My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 56 56. The best in the world, born poor (6.5k monthly vote please)

Capital Yamen.

When the time for marking came, boxes of papers were carried into the side room, and a group of senior court officials slowly entered the room.

The person in charge this time was a tall old man.

His frame was so broad that even if his old skin was a little shriveled, it couldn't cover up his tall body.

The eye sockets are sunken, full of wrinkles and dark circles, but the eyes are bright and bright, like two bright lights embedded in the square face.

Not only does he look relatively square, his name is also called Fang Zheng. This old man is 69 years old. He is the teacher of the current emperor Jingming, and is called Emperor Fang's teacher.

Master Fang slowly walked into the room with his square body, surrounded by a few scattered officials, all of whom were members of the emperor's party.

In addition, another group of officials walked into the room. This group of officials was numerous and seemed to be in harmony with each other.

It seems to be one group of people, but in fact there are several groups of people mixed in, coming from different aristocratic families.

It's just that for various reasons, they can only come together to form a party for the common interests, and to a certain extent, they stand on the opposite side of the emperor.

Officials of the emperor's party, officials of the noble family's party.

In the room, a group of people gathered together.

"Master Fang, you are almost 70 years old. How have you been in good health in recent years?" A wealthy official laughed and greeted Master Fang very respectfully.

The other officials around him also smiled, saluted Master Fang enthusiastically, and then greeted him kindly.

People who don't know think that Master Fang is their old father.

These people looked very respectful, but in their hearts they wished that Master Fang would die soon.

Emperor Fang was a highly respected teacher. As a veteran of the three dynasties, his every move was very important and he belonged to the emperor's party.

As the leader of the emperor's party, he belongs to the emperor's right-hand man.

Once Emperor Fang dies, their wealthy family will no longer have the power to compete with them in the court.

Master Fang was naturally aware of this, and he replied calmly:

"Although I am old, I still need big fish and meat for one meal, and three bowls of white rice to be full. You don't need to worry about it!"

But my heart was extremely bitter.

I am already old, how many more years can I serve the emperor?

The grading of the scientific examination this time was actually done by people from both sides, and each other recruited candidates from the candidates into their own parties.

Candidates who come from a wealthy family usually enter the party of a wealthy family, without exception.

Only those students who came from poor backgrounds could be reluctantly drawn into the imperial division to help the emperor do things.

However, every time there is a scientific examination, there are only a few poor people who can pass the Jinshi examination. They can be counted on one finger.

Although it is difficult to cheat in the imperial examinations nowadays, people from these aristocratic families have a lot of tricks.

Many aristocratic families have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years, and are deeply rooted. People from poor backgrounds, in this era monopolized by aristocratic families, it is difficult to study and study, and it is also difficult to take scientific examinations. Every time they take scientific examinations, they are subject to some unspoken rules, resulting in low rankings. .

Under the unspoken rules of the Scholarship Examination and the Juren Examination, the scores of poor people are obviously and secretly ranked very low. How many poor people can get ahead?

Therefore, poor people who break through the double blockade and can take the Jinshi examination are simply rare treasures.

In this Jinshi examination, there are simply ridiculously few papers for the poor that can be put on display.

In this regard, Master Fang was also helpless.

It has been more than 200 years since the country was founded, and now it is like an old man suffering from serious illness. These aristocratic families have monopolized the court, and they even want to come up with some kind of nine-level Zhongzheng system.

At that time, Master Fang fought tooth and nail to stop this ridiculous behavior.

Now, he only hopes to select more people from poor families from these examination papers, and use these people from poor families to fight against people from wealthy families.

Many students from poor backgrounds will join aristocratic family parties for various reasons and become a member of aristocratic family groups. In order to obtain benefits, they will harm the country and the people. This is the most heartbreaking thing for him.

"My lords, let's start grading!"

Master Fang gave the order.

A group of officials gathered around the table, slowly opened the papers, and carefully corrected the papers.

Every official is extremely serious and treats the examination papers as if they were his own sons. He is bound to ensure that "one of his own" among the candidates successfully obtains the title of Jinshi.

Master Fang Di is also carefully reviewing the papers.

Time passes slowly like this.

When all the examination papers were reviewed and placed neatly in front of Master Fang, the old man discovered a sad point. Basically, the top-ranked Jinshi came from aristocratic families.

Those who came from poor backgrounds, even if they were admitted as Jinshi, were ranked relatively low, and their numbers were very few.

Master Fang raised his head and could see the happy expressions of those officials. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with this arrangement, and he could add some friends to the court.

However, a test paper attracted Master Fang's attention.

"Huh? This paper ranks fifth. How can you still rank fifth as a poor person?"

He looked surprised.

You know, in the past, the top ten Jinshi were basically from wealthy families, without exception, and this has been the case for decades!

Now in this paper, it is incredible that a poor person ranks fifth.

The grading system for Jinshi assessment is a one-paper, multiple-reading system.

That is to say, after the first person on an examination paper marks his own score, he still needs to hand it over to the next examiner for another mark, and it needs to be reviewed by at least five people before he can be given a final score.

In order to prevent examiners from taking bribes, the completed papers will be released to the public for readers to see.

Moreover, the emperor would occasionally conduct spot checks, which was why the examiners did not dare to act recklessly.

Since the examiner cannot protect him, why are the poor ranked lower?

Generally speaking, examiners will choose what to eat.

If it is not too excessive, the scores of some children from rich families should be slightly raised, and the scores of some children from poor families should be slightly lowered.

This is not cheating and cannot be held accountable.

After all, these examiners are not stupid. A person from a poor background can write well and get a high score. It is impossible for him to directly lower the score to the extreme. In this way, ten heads are not enough to lose.

If you can pass the Jinshi exam, then let you pass the exam.

But when it comes to rankings, I will try my best to put you at the back. I will put you at the back within the rules, and then you will not be reused and will be slowly squeezed out. This is the method of the big family.

Lowering the score slightly is the best way.

This is true for the Scholarship Examination, the Juren Examination, and the Jinshi Examination. Under layer after layer of screening, the poor are basically ranked at the back every time they take the exam, and are constantly squeezed out.

When it finally came to the Jinshi imperial examination, the poor had been almost squeezed out, leaving only a few people.