After the grading, the next step is the ranking.

The ranking is very good, and the test paper with the most "○" is the first place, and then it goes down in order.

This year's provincial examination is the fairest in the past, and the examiners are unwilling to repeat the mistake of last year's demotion of the Ministry of Rites.

Of the 28 test papers, none of them had the symbol "×" at the end of the grade.

But the problem also came out, there are two test papers with five "○s", that is, there are two full marks in the test paper.

So, which test paper to put on the top and present to the empress will have to be decided by King Wei, who presided over the palace examination on behalf of "me".

Because it was a palace test, and it was a very hurried decision, the place to read the papers was still Hanyuan Palace, but the place was moved to the side hall in the west.

Yao Chongzheng, the head of the household department, is still the head of the five examiners, and he has his own report.

Just glanced at the name of one of the test papers, Yao Chongzheng couldn't help but hesitate.

King Wei sat in the middle of the main seat, and saw Yao Chongzheng holding the test paper and getting up from the examination table of His Royal Highness's examiners, but he stood aside and was silent for a long time, he looked up from the bamboo slip book in front of the case, his phoenix eyes slanted, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

However, at a casual glance, it was still a sentence that was not salty or light, and Yao Chongzheng's heart couldn't help but tighten.

Although the King of Wei and the Empress are seventy percent similar, the age and gender of the two are very different, but for some reason, there is almost no difference between the feelings of facing the King of Wei and the Empress every time, not because the two look extremely similar, but more of an invisible pressure on people.

It can only be said that King Wei is worthy of being raised by the empress herself.

Thinking of the rumors about the King of Wei spread throughout Chang'an, but the empress still defended the King of Wei like that yesterday, it can be seen that the folk say that the next generation is quite reasonable, I think it should not be like the two princes to the King of Wei, the grandson of the emperor, not to mention that the King of Wei is not as incompetent as the two imperial uncles, Yao Chongzheng nodded secretly, and became more and more respectful to the King of Wei, and said: "King Wei, the score statistics have come out, but there are two test papers with the same score, which one should be ranked first, and the King of Wei is still invited to decide." ”

With that, Yao Chongzheng presented the two test papers in his hand on the bookcase in front of King Wei.

King Wei's eyes swept to the two test papers, and his phoenix eyes froze on the name of one of the test papers, and when he saw Yao Chongzheng's expression again, he already knew it in his heart, and he said: "I am just presiding over the temple examination on behalf of the saint, and I have no right to read the papers." And you are just looking at the test papers for the saint first, since the score cannot be sorted out which one is the first, the advantages and disadvantages of the two test papers are summarized, and the saint will decide. “

can do the position of the household servant, Yao Chongzheng is not an ordinary person.

As soon as he heard what King Wei said, he was startled and immediately reacted.

Yes, only the empress has the right to decide.

He almost involved himself and King Wei just now, and the original scruples in his heart were simply not worth mentioning compared to arrogance.

Yao Chongzheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and saw that King Wei was still sitting there as if nothing had happened, he calmed down, and replied as if nothing had happened: "These two essay papers, regardless of the content, opinion, choice of words and sentences, and calligraphy and handwriting, the five examiners of Naichen unanimously decided the best. ...... of them"

After a pause, he did not mention his name, but said: "One of them talked about history and the present, and used a large number of allusions, such as 'forgetting the fish' and 'forgetting the hoof' and other allusions are just right, and the most important thing is that the solution it gives can be used immediately in the imperial examination, which is very practical, but there is no novelty, it is a supplement and improvement in the existing policy examination." Another Juzi's essay is the opposite, with a novel concept, but if it is to be selected according to her method, the feasibility of implementation is still up for debate, but it is still quite implementable in theory. ”

In other words, it is a pragmatic and a novelty.

King Wei bowed his head and said, "Write down the comments of the two, and I will present them to the saint later." ”

Yao Chongzheng received the order, and after a while, the comment was written.

In this way, before noon, the twenty-eight examination papers of the first palace examination were presented by King Wei to the imperial case of Zichen Palace.

King Wei crossed his hand and said, "Sage, Yao Shilang and the other five ministers have finished grading, and the test papers are divided according to the merits of the five papers. ”

The empress sat behind the imperial case, glanced at the test paper on the case with phoenix eyes, and said with a smile: "Ayi, this is not the court, you call my grandmother." ”

King Wei raised his head, looked at the empress with a pair of identical phoenix eyes, and said, "Sage, although this is not a court, the sage is discussing political affairs with his ministers. ”

Listening to her grandson's reply, the empress shook her head helplessly, and no longer persuaded her, looked at the test papers on the imperial case, and saw the two test papers on the top one left and one right, one of which was exactly what she saw yesterday, thinking of the stunned appearance yesterday, the empress couldn't help but smile, "Ah Yi, although I haven't looked at other test papers yet, this test paper has already entered my eyes, but I didn't expect it to be in the forefront." However, if the list is announced in front of the temple two days later, you will inevitably be criticized. ”

King Wei knew that the empress and Yao Chongzheng meant the same thing, so he didn't say much and had a clear conscience, but said: "Sage, although the minister has thought about the way to mark the papers and avoid fraud, all the marking has not been done by the ministers. ”

The grandson who was raised by himself knows best what his personality is like.

Rao did not elaborate on King Wei, and she also understood what King Wei meant.

The empress stood up with her hand on the imperial case, and the palace maid bypassed the imperial case, and then brushed away the palace maid's support.

King Wei understood, and stepped forward to support the empress.

The empress took King Wei's hand and walked slowly to the outside of the Zichen Palace, looking at the dazzling sun at noon, the empress slightly glanced at the phoenix and said slowly: "Ayi, people are terrible. I have done too many things for the sake of the world, and I think it's all right. But in the middle of the night, I often dreamed that a hundred years later, the result of my hard work was infamy. ”

Speaking of this, the empress suddenly turned her head sideways, looked at King Wei and said, "Ah Yi, do you say that I am right or wrong, is it more merit than fault, or is it too much merit?" ”

Under the empress's sharp phoenix eyes, King Wei did not dodge, he looked back at the empress and said: "Sage, when the minister was seven years old, you told the minister that the world is the living of the capable, and there is no merit or wrong. ”

The empress didn't seem to expect King Wei to say this, she seemed to be stunned, her expression was a little trance, as if she was thinking about whether she had said it, but she didn't respond to this sentence, she looked at the warm sun in the air again, felt the comfort of the spring breeze, and after a while, she said: "Ah Yi, my courage seems to be not as big as before, but this world is already the country and the people, and it is the most powerful in all dynasties, so I don't need to make drastic reforms, what I can do for this world now is to make more pragmatic decrees, Let the world and future generations truly feel that I have benefited the people. ”

Hearing this, King Wei's phoenix eyes drooped slightly.

Two days later, in the early dynasty, it was self-evident who the first place in the first palace examination was.

King Wei's thin lips were slightly hooked.