After the examination papers of the tributes were sent to the Mi Feng Office, they were first folded in half by the arranger, and at the same time the names and places of origin were pasted, and then the side of a few characters in the "Book of Characters" was combined into a character that no one knew, which was used as the code name of each examination paper.

After the test papers are arranged in order, they are handed over to the official for transcription and proofreading, and after the inspector checks that the test papers are correct, the test papers of the Jinshi Department are sent to the Jinshi Examination School; The examination papers of each subject shall be sent to the examination institute of each subject.

In the single-form Jinshi examination school, eight preliminary examiners spent two days to preliminarily examine 539 Jinshi papers.

The examination papers are divided into five grades.

The first class is those who are knowledgeable, eloquent, outstanding, and incomparable.

The second class is a person who is able to learn well, has a thorough liberal arts and sciences, and can be regarded as a higher level in the group.

The third class is those who can be adopted in the art industry and are well-versed in arts and sciences. The scholar must be of the third class or above.

The fourth class is slightly inferior to the art industry, the arts and sciences are rough, and the same Jinshi background is given.

The fifth level is that the literature and science are shallow, and there is no doubt that they will fall.

But now there is no one left behind except those who abandon the examination or make mistakes in the wilderness, so this is useless.

Two days later, the re-examination center will submit the determined grades to the detailed examination center, and the two detailed officials, Jiang Junlie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhao Yunchen, the secretary of the country, will unveil the grades set by the preliminary examiners and compare them with the grades set by the re-examiners.

If the two are consistent, they are heard in turn.

If there is a discrepancy between the two, the examination paper will be re-examined, either according to the initial examiner or according to the re-examiner's decision.

However, if the detailed judge believes that the judgment of the preliminary examination and the re-examination is not appropriate, it can also be different from the establishment of another grade.

So these two are actually the main examiners of the temple examination.

This is the sixth day of grading, the preliminary examination has ended, and all the examination papers have been presented to the two detailed judges, who will be ranked.

This is not a difficult job, because it is not a very special situation, and the detailed judge is still based on the conclusion of the preliminary examination and re-examination.

Tear open the seal of the preliminary examiner, compare the judgment of the re-examiner, and if it is consistent, the grade will be directly determined

Because there are actually standards to follow, such as knowledge, vocabulary, etc., it is not difficult to judge the difference between good and bad.

Therefore, in the case of seventy percent, the results of the preliminary examination and re-examination are the same, and the remaining thirty percent of the examination papers, whether the preliminary examination or the re-examination should prevail, the two well-known university scholars are clear at a glance.

In just over a day, the two of them finished all the papers, and there was still the final work left...... Ten copies of the twenty-five first- and second-class volumes were selected and presented to the emperor for the final approval of the officials.

Now here's the problem.

Jiang Junlie and Zhao Yunchen have different positions.

This is also the reason why the officials chose them.

Although Jiang Junlie is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Yan knows that he has been very close to Zuo Xiang Tang Siwei recently, and he completely belongs to the people of Dongfu.

And Zhao Yunchen, although he was not obvious enough before, in the case of beating Chen Shen, Zhao Yan realized afterwards that he should have been in contact with Chen Junqing and others, and he was a person from Xifu.

Checks and balances between the East and the West.

This is Zhao Yan's first talent ceremony, and he will never allow the East and West to have selfish intentions, so he will arrange and employ people like this.

But now Jiang Junlie and Zhao Yunchen are a little embarrassed.

The official Zhao Yan has read Li Fengwu's test papers, and the meaning of the performance is obvious, obviously to win.

But Jiang Junlie didn't want to take it.

Even if the official family wants to make up for it afterwards, that is a matter for later.

And Zhao Yunchen wanted to win directly, but he thought more simply.

It doesn't matter if he and Jiang Junlie take it or not, the official family will not let Li Fengwu be too low.

Of course, as an examiner, the most important thing is to do your duty.

Jiang Junlie and Zhao Yunchen both know that this time the ranking is also an assessment for themselves - whether they can shoot the butler's ass well.

Today's officials are working hard to make the country go north.

Then what he likes must be a good article with a sharp style, and then the gentle style can only be held back, so as to win the joy of the holy face.

Therefore, Jiang Junlie adhered to this criterion and selected some outspoken and daring volumes.

Zhao Yunchen didn't think so.

Although the official family is working hard, this is not a 'outspoken and extremely admonishing department', you can choose some scathing and satirical official remarks and articles of the heavenly family, isn't this adding to the blockage of the official family?

What the officials want is a talented man who is talented in governing the country, and a smooth humerus who knows how to advance and retreat, so they advocate a gentle style of examination papers.

The two had a disagreement on this, and in the end, Zhao Yunchen couldn't resist Jiang Junlie, and according to his ranking, he selected the top ten good papers that the official family 'liked'.

But Zhao Yunchen also made two preparations.

At dawn the next day, the official family was promoted to the Chongzheng Palace, and the examiners were divided into left and right shifts, and the guards of the Imperial City Division carried all the examination papers to the palace.

Jiang Junlie presented the selected very good papers.

At this time, all the volumes, including these ten good volumes, were not opened, and no one knew which one was made by whom.

Xie Shengtang took the tray and presented it to the emperor, and the official family will read the first ten test papers in detail, and finally determine the ranking.

Looking at the ten test papers stacked on top of each other in the yellow silk tray, Zhao Yan's mood was a little excited.

This is his first talent ceremony, is his first batch of protégés, thinking that his appointed generation of ministers will step into the official career from their own hands, start their glorious life, and create an unprecedented prosperous Song Dynasty, Zhao Yan always feels excited to yearn.

The humerus of me originated in the undergraduate program.

Calming down, he picked up the top paper...... The order of the examination papers is the initial ranking of the examiners, but the ranking of the palace examination is determined by the king, so only this silent hint is used.

Under normal circumstances, the official family recognizes the ranking drawn up by the marking officer, and only makes individual changes, and then opens the seal after deciding the ranking, but it is possible to change the ranking after unpacking, mainly to change the candidate for the champion. The Emperor had the prerogative to make the final adjustments from the perspective of the whole, but this was rare.

Unfolding this champion volume drawn up by the examiner, Zhao Zhen first looked at the poem, and then turned to the most important "Civil Prison Fu".

I saw that the question of this exam paper was: 'The heavenly prison is not far away, and the people's will can be known.' The emperor was in a bad mood all of a sudden, and Xie Shengtang on the side raised his eyebrows, saying in his heart that he had committed a taboo in the official family.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Junlie immediately cried out, it seems that this time the sycophant was slapped on the horse's leg.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen put this volume aside, went to take down a copy, and opened it to see that it was still that sharp text, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly. Look at another one, still.

Holding back my anger, I flipped through a few more books, all of which were bird-like.

Zhao Yan finally couldn't help but say: "Are the undergraduate papers all in this kind of official tone?" ”

That's why Zhao Zhen doesn't like these articles...... A few days ago, I was very troubled by the matter of Tang Siwei and Zhang Jun's desire to establish a reserve, and now when I see this kind of article with righteous words, I feel extremely unhappy.

The two detailed officials hurriedly stepped forward to ask for the guilt, and Jiang Junlie explained: "Weichen thinks that these articles are talented and sharp, and they are the new blood that the imperial court is in short supply. ”

"Does Zhao Qing think the same way?" Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Yunchen and said.

"Weichen does have a different opinion, this is not a blunt advice, but a Jinshi department that selects the future Zaifu." At this time, the rescue is the first, as for whether Jiang Junlie's face will be too ugly, it is not Zhao Yunchen's concern: "Weichen secretly thinks that it should be based on the peace in the text." As for these exaggerated examination papers, no matter how talented they are, they should not be given a prominent name. After a pause, he gave his reason and said: "How much do these young people who have not entered the official career know about internal and external affairs? Just rhetoric and criticism of the monarch and the country's politics, this trend is really not suitable to help the rise. ”

"Then, why do you agree with Jiang Qing's order?" Zhao Zhen's face softened a little.

"Weichen respects Jiang Shilang and thinks that this sort is okay." Zhao Yunchen said: "However, when Weichen was reading the papers, he also picked a few articles that were brilliant and quite atmospheric, ranking after the tenth. ”

Jiang Junlie's face was embarrassed.

"Bring it in." Zhao Zhen beckoned, and Zhao Yunchen presented a few copies of the scrolls he liked to the front of the palace.

Zhao Zhen picked up the top copy and directly found "The Civil Supervisor Fu", and saw that the opening title was 'Yun Qi Yuan Sheng, Tianlin Zhaomin, the prison acts as a warning, and the Nasmin is pure.' His face softened completely. When he read 'Yunqi Yuan Sheng', he sighed with emotion and said, "This is called Taizu." "Reading to 'Tianlin Zhaomin'" sighed and said: "This is called Taizong. ”

Reading "The prison acts as a warning" sighed and said: "This is the first emperor." "To read" Nasmin is in the purest "Nasmin is pure" is to arch his hand and say: "How dare you be skin!" After speaking, he clapped his head and said: "Although this endowment is not relevant, the scale is very large, and it should be the champion." ”

The official family has decreed, what else is there to say about this?

So all the examiners saluted in unison and said, "Congratulations to the official family for being truly talented!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, looked at a few more copies, and said: "According to Zhao Qing's ranking, the volume of this '虭' font size is the first, the '磼' font is the second, and the "抶' font is the third." After all, he was an emperor who was looking forward to 'going up and down', and looked at Jiang Junlie who was embarrassed and said, "The later rankings are arranged according to Jiang Qing." ”

"Yes." The examiners responded in unison.

So he opened the test paper on the spot.

I saw that the first place was Mu to be asked.

This is not unexpected, although Mu asked the second place in the examination and failed to pass the test to the student Huang Qia, but he has always been the champion, and it is not surprising that he surpassed Huiyuan to win the first place.

The second place is really Huang Qia, which is not surprising.

But the third place Li Fengwu is really surprising, don't try the eighth place but the third place in the palace test, it is completely a dark horse.

On the side of the name of Li Fengwu, the Tanhualang has the word 'official', which means that there are officials, and according to the regulations, there are officials who are not allowed to be champions, in order to show the court's care for the commoners and the promotion of the champions of the poor family.

But just because you have an official doesn't mean you can't be a tanhualang.

Fourth place went to Qiu Wei.

Lu Zuqian, who had done well in the test before, was also among the top 1, the last train of the tenth place.

But this is not the final ranking, because there is also an interview for the top 10, also known as Xiao Chuanyu. (To be continued.) )