After the exams are over, the examinees can relax completely, and it is time for the examiners to be busy. Within two days after the examination, it was necessary to complete the review and evaluation of the papers of all 400 people, and the task was so heavy that it was obviously not something that the emperor could do alone. In fact, except for Emperor Taizu who once did such a stupid thing, the emperors behind him were all handed over to the people below to organize the reading of the papers...... At the beginning of the country, officials such as sacrificial wine and cultivation were used. However, after the orthodoxy, non-ruling ministers are not allowed to do so, and the authority to take it is in the cabinet...... As for the emperor himself, he is lazy and only looks at the top ten volumes recommended, and as for our Jiajing Emperor, it will never be an exception.

The minister of the palace examination, also known as the reading officer, is led by Zhang Zhi, a scholar of the cabinet university, with two scholars from the Ministry of Rites as the deputy, as well as a super luxurious lineup composed of six officials, including the bachelor of Hanlin and the priest of the country, and the six officials of the Zhan Mansion, including Zuo Chunfang, Right Chunfang, and Dr. Taichang, rested in the cabinet for one night, and gathered in the Ziguang Pavilion the next day to arrange a row of seats for the four hundred Junyan...... Before the reading began, as usual, everyone bowed to Confucius and swore a poisonous oath to the sky, and then according to the size of the official rank, they each returned to a row of long cases and sat down.

At this time, Lu Bing, the marking monitoring officer, personally took the roll box and opened it, took out a bundle of test papers, opened it, and handed it to Zhao Zhenji. Then Zhao Shangshu, according to the official position of the marking officer, distributed it to them one by one. When you have finished dividing it, take another bundle until you have finished dividing it.

After each grader finishes collecting the papers, they will start grading. After reading a copy, he handed it to the grader on the left-hand side. In the same way, when the person on the right hand finishes reading, he will also give him the paper, so that the nine markers can see the paper of each candidate. This kind of marking method is called 'turning the table', and it will only appear in the hall examination papers.

At the same time, each examiner has to write his or her surname on the paper he has read, but not his or her name...... Unless there is someone with the same surname, the official with a low official position has to write his name aggrieved...... After reading, you have to write the good and bad symbols. According to the regulations, the superior and inferior symbols are divided into five grades from high to low: that is, '〇', '△', ''│', 'Х'...... Of course, the tastes of each grader are different, and it is normal for different evaluations to appear, but the difference cannot be too big, for example, some of us draw circles and triangles in this paper, and some draw bars and crosses, which is definitely not possible, and will be raised by the monitoring officer and sent another minister to read the paper, in case the examiner 'has his own prejudices and has the disadvantages of his own hands', once he sits down, he will be punished.

But history has repeatedly proven that there are drawbacks in any system, and no matter how carefully designed, this method of grading is also the same...... Because of the fear of being punished, when the examiners mark the same paper, there will be a phenomenon of 'no point in the circle, no point in the point', that is to say, they only dare to be one grade worse than the previous one's evaluation, and they will not dare to do more.

Obviously, the opinion of the chief marking officer is very important, especially when it comes to smashing the test paper, which is almost deciding the surname...... If he had sentenced a file to death, he would have basically died.

After the nine marking officers have completed the 'table transfer', that is, after all the examination papers have been drawn with nine symbols, the chief marking officer will be in charge of the general examination and arrange the ranking, and the other marking officers, especially the two second seats, can also participate in the opinion. However, the rolls ranked first and second must be eight 'circles', and the rest will fall into the top three, and then the number of circles will be compared within each of them, and if the circles are the same, then the sharp, then the points, and so on...... This time, the chief grader is the university scholar Zhang Zhi, but for Shen Mo, it is not a good news, because the two sub-chairs already know what his frontispiece is, even if Zhang Zhi gives Shen Mo a circle, the two of them can also give a reasonable point, so that even if the next six people all draw circles, then he can only make up seven circles at most - and they are exactly what they do, so after the end of the marking, Shen Mo should be reduced to the top three with the Jinshi.

And because there are only the top twelve rolls, which will be presented to the emperor, he doesn't even have a chance to turn over.

Hurry up and hurry, and finally on the night of the seventeenth, all the four hundred examination papers were arranged, but they couldn't fill in the list, because they had to be sent to the imperial review, and the saint would appoint the three tripod armor, that is, the legendary champion list eye and tanhua.

Rubbing his sour waist, the tired Zhang Ge Lao said softly: "Taibao, two ministers, let's go to face the saint, Your Majesty is still waiting." The three of them nodded, and then gathered around Scholar Zhang, who was holding twelve exam papers, solemnly walked through the corridor illuminated by red lanterns, and went straight to Shengshou Palace.

The lights in Shengshou Palace were brilliant, and Emperor Jiajing really hadn't gone to bed yet, waiting for the exam papers to be sent.

When Chen Hongyu reported that several adults were coming, Emperor Jiajing sat up straight and said, "Get a basin of cold water, I want to sober up." Chen Hong hurriedly brought cold water from a copper basin, put a hand towel in it and soaked it, and presented it to the emperor with both hands. Emperor Jiajing didn't answer, pointed to the basin of water and said, "Bring it directly." ”

Chen Hong said with a small meaning: "Master, the spring water is cold and cold this night, and the slave is afraid of ......."

"What are you afraid of?" Emperor Jiajing said with a smile: "I have already achieved great success, and the cold and heat will not invade, are you still afraid of this little bit of spring water?" He really doesn't know hot and cold anymore, and all year round, regardless of cold or summer, he wears a cotton robe printed with dark red dragon patterns, and never adds or subtracts clothes, but saves trouble for the cloaking bureau.

According to the emperor's own words, it is because of the positive results of perennial cultivation and meditation, but in fact, it is the result of taking Tao Zhongwen's special 'Winter Dry Summer Cool Pill' all year round. The ministers around him knew this, but no one dared to say it, but they welcomed the emperor with words, which made the emperor extremely useful.

Therefore, Chen Hong said, 'I'm afraid that the master will be cold by the water', not really to stop it, but to give Emperor Jiajing a chance to show off and let the emperor be useful! This can basically be regarded as the highest level of sycophants - 'snow treading without a trace'. Therefore, the people who can blend in with the celebrant and serve by the emperor's side are all masters with their own unique skills, and there is no fuel-efficient lamp.

Sure enough, after showing off the results of his cultivation, Emperor Jiajing was very happy, washed his face, and said with a hundred times more energy: "Xuan! ”

"Your Honors, Saint Ann." This is not a court, there is no need to pay a big salute, the four ministers kowtowed, and the emperor asked Ping to say: "Get up, these three days are hard enough." ”

After Xie En got up, Zhang Zhi said: "Your Majesty's ......"

Jiajing raised his hand and said, "Chen Hong moved chairs for the adults, and then brought the rare black rice porridge boiled in the back, and served a bowl for me and the four adults, as well as the pickles sent by Yan Ge Lao, and also served some of them." ”

Chen Hong responded with a smile and went to the back to work, and several ministers were naturally grateful. After eating the fragrant porridge with pickles, Emperor Jiajing took the teacup and rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth, and said to his milk brother first: "Civilization, this time I will try, the palace will try you all the way, how do you feel?" ”

Lu Bing had already finished eating, got up and said with a smile on his face: "Weichen wants to congratulate the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, this spring festival is really auspicious!" ”

Although Emperor Jiajing likes 'Xiangrui', he also has to be clear and true, and it is not okay to fool him as a three-year-old child, so he smiled and said: "Nonsense, how can an exam have anything to do with Xiangrui?" ”

"This exam is a once-in-a-millennium experience! The name of this auspicious rui is 'Kuibi Ninghui'! Lu Bing said excitedly: "Although Weichen is from Wuju, he also knows that since the Sui and Tang Dynasties opened the branch to take the scholar, there has not been a scholar who has been in the middle of the six yuan!" But now that the Holy Monarch is in power, the three emperors of Derby, so the first scholar in the middle of the six yuan in a thousand years has come to me! As he spoke, he kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Only Wenkui Xingjun can achieve such an achievement, and only the Shengshi Shengjun can be assisted by Xingjun!" ”

As soon as he said this, Emperor Jiajing remembered that there was indeed a guy who was 'even in the middle of five yuan' in this exam, and he was also so excited that his bladder was distended, but he was the Ninety-Five Supreme, and he had to remain reserved at all times, so he smiled and said: "The champion hasn't been ordered yet, so he shouts 'six songs, six songs', and he is not afraid of scaring Xiangrui away......"

Lu Bing grinned and said: "Whoever is the champion is decided by His Majesty, can this auspicious rui run away?" "Their monarchs and ministers were happy to say there, but the two ministers behind them had black faces, especially Li Mo, he couldn't imagine that his students could fight against him, why is this? Why? Why?

Not to mention Li Shangshu, who was full of question marks, Emperor Jiajing began to browse the test papers with great interest, wanting to find out his 'auspicious rui', but he couldn't find the silent one after looking through the twelve test papers, so he couldn't help but pull down his face and said, "What's going on?" ”

Zhang Zhi was speechless, and Li Mo had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, these are the best twelve exam papers this time." ”

"Are you sure there's nothing missing?" Emperor Jiajing asked with a gloomy face: "Or are some people stubborn and suppressing candidates?!" ”

Zhao Zhenji was about to faint, he knew that the emperor was talking about himself, fortunately, he was an old guy who had been up and down for a long time, and he had already thought of a way to deal with it: "Your Majesty, the time for marking is limited, except for the articles with excellent fruits, the review of other volumes is indeed a little rough, if you want to be high in quality next time, you must extend the marking time." From this point of view, Xu Jie's transfer to the capital obviously had deep considerations.

(To be continued)