Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 729 This is very embarrassing...

In any case, the emperor's decree had been made, and under Wynn's command, a group of eunuchs quickly set up nine tables lined up in the Wenhua Palace, and prepared brand new pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

The supervisor of ceremonies moved very quickly, and in less than a stick of incense, they sent the latest copied and sealed test papers into the hall one after another.

Not only that, but what surprised the elders was that all the papers were not sent directly to them, but were sent to the emperor's imperial case first.

Afterwards, the emperor first picked up the ink pen and wrote a number on each copy, and then the eunuchs sent the test papers to the corresponding desks.

After there were at least four or five test papers on each table, the emperor stopped the vermilion pen, looked up and said.

"You gentlemen have all passed the scientific examination. I won't say much about how to read the papers. There is only one requirement, and that is fairness and justice. As I just said, talents are judged by virtue, and they are ranked in order, and then presented to me. ,let's start."

Therefore, all the ministers present bowed their hands and said yes, and under the guidance of the eunuch, they took their seats one by one.

In the eyes of these veteran elders, the strategies and theories of these candidates can naturally be seen at a glance. However, this is after all a palace examination, the reading paper that determines the fate of these candidates.

Especially when the Son of Heaven obviously attached so much importance to it, the ministers were naturally cautious. Therefore, although the Son of Heaven said two hours, in fact, the examination papers lasted from noon to dusk.

After all, although the bosses can basically determine the order of these strategies at a glance, but looking at the current situation, in case the emperor randomly selects a few from them on a whim, they must be able to give a detailed reason for the judgment.

Twilight gradually rises, and the sky is already a brilliant cloud.

After the last test paper was delivered to Hu Wei's hands for reading, he finally raised his head, rubbed his sore eye sockets, rearranged the three optional papers in his hand, and put them on the top of the desk .

As the Son of Heaven said, although they were called here temporarily, all of them have experienced the imperial examination, and many of them have also participated in or presided over the imperial examination and palace examination, so they are all familiar with the road.

According to the rules, each examiner will select a test paper that he thinks is the best, and then list it in the top ten and submit it to the imperial court.

However, in actual operation, this method is flawed. After all, the standards of each examiner are slightly different, and it is not impossible that a large number of excellent test papers are allocated to the same person.

Therefore, completing the review of all the test papers is only the first step. Next, each test examiner will select the test papers that he has reviewed and believes that he can enter the first grade.

There is no limit to this number. Generally speaking, it is about three to five papers, and then these thirty to fifty papers are exchanged and reviewed again, and the number is finally reduced to about ten.

And the final ten copies will not be directly submitted to the imperial court, but will be handed over to all the examiners for re-examination, and will be placed in the final ten imperial examination list only after at least half of the people approve it.

In addition, during this process, if there are relatively large differences between the two examiners, for example, one of them insists that the article is excellent, while the other holds the opposite opinion, then this test paper will also be shared by all the examiners. review.

Under extremely special circumstances, the opinions of the ten examiners also differ greatly. Then, this special test paper will be listed out of the ten test papers and submitted to the imperial court separately, and the emperor himself will make a decision, etc. Second-rate.

Hu Wei is considered fast. He is an old man, so the evaluation is "slow". Perhaps there is a reason for this. The emperor did not have many test papers in his hands, so he was the first to finish.

Looking up and looking around, looking at Yu Qian, Wang Wen, Yu Shiyue and others who still have at least several backlogs on the case, Mr. Hu was satisfied, and couldn't help sighing.

This may be the so-called greater ability, greater responsibility...

The previous ten unlucky ones had already been lured by the eunuchs to stay in the side hall. Judging from this posture, they would not even think about stepping out of the palace gate until the new list of Jinshi was released.

Picking up the pastry at hand to replenish his strength and taking a bite, Hu Wei looked at the paper in front of him and began to think again.

This is probably since the Ming Dynasty, no, it should be the highest-level imperial examination paper in the history of the imperial examination.

Not only them, the Son of Heaven also stayed in the hall throughout the whole day, not leaving even a single step.

The whole court, from the emperor to the six ministers, the ministers of the seven ministers, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the second assistant, all put down all kinds of government affairs in their hands and shut them up in this Wenhua hall, ignoring everything. In order to review the test papers of these new subjects.

With this time, no one knows how many major court affairs have been dealt with.

Thinking like this, after another half an hour, the clouds in the sky gradually disappeared, and the night fell, and the lamps in the hall did not know when they were lit up. The injustice of a certain capable person who worked too hard was casted by the surname Shaobao, and finally finished reading With the last test paper in his hand, he took the eight papers he picked out and came to Mr. Hu who was already waiting and was about to doze off.

"Uncle Da Zong has been waiting for a long time. These are some test papers that Yu thinks are excellent in literary talent, Ci theory, and insights. Please look over them, Uncle Da Zong."

At this time, the first emperor had already started to review the memorials, regardless of what they were doing.

So, several elders gathered together, exchanged the test papers in each other's hands, sat down again and began to review again.

Because all the excellent test papers have been selected, it is much easier to review again, at least the basic quality is guaranteed.

The next thing these elders have to do is to really select the best from the best. Generally speaking, if they are judged to be the test papers that can become the number one scholar, the examiner will draw a circle mark at the beginning of the paper, and the flower hunter will be a triangle mark. , the rest of the second place is marked with a slash, and the second and third test papers also have different marking methods.

But at this point, the ones sent to everyone are basically marked with circles, triangles or slashes.

Moreover, according to the request of the Son of Heaven, the name and seal of the examiner were recorded under each mark, and so on, after repeated review, until the sky was completely dark and there was a brightly lit hall, finally The final ten test papers were selected.

"Your Majesty, after deliberation, this minister thinks that he can be selected as a top-notch candidate. Please take a look at it."

After tidying up the cluttered desk, and everyone groomed themselves, Hu Yi held the test paper that had been discussed by the ministers and submitted it to the imperial case.

Although it has been a long time, fortunately, the opinions of the people did not have much difference. Although some people have reservations about the views of some of the test papers, generally speaking, everyone still agrees with the ten test papers. The child's talent and knowledge.

As for the specific content tendency, there is no fixed rule, it can only be said that everyone has different opinions.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the ten papers that were freshly released in front of him, but he was not in a hurry to read the contents, but first read the list checked by the Supervisor of Rituals.

Sure enough, compared with the list selected last time, it is almost a big change...

(End of this chapter)