Chapter 128 Grading
“Okay!”
Zhao Xing shouted: “It’s getting late, let’s fight again next time we have a chance.”
Zhang Guifen looked at it After taking a look at the sky, he had no choice but to give up and call a few people to ride to the stables together.
After arriving at the stable and handing the horse over to the groom, Zhang Guifen excitedly pulled Minglan and said, "Who did you learn how to play polo? Are you so good at playing polo?"
"I learned it from my grandmother," Minglan said.
“No wonder!”
Although the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty had not yet been affected by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it became so strict.
But because of the prosperity of writing style, literati didn’t like polo very much and thought it was very vulgar.
Let alone a woman.
Even noble families, when raising their children, gradually follow the standards of a scholarly family.
But Mrs. Sheng was the only daughter of Marquis Yongyi and was deeply loved. Her situation at home was similar to that of Zhang Guifen.
Even though few women play polo, Marquis Yongyi did not stop Mrs. Sheng.
When Mrs. Sheng was a girl, she also left a legend on the polo field.
Zhang Guifen also heard some legends about Mrs. Sheng when she was a child, but as time passed, fewer and fewer people talked about them, and she had almost forgotten them.
Now she was not surprised to hear Minglan say that she learned polo from Mrs. He Sheng.
“Let’s make an appointment to play polo together when we have time in the future.” Zhang Guifen said with a smile.
Madame Wu’s polo ground is not only open during polo matches, it is usually open all year round.
You can come and play anytime.
In Zhang Guifen's opinion, Minglan must like it if she plays polo so well.
If a woman likes polo, she must not be a coquettish person, and her liking for Minglan has skyrocketed.
"Yeah." Minglan nodded.
The four girls chatted all the way to the stands, and Zhao Xing asked them to sit down and rest.
"Your Highness, Miss Six and I have made an appointment to play polo together when we have time in the future." Zhang Guifen said with a smile.
"Okay, Gu Yi will tell you that if you want to play polo in the future, just come here." Zhao Xing said.
His father was frugal and never left the palace, let alone come here.
Jin Mingchi has almost become his other courtyard.
Zhao Xing wished that Zhang Guifen and the others would often hang out together and connect with each other.
In his opinion, fighting in the harem and competing for favor is on the one hand, but on the other hand it is too boring.
Don’t you just like fighting with each other?
By the way, let's go back and figure out mahjong and so on, so that they can get together to play mahjong and occasionally play polo or something to promote harmony.
Zhao Xing remembered that there was a hot spring in a royal villa outside the city, so he took them to the hot spring later.
But this plan has to wait. Now we can’t take them to the hot springs together.
It’s fun to take a bath together. I don’t think many people in later generations like to take a bath in a big bathhouse in winter.
Ahem...can't think too much.
"It's getting late, let's go take a shower and change clothes before going back." Zhao Xing said.
It's almost dusk at this time, so we can't stay here overnight.
Zhao Xing doesn’t care, but Zhang Guifen and the others definitely can’t.
......
Zhao Xing rested for a few days, and the palace continued to send Zhazi.
But now he doesn't need to study anymore. He only needs to listen to a lecture by a Hanlin scholar every few days, which is quite leisurely.
After that incident, the relationship between the four girls improved a lot. Within a few days, Zhang Guifen formed a team and went to Jinmingchi for a day together.
Zhao Xing did not go this time. Most of the time, they still had to be left alone to get along with each other. It was not convenient for them to talk there.
In the evening, Zhao Xing asked Yu Yanran and was relieved to learn that they got along well.
The four of them have different personalities, but Zhang Guifen is tolerant, and Yu Yanran is of a non-competitive nature.
Although Minglan is very resourceful and sophisticated, she has a clear mind and is a smart person.
Although some people are smart, they will be misled by their cleverness.
Minglan is smart but also very sober. As for Ru Lan, although her personality is a bit indulgent, she has restrained herself a lot after being trained by Mrs. Sheng.
Although Ru Lan's character is indulgent, she is not stupid, and she is still very honest in front of Zhang Guifen.
Knowing this, Zhao Xing felt relieved.
Early that morning, Zhao Xing took a car to the Ministry of Rites.
The Minister of Rites personally waited at the door to greet him, led Zhao Xing to a heavily guarded courtyard, then resigned and left.
This is where the test papers will be marked.
According to regulations, the marking officer is closed during the whole process of marking the answer sheet, and is not allowed to have contact with outsiders, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.
The Minister of Rites does not participate in the work of marking examination papers, so naturally he is not qualified to enter.
Zhao Xing only brought Sanshui and Gu Tingye into the yard, while the rest stayed outside.
"I respectfully welcome His Highness!"
Hai Wenyou was waiting in the courtyard with dozens of marking officers. When he saw Zhao Xing coming in, he bowed and saluted.
"No courtesy, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"These are the duties of ministers, no hard work!" everyone shouted in unison.
"I heard that all the examination papers have been marked?" Zhao Xing asked.
The reason why he came here was because Hai Wenyou asked the guard to send a message, saying that all the examination papers had been marked.
Thirteen days have passed since the end of the examination, and there are still two days until the results are released.
"Your Highness has finished reviewing. I and the reviewers have selected a total of 273 answer sheets, and I would like to invite Your Highness to review them. If Your Highness has no objection, the names will be revealed and listed." Hai Wenyou said.
"Take Gu to have a look." Zhao Xing said.
"Your Highness, please!"
Hai Wenyou took Zhao Xing to a public room, where there was a large box.
"Your Highness, here are the answer sheets of the 273 selected candidates." Hai Wenyou said.
"Open the box." Zhao Xing said.
Upon hearing this, Sanshui hurriedly stepped forward and opened the box. Zhao Xing took out a copy. He did not look at the poems and scriptures, but directly found the policy answer sheet and started reading it.
Although there are only a few thousand people in the imperial examination, if we count from the county examination, there are hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the imperial examination each time.
There are more than two hundred people, basically one person selected from thousands of people.
Although the test questions given by Zhao Xing are a bit weird, the carefully selected answer sheets and the writing of the articles are still very good.
The copy in his hand is about how to control floods in the Yellow River.
The Yangtze River and the Yellow River are both mother rivers, but in the hearts of ancient people, the Yellow River was not a favorite mother river.
Because in ancient times, the Yellow River would flood every two or three years on average.
The management of the Yellow River has been a headache for all dynasties.
Zhao Xing does not understand water conservancy and cannot see whether some of the methods mentioned in this article are feasible.
However, he was very pleased. At least the article talked about facts and was not false.
Zhao Xing spent the whole morning in the Ministry of Rites, looking at the selected answer sheets, and only read policy articles.
These articles covered all aspects, and Zhao Xing even saw several statements stating the pros and cons of the court and proposing how to solve them.
Zhao Xing agrees with the views put forward in some articles.
It seems that I have selected a lot of talents this time.
However, Zhao Xing does not think that he can tell whether these people are talents just from the articles.
Even if he is, it only shows that he is talented.
Many people have talent, but talent is only their qualification for advancement.
Some articles propose how to treat the people well, but maybe the person who wrote the article becomes an official and will still exploit the people.
Just like the author of "Compassion for the Peasants", Zhao Xing always had a curiosity when he learned about "Compassion for the Peasants" in his previous life. Why did the other poetry teachers tell some allusions related to the author, and no matter how bad they were, they would briefly introduce them. Check out the author.
But when I was teaching compassion for the peasants, I didn’t even mention it.
When I grew up, I realized that those who wrote about compassion for farmers were not compassionate about farmers at all.
So there is no direct relationship between a person's talents and whether he is a good official.
(End of this chapter)