After all, there are more than 300 candidates' papers to read, and the rankings always cause some controversy, where can they be completed on the spot?

Therefore, after the candidates finished the exam, they had left the East Corner Gate in order under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and returned to the apartment to wait for the news. The examiners, on the other hand, had to start getting busy, basically completing the grading within two or three days, and then selecting the top ten or so good papers and presenting them to the emperor - the emperor would not read all the more than 300 volumes.

The grade of the examiner is higher than that of the examiner, and the status is more prominent, especially after the middle of orthodoxy, which has become a common practice. For example, this year's Gengchen Chunyu, the main examination Shen Shixing is only ranked third in the cabinet, and the palace examination paper official is the first assistant Guo Pu personally in charge, leading the cabinet of the five cabinet elders, the left capital imperial history, six books, Hanlin Academy bachelors, attendant bachelors, attendant bachelors, plus the general political envoy and other dignitaries in Beijing are all on the battlefield, and one does not fall into the same position as a paper reading officer.

In addition, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites served as the chief promotion officer, and the two well-known supervising imperial historians served as the supervising and examining officers, and the rest of the officials who received the papers, sealed the seals, and palmed the scrolls were served by the officials of the Hanlin Academy, Chunfang, the Economic Bureau, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, Shangbao Division and the six sections.

Of course, it is not possible to mark the papers in the Middle Hall, but the examiners will transfer the test papers to the East Pavilion, where the examiners will mark the papers.

At this time, there is another thing to say, that is, at the time of the palace examination, someone will record the appearance of the candidates in advance, so as to avoid the appearance of the top ten or dozens of tribute students who were selected by the reading officer.

But these things have nothing to do with Gao Pragmatism now, his guess before the exam is very accurate, Zhu Yijun can see his handwriting at a glance, and then look at the text at will, you can affirm his volume. But to be honest, he didn't guess that Zhu Yijun was so excited that he directly set him the champion without reading the other test papers provided by the examiners, which even caused some turmoil.

At the same time, the palace examination also stipulated that before the announcement of the gold list, the official who read the paper could not return to the dynasty, and could only stay in the Ministry of Rites.

Well, so if there is a big explosion in the Ministry of Rites these two nights, the Ming court will be completely paralyzed, except for the emperor himself, it is estimated that all the high-ranking officials of the court will have to donate their lives.

Gao Pragmatic waited for the candidates to leave the palace, first greeted each other and congratulated them, and then met for a banquet - it is boring to eat and drink every day, but this is a necessary entertainment, even Gao Pragmatic can't avoid it today, he regarded it as getting closer to the same year, anyway, the court pays for it.

The next day, the examiners read the papers from the Ministry of Rites to the East Pavilion to read the papers, and after the papers, they were marked on the surface of the papers with the prescribed symbols to divide the grades, and then took turns to read the papers of others.

The final general check is served by the chief reading officer, that is, Guo Pu personally counts - count the marks given by the reading officials, and the others participate in the opinions, but this "other person" is now only qualified by the four cabinet elders.

Generally speaking, more than half of the examiners must be given first-class or second-class marks to those who are at the top; If there are many papers with the fourth and fifth grades, they will usually be listed in the top three, unless the chief reader personally likes it and forcibly promotes.

After the marking of the papers, the first, second, and third grades were arranged, and on the second day after the examination, all the examiners went to the emperor to kowtow and wait, and the cabinet scholars took the first and third examination papers to enter the examination. After listening and reading, the emperor personally set the order of the first and third places.

However, this time was an exception, because the first place was decided in advance, Guo Pu and other five scholars just went in to send two of them to ask. The emperor did not change the position of the first place unsurprisingly, and arranged the other two to finish the matter.

At this time, the officials all kowtowed to thank him, and Zhu Yijun then gave a banquet, and after the banquet, they each gave a certain amount of silver - this "several" is really unspeakable, and one person is only about ten or twenty taels, and everyone has to kowtow with a grateful look to thank him.

On the third day, Gao Shishi and other Chinese-style jinshi changed into the jinshi clothes that they had rushed to Guozijian to receive yesterday, and went to the palace again to prepare to see the list.

This Jinshi uniform is bright red, but there is no complement, this day all put on, more than 300 people neatly and newly, but it is also magnificent. Under the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they lined up in shifts and stood in the north direction.

If you look down from the sky, you will be able to see a stretch of red and gold in the gray building, which is not unlike any other place.

If you can look down a little more, you will find that it is a crimson palace wall and golden glazed tiles. This large, neat, stately, and palatial complex is completely distinguished from its surroundings, and its name symbolizes the supreme imperial power: the Forbidden City.

With the solemn Jingyang bell ringing, the three main gates of the Forbidden City's noon gate and the two east-west doors slowly opened at the same time. The two teams of Han generals wearing golden flying fish suits and holding a halberd with neat steps came out of the four openings except the middle gate, standing beside the five avenues paved with white marble.

Most of the new scholars are immersed in the shock of returning to the Forbidden City, and they can't help themselves - after all, the last time was an exam, and this time the exam is over, and they feel even deeper. The main gate of the Forbidden City in front of them is located in the southern section of the central axis of the capital, which is called "Zi" in the north and "noon" in the south, so the gate in front of them is called the Noon Gate! Its east, west and north sides are connected by three city platforms, surrounding a square square. It is like being surrounded by three mountains, and the five peaks are protruding, and the momentum is incomparably majestic.

The three doorways in front of it are extremely high and wide, and the middle one is 11 zhang high, which is breathtaking. This door opening is a special door for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to enter and exit the forbidden palace, and those who trespass are dead!

However, there are two exceptions, one is that the queen can enter once at the time of the wedding; The second is that the three champions in the palace examination, Bangyan, and Tanhua can walk out of this door once.

In other words, among the more than 300 new science and technology jinshi wearing exactly the same jinshi scarf clothes today, there will be three people who will leave the palace from the imperial road and enjoy the highest honor in the life of the world's scholars. No one can refuse this temptation.

The deacons finished saluting in the Zhongji Hall, and the officials of Honglu Temple invited the emperor to ascend to the palace. A musical masterpiece, the pilot leads, the great tomorrow Zhu Yijun is wearing a leather suit, the brocade guard is furnished with a guard of honor, the teaching workshop is set up in the middle and Shao music, and the great music is in the hall as usual, and the Honglu Temple is set up in the east of the hall, and the yellow list is placed on the top. The civil and military officials each wore a court service class.

So the emperor ascended to the middle pole hall and was happy. The prelude is presented in the temple and praised. Raise people to bow four times, pass on the system official kneel to play the system, raise people to stand, from the east gate to the east of the Dan Majesty, facing the west and stand.

At this time, the deacon raised the gold list to the Dan Majesty Imperial Road and said in a loud voice: "There is a system! ”

Both the zanli and the Chinese jinshi knelt down to listen to the text being read.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and said: On March 15, the seventh year of Wanli Gengchen, the tributary of the world, the first and first place were given to the Jinshi and the first; The second class was born as a jinshi; The third class was born with the same jinshi......

The first place, Henan Xinzheng is pragmatic;

The first and second place: Huguang, Hanyang, Xiao Liangyou;

The first and third place is written by Wang Ting, Huazhou, Shaanxi;

second and first place: Zhejiang Wucheng Dong Sicheng;

second place: Yingtian, Wuxi, Gu Xiancheng;

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the second and fourth place, Shanxi Puzhou, Zhang Taizheng;

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the second and thirteenth Huguang Jingzhou Zhang Jingxiu;

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the second and 56th Huguang, Hanyang, Xiao Liangyu;

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the second and 58th Huguang Jingzhou Zhang Maoxiu;

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The third and 135th Shaanxi Huazhou Wang Ting ......"

After the prelude was sung, Gao Pragmatic, who was already standing at the head of Dan Majesty, knelt before leaving the class, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingshu also came out alone, but they could only kneel behind Gao Pragmatic.

This so-called champion Lang "dominates" is also!