Because this time the temple examination re-examination was watched by the saint himself, and all the invigilators reviewed the exam papers in the hall after they were received. > then attached the reasons why he chose this exam paper to the exam paper, and the test papers of the final selected candidates were also reviewed by the sage himself. When the list of famous singers was unveiled, the top three people in the first class were selected, and the list and tanhua did not change, but the champion became Zhang Menglin, who ranked first in the second class. However, the original champion fell to the seventh place in the second class because of his abnormal performance.

Although there are occasional differences between the candidates of the second and third grades, most of them are in slightly different order of ranking, and less than five people in the original list failed in the re-examination. And the original rankings of these people were in jeopardy.

The examination papers of the only few scholars who were originally on the list and then failed to be on the list were singled out and carefully reviewed, and it was found that although these people were not on the list, the articles they wrote were also remarkable, but the invigilators who reviewed the examination papers were different, so they were slightly different subjectively. Some people even stand out because of this - for example, the test paper of Chen Ju, the son of Chen Jue, not only has subtle rhetoric, but also cites several supporting arguments in the article, which is obviously because he often watches the court newspaper on weekdays, and even discusses the court politics with his father from time to time.

Such a su zhì cultivation, not to mention being elected to the Hanlin Academy, is more than enough to be directly sent to other provinces as the chief magistrate.

There is also Zhang Huaiyu's youngest son, Zhang Menglin, whose articles quote classics, sharp words, and some views are even more amazing. It seems that because someone slandered his father for personal fraud, Zhang Menglin held a breath of resentment in his heart, and changed the moderation and low-key of the Zhang family when writing articles for people, the style of a humble gentleman, and the pen was open and aggressive.

There are also swords that go off the rails, for example, a certain scholar named Hu Jinzhong, because he was born in Jin merchants, and the people who are familiar with it on weekdays are all merchants and merchants, and the value of goods between the north and the south is exchanged. When he expounded the arguments of the article, he introduced some of the ways of life of the merchants into the article, and the novelty of his arguments and the detailed and pragmatic exposition also made people think deeply. If such a person is well adjusted and trained, although he will not become a righteous minister, he will be enough to become a pillar of the imperial court......

In short, this time Enke is full of gold, not to mention that there is no fraud rumored in the market before, and its level is so high that it can be ranked in the forefront of the imperial examination of this dynasty.

Seeing this result, the saint breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, it was his first Enke after he ascended the throne, if there was really any scandal of fraud in the imperial examination because of this, even if the imperial court was willing to punish him severely, but the rumors of the matter would damage the face of the saint.

Now that it can be confirmed that there is no fraud in the imperial examination, the saint is relaxed, and Long Yan is even more angry. ordered Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, to accept this matter, and he must thoroughly investigate who is slandering the important ministers of the imperial court.

The source of the news is very easy to investigate, Zhao Bihe just grabbed these troublemakers and asked them, and found a person surnamed Mei who was arguing with Chen Huan and others after the exam.

After investigating this person surnamed Mei, I found that this person still had something to do with the Chen family. It turned out that this man's surname was Mei Minghong, and he was a person from Jiangnan. Born in poverty, but some talents. Because he had Zhou Ji, the second master of the Xue family in Jinling, he had the money to go to Beijing to catch the exam. The second master of the Xue family took a fancy to this Mei Juzi's talent, not only funded him to study, but also intended to marry his daughter Xue Baoqin to the Mei family. The two families therefore agreed to be in-laws, but unfortunately the second master of the Xue family died of illness within a year, leaving only an old wife and a pair of children, all of whom were old and weak. The buying and selling of the Xue family's second house has also been affected.

That Mei Hong won the first place in one fell swoop, and turned into a lifter. Since then, he has been studying in Beijing with the money funded by the Xue family. Even if he learned that the second master of the Xue family was gone, he didn't say anything. Mei Hong's classmates, friends and even the mentor didn't know that Mei Hong was related to the young lady in the second room of the Xue family in Jinling, so he had the intention of being a matchmaker for Mei Hong......

Zhao Bihe read these materials and concluded that Mei Hong was a person with bad character. However, Zhao Bihe was also suspicious in his heart, in his opinion, a person like Mei Hong, it was too late to see a powerful and wealthy person, how could he dare to slander the important ministers of the court behind his back? What's more, he slandered Lord Huaiyuzhang, the head of the cabinet of the current dynasty?

After careful investigation with a suspicious attitude, Zhao Bihe found out that Mei Hong's words that day were just jealousy after falling off the list. After being admonished by Chen Huan in person, his face turned white with fright, and he immediately shrank back. However, this sentence was listened to by people with intentions, and then deliberately spread some rumors in the first move, causing public indignation. And they just want to fish in troubled waters, and they can add to the sage if they are really not good.

And the identities of these caring people, after Zhao Bi and peeling off the cocoon, also found out. After that, he entered the palace and returned to the saint. The sage laughed angrily after hearing this, and immediately ordered someone to bring evidence to the Emperor Taishang to complain after Zhao Bihe left.

The matter is so big, the Emperor Taishang has naturally heard about it. However, the Emperor Taishang has many henchmen, and as early as when the saint has not found out what the name is, the Emperor Taishang will find out the cause and effect. Seeing the new emperor coming over angrily to say goodbye. The Emperor Taishang smiled and said, "The third child has gone too far in this matter. How do you want to punish him? ”

Before the new emperor could complain, he was choked by the emperor's words. Hearing what the Emperor said, the sage raised his eyebrows and asked, "Father has known about it for a long time?" ”

"Not much earlier than you." Emperor Taishang tasted the new tea of Xingong this year, and said with a smile: "Zhang Huaiyu is a person who looks like a humble gentleman. But he can serve as the head of the cabinet for so many years, but he is not just a noble temperament. Someone pointed the finger at him, and he naturally would not sit idly by. It's not hard to guess. ”

When the sage heard this, he thought thoughtfully. After sitting down again, he was calm. When the emperor saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "The twelfth child entered the palace yesterday, because he said that he took people to hunt on the outskirts of the city before, and it was easy to hunt a roe deer, and he immediately entered the palace to pay homage to me." Just come over at this time, have lunch, and then go. “

The saint nodded. The father and son had lunch and laughed again. The saint then took his leave.

For the time being, let's not talk about how the saints punished those who stirred up trouble behind their backs.

only said that after the re-examination of the imperial court, because Chen Huan and Hu Jinzhong both proved their innocence, there was nothing else to mention. The marriage of the two families was put on the agenda again.

Hu Jinzhong and Chen Wan's marriage was originally scheduled for early May, but because of the delay of these days, the time was a little untimely. The two families didn't want to be in a hurry and wronged a pair of children. After sitting down and deliberating, it was finally decided to recalculate the auspicious day. The saint didn't know where to hear about this, and he even ordered the people of Qin Tianjian to calculate a good day for the two families. It is also said that this day is stained with royal luxury, "Those little children must be smooth and full, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Although these words were the private laughter of the saint and Chen Qi. However, the sage has never said so, and when he said so, Chen Jue naturally knew that there was nothing wrong with this day. At that moment, I thanked the saint with a thousand thanks, and went to find the Hu family with the good day and auspicious day selected by Qin Tianjian.

Although the Hu family had long known that Chen Qi was proud in front of the saint, they didn't expect that the saint would be able to take care of even these trivial things. I like it more and more, and I respect the Chen family more and more. The marriage of a pair of young children was finally scheduled for the sixth day of the sixth month of June.

After many years of marriage, I can finally marry a beautiful girl. It is also a double happiness with the title of the gold list of flowers and candles in the cave room, not only everyone in the Hu family, but even Hu Jinzhong himself is so beautiful that he is bubbling. Every day at home, I just count the days with my hands. Either they are looking for all kinds of excuses to go to Chen's house to meet Chen Huan.

When everyone saw the appearance of such a hairy boy as Hu Jinzhong, they became more and more funny.

Now it is said that because the news of the marriage between the two families has already spread, in early April, families came to give gifts. Among them, in addition to the princes and princes who often come and go, the Lin Ruhai family in the Jiangnan salt class is the most generous.

Chen Qi has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows the truth that he is either a traitor or a thief. Although the Chen and Lin families can barely be regarded as in-laws, they have never dealt with each other. The exchange of gifts under the previous New Year's Festival was just to maintain the affection of colleagues and relatives. It wasn't until the emperor abdicated and the new emperor ascended the throne, and he intended to change the position of the imperial history of the salt patrol from one year to three years, or five years, that the Lin family's annual gifts suddenly became rich.

Chen Qi knew that Lin Jiali would ask for something. Sure enough, Lin Ruhai attached a few letters when he sent the Boxing Gift later. First of all, the normal greetings were warm. It wasn't until the two exchanged letters a few times that Lin Ruhai changed his mind and mentioned that he wanted to return to Beijing.

Chen Jue also knows that Jiangnan Yandao is a mess. Now that the sage intends to rectify the rule of officials, although Jiangnan Yandao is a fat child, it is even more of a hot potato. Lin Ruhai was a smart person, so he was in a hurry to get out after sensing the movement of the imperial court. However, the second mansion of Rongning has long been disliked by the sage because of Qin Keqing's matter, although this matter cannot be announced, but there are well-informed people in Chang'an City who know about it.

Wang Ziteng was also demoted by the sage official by the sage because of the Xue family's affairs back then, and he was too busy to take care of himself at the moment, and he didn't have time to pay attention to Lin Ruhai's affairs.

Although Lin Ruhai has colleagues and friends, when it comes to Jane in the emperor's heart, no one can compare to Chen Qi. So Lin Ruhai simply put all his hopes on Chen Qi. hopes to benefit Chen Qi with emotion, and finally Chen Qi mediates for him in front of the saint. This kind of certainty is the greatest.

Chen Qi originally didn't plan to get involved in the mess of Jiangnan officialdom. But at this time and at that time, now the three princes are calculating on his head in order to add blockage to today. If he can't be polite and reciprocate, one is not the truth of loyalty, the second is that he can't hold his breath and express his grievances, and the third is that his colleagues in the Manchu Dynasty will look down on him, right?

So Chen Jue thought twice, and then took Lin Ruhai's letter into the palace.