Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 352 Review

The first ray of sunlight in the morning pours into the world through the sky, falls into the main hall through the Bagua window of Chengen Hall in Xiyuan, and casts a mysterious halo of the Bagua pattern. There are two people standing in the middle of the two poles of the Bagua pattern. One is wearing a dragon robe, and the other is wearing a gray gossip Taoist robe.

   "I have this dream, what is the explanation?" A voice came from the main hall asking.

  After listening to Emperor Jiajing's inquiry, Tao Zhongwen, who was wearing a gray gossip Taoist robe, bowed to Emperor Jiajing, then closed his eyes, stretched out his right hand from the Taoist robe, and flexed his five fingers to count.

   "One counts Kan and two counts Kun, three shocks and four Sun counts middle points, five points to the middle palace and six stems, seven to eight gens and nine to the door."

   Tao Zhongwen whispered while calculating.

   After about two minutes, Tao Zhongwen suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of joy on his face, he made a big gift to Emperor Jiajing, and happily announced the good news to Emperor Jiajing: "Minister, congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."

  Jiajing heard that the nervousness disappeared, stretched the muscles on his face, and then asked again: "Where does the joy come from?"

   "Xun Zhongying, Kan Zhongman, this is a sign of great auspiciousness and eternal solidarity." Tao Zhongwen stroked his white beard against the sun, and the sun hit him, making his aura of magic stick rise several levels at once.

  Jiajing was overjoyed when he heard the words.

"It's just, why did Taizu Gao, an old man, stand on a river bank full of green duckweed and look at me, without saying a word, and finally pointed at his feet before turning into a flying fairy?" Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed, but then He asked Tao Zhongwen with some doubts.

   "This is His Majesty's family matter, and the minister is an outsider, so it is inconvenient to comment."

  Tao Zhongwen looked at Emperor Jiajing and shook his head slightly, with a miraculous expression on his face that I knew well but couldn't say.

  This is His Majesty's family business!

  If Zhu Ping’an was present, he would definitely despise Tao Zhongwen’s behavior. I’ve already taken off my trousers, so why don’t you just tell me this? ! This old magic stick is too good at refusal. Emperor Jiajing had hallucinations after taking drugs. Who knows what it means. This old magic stick is too amazing. This is His Majesty's family business! Your ancestor appeared in your dream and communicated with you. This is your majesty's family business. It is difficult for an upright official to break up a family business, let alone your emperor's family. I know it all, but it is not convenient for me to say.

  Emperor Jiajing's thinking angle is obviously not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Jiajing nodded after hearing Tao Zhongwen's words, and after thinking for a while, he felt that what Tao Zhongwen said made sense. This is Emperor Taizu Gao, an old man who entrusted himself with dreams. Naturally, he would not entrust dreams to himself for no reason, it must be for us. It is more appropriate to say that it is a family matter rather than a state matter.

  How can the words of ancestors to descendants be conveyed through the mouths of others? Well, what Tao Zhongwen said makes sense.

  When Emperor Jiajing asked Tao Zhongwen about his dream, the South Gate of Xiyuan—the Yangde Gate outside the Zhilu, which was exclusive to the cabinet, Yan Song and other eight ministers appointed by Jiajing were reading papers in full swing.

Yan Song is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he is the minister who reads the first paper of this imperial examination. Apart from Yan Song, the other seven are also famous ministers in this dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, the scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the Zuo of the Inspectorate. Du Yushi, Minister of Dali Temple, Minister of Guanglu Temple, and the remaining one is a group assistant of the cabinet.

  Three days after the palace examination, they will be passed on to the public and the results will be released, and the time left for them to mark the papers is less than two days. There is no selection of people in the palace examination, but it is a lot of work to determine the ranking, especially the way the eight reading ministers of the palace examination determine their speed.

The marking of the palace examination is different from the general examination of the township examination. Yan Song and his eight reading ministers sit on a big table and need to review each palace examination paper in turn. Simply put, the first person reads the test paper and then passes it to the second person. , so that it is not completed until the eighth minister who reads the paper. Every minister who reads the test paper has to give a mark to the test paper. The test paper is divided into five grades. According to the convention, five symbols of "○", "△", "＼", "1" and "×" are used to represent the five grades. "○" is the best grade, "△" is next, and "×" is the lowest grade. Everyone has to mark the test paper with this symbol.

  Wait until the end, the more "○"s on the test paper, the better the test paper, and other symbols are also counted, and finally the rankings are compared. According to the usual practice, if the eight reading ministers mark the papers, if you want to get a 12A, you must get at least seven "○"s. Don't mention the No. 2 pick.

  The palace test papers for the 11th to 400th place they can decide their own rankings, the emperor doesn't care about it, the emperor doesn't have the energy to care about it.

The main task of Yan Song and his eight reading ministers is to select the ten best test papers with the most "○" in the test papers and present them to Emperor Jiajing, who will select the champion, second place, Come to Tanhua.

  Yan Song is very responsible. Every sealed test paper is given to him, and he tries his best to review it impartially! Except for two test papers! No, all the test papers were judged by Yan Song with all his heart and impartiality.

  Yan Song gave points based entirely on the quality of the test papers. He could figure out what Jiajing meant, and he could even tell whether the test papers were good or bad.

  Fonts, current affairs policies, etc. are all reference factors, but as long as there are insufficient improvements in the test papers, the highest score can only be "△"!

  Yan Song set an example, and the other seven grading ministers naturally did their best. They are all masters in this way, so it is not a problem to review the test papers.

  However, there are only two grading ministers who make an exception for the two-point test paper!

  One is the test paper containing the words "the husband and the officials are in harmony with the feelings of the top and bottom, and the country is also important. Respect the monarchy, select officials, classify officials, supervise officials, public rewards and punishments".

  The other test paper contains "The world is the public, the sages are unified, the destiny is up to the top, and the people's feelings are down to the bottom."

  In these two test papers, Yan Song gave the highest score "○", and five of the other seven reviewing ministers also gave the highest score "○".

  But there are two exceptions, one is the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the cabinet group assistant. The two of them gave "△" to the first test paper, but they gave the highest score "○" to the second test paper.

When Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites saw the words in the first test paper, "A husband and officials are in harmony with each other, and the country is important. Respect the power of the monarch, select officials, classify officials, supervise officials, and public rewards and punishments", he immediately thought about it. I don't want to give a "△". After finishing the review, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites passed it on to the Cabinet Qunfu for review, he pressed his hand twice without any trace, and then the Cabinet Qunfu nodded clearly and also gave a "△".

  The passage in the first test paper, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites remembered it so clearly that it was impossible to remember it wrongly. This sentence was written by the first person sitting on the east side of the palace test!

Radishes and green vegetables each have their own favorites. Reasonable errors are allowed in palace examination grading, but the score difference cannot be too large. What is within reasonable error means that the eight grading ministers cannot give more than three grades to the same test paper. That is to say, someone It is unreasonable to give first class, and someone gives second class, and you give them fourth or fifth class. Even if turnips and vegetables have their own preferences, you can choose vegetables, but you can’t eat meat, the difference is too obvious. If the difference is too big, you will be held accountable, and the responsibility is very heavy!

  The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet Qunfu are very scheming in scoring. Others give first-class, and we give second-class.

  In this way, only six "○"s were scored on the test paper that contained the words "a husband and an official govern with the affection of the superior and the subordinate, which is the most important thing in the country. Respect the monarchy, select officials, assign official positions, supervise officials, and public rewards and punishments".

  In addition, the test paper with the words "The world is the public, the sages are unified, the destiny above, and the people's feelings below." got a full eight "○".

  Only the top ten people will be sent to Emperor Jiajing's imperial examination to compete for the Enke champion this time, while the rest will have no chance.

   If you get six "○" and 2 "△" in the first test paper, if you get less than seven "○", you will basically miss the first and second grades, and it is much worse than the top ten in this palace exam. There are quite a few people who got 8 "○"s in this palace test, let alone 7 "○".

   Therefore, this test paper will not have the opportunity to be read by Emperor Jiajing! Don't even think about being the No. 2 pick! Don't even dream about it!

  The left servant of the Ministry of Rites looked at the grading symbols on the test paper and showed a satisfied smile.

   It’s 2016, and I wish all book friends a happy and prosperous 2016.

  (end of this chapter)