In the tribute school, dozens of scholars were busy and busy. There were thick test papers piled up in front of them, and Li Jie also sat in front of these people. From time to time, these people handed the reviewed test papers to Li Jie, and Li Jie personally reviewed them.

The review of Zhang Xin and others was invalidated, so Li Jie was ordered to conduct a second review. This time it was no longer a partial review, but re-examined all the test papers that failed, especially the test papers of the Northern Juzi.

Moreover, in order to prevent anyone from cheating, Li Jie did not use the tribute school officials at the Gong Academy, but instead invited some famous scholars and scholars from the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College, and even the Qiuzhen Academy, and specifically asked these people to be from the north to avoid the same dirty thoughts as Zhang Xin and others.

Under the review of these people, excellent papers were quickly selected and sent to Li Jie. Although Li Jie did not have much attainment in literary talent, even with his eyes, it could be seen that these newly selected papers were several times better than those sent by Zhang Xin to Lao Zhu before.

In other words, Zhang Xin and the others deliberately selected some extremely poor papers to fool Lao Zhu, which made Li Jie slam the table in anger. Although he had already guessed it, he still annoyed after confirming the incident.

Among these selected test papers, not only are the test papers of the Northern Examination, but also the test papers in Huguang, Guangzhou and other places. Their essays are not worse than those on the list, and the content of some articles is even more fulfilling and exciting. However, after reviewing by Liu Sanwu and others, they can only regret to fail.

"Take all the test papers on the list!" Li Jie immediately ordered.

Immediately someone agreed, and then quickly took a stack of sealed test papers. These were the test papers that were on the list before. Li Jie immediately took them over and checked them in person. Zhu Yunyu next to him also came over curiously at this time.

Li Jie looked through all the test papers on the list, and then compared them with the selected excellent test papers, but his brows frowned even tighter, which made Zhu Yunxuan ask curiously: "Brother-in-law, have you found something?"

"Come and take a look at these test papers on the list!" Li Jie did not answer immediately, but handed all the test papers on the list to Zhu Yunsheng.

Zhu Yunxiu was curious, so he took it and read it carefully. However, after reading more than a dozen copies, he raised his head blankly and asked, "Brother-in-law, what do you want me to see?"

"How do you think these articles are written?" Li Jie asked back again.

"Article..." Zhu Yunxiu hesitated for a moment, and then said helplessly, "Although I don't want to admit it, the test papers selected by Liu Sanwu and the others are very well written, especially in terms of word use. If I were asked to write them, I would definitely not be able to write them!"

"Don't just look at the words, what is the content of the article?" Li Jie asked again. An article is not just piled up with gorgeous words. The core of the article is actually the content. If an article has no content, no matter how gorgeous words are, they will only be empty and tasteless when read.

"What's the content..." Zhu Yunyu flipped through the test paper in his hand, then shook his head and said, "The content can only be said to be average, it's just an argument, they have been written over and over again, but it's understandable. After all, the exam is only so long, and the tension during the exam is so tight, it's impossible to make them write any peerless articles. It's already quite difficult to write an article in a proper manner."

"Then you have a look at these!" Li Jie said as he handed over the failed exam paper he had just selected to Zhu Yunsheng.

In fact, what Zhu Yunyu said is also very reasonable. The exam is not only limited, but also under great mental pressure on the exam. After all, ten years of hard work determine their destiny. Many psychologically unlucky students may perform abnormally in the exam and cannot even write a word. Therefore, it was not difficult for Zhang Xin to pick out some extremely poor exam papers before.

Zhu Yunyu took the test paper handed over by Li Jie, and then looked at it carefully. As a result, he became more and more surprised. Finally, he couldn't help but look up and said, "These articles are written quite well, and some are even quite insightful. Not only are they not worse than the test papers on the list, but they are even more outstanding. Even if they can't enter the first class, they are still no problem in being listed in the second class and third class."

"That's it. These test papers are not worse than those on the list, but they still failed!" When Li Jie said this, he also showed a little sneer on his face. If there was nothing wrong with Liu Sanwu and others when marking the papers, he would have eaten all of these test papers today!

"This is wrong. Not only do the test papers have to be duplicated, but they also have to be copied. It is impossible to recognize the candidates from their handwriting. How could Liu Sanwu and the others know that the admission must be from some places?" Zhu Yunxi asked again in confusion.

Although fraud in the imperial examinations occurred from time to time, all dynasties have strengthened their precautions for cheating. For example, the Song Dynasty's imperial examination papers had to be duplicated and re-copied. The Ming Dynasty also inherited this system, so it was not easy to cheat.

"Yun Yu, don't forget, who are Liu Sanwu and the others?" Li Jie smiled coldly.

"Who?" Zhu Yunxiu was stunned at first, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "They are all well-read people. Maybe others can't see anything from the article, but they can!"

"Yes, Liu Sanwu and others are all famous scholars. I have checked that examiners such as Liu Sanwu and Bai Xindao are mostly from the south. Even if they are not from the south, they are deeply influenced by some schools of southern China. In other words, they actually like the same literary style!"

"Writing style?" Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up when he heard this. He immediately turned over the test papers that had been on the list before, and then slapped the table and said, "I understand. Liu Sanwu and others all like gorgeous writing styles, and all these test papers on the list are like this. Even if the content is average, as long as the words are used carefully, they can be attracted by them!"

"That's true, these excellent test papers that failed the exam are different from those on the exam papers. They are plain, majestic, and strange. But no matter how well their articles are written, their writing style is not favored by the examiners, so they will naturally not be selected!" Li Jie refused to show an annoyed look at the end of his speech.

"If Liu Sanwu and others only choose test papers based on their literary style, then are they intentional or because of their own likes and dislikes?" Zhu Yunxiu suddenly asked a question: If Liu Sanwu and others made mistakes because of their own likes and dislikes, it was just a dereliction of duty. If it was intentional, it was cheating!
Chapter completed!