After the exam, the marking begins.

At Xu Jie's suggestion, the marking location of the palace examination was transferred to the value house in Xiyuan.

The examination papers of the temple examination will be "named", but not "transcribed", so the original paper is presented to the marking officer. Theoretically, the marker can still find the test paper of a particular candidate as long as he has the heart.

It's just that there is no chief examiner for the palace examination, and there are eight high-ranking markers to jointly judge these test papers. Since the Orthodox Dynasty, it was stipulated that non-ruling ministers could not hold the position, so these were all members of the imperial court, which ensured a certain degree of impartiality and greatly reduced the possibility of fraud.

Like this time, the members of the examination papers of the palace examination are: Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Shifan, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, and Xue Wangyuan, the Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu, etc., are undoubtedly extremely important figures.

Among the eight reading officers, there is a chief marking officer, and this position is held by the second assistant Xu Jie.

In addition to leading everyone to review the papers, he also needs to select the best twelve test papers and submit them to the emperor, and the saint will judge the top three, namely the champion, the list eye and the tanhua.

Early in the morning of the second day after the end of the examination, the examination process began to operate.

After Xu Jie led everyone to bow to Sage Kong, the eight of them returned to the cabinet and began to read the papers, determining the merits of the three hundred and fifty-seven test papers, and finding out the best twelve test papers from them.

The surveillance officer was served by Lu Shan, the governor of Jinyi Weizuo, and I saw that he took the box where the test papers were stored, and then distributed them to the eight marking officers, and they were divided into eight bundles in total, and each person got one bundle.

Eight graders sit around a large table, and after each review, they hand it over to the grader on the right. Similarly, the marker on the right will also hand the test paper to the marker on his right after reviewing the test paper, which is called "turning the table".

The examiner writes his surname on the top of the file to mark it, and adds five marks of "○", "△", "\", "1", and "×" to score, with "○" being the best and "×" being the inferior, which is divided into five grades.

In order to prevent the referee from suppressing or cheating, the grading of the examiner is allowed to be different, but it is not allowed to be too different.

For example, if "○" and "×" appear in the same file, the monitor will pick up the file, and if it is found that there is crackdown or cheating, the marker will be severely punished.

It's just that there will be loopholes in any system, and when the later graders approve the papers, they will be careful to guard against major disagreements. In this way, there is a phenomenon of "no point in the circle, no point in the point", and everyone tacitly keeps the differences within a controllable range.

Yan Shifan is over forty years old, but his body is full of sharpness, his body is short and fat, one-eyed, but his eyes are cunning, he seems to look at no one well, and his nose sucks from time to time.

Although his position is not conspicuous in this group of government officials, he has a good father, so he is called "Little Pavilion Elder".

He didn't sit down, but said to Xu Jie in a rough voice: "Elder Xu Ge, you have also read the exam questions of this palace exam, don't go to the emperor to ask for an attitude, how can we judge?" ”

As soon as these words fell, the other six people also looked at Xu Jie.

Although he sometimes disdains Yan Shifan's arrogance, this is indeed true. Now there are both the "Open Sea Faction" and the "Forbidden Sea Faction" among the eight people here, so if the tone is not uniform, I am afraid that in the end, I will still make trouble with the emperor.

Although Xu Jie, as the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he smiled at Yan Shifan and said: "What the elder of the small pavilion said is very true, I am just going to meet the saint, please wait!" ”

As soon as Xu Jie's front foot left, Yan Shifan wiped a handful of snot, and immediately said sarcastically towards the gate: "It's just this thing to be taught, it's really not worthy of lifting shoes for my father!" ”

When the others heard this, they pretended not to hear it, and looked for cobwebs or ants in the main hall.

Wu Shan raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Shifan, he was already accustomed to his arrogance.

It's just that there is a sympathy in his heart, after seeing Xu Jie's methods last time, he knows that Yan Shifan is far from being the opponent of Xu Jie, the old fox, and sooner or later he will be planted in the hands of that smiling tiger.

However, he didn't have any sympathy, after all, this Yan Shifan was not a good thing.

When everyone here had their own thoughts, Xu Jie had already arrived in the main hall.

"Got this question?" Jiajing seemed to be in remembrance, and then a voice came from behind the veil: "It's just to solve the confusion, I want to know if this opening of the city can really solve the problem of the widows!" ”

Xu Jie took the order and returned, and immediately passed the original words to the seven marking officers.

The seven graders were all wise men, and when they thought of this, they knew what to do.

Those examination papers that support "the trouble of the Japanese invaders originated in the market" will undoubtedly be wiped out, although they will not all be scored into the top three, but they are destined to not be able to enter the list of the twelve test papers.

Because the Holy Lord's point of view is already very clear, what he needs is a test paper that can solve his doubts.

Therefore, everyone immediately began to review the papers, and the workload was greatly reduced, and they only needed to pick the appropriate files from the "trouble of the Japanese invaders in the market".

"The plague of the Japanese invaders originated in the market? …… This top three! ”

"The trouble of the Japanese invaders originated from the failure of the market? …… This is good! ”

……

After setting the tone for the topic, the examination appeared to be extremely smooth.

The examination time of the palace examination is: when you enter and when you come out. It is worth mentioning that these eight graders could not go home, but had to live in the Ministry of Rites, and then come to Xiyuan the next day to continue reviewing the files.

At noon the next day, twelve test papers were found, all of which were test papers that supported Kaihai.

In fact, the writing style of these test papers is not the best, but it is the best among the factions that support Kaihai. Just like in officialdom, ability is one thing, but the key is to stand on the right team.

It's just that although the twelve test papers were singled out, there was a dispute over one test paper.

Yan Shifan is to blame for this, sitting on his left is Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi Xue Wangyuan, this little old man gave a test paper a "○", but in the hands of Yan Shifan, he was rated a "×".

"I think you're so confused, this kind of two-sided and three-knife roll, and you went to the kind of place where birds don't to reopen Guangdong City, I want to be deposed directly!"

"Do you think there is another Zhang Leifu in our Daming? This is clearly a strategy for the country, even if the test is not given to the emperor to read in person, it is worthy of being among the top two! ”

Yan Shifan and Xue Wangyuan quarreled on the spot, and it seemed that no one was convinced. However, at this time, Xue Wuyuan could not back down, otherwise he would wait for the cheating, and it could only be said that Yan Shifan was too arrogant.