The evaluation of the ranking of the imperial examination is divided into several steps.

The first is to look at the calligraphy, whether the volume is neat and tidy, and whether the font is good-looking. If you make a mistake and the paper is altered, then I'm sorry, no matter how good your writing is, it is impossible to be rated as superior, that is, you are not qualified to enter the temple examination.

The handwriting is well written, and the volume is neat. It's just the basics, the important thing is the content, if the content is not on topic, it will naturally not work.

This is the end of the basic role of the most basic grader. After passing these two rounds of selection, the rest of the papers are not up to them. It will be handed over to many bachelors from Hongwen Hall and Chongwen Hall to be evaluated together, similar to the voting system, and those who are recognized by more people will be ranked first, and the top 30 will be taken to enter the palace examination.

So, is there any greasy in this process? In fact, there is. The system of imperial examinations only appeared in the Sui Dynasty, and in the early Tang Dynasty, it was still in the 'barbaric period', and the system was not complete.

An obvious difference between the characteristics of the imperial examination in this period and the later Ming and Qing dynasties is that it still has the legacy of the probationary system. The door was not closed, and students were allowed to "go on their own", that is, to give their own articles to powerful people in the hope of being appreciated. This kind of thing happened throughout the Tang Dynasty, and more than a hundred years later, the great poet Li Bai also submitted his "resume" to He Zhizhang many times, and ate and drank in his house for many years.

Therefore, many children of the gate valve family, their relatives have served in the Ministry of Rites, and it is impossible to have no questions at all. There is also the fact that making a fuss on the exam papers, such as what words to use in the first few lines of the paper, should be a code, and the file should be mentioned accordingly when marking the paper, which all exists and cannot be eliminated.

But Li Mu is not afraid of this, because he is Li Mu. Who dares to deliberately lower the grade of his rolls, and the lack of feces at home will not be possible? Besides, his volume, the emperor is bound to read, with Li Shimin here, it is impossible to deliberately lower it.

After the exam papers leave the examination room, they will be 'named', and the invigilators are not qualified to mark the papers, and they are also ordered not to leave the Gongyuan until the results are released, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of the invigilator leaking the news.

Compared with the minor subjects, the evaluation of the Ming Jing and Jinshi is much stricter. After layers of selection, in the end, the thirty outstanding test papers were selected, sealed in a box, guarded by a team of forbidden military captains, and sent to the palace on horseback.

The imperial examination is a major national event, and Li Shimin is not good at it, but has gathered the three provinces and six ministries together, and now the internal affairs government seems to be a school of its own, and it is combined with the three provinces and six ministries, known as 'one government, three provinces and six ministries', and it is still in the front. Under normal circumstances, Li Mu should also be there, but he participated in the imperial examination this year, in order to avoid suspicion, Li Shimin did not summon him over, but called the eldest grandson Chong to audit, which can be regarded as giving face to the Internal Affairs Office.

"Let me see if this year's students can surprise me." Li Shimin tore off the seal with his own hands, opened the box, and took out the scroll from it. There is an order for these volumes, of course, this order is the order of suggestions given by the Confucians, and the final ranking is still determined by Li Shimin. But these people are already considered successful, and the thirty people who can be presented to Li Shimin's imperial tour are all 'Jinshi and No.', according to the rules, they are all eligible to participate in the selection of the Ministry of Officials, as long as they are not too bad, at least there is a seven-grade county order to do.

Li Shimin read a few copies and handed them to the eldest grandson Wuji and others to circulate, the three provinces and six departments ruled the world, and they also had the right to speak on the rankings of these candidates.

"This is Qin Huaidao's volume." Li Shimin finally saw a familiar name, and among the thirty people, the advice given by the great Confucian who read the papers ranked seventeenth. It's not high, but it's not the end, it's medium. Li Shimin read Qin Huaidao's answers, and the words of the scriptures were good, the ten major principles of the oral examination were all correct, and the evaluation of current affairs was also excellent, and the comprehensive Ming Jing ranked third. But his Jinshi results are not so conspicuous, the evaluation of the poem is medium, and the evaluation of Fu is also medium, and the two subjects are superimposed, and finally set at the seventeenth place, which can be regarded as fair.

Li Shimin originally wanted to use this as a handle and ridicule Li Mu for a few words. But he didn't seem to be able to ridicule anything, and he had also heard of Qin Huaidao's comments. Qin Qiong, the son, usually doesn't study well, fights on the street all day long, and the fight is not very good, he belongs to the 'military advisor' in the middle of the road, and the role of mouth. Under Li Mu's teaching, it is already very rare to achieve the top three results in the Ming Classics. If the rules of the previous year, the top three of the Ming Classics, all have the qualifications to take the champion, but this year's emphasis is on the results of the two subjects, his poetry is not brilliant, and he has been lowered to the rating, and there is no way to do it.

Continue to look down, there are fewer and fewer volumes left, Li Shimin is also a little worried, seeing that there are no Li Mu's scrolls here, could it be that he is really famous in Sun Shan?

There are only the last two volumes left, Li Shimin is a little nervous, if one of these two volumes is Li Mu, then Li Mu is the champion, even if he is not the first name suggested by the Confucians, Li Shimin will let him be the first name. But if there is no him in it, he will become the biggest joke of Zhenguan Dynasty, and even Li Shimin's face will be dull.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and tore open the paste.

Ma Zhou! It's not Li Mu!

is another person who has an impression of Li Shimin, last New Year, he once issued an order to let hundreds of officials write a book to discuss the gains and losses of the government. The performance of Chang He, the commander of the forbidden army, surprised Li Shimin, a reckless man who couldn't read a few words, could put forward more than ten reasonable suggestions, even if it was written by the master, it was impossible to have such a level. So, Li Shimin summoned Chang He, Chang He didn't dare to deceive, so he said that there was a doorman at home, called Ma Zhou, which was his suggestion.

This was the first time Li Shimin had heard of Ma Zhou's name, and since then he has paid attention to this person. Now that he sees Ma Zhou's name again, he is still in the second place on the list, Li Shimin can't help but be happy, it seems that this Ma Zhou is a person with real talent and real learning, and the court has another available talent.

The last volume, there is still a glimmer of hope, whether it is Li Mu or not-Li Shimin's heart is in his throat.

He pinched the corner of the paste paper and gently tore it open, revealing his surname, surnamed Li, that's right! Continue to tear, the second word, not herd! Li Shimin's heart suddenly cooled by half, his face changed, and he was all torn apart, not a two-word name at all, but a three-word name. Li Shimin didn't even want to look at it in an instant, three words, how could it be Li Mu?

Li Mu, Li Mu, you really disappointed me! You boasted about Haikou, now look at how you explain to me!