Song Hong left the court early today; the most important matter now is the Spring Examination for this batch of students.
Not only the examiners, but all other officials are paying great attention, momentarily neglecting other matters.
Song Hong was once anxious, wishing he could have the examiners grade Song Chongjin's papers first.
But he knew, after the Spring Examination ends, the gates of the Imperial Academy would be locked; all exam papers sealed, and then distributed to the chief examiners.
This year's chief examiner is none other than the Minister of Rites and Prince's Young Tutor, along with several of the Grand Scholars from the Hanlin Academy.
They need to grade all the exam papers within the Imperial Academy, guarded by soldiers, and then rank them based on merit, presenting them to the Emperor for his perusal.
