Daming primary school students

Chapter 798 The tricks in the palace exam
Doctor Guanglu in Sanguanli is from the first rank, but Qin Dewei was awarded the Special Jin Doctor Guanglu after his last meritorious service, which is right.

The grades of military officers and nobles are inflated. It is not uncommon to be a first-grade one, and the same thing is true for a super-grade one. The number of people is too high to say that it is worth money.

But being a civil official is another matter. Except for Qin Dewei, who was ennobled by military merits, there is no living civil official of the first rank.

In the original historical time and space, Zhang Juzheng was conferred the title of grand master before his death, which is considered a special case of living people, and this way is more orthodox than Qin Dewei.

All in all, the first-rank civil servants had too much impact on the courtiers. Qin Dewei immediately felt the strong sourness, and quickly said to everyone:

"I didn't intend to be so ostentatious. When did the princes see me wearing this official uniform?"

The Ming Dynasty civil servants' system of conferring titles based on military merits has always been a mess. There is no fixed paradigm, and there is no clear regulation on what clothes Qin Dewei should wear.

So in daily life, Qin Dewei still wears the official third-rank crown uniform corresponding to the official, which sounds very low-key.

At this time, even Mr. Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't bear it anymore, and reprimanded Qin Dewei: "Didn't you claim to leave the honor to your future son, why did you keep your word and wear the honor and crown?"

Qin Dewei argued: "Isn't it true that you haven't given birth to a son yet?"

This answer made sense, but Zhang Chao was speechless and just wanted to do it.

Qin Dewei hurriedly continued: "I thought, since I have the honor to participate in the imperial court ceremony, I should treat it solemnly!

Originally, yesterday I planned to keep a low profile and only wear Earl's clothes, but someone refused and wanted to impeach.I am also very helpless about this, so today I can only change back to the most solemn civil servant robes! "

Hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at Elder Yan Song Yan Ge. Although no one spoke, the meaning in everyone's eyes was the same - why did you provoke him?
Yan Ge didn't care about other people's eyes, he only had one question in his mind, what exactly did Qin Dewei want to do?
In the previous stage of the general examination, Qin Dewei had been quiet and inactive. Now when it comes to the palace examination, Qin Dewei suddenly became arrogant again. What is his intention?
Although it is said that the palace examination never eliminates people, it is largely just a formality, but who knows what crooked intentions Qin Dewei has?
Today everyone has to go to Wenyuan Pavilion to read papers and preliminarily determine the rankings. In addition, the top three will be dedicated to the emperor.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy, and there is not much time to dawdle, so in the end, everyone can only suppress their sour breath and enter the palace together to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Qin Dewei recalled the historical materials of the imperial examination of Ming Dynasty that he had seen in his previous life, and there seemed to be a very strange phenomenon.

From the county examination, the government examination to the Taoist examination, from the township examination to the general examination, there are rich historical materials and detailed records of the examination and marking procedures.

Researchers of later generations can basically understand the process and various details of these imperial examinations as long as they look at historical materials.

Only the palace examination grading procedure, the historical materials are always vague, not only vague but also inconsistent.Even fans who are proficient in Ming history are often confused about the marking of the imperial examination.

This kind of contrast really makes people feel a little meaningful and full of unspeakable mystery.

Originally, Qin Dewei didn't know it, but after time travelling, especially after being in high-level positions, he gradually realized it.

There is no other reason, but there are too many tricks in the examination papers of the palace examination. In many cases, it is simply semi-public. Who is willing to record it in detail as historical materials for future generations to see?

If Qin Dewei used some means to make his brother-in-law a top three, would he be ashamed to write the detailed process in his diary?
Compared with the township examination and general examination, the fairness and justice elements of the palace examination cannot be said to be absent, but they are much less.

To give another example, although the name of the palace examination is vague, the time is too tight and there is no procedure for re-transcribing.

Therefore, all the ministers who read the papers were shown the original papers. If they were extremely familiar, it was theoretically possible to identify people through their handwriting.

The 20 years of Jiajing's ministers who read the papers stood outside the door of the middle hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, and they all looked at Qin Dewei at the same time.

Elder Yan Ge said with a sarcasm: "Qin Zhongtang, tell me, how do you position yourself today? Which one is in charge, you or Shou Kui?"

Under normal circumstances, the first assistant is the civil servant with the highest rank. In the reading papers of the palace examination, the first assistant is in the main position. He does not directly participate in the reading of the papers but is in charge of the presiding.

But today's situation is special. Among the people present, the civil official with the highest rank is obviously someone from Qin who is wearing a first-rank uniform.

So between Qin and Zhai Shoufu, who should be in the top position?

Qin Dewei laughed and said: "Of course the chief assistant is the respect, the ranking is still the same as yesterday!"

Yan Ge was so angry that he had nothing to say, and walked into the middle hall of Wenyuan Pavilion first.He just couldn't figure out what conspiracy Qin Dewei was up to!
Zhai Shoufu is still in the presiding position, and Qin Dewei is the chief reader, very close to Zhai Shoufu.

Then Qin Dewei and Zhai Luan exchanged greetings and said: "It's really a good story to see the two sons and sons both in Chinese style on the test list. Congratulations!"

Zhai Luan didn't know what Qin Dewei meant when he suddenly mentioned this, so he nodded coldly in response, and didn't want to talk about anything else.

Qin Dewei discussed again: "There is only one chance in life, do you want to think of a way to rank the two sons in the top ten? Or three tripods?"

Zhai Luan wanted to hit someone while holding down the inkstone. Did you, Qin Dewei, do it on purpose or on purpose?Can you speak louder?
My family knows my own family affairs, what level is my son, how can he, as a father, not know?

The point is, he has absolutely no weight in Emperor Jiajing's mind, so the emperor will not cover the bottom line, and has no right to openly cheat at all!
Besides, even if he had this thought, he would never trust Qin Dewei!
Seeing that Zhai Luan didn't answer, Qin Dewei turned to Yan Song on the other side—according to the ranking, Yan Song was only under Qin Dewei, and the distance was also very close.

Then everyone heard Qin Dewei say sincerely: "Old Yan Ge! I heard that you have been very close to a minister from Zhejiang recently. Have you been asked? Do you want to take care of me this time and arrange a Zhejiang native in Sanding Jiali?" ?”

Before Yan Song said anything, another minister suddenly got annoyed and shouted, "You talk nonsense!"

Qin Dewei followed the voice and saw that it was Tu Qiao, the censor of Zuodu, and responded:
"We are talking among the cabinet ministers, you, a newcomer who has been in the court for less than a year, what right do you have to interrupt!"

The others are also quite helpless, Qin Dewei, why are you pretending to be stupid today, if you say it openly like you, can it still be called a black box operation?Or are you, Qin Dewei, planning to flip the table today?
Yan Song didn't want to get entangled with Qin Dewei either, so he said to everyone: "It's getting late today, if you've finished reading the test papers at hand, then start turning tables!"

When it comes to the concept of turning tables, we must start with the work of reading papers in the palace examination.

In theory, all test papers have to be reviewed by all readers, but this is too time-consuming and energy-intensive.It is unrealistic for more than a dozen examiners to read over three hundred test papers each.

So in the beginning, the deacon officials will distribute the test papers to more than a dozen test readers, with an average of more than [-] test papers per person, so that the review will save a lot.

Of course, the first mystery of the palace test is here.For example, how to make brother-in-law Jiao's test papers happen to be sent to Qin Dewei, the examiner, is a science.

It can be said that most of the examiners have one or two copies of such human relations test papers in their hands.

No matter how much it is, the test papers are vague after all, and the deacons and officials don't have such a good memory, so they can't make arrangements.

After each examiner has finished reading the test papers in his hand and graded them, he will start to "turn the table".

This means to simply look through the test papers on other people's desks in turn in order, which means that they have read them all.

This is the second mystery in the palace test. If someone is lucky and sees an unappreciated masterpiece on someone else's desk, or a test paper that is "familiar" to him, he can take the test paper back to his desk and start over again. rate rating.

Everyone finished reviewing the test papers in their hands yesterday, and the tables will be turned today.

Qin Dewei didn't have too many ideas, so when he turned the table, he just flipped through it casually, and dealt with it.

After the table transfer is completed, it is necessary to enter a very important link.

Except for the presiding chief assistant, the thirteen examiners each submitted a test paper that he thought was the best to the chief assistant, a total of thirteen.

This is the scheduled top three test papers, as well as ten backup papers, which must be submitted to the emperor for final approval, and they are regarded as "seed contestants".

The procedures for reading papers in the palace examination have not been clearly stipulated. The method mentioned above has also been explored over the years.

It not only took care of the face of every examiner, allowing everyone to select at least the top ten in the top two; it also demonstrated the power of the cabinet in determining the ranking.

As for how to arrange the preliminary rankings, among the "seed players", which ones are selected as the proposed top three depends on the authority of the chief assistant.

When encountering a strong Shoufu, he can directly determine the top three test papers from the "seed players", but obviously Zhai Shoufu does not have this kind of strength.

So everyone looked at Yan Song again, the first assistant was weak, the second assistant was strong, and they had to tear each other up.

Some people also looked at Qin Dewei, this Qin Zhongtang occupied the position of chief reader, he definitely wasn't here to play around.

If it weren't for Qin Dewei, Mr. Yan Ge would have taken the position of the chief reader, and would have gone to tear up Zhai Shoufu long ago.

But it was the addition of Qin Dewei whose motives were unknown, which made Mr. Yan Ge not dare to act rashly.

Zhai Luan glanced back and forth between Yan Song and Qin Dewei, and suddenly asked Qin Dewei: "Starting with you, Mr. Qin, submit the test paper first."

Without even thinking about it, Qin Dewei's first test paper must be his brother-in-law's.As long as he gets the test papers submitted by everyone, Zhai Shoufu will have the chance to compete with Yan Song.

But Qin Dewei hesitated and said: "Although it is the first time for me to take part in the examination papers, I feel that submitting the papers in this way is very harmful!
Everyone submits an excellent test paper, which is a bit too one-sided to be a candidate for the top ten of Sanding A and Er A.

In this way, only one person has reviewed each excellent test paper, which is very subject to personal subjective influence, and it may not be fair, and the disadvantages are too great. "

Zhai Luan asked again: "Then how do you select the test papers?"

Qin Dewei replied confidently: "Why don't the thirteen test papers submitted be reviewed by the examiners in turn, and then graded and marked on the test paper, from first to fifth.

After the thirteen test papers have been circulated, the ranking will be determined according to the ratings on each test paper. Of course, No.1 will be the one with the most first rank. "

It sounds like Qin Dewei's method is very good, and most people didn't think of the problem for a while.

Only Yan Song was suspicious of Qin Dewei, and immediately began to deduce.

In front of him is Qin Dewei, needless to say; behind him is Xu Zan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is not his own!
In Daming, the powerful Minister of the Ministry of Officials was a very sensitive and difficult position.

Generally, there are two types of official ministers, one is attached to the chief assistant, and the other is independent.

But the Minister of the Ministry of Officials seldom flattered Jisuke, because he couldn't afford to lose that person!As the head of the foreign court, even if he wants to take refuge in someone, only the chief assistant is worthy of accepting it!
So Xu Zan and Xu Tianguan have no reason to rely on him, Yan Song, at least so far.

Yan Ge always crossed off Xu Tianguan in his mind, and continued to look down.Behind the cabinet is the Ministry of Officials, and behind the Ministry of Officials are of course the other five ministries.

So Xu Tianguan's is the Minister of the Household Department, Wang Yiqi. When he saw this, Yan Ge's heart suddenly "thumped".

Children of all ages know that officials, households, soldiers, and criminals work!
Behind Xu Zan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, there are the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War. The most important thing is that the ministers of these three ministries are all from Qin Dewei!

Then the excellent test papers selected by Yan Song will be good after passing through the hands of several enemies in a row?

People have blind obedience, and the people behind will inevitably not be affected when they see the continuous "bad reviews" in front!
Even in terms of absolute numbers, Yan Song only has a few allies such as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yushi Zuodu, and Zhan Shi, so he is not dominant.

Without waiting for Yan Song to express his opinion, Zhai Luan, the chief assistant who presided over the reading, agreed, "Yes, let's try this time!"

On the surface, Qin Dewei's suggestion was to distribute the decision-making power among fourteen people, but Zhai Luan had no authority in the first place, and he had nothing to lose.But at the same time, it can disperse the authority of Mr. Yan Ge, so why not do it?
Without giving Yan Song another chance to speak, Qin Dewei made a final decision and said: "Since the capital and assistants have agreed, let's start circulating like this!"

Then Qin Dewei took the lead in passing the excellent test papers he had selected to Zhai Luan, and the others followed suit, circulating the test papers in order.

But Zhai Shoufu got the test paper handed over by Qin Dewei, and thought it looked a little familiar. After distinguishing it, he found that it was not the handwriting of his eldest son Zhai Rujian!

Immediately, Zhai Shoufu raised his head and looked at Qin Dewei angrily. What was his intention?

Qin Dewei was embarrassed to look at Zhai Shoufu, and looked at it from left to right.

Not long after, the excellent test papers selected by Mr. Yan Ge were also passed on to Zhai Shoufu, and the handwriting was also very familiar. Who is it but the second son Zhai Ruxiao?
It is indeed a good thing that the two sons will try Shuangshuang Chinese style, but Zhai Shoufu doesn't want to make it public, as long as they have a middle or lower rank in the palace examination.

As a result, one of the papers for the Palace Examination was given to Qin Dewei and the other to Yan Song, and both of them became excellent papers. Zhai Shoufu didn't believe it was a coincidence!
So Zhai Shoufu became even more furious, these two bastards who don't do anything!

　The following is estimated to be a big event soon, and the thinking is still a bit chaotic, so give me some time to make a temporary transition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)