In Purple Light Pavilion, the morning sun shines through the sky and falls into this magnificent palace.

Three hundred brand new test papers were sent to the side hall of Ziguang Pavilion, and the approval of this palace examination kicked off.

The review system of palace examinations and the imperial examinations is different. Since there is only one policy topic and only three hundred test papers, it usually takes only one day to complete the review of this palace examination.

The test papers in the palace examination are not "transcribed", but they will be "shamed". Although theoretically, the examiner can identify the candidates through the handwriting of the candidates, there will be certain errors in it.

Thirteen paper marking officers sat down around the table that they pieced together. After reviewing a test paper, they would submit it to the paper marking officer on the right.

Similarly, after reviewing and scoring the test papers, the examiner on the right will also hand over the test papers to the examiner on the right. This review method is called "reversing tables".

The examiner wrote down his surname on the paper to mark it, and added five marks: "○", "△", "\\", "1", and "×" to score each. "○" is the best, "

×” is inferior, and it is divided into five levels.

In order to prevent the reviewer from suppressing or cheating, the ratings of the examiner are different, but it is not allowed to be too different.

For example, if "○" and "×" appear in the same paper, the examiner will take the paper. Once a certain document reading officer is found to have cracked down or cheated, the document reviewer will be severely punished.

However, there will be loopholes in any system. When the later reviewers review the papers, they will be careful to avoid major differences with the previous reviewers.

It is precisely because of this that the review of the palace examination showed that the phenomenon of "no circles, no point, no straightness" appeared, and everyone tacitly kept the differences within a controllable range.

Before reviewing the paper, Xu Jie led the documentary officers to worship Saint Confucius, and made a generous speech in public, then returned to the paper-piece table and sat down.

The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to the order of position. Xu Jie sat in the first place without hesitation, while Yuan Wei followed closely, followed by Wu Shan, Minister of Personnel and Yan Ne.

However, in terms of position arrangement this time, we do not simply sort by status and qualifications, but focus more on the identity of "cichen".

The fifth one is Dong Fen, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was born as a Ci minister. He has long been appointed as the Minister of Works, and now he is in charge of the Western Garden, so he deserves it.

The sixth position is Lin Yuran, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. His qualifications and status are naturally not enough. Thanks to him being the chief examiner of this examination, and the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites is the most orthodox minister, he is directly ranked in

Above others.

Following are Lei Li, Minister of Works, Yang Bo, Minister of War, Huang Guangsheng, Minister of Justice, Zhang Yongming, Censor of the Left Chief, Wang Daren, Minister of the Dali Temple, Zhang Shouzhi, and Liu Tiqian, Envoy of the Left Chief.

But no matter how they felt, Lin Xuran had already occupied a place in the court. Now Lin Xuran is ranked ahead of them because of the identity of the chief examiner of the examination, but according to the development of this situation, it is time and evening to really rank above them.

matter.

Even the Minister of War Yang Bo had to pay attention to Lin Qingran. His ceiling was the Minister of the Six Ministers, but this junior would definitely join the cabinet to be the prime minister.

"Mr. Lin, your test paper!"

The supervisor was Zhu Xiaoxi, the commander of the Jinyiwei. He took out the test papers from the wooden box. The test papers for this palace examination were divided into ten pieces, each of which was thirty pieces, and were sent to the ten reading officers present in turn.

Lin Shiran smiled friendly.

"Commander Zhu, I'm working hard!"

Lin Weiran also smiled and reached out to take the test paper handed over.

Zhu Xiaoxi and Lin Qingran have a friendship, but it is not suitable for communication here. They also nodded gently, and even distributed it to the Minister of Works Lei Li.

Lin Weiran opened the test paper and prepared to review it.

He was in a pretty good mood today, but when he opened the test paper, his brows frowned, but he looked up at Xu Jie, who was smiling on the head.

As the current emperor Jiajing becomes more obsessed with cultivating mysteries, this year's palace examination questions are directly handed over to the cabinet, and the questions for this palace examination are from Xu Jie.

A Tanhualang from the second year of Jiajing should have the corresponding level of the question, but the reality is not.

"On the gains and losses of the prosperous times under the rule of the Emperor Shengming!"

When Lin Weiran saw the test questions in this palace examination, he suddenly felt ten thousand grass niobium horses galloping by, and he wanted to kill this kind-hearted and cruel master Licorice Pavilion.

In the past palace examination questions, the emperor's insights were hundreds of words, but now it is a simple line of words. However, this question tests what kind of talent the candidates are, and it is clearly to find flattery from it.

Expert.

The Lord of the Holy and Intelligent Today? Is the prosperous era?

Xu Jie was so frank about how much conscience he could say. In order to please Jiajing, would he even blind his eyes? If it was really a prosperous era, he would not even be able to produce only 730,000 yuan, and the silver from Shuntian Mansion

Is it higher than the positive tax?

What made Lin Junran most angry was that the selection of talents under such questions would only allow his 300 disciples to "get the real and keep the fake". Focusing on talking about the "loss" of Jiajing's rule of the world would not get high scores.

, and those who sing hymns to the prosperous era of Jiajing will win high scores.

Lin Qingran worked hard to select 300 energetic candidates, in order to help him promote reforms, Xu Jie played this trick and let the candidates who were good at flattering articles run forward and snatch them.

With a good position, how can he take good care of this class of students?

He had been secretly happy to get 300 Jinshi students before, but Xu Jie played this trick for him, but it directly disrupted his wishful thinking.

In this court, there is indeed a ubiquitous battle. But I have to admit that Xu Jie was the most insidious politician in the Ming Dynasty. This trick was to feed him a handful of flies.

Xu Jie seemed to be unrelated to himself, and did not notice Lin Junran's hostile gaze, and had already begun to review the test paper.

cough!

It was at this moment that a cough suddenly came.

Lin Qingran followed the reputation, but when he saw his father-in-law's bad face, he had to accompany him with a smile and began to devote himself to this intense work.

Since these 300 were his disciples, there was no obvious bias in his heart. Even if they were to Mengzhao and Wang Shiju, they would treat Mengzhao equally and review each test paper fairly.

The number of readings of each person's 300 test papers is not easy. Even if the articles are experienced and experienced, many elderly officials will inevitably find it difficult to do so.

Lin Weiran was full of energy, but he had enough time to observe others.

He found that Yuan Wei had obviously lost weight a lot, his face was filled with unhealthy paleness, and the sound of coughing came from time to time. Lei Li next to him seemed to be affected by Yan Shifan's beheading, and he seemed a little unconscious, even

Once, he handed him the papers in turn.

Lin Weiran reached out to take the test paper and handed it back calmly.

Lei Li woke up like a dream, smiled gratefully at Lin Weiran, and immediately handed the reviewed test paper to Yang Bo's desk next to him.

Although Yang Bo gives people a strong feeling, he is also a real Jinshi and handles the matter of reviewing the test papers in the palace. At this moment, he is focusing on the test papers.

Dong Fen seemed to suddenly find a treasure and exclaimed proudly: "Haha... to respect sovereignty, to be a clerk, to be a clerk, to be a trustworthy reward and punishment, this article has the talent of the top scholar!"

The review work of the palace examination is not as strict as that of the provincial examination and the commemorative examination. Once a certain paper reading officer finds a good test paper, it can be shared in public.

As for the inspector Jinyiwei, Lu Bing would still have a certain intimidation, but Zhu Xiaoxi, the current commander of Jinyiwei, failed to win too much trust from the emperor.

Not to mention that the emperor did not attach importance to this palace examination, his current status is actually behind the cabinet minister, and he is not even as good as that of the quasi-geek Dongfen, so he naturally turned a blind eye.

Not only did Xu Jie not stop him, but instead seemed quite interested, he asked Dong Fen to pass the test paper and said, "Use Jun, I will take a look!"

"Master Yuanfu, please review it!" Dong Fen's face was filled with a bright smile, and he respectfully presented the test paper to Xu Jie.

Wu Shan couldn't help but frown slightly at the actions of the two, but in the end he did not choose to say anything.

Yuan Wei and Yan Ne saw it, and although they did not object, they did not join in the fun.

Xu Jie looked at the test paper carefully, and nodded slightly and said, "Hehe... it is indeed the best choice!" As he said that, he drew a "○" with a red stroke and handed it over to Yuan next to him.

Wei.

Dong Fen and Xu Jie were so respectful. Dali Temple Minister Zhang Shouzhi and Zuo Tongzheng Order Liu Tiqian couldn't help but exchanged glances and continued to review the papers in a pretentious manner.

The two bigwigs have already made such a statement, so the people below naturally know what to do.

Not everyone is afraid of these two people, but they don’t have to challenge these two big guys in such trivial matters. The special choice of who is the top scorer has nothing to do with them.

The top scorer has nothing to do with others, but it has a lot to do with Lin Weiran.

Everyone hopes that their subordinates are a group of capable ministers and officials, not a group of mediocre people. He does not want to end up in the predicament of Xu Jie. There are not many 300 disciples who presided over the 32nd year of Jiajing examination.

Can be of great use.

When Dong Fen handed over the test paper, he soon saw a series of "○" papers, knowing that this is what Dong Fen mentioned as the top scorer.

This is indeed a good flattery, and it praises the current prosperity throughout.

However, the words and sentences of this article are not too outstanding, and they are also average and top-notch in similar articles. If you insist on being the top scorer, then you are talking nonsense.

Although he has never been the first in literature, there is always a relatively fair standard. There is already a certain problem with this top scholar article praised by Dong Fen.

Lin Qingran was not a rookie who had just entered the officialdom in the past. He knew that there was a dirty thing behind this test paper. After thinking for a while, he did not choose to make things worse, but wrote "Lin △" on it.

Except for the Zuodu Censor Zhang Yongming and the Dali Temple Minister Zhang Shouzhi, who needed to distinguish them by name, the other eleven documentary reading officials only needed to write down their surnames.

Soon, all three hundred exams were reviewed.

The review work of this palace examination is obviously a little higher than before. Now it is just the time when dusk is coming, but there is still enough time to select the best ten test papers, and the emperor will decide the final ranking.

It is a coincidence that although there is no full-time excellence test paper in the entire circle, there are exactly ten candidates with twelve "○" and one "△".

"Haha... This is God's will, and we don't need to spend time selecting it. The top ten are here!" Xu Jie said with a smile when he saw the consequences of this situation.

Although Lin Shi had objections to the method he chose this time, he knew that all this was handled according to the rules, but he could only silently accept the not-so-good selection result.

Even if the first and third Jinshi selected were worse, he could only pinch his nose and recognize him.

According to the past practice, after selecting the top ten test papers, they still need to sort the top ten, and then hand them over to the emperor to make the final decision.

Although this sorting is not the final result, if it can be ranked first, its ranking will also improve accordingly, and even concern the final ownership of the top scorer.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Xu Jie immediately made a decision and said, "Then let's open Mifeng first, and then discuss the situation of the candidates!"

Facing Xu Jie's decision, everyone also looked at each other and nodded silently to agree.

As the topic fell, several impatient reading officers tear open the seal of the test paper one by one.

The names and hometowns of the ten test papers were revealed, namely: Chen Jingbang, Huazhou Prefecture of Fujian Province, Yi Zaiting, Suzhou Prefecture of Southern Zhili, Chen Dong, Nanchang Prefecture of Jiangxi Province, Song Nuo, Hejian Prefecture of Northern Zhili, and Zhou, Suzhou Prefecture of Southern Zhili.

Duo, Xu Yuan, Nanchang Prefecture of Jiangxi, Fan Yingqi, Huzhou Prefecture of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Tang Ximin, Chizhou Prefecture of Northern Zhili, Li Zihua, Jiaxing Prefecture of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Li Yidi, Gaozhou Prefecture of Guangdong.

If the test paper is in a dumb name, no one is sure which test paper belongs to whom, but now it has revealed its true face, but they have become a little selfish thought.

For example, Zhang Shouzhi, the minister of Dali Temple, hoped that Song Nuo, Hejian Prefecture in Northern Zhili, became the top scholar, while Huang Guangsheng, the minister of Justice, hoped that Chen Jingbang, the prefecture in Huazhou Prefecture in Fujian, and Lei Li, the minister of the Ministry of Works, hoped that Chen Dong, the prefecture in Nanchang Prefecture in Jiangxi, had already given birth to a certain extent.

private thoughts.

Xu Jie saw all this, but acted like a virtuous prime minister and said to the officials gently: "Everyone discusses it, should we sort it out like this?"

When the officials heard this, no one wanted to stand up rashly, nor did they want to express their truest thoughts in their hearts in a hurry, so they all wanted to wait and see what they changed.
Chapter completed!