Due to the joint protest of those examinees who chose to answer the second paper, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had no choice but to send someone to invite Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, to the Ministry of Rites to discuss countermeasures. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although in this examination, only a handful of examinees still insisted on answering Paper B until the end, but the resentment of these examinees, the Ministry of Rites did not dare to ignore it.

Because in the eyes of the Ministry of Rites, nine out of ten of these examinees who still insisted on answering the second paper until the end were truly talented people, and if they lost the support of these exams, it would be a great loss to the imperial court.

Perhaps, some of these students will be their future colleagues.

As the so-called bell must be tied to the bell, this matter, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, still decided to let Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, solve it.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun had already had a countermeasure to this matter, he picked up a copy of the B paper casually, pointed to the deliberately marked "scores" at the end of the question, and said to Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Du Shangshu, when this king drafted this test question, he had already remarked the score on the test question, and your ministry only needs to follow this score and review it against the answer." ”

Saying that, he roughly explained the scoring criteria to Du You: first, if the answer is wrong and the calculation process is correct, half of the score will be given; Second, if the answer is correct but the calculation process is missing, or the calculation process is wrong, no points will be awarded; Full marks are given if the answer is correct and the calculation process is correct.

At the end, Zhao Hongrun said to Du You again: "You can rank according to the score, and the imperial court will select the best officials according to the score." ”

After listening to Zhao Hongrun's explanation, Du You suddenly realized, and was secretly surprised by this scoring standard.

Because in previous years' examinations, the scoring criteria were roughly only "qualified" and "unqualified", and the so-called scores, in fact, the subjectivity of the marking officer accounted for a huge proportion.

For example, if the student's font or choice of words makes the examiner unhappy, the latter can always find some loopholes in the article and give you a low score - isn't Zhou Yu? obviously has a talent comparable to Luo Ying, but because the article did not meet the wishes of the critics, he finally only got a post-ranking position and almost fell out of the gold list.

Because of this, some smart or cunning examinees have come up with a good way, that is, to praise the country, the son of heaven, and the court, to put it bluntly, they are trying to pat on the back in the article. When encountering this kind of article, it is not good for the critic to deduct points at will - people praise the country and the son of heaven, and they are clearly a "loyal and filial" person, and you give a low score, do you still want to get mixed up?

However, as a result, nine out of ten articles on the examination site are unnutritious sycophants, which is not conducive to the country's selection of real talents in the long run.

But having said that, not all examiners are keen on flattery, in the final analysis, the subjectivity of the marker when marking the paper is a big factor.

However, Zhao Hongrun's paper B clearly formulated the scoring criteria, which cannot be said to ban the subjectivity of the marking officer, at least to minimize this factor, which can be said to be relatively fair, and the scoring criteria are clear at a glance.

On the same day, after a discussion with Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, announced one thing: the results of this year's examination will adopt a double list system.

That is, there is a list in Paper A and a list in Paper B, and there is no correlation between the differences in their grades.

As soon as the news was announced, the protesting students returned to their residences satisfied.

After all, this year's entrance examination is obviously that Paper A is simple and Paper B is more difficult.

And now that the Ministry of Rites has announced the matter, they go back satisfied, quietly waiting for the day when the results will be announced.

Zhao Hongrun handed over the matter of grading the papers to the Ministry of Rites.

He is not worried that the Ministry of Rites will engage in favoritism, because in his eyes, the Ministry of Rites is the most upright government in the imperial court, after all, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are very strict in abiding by the rules of etiquette.

However, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was flattered by Zhao Hongrun's trust, and in order to avoid suspicion, Zhao Hongrun had to send someone to monitor, and in desperation, Zhao Hongrun randomly dialed a hundred green crows and asked the latter to watch the officials of the Ministry of Rites review the many examination papers - this is also in the Ministry of Rites, if it was changed to the original ministry, those people would still wish that Zhao Hongrun would not send people.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the day before the Ministry of Rites released the list, He Xinxian returned to his house with a sense of gain and loss after finishing the official duties of the Hanlin Department.

Because he knew that at this time, his father, who was the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, had already learned of his test results.

After returning to his house, He Xinxian found that his father He Yu had also returned.

Strangely, his father did not teach him to the study, this action made He Xinxian reverie: Could it be that my grades are not bad?

But when he remembered the results of the answers with Wen Qi, Jie Ziyu, Tang Fu and others a few days ago, he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, because after a heated discussion with several people, he knew that he had made a lot of mistakes in that paper B.

That night, when the family was having a happy meal, grandfather He Xiangxu asked his son He Yu with a smile: "Tomorrow is the day when your Ministry of Rites releases the list, right?" How did Xian'er do in the exam? ”

When He Yu heard this, he replied respectfully: "Back to my father's words, Xian'er's first paper is not bad, and in terms of paper A alone, it can rank in the top three, but the second paper ...... one point for 'criminal law', five points for 'water conservancy', five points for 'degree support', five points for 'military strategy', nine points for 'order strategy', and six points for 'miscellaneous studies', a total of thirty-one points. ”

He Xiangxu stroked his beard and asked puzzledly, "This achievement...... Is it good or bad? ”

He Yu explained: "According to the scoring criteria of His Royal Highness King Su, each chapter in Volume B has ten points, a total of sixty points. ”

Hearing this, He Xinxian's face turned white all of a sudden, although he already knew that he had answered a lot of questions incorrectly on the B paper, but he didn't expect that he only scored thirty-one points out of sixty.

At this time, He Xiangxu stroked his beard and muttered: "This achievement is not good...... How did the rest of the exams go? ”

He Yu replied respectfully: "The first name of the second volume is the meson owl of Shangshui, with a total score of forty-eight, which is the best. Moreover, this person is also the first in the first roll and the first in the double list. …… followed by Fan Ying of Xiangling, with a total score of thirty-nine, ranked second, and Tang Fu of Huayang, with a total score of thirty-six, ranked third, Xin Xian...... Ranked fourth. ”

He Xiangxu chuckled in his heart, and in addition to being lost, he was inevitably a little worried.

To his surprise, his father He Yu did not mean to accuse him, which made everyone in the He family present feel very surprised.

Compared with He Yu's wife Zhang, she was very puzzled that her husband did not accuse her son this time, you must know that their son He Xinxian was compared to students from other places twice in a row, and He Yu was very angry about this.

"Husband's achievements in Xian'er this time seem to be ...... Satisfied? Zhang cautiously probed.

Hearing this, He Yu glanced at his son He Xinxian, and then under the interested gaze of his father He Xiangxu, he said vaguely: "Hmm, it's okay." ”

Hearing this, He Xiangxu, who was old-fashioned, stroked his beard and laughed, laughing so much that He Yu felt a little weak, and he only felt that his old father had seen through his thoughts.

It turned out that because the whole city was talking about the second volume of King Su Zhao Hongrun a few days ago, He Yu secretly answered it out of curiosity, and only then did he know that he only scored 14 points according to the answer.

The right waiter of the dignified ceremonial department only scored 14 points, and he didn't even have his son's average grades, in this case, He Yu was embarrassed to scold his son.

At this moment, He Yu finally realized that it was not that his son He Xinxian did not work hard, or was not smart enough, but that the exams of these sessions were too demonic, Kou Zheng of Hong De's sixteenth year, Huang Huaishi of Hong De's nineteenth year, and Jie Zilu of this year's "double list".

But think about it, compared to the entire Wei State, Liang County is only a small place after all, although it has gathered many scholarly families, but it may not be able to stabilize the rest of the exams across the country.

Especially in this examination, there are more than 6,000 candidates, and he can get the ranking of "third on the first list" and "fourth on the first list" in such a large-scale examination, his son He Xinxian is already very remarkable, more powerful than him, who is Lao Tzu - just 14 points when he is Lao Tzu, I don't know if he will be thrown a few streets away by those B paper candidates.

Father's strange attitude made the intelligent He Xinxian inevitably think of something, and cautiously tested: "Father, haven't you also seen that B volume?" ”

This sentence talked about the sore spot in He Yu's heart, only to see him glaring at his son, and scolded angrily: "Eat!" ”

Seeing this scene, He Xiangxu and He Xinxian's ancestors glanced at each other and snickered in unison.

Thinking about it, the grandfather and grandson also guessed something.

In this regard, He Yu was annoyed, but he didn't dare to attack in front of his old father, so he had to divert the topic: "Xinxian, your achievements, my father has already told you, have you thought about your future?" You've already taken the exam three times, and if you continue like this, there will inevitably be gossip, so it's time for you to get a full-time job. ”

He Xinxian smiled bitterly regretfully, and then said respectfully: "Please show my father." ”

He Yu thought for a while and said: "This year's A and B lists, unlike in the past, you have a good ranking in both lists, but according to the regulations, you can only choose one of them." If you choose the first list, then you have to go through the official ministry, you can choose to serve as a local county commander or county officer, or stay in Daliang, as a father, you can also get you to my Ministry of Rites, but the highest official position can only be the principal; And if you choose the results of the B list, as far as my father knows, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Smelting Bureau, the newly opened military school, and the civilian positions of Hedong County, with your rank, you can choose, but this path, although it seems to be the recommendation of my Ministry of Rites, but you also know what it means to choose the results of the B volume. ”

Hearing this, He Xinxian said with a smile: "Father must have forgotten that the chief examiner this time is His Royal Highness King Su, no matter what, the child is a protégé of His Royal Highness King Su." ”

“…… There is a slight difference. He Yu thought about it and said unconvincedly.

After all, He Xinxian is indeed right.

At this time, He Xinxian hesitated for a moment and said: "As for the official career, Erchen wants to discuss it with a few friends he has met recently, so that he can take care of each other." ”

"Hmm." He Yu nodded.

He knew that the few friends his son had made, except for Wen Qi, the rest of Tang Fu and Jie Ziyu were all talents at the top of the double list.

Especially the meson owl, the double top of the list, can be called a demon.

What can He Yu, who only scored 14 points, say about his son's acquaintance with such a talent.