Chapter 281： Honesty

Chapter 281 Honesty and distraction

During Zhu Pingan's second exam, the examiners also became busy. ⊙,

In fact, after the first exam, at five or six o'clock in the afternoon of the second day, the first batch of one hundred sealed exam scrolls had been delivered to the examiners, and then another five More than a thousand copies will try Zhujuan. On the seal of the Zhujuan, there are different words "South", "North" and "Middle".

South, North, Middle, these three different words indicate the source of the test paper, in simple terms, it is the place of origin of the candidates. The quality of examinees in the Ming Dynasty was different. The candidates in the south probably had the strongest imperial examination ability, while the candidates in the north had poorer ability in the imperial examination. If there is no distinction between the places of origin of the students in the north and the south, it is very likely that all the tributes admitted this year were from the south. For the sake of fairness and to take care of the students from the north, the Ming Dynasty deliberately created the system of origin of middle school students from the north and the south. The admission ratio is roughly 55% from the south, 35% from the north, and 10% from the middle school.

While Zhu Ping'an and the others were taking the second exam, the examiners had already started marking the papers.

The place where the examiners mark the test papers is in the "Zhigongtang" of Shuntian Gongyuan. The Zhigongtang is behind the Mingyuan Building, with outer curtains on the east and west sides. Behind the Zhigongtang is the inner curtain, where the examiner lives, and the examiner's office is also here, and the examination papers are naturally also here.

In order to remind the examiners of the Zhigong Hall to be impartial and responsible, a pair of couplets was hung outside the Zhigong Hall, highlighting the difficulty of the examinees, and warning the examiners to use their right to mark the papers in their hands, to truly select talents for the country, and not to bend the law for personal gain .

"Three years of hard work have come here, and people have the heart of selling. If they are not upright, those who raise them will be happy, and those who make mistakes will not be without complaints, and complaints will be slandered;"

"I hope to sit in the temple all my life, and be good at the knowledge of the empty group, but be extremely cautious. Those who win will soon die, and those who lose will have no shame, and the shame will disappear."

In the Zhigong Hall, after the Zhu Juan of the first round arrived, the chief examiner Xu Jie and the deputy chief examiner Yan Maoqing led the eight fellow examiners. When they arrived under the portrait of Confucius in the inner curtain lobby of Zhigong Hall, Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing each burned three sticks of incense, went forward and put them in the incense burner under the portrait of Confucius, and then led the examiners to kneel three times and knock nine times under the statue of Confucius Great gift, this has been a tradition before marking papers over the years.

Xu Jie was at the front, followed by Yan Maoqing, and the other examiners were arranged according to their positions.

"Selecting scholars for the sake of the country and the country, not showing favoritism, not accepting entrustments, not accepting bribes - if you have this heart, the gods will die together."

Xu Jie and all the examiners stood under the portrait of Confucius, faced the portrait of Confucius, and made an oath to the sage of Confucius. These words are fixed, and they are all recorded in the Ming Dynasty Ceremony, and they just proceeded step by step. After the oath was completed, Xu Jie led the examiners to the inner curtain, and the rest of the procedures were handed over to other people to complete, such as burning incense, paying tribute, and so on. Others followed the usual practice.

After the pre-grading procedure is completed, the lottery will start. First, the chief examiner Xu Jie and the deputy chief examiner Yan Maoqing will draw lots, the chief examiner will draw the room lottery, and the deputy chief examiner will draw lottery for the test papers. Room approval.

The examiners distributed the Zhujuan by lottery. Each examiner divided more than 500 Zhujuan, all of which contained different areas of "South", "North" and "Central". The three kinds of test papers were divided according to the admission ratio. When applying for admission, the test papers should also be recommended according to the proportion, 55% in the south, 35% in the north, and 10% in the middle.

"Everyone, even if I don't say it, everyone should know the importance of this exam. The Holy Majesty attaches great importance to this exam, and everyone must be aware of it. The green words in the second round are His Majesty's will. So, just now, I vowed to take my mind off."

Xu Jie said as he glanced at the examiners one by one. Xu Jie, a good old man who always had a smile, was rarely serious at the moment.

"Otherwise, be careful of your wealth and lives! Your Majesty has no tolerance for sand! Don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes! Well, I believe that you are all fair people, so let's start recommending papers."

Xu Jie finished speaking. He waved his hand, signaling the official start of the test marking.

The grading of the general examination is the same as that of the township examination. They are recommended by the same examiner, and the chief examiner decides whether to stay or not. The same examiners first circle the papers they think are good, and recommend the papers to the deputy chief examiner. After getting the recommended papers, they will go to the deputy chief examiner. The deputy chief examiner will mark the papers, and then the chief examiner will mark the papers. If the test paper is not recommended, the examiner needs to write a comment on the test paper, and write out the reason why he did not get the recommended paper. Similarly, if you recommend papers, the examiner should also write down the reasons for recommending papers. In addition to the recommendation paper, there is another kind called high recommendation, which means that after the same examiner marks the test paper, he is astonished and feels that the test paper is too good, so he will recommend it to the deputy chief examiner.

After getting the recommended papers for the test papers, it does not mean that you will be admitted. There are also two tests by the deputy examiner and the chief examiner. After recommending the test paper, the test paper goes to the deputy chief examiner. If the deputy chief examiner feels that the test paper is well written, he will write the word "take" on the test paper, and then hand in the test paper with the word "take". To the examiner, if the examiner is also satisfied, he will write a word "中" on the test paper, and the two examiners together will be the word "选中". When a test paper arrives at this time, you can congratulate the high school .

The exam marking time is only about 12 days. In this short period of 12 days, each examiner has to read more than 500 papers. The total number of papers scored in the three rounds is nearly 1,500. In such a short period of time, it is almost impossible to read all the papers for each session. Therefore, it gradually formed the meaning of only paying attention to the first test paper, that is, the "four books" that every candidate must write, and did not pay too much attention to the answer papers of other sessions.

Of course, this test is an exception, and they have to pay more attention to the second test paper, because this test paper has the Qingci questions written by Emperor Jiajing.

While the examiners were busy reviewing the first test paper, the second test was over. This will be the last exam left.

The test questions of this last exam were issued under the expectant eyes of all the candidates, and the nightly prayers of the candidates were not in vain. At last, this last exam was not as messy as the second exam. This exam The test is the same as before, and it is also a test of the five principles of classics, history and policy.

The five exam questions in this exam are also quite satisfactory, and there is nothing that makes people feel that there is anything abnormal. Candidates who have worked so hard to conceive green words can finally breathe a sigh of relief and start answering questions step by step.

Zhu Ping'an is the same, the only difference is that he has one more mask than other candidates, and of course he has a historical understanding that surpasses them for hundreds of years, which is very helpful for the economics and history policy questions. If you stand tall, you will naturally see far; if you see far, you will naturally have an advantage.

When Zhu Ping'an was trying to take the last exam, three large ships came to Tianjin Port, which is mainly used for water transportation and commerce, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

"Miss, where is this place? Why are there so many boats? Wow, that boat is so big!"

A little girl with buns appeared on the pavilion of the big ship, looking at the ships that were several miles away in front of Tianjin Port, pouted in surprise.

"It's rare, it's strange, it's a sea ship, this is Tianjin Wei, and all the ships from all over the country to the capital pass through here." On the high pavilion of the big boat pavilion, a beautiful girl appeared again, holding a book, lying on the steamed stuffed bun. The little maid tapped lightly on her forehead and said coquettishly.

"Tianjin, isn't that about to go to the capital? Miss, I don't know if my uncle has finished the exam." Baozi's little maid covered her forehead with her hand, her big round eyes sparkled.

"Who has time to take care of that toad."

The beautiful girl pursed her cherry lips and said angrily, then closed the scroll with her slender hands, and walked down the pavilion.

In the scroll, a small corner of a well-collected Evans Spring Talisman appeared.

(end of this chapter)