In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, it is said that the capital invested in any business is small and profitable. Gambling, or gambling these days, is definitely at the top of the list.

As the saying goes, there is no first, there is no second, every time there is a scientific examination, there will be some popular candidates who are optimistic, such as Xie Yuan in various places, and some well-known scholars, so who can they be in high school, how many places in high school has become a matter of curiosity.

The gambling house will naturally not let go of such an opportunity, so it opened a special bet on whether these popular candidates can go to high school, and the specific ranking after high school, in short, the more detailed the bet, the higher the odds.

The larger gambling houses in Chang'an City are basically open, and most people are optimistic about Xie Yuan from the Jiangnan region, which is relatively rich and has more scholars, so most of the top few places in each imperial examination come from these places. The strength of students in the south often crushes the students in the north.

The chief examiner of this year's scientific examination is Wei Zheng, as for why Li Shimin uses Wei Zheng as the chief examiner, there must be no need to explain much, of course, because Wei Zheng is fair, strict, honest and honest. Li Shimin is assured that he will preside over the scientific examination, after all, the scientific examination is to elect talents for the entire Datang, and if the chief examiner is not fair and just, it will make the scientific examination lose its original meaning.

As soon as the exam is over, as soon as the candidates leave, Wei Zheng, as the chief examiner, immediately ordered the paper to be sealed, and then ordered a special transcriptionist to transcribe the candidates' test papers on the spot according to the process, which is to avoid the person who marks the paper from identifying the respondent according to the handwriting or the marks left by the candidates, and there is a situation of favoritism and fraud. Therefore, the examiner marks all the transcribed test papers, and except for the chief examiner and several deputy examiners, no one else has the right to check the original papers.

At this time, the Gongyuan was also heavily guarded, with troops guarding the inner three layers and the outer three layers, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, even if it was a fly, don't want to fatten in. The examiners must mark the papers in a closed manner in the Gongyuan, eating, drinking, and sleeping here until the marking is completed and the list is announced.

As the chief examiner this time, Wei Zheng is responsible for the supervision of the entire examination process and prevents all favoritism and malpractice.

Wei Zheng had a serious face, carefully controlled all links, and made up his mind that the emperor believed that he entrusted himself with the matter of electing talents for the country, so he must not live up to the emperor's trust and select the best talents in strict accordance with the requirements.

However, the process of marking the papers is boring and boring, let's not say for the time being, as soon as the examination of the Gongyuan is over, someone immediately rushed into the palace to report to the emperor Li Shimin, everything went well in this exam, so that the emperor can rest assured that he can wait for the end of the marking.

As the emperor, Li Shimin naturally attaches great importance to the imperial examination, after all, the selected talents will have to do things for him in the future, if the selected talents are all mediocre, then the Tang Dynasty will not be over? So during the exam, he also kept an eye on the news from the Gongyuan side all the time.

At this time, Li Shimin was discussing with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wang Jue, and several ministers, and when he heard the official eunuch's report, Li Shimin was very happy, and said to several ministers around him with a smile: "This exam is finally over, I have been nervous for the past three days, and I am not at all better than those candidates. ”

Several people nodded again and again, especially Wang Jue was deeply touched, he is indeed very tormented these days, because his own nephew also participated in this scientific examination, although the exam has been completed now, but there are still several days before the release of the list, which is really very anxious. If the Wang family wants to prosper and endure for a long time, it must rely on the younger generations to fight for it, so as not to let the Wang family's family business decline, although they have several sons, but they are not very successful, not the material for reading, although there is one who has won the lift, but then several scientific examinations have fallen to Sun Shan, seeing that he is old, there is no hope, so he simply recommended to the Ministry of Officials as a lifter, with a bit of old face, and finally gave a county master book, let him slowly boil away, as for the other best is also a showman, and he can't count on it.

On the contrary, it is his own nephew, but he is a piece of reading material, smart and smart, diligent and motivated, and the hope of high school is quite big, I can't say, the glory of the Wang family will depend on him in the future.

Everyone present knew about Wang Qi's nephew's participation in the exam, so Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "I'm afraid Lord Wang has a deep understanding of this. ”

Wang Jue did not deny it outright, and admitted frankly: "The old man is ashamed! ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Lord Wang Jue is concerned about the younger generation, it is understandable, to be honest, I am also quite curious about this exam, I don't know who can win the championship in one fell swoop." ”

"I heard that our hot prince and uncle also participated in this scientific expedition, I don't know how the literature is?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"Oh, someone in Wang Dazhui's family is participating in the scientific expedition? I really don't know this, I don't know how this uncle of his family is better than Lord Wang Jue's nephew? On the plate in the casino outside, are the two of them there? Li Shimin smiled even more and was very interested.

Wang Qi was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said a little proudly: "The old minister heard from a few unsuccessful sons in the family, my nephew Wang Bo's name is really on the handicap of the casino, I heard that it is still a popular candidate."

The minister also heard that the aunt of the prince's family seems to be named Li ...... Li Boran is also said to be a popular candidate for the champion. ”

Du Ruhui interjected with a smile: "Lord Wang's nephew Wang Bo heard that he has been a good exporter since he was a child, he is very smart and clever, and when he grows up, he is even more powerful in reading, outstanding among young people, and famous. Together with Luo Binwang, Yang Jiong, and Lu Zhaolin, they are known as the four talents of "Wang Yang and Lu Luo". ”

"In this way, this nephew of Lord Wang Qi is really good, I would like to see his talent earlier." Li Shimin said with a smile.

Wang Jue was very happy when he heard this, he was able to let Li Shimin remember his nephew's name, and when he took the palace exam in the future, he might be able to come out on top. couldn't help but smile gratefully at Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui smiled lightly, meaning that there is no need to be grateful, if the ministers of the same dynasty can help, they will naturally not not help.

Fang Xuanling paid more attention to Wang Dazhui, and he mentioned his brother-in-law Li Boran in Aiwu and Wu, "I heard that Li Boran is said to have lived in the prince's house since he came to Chang'an City, and he has been closed to the house, studying hard, and he also invited Di Renjie to go to tutor. ”

"Also, until the final result comes out, even I don't know who will win the championship in one fell swoop." Li Shimin said with a smile.

(End of chapter)