With the end of the autumn competition, it is now ushering in a difficult period of suffering.

On the 20th, for all the students who participated in the Autumn Festival, it was even more difficult than a year, they couldn't eat well, they couldn't sleep well, and they didn't get an accurate result, even if they were cattle like Fan Jingwen and Yang Sichang, they didn't dare to pack tickets.

After locking the court, the Gongyuan side has entered the time of intensive marking and review, each room carries out its own marking and review, and the same examiner is not allowed to cross the room to review the paper and search for the middle of the examination, which is also a means to prevent fraud.

The Great Zhou Dynasty followed the old precedents of the Ming Dynasty, but there were some changes.

For example, the chief examiner in Beizhili has always been nominated by the Shuntian Mansion, and the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites jointly discussed and reported to the emperor for approval, but later it basically evolved into a large list of Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor directly selected among them, and no longer elected the chief examiner and reported to the emperor for approval.

The candidates for the chief examiner were also selected from the original Hanlin Academy's attendants, Zuo Chunfang, and the Ministry of Rites, and the same examiners were extended to the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, and Guozijian.

The chief examiner of Beizhili this time is Zhao Zongji, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and there are eight examiners.

According to the conventions, the scriptures and theories are divided into upper, upper, middle, middle, lower, and lower, if one of the categories is lower or lower, it will be directly dethroned, if it is a category of those who have obtained the middle paper, unless the other paper is recognized by the examiner as the best paper, it can be taken.

That is to say, as long as one of the two volumes is listed as middle, lower, and lower, it is basically directly deprived of the opportunity to be Chinese-style, and it is necessary to reach the upper middle or upper volume in both volumes before you have a chance to have a Chinese-style style.

As the chief examiner, Zhao Zongji does not mark the papers, except for difficult questions or particularly excellent papers that need to be reviewed by him personally, he is more likely to spot check the papers of several grades assessed by the same examiner after review, so as to prevent favoritism or mistakes and omissions.

Due to the adoption of the seal (vague name) and transcription system, so this greatly reduces the possibility of cheating, the name of the blur so that no one knows who wrote the paper, the same transcription directly avoids the same examiner through the handwriting to identify the acquaintance or the entrusted person of the volume, coupled with the temporary lottery review system, can basically avoid cheating to the greatest extent.

Of course, the kind of substitute test is a minority after all, or the probability of missing questions in advance is relatively small, and it is difficult to avoid it completely, but at least it avoids the possibility of large-scale cheating.

The number of candidates in the autumn of Beizhili reached 4515, a slight decrease compared with the previous subject, but overall it is an average level, from the 32nd year of Yuanxi, the candidates of the autumn in Beizhili have remained between 4400 and 4600 people, with small fluctuations, but basically stable.

Because it is divided into two volumes, that is to say, the 9,000 volumes need to be read by eight fellow examiners within 20 days, and write out the marking comments, whether it is upper or lower, there needs to be intermittent marking comments, that is to say, it must stand up to review, why it is dethroned, why it is selected, there must be an explanation.

More than ten days of locked court review and marking is also a torment for the examiner and fellow examiners, but it is also an honor.

Serving as a chief examiner or the same examination is basically equivalent to a kind of qualification certificate that has been recognized in Shilin, which means that you are also qualified to participate in the main examination or the same examination in the next subject, and a few more rounds of main examination qualifications means that it is basically a great Confucian sage in Shilin, and a few more rounds of same examination qualifications, you can also boast of your qualifications in front of other scholars and scholars.

There are basically no superfluous words in the marking room, and if there is, there are basically very good papers that need to be exchanged and observed, and especially on the upper volume, then basically everyone has to observe and comment on each other.

This kind of upper volume is not much in both the Sutra and the Treatise volume, basically less than half of it, that is to say, it takes thirty or fifty volumes to produce one upper volume, and if the upper volume is produced, as long as the other party's other volume is not too bad, then you can determine its formula.

Zhao Zongji really wants to read the papers on the upper volume, which means that this student has basically entered the ranks of Shilin, even if this student does not pass the Jinshi exam, and is not even willing to elect an official, then after he returns to his hometown, this qualification is enough for him to be on an equal footing with the magistrates in the county, without being excluded and suppressed by any squire and landlord.

This is both a real leap of the dragon.

This volume is indeed quite well written, Zhao Zongji couldn't help but twist his beard and read it carefully, and after a while, he put it down again, and then went to see if the corresponding scripture volume of this volume had been read.

At a glance, the Jingyi volume is actually the upper volume!

If you read it carefully, it will be an excellent volume.

This surprised Zhao Zongji.

It is not that there is no situation where the scriptures and the policies are both in the upper volume, but there are not many such cases, and the two volumes he saw can be called the first three of the books he has read.

Maybe this should be the first name, Zhao Zongji groaned.

"Bachelor, look at this book." Zhao Zongji saw that several fellow examiners were whispering, and after discussing for a while, there seemed to be no conclusion.

"What?" Good is good, bad is bad, can it be said that these people still have different opinions? Even if there are some differences, but they are not too different, Zhao Zongji is also very strange.

Zhao Zongji sat upright in the hall, waited for someone to deliver it, and frowned at a cursory glance, what is so surprising about this volume? But they sent it up specially and it caused controversy, could it be that there is really any hidden edge?

I read it carefully again, and I read the comments again, and it was also decent, only saying that the rhetoric was plain, and the discussion was anticlimactic, which was also pertinent, at most it was a middle volume, and even the middle and lower volumes were more reasonable, but the volume was not graded.

"What's the problem?" Zhao Zongji became curious, is there anything else to be embarrassed about?

It's too ordinary, or even bad, and it's reasonable to be set as middle or lower, and it's not an exaggeration.

"Bachelor, read this policy again." Another fellow examiner presented a paper with a strange look on his face.

As soon as his eyes fell, Zhao Zongji noticed that this volume was unusual.

From the question to the question, to the solution to the problem, although the rhetoric is average, it is better to be clear.

More importantly, this article is very targeted from the beginning of the concept, and it can be said that the measures that the entire post-disaster government needs to start from are divided into priorities one by one, as well as possible problems in the follow-up, as well as remedial measures after the occurrence.

To Zhao Zongji, I feel that this is simply a countermeasure agreed upon by a group of officials from Shuntianfu sitting together, no, it is that the people of Shuntianfu have not considered it so thoroughly, and the details are extremely thorough and detailed, and it is very practical.

It's a cut above the one that I saw before, which has always been praised as the first, and it can be directly used as a classic operation manual to put into practice.

Zhao Zongji didn't quite believe his eyes, how could there be a student who was so familiar with relief, epidemic prevention, putting an end to rumors, and controlling public opinion?

Isn't it an official himself, and he came to take the autumn exam again?

It's not that there is no such situation, some people who have studied hard for many years have never been able to pass the autumn exam, and in order to make a living, they have to mix up a position in the district first, and then continue to take the exam, but even so, there is no one who is so familiar with the post-disaster situation and can come up with a coping strategy.

But in any case, this is definitely a first-class good strategy, and Zhao Zongji has already pondered again to ask the transcription officer to arrange for the scribe to transcribe it again, and he will present it to the emperor.

Maybe the emperor will also send it to the household department, the criminal department and the Shuntian Mansion, so that the household department, the criminal department and the Shuntian Mansion will have to think about it.

Seeing that Zhao Zongji was silent all the time, several fellow examiners were still a little surprised, isn't this kind of paper enough to satisfy this Hanlin scholar?

In the end, I heard this Zhao servant read a sentence: "Let people transcribe it again, this article can be called the first in today's science and policy theory, and this official wants to present it to the emperor for reading." ”

Several fellow examiners were taken aback, and one of them hurriedly said, "Wait, the scholar can know that the previous sutra and this policy are written by the same person,......

Zhao Zongji was also taken aback, a little incredulous: "Is there a mistake, how is this possible?" ”

"There is no reason to be mistaken, we have asked the transcription officer to verify the handwriting of two copies, and it is indeed one person." The examiner replied immediately.

The transcriptionist is the official who is responsible for supervising the scribe to re-transcribe more than 9,000 copies of the paper and hand it over to the examiner to read the paper, and only he can verify the handwriting, and the examiner is not allowed to touch the book.

"Oh?" Zhao Zongji groaned slightly, "Take that scripture and let the official take a look at it again." ”

Immediately presented the scripture, Zhao Zongji read it again, and could only shake his head, if this article was a little better, he would definitely be able to rank this student in the top 30, but now it seems that the level of this scripture is really inferior.

After a while, since he could be appointed by the emperor to take the Beizhili examination, Zhao Zongji naturally knew the emperor's intentions, and after a little silence, he nodded and said: "Although this article is slightly inferior in style, it can be regarded as smooth and reasonable, and it can be determined as medium." ”

The examiner made a final decision, and naturally no one had any objections.

The positioning of this article itself is between the middle and the bottom, and the examiner's intention must be particularly fond of this policy, so it has this intention, which is also in line with the meaning of the current imperial court.

But this is set as a middle paper, which also means that this child may also be selected by the examiner, because if it is in the middle and lower, it will be directly deposed according to the convention, and the middle paper still has a chance, and depending on the examiner's mind, it is already quite obvious that this student is to be selected to enter the list.

It's just that I don't know how many people this paper is going to be listed on the list.