Regarding errors and omissions in the examination paper grading process by the same given examiner, once discovered upon review, the Court will impose strict penalties. According to regulations, in the process of grading, lack of consistent "sentence reading" will result in a demotion by one rank; if an examiner's "sentence reading" is incorrect, they will be penalized with one year's salary. For serious cases, there may be multiple demotions and a forfeiture of several years' salary. Some examiners from remote provinces are even low-level officials of the seventh rank.
When the penalty is actually enforced, they can hardly withstand it.
Moreover, those Capital Officials have no pressure when it comes to bullying these low-ranking officials from poor provinces.
Would anyone with a powerful background go to such places?
The result is that, to cut corners, the examiners often base the ranking on the level of the eight-legged essay, and other test content is mostly overlooked.
