupted, it is necessary to start from the beginning. It may happen that another exam examiner's paper is unsuccessful, which not only causes a lot of trouble not only to himself but also to the other party.
"No problem, no problem."
The examination paper was quickly packed up, and the two of them took the clerk forward again, and walked to a fork. The two arched their hands to each other, and then parted ways.
This is also to circumvent, generally in the tribute courtyard, even among colleagues, they can talk less and talk as little as possible, so as not to provoke the suspicion of others.
Although they were separated, the two also arrived at Heng Jiantang back and forth. After everyone entered, the door closed tightly behind them.