Chapter 352 Review
The first ray of sunshine in the morning pours through the sky into the world, falls into the main hall through the Bagua window of Chengen Hall in Xiyuan, and casts a mysterious Bagua pattern halo. Two people stand in the middle of the two poles of the pattern, one wearing a dragon robe and the other wearing a gray Bagua Taoist robe.
"What is the explanation for this dream of mine?" A question came from the hall.
After listening to Emperor Jiajing's inquiry, Tao Zhongwen, who was wearing a gray and white Bagua Taoist robe, saluted to Emperor Jiajing, then closed his eyes, stretched out his right hand from the Taoist robe, and started counting with his five fingers.
“One counts the hurdles, two counts the kuns, three earthquakes and four sundas count the middle divisions, five mails the middle palace and six stems are, seven pairs eight gens and nine leaves the door.”
Tao Zhongwen muttered softly while calculating.
About two minutes later, Tao Zhongwen suddenly opened his eyes, with a joyful look on his face, and saluted Emperor Jiajing, and happily announced the good news to Emperor Jiajing: "My lord, congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."
Jiajing’s nervousness disappeared after hearing this and relaxed. He felt the muscles on his face, and then asked: "Where does the joy come from?"
"The Ying in the Sunda, the full in the ridge, this is a sign of good fortune and good fortune, and the country is eternal." Tao Zhongwen stroked himself in the sunshine. With his pure white beard and the sunlight hitting him, his aura of a magic stick suddenly rose to several levels.
Jiajing was overjoyed when he heard this.
"It's just that why did Emperor Taizu Gao stand on a river bank full of green duckweeds and look at me without saying a word, and finally pointed at his feet and turned into a flying fairy and flew away?" Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed, but then he He asked Tao Zhongwen with some doubts.
"This is your Majesty's family matter. I am an outsider and it is not appropriate for me to comment."
Tao Zhongwen looked at Emperor Jiajing and shook his head slightly, with a look on his face that I already knew but could not say. Awesome expression.
This is His Majesty’s family matter!
If Zhu Ping'an were at the scene, he would definitely despise Tao Zhongwen's behavior. I have even taken off my pants, and you are telling me this? ! This old magic stick is also very good at refusing. Emperor Jiajing took drugs and had hallucinations. Who knows what it means. This old magic stick's move is so amazing. This is His Majesty’s family matter! Your ancestors appeared in your dreams and communicated with you. This is your majesty's family matter. It is difficult for an upright official to deal with family matters, let alone your emperor's family. I know it, but it is not convenient for me to say.
Emperor Jiajing's perspective on the problem was obviously not comparable to that of ordinary people.
After listening to Tao Zhongwen's words, Jiajing nodded and thought for a moment. He felt that what Tao Zhongwen said made sense. This was Emperor Taizu Gao who entrusted him with a dream. Naturally, his old man would not entrust a dream to him for no reason. It must be related to the country and the country of our old Zhu family. This is more appropriate to say it is a family matter than a state matter.
How can the words of ancestors to their descendants be conveyed through other people’s mouths? Well, what Tao Zhongwen said makes sense.
When Emperor Jiajing inquired about his dream from Tao Zhongwen, in the Zhilu dedicated to the cabinet outside the South Gate of Xiyuan-Yangde Gate, Yan Song and other eight ministers appointed by Jiajing were busy studying. Under marking.
Yan Song is the chief minister of the cabinet and the first minister to read the examination papers. In addition to Yan Song, the other seven are also famous ministers of the dynasty, including the Minister of Personnel, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and the Imperial Academy. He is a bachelor, the censor of Zuodu of the Supervisory Yuan, the minister of Dali Temple, the minister of Guanglu Temple, and the remaining one is the group assistant of the cabinet.
The results will be announced three days after the palace examination, leaving them with less than two days to mark the results. There is no admission test in the palace examination, but it is a lot of work to determine the ranking, especially because the way the eight examination ministers grade the papers determines how fast they can be.
The grading of the imperial examination papers is different from that of the provincial examinations. Yan Song and his eight ministers sat at a big table and needed to review each palace examination paper in turn. To put it simply, the first person to review the examination paper after reading it. Then it is passed to the second person, and it is not completed until the eighth minister who reads the paper. Each minister who reads the test paper must score the test paper. The scoring of the test paper is divided into five levels. According to convention, five symbols are used to represent the five levels: "○", "△", "＼", "1", and "×". "○" is the first and best, "△" is the second, and "×" is the lowest grade. Everyone must use this notation to grade the test paper.
At the end, the more "○" on the test paper, the better the test paper is. All other symbols are also counted, and the ranking is finally determined by comparison. According to convention, the eight test-reading ministers will grade the papers. If you want to get first or second place, you must get at least seven "○"s. If the test paper scores less than seven "○"s, you will basically miss the first or second place. What's more, Don't mention the No. 1 pick and the No. 2 pick.
For the 11th to 400th imperial examination papers, they can decide the ranking independently. The emperor will not care about this. The emperor has no energy to care about it even if he wants to.
The main task of Yan Song and his eight test-reading ministers is to select the ten best test papers with the most "○" on the test papers and submit them to Emperor Jiajing, who will select them from these ten test papers. Select the top pick, the second pick, and the top pick.
Yan Song is very responsible. Every sealed test paper comes into his hands, and he reviews it with all his heart and impartiality! Except for two test papers! No, Yan Song reviewed all the test papers with all his heart and impartiality.
Yan Song gave points entirely based on the quality of the test paper. He could figure out what Jiajing meant and could even tell the quality of the test paper.
Fonts, current affairs policy arguments, etc. are all reference factors, but as long as the test paper fails to improve the performance of Emperor Jiajing, the highest it can only get is a "△"!
Yan Song leads by example, and the other seven grading ministers naturally do their best as well. They are all masters in this field, and it is no problem to review the examination papers, and they all do so impartially.
However, there are only two exceptions for the two-point examination paper!
One is a test paper that contains the words "The government attaches great importance to the government. It respects the authority of the king, selects officials for appointment, teaches officials their duties, supervises their actions, and rewards and punishments are public."
The other test paper contains the words "The world is for the common good, unified by the Holy King, inheriting the destiny from above, and the people's sentiments below."
For these two test papers, Yan Song gave the highest score "○" , five of the other seven scoring ministers also gave the highest score of "○".
But there are two exceptions, one is the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the group assistant of the cabinet. The two of them gave "△" to the first test paper, but the highest score "○" was given to the second test paper.
When Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites saw the words in the first test paper, "It is important for the country to govern the officials in a harmonious manner. Respect the authority of the monarch, select officials for appointment, teach officials their duties, supervise their conduct, and provide rewards and punishments." When the time came, I immediately gave a “△” without even thinking about it. After the left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette finished his review and passed it to the cabinet ministers for review, he gently pressed his hand twice without leaving any trace, and then the cabinet minister nodded clearly and gave the same "△".
The left minister of the Ministry of Rites remembered this passage in the first examination paper so clearly that he could never remember it wrong. This sentence was written by the first person sitting on the east side of the palace examination!
Everyone has his or her own preference. Reasonable errors are allowed in palace exam marking, but the score difference cannot be too large. What is within a reasonable error is that the eight marking ministers must not give more than three grades to the same exam paper. Grades, that is to say, some people are given first class, others are given second class, and you give them fourth or fifth class. This is unreasonable. Even though everyone has their own preferences for carrots and greens, 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 heavy!
The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Etiquette and the Cabinet Assistant are very clever in grading. Others give first class, and we two give second class. It is normal. I just don’t like it very much. What’s wrong with giving second class? This is a reasonable error.
In this way, the test paper containing the words "The government attaches great importance to the government. Respect the monarch's power, select officials, assign officials, supervise officials, and reward and punish them". Six "○".
The other test paper with the words "The world is for the common good, unified by the Holy King, inherits the destiny of heaven, and the sentiments of the people below." got eight "○"s.
Only the top ten will be sent to Emperor Jiajing to compete for the top spot in the Enke competition, while the rest will have no chance.
The first test paper got six "○" and two "△". If you get less than seven "○", you will basically miss the first or second place. It is also much worse than the top ten in this palace examination. . There were quite a few people who got 8 "○"s in this palace examination, let alone 7 "○"s.
Therefore, there is no chance that Emperor Jiajing will read this test paper! Don’t even think about being ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the rankings! Don’t even dream about it!
The Minister of Rites, Zuo Shilang, looked at the scoring symbols on the test paper and showed a satisfied smile.
It’s 2016. I wish all book friends good luck and good luck in 2016.
(End of this chapter)