Will Xia Yan brush Yang Cong down with favoritism?

It's hard to say.

Everyone has their own principles of being a person, and Xia Yan also has it.

He looks at who is not pleasing to the eye, and he is doing it when he goes up, but he is not stunned, and he doesn't think that he is stunned, he thinks that he is still very reasonable, and he looks at who is not pleasing to the eye is not because of selfishness, but for the country and the people, at least he thinks so.

That is to say, he thinks that this person is a bad person, a corrupt official, or he has made a mistake, so he will look at people unpleasantly, and he has always thought in his heart that he is a virtuous minister for the country and the people.

Sometimes a person's good and bad, right and wrong, really can't tell, like Xia Yan, like Xu Jie, like Lu Bing, and even Jiajing, some say they are good, some say they are bad, right and wrong, each has its own comments, Mo Yi is sincere.

Of course, from Xia Yan's own point of view, he must think that he is a good person.

Therefore, he was a little hesitant when he got Yang Cong's test paper.

Yan Song had already written to him, and it was very clear in the letter that Yang Cong was the key training object of the Yangming lineage, Zou Shouyi and Zhan Ruoshui had gone too far for Yang Cong, and this kid seemed to have a good relationship with Hong Wuxun, if this kid was named on the gold list, it would definitely cause them a lot of trouble in controlling the power of the court in the future.

Of course, he knows how powerful the Yangming line is, when the Yangming line fought with the "imperial party" headed by Zhang Xuan, he was still just a small thing, but the Yangming line is one of the biggest forces in the court since the Zhengde Dynasty, Wang Shouren has a lot of things to rely on in Jiajing in Japan, if it weren't for Wang Shouren's sudden death, it is estimated that Zhang Xuan may not be able to fight them.

At this time, although the Yangming pulse was suppressed by Zhang Zhang, it did not hurt the muscles and bones, after all, now Zhang Xuan has submitted his resignation, and the power of the court is about to change hands, and the Yangming pulse can be said to be the only force above the court that can argue with them, and they can't be taken lightly.

As for the villain's behavior behind his back, he doesn't think so, there is no difference between a gentleman and a villain in the struggle for power, in order to control the power of the court, it is necessary to secretly use some means, because only the power in control can display ambitions and make greater contributions to the country and the people, at least, he comforted himself in his heart.

Yang Cong's score at this time is the eighth in the exam, if this kid is allowed to pass the test like this, it is very likely that he will be selected as a Shujishi, enter the Hanlin Academy, and become the key training object of the imperial court, which is naturally an inspiring good news for the Yangming lineage, but it is not a good thing for them.

It stands to reason that he should find a reason to brush this kid down, but after turning out Yang Cong's test paper, he hesitated, because he had already ordered someone to check, and at this time Yang Cong was living in the mansion of Lu Song, the commander of Jinyi Weidu, and it seemed that this kid was about to marry Lu Song's daughter Lu Ling'er.

He naturally knows the background of the Lu family, that is the old man of Xingxian Palace, the emperor has always been kind to them, Lu Linger is the most favored by the emperor, this little girl can walk sideways in the palace, and the emperor is closer to her than his own sister.

He knew very well that at this time, if he brushed Yang Cong down with his own black hands, there would definitely be trouble, and it would be big trouble.

This test paper can not only be reviewed by him, but also by the emperor, and Yang Cong wants to ask the emperor to review the test paper, it is a very simple matter, as long as Lu Linger runs to the emperor to say it, the emperor will definitely review the test paper.

He thought about it for a long time, but he still stuffed Yang Cong's test paper back as it was, forget it, he can't take risks at this time, it's better to wait for himself to become the first assistant of the cabinet, and then there will be a way to clean up Yang Cong, the new officialdom.

So, Yang Cong passed the test without danger, and he would try to be eighth, which was already very good, and when he saw his ranking, he couldn't help but be excited.

It's okay now, I'll try to pass the test, the title of the gold list is just around the corner, the palace test is just to rearrange the ranking, as long as I can try to pass, I won't be brushed down, and I finally took the first step to success.

However, when they looked at the list, what they saw was not all good news, he passed the test, but Xue Nantang and Li Du failed to pass the test, if you add Yu Dayou, who went to participate in the martial arts, they were a group of six, which was equivalent to half of the fold, and he and Hu Zongxian and Wang Xuan stayed until the end.

Xue Nantang and Li Du didn't feel too sad, their township test results were not good, the reason why they came to participate in the examination was purely luck, if they really won, it would be luck against the sky, and it would be nothing if they didn't win, they had expected it a long time ago.

Next is the last level of the palace test, this palace test is actually nothing to prepare for, because the palace test is a current policy, the level of writing is no longer important, it mainly depends on the on-the-spot performance, as long as it is not cheating, a current policy is really nothing to these time-tested tributes.

Yang Cong can be regarded as having studied hard for more than two years, and after trying to pass the test, he can finally relax.

He first held a feast in Lu Mansion for a few days, celebrated with a group of friends, as well as Lu Song and his wife, and Lu Bing's brothers and sisters, and then took Lu Ling'er and a group of friends to visit around the capital, and the time for this palace test was almost up.

In the early morning of that day, before midnight, more than 300 tributes were already neatly lined up outside the noon gate according to the ranking of the examination.

At this time, they can already be regarded as quasi-jinshi, and the palace examination is just a test of current affairs, and there is no point in entrainment, so naturally there is no official to search them again, which will embarrass them.

Therefore, they all wore their most glamorous Confucian robes, and they looked very neat.

After many trials and tribulations, they finally stood outside this palace.

In these years, it is not easy to take the imperial examination, from the county examination, the government examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, and the meeting examination all the way up, standing out from the millions of candidates in the Ming Dynasty, and those who can stand here can be regarded as one in a million talents.

These people are all looking forward to shining brightly, and they are extremely proud.

When the time came, a bell and drum rang out on the noon gate, and the left and right doors slowly opened, and a group of tributes slowly entered the palace under the guidance of the ceremonial officials.

On this day, due to the palace test, the early dynasty stopped for a day as usual, and the first half of the entire palace was basically empty except for some brocade guards who were on duty, and it looked extremely empty.

The tributes crossed the Jinshui Bridge, passed through the Taihe Palace, and then passed through the Zhonghe Palace, and soon came to the Baohe Palace.

At this time, more than 300 small tables had been neatly placed in the Baohe Palace, and each row of small tables was led by an invigilator, and a group of tributes quickly sat down according to the ranking of the examination.

It didn't take long for Jiajing to slowly walk into the hall surrounded by a group of brocade guards and eunuchs, and sat on the high dragon chair.

This was followed by rituals such as roll call, loose papers, praise, and salutes, and then the questions for the temple examination were issued.

Yang Cong took a closer look, and his face couldn't help showing a look of happiness, because he bet on the exam question, which roughly means how to deal with the invasion of the remnants of the Northern Yuan!

Anyway, how can he bet on the right strategy, this is too coincidental, right?