When it’s a thank-you dollar!
Xie Yuan is an ancient Chinese title for the first place in the countryside examination. During the Tang Dynasty in China, all the candidates who were successful in the imperial examination were sent to the examination by the local authorities, so the first place in the countryside examination was called Xie Yuan.
Our Song Tongkao is fully committed to reading the paper it, every cell of the body is concerned about the hands of the paper, people have not noticed the examiner pushed open the door into the room, not to mention that they dislike the paper thrown to the ground was picked up by the examiner, and naturally will not notice that the examiner looked at Zhu Pingan’s paper when his body vibration has not stopped!
So when the examiner pressed the paper he threw to the floor onto his desk and said the words when for Xie Yuan, our Song Tongkao was startled and didn’t react to what the examiner was doing, and when he reacted, our Song Tongkao was dumbstruck.
Dumbfounded
Song Tongkao once again confirmed the examiner pressed the paper in front of him, yes, it is that let himself feel like swallowing hot Shang like the paper!
Thus, our Song Tongkao, who is full of the sense of justice of selecting materials for the country, completely ignored the rank of the examiner at this moment, and he got up from his chair, and the sense of justice of being responsible for the country filled his chest.
“Lord Zhang, have you read this examination paper?” Song Tongkao got up and pressed the table, questioning righteously.
Examiner Zhang nodded.
Seeing this, Song Tongkao’s chest was like a bellows as he questioned once more, “Then can you still say the words you just said?”
At this time the co-examiner next to Song Tongkao who was marking the papers together could not help but pull Song Tongkao’s sleeve and whisper something to persuade him, but we, Song Tongkao, shook our heads firmly. Song Tongkao is known for his seriousness and responsibility at the local level, and he dares to fight, uses it for fighting, and is good at fighting, no matter what the other party is, what status, as long as he thinks it is not right, he should bravely rush up. Pull open the door to war! This time, the same will not be an exception.
“If this text doesn’t point to Solve Yuan, the old man is ashamed of the Two Saints!”
Regarding Song Tongkao’s reaction, Examiner Zhang did not consider it a loss. On the contrary, there was also some appreciation, but appreciation is appreciation, you Song Tongkao have your own principles, then I, Zhang, don’t have my own principles? Therefore, Chief Examiner Zhang nodded once again.
“Please forgive my humble servant for being rude!”
Song Tongkao left the table and chair and bent down to Arch Examiner Zhang and said. Then he picked up the examination paper that Examiner Zhang had pressed on the table, flipped it open, pointed to one of the places, and asked with a face full of righteousness:
“Lord Zhang, this one, ‘A gentleman’s illness is not known in the world but his name is not known’, breaks down as ‘No name in the afterlife, a saint’s worry’, is this proper?”
“There is also this one, ‘Heaven does not speak, earth does not speak. People in the middle of the establishment of the outline’, wild life er! The “rules and regulations” are established by the saints!”
“Please think twice, my lord.”
Song Tongkao held the test paper and argued with reason.
“Ran also, not its true!” Zhang shook his head, “Saints are also people, this one, ‘A gentleman’s illness is not worldly but his name is not called’ is a wonderful title to break the title, and the title is even more wonderful, ‘The name of the moment. I don’t have to have it, but the name of the future generations, can’t do without it’. Another article is even more wonderful. This person is not a madman, the red son.”
One insisted on falling off the list. One but to insist on point for the liberation of the yuan, can be said to be an underground eighteen layers, a heavenly nine heavens, the difference is too great.
Moreover, the two examiners insisted on their own views, who did not persuade anyone.
Song Tongkao although official small. But is to insist on their own views; Zhang examiner high, but also did not rely on the power of others.
The two examiners were in dispute.
At this time, the door was pushed open again, and another examiner, Lord Wang, also came in. Lord Wang was alarmed by the noise in this room, and heard the noise in this room from next door.
“Colleagues, what’s going on?” Lord Wang entered the room, rubbed his hands together and came over to ask.
Then someone told Examiner Wang the cause.
“Oh, I wonder what it is, let me have a look.” Lord Wang shook his head slightly, walked over to where the focus of the argument was, took the test paper and read it.
Lord Wang nodded his head as he looked at it, and after reading this one test paper for about ten minutes or so, I guess, he had his choice. However, Lord Wang was a seasoned official veteran now, and didn’t express his opinion directly, but instead summoned the bookkeeper who was waiting to stand, and commanded:
“Thou, fetch this person’s second and third examination papers.”
“As you wish.” The clerk bent down and retreated, and a few moments later fetched the two test papers together and handed them over to Lord Wang.
After receiving the test papers, Lord Wang waved his hand and told the clerk to retire, then gave one copy of the two test papers to Chief Examiner Zhang and one copy to Tongkao Song.
The one in the hands of Lord Zhang was the second test paper, enjoining the judgement and other application essays, which did not need to be literary, as long as it was in the right format as the official application essays. Zhang examiner originally belonged to Zhu Pingan, looked at Zhu Pingan’s second format in line with Wen Cai have a good examination paper, naturally more satisfied.
Song Tongkao hands is the third examination paper, curatorial essay, curatorial question not only need literary talent but also need to have goods in the belly.
Song Tongkao look very carefully, the first policy paper is good, but does not mean anything!
When Song Tongkao saw the second “Confucius seventy-two sages, Xianxian how can” this policy paper, Song Tongkao looked for a long time, could not help but nodded.
Then further down, good, good, and then see the Japanese policy, Song Tongkao can not help but nod repeatedly, a long time before raising his head, looking at the two examiners.
“The next official a few destroyed a beam also.” Song Tongkao bent over and arched his hand with a sigh.
Chief Examiner Zhang helped Song Tongkao up, exhorting, “Song Tongkao is also responsible for His Majesty, why should you be concerned.”
Examiner Wang stroked his beard as he watched this scene, and then placed Zhu Pingan’s three-point examination paper to the side, took an approving brush, and wrote a large “medium” character on it.
After that, the marking site resumed its busyness, reading, recommending, and approving the papers, all the examiners were busy in an orderly manner.
A few days later, the reading of the papers was completed, when filling in the straw list, the two examiners found that the centre of the day’s controversy, they were quite favourable to the paper actually came from a thirteen year old boy’s hand.
“If I had known that this son was thirteen years old, I would not have recorded it.” Examiner Zhang sighed, rather remorseful.
“Why? Is this son not a talent?” Examiner Wang asked curiously.
“This son is indeed a great talent, there is no problem for us to choose him to be successful in the examination this time, however, I think it’s best to let him postpone the examination for a few years, the young blood is fresh and sharp, I’m afraid that the seedling will be pulled out to help him grow as well. Postponing him for a few years will make him more seasoned, which is good for his development.” Examiner Zhang stroked his beard and sighed.
Although Chief Examiner Zhang greatly appreciated Zhu Pingan’s literary talent, he was worried that a teenager who had just turned thirteen years old would be successful in the high school lifting ceremony, fearing that he would become complacent in the future and slowly lose his motivation, and worrying that he would be ruined.
Examiner Wang looked at Examiner Zhang and shook his head, “It has been approved and cannot be changed.”
“Does Brother Zhang know that more than sixty years ago, there was also a thirteen year old who had applied for the Lift and won in one go?” Examiner Wang looked at Examiner Zhang and asked.
Examiner Zhang pondered for a moment.
“That person was Yang Tinghe, the one who made trouble for three dynasties and was powerful in the world, Lord Yang.” Examiner Wang said with a complicated face, then said with a cautionary tone, “How does Brother Zhang know how far this son will grow in the future?”
“That’s why I have to be more responsible for him, so that he understands that the sea of learning has no boundaries, so that he knows that studying to join the civil service isn’t that simple, so that he doesn’t forget to study hard.” Examiner Zhang said with a serious face.
“But we’ve already approved it, we can’t change it.” Examiner Wang shook his head and said.
“I know, hence the sigh!” Examiner Zhang nodded and sighed
