Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 253
It only takes three days to mark the papers and rank them, so the time for the examiners is extremely tight.

Of course, Li Gan is not included.

The palace examination has undergone so many years of evolution, and now there are perfect rules and unspoken rules.

To expect the emperor to read all the papers by himself within three days, to tell the good and the bad, to give comments, and to rank everyone, is really too strong.

Therefore, in the palace examinations again and again, the examiners who originally assisted His Majesty in reviewing the examination questions gradually gained power and became the real examiners.

That's right, these people are the Shangshu Tiantuan led by several prime ministers.

In the past, they were just ordinary test examiners, and their status was similar to that of tool workers.

His majesty the emperor is so extraordinary that even the servant who reads the papers must use the prime minister.

It's just that these people came from behind and gradually became the real power holders.

The next day after the Palace Examination, the examinees' papers were anonymized and sent to the Cultural Hall behind Wenyuan Pavilion, where the papers were graded.

The location here is also very particular. Of course, there is only one seat at the top facing south, and that is reserved for His Majesty the Emperor.

But this seat is vacant all the year round, and generally the emperor will not appear during the entire examination process.

There are only two seats next to this seat below, which are the seats of the left and right prime ministers, but now Qin Hui is the only one sitting on the right table.

The side of the prime minister's position is the position of the two ministers, and Cai Jing is the only one.

On the other side is the position of Doctor Yu Shi, but it is also empty, because Wei Zheng has already served as the chief examiner of the general examination.

Below is the territory of Shangshu Province. The positions of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Punishment are also vacant. In addition, Wang Mang, Li Jing, and Yu Wenkai are sitting where they should be.

In addition to these people, there are also two wronged officials selected from below, the Imperial Academy Siye and the Hanlin Academy Attendant Bachelor, but they can only rely on the breath of the big bosses to do things here.

There are only seven people in the test reading team with a full quota of 13 people, but this is enough.

"let's start."

Qin Hui looked at several people and announced first.

"Yes, my lord."

Following Qin Hui's order, the eunuchs on duty in the hall began to unwind the scrolls, and the atmosphere in the hall became a little quiet, and everyone became quiet when they were doing business.

A lot of papers were distributed in front of the adults, and everyone raised their spirits and quickly flipped through them.

Marking papers in the palace examination is actually not very academic, and there is no need to pay too much attention.

Because the general ranking has already been determined in the previous general examination, according to the usual practice, the candidates' ranking in the general examination is similar to the final ranking of the palace examination.

The gap between top and bottom is mostly within twenty, and even if there are exceptions, it won't be too outrageous.

Now that there are conventions, adults don't have to read too carefully, and just arrange according to the ranking of the meeting.

But for you adults, since you have the power in your hands, if you don't use it, isn't this power for nothing?
Qin Hui also sat at the top and got the exam paper in his hand.

It's just that he didn't start marking the papers immediately, but quickly flipped through the papers he was assigned one by one.

During the palace examination yesterday, Li Gan was always curious about what these people were hanging around... Qin Hui's current behavior is the answer.

The people present are all well-informed and insightful people. Walking around in the examination room, memorizing the articles and sentences of those candidates is as simple as eating and drinking.

The name of the imperial court is useless to them. When they see the sentences on the test paper, the examiners have already matched each test paper with the names of the examinees in their hearts...

What Qin Hui was looking for was the top candidates in the examination, especially the papers from Huiyuan.

It's just that after flipping through it, he didn't find what he wanted, so he raised his head subconsciously and looked around.

At this moment, it happened that Cai Jing had also finished flipping through the examination paper in his hand, and seemed to have gained nothing, so he also raised his head.

The two looked at each other, moved away at the same time, lowered their heads and marked their own examination paper.

An examination paper has to be turned around and passed through the hands of seven examiners before it can be regarded as completed. Everyone has to rate it, write comments, and stamp their own seals.

The examiners' marks are divided into five grades, which are replaced by circle, point, point, straight, and cross. The circle is the highest first grade, and the cross represents the lowest fifth grade.

For an examination paper, the first examiner who handles it is the most important, and the second examiner is second.

Because there is an unspoken rule in grading papers in the palace examination: the circle does not see the point, and the point does not see the straight.

In other words, if the first examiner who approves this paper uses the first-class circle, then all the examiners who approve this paper later cannot use the third-class circle or below.

Their rating can only be selected between the first-class circle and the second-class top.

If the first examiner uses second-class top, then all subsequent examiners cannot use fourth-class straight or below.

They can only use the [-]st, [-]nd and [-]rd class designations.

And if a paper is marked with a cross representing the fifth class by the first examiner, then I am sorry, this paper can only hover between the fourth class and the fifth class.

So the first examiner who graded the paper almost decided the "future" of the paper.

The reason why there is such an unspoken rule is to take care of the face of the examiners, so as to avoid conflicts between the two of them because of this.

The second is to prevent some people from cheating for personal gain, bribe the examiner, and draw a first-class circle on his paper, which was originally only a fifth-class level.

The candidate's ranking in the palace examination is less than [-] different from the ranking in the general examination, and the basis is based on these circles.

If the grade of your paper is high, then mention it up, if the grade is low, then press it down.

In addition, these ratings are also an important basis for selecting the top ten in the palace examination...

While everyone was busy, Qin Hui had already finished grading the examination paper in his hand first, and handed it out. The eunuch standing beside him hurriedly bent over to take it, and passed it to Wang Mang below.

After Qin Hui passed the examination papers, officials successively reviewed the examination papers in their hands and passed them on to his next family.

What Qin Hui got was the examination paper handed over by Cai Jing. He didn't seem to have much hope, just looked at it casually, and started to review it.

It was just that he was startled when he had finished approving a few papers. He stared at one of the papers in his hand and paused for a moment, then calmly drew a circle on the top of the paper, and then put it aside...

Although most of the marks in the palace examination are not that important, there is still one point that is very important.

That is the top ten in the imperial examination.

The results of the palace examination are divided into first, second, and third, among which the first is the number one scholar, the second place, and the third flower. There are only three people, so these three are collectively called "Sanding Jia".

The treatment of these three people is the best among the eight hundred Jinshi.

After the announcement of the palace examination, the number one scholar was directly awarded the official position of the sixth rank, and he was still a Beijing official... In one step, some people have walked half their lives.

And the other two in Yijia, Tanhua and No. [-], are the seventh-rank Beijing officials, stronger than the county magistrate on the Mushou side.

The most important thing is that these three people were awarded official positions immediately. Generally, the number one scholar was edited from the sixth-rank Hanlin Academy, and the second place and Tanhua were edited by the seventh-rank Hanlin Academy. These are real jobs!

Among the Erjia, only Erjia No. 1, that is, No. 4 in the entire palace examination, also has this treatment. This ranking is called "Chuanlu", and there is a real job from the seventh rank.

Forget about the latter.

There is no limit to the number of people in the second class, generally around 300 to [-] people, from the seventh rank, to the Jinshi background.

The rest of the people belonged to the top three, the eighth rank, and the same Jinshi background.

Tong Jinshi means the same as Jinshi, so is he a Jinshi?
Anyway, the Jinshi fellows all said yes.

Don't look at the second and third grades from the seventh rank and the eighth rank, which sound good, but they just sound good. These are all false titles, have no real power at all, do not belong to any yamen, do nothing, regardless of anyone , just hang there.

It is said that Jinshi is a tiger class, who can be used immediately after the ranking... But that was the grand occasion hundreds of years ago, and it is no longer the same now.

If the second-class and third-class Jinshi want to become officials, they have to take another exam. Afterwards, those who are related and willing to make money may be able to get an official when they observe politics and fill vacancies, but if they have nothing, they just work. Wait... Then waiting ten or eight years may not be your turn.

The gap between this first class and the second class and third class class is too great. It is impossible to say that Jinshi are not eager or jealous.

And if you want to enter the first class, you must at least be able to enter the top ten to have a chance to compete!
The reason is very simple. In order not to tire the emperor who is busy with daily affairs, the ranks after the tenth in the palace examination are all determined by the examiners.

And what does His Majesty need to do?He wants to decide the top ten in the palace examination.

After the examiners have approved all the papers, they will select the twelve best papers and submit them to the Holy Spirit.

Then the emperor arranges the top ten candidates and rankings.

So if you want to get into the first class, first of all, your paper must be good enough, or you can get through the relationship, and you can pass the test of the examiners, and then they will submit your paper to the emperor, and you will be able to compete Chance!
Therefore, although the examiners did not control the life and death power of Jinshi, they still firmly grasped their future.

"This paper is not bad? Every word is meticulous, every sentence is penetrating, and the style of writing is so sophisticated. I can't write such an article without 30 years of work!"

When Wang Mang saw an article, he suddenly clapped his hands and praised it, breaking the silence in the hall: "According to my official opinion, this article can win the title!"

The other examiners all looked sideways, this is not something that can be said casually.

"I don't know what wonderful article Wang Zongbo saw?"

The old Shangshu Yu Wenkai who sat beside him smiled and said, "Can you share the reward with me?"

"Of course." Wang Mang picked up a pen and quickly drew a circle on it, and then passed it with both hands without the help of the eunuch at the side.

Yu Wenkai took the test paper with a smile, read it carefully, and nodded more and more as he read it: "Yes, the style of writing is strong, the pen is brilliant, the intention is upright, and it is charming after careful reading..."

Hearing what he said, other officials became more concerned.

After Yu Wenkai finished reading it, he closed his eyes and savored it carefully for a while, picked up a pen and drew a circle at the beginning of the paper, and then handed the paper to Li Jing who was beside him.

Although the process is that one examiner reads all the papers in his hand, and then changes them to the next examiner, and they rotate in turn.

But occasionally when they read a good article, the readers can also circulate it immediately, and decide it as one of the top ten, and submit it to His Majesty the Emperor.

After Li Jing read it, he also couldn't stop admiring a few words, and continued to pass it on. So far, three first-class circles and one second-class top have been drawn on the front of the scroll, which are the three ministers and the first Hanlin Academy. The reader.

The paper was passed to Cai Jing again, he just saw the first two sentences, raised his eyebrows, and recognized whose paper it was.

Cai Jing glanced at Wang Mang meaningfully, then read it carefully, and drew a circle on the head of the scroll in praise.

Then the paper was passed to Qin Hui.

Qin Hui glanced at the content of the examination paper, and then looked at the four circles and one point on the top of the paper, as well as the five seals representing the identities of the judges, and frowned slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Hui still made a circle on it.

He had already recognized that this examination paper belonged to Zhuge Liang.

If it fell into his hands immediately, it would definitely not be a circle representing the first class, but a point representing the third class.

But it is too late to restrict now, and there is no limit.

Qin Hui raised his head and glanced at Wang Mang. He wanted to suppress Zhuge Liang's ranking in order to attract people, not to publicly offend them.

Now that things have come to this point, it's better to take the initiative to sell.

After Qin Hui finished the evaluation, he was not in a hurry to pass the test paper out, but nodded slightly, and said directly to the officials who read the paper: "This paper is indeed a rare and good article. Since most of the adults agree, then How about recommending him to His Majesty? What do you guys think?"

The following people all nodded one after another, even the last official of the Imperial College who hadn't read the paper all nodded with a smile, bluntly saying that the eyes of the adults are right!

After a small episode, the examination papers continued. After two days of busy work, the examiners finished all the examination papers, and then selected the twelve best ones and sent them to Shenglan.

Seven examiners held the papers and came to Ziwei Hall.

The name is the examiner, so naturally it can't be just a title.

His Majesty the Emperor does not use his noble dragon eyes to read the examination papers, but the examiner reads them to him, and transmits them to the clever dragon brain through his sensitive dragon ears.

After Qin Hui took the lead in saluting, he began to read the examination paper aloud in the hall: "I heard from you..."

Li Gan listened with gusto at the beginning, but when Qin Hui was halfway through reading, he gradually lost interest. Listening to others reading like this is really too slow.

After patiently listening to what he read, Li Qian stopped Cai Jing who was about to speak.

"Everyone, put the paper on the table, and I will read it myself."

The examiners looked at each other one after another, and they naturally followed suit, spreading out the examination papers one by one on the table.

Li Gan first scanned it roughly, and briskly found a section of the paper among them, and reached out and clicked on it.

"This person can be the number one scholar in this discipline!"

(End of this chapter)