RPAGF Chapter 261 Grading
Chapter 261 Grading
The day after the palace examination, inside the Wenhua Hall.
The eight examiners were so exhausted from drawing the five symbols: circle, point, dot, straight line and cross that they were almost smoking.
The marking will begin on April 22nd, and the top ten test papers will be sent to the West Warm Pavilion in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for Yun Zhi's approval early in the morning of April 24th.
If the more than 400 test papers were divided equally among eight examiners for marking, perhaps the situation would be better.
However, the test papers need to be reviewed in turns, which means that everyone has to read all the test papers carefully.
At this time, there was a little noise in the hall.
"Huh, I don't know who answered this question, it's completely nonsense."
The long time of reviewing makes people a little impatient. When seeing this test paper that was full of talk but had no practical effect and even had confusing logic, one examiner could not help but complain.
The examiner beside him heard his words, his hands moving constantly, and said with a smile: "Master Xia, you are too picky. How bad can the people who can participate in the palace examination be? Calm down and don't be so angry."
Upon hearing this, the examiner surnamed Xia immediately became dissatisfied.
"I'll finish reviewing this one right away. Please take a look at it yourself, Master Yuan."
After marking the last few paragraphs, Lord Xia grabbed the test paper and placed it on his desk.
"Come, Master Yuan, take a look."
Under his gaze, Lord Yuan had to stop marking the one he was marking and pick up the test paper to look at it.
After just a few glances, Lord Yuan couldn't help but laugh, "This... this answer is indeed a bit outrageous."
This test paper is obviously a patchwork of content from the book, the logic is not sound, and the candidate also deviated from the topic.
After Master Yuan expressed his agreement, Master Xia's expression softened. "Right, I said I didn't wrong him."
Master Yuan placed the test paper back on the table, picked up a pen, and began to mark it. "But let's not just focus on the bad ones. There are still many excellent answers, like the one I just looked at. The content in it is not empty talk, but very feasible."
Lord Xia became interested and leaned over to ask, "Oh? Which one is it? Let me see it."
"Hand it over to Mr. Qian, and you'll see when the time comes."
"That's right." Lord Xia said as he began to look at the next test paper, muttering softly, "I hope this one is genuine, so I can refresh my eyes."
Mr. Yuan smiled helplessly and continued to mark the test paper in his hand.
After marking more and more test papers, I found that these test papers can be roughly divided into four categories.
One is the excellent test paper that fits the topic, has real insights and is feasible.
The second one is pretty standard, there is nothing wrong with it but there is nothing outstanding about it either.
Third, it is just empty talk with no logic and no possibility of practical operation.
Fourth, not knowing how to answer, I took advantage of the situation and praised Your Majesty lavishly on it.
As time went by, the test papers were marked and passed to the next person.
During this period, the expressions of the examiners were sometimes solemn, sometimes happy, and they kept muttering to themselves.
Before they knew it, night fell and candles were lit in the hall. The examiners were still sitting in their positions, carefully marking the test papers.
By noon of the next day, the test papers had finally passed through the hands of every examiner.
After that, it will be handed over to the chief examiner for overall review and comprehensive evaluation, and the ten papers with the best answers will be selected.
During this process, each examiner can express his or her own opinion, and the papers with more circles will be ranked at the top.
April 24th, no morning court today.
After breakfast, Yun Zhi walked towards the west warm room.
I have to say, it is indeed a lot easier to have help.
When she first appointed officials after conquering Qingyun County, she read a hundred copies.
When I walked into the west warm room, the ten test papers were already placed on the desk.
After sitting down behind the desk, Yun Zhi picked up the ten test papers and glanced at them briefly. Then, he randomly picked one and read it carefully.
"Although it is innovative, it is too radical and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages." Yun Zhi whispered to herself.
Putting down the test paper, she picked up another one.
"It's quite visionary, and the approach is feasible, but it's not suitable for the present. Perhaps it could be implemented ten years from now."
There was a look of satisfaction in Yun Zhi's eyes. She put it down and picked up another one.
"This is an excellent volume, with unique and practical perspectives that can be applied today."
In this way, Yun Zhi carefully reviewed one document after another, sometimes thinking, sometimes picking up a pen to make comments.
Time passed quietly in silence, and before she knew it, Yun Zhi had finished reading the ten test papers.
After finishing reading the last one, Yun Zhi put down the red pen.
His eyes were slightly closed and his head slowly tilted back.
After the discomfort in her neck eased, Yun Zhi sat up straight again and looked at the ten test papers again.
She pondered for a moment and began to rank the ten test papers.
After everything was done, Yun Zhi picked up the teacup beside her, blew away the thin layer of tea film floating on it, and took a sip.
"Go and invite the examiner into the hall."
Upon hearing Yun Zhi's order, the female official hurried out to invite the examiners.
After a while, the examiners came in one after another and bowed respectfully to Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi nodded slightly, "Stand up."
After the examiner stood up, she lowered her eyes and looked at the test papers with confirmed rankings on the desk.
"Unseal it."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The examiners stepped forward respectfully and opened the sealed envelopes of the ten test papers one by one.
After opening the sealed envelope and arranging the candidates according to their ranking, use a red pen to write the order of the first and third place first, and then write the order of the second and seventh place.
After seeing the examiner finish all this, Yun Zhi looked at the name at the top with some curiosity.
"Mu Yan." Yun Zhi said softly.
Judging from the name, she should be a woman.
"Who is this person?"
Several examiners looked at each other in bewilderment; they were also a little unfamiliar with this person.
I feel like I've heard it somewhere, but I can't remember where.
At this time, an examiner bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, this Mu Yan is from Wencheng County, Jiaqing Prefecture, and is the champion of this imperial examination."
Huiyuan?
Yun Zhi recalled the woman who stood at the front during the palace examination, who looked quite cold and aloof.
I thought to myself, it turned out to be her.
After the examiner said this, the others also remembered it.
"Now that you mention it, I remember that I heard that this person's ranking had always been mediocre before, but in this year's imperial examination, he suddenly won the first place. There was a lot of discussion about this in the imperial city." said an examiner.
Yun Zhi nodded thoughtfully, "Alright, you guys go back and remove the seals from the remaining exam papers."
After leaving, these examiners have to go back and open the remaining sealed test papers.
At that time, the twelve people who fill in the list will fill in the list according to the ranking, which is the "Golden List".
The Golden List is divided into the Big and Small Golden Lists. The Small Golden List is kept in the Imperial Palace, while the Big Golden List, after being stamped with Yunzhi's jade seal, is hung outside Tiananmen Square on the day of the announcement.
They have a lot of work to do to finish these before tomorrow.
"Yes, Your Majesty."