Two to three days after the court examinations, it was the day to mark the papers.
The marking of the court examination was done by eight marking officers appointed by the emperor. Each of them had a table and took turns to read the papers. Each of them was marked with five kinds of marks: "0","Delta","","1", and "×". The one with the most "0" was the best paper.
Then, from all the papers, the ten with the most were selected and presented to the emperor. The emperor personally approved the first, second, and third place of the first batch, which were the top scorer, second runner-up, and the top scorer.
Having learned the lesson of not appointing the right person last time, the eight examiners of the Great Qian Sect this time were all scholars in the three halls and three pavilions.
Phoenix Feather followed the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, but made a series of reforms on the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty. Power was also dispersed to a certain extent. The Grand Secretary was equivalent to the secretary beside the Emperor. The task of the Reading Grand Secretary was to assist the Grand Secretary and rank in the first rank.
In the grading room, eight white-haired old men dressed in first-grade official robes were busy.
It would take fifteen minutes to mark the examination papers of three hundred examinees.
Even if he didn't sleep or rest, he wouldn't be able to finish three hundred exam papers even if he worked for three days and three nights.
"Eh?"
One of them, a skinny old man with a red face, picked up a new exam paper after circulating the previous one. He habitually looked at the name of the examinee. When he saw the name "He Kun", he immediately let out a cry of surprise.
Recently,"He Kun" had been in the limelight in the Imperial Capital. First, he had composed several famous poems at the Spring Breeze Courtyard's number one prostitute in Jiangnan, Chen Yuanyuan. He had even composed a poem in three steps, defeating the other scholars from Shanxi, Guangdong, and Jiangnan. He had won the opportunity to spend a night with Chen Yuanyuan.
After that, he wrote three stunning and beautiful poems on the exam paper, shocking the entire capital.
Especially that "Mobei Ci", even he couldn't help but praise it endlessly, calling it the first frontier fortress poem since ancient times.
Other than that, He Kun's personal experiences were also extremely legendary.
Rumor had it that Chen Yuanyuan was originally the Minister of War's target, Nalan Zhuming. Unfortunately, He Kun had accidentally ruined the plan, so Nalan Zhuming had ordered his son to teach He Kun a lesson. However, his son, Nalan Kuifang, had bad luck and broke his leg.
After Nalan Zhuming's first plan failed, he came up with another plan. He made a deal with Li Hanhai, the president of the imperial court's imperial examinations, to make He Kun fail in the imperial examinations.
Unfortunately, the Emperor finally saw He Kun's exam papers and felt that He Kun was talented and had the qualifications to take the Huiyuan exam. When he found out that Li Hanhai had bent the law for personal gain, he immediately flew into a rage and beheaded Li Hanhai and the other two vice presidents.
"Lord Bao, what did you see? You seem surprised?"
Hearing the old man's surprised voice, another fat and plump scholar sitting beside the scholar surnamed Bao looked at the old man and said.
"Nothing? He only saw He Kun's test paper.”
The Grand Scholar Bao replied.
"He Kun's exam papers?"
There were three or four of the Attendant Scholars who were originally at their respective tables marking the exam papers. Upon hearing this, they immediately put down their official duties and leaned over to the Attendant Scholar Bao.
The remaining two sped up the grading of the examination papers in their hands. After they finished grading the examination papers in their hands, they immediately rushed over.
It couldn't be helped. He Kun's reputation was so great now.
Although the Grand Scholars were all high officials, they were also scholars.
They all felt that He Kun's famous poem," Ci of Mobei," was extremely well written. Even the other Grand Scholars who were sitting there had publicly praised He Kun's " Ci of Mobei " at their banquet.
Therefore, He Kun's examination paper was right in front of them. How could they not be shocked?
"Let's see how He Kun answers the court examination questions set by His Majesty. Don't disappoint us.”
A scholar from a high clan asked curiously.
"That's right!"
"Not bad."
"I hope Hekun won't disappoint us.”
Under the accompaniment of these scholars, the eight examiners looked at He Kun's answer sheet.
The Grand Secretary Bao, who was seated at the front, was the first to look at He Kun's paper.
After looking at it for a moment, the Grand Secretary Bao exclaimed,""Stop the war with business! He didn't expect such a wonderful idea to exist in this world.”
"Wait! Old Bao, what do you mean by using business to stop war? Let me see?”
"Don't push. Let me see, let me see.”
"I'll finish reading it first before everyone else."
"Why do you have to finish reading it before you let us see it?”
……
In an instant, the entire classroom that marked the exam papers was like a wet market, bustling with noise.
A few white-haired, old scholars were huffing and puffing in the classroom, pushing and shoving each other.
If the court officials outside were to know that these officials, who had already reached the peak of their positions, were actually pushing and shoving each other like a few naughty children for the sake of an examinee's answer sheet, who knew how shocked they would be.
There was only one answer sheet. If it was torn because of their dispute, it would be troublesome.
Therefore, the eight attendants, who were the examiners, finally reached a compromise. They suggested that the scholar surnamed Bao read first, and the rest of the examiners would follow the order they had just come in.# Date:09 30 2019 6:29PM
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]