After the test papers of the tribute scholars were sent to the Mi Feng Office, they were first folded in half by the editor, and at the same time, the name and place of birth were covered. Then the radicals of several characters in the "Book of Characters" were taken and combined into a character that no one knew, as each character.
The code name of each examination paper. After arranging the examination papers in order, they are handed over to the official for copying and editing. After the inspection officer checks that the examination papers are correct, the examination papers for the Jinshi subject are sent to the Jinshi examination school; the examination papers for all subjects are sent to the examination papers for all subjects.
School.
In the single-table Jinshi examination school, eight preliminary examiners spent two days preliminarily reviewing 324 Jinshi papers.
Among them, the first category refers to those who are excellent in knowledge, pure in diction, outstanding and unique, and incomparable.
The second category refers to those who are talented and knowledgeable, sophisticated in arts and sciences, and considered high among the group.
The third class refers to those who have admirable arts and are proficient in arts and sciences. To be awarded Jinshi, one must have a third class or above.
The fourth class refers to those with a lesser degree of art, proficiency in arts and sciences, and the same background as a Jinshi.
The fifth category is said to be shallow in literature and science, and has undoubtedly declined. But now, except for those who abandon the exam or are careless and evil, no one is deposed, so this category is in vain.
Then the determined grade is sealed and sent to the review office, where the review officer will mark the paper again. Two days later, the review office will submit the determined grade to the detailed determination office, where two detailed determination officials, Song Qi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, will
He Zhizhi made Liu Chang, reveal the grade set by the first examiner, and compare it with the grade set by the second examiner. If the two are consistent, they will be heard in turn. If there is a difference between the two, the test paper will be reviewed again, or based on the first grade.
As determined by the examiner, or as determined by the reviewing examiner.
However, if the detailed judge believes that the preliminary examination and the re-examination are not appropriate, he can also set up another grade. Therefore, these two are actually the chief examiners of the palace examination.
At this moment, it is the sixth day of marking. The preliminary examination and re-examination have ended. All the examination papers have been submitted to the two determiners, who will rank them. This is not a difficult task, because it is not a very special situation.
Officials still rely on the conclusions of the initial and re-examinations.
Tear open the seal of the first examiner and compare it with the rating of the reviewing examiner. If they are consistent, the grade will be set directly. Because the judgment paper actually has standards to follow, such as knowledge, vocabulary, etc., it is not difficult to judge the quality of the exam.
Therefore, in 70% of the cases, the results of the preliminary examination and re-examination are the same. For the remaining 30% of the examination papers, whether the preliminary examination or the re-examination should prevail is clear to the two famous scholars.
It only took more than a day for the two of them to finish setting all the papers. There was only one final task left...to select ten copies from a total of twenty-five first- and second-class papers and submit them to the emperor for final approval by the officials.
Another question is, is the paper that the officials reviewed is among the twenty-five papers? If it was not submitted in the end, the officials would definitely be displeased.
This is difficult for Song Qi and Liu Chang. Neither of them has seen what the paper looks like. How can they pick it out from more than 300 papers?
But both of them knew the name of the candidate, the famous Chen Ke and Chen Zhongfang. Liu Chang even knew that he was a thorn in the side of Prince Runan's family. He wished he would fall below the third class, so he was not enthusiastic.
But Song Qi insisted on finding Chen Ke's paper. He read the text one by one, trying to //Shumilou's fastest text update. -No Ads//Including all the suspects... this book
During the National Examination, there were two articles entitled "The Theory of Loyalty and Honesty in Punishments and Rewards" that became famous. One was written by Su Shi of Meishan, and the other was written by Chen Ke of Qingshen. These two articles have been widely circulated, and Song Qi also wrote
He has seen it. He knows that the former talks about benevolence and forgiveness, while the latter talks about governance, which happens to be the opposite.
Therefore, in Song Qi's view, Su Shi's writing style must be gentle. Chen Ke, on the other hand, was sharp and outspoken, so he followed this standard and selected some papers that were outspoken and daring to remonstrate.
Another half day passed, and Liu Chang said impatiently: "Zijing, we can't delay the entire marking for this one person. Besides, there are so many talented people in this subject. You and I only need to recommend the best impartially. I believe the officials will not care.
, is there any of that paper in the top ten?"
"Haha, we are selecting officials in detail. Although we are called the examiners, we are just selecting for officials. Of course, the Holy Heart must be the main one." Song Qi said and ranked another sharp paper into the top ten.
"This is not 'outspoken advice'..." Liu Chang couldn't help but muttered: "You are causing trouble for the officials..."
However, Song Qi insisted on his opinion and finally selected the top ten best scrolls that the official "favoured".
At dawn the next day, the official ascended the throne in the Chongzheng Hall. The examiners were divided into groups, and the guards of the Imperial City Department carried all the examination papers into the hall. Song Qi presented the very best papers selected. At this time, all the papers, including this
The seals of the ten best papers have not been opened, and no one knows who made which.
Hu Yandui took the tray and presented it to the emperor. The officials would read the first ten test papers in detail and finally decide on the ranking.
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Looking at the ten test papers stacked on top of each other in the yellow silk tray, Zhao Zhen felt a little excited. Although this was already the tenth time that the official had reviewed the papers, he thought about how generations of famous officials had passed under his hands like this.
Zhao Zhen always felt very honored to enter the official career, start their glorious life, and create an unprecedentedly prosperous Song Dynasty.
After calming down, he picked up the top test paper... The order in which the test papers were arranged was the initial ranking determined by the marking officials. However, the ranking in the imperial examination was determined by the emperor, so only this silent hint was used.
Under normal circumstances, officials will recognize the rankings drawn up by the marking officer and only make individual changes. After the ranking is determined, the seal will be opened. However, the ranking may be changed after the seal is opened, mainly to change the candidate for the number one scholar. The emperor has this privilege, and from then on
Make final adjustments after all considerations are taken, but this rarely happens.
Unrolling the examination paper prepared by the examiner, Zhao Zhen first looked at the poems, and then turned to the most important "Ode to the Civil Prison". The question in this examination paper was: 'The Heavenly Prison is not far away, and the people's hearts can be known.'
The emperor suddenly lost his good mood, and Hu Yandui beside him couldn't help but stick out his tongue, thinking that he had violated a taboo among officials.
Seeing this scene, Song Qideng's hands and feet felt cold. It seemed that this time the flattery was slapped on the horse's leg.
Sure enough, Zhao Zhen put this paper aside, went to get another one, opened it, and saw that the sharp text was still there, and he couldn't help but frown slightly. After reading another one, he still held back his anger and flipped through a few more books.
, all look like a bird, Zhao Zhen finally couldn't help but said: "Do all undergraduate papers have this kind of official tone?"
This is why Zhao Zhen doesn't like these articles... During this year, in order to establish the throne, he was subjected to all kinds of persuasion, bitter admonishment, sarcastic admonition, and death remonstrance, and he was so desperate that when he saw this kind of justice
A well-spoken article is a big deal.
The two detailed officials hurriedly came forward to plead guilty. Song Qi explained: "Wei Chen believes that these articles are talented and have the sharpness of young people. They are the new blood that the court is in short supply."
"Does Liu Aiqing think so too?" Zhao Zhen looked at Liu Chang and asked.
"Wei Chen does have different opinions. This is not a direct remonstrance, but a Jinshi department that selects future prime ministers and assistants." At this time, the rescuer was the first. As for whether Song Qi's face would be too ugly, Liu Chang didn't care.
He said: "Wei Chen secretly believes that justice and harmony in writing should be the priority. As for these exam papers with exaggerated words, no matter how talented they are, they should not be given a reputation." After a pause, he gave his reasons and said: "These are
How much do young people who have not yet entered official career know about domestic and foreign affairs? They just talk about it and criticize the monarch and the government. This style is really not suitable to promote inflation."
"Then, why do you agree with the order of Song Qing's family?" Zhao Zhen's expression softened a little.
"Weichen respects the Minister of Song Dynasty and thinks that this ranking is appropriate." Liu Chang said: "However, when Weichen was reviewing the papers, he also selected a few articles with great literary talent and great atmosphere, ranking them after the tenth."
"Send it up." Zhao Zhen waved, and Liu Chang presented the papers he liked to the emperor.
Zhao Zhen picked up the top copy and went straight to "Ode to the Civil Supervisors". He saw that the opening chapter was titled, "The Holy Spirit brings good luck, heaven comes to herald the people, the supervisors act as warnings, and the people are in the highest purity." His expression completely softened.
Come down. When he read "Yun Qi Yuansheng", he sighed with emotion and said: "This is called Taizu." When he read "Heaven is coming to Zhaomin" he sighed and said: "This is called Taizu."
After reading "Supervisors act as warnings" he sighed and said: "This is called the late emperor." When he read "Nas people are in the most pure", he raised his hands and said: "How dare you act like this!" After saying this, he made a decision and said: "Although this poem is not relevant to the topic.
, but the scale is so great that it deserves to be the number one scholar."
Officially appointed, what else is there to say? So all the examiners saluted and said: "Congratulations to the official for being a true talent!"
Zhao Zhen smiled, read a few more papers, and said: "In accordance with the ranking of Liu Qing's family, the paper with the font size '虭' is the first, the font size 'Feng' is the second, and the font size '抶' is the third." After all, he
He was an emperor who was 'acceptable'. He looked at Song Qi who looked embarrassed and said, "The rankings will be determined by Song Qing's family."
"As ordered." All the examiners responded in unison.
So I opened the test paper and sealed it on the spot. I saw that the first place was Chen Ke from Meizhou, the second place was Zhang Heng from Jianzhou, and the third place was Dou Bian from Caozhou.
At this time, the problem came. I saw the word "official" written next to the name of the number one scholar, Chen Ke. This means an official. According to regulations, officials are not allowed to be the number one scholar, to show the court's respect for civilians.
of care.
He could only fall to the second place, and the original second place Zhang Heng was the top pick.
After three tripods, it is said that Luo Kai is followed by Zheng Yong, Zhu Chuping, Lu Huiqing, Jiang Zhiqi, Su Shi, Zeng Gong, Zhang Dun, Zhu Guangting, Zeng Bu, Lin Xi, Shi Yuandao, Wang Shao, Liang Tao, Su Weixian
, Su Che, Liu Yuanyu, Deng Wan, Song Duanping, Chen Yu, Jia Dan, Zhang Zai...
Wu Lang fell into the top three, but looking at Cheng Hao who was in the top three with him, what else could he be dissatisfied with?
But this is not the final ranking, because there is another interview for the top ten, also called Xiao Chuanlu.
