At the gate of the Gongyuan on the ninth day of the second lunar month, before dawn, people gathered to take the examination, all waiting for the gate to open, and the soldiers searched their bodies before entering the examination room. Now the weather is still very cold, but the students who are rushing to take the exam have all changed into single clothes, shivering in the February wind.

When the sky was bright, the door of the Tribute Academy finally opened, and the lifters who went to the examination began to be searched, and then they entered the private room of the examination. In addition, there are people who are indispensable in every department, but all those who are found out by the soldiers guarding the gate are mercilessly sent to the criminal department. Not only will he be punished according to the law, but he will also lose his fame and will never be allowed to enter the imperial examination again.

Although there were many people who went to the exam, the queue was quiet, and the tense atmosphere was silent. The occasional cry for mercy added to the tension, and several candidates fell to the ground in black eyes before they could enter the examination room.

Yu Wenhu took Jia Yu and stood on the Mingyuan Tower, watching the scenes outside the Dragon Gate.

"I'm so nervous, I'm afraid I don't know how many ghosts are hidden." Seeing a fainted candidate being carried away, Master Pardon muttered in a low voice: "This year is also weird, I usually carry people out of the Gongyuan, but this year, before I went in, several of them were carried away." ”

"What's so weird, it's just a lack of heart. This year's so-called exam questions are flying all over the sky, and I can make up several sets here alone, and I don't know how many people gritted their teeth and bought them. With exam questions, it is natural to have targeted preparations, and who knows what they have prepared. Some of them prepared the article in advance, and some of them were afraid that they would like to copy it and bring it in. ”

The invigilators were busy with the examination room and the exam, and there were only two idlers upstairs, Yu Wenhu did not shy away from speaking, and mockingly brought up the dragon and snake dance before the exam.

In fact, when he first found out that someone was reselling the exam questions, Yu Wenhu ordered someone to add to the fire, and among those sets of exam questions, he also made his contributions.

When the old man heard this, he smiled, hooked the corners of his mouth and squinted his eyes, smiling like a fox, "I'm afraid they don't know, none of the treasures they bought through gritted teeth worked." The exam papers printed yesterday were the exam questions that were set a little earlier, and even the papers in the examiner's hand were all the same. I really want to see their expressions, I don't know how many people will have to be lifted out later. ”

Yu Wenhu smiled silently, and only patted Pardon's shoulder. The exam questions were issued two days in advance, and the exam papers were printed one day, thanks to the pardon lord. If it weren't for the printing press he rushed to make, these thousands of people's rolls would not have been able to be printed in a day.

Looking at the people rushing in below, Yu Wenhu's heart was full of expectations. Among them, I don't know how many people with real talents and real learning can be selected to be used by him.

Now that he has been on the throne for more than a year, most of the court are still former ministers in the Taishang Dynasty. In addition to the fact that he has to estimate the old sage, the people who can be used in his hands are indeed a little stretched. This is the first time that the new dynasty will take the test, and it is his opportunity to choose good talents. It is precisely because of this that Lao Ba and others will frequently come up with means to stir up this Spring Festival.

The main examiner of this examination is Lu Yuan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and there are two deputy examiners and 18 examiners.

After receiving the report that all the candidates had been seated and the gate of the Gongyuan had been locked, Lu Yuan stood up, straightened his clothes, and said, "Colleagues, and worship Kong Sheng with this official, and open the exam papers together." "This is a must-have procedure for every big exam, and there is nothing to say.

It's just that when Lu Yuan led the team to worship Sage Kong and was about to open and distribute the exam papers, he heard someone outside the public hall shouting "Slow". Lu Yuan was shocked and looked up at the past with an unpredictable expression.

The door to the court was pushed open, and a man dressed as a eunuch entered with a group of soldiers, several of whom were carrying boxes with seals in their hands.

Lu Yuan recognized the person, and immediately frowned and asked, "Gonggong Huai, this is ......" At this moment, what does the saint want to do, it is a major matter of the country, and in fact, it can be delayed at will.

Huairen shook off the dust with a smile, and ordered the soldiers to put the box down, before he took out a gold medal from his sleeve and held it high: "Spread the Holy Word, all the papers prepared by the Ministry of Rites before are invalid." The examination papers of the undergraduate examination are changed to the papers brought by our family this time. Lord Lu, please inspect the seal. ”

"What...... This ......"

The gold medal was given to me in person, and when the examiners saw it, they knelt on the ground and listened to the Holy Lord's message. But as soon as Huairen's words came out, the entire hall was boiling, and the examiners' expressions changed greatly, and they didn't care about the gold medal, so they whispered one after another. At the same time, they also set their sights on the main examiner Lu Yuan and the two deputy examiners.

When the spring examination was held, when the examination papers were about to be distributed, the examination questions were suddenly changed, not to mention the current dynasty, even the imperial examination has never happened in the past thousand years. This is really a strange anecdote, I really don't know what the saints think today.

Also, when the saint came to this moment, how did he plan to explain to the old saint, and how to explain to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?!

Lu Yuan is the main examiner of the undergraduate, even if he is suspicious in his heart and faintly feels that it is not good, he still has to cheer up and said: "Father-in-law Huai, this matter has never happened, please forgive the officials for not daring to obey their orders." In addition, the undergraduate exam questions are that the saint and the old saint have both passed the purpose, and now that the question is changed on the spot, do you also want to ask the old saint what he means? ”

The court is not the only one in power today, but there is an old saint on it. The meaning of Lu Yuan's words is very clear, what he is asking is that the saint is making such nonsense, does the old saint know?!

"The old sage, I have my own reply, so you don't have to worry about me here. Lu Aiqing, now that the time has come, why don't you hurry up and open the book and let the candidates start answering the questions. Yu Wenhu slowly came in from the outside, and his eyes swept over the examiners' expressions one by one.

Sure enough, he, who is not very useful today's saint, is holding a gold medal like I am here, and there are still ministers who want to chirp and push. Yu Wenhu once again felt deeply depressed, but at the same time, he was even more determined - he didn't want to be a puppet!

"This ...... Ministers obey orders. Under the forced gaze of His Majesty the Emperor, Lu Yuan didn't dare to disobey anymore, so he had to kowtow and take his life. If it was just a gold medal, it would be easy to say, he could still delay and push or something, but now that the saint has come forward in person, he does not dare to delay any longer.

The new test papers were quickly sent to the candidates, and Yu Wenhu and the old man also entered the room area, both of them were dressed in civilian clothes, and they were not followed by others. They are playing tricks, and we need to see how the candidates react.

"This, this...... It's not right, it's not right...... Sent the wrong ......"

At this time, the exam has officially begun, and the area of the room should be silent, but such a sound can be heard. Master Pardon hurriedly pulled Huhu and went in the direction of the sound.

When I arrived at the place, I saw a candidate dressed in ordinary clothes, holding a passing examiner and shouting. His expression was already a little crazy, but in the early February weather, his face was red, he was sweating profusely, and his mouth was shouting non-stop, but there were only a few words back and forth.

The examiner was frightened at first, but quickly reacted, and angrily ordered the candidate to be taken out of the private room and locked up in solitary confinement first. He's also cheap, so why did he happen to pass by here and run into this. What's even more terrifying is that he is still in the eyes of the saint, and I don't know what impression I have left.

The examinee was dragged out of the single room by the soldiers, as if he understood his fate, and shouted in a loud voice, "Three hundred taels...... Three hundred taels...... My son, daughter, daughter-in-law...... It's gone, it's gone...... There's nothing left......" The tone was full of despair, and from the beginning it was hoarse, and soon it was almost inaudible.

"Shut his mouth! Take it away and don't disturb other candidates. The examiner was taken aback by his unobtrusive remarks, and jumped to his feet and ordered. The meaning of these words was so obvious that he didn't want to hear it at all, let alone listen to it in front of the saint. Alas, I knew that this subject would be so chaotic, how could he compete to be this examiner, he couldn't hide!

Yu Wenhu and Jia Yu didn't come closer, they just watched from a short distance, and naturally heard the desperate cries of the candidates. Both of them understand, he is afraid that he will sell his family for the three hundred taels that bought the exam questions!

Master Pardon's face was dark, staring at the candidate who was dragged away, his eyes were quite cold. Because of the experience in the "dream", in addition to doubling the compensation for his children, the eldest man hated the man who sold his children, and this man naturally attracted his eyes at this time. Seeing that he is only about thirty, his children must not be very old, and he doesn't know how much suffering he will have to endure after being sold.

"This guy should be punished severely." When the soldier dragged the examinee past the two, Yu Wenhu glanced over coldly and said lightly.

This kind of thing is not the only one, and several candidates with poor psychological tolerance have been caught from the No. 1 room area one after another. These people all bought the so-called exam questions, but none of them appeared on the exam papers, and the homework they had prepared for so long was in vain.

Of course, although more candidates who bought the exam questions were surprised and disappointed, they could still calm down, and when they saw the lessons of the past, they could only sigh in their hearts and answer the questions silently.

The atmosphere inside the Gongyuan gradually calmed down, but the excitement outside the Gongyuan had just begun.

As soon as the gate of the Gongyuan was closed, and the crowd outside the gate had not dispersed, the brocade guards, who had been waiting for a long time, began to act. A team of brocade guards in flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives broke down the doors of some officials' mansions with edicts in hand, and then it was the process of announcing the decree, taking people, and raiding homes.

In the deep palace, Emperor Taishang stood on a high place, silently looking in the direction of the Tribute Courtyard. Although the gate of the Gongyuan was closed, it did not delay him from knowing what was happening in the Gongyuan. The exam questions before the exam were all over the capital, but the fourth child did not move, and even intervened. He originally planned to see how the fourth child ended, but he didn't expect the fourth child to come with such a hand, and even he hid it.

Jia Amnesty, Jia Enhou! This kid ...... The Emperor twisted his beard and smiled.