The imperial examination is the most important way for a country to select officials, which breaks the shackles of origin in the selection of officials since ancient times, and makes the phenomenon of "the upper grade no cold clan, the lower grade five scholar clan" controlling the government in the dynasty has become rare. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The imperial examination is roughly divided into several stages: children's examination, hospital examination, township examination, meeting examination and palace examination, which correspond to Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren and Jinshi, and the final palace examination is only assessed by the emperor himself, and the ranking of the examination is adjusted, but it generally does not deviate too much from the ranking of the examination.

There are many roads in Daqi, the territory is vast, so there are a lot of scholars who come to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, after the number of statistics in the capital, there are about 5,000 scholars in the imperial examination this year, which can really be called a grand event, but the final admission is only two or three hundred people, and the admission rate is really low to frightening.

But it still can't stop the enthusiasm of the scholars, after all, this is the smoothest way to promotion.

These 5,000 people have all been selected by thousands of people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one in a million, and it is really a great honor to be able to serve as the chief examiner of these scholars, at least in the eyes of Xu Heng and others.

But the thing that made Xu Heng most happy was not only this. The point is that after becoming the chief examiner of the imperial examination, those who win the imperial examination will call him a teacher, and they will be grateful to him, which is a very prestigious errand.

After the fall of the Huang family, he took over the ministry by himself, and he was really able to be the main minister, although it was a matter of course that the boss fell and his subordinates were on top, but the matter in front of him was not over, and the emperor had already made himself the chief examiner of this Chunqiu, no matter from which point of view, it was to reuse his own meaning, and it seemed that among the giants of the Great Qi, he also had to occupy a place.

Xu Heng was happy and a little glad in his heart, just two months ago, he asked his son to blast Mo Qian out of the capital, intending to let the thieves outside kill him, but he didn't expect that he would bring the grain back later, and he also destroyed the Huang family.

At that time, Xu Heng felt that the Xu family was not guaranteed, but who would have expected that the emperor not only did not mention this matter, but also promoted himself.

As for Mo Qian, he gave himself a chance to breathe, he would never plant it again, he must firmly establish his footing, and then eradicate this henchman is the right way.

Time passed slowly in the expectation of everyone in the capital, and the ninth day of the second month of February was a big day, because on this day, the first imperial examination for the new monarch of Great Qi to ascend the throne was opened!

The morning sun shines at the beginning, the door of the ministry is already full of people, it was originally early spring, the weather is still a little cool, but these many people go to where to stand, the air is a little hot, there are not only scholars, more people who come to accompany the exam, some of the scholars who are closer to the capital, directly come with their families, the scholars are dressed neatly, and the baskets are held in their hands, which is the food of the three exams.

Some family members were carefully told what to do in the examination shed, without family members to accompany them on the side of the secret adjustment of the state, overall, the scene is still quite excited, after all, this is the exam that determines their future and fate, if you can get into the exam, you can soar, if you can't pass the exam, you will honestly go back to find a few acres of land to become a rich man.

But they didn't know that there was someone who was even more nervous than them, and that person was the examiner.

Xu Heng got up early in the morning, and for this test, he could also make a new set of official uniforms and wear them on his body, feeling more energetic.

When he came to the ministry's mansion, the genius was slightly bright, and there was no one, so Lord Xu sat on the chair bored and waited by himself.

When many officials from the ministry arrived, they were surprised to find that the squire, who had always been late, had changed his personality today.

But the officials are all exquisite-minded people, and after a little thought, they know what Xu Heng's mood is, and now is the time when Xu Heng is lucky, so he can't be lazy, so all the officials congratulated Xu Heng one after another.

Xu Heng is very fond of this, in the past, when Huang Huaiqi was in charge, he was equivalent to being set aside, and in the past, Huang Huaiqi in the imperial examination in order to limit his power, that is, let the officials with a lower level of the ministry Langzhong, and he would not let himself be invigilated, but now he is finally able to take charge of things, of course, he wants to be beautiful.

Finally, just when Xu Heng was about to get upset, the other five examiners also came, all of whom were officials from the Ministry of Officials.

Xu Heng chatted casually with the five invigilators, and then took a formal look at the preparation for the exam, in fact, the exam itself was his main preparation, and he knew very well what the situation was, and asking these words was just to knock the invigilators on the scene, so that they could recognize that they were the real ones in charge here.

It was still early before the time of the exam, so a few people sat down and chatted, "Speaking of which, this time His Majesty on the side of the Dragon Protector Villa also assigned a young man to invigilate the exam together, why is it so late now, and no one has been seen yet?" ”

"Heh, now this young man has no hair on his mouth and can't handle things well, so you adults still have to take care of it!" Xu Heng laughed.

"Hmph, I'm waiting for some old people who have been immersed in officialdom for decades, and they still came so early, but that kid didn't come for a long time, we didn't have anything, but he was in Heyang, and he obviously didn't take the imperial examination to heart." An invigilator said solemnly.

Another person continued: "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and it is reasonable to appoint newcomers to cultivate his own power, but this kid is a newborn calf, who doesn't know the current affairs, and it's good to spoil the imperial examination!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and then smiled thoughtfully, everyone is an old fox, of course they don't think that what this person said is bad about the imperial examination, just this.

I was originally a member of the ministry, how could they not know about the doorways here? The so-called "Strike Fraud in the Imperial Examination" is shouted loudly in the court and among the people, but if you want to get out of the officials' department, which one can stay out of the matter?

Everyone is involved in it to some degree.

As long as it is not blatant cheating, they can turn a blind eye, and as for the arrangement of a good position entrusted by the general colleagues, providing a comfortable environment inside, these are all small things.

"If he is a dragon, he will give me a good plate, if he is a tiger, he must give me a good stomach, if he doesn't understand the rules, let the official teach him well." Xu Heng said lightly, this kind of little calf doesn't care about it at all.

"So you're talking about me?" As soon as Xu Heng finished speaking, a voice came from the door.

Xu Heng turned his head and looked, his mouth was a little difficult to close, "Mo Qian?!" ”