After the first examination papers have been received, the examiner will be busy identifying and transcribing them.
As night fell, lights were lit in the tribute courtyard.
The officials of the Seal Court hurriedly walked between the rooms holding papers in their hands.
The Gongyuan is so big that there are always places where the lights cannot shine. There are many Gongyuan ghost stories circulated in the legends of the Tang Dynasty, so it can't help but frighten the hearts of timid people, and they dare not walk around or look around casually.
However, the stories of Gongyuan that have been circulated are not just stories of gods and monsters repaying kindness and revenge. For example, when Ouyang Xiu was taking the provincial examination in the second year of Jiayou, he felt a man in red sitting behind him every time he read the examination paper.
When Ouyang Xiu thought this paper was very well written, the man in Zhu Yi nodded.
Therefore, it became the saying "Zhu Yi nodded".
According to the procedure of the provincial examination, after the candidates submit the paper, the organizer will first remove the hometown name from the beginning of the paper and replace it with the font size that the candidate requested before. Then it will be sent to the sealing institute, where the sealing officer will affix the name.
Afterwards, it was sent to the Transcript Academy by the official Mi Feng, who ordered the scribes to copy it, the capital official to proofread it, the various departments to provide accounts, and two internal servants to supervise it.
The transcribed paper will first be sent to the examiner outside for review, and then the examiner will write down his or her own rating on the paper.
After that, the evaluation grade written by the examiner is copied and presented to the three examiners. The examiner writes the grade according to his own opinion.
Finally, the detailed officer will use the grades written by the inspector and the examiner as a reference to check whether there are any errors. This will prevent the two officials from giving higher grades and lower grades.
If the reviewing officer and the examiner have different opinions, then if the detailed review officer agrees with the examiner's opinion, there is no need to read further, and the examiner's opinion will prevail. However, if the detailed review officer supports the reviewer's opinion, he will report it to the examiner. Examiner, then the Determination Officer will discuss with the examiner accordingly to determine the candidate’s final ranking.
At present, the most important thing in the imperial examination is poetry and prose. Nowadays, the second and third examinations of policy are promoted, but poetry and poetry are still used to decide whether to stay or not. The policy and essay are the old ghosts. That is to say, no matter how well written the policy essay is, the poems and poems will not be successful. Come back to the next subject.
Therefore, after the poems and poems paper for the first session was transcribed, it was immediately reviewed by the examiner. After the examiner finished reading and wrote down the grades, he had to submit them to the three examiners for review. The final judge also had to review the papers.
Because there is a three-level grading process, the grading time is very tight, and if the examining officer judges the wrong paper and it is discovered by the detailing officer, he will be punished.
Therefore, when the first batch of sealed papers from the Seal Institute were delivered to the inspector, ten inspectors were immediately woken up from their beds to review the papers.
As soon as the paper of poems and poems was received, these inspectors took the pen and scanned it line by line. Finally, they wrote their own comments on the side, and finally divided the grades.
The examiner and the determiner will also review the actual papers after passing the exam. If they agree, they will write down the rankings. Of course, the top ten in the provincial examination will be sent to the emperor for a detailed look before the results are released.
In short, these procedures one after another ensure the fairness of the provincial examination.
Therefore, Juren who was able to get five solutions and six solutions in the exam by relying on his connections always failed in the provincial exam. One reason is because the provincial exam is more difficult, and another reason is that it is more strict.
As pawns, the examiners have great responsibilities but little power. Each one of them reviews the papers with trepidation.
The inner screen officers work hard to make progress, while those on the outer screen cannot make mistakes, so they have no extra thoughts. However, these reviewers are also human beings. They will praise the good articles when they see them, and they will laugh and show disdain when they see the bad articles.
,ridicule.
I will also sigh because some good articles ended up in vain because of an inconspicuous place.
There are also times when I am not sure to ask others for their opinions.
At this time, an inspection officer named Niu had already revised hundreds of poems and poems, starting from the middle of the night until the sky turned white.
He worked hard at his own expense, but the transcription office continued to pile up papers beside him, forming a small mountain.
"How dare you use such poetry to embarrass someone."
The inspector Niu held a red pen in his right hand, pinched his nose with his left hand and made a disgusting expression, and then smiled and said: "But having said that, Old Niu, Old Niu, it would be great if the papers below were like this. Really
It saved me a lot of effort."
The cattle inspector took a sip of strong tea, walked aside and wiped his face.
As an examiner, what you are most afraid of is seeing a paper that looks good at first glance. If problems are discovered later, you will be in trouble.
The inspector drank tea, then lifted up his sleeves and started reviewing the next poem again.
The cattle inspection officer said with hazy eyes, Old Niu, Old Niu, you have to look at me carefully to make sure nothing goes wrong... Ha, a long yawn.
The inspector opened his eyes again and saw the words on the head of the poem: "A natural treasure, precious gold in time. It can be seen in the shape of a rong, and the use of leather is about to come. The shining spirit leaps into the furnace; vertically and horizontally"
The completed instrument should follow the heart of the wise craftsman.'
The cattle inspection officer suddenly woke up and thought, well, he should follow the wise craftsman's heart.
The Niu Dian inspector first introduced himself into the identity of the emperor or the prime minister of the dynasty. How did they react when they saw this sentence?
A good person should follow the heart of a wise craftsman.
This candidate has some skills.
In fact, for an essay of about 300 words, the first thing the examiner sees is the essay header. A powerful essay header can make the examiner look at the candidate several times and encourage him or her to continue reading.
The cattle inspection officer looked at the futou again and tasted it repeatedly: "Good, very good, excellent."
He took a look at the candidate's font name "Jiashen Bingyin" and remembered it in his heart.
“I don’t know how the following is going to go, so don’t fall short of your efforts.”
The cattle inspection officer continued to read with a straight face, but saw that it said, "Looking at the great progress, Manchusi is here..."
Okay, okay, the cattle inspection officer was already happy in his heart, and suddenly realized, well, it’s a pity that there is no wine, so we old cows had tea instead of wine.
A good article can only be tasted with wine (tea). A sip of wine can lead to an article, this is the best state of life.
Ha! This wine is strong enough.
The cattle inspection officer was in high spirits. His colleagues saw his expression and knew that he had read the article they liked. However, everyone was very busy and had no time to ask.
However, he saw that the cattle inspection officer had already stood up and was pacing around the room behind his chair like a cow chasing after its tail.
After a while, the cattle inspection officer suddenly said: "Yes, is it better to use this to restrain it?"
Inspector Niu Dian read for a while, repeatedly touched the case and said with a smile: "Happy, happy, whether the article is good or not is secondary, but to be able to take advantage of this unprecedented time, the person who can write such an article must have the spirit of a general.
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After speaking, the cattle inspection officer wrote his own comments at the end of the paper.
The examiner's ranking of the papers is six grades: "upper-upper, upper-middle, middle-upper, middle-lower, lower, and unreasonable".
It is generally not used in the upper examination. No matter how well written the paper is, it should be left to the examiner to choose. This is a tip that the examiner is protecting himself and does not take responsibility.
Therefore, the cattle inspection officer rated this paper as "above average", which was the last grade he could give.
Inspector Niu Dian wrote an analysis of the article before and finally wrote this sentence: "Look at his writing as the words of the Prime Minister, and see that his meaning is a tool of good appearance."
Finally, the cattle inspection officer pressed the seal for confirmation, and then the envelope was sealed again and sent into the inner curtain.
The cattle inspection officer watched the papers go and sat down again to grade them.