After the palace examination, the rankings are not announced immediately. After all, there are more than 300 candidates' papers to read, and the rankings always cause some debate. How can it be done on the spot?
Therefore, after the candidates finished the exam, they had already left the venue in order from the East Corner Gate under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites, and returned to their apartments to wait for the news. The examiners would then start to get busy and basically have to complete the examination within two or three days.
Then the top ten or so best papers were selected and submitted to the emperor for review - the emperor would not read all the more than three hundred papers.
The grade of the examiner is higher than that of the examiner, and the status is more prominent. Especially after the middle period of orthodoxy, this has become a common practice. For example, in the spring of Gengchen this year, the chief examiner Shen Shixing ranked only third in the cabinet, while
The palace examination examiner is personally led by the chief assistant Guo Pu, who leads the cabinet, including the five elders of the cabinet, the censor of Zuodu, the six ministers, the bachelor of Hanlin Academy, the bachelor of ministers, the bachelor of ministers, plus the general affairs envoy and other dignitaries in the capital.
Going into battle, no one is left behind but also serves as the file reader.
In addition, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites was appointed as the chief promotion officer, and two well-known supervisory censors were appointed as the supervisors and examiners. The rest of the officials were appointed by Hanlin Academy, Chunfang, Economic Affairs Bureau, Guangzhou, etc.
Officials from Lu Temple, Honglu Temple, Shangbaosi and Six Sections served as officials.
Of course, the marking cannot be done in the Zhongji Hall. Instead, the examiners will transfer the examination papers to the East Pavilion, where the examiners will mark the examination papers.
There is one more thing to say at this time, that is, during the palace examination, someone will record the appearance of the candidates in advance to prevent the top ten or dozens of tribute students selected by the examiner from being "too horrible to look at".
Looks.
But these things have nothing to do with Gao Pragmatic now. His guesses before the exam were very accurate. Zhu Yijun could see his handwriting at a glance, and he could be sure of his papers by casually looking at the text. But to be honest, he also
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun was so excited that he directly assigned him the top prize without looking at other test papers provided by the examiners, and even caused some trouble.
At the same time, the palace examination also stipulated that before the announcement of the gold medal, the examiner could not return to the court and could only stay in the Ministry of Rites.
Well, so if there was a big explosion in the Ministry of Rites in the past two nights, the entire Ming Dynasty would be paralyzed. Except for the emperor himself, all the senior officials of the court would probably die.
Gao pragmatically and other candidates came out of the palace. They first exchanged greetings and congratulated each other, and then met for a banquet. Speaking of eating and drinking every day, it was boring, but this was a necessary social interaction. Even Gao pragmatically couldn't avoid it today. He treated it as if he was with his classmates.
The relationship has been tightened, and the court is footing the bill anyway.
The next day, the examiners went from the Ministry of Rites to the East Pavilion to review the papers. After marking, they marked the papers with prescribed symbols to classify them into grades. They then took turns reading other people's papers. Because each table took turns to read each other's papers, this procedure was also called
Turn the table.
The final review is carried out by the chief reader, that is, Guo Pu personally counts the marks given by the readers, and other people join in to give their opinions. However, this "other person" currently only has four cabinet members.
The elder is qualified.
Generally speaking, more than half of the readers will give first-class or second-class marks to the top candidates; papers with mostly fourth- and fifth-class marks will usually be listed in the top three, unless the chief reader particularly likes them and forcibly promotes them.
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After the examination was completed, the top candidates were ranked first, second, and third. On the second day after the exam, all the examiners kowtowed and knelt in front of the emperor.
The papers for A and B were read in order. After listening and reading, the emperor wrote and decided the order of A and B.
However, this time was an exception. Since the first place was decided in advance, Guo Pu and other five bachelors only went in to send two people's advice. As expected, the emperor did not change the position of the first place, and gave the others
After the two of them sorted things out, they were done.
At this time, the officials who read the records all kowtowed and thanked them, and Zhu Yijun then gave them a banquet. After the banquet, each of them was given a certain amount of silver. This "amount" is really hard to come by. Each person only has about ten or twenty taels. Everyone.
You have to kowtow to express gratitude with a grateful look on your face.
On the third day, Gao Pangshi and other Chinese-style Jinshi scholars put on the Jinshi uniforms they had rushed to the Imperial College to pick up yesterday, and went to the palace again to prepare to see the results.
The Jinshi uniforms were bright red, but had no patches. They were all put on today, and more than three hundred people were neatly dressed and brand new, which was quite a spectacle. Following the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, they lined up one after another and stood facing the north.
If you can look down from the sky at this time, you will definitely see a stretch of red and gold among the gray buildings, which is completely different from other places.
If you can lower your gaze a little lower, you will find that it is a dark red palace wall and golden glazed tiles. This huge, neat, solemn, and magnificent building complex is completely different from the surroundings. Its name
Symbolizing the supreme imperial power: the Forbidden City.
Accompanied by the solemn ringing of the Jingyang Bell, the three main doors of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City and the two east-west Ye Men opened slowly at the same time. Two teams of Han generals wearing golden flying fish uniforms and holding halberds measuring one foot in hand marched forward.
Neat steps came out from the four door openings except the middle door facing each other, standing beside the five avenues paved with white marble.
Most of the new scholars were immersed in the shock of visiting the Forbidden City again and couldn't help themselves - the last time was an exam after all, and this time after the exam, they felt even deeper. The main entrance of the Forbidden City in front of them is located south of the central axis of the capital.
The section due north is called "Zi", and due south is called "Wu", so the gate in front of you is called the Meridian Gate! Its east, west and north three city platforms are connected and surround a square square. It is like being surrounded by three mountains and five peaks protruding, making it extremely majestic.
The three doorways on the front are extremely high and wide, and the middle one is eleven feet high, which is breathtaking. This doorway was the special door for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to enter and exit the forbidden palace. Anyone who breaks in without permission will be punished!
However, there are two exceptions. One is that the queen can enter once during her wedding; the other is that the top three, the second, and the top three in the imperial examination can walk out of this door once.
In other words, among the more than 300 new Jinshi scholars wearing identical Jinshi turbans and robes today, three of them will leave the imperial palace later and enjoy the highest honor in the lives of scholars all over the world. They will honor their ancestors and leave their names in history! This temptation
, no one can refuse.
After the deacons finished saluting in the Zhongji Hall, the officials of Honglu Temple invited the emperor to ascend to the palace. There was a great music performance, and the conductor led the way. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun, wore a leather bedding suit, and the royal guards arranged a guard of honor.
, as usual in the Dayue Hall, Honglu Temple set up a table in the east part of the hall, with a yellow list on it. All civil and military officials went to serve in the court.
So the emperor went to the Zhongji Hall to ascend his throne and stopped. The preface class held up the list and paid tribute in the hall. They bowed four times, and the announcer knelt down to announce the order. The emperor stood up, went out from the east gate to the east of Danbi, and stood facing the west.
At this time, the deacon held up the gold medal and placed it in Danbi's royal road, saying loudly: "There is a system!"
Both the Zanli and the Chinese Jinshi knelt down to listen to the reading of the text.
"The Emperor of Heaven has made a decree: On the 15th day of the third month of the seventh year of Gengchen in Wanli, he will test the world's tributes. The first one will be awarded a Jinshi title; the second one will be awarded a Jinshi background; the third one will be awarded a Jinshi origin... …
No. 1 Henan Xinzheng is highly pragmatic;
First and second place: Xiao Liangyou, Huguang and Hanyang;
The first and third place was written by Wang Ting of Huazhou, Shaanxi Province;
The second and first place was Dong Sicheng from Wucheng, Zhejiang;
Second place: Yingtian Wuxi Gu Xiancheng; second place;
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Second and fourth place: Zhang Taizheng of Puzhou, Shanxi;
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2nd, 13th, Zhang Jingxiu, Jingzhou, Huguang;
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Second place: Xiao Liangyu, Huguang Hanyang, No. 56;
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Second place: Zhang Maoxiu of Jingzhou, Huguang; 58th place;
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Third A, No. 135 Shaanxi Huazhou Wang Tingyu..."
After the prelude was sung, Gao Yongshi, who was standing at the top of Danbi, was led to kneel before leaving the class. Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan also came out alone, but they could only kneel behind Gao Yongshi.
This is what the so-called number one scholar "dominates"!
