Chapter 297
Xu Qian had already started writing, but Xu Liang hesitated again and again, thinking about whether his answer sheet would be read by the Wing King and make a judgment on the spot, so the paper could not contain the fire, and the whole person was roasted like an ant on a hot pot.
Xichao drank tea quietly, the weather was getting warmer and warmer, and the whole person suddenly felt that the heat was unbearable, and ordered Hongrui to get an ice bowl to relieve the fever, and the examiners had a share of the light of the Wing King.
Xu Liang wrote at this time, the success or failure of his heart was in this move, there was no better choice, racking his brains to piece together a strategy with a considerable number of words, it was really a little powerless, and he secretly wondered why his life was so contrary to the Wing King.
After two more teas, Li Lei smiled and read it silently from beginning to end, thinking that he could re-lay the paper and copy it.
Just as Xu Liang was halfway through writing, he heard Li Lei put down his pen again, and he broke out in a cold sweat nervously, and he raised his ears to pay attention to the actions of the Wing King.
Li Lei returned to his thoughts and looked at the two people who were answering the question, and his heart was relieved, it seemed that the Wing King gave the two of them the same opportunity, which was comparable to life for Xu Qian.
"Written?" Xichao looked at Li Lei and said, "Take a look." ”
As soon as the words fell, except for Xu Qian, who was quietly in the inspiration zone, he didn't notice it, Xu Liang's hand shook in shock, and a drop of thick ink was rendered, but fortunately, it was a good thing to do with the draft.
Li Lei respectfully presented his answer sheet, regardless of whether the Wing King understood it or not, he was still confident in his writing.
Xi Chao took a look at it and said with a smile: "The words are also good." He beckoned the nearby forbidden army to give instructions to Ouyang Ye and other officials.
"Take the Forbidden Army to get something for the name." Xi Chao did not read the content carefully and handed it over to Hongming, "The candidate directly confused his name after handing in the paper." ”
"The prince is not in accordance with the rules." The official retorted. "Generally, it is necessary to hand over all the names after the count."
"Anyway, it's paste, and there is no difference between morning and evening." Xi Chao felt that the official's words were inexplicable, and the points were different while pasting the name?
"What about the transcription?" Ouyang Ye cut off the official's chance to speak again. Inquire.
"I'll talk about it later." Xi Chao sent someone to pick up things first, but the weather was getting hotter, and he couldn't stay outside, "When the two of them hand in the papers, they will go back to their room to answer the questions." "Even if the special treatment is justified, it will be suspected by other candidates, and dirty thoughts will arise.
Ouyang Ye personally took the forbidden army to get things, and in front of everyone, the forbidden army used to paste Li Lei's exam papers, and a few more people handed in the papers one after another, probably because they were extremely confident in their writing, and they couldn't wait until tomorrow morning to hand them in.
When the forbidden army was named, the Xi Dynasty pointed out. "Pick out the right topic and put it separately." The opposite question here refers to the answer according to the question on the paper, not the wrong question formed by changing the question before.
"Pick out the one with two answers." Xi Chao's expression did not move, "Some people like to be clever." Don't you know that being clever is mistaken by being smart? It means that the above two types of people, who should listen to the words and take it for granted that there is no need to listen to strange requests, anyway, the title is from the emperor, and there is no reason to change it. Answer: One is conservative, to put it bluntly, he has no opinion, and he is indecisive. If you want to be left and right, which side is right, you also have an advantage, but in fact, it is very wrong, and you can see from this incident that the wavering character, and the style of playing the wall grass in the officialdom, there is no merit, and it is the type of person who is least needed by the superiors.
"Lord Wang, the purpose of Qiu Yu is to read the article and set it up." The officials were surprised to see the Wing King so classified. Typical arbitrariness.
"This king wants to know how many candidates take this king's words as a deaf ear." Xi Chao said casually, "If you don't obey orders, you will be regarded as deceiving." It's just a small autumn, and the spring puff hall is in the back, and such people are arrogant and should be vigilant. ”
The officials had nothing to say, and they didn't even listen to the words of the Wing King, and they were afraid that it would be violable if they really entered the court in the future, and they suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and the true meaning of the Wing King was here.
Xi Chao couldn't hold the heat and went to the lobby that was cleaned up, and moved the pergola to Xu Qian and the others who were writing, there was a forbidden army guarding outside, and there was no big thing, so the transcribed matter was handed over to Ouyang Ye to deal with, how could he be the chief examiner and watch without doing anything.
A qiē matter is completed in front of the Xi Dynasty, if there is still favoritism, it is really interesting, who is so bold to take a risk.
It wasn't until noon that Xu Qian handed in the papers, took the bowl he brought to eat, and the aroma of the rice hooked the gluttonous worms in his stomach, and he ate very energetically.
There was a basin of ice in the room to cool down, and the officials all frowned, and the Wing King was clearly here to enjoy, although they were stained with its light and rubbed it cold, but their hearts were still not very balanced, and their hands to copy the test papers on a hot day couldn't help but be sour, and the Wing King didn't stop eating and drinking for a moment as if he was a supervisor, and the maid fanned the fan so comfortably.
Xi Chao still stayed in the Gongyuan at night, cleaned up a room and moved the soft couch, it will be one night, the forbidden army is on duty in turn, not too tired, the problem at night must pay attention to the water, the weather is dry and dry is the most likely to catch fire, and sometimes it may be that the candidates do not pay attention to the candles and accidentally dump the fire.
In the past, the door of the big exam number was locked, even if the door of the water number was really not allowed to be opened, and most of the candidates were killed and injured, which was unbearable to witness, which was a precedent for Youxi Dynasty not to lock this time.
Xi Chao accompanied the candidates to stay up for nine days and the three exams were all over, eating, drinking and sleeping, the whole person was not tired, but the officials were not, in the past, the big exam was able to sleep well at night and hand over the miscellaneous matters to the official errand to solve, not this year, the big Buddha of the Wing King is in, if you want to show Xiàn better, you have to pay, and the whole three exams are not much better than the candidates.
When the gate of the Gongyuan was opened, the relatives and friends of the candidates who had been waiting for a long time outside the door, or the people who came to see the excitement gathered here, looked at the door and counted how many candidates were carried out by the official in the autumn of this year.
To the disappointment of the people who watched the fun, all the candidates who came out of Zigong Academy had ruddy faces and high spirits, what was going on? Aside from the bitter faces of the candidates, without exception, a strong one was carried out, and the jaws and eyes of a group of people were suddenly shocked.
I don't know why everyone has a normal face in the difficult environment of the examination room, of course, this normality cannot be compared with the normal people who have not participated in the big exam, but many candidates who have passed out and suffered from heat stroke over the years, the bloodless and pale face like paper, looks like there is only one breath.
On the other hand, this year's autumn season is seen from the beginning to the end. Until the Gongyuan closed the door, no candidate was carried out, which is a great news. Everyone rushed to tell each other, if it weren't for the candidates' need for enough rest, they would have directly blocked the candidates to ask for an understanding.
Of course, there are no taboos between relatives, out of curiosity to ask about the strange things in this year's examination room, after learning the real answer, no one believes that it is true.
Many people who are full of question marks do not give up, and they are not afraid of the trouble to ask the candidates in the homes of acquaintances, and they get exactly the same answers. Suddenly, the whole face stiffened into a lump, and the cracks fell to the ground like falling ash, which felt too bad.
The news spread overnight. The spread is in full swing, and most people will believe it, and it must be that the test questions are simple and they don't suffer much from scratching their hearts and livers.
Some people have to ask, that is, why do some people have a bitter face and look like they have failed the list. This is not at all consistent with what has been said above.
All kinds of endless discussions have become a topic of conversation among the people. The storyteller of the tea house opened the shelf and told the difference in this autumn.
"I really can't imagine that this autumn festival is so exciting." Murong Xuan and Luo Changdong set a place in the restaurant, listening to the storyteller below.
"It's just grandstanding." Luo Changdong laughed at this, and those who couldn't understand the inside of officialdom were blindly happy.
"It's not that there were candidates who made trouble before the exam and haven't dealt with it until now, so it can be seen that he is a casual person." The one in Luo Changdong's mouth is the king of the wings, and there are many people in the restaurant, and most of the candidates are talking about it to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"That person is not a bully on the surface, don't forget who brought the victory." Murong Xuan didn't like Luo Changdong's belittling of the Wing King, no matter how he said that the Wing King had made a great contribution. It is not appropriate to judge by personal opinions.
"Cut, who knows what's going on. Maybe it's not her alone. Luo Changdong snorted coldly, and he was very unpleasant to the Wing King.
"Don't talk about that, we just need to prepare for the spring festival." Murong Xuan changed the topic and talked about some relaxed and rare good weather.
There were candidates next to him who sighed that it would be great if the Yiwang was still in the examination room at that time, at least he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking.
The words of the same table ridiculed the suddenness of the winged king's going this time, and there was no such good luck in the spring, although the vegetarian food tasted very delicious, and it could be tasted on a hot day.
Moreover, the Wing King is not mentioned in the Spring Festival, this time he must be on the list before he can participate in the Spring Festival, and he has not yet released the list, and he thinks too much about it, and then an empty time hinders his mood.
The candidates in Qiufu all praised the benefits of Yiwang being in charge, there is no need to be stuffy in the number room, and there is a special person responsible for eating and drinking, which feels good.
Another candidate talked about the true and false Xu Qian, and the king of Yiwang gave the two of them a chance at that time, and was not put in prison on the spot for post-trial, which is a kind of respect for the reader, at least he is worthy of participating in the assessment, and how the result will be judged will be after verification.
Some people think more, if the impostor is true, what to do if you pass the exam again, and the ranking will be invalidated, and it is better for the person to take the exam in vain than to directly review it.
Some people say that it is for the whole name, and it is not just to be able to participate in the autumn festival, and if the opportunity is given, you should be content, after all, the law you do is against the law, and if you are lenient and someone will follow suit in the future, it will not be chaotic.
Before the facts became clear, all kinds of speculations were frequent, and there were people who debated who was right and who was wrong on the matter. How to solve it in the end, so as not to cause public indignation, after all, the triennial imperial examination is not easy, and the hard work and sweat of ten years of hard study is at this time.
As early as the end of the autumn season, Xu Qian Xu Liang and two children of the Xu family who participated in the examination were arrested and imprisoned, Xu Qian and Xu Liang were arrested and imprisoned because of the real fake name, and the other two were making fake accounts, and the other was cheating under the banner of the Xu family.
There was such a big thing before the release of the list, and a little wind and grass can be connected to form unimaginable waves.
The Xi Dynasty urged the speed of the marking officers to read the papers, but they really did not take action to involve the civil officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and the results must be released in three days.
The officials were forced to look at the flowers from morning to night, and they couldn't be perfunctory because of this, just because the Winged King wanted to be quick and quality, and the checks were very busy so that the officials were bloodshot and their eyes were red, and they were the same as the living corpses.
The results were released in advance, and the candidates did not know about it. When the entire wall outside the Gongyuan was covered with paper, the candidates who inadvertently passed by instantly took root on the soles of their feet and looked directly.
There are three main categories of wall divisions, which are indicated in the form of headings. It is not the list that attracts people's attention while knowing what this part is for, but this year there are two more special areas.
One is the final conclusion about Xu Qian's matter, which has a comparison of Xu Qian's and Xu Liang's test papers, each of which is noted so that people can distinguish it, and then the result after verification, implicating not only the Xu family, but also the whole process of deceiving and buying Xiucai. The evidence in this case is conclusive and cannot be denied, and it should be severely punished by the law, Xu Liang's article is only placed there, and he only has a high and low opinion, and what kind of good goods can he buy.
The bottom section indicates the examination papers of the other two people in the Xu family's participation in the autumn festival and the responsibility for the crimes. Process the results.
In the other area, there are 21 candidates, including those who have submitted two answers, and the corresponding answers are attached to the public. Leave a comment at the end. Those who ignore their intentions, no matter how well the article is written, are useless, and all of them fall off the list.
The answer sheets of the top ten candidates under the list are listed one by one, so that the candidates who come to check the list can compare them after reading them to achieve the purpose of convincing.
Such a different wall carried absolutely unexpected events, and there were many people crowded in front of the bean wall for a moment, and some people who couldn't squeeze in front of them were so anxious that they were sweating profusely.
The Xi Dynasty had a headache at the crowd of people when the list was released, and ordered the forbidden army to work hard all morning to maintain order and not to have people trampled to death. He also ordered the Praetorian Army to read out the contents of each area in turn. The crowd commotion caused an accident.
Some people applauded and praised such a dazzling impartiality that was eye-opening. There is no objection to the above.
There are many students who are not used to relying on the identity of the Xu family as an emperor and businessman to show off their might, their eyes are about to grow and their heads are up, and they are even more deliberately contemptuous when they speak, which is really disgusting. Now that he deserves to eat the evil fruits, such a person should be treated well, don't look down on others, isn't he just a businessman, he really thinks that he flies on the branch and becomes a phoenix, phew, and he doesn't take a mirror to take a good look at his own virtue, and it is difficult to change the copper smell of businessmen in his bones.
The criticism of the Xu family intensified, and many merchants who were cheated under the banner of the Xu family united to sue the government for compensation. The Xu family suddenly went from being a fragrant dumpling that merchants were vying to cling, and suddenly became the target of everyone's spurning.
Just when the situation was developing towards the bad side of the Xu family, the palace decree was issued and posted in a conspicuous place, and the forbidden army was ordered to publicize it.
The gist of the decree is that the only Xu family who really contributes to the country is Xu Chenlin's family, and the rest are all collateral and are not counted in the imperial business, and doing things under the banner of the Xu family is a price, and it is a despicable act that is not allowed by the superiors.
There is a holy purpose in front of the people, and the people suddenly became enlightened after knowing it, knowing that the innocent owner was to blame, those surnamed Xu were to take advantage of the Xu family, and they also blamed themselves for failing to polish their eyes.
There are fewer and fewer people who inhibit the Xu family, and after this incident, the people re-realize that they can't follow the clouds, and warn themselves not to stammer, flattering like seeing the official master as soon as they hear someone report the name of the Xu family, pretending to be a grandson like seeing the official master, the real Xu family is very low-key, if it weren't for the merit and Mu Guo in the war, they would not be promoted to the front of the emperor as an imperial businessman, this is the emperor's value and reward for the Xu family.
Mu Jin in the palace joked happily in the Tongxi Dynasty, "Look at how charming you are, the candidates unanimously recommended you to sit in the Spring Festival." "The first time I saw a candidate, he said that he ate more than he said about the test questions.
"Besides, plans can't keep up with changes." Xi Chao didn't have the heart to take errands on his body, and he had enough things at hand.
"Why is there a shortage of silver?" Mu Jin clearly knew that the rather large fiefdom of the Xi Dynasty cost countless silver taels, like a bottomless pit.
"It's okay, hold on for half a year." Xi Chao didn't say big things, it was so long to be full, and he was in a hurry to collect profits from outside.
"Or I'll give you a part." Mu Jinming calculated how much of his private money he could come up with.
"Look again, I've already thought of a way, but I really can't ask for it." Xi Chao estimated roughly, and wondered in his heart that he should delete a few plans first and put them later, and then implement them if he has the spare energy?
"You're not going to be playing the idea of a rich merchant again, are you?" Mu Jin clearly understands the Xi Dynasty, and if he hates anything, he will attack in this direction, of course, making money is also counted.
"Sort of, who told them not to do serious business." What abduction and trafficking of children to force good people into prostitution, these secret deeds, Xi Chao is determined to get rid of them as soon as possible.
"Okay, don't fight alone if you have difficulties, you still have me." Mu Jinming patted the back of Xi Chao's hand, "It's a big deal to sell a few things in the palace, there is always a way." "I can't think of it, I can't do it.
"Well, you and I are not separated from each other, and I will not be polite to you." Xi Chao replied with a smile, "I am measured, and there are enough corrupt officials in the world to fill the hole." ”
Mu Jin couldn't laugh when he heard this, "If the courtiers hear this, they don't want to cry without tears, and they will take a detour when they see you." (To be continued......)