After all the candidates calmed down and accepted the news again, they all saluted Zhao Zhen and thanked the emperor for his grace.

Zhao Zhen ordered everyone to abstain from ceremony and said: "It's getting late today. Please leave the palace and go back to your home. I will personally congratulate you on the day of the announcement." Then he ordered the internal officials to lead all the candidates out of the palace.

After all the candidates left, some of the officials who had followed Zhao Zhen in came after Zhao Zhen to remonstrate and inquire about the reason for this matter.

Among them, Lu Jie, the imperial censor, directly stopped Zhao Zhen who was about to leave. He said: "Why did your majesty suddenly make this decision today? Is there anything wrong with changing the ancestral law so easily?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Of course I decided this matter after careful consideration. Firstly, I have read the test papers of this time's candidates, and they all have real talents and practical knowledge. Secondly, this dynasty treats literati preferentially, but there have been palace examinations in recent years.

Those who failed were unable to return to their hometowns, and some even lived in Bianjing for decades. I couldn't bear to see them. If there were really untalented people, they should be deposed. But if everyone is talented and learned, I would feel uneasy if they were forced to depose them.

ah."

When Lu Ji wanted to say something, Zhao Zhen said first: "Isn't the palace examination just for the court to select available people? There are many available people now. Isn't it that you are happy for the court? Or do you think that today's officials

It’s enough, I don’t think there is any need for so many Jinshi.”

Then, Zhao Zhen looked around at the officials who were blocking him and said: "If you really have this idea, why don't you bring it up at the meeting tomorrow and let all the officials in the court discuss it together. If all the officials agree then, it will be

I also agree with the restoration of deposed people and the reduction of the number of Jinshi."

After Lu Jie and the others heard this, how could they dare to agree, otherwise they would offend the world's scholars, and hundreds of officials in the court also had children at home who wanted to take the scientific examination. How could they dare to bring up such a thing at the court meeting, so they said: "I have no intention of mentioning it."

This idea.”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "That's good. Since nothing happens, then the matter will be settled like this. If you are not the current examiner and examiner, you should leave the palace earlier, or wait.

It will be inconvenient if the palace door is locked."

After hearing this, everyone said in unison: "Old minister, please retire." After saying that, they left the palace.

On the other side, the candidates followed the internal officials and left the palace. When the internal officials left, the palace door was closed. People who were familiar with the candidates naturally gathered together and walked out of the long street, because everyone was riding in the carriage.

We can only park there and then walk to the palace gate. Now if we want to take a carriage, we can only walk there first.

A full moon hangs in the sky, emitting a cool light, like a crystal clear white jade plate. When the moon is bright, there are few stars. In the night sky, there are indeed not many real stars.

This full moon also illuminates the smiles on the faces of these scholars on the ground. After all, except for those who have excellent grades and are confident that they can come out on top, the others are satisfied after knowing that they will not be deposed.

If the results hadn't been released in three days, and I was worried that the commotion would be too eye-catching, many people would have gathered their friends and gone to restaurants to have fun.

Here, Li Hao, the Zeng brothers, and Sheng Changbai were also walking together, and their whole bodies were filled with a happy atmosphere. Then they heard Li Hao say: "I didn't expect that the official family would be so supportive of Bachelor Ouyang, and they would change it for this reason."

I am afraid that those who want to see Academician Ouyang suffer misfortune will be dumbfounded by the rules of dismissal in the imperial examination."

Only Zeng Gong was a little confused and said: "Yes, this matter is indeed unexpected. It seems that the officials have long disliked this corrupt writing style, and it just so happened that the teacher did what he wanted this time, and it should not only be that,

The officials probably have other considerations, but I don’t know what they are.”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Why do you want to do this? Anyway, it seems to be a good thing for us now. We can consider other things later."

After hearing this, the others nodded again and again.

When everyone was about to reach the place where the carriage was parked, the servants saw them from a distance and gathered around them. Then they heard Fu Deng say: "Master, why did you come out? The master even asked someone to come and ask,

Why hasn't the young master returned home yet? Hearing me say that he didn't see anyone coming back, he waited with me for a while before going back to report back to the master and the lady. Now I guess the master and the lady are impatient. "

Li Hao said: "In that case, let's go back quickly." After saying that, he said goodbye to Sheng Changbai and said: "Brother Changbai, please leave early. I guess your family members are also waiting impatiently. Originally, I said I would try it out after

We went to Fan Tower to get together, but something went wrong again and we didn't make it. This time, after the results of the palace examination are released, we will definitely go to Fan Tower to celebrate again."

Sheng Changbai nodded in agreement, and then everyone got on their carriages and went back to their homes.

After Li Hao returned home, Wei and Li Jian hurried over to greet him and asked why he came back so late.

Wei said: "Didn't you say that the imperial examination will end at Mao o'clock at most? Why is it so late today? Fortunately, none of the people I told Fu Deng came out when I sent someone to ask Fu Deng. Otherwise, I would be anxious to death."

After hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said: "It's okay. It's a good thing to come out tonight. The official announced today that I will not take the palace examination and be deposed, which means that I have passed the Jinshi examination now."

After hearing this, Li Jian and Mr. Wei asked Zeng Gong in surprise, "Is this true?"

Zeng Gong said: "Of course, congratulations to my uncle and aunt for becoming a Jinshi."

After hearing this, Li Jian and Mr. Wei hugged each other excitedly. But Li Hao smiled at Zeng Gong and said, "I would like to congratulate my brother on passing the Jinshi examination." After hearing this, the Zeng family brothers also congratulated each other.

At the end, everyone looked at each other, and then laughed together, showing their joy. After all, ten years of hard work, today is the reward.

The same is true for the Sheng family. Mrs. Wang learned about this from Sheng Changbai, and she almost arranged for people to set off firecrackers to celebrate in the middle of the night. Fortunately, Sheng Hong finally persuaded her to stop, saying that she would wait until the rankings were known after the results were released. As for tomorrow

After hearing the news, Lan was happy for Chang Bai and Li Hao. She was also happy for her aunt. She was happy that someone could help the Wei family shine.

After everyone else left, the Chongzheng Hall in the palace was still brightly lit. Because the officials of the Liyuan and Hanlin Academy who stayed in the palace tonight were still busy, they needed to seal all the examination papers overnight. However, due to time

In a hurry, the imperial examination ink scroll does not need to be transcribed into a red scroll. Instead, it is directly sealed by the sealing official, stamped with the sealing seal, and sent to the examiner. The examiner will then hand it over to the marking officer for storage, waiting for marking the next day.

At nine o'clock on March 16th, seventeen examiners entered the palace and began to review the examination papers. Since the examination time was only one day, it was really difficult to comment on each palace examination article one by one and distinguish the good from the bad in such a short period of time.

It is difficult for others to do so, not to mention that many of the candidates are not very different in their own levels. Therefore, the top ten papers in the palace examination will often be picked out and submitted to the examiner in advance. If nothing else happens, the first-class papers will be

The top three are often produced from these ten papers, and the other seven will also occupy the top two.

After all, the examination took more than half a month to mark, and was screened by several examiners. In addition, the examination was more comprehensive. Compared with the imperial examination, which was shorter and had a narrower scope, it was a good choice.

reference opinions.

Therefore, the examiner will pre-select a total of ten test papers for the emperor to read tomorrow, and decide the order of the test papers for the emperor to read. The remaining more than 300 test papers will be graded, classified and evaluated by all the paper readers.

If the examiner thinks it is good, he will put an "o" on the paper, and if he thinks it is not good, he will put an "x" on it. The more "o"s there are, the higher the final ranking will be. However, when the top few are already decided.

, the ranking order of these remaining papers does not seem so important.

As a result, the examiner will roughly read all the papers and divide the papers with good scores into the first-class and second-class papers. After the classification, the examiner will collect the papers from the top-class and second-class papers and judge them as second-class and second-class.

The second grade is judged as the third grade.
Chapter completed!