Wentang

Chapter 534 Review
"The sage's grace system is simply a stroke of genius, and he appeases the powerful in one fell swoop." Wang Ji praised.

"Enyin has violated the principle of fairness in the selection of officials. This can only be regarded as a bad policy. The family and the powerful cannot be offended at the same time. We can only use this method to appease the powerful and try our best to deal with the family." Yue Shan was not so happy.

"No, you're wrong. There is nothing perfect in this world. The imperial examination system is indeed the closest to a fair system for selecting officials, but it can easily lead to a situation in which the scholar's family dominates." Wang Ji said:

"When scholars all over the world agree with one truth, what is wrong will become right, and the resistance to innovation will be a thousand times greater than it is now. It is a good choice to use honor to check and balance scholars."

Yue Shan shook his head and said: "All checks and balances will turn into party struggles. A strong king can still control the situation, but when he meets a mediocre king, the situation will get out of control, and then lead to chaos in the world."

How could Yue Shan, who came from later generations, not know the bad side of the imperial examination system, but generally speaking, its advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and it is also the closest to the fairest official selection system that humans can think of at this stage.

As for the use of nobles to contain the group of scholars, the facts have proved that all the so-called restrictions and containment eventually evolved into endless party struggles until the country was destroyed.

Including the US emperor, who was once touted as the future of mankind, is also trapped in the quagmire of party disputes.

"The grace system can only be used as a supplement to the imperial examination system, and it is a reward for meritorious service. It must not be used to check and balance scholars. Otherwise, it will inevitably burn itself."

Wang Ji thought for a while and said, "None of us can convince anyone, so let's skip this topic. What's the situation with Ma Zhou?"

Yue Shan also has no intention of persuading him, it is normal to have differences, the important thing is how to deal with them.Forced debate must persuade the other party, and it will only break the two sides.The best way is to seek common ground while reserving differences.

So he also followed the topic and said: "The sage is very satisfied with him, but he can't be suddenly promoted to an important position without making an inch of merit. So he is temporarily on duty in the province."

Wang Ji smiled and said, "Serving on duty in the lower province? Although this is not an official position, it is more important than any official position. The day of Ma Zhoufei's prosperity is not far away."

"As expected, his talent is worthy of a great responsibility." Yue Shan said.

Serving on duty in Menxia Province is not an actual official position, but it is very important.To put it bluntly, this is the emperor's staff, and it is very easy to shine if it is done well.Only those who are particularly appreciated and valued by the emperor can hold this position.

"He didn't invite you to dinner to express his thanks?"

"Please, the roadside stall invited me to eat a bowl of boiled meatballs, not to mention how unpalatable it is. I scolded him on the spot."

"That's okay, it means that he is still awake and not floating."

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Let's talk about Kong Yingda and Dou Lukuan.

The high-walled courtyard of the Gongyuan cut off the inside and outside news. They didn't know what happened outside, and all their thoughts were put on the revision of the test papers.

There are also fixed procedures for the correction of test papers, and it is not random.

The post scripture test paper is relatively simple, right is right or wrong is wrong, and the examiner will cross-check to determine the score.

Mo Yihe's policy theory is not enough, there is too much room for maneuvering, and it depends on the subjective opinion of the examiner whether to score low or high.

In order to prevent examiners from identifying candidates through handwriting and deliberately giving high or low scores, the two test papers must be copied first, using standard regular script.

The transcribed test papers will be randomly checked by special personnel to see if there are any transcription errors.After confirming that there is no problem, seal the original paper and hand over the copied test paper to the examiner for correction.

Each test paper must be cross-reviewed by five examiners, and the highest score and the lowest score will be removed to obtain the average score.

During the marking process, the examiners are not allowed to leave any handwriting or ink dots on the test papers to prevent people from making marks to greet other examiners.

After marking, fill in the results in a special form.Then the form will be taken away by a special person, and then the test paper will be sent to the next examiner for review.

After all the test papers have been corrected and the final grades are calculated, the original test papers are taken out, and the paper with the names pasted on them is uncovered to check the names of the candidates.

In this process, the examiners are not responsible for marking the papers, they are only responsible for overall coordination and supervision.If they want to modify someone's grades, they must express their opinions in front of everyone.

Amendments can only be made if the reasons are justified and the approval of the majority is obtained.But even so, it should be recorded and the revised test paper should be sealed for the second review by the superior.

Yue Shan has already taken out all the methods he can think of to prevent cheating. If there are still people who can cheat, he has no choice.

There were [-] examinees, Mo Yihe and Ce Lun each had two test papers, a total of [-] test papers. Copying was the most troublesome thing, and it took a full two days.

It took four days for the rest of the correction time, and the last day was to count the results and write the imperial list.

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December No. 12, Hua Shifang got up from the bed before dawn, went to the landlord to get a basin of hot water for a brief freshen up, and then went next door to find He Feisu and Qiu Liyue.

"Both of you, get up soon."

"Here we come." Qiu Liyue came out neatly dressed, but her dark circles were very conspicuous.

"Brother Qiu, are you insomnia?" Hua Shifang smiled.

"Don't talk about me, aren't you the same? I wasn't nervous a few days ago, I don't know what's wrong, I couldn't sleep around last night." Qiu Liyue said.

"Nervousness is inevitable. After studying hard for more than [-] years, I finally encountered this opportunity." Hua Shifang said.

At this moment, the door next door opened with a 'squeak', and the drowsy He Feisu rubbed his eyes and complained: "It's only five o'clock, why are you in a hurry, the imperial list will not be posted until sunrise at least .”

Hua Shifang Qiu Liyue and the two looked at each other and smiled wryly. It's really a blessing to be a fool. They can fall asleep at a time like this.

"Don't sleep, get up and wash up and eat something. There is still a long way to go, and everything will be delayed if you go late." Hua Shifang said.

"Okay, wait for me." He Feisu was also sobered up by the cool wind, knowing that what the two said was reasonable, she didn't grumble, and quickly finished washing up and walked out of the room.

Then the three of them went to the side of the road to eat something to pad their stomachs, and then found an ox cart to go to Gongyuan.

By the time they arrived at the Tribute Court, the east had already turned red, and the gate of the Tribute Court was already crowded with scholars waiting for the results.

The three of them tried to squeeze in, but they gave up when they couldn't squeeze in, and then they simply found a place with few people and chatted.

Not long after, when the orange-red sun crossed the horizon and hung in the sky, the gate of the Gongyuan also opened at the same time.

"Come, come, come."

The waiting crowd immediately surrounded them, and the three of Hua Shifang also followed.

(End of this chapter)