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The next day, morning upwards.

Entering the main hall, Zhao Junchen glanced at the position of the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, but saw that Zhou Shangjing still looked like he was lowering his eyebrows, and there was nothing abnormal in his expression.

Zhao Junchen believed that Emperor Deqing repeatedly read Li Chunchen's palace examination answer sheet yesterday, and Zhou Shangjing must have also gotten the news.

After all, those eunuchs in the palace are all "mothers with milk", since they will report the news to Zhao Junchen after receiving the benefits of Zhao Junchen, they will naturally buy three after receiving the benefits of others.

However, looking at Zhou Shangjing's appearance now, it is obvious that he has made up his mind and will not stop it.

In this regard, although Zhao Junchen regretted it, he was helpless, in fact, if there was no Zhou Shangjing to take the lead, Zhao Junchen would never be the first bird.

However, although Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen will not come out, but looking at Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong on the side, as well as the officials under the two of them, they are all gloomy at this time - since the two of them joined forces, they feel that there is no one in the court to compete, and it is rare to have such a look.

Obviously, Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong also learned the news, because they were afraid of the great threat that the "secret folding system" would bring, but they planned to "turn the tide" on the court this morning.

Zhao Junchen knew very well that if the ministers did not have Zhou Shangjing to take the lead, it would be impossible to fight Emperor Deqing, but Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong planned to stop Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen was also quite interested, so he also learned from Zhou Shangjing to lower his eyebrows and quietly wait for the two to play.

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However, it was said that after the ministers waited in the hall for a while, they shouted "Your Majesty has arrived" with the great eunuch Zhang De. Emperor Deqing finally arrived.

Between saluting and greeting, Zhao Junchen secretly raised his eyes to look. I saw that Emperor Deqing's expression was as usual, as majestic and dignified as usual. It's just that he looked at the courtiers' eyes at this time, but they were full of exploration, as if a chef was looking at a piece of dead pork and was thinking about where to cut it.

However, Emperor Deqing sat behind the dragon chair, but suddenly smiled widely, as if all the officials in the palace were Aiqing ministers he was very satisfied with, and said softly: "All Aiqing should be flat." ”

After the ministers got up, Emperor Deqing raised his voice and said, "Zhong Aiqing." Today is the great day of my dynasty, the palace examination of today's department, so far the dust has finally settled, yesterday the ministers of the examination papers presented the answer sheets of the test children to me, I was quite happy after reading, because there are a lot of good words, even I feel that I have benefited a lot, such as Zhou Shoufu's grandson Zhou Suwen's 'education of the officials and the people', such as Jiangnan Zhao Shancai's 'minister's theory'. It is a rare good article, through this subject, I can harvest a lot of good materials, it is a great luck! ”

Listen to what Emperor Deqing said. The ministers naturally congratulated one after another, and during the period, many ministers seized the opportunity to slap their horses and sing praises of virtue, but they did not mention it.

But. For example, Zhao Junchen, Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and other insiders heard Emperor Deqing's words. But they were all stunned.

It stands to reason that Emperor Deqing admired the palace exam answer sheet the most. It should be Li Chunchen's "Sharpening the Sword Theory" - thinking that Emperor Deqing should polish a sword of the hanging beam to warn the ministers at all times instead of guarding against the officials of the court and the opposition from causing trouble to the government and the opposition, and this sword of the hanging beam is naturally the "secret folding system" - why did Emperor Deqing not mention this article at this time?

A few people secretly pondered, and Emperor Deqing said: "Today, I have circled the champions, lists, and tanhua of the undergraduate palace examination, and as for the second and third ranking, it is the same as the previous palace examination, most of which are determined by the will of the ministers, and I have only slightly modified!" Zhang De, let's announce it! ”

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, the great eunuch Zhang De stepped forward, unfolded the holy decree of Emperor Deqing, and announced in a loud voice: "According to the Holy Pass, His Majesty Xià pro-judge, the first champion of the undergraduate palace examination, Zhou Suwen, was awarded the revision of the Hanlin Academy......

…… Zhao Shancai, the second place in the undergraduate palace examination, was awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy......

…… The third place in the undergraduate palace examination, Zeng Wei, was awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy......

…… The fourth place in the second class of the undergraduate, Wang Bozhi, was awarded the title of Jishi of the Hanlin Academy......

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…… The seventh place in the second class of the undergraduate, Liu Zimin, was awarded the six-grade promotion official, and the vacancy was filled first......

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…… The thirteenth place in the second grade of the bachelor's degree, Li Chunchen, awarded the seven grades of experience in the general administration ......"

Hearing Emperor Deqing's will, he fell into the ears of a group of insiders, and they were all stunned.

In this palace examination, not to mention the champions, lists, and tanhuas of the first class, it was not until the thirteenth place in the second class that Li Chunchen's name was read!

Didn't Emperor Deqing appreciate Li Chunchen's answer the most? Li Chunchen was originally the fourth place in the undergraduate examination, but now he fell into such a ranking in the palace examination, could it be that Emperor Deqing not only did not favor him, but secretly suppressed it?

Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen, who had been watching the changes on the side, were just right, but for Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong, who had been prepared for a long time, it was like a fist with accumulated strength hitting the cotton, which was extremely uncomfortable!

Originally, Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong had already planned, once Emperor Deqing gave Li Chunchen a higher ranking, the two would immediately come out to express their opposition, saying that Li Chunchen "confuses the lord with rumors" and "the proposed strategy disrupts the court and makes the government and the opposition officials and people panic, and must not be reused" Yunyun, so as to show his attitude, create public opinion, and prevent Emperor Deqing from implementing the "secret folding system".

It's just that I didn't think that Li Chunchen was only the thirteenth in the second class in the end, and the official position granted was only a small position of the seventh grade, as for the various arguments written by Li Chunchen in the answer sheet, Emperor Deqing didn't mention it, and finally Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong prepared a whole night's rhetoric, which was completely useless at this time!

However, everyone is a smart person who has been in the sea for many years, and they have already thought of Emperor Deqing's intentions in an instant.

Come to think of it, Emperor Deqing must have understood that if he reused Li Chunchen from the beginning and published Li Chunchen's "Sharpening the Sword Theory" to the public, he would definitely usher in the opposition of the ministers, so Emperor Deqing did the opposite, put Li Chunchen in an inconspicuous position, and did not mention Li Chunchen's "Sharpening the Sword Theory".

In a way, Emperor Deqing's "suppression" of Li Chunchen this time is itself a kind of love for Li Chunchen!

In fact, Emperor Deqing's arrangement of Li Chunchen in the yamen of the General Administration Department also shows an attitude and determination! You must know that the General Administration Department is a yamen that transfers and communicates to the people, and Emperor Deqing let Li Chunchen experience it here, so he can naturally increase a lot of relevant experience, and then when Emperor Deqing is ready to implement the "secret folding system" in the future, Li Chunchen can also be reused!

What's more, due to the particularity of the General Administration, the officials in this yamen are often responsible for drafting the will for the emperor! It's very easy to become a close minister of the emperor's side!

Emperor Deqing's arrangement of Li Chunchen can also be described as painstaking!

It's a pity that although I understand, but Emperor Deqing did this, Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and others could no longer find a reason to object.

As a result, Emperor Deqing's carefully prepared list was read by Zhang De so smoothly.

Then, Emperor Deqing looked around at the ministers, and stayed on Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao slightly, seeing that the ministers did not object, among them, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao's expressions were still a little suspicious, and Emperor Deqing's eyes flashed with pride, and announced slowly: "Since Zhong Aiqing has no other opinions, then let's make a list like this!" ”

Next, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette knelt down to accept the list of the palace examination, and hurriedly went to post the list without mentioning it.

And after Emperor Deqing encouraged his ministers a few more words, he was just about to say something about the next southern tour, when he saw a eunuch hurriedly enter the palace and report: "Your Majesty, congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to Beijing!" ”

Zhao Junchen had already gotten the news, and he was not surprised by this, but he just smiled slightly, knowing that with the return of the crown prince Zhu and Yu to Beijing, the temple was afraid that there would be another lively to see!

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PS: Well, today's second update! Cheeky continue to ask for likes and recommendation votes!

The insect has been broken for so long, in fact, I don't dare to expect what kind of results this book can have, I just want to finish it seriously, but looking at the number of things that always remains the same, I can't help but feel a little lonely in my heart, and there is always an illusion of "is anyone still reading this book", so please give the insect a little motivation? Thanks!

…… (To be continued......)