Xiangye

Chapter 176 The Lottery Must Follow the Basic Law

On the day Gao Wen was hijacked by Lian Le, 18 examiners from the Shaanxi Provincial Examination entered the Gong Yuan to meet the chief examiner.

These eighteen house masters, together with the outer curtain officials outside, will be locked inside after entering the tribute courtyard, and they will not be allowed to go outside until the exam is over and the results are released.

According to the imperial examination system of the imperial court, the Shaanxi Provincial Examination officially begins today.Just today, the two chief examiners are going to come up with exam questions.

The curtain officials in the eighteen rooms are all involved in marking the papers, that is to say, once the candidates' questions are made, they must first be assigned to them according to the room.

If the essay is not successful, it will be thrown aside and the examinee will be dismissed.If your paper is in their eyes, then keep it and recommend it.This is called the recommendation paper. Once the recommended paper is finally selected, they will be the house teachers of the new imperial examination candidates.

This is the use of the same examiner, otherwise, there are three to 5000 candidates in a province, if they are all handed over to the chief and deputy chief examiners for judgment.At Li Gong's age, his eyesight must be blurred and he would vomit blood.And the first screening with the examiner can ensure the fairness of the exam to the greatest extent.In this joint, even if you have bought off the principal and deputy chief examiners in advance, if you are defeated at this level, even if the two adults care about it, it will be unthinkable.

Moreover, before there is no room allocation, candidates do not know that they will fall into the hands of a fellow examiner.If you want to cheat, unless you bribe the principal and deputy chief examiner and the eighteenth house examiner at the same time, it is almost an impossible task.

Of course, being recommended does not mean that you will be successful.Before the papers finally fell into the hands of the principal and deputy chief examiners, there was still a procedure to go - turntable joint review.

In fact, the table-turning joint examination is the most critical part of the rural examination.

After the [-]th room and the examiner recommended the passable papers, everyone had to gather together and take turns to read.According to his own preferences, the official uses a pen to mark the five symbols of circle, horizontal, vertical, triangle, and difference, and then screens them according to the results, and finally submits them to the two main examiners for decision.

After everyone judged the papers, the principal and deputy chief examiners determined the final candidates based on their scores and ranked them.

That's right, in fact, the two main roles of the principal and deputy masters in the provincial examination room are only two points, one, to set the questions; two, to finally decide who can win the exam and what the ranking is.

The imperial examination system has been developed so far that it is extremely complete, and there are almost no loopholes.

However, any good system needs someone to enforce it.People are selfish, and the examiners are county magistrates and magistrates who are selected by the counties and prefectures of the province and have the background of Shu Jishi of the Imperial Academy. Things like this are still for sale.If the county or government happens to have students going for the exam, it may not be ignored.

Cowardly officials will read a few articles of the candidates they care about in advance to see the style and charm of the person's writing. If they encounter similar papers at that time, they will naturally let them go; , Simply give candidates a joint and ask them to embed a few words in the paper as marks.

Everyone is well aware of this kind of thing, as long as it is not too much, it is right to ignore it.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the test paper of the student under his care happens to fall into his own hands.In addition, the standard should not be too bad, otherwise, not only would the Great Master fail to pass, but he would be embarrassing himself.

When the [-]th room and the examiner entered the Zhigong Hall, there was a sound of drums, and the two great masters, the principal and deputy, came up to the hall.

All the examiners came forward to pay their respects: "Your Majesty, I would like to greet the two imperial masters."

Li Zhen still looked like an old man who hadn't woken up, sitting on a chair with a hunched body: "Get up, get up!"

On the other hand, Shu Richang looked radiant, his eyes so bright that it frightened people: "I have called everyone here today, and there is only one thing to do. After the room is divided, there is still half a day to go. You can explain it to your followers to see what else is going on. It has not been dealt with, but everything has been done. In the evening, the door will be closed. That is to say, from today's evening to the final release of the list, everyone will eat and live here for a whole month. If there are still officials on hand, they should be dealt with immediately. Don't be delayed."

A fellow examiner said with a smile: "Great Master, how important is the National Talent Award Ceremony. We are all from the top two ranks. Before entering the official ranks, I don't know how many times I have gone through this kind of exam. I am already familiar with it. It is time to prepare." It's ready. The official has already brought over the bedroll. The weather is so hot that it will be difficult to sleep later. You'd better start early. After the lottery is drawn, I can go back to the house to catch a nap."

Seeing his frivolous attitude, Shu Richang frowned and wanted to reprimand him.

But Li Zhen murmured: "That's right, it's hot in the morning, it's only cooler in the morning, and I want to finish my work earlier and go to bed. As for you, if you want to share the same joint with the examinee, there is still half a day to go. But, don't call the old man I know, if you ask me to see you, then I'm sorry." This is a smile that is not a smile.

"Grandmaster Moral gentleman, you are not upright, how dare you wait for me?" Seeing his amiable attitude, all the officials laughed haha, Shu Richang shook his head, but he was also helpless, and waved to his secretary: "Let's start." !"

The book office came over with a bamboo tube, and inserted eighteen signatures in it: "Who will come first?"

"It's a happy opening. Naturally, the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture should be invited to come first, so as to please it."

Hearing what everyone said, Shi Zhifu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Since you are invited, I will do my part." After finishing speaking, he took up the bamboo tube and shook it for a long time like going to a temple to ask for a lottery. A stick fell out.

A book office stepped forward to pick it up, glanced at it, then raised it above his head, and said loudly: "Shizhifu, Tianzifang!"

All the examiners applauded: "The prefect of Shi is really lucky, he got the Tianzifang lottery, today is a good start!"

It turns out that the division of rooms by Shiba Fangshi corresponds to the examination room in the examination room, which is also arranged according to the "Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, and the universe is wild. The sun and the moon are full and the sun and the moon are in full bloom. The cold comes and the summer goes" in the "Thousand Characters" .

That is to say, the test papers of all the candidates in the Tianzihao test shed need to be passed by Shi Zhifu first.If you draw a lottery sign, you will be responsible for the test papers with the lottery sign.

"Not bad, not bad." Li Zhen nodded and smiled, and glanced at the officials with tired eyes: "So, who is it next?"

Although the lottery is a small matter, what is important in the officialdom is the ranking of seniority. Whoever comes first is directly related to the status, reputation, and even political future of the officials. From this, you can also see the future of this person. The so-called subtlety See people's hearts everywhere, and there is no confusion at all.

"It's time for the prefect Liu of Hanzhong."

Li Zhen: "Oh, prefect Liu please."

Hanzhong Mansion is the second largest mansion in Shaanxi after Xi'an, so it is naturally ranked behind Xi'an Mansion, and Liu Zhifu waved a signature.

After Hanzhong, it was Fengxiang Mansion's turn. Next, two more prefects cast their lotteries one after another, and it was time for the magistrates.

Among the same examiners in this township examination, the next five magistrates, and the remaining ten are county magistrates.

If the lottery order of prefects is based on the political and economic status of the prefectures under their jurisdiction in the province, then the order in which prefects appear directly reflects their political future.Generally speaking, the order of drawing lots for magistrates is assigned by the two grand masters.

So, who will come first?
Everyone held their breath and listened.Everyone is a local official, but it is not as good as the two great masters who have lived in the central decision-making center of Beijing all year round. The first magistrate he appointed has a bright future.

Shu Ri said in a long voice, "Du Shenghui, the county magistrate of Hancheng, stepped forward to draw lots."

Only then did everyone feel relieved, and thought to themselves: It really is him, no wonder.Who is Duzhi County, the favorite student of Wang Zhiwang's radical, the official of the Ministry of Officials, he came to Shaanxi to be the seventh-rank county magistrate to practice.It seems that Du Shenghui will be promoted soon.

Du Shenghui was also proud of himself.However, he was very good at nourishing his energy, he stepped forward with a calm face, and shook a yellow sign.

He laughed and said, "I'm laughing, I'm laughing, what kind of virtue and ability are you, the next official, to win the lottery before the princes of all counties."

All the county magistrates said: "Du Zhixian is young and promising, as it should be."

In a short while, the matter of room allocation was settled.Grandmaster Li was mentally exhausted, so he asked everyone to retreat, and told everyone to make preparations and come before the closing of the tribute courtyard at night.By the way, I might as well work with Gao Lingyun Gao, the political envoy, to show that the imperial court attaches great importance to this imperial examination.

Everyone bowed their hands and said yes, and dispersed.

(End of this chapter)