Zhao Lin thought for a moment and then picked up his pen to answer the question.
According to the procedure, the palace examination only takes one day.
Hand in the paper at dusk and seal it after checking.
The next day, the examiners, who were the Minister of Rites, the Vice Minister, the Cabinet Scholars, etc., began to mark the papers. Here they were no longer examiners, but were called examiners.
Each answer sheet must be reviewed by all examiners, who will write down the scores, and then the top ten will be selected based on the comprehensive scores.
On the third day, after all the papers had been reviewed, the examiner would read each paper to the emperor one by one, hence the name. If the emperor didn't want to listen, it would be easier, but the emperor would personally review the top ten papers and select the top three.
That is, three in the first class and seven in the second class.
The rest are ranked by the cabinet.
Soon, the examiner finished marking the papers.
The answer sheets of the top ten were also sent to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, these are the answers to the top ten questions in this palace examination."
Minister of Rites Fu Chengwang said while holding the paper.
The emperor was listless and said lazily, "Read it."
Fu Chengwang opened an answer sheet and said, "This is the paper of the tenth-placed candidate in this palace examination. The person who wrote it is Zhao Chenhan, the son of Zhao Jingzhou, the Marquis of Zhenbei."
The emperor perked up a bit: "It turns out to be the son of Zhao Qing's family, but is that the adopted son?"
Fu Chengwang said: "Yes."
The emperor sighed, "The Zhao family fought for the country, guarding the frontier, and yet their only son got lost, forcing them to adopt someone else's son. Every time I think about it, it breaks my heart."
Fu Chengwang quickly said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao will surely burst into tears of gratitude upon learning of this. Although Zhao Chenhan is an adopted son, he has been deeply loved by Lord Zhao and his wife since he was young. He is more like their biological son than theirs."
The emperor nodded and said: "The child of Zhao Qing's family must be extremely talented in writing. There is no need to read the exam, just name him the top scholar."
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