No matter how good the Gongshi performed in the palace examination, he could not praise or praise the palace examination examiner. Cheng Minzheng's actions in the Ministry of Rites are a lesson. ●⌒,

If you talk too much, you will lose it. If you talk about it for a lot of things, you can just talk about it. Some words will not be able to remind people of whether there is anything privately taught or received.

Moreover, as the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang should not make intuitive evaluations of the candidate's papers. This is also the fundamental reason why Li Dongyang specially promoted Wang Shouren but did not reveal it to others.

Now Xie Qian praised the top ten tribute scholars in the Ministry of Rites for their examinations, one of them was well-written. With Xie Qian's status and talent, he was really very emotional and made such an evaluation.

Li Dongyang was curious and took the test paper to take a look.

Oh, it's really good!

As Xie Qian said, the articles in this palace examination paper are so round and easy that they are almost impeccable that even the old Hanlin Academy has worked in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years may not have written such a gorgeous chapter.

"This should be... Fengxi's?"

Li Dongyang muttered, but was still uncertain.

Li Dongyang has long heard of Feng Xi's literary talent, but Feng Xi was not very outstanding in the Ministry of Rites examination. The main reason is that he did not answer the "Four Sons' Attainments" test question. Just from the Four Books and Five Classics, Feng Xi has the potential to be the top scholar, so even if Feng Xi's "Four Sons' Attainments" question was not answered correctly, he still ranked fourth among all the tribute scholars, second only to Shen Xi, Lun Wenxu and Sun Xu.

In the top ten examinations of the Ministry of Rites, Li Dongyang was not only familiar with Lun Wenxu. As the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites, after seeing the top ten examinations of the Ministry of Rites, he believed that he could quickly get the title and know whose article was whose article.

Just like Lun Wenxu, Liu Long and Wang Shouren, even if they were famous, he knew who was who. But because of the appearance of this article, Li Dongyang was confused, mainly because there were a few people left. It was particularly difficult to judge, one was Sun Xu, one was Shen Xi, and the other was Feng Xi.

Li Dongyang couldn't tell who was who was the article.

What's more, when Li Dongyang was in the Northern Fushi Department, he asked Shen Xi and Sun Xumo to write the examination papers of the Ministry of Rites. He had seen the works of the two of them, but when he arrived at the palace examination, none of the top ten in the handwriting of the papers was the same as the handwriting of Shen Xi and Sun Xu he had seen that day.

Everyone's characters are basically fixed. It is impossible for a candidate to change his fonts so much in just a few days. If one of them had different fonts, Li Dongyang could accept them, but the characters of these two people had changed, which would inevitably make him guess. Could it be that the palace examination would also involve substitutes?

In the Ministry of Rites, one of Shen Xi and Sun Xu was the third one, and the other was in front of everyone. When they entered the palace, they were still listed in the first three. It was too difficult to find someone to take the exam. This was clearly a rhythm of sending their heads into the guillotine! But if there was no substitute, and the handwriting was different from the past, there was another explanation, that is, when Mi Feng Guan made the paper opposite when he was absent, he regarded the papers at the bottom of the exam as Shen Xi and Sun Xu, and ranked in the top ten.

This possibility is not great, because Li Dongyang cannot judge the master's three papers. From the perspective of arguments, arguments, writing style, etc., they are all excellent works. They all have the talent of the top scholar.

After reading it, Li Dongyang handed over three test papers to Liu Jian and said, "Gei, please take a look."

All three of them were Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. But Liu Jian was the chief assistant after all, and his status was the most respectful, and even Li Dongyang dared not be negligent at all. Liu Jian took the three-point paper, read one, nodded with satisfaction, and read the second one. He nodded again. By the third one, he was more diligent in clicking the head.

"Who's?" Liu Jian asked Li Dongyang in a slight manner.

Li Dongyang pondered slightly: "If you think it's good, it should be the papers of Chen Xi, Sun Xu and Feng Xi."

Liu Jian thought for a while and said, "These three people may be the pillars of the country in the future, but... Binzhi, who wrote this article?"

Li Dongyang looked over and saw that the one Liu Jian asked was exactly the article that Xie Qian had just evaluated as a sophisticated writing style. He frowned and thought about it, and finally shook his head.

Liu Jian couldn't help but smile: "Even Binzhi, you don't know who did it. It's really strange, strange... well, just leave it to others to read it."

In fact, for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, there is no need to write comments when reviewing the palace examination papers. Good or bad is just a matter of circle and cross. After the results of the palace examination are announced, there is no prosecution system. Even if the results are biased, candidates must admit their accounts.

What's more, the top ten places in the palace examination were ranked by the emperor himself. If the article was good, just submit it to the emperor and leave it to the emperor for a decision. They don't need to know who is behind the article.

After one day of review, the papers were re-sumed into the hands of three cabinet ministers. The second-class 202 test papers have been selected. These 202 people will be the third-class 3 in this palace examination and will be awarded the same Jinshi. As for the second-class 2, the cabinet ministers will also need to re-select them to see if there are any particularly excellent papers that can be added to the top ten presented to the emperor.

The result is no.

The top ten candidates in this Ministry of Rites examination did not have any accidents in the palace examination. They were all selected and submitted to the emperor.

In other words, the top scorer will only be produced among these ten people.

In Li Dongyang's view, the most likely candidate for the emperor to be selected as the top scorer in the Ministry of Rites was Chen Xi, Lun Wenxu, Sun Xu, Fengxi, Liu Long and Wang Shouren.

Li Dongyang has basically judged which article it is about Lun Wenxu, Fengxi and Wang Shouren, and he knows it, but he can't recognize the articles of Chen Xi, Sun Xu and Fengxi.

Finally, all the fourteen reviewers gathered together to discuss it. Bai Ang, the Minister of Justice, suddenly said: "This Shenxi is not simple. Can it be listed in the top ten after the palace examination?"

It is obvious that Bai Ang was resentful of his proposal to "correct the law" when discussing matters in front of the palace two days ago was rejected by Ma Wensheng and others.

In fact, the biggest problem with this matter comes from the fact that Chen Xi, Huiyuan, may be involved in the Ministry of Rites' examination and sales case.

However, judging from the final results of the palace examination, although I don’t know which paper belongs to Chen Xi, at least, Chen Xi has the strength to enter the top ten in the palace examination. Although Chen Xi’s top ten is almost a “recommended”, rather than being selected from all palace examination articles.

Ma Wensheng said: "It is useless to say more. It is better to submit the first ten test papers to Your Majesty earlier and ask His Majesty to decide."

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On March 16th, the busy day of the papers was finally over. Because it was too late, although the top ten papers would be presented to the emperor, the final result would not be given that day.

Early in the morning of March 17th, all fourteen palace examination reviewers went to Huagai Hall to face the emperor.

Although in name, the ranking of the top ten in the palace examination was made by the emperor, when the emperor made a decision, he would refer to the intention of the palace examination reviewer, especially Zhu Youzhang liked to accept advice. At the same time, he also had a group of capable ministers under his command.

In Huagai Hall, Zhu Youzhang picked up ten test papers and said, "I reviewed these ten test papers overnight last night and felt deeply touched. Today I have drawn up a candidate for the first place with all the ministers..."

The palace test answer sheet in Zhu Youting's hand was nominally the method of governing the emperor that he asked the scholars for inquiries, which was a question of the advice. Even if Zhu Youting felt that it was not suitable for his wishes after reading these ten articles, he would say that he was "deeply touched", which was to demonstrate the king's tolerance of humbly accepting advice.

But in fact, Zhu Youzhang has already ranked the rankings of five to ten. The last thing to discuss is the rankings of four people, the top three in the first and first in the second.

"I still have something to say."

Just when the ministers thought Zhu Youzhang wanted to say who the emperor wanted to be the top scholar, Zhu Youzhang suddenly changed the topic, and the examiners of the palace examination held their breath and listened intently, "After this palace examination, I am determined not to select Shujishi..."

This is not the first time Zhu Youzhang has raised this matter after the Ministry of Rites' Examination Sales Case, but the previous proposal was not formal. This time it was a note by the emperor, and the king's will is unquestionable.

Among the fourteen palace examination reviewers, most people have no objection to this, but the three Hanlin bachelors Li Jie, Wang Jiao and Jiao Fang have some opinions on this.

The rules of history are re-assessed from the Jinshi after the palace examination, and twenty Shujishis were selected to be supplemented with the Hanlin Academy. Although Shujishis had no grade, this is a huge honor, because the rules that the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty must have left the Hanlin Academy, and this time the Shujishis were not selected. That means that except for the three-level Jinshis, this time, the Jinshis will not be able to enter the cabinet in the future, which will cut off the hope of most of the most Jinshi ministers in this class.

But the emperor had already said it in a note and did not even give the ministers the opportunity to discuss it. Even if Li Jie and others felt it was inappropriate, they did not dare to express any objection.

After talking about this, Zhu Youting picked up the four test papers that were not ranked again: "What is the first class of the palace examination depends on the intention of all the officials."

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian first got four test papers. After opening it, he did not exceed his imagination at all. Only one of them could be identified as Lun Wenxu, and the remaining three were he and Li Dongyang and Xie Qian discussed Chen Xi, Sun Xu and Fengxi who could not distinguish their identities.

Interestingly, the top three in the first class and the first in the second class will be produced among these four people.

Although the first place in the second grade seems to be extremely honorable, because the Shujishi is not selected in this Jinshi, the difference is that the future career will be very different.

Just like Wang Shouren, no matter how great his attainments and how much he contributed to the court, he would not be able to enter the cabinet for the rest of his life because he was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Hongzhi.

After Liu Jian saw it, it was Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's turn.

When Li Dongyang saw four test papers, he sighed in his heart that Wang Shouren, whom he admired the most, was not listed. Now the emperor said that this term would not select Shujishi, which means that Wang Shouren, whom he wanted, would never inherit his legacy and become a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

When the examiners of the various palaces read all four papers, everyone actually knew it.

Among these four articles, the only one who knows who wrote was Lun Wenxu, but in fact, the quality of Lun Wenxu's articles ranks last among the four. But except for him, the remaining three people have some "defects" other than the articles.

Chen Xi is too young, Sun Xu is too arrogant, and Feng Xi has legs and feet.

In the Ming Dynasty, the top scholar, as the best in the imperial examination, had to play the role of a model for scholars all over the world, which was equivalent to being the spokesperson for the imperial examination. If this spokesperson was a lame man, it would bring shame to the court.

Originally, Fengxi's shortcomings were not flaws, but under this principle, Fengxi was the least likely person among the four to be listed as the top scorer, and was at most ranked second.

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ps: Chapter 1!

When the emperor woke up in the morning, his right shoulder was heartbroken. This chapter was drawn under extremely difficult conditions! After tapping the chapter, his arms were so painful that they were no longer like his own, and his five fingers were also numb.

If this continues, the emperor is very worried that his right arm will be destroyed, so he made a difficult decision here: from today to next Friday, the emperor will maintain a two-minute update every day, and then add one more chapter to all book friends. If the results are good that day, the emperor will burst out with another chapter, that is, the mode of adding one chapter to three chapters!
Chapter completed!