There are five grades of temple examination articles, which are replaced by five kinds of marks, namely: ○, △, , , 丨, and x.

For the top papers, more than half of the examiners must be judged as first or second class.

If more than half of the markers give the fourth or fifth class to this test paper, then the candidate can only be a third-class fellow jinshi.

Li Dongyang circled all three scrolls, shuffled the order at will, and handed them to Yang Tinghe next to him.

This move is called "changing the table", which is to let the markers of other tables continue to score.

The three circles painted by Li Dongyang are all covered with floating signs to cover them, so that other marking officers cannot see them, and they can only be disassembled when all the papers are finished.

Yang Tinghe casually swept it and recognized his son's answer sheet. It has nothing to do with the style and content of the text, just look at the handwriting, because the palace examination does not copy the Zhu scroll, and all of them are scored by the candidate's ink scroll.

Calligraphy is also a potential scoring item, and points will be deducted if the words are too poor, and points will be added if the writing is too good, and it doesn't matter if the writing is ordinary.

Whether it is from personal feelings or reading articles, Yang Tinghe has drawn a circle for his son. He will not deliberately avoid suspicion, obviously his son writes well, but he has to give a bad review, Yang Tinghe will definitely not be able to do it.

After reading Zou Shouyi's volume, Yang Tinghe also circled. As long as the top three in the test are written acceptably, he must make circles, so as not to show favoritism over the other.

Until he saw Wang Yuan's scroll, Yang Tinghe suddenly frowned.

This thing can't be evaluated at all, and no one writes about the palace exam like this. Yang Tinghe thought about it, but he was really uncertain, and because of his son, he didn't dare to judge the score too low, so he simply gave Wang Yuan a triangle, that is, the second class.

The volume was passed to Yang Yiqing, the real official of the ministry, and the score changed again.

Yang Shen's article is written in a colorful way, and it must be circled. Zou Shouyi's article was too vague to please Yang Yiqing, but it was indeed very level, so he gave a triangle.

And Wang Yuan's exposition on horse politics and tea and horse trade simply poked Yang Yiqing's heart. Reforming Ma Zheng is the most proud achievement of Yang Yiqing in his life, how can he not like it when Wang Yuan takes it out as an example?

In addition, Wang Yuan not only gave examples, but also discussed the loopholes that may be brought about by the commercialization of the tea and horse trade after the reform of the horse administration, and discussed how to fill the loopholes and prevent the collusion of officials and businessmen from exploiting loopholes.

Talent!

Yang Yiqing also thought about filling the loopholes, but the relevant interest groups were too strong to really implement many of his policies.

After reading Wang Yuan's volume, Yang Yiqing felt that there was someone to follow, so he directly gave a big circle.

The test paper was then passed to the cabinet minister Liang Chu, and this gentleman circled Yang Shen and Zou Shouyi. Also stuck in Wang Yuan's volume, read it several times, he clicked on the essay, and was sentenced to the third class.

The score of the cabinet minister Liu Zhong is different, drawing a circle for Yang Shen, a triangle for Zou Shouyi, and a point for Wang Yuan.

There are two days of marking time for the palace examination.

On the evening of the last day, candles were lit in the East Pavilion, and everyone tore open the float to count the results.

When he saw Li Dongyang draw circles for the top three in the test, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but curse the old fox.

Don't expect an old turtle in the political arena, what kind of iron-clad and upright gentleman, Li Dongyang is cunning and insidious.

In previous years, Li Dongyang's reputation was extremely bad, and it only suddenly improved after he brought down Liu Jin. In addition, he is in power, and the pickled dirty things he did before have become forbearance acting in order to get rid of the eunuchs.

As for promoting the younger generations in the past six months, in Yang Tinghe's view, it is not for the country to pull out talents, but to accumulate contacts for his descendants of Li Dongyang.

For example, in this case of fraud in the imperial examination, Li Dongyang handled it really well.

Ma Qing became an unlucky person in the engineering left to the matter, and became the scapegoat for all the examiners, but Jin Gui, who was directly responsible, did not have a.

If the matter of Wang Yuan and Jin Wei is carried down again, then Li Dongyang will be an iron shoulder to bear morality. Those officials who serve as examiners must accept Li Dongyang's feelings, including Wang Yangming.

What does Li Dongyang have to lose?

The black cauldron was carried by the unlucky egg Ma Qing, and the seat in the engineering left was vacated, just in time to replace Li Dongyang's henchman.

The losses are someone else's, the benefits are their own, and they can leave a better reputation and wider contacts before Zhishi!

Yang Tinghe's speculation is very dark, but it is not far from the truth.

But in Li Dongyang's view, this is a matter of public and private convenience, and while reaping benefits for himself, he can also promote talents for the country, so why not do it?

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It took about two hours for the results of the grading statistics to be released.

First place, Yang Shen, full score, fourteen "○".

Second place, Yu Ben (192nd place in the examination), 12 "○", 2 "△".

Third place, Zou Shouyi, eleven "○", three "△".

Wang Yuan ranked ninety-eighth, with three "○", two "△", four ",", four "丨", and one "x".

Yang Tinghe took Wang Yuan's answer sheet and said with emotion: "This person's paper is difficult to describe. ”

Yang Yiqing smiled: "I think there is something to say." ”

"Haha, be bold and dare to speak, this son can be the imperial history." Zhang Lun, the secretary of Dali Temple, said with a smile, he also gave Wang Yuan a circle. This gentleman was born as a speech official, served as a superintendent of the imperial history, and toured various places, and was famous all over the world for judging unjust cases, and he knew that many of the contents written by Wang Yuan were true.

What did Wang Yuan write?

When discussing the way of civil and military affairs, he said that in the pre-Qin era, there was no distinction between civil and military, and the prime ministers all dismounted to govern the people and manage the army, so there was a saying that "the soldiers and peasants are the same, and the civil and military are the same". He also took Guan Zhong as an example to expound the principle of promoting martial arts with literature and using martial arts to write literature.

Although the eternal avenue is the same, the specific environment is changing, so there is a difference between Wenzhi and Wuzhi.

In the chaotic world of great contention, it is necessary to rule by force, because the primary goal at this time is to strengthen the army. But at the same time, it is necessary to pay more attention to the merits of cultural governance.

Why can Ming Taizu win the world, his wisdom and martial arts are reflected in the aspect of cultural governance. Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, one is rich in the world, the other has many soldiers and a wide area, but they only know plunder, not production. Emperor Taizu can be defeated once, twice, and three times, and because the army has sufficient food, he can start again as many times as he loses.

And Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang seem to be powerful, but they have already hollowed out the people under their rule. After one defeat, their internal contradictions intensified, and after two or three defeats, they completely collapsed. This is the merit of Emperor Taizu's cultural rule.

What about now?

First, the system set by Emperor Taizu was ruined. What is the difference between the horse administration, the salt administration, and the tea administration, what is the health center system, and what is the official land system.

Second, the Ming Dynasty at this time was different from the beginning of the founding of the country. In the early years of the dynasty, the land was vast and sparsely populated, as long as the land was cultivated, everyone could live, and the people were rich and happy. One hundred and fifty years have passed, the population has multiplied, and the Ming Dynasty has become more populated and less landed, so a large number of displaced people have been born. In the event of a thief, these displaced people are a potential threat.

Third, eunuchs and corrupt officials exploit the people, and the people are miserable in the fish and meat township, and the rule of officials should be rectified.

Fourth, land annexation was the most serious problem, which resulted in the imperial court not being able to collect taxes and the peasants being burdened with heavy burdens. It is necessary to carry out a nationwide land inventory and reform the system of servitude, which can not only increase tax revenue, but also reduce the burden on peasants.

Fifth......

Wang Yuan said a lot of practical problems, some of them were heard from Wang Yangming, some were heard from Shen Fuxuan, some were known by consulting the caravan Qin on the way to the township test, and some were personally experienced by himself in the Qingzhai.

Wang Yuan even proposed to first pay taxes in kind, gradually change them to monetary taxes, and simply spread them into acres after achieving results.

In addition, Wang Yuan believes that employment should be increased so that displaced people can find a way to live. The first thing to be done is to reform the hukou system, allowing small traders to settle in their places of residence, and a single hukou reform can reduce the number of displaced people.

These are nothing, and the most frightening thing is that Wang Yuan proposed the implementation of a tax-sharing system. That is, some taxes should be listed as national taxes and others as local taxes, so that the household departments can be enriched and the central government will have money available at critical moments.

It's a pity that Hubu Shangshu didn't participate in the reading of the papers, otherwise Wang Yuan would definitely have to be given a big circle.

As a result, there was a huge disagreement, and Yang Yiqing and Zhang Lun felt that Wang Yuan had something to say, and especially appreciated Wang Yuan's volume.

And most of the examiners felt that Wang Yuan was too radical, and if he became an important minister, he would inevitably toss Daming enough. But in the end, it was a disadvantage, and there was some truth in it, so I gave a random rating of three or four.

was ranked ninety-eight, which is enough for our mighty general Mr. Zhu Shou to slowly find the volume.