Wen Tiren was so rigid by Wen Zhenmeng, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He thought that Wen Zhenmeng would slander him as rumored to be angry with his parents and his main room, in this way, he could still quibble, because those were all fake.

He could have changed the subject and brought the matter to filial piety.

He is really filial to his parents, and those who know him know that although his parents are ordinary farmers, no matter how big an official he is, he is respectful in front of his parents, and of course, his parents rarely care about his affairs.

As soon as this topic comes to filial piety, he can make a good impression of a filial son in front of Chongzhen.

Unexpectedly, Wen Zhenmeng didn't care about the rumors and moved out of "Da Ming Law" directly!

What's the point here, is it wrong or out of place to say that "Da Ming Law" is wrong?

He wasn't so stupid, if he really dared to say that, Chongzhen would probably turn his face immediately.

He knew that at this time, as long as he didn't say anything, Chongzhen should not be angry, because he had already planted a deep-rooted point of view in Chongzhen's heart, that is, most of the courtiers wanted to elevate the emperor, and he was the only one on the emperor's side.

Chongzhen really did not get angry as he thought, because in Chongzhen's opinion, it is acceptable for the courtiers to have a little flaw, Zhang Juzheng is not a little greedy for money, in comparison, Wen Tiren's little lustful little problem is actually nothing.

However, it is a bit inappropriate to let Wen Tiren be the examiner, and the examiner must be a teacher, and there must be no flaws.

Chongzhen thought about it, and simply calmed things down: "Today is the chief examiner of the Tingtui Meeting, don't discuss other things." ”

What he meant was not to talk about any Qinglou women anymore, everyone continued to push, as for Wen Tiren, it was indeed not suitable to be the examiner.

Wen Zhenmeng's goal has been achieved, although it is a little regrettable that he can't continue to delve into it, but the emperor has said that he should not discuss other things, and he does not dare to say any more.

He is very strong, but he is not a fool, as soon as Chongzhen spoke, he immediately kowtowed, got up and went to the train.

Wen Tiren couldn't wait to peel Wen Zhenmeng alive at this time, but he couldn't show this thought, he could only pretend to be ashamed, kowtow to thank him, and then staggered to his feet and slowly returned to the train.

Seeing that the main general had retreated, his cronies hurriedly kowtowed and got up, and hurriedly retreated to the train, and the royal road was immediately empty.

At this time, Huang Chenghao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, suddenly turned out from behind Zhang Bin, walked quickly to the middle of the imperial road, and said loudly: "Weichen recommended Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to be the chief examiner of the examination. In addition, Xu people are erudite, astronomical and geographical, agricultural and military affairs, all proficient, and the works are too numerous to mention, if the Ming students can study and apply what they have learned, and be diligent and diligent, the Ming Dynasty will become more and more prosperous. ”

Xu Guangqi blushed a little at this sycophant, but it wasn't an exaggeration, but why did Huang Chenghao recommend him, Xu Guangqi couldn't think of anything he had to do with Huang Chenghao.

This is naturally Zhang Bin's idea, it is not safe to just kill Wen Tiren, in case Wen Tiren pushes his henchmen up, or other eunuch remnants snatch the seat of the examiner, it is difficult to ensure the fairness and justice of the exam.

Therefore, he asked Huang Chenghao to also shoot a crossbow arrow, so that Huang Chenghao stood up and promoted Xu Guangqi.

Huang Chenghao naturally didn't dare to refuse this little thing, he didn't have much power in the court, and he offended the remnants of the other eunuchs.

If he had only knelt here and shouted, this would not have been possible.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Bin, another left deputy capital, suddenly stepped forward, knelt down beside him, and said loudly: "Weichen seconded the proposal, the book of soldiers and farmers written by Lord Xu has read a lot of Weichen, and Lord Xu is really a model for my generation of scholars." ”

Zhang Bin also has no choice, because he really doesn't have much power in the court, but the examiner is related to the development of his power in the court in the future, so he can only take the risk of appearing on his own to support it.

His appearance is really extraordinary.

Chongzhen originally wanted to take another look and ask the courtiers to nominate a few more, so as to choose one of them, because he was not very familiar with Xu Guangqizhen, but Zhang Bin's echo immediately changed his mind.

He is not familiar with Xu Guangqi, but he is familiar with Zhang Bin, Zhang Bin is so respected, he should not be wrong, at this time, he is already a little moved.

Cao Yubian, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, had similar thoughts to Chongzhen, and he was not familiar with Xu Guangqi, but he was more familiar with Zhang Bin, and the people Zhang Bin admired, he also thought that he should not be wrong, so he immediately came out and echoed: "Weichen seconded the proposal." ”

Bi Ziyan's idea is simpler, Zhang Bin is kind to him, just saying a few words of thanks is really not enough to express his gratitude, and now seeing Zhang Bin seconding it, he doesn't care if he is familiar with it or not, he directly rushed out and echoed: "Weichen seconded it." ”

Bi Ziyan and Cao Yubian can be said to be exemplary people in the court, as soon as the two of them appeared, a bunch of people immediately echoed them, including Bi Maoliang, including Wen Zhenmeng, and after a while, there were dozens of courtiers in the imperial road.

Although this scale is a little smaller than Zhou Yanru's, it is enough, Chongzhen doesn't want to sweep Zhang Bin's face, let alone Bi Ziyan and Cao Yubian's face, besides, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is indeed the host of the examination, and it is just right to be the examiner, so he nodded directly and said: "Well, Xu Aiqing is the proper examiner of the examination, and I am right." ”

Now the dust has finally settled, the two examiners have been elected, and the tone of the examination has been set, as for the examiners of each room, they are basically recommended from the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian, at this time, it is to fight for academic qualifications, to put it bluntly, it is higher than whose imperial examination ranking.

Basically, the first top list is stable, the second top has to see how high you rank, and as for the top three, basically, you don't have to think about it.

After nearly an hour of seniority, the examiners of each room have also been decided, and the early dynasty has come to an end, Zhang Bin's trip to the capital is almost over, and the rest seems to be a gift from the prince.

In terms of building blocks, he had already drawn drawings, all kinds of simplified palaces and houses were two feet high, and as for the ships, he had drawn simplified models of the ships of the Fortune Boat, the Haicang Ship, the Cangshan Boat, the Wheel Boat and other sailor warships.

These were all time-consuming, and Carpenter Zhao gathered a group of old men to work day and night, and finally made everything on the day the carpet arrived in the capital.

This time, Zhang Bin found more than ten carriages and sent them to the palace by the coachmen pretended to be by his own guards.

Chongzhen seemed to be so interested in building blocks, and when he heard that Zhang Bin had sent something again, he was waiting in Kunning Palace in person.

At this time, Zhang Bin didn't dare to show anything, he didn't even dare to look in Zhang Yan's direction, hurriedly put down the gift, and he said goodbye to Chongzhen, saying that he wanted to return to Fuguang as soon as possible.

Although Chongzhen was a little reluctant, he could only be gracious, after all, Fuguang was still facing the threat of Hongmaofan, which was related to nearly five million taels of tax revenue, and there was absolutely no room for loss.

Zhang Bin left like this, brushed his sleeves away, and it seemed that he didn't do anything, he just went back after going around the capital, at least Wen Tiren didn't know that knocking out his two front teeth Min Hongxue and Min Mengde, and making him notorious were all Zhang Bin.

More importantly, the chief examiner of the Xin Weike Examination, who had a far-reaching impact on the pattern of the court in the back, was also overshadowed by Zhang Bin.

Why is it so important to have an examiner?

It seems that after the examinee takes the exam, the test paper must be sealed, and the seal of the candidate's name and place of origin can not be opened until the result is announced.

In fact, those who can go through the back door of the test know that the examiner can completely influence the result of the test.

For example, when Qian Qianyi was taking the Zhejiang exam, the candidate Qian Qianqiu colluded with the officials in the examination room Jin Baoyuan and Xu Shimin to cheat, and wrote "once you will be on the green clouds" at the end of each paragraph as a code, which is a low-level cheating method.

There is no need for the examiner to cheat.

Before each test marking, the examiner will convene the examiners of each room to explain the arrangements for the next marking, I don't know when it started, there is one more content in this arrangement, that is, the examiner tells the story.

Of course, the examiner is not like the folk storytellers, telling people stories, they are talking about books, two examiners, will each say a book, this book is not the Four Books and Five Classics, but the newly popular books, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", "Confucianism", "Three Words", "Two Beats" and so on.

The examiner will not do any specific explanation when he says the book, they will only say the title of the book, and the book they are talking about is the code, and the examiners in each room and the candidates who have gone through the back door should take a good look at it, of course, the candidates are reading it before the exam, and the examiners in each room are reading it after the exam and before grading.

As long as the candidate quotes a sentence from the book during the exam, it proves that this is a backdoor, as long as it is not too bad, the examiners in each room cannot eliminate others.

There is also an anecdote about this examiner's storytelling, that is, the anecdote of Liu Ruozai, the champion of Wuchenke in the first year of Chongzhen, who revised "Jin Pingmei".

It is rumored that at that time, "Jin Pingmei" was not called "Jin Pingmei" but "The Legend of Jin Lian", it was Liu Ruozai who read "The Legend of Jin Lian" during the examination, and then changed the title of the book to "Jin Pingmei".

Anyway, why should you try it when you raise people, and you still watch "The Legend of Golden Lotus", isn't this boring.

Actually, it's not that he was bored, it should be that the examiner at that time was more boring, and he had to read this book.

Of course, the examiner will also look at people, and if the kind of article is made of bullshit, this backdoor will not work.

Of course, Xu Guangqi knows about storytelling, originally, according to his personality, it is unlikely to tell a story, after all, this is a hidden cheating method, and many people disdain it.

Moreover, there is no explicit rule that the examiner must tell the story, if you are upright, you can not tell the story, and no one will say anything about you.

This time, in order for Chen Zilong not to be eliminated, Xu Guangqi could only say a book against his will.

As a result, this imperial examination was wonderful, because Zhou Yanru told the people of the Restoration Society, and Xu Guangqi also told Chen Zilong and others, and the members of the Restoration Society and Chen Zilong did have some more famous writers in later generations.

For example, Wu Weiye, one of the three masters of Jiang Zuo, and Chen Zilong, the army of Ming Shidian, as well as Lou Dong Erzhang, Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, and so on.

Without Wen Tiren's suppression, these people can be said to shine.

In the end, through the palace examination, Chen Zilong won the third place in the first class, which is commonly known as Tanhualang, Xia Yunyi and Du Linzheng also ranked in the second class, and Xu Fuyuan, Zhou Lixun and Peng Bin ranked in the top three.

Actually, they can't be regarded as cheating, it can only be said that they have not been eliminated by cheating people, because they themselves are relatively famous literati in the late Ming Dynasty, and they have been eliminated by some unknown people, and they have been eliminated many times, which is called a strange thing.

They passed the test smoothly, and all six of them were titled on the gold list, and the chief examiner Xu Guangqi did a very good job in addition to giving back to the six of them, and there were no problems.

However, another examiner, Zhou Yanru, had a problem, because the member of this session of the examination and the champion of the palace examination, Chen Yutai, who is a high school double student, is his in-law, that is, the nephew of his wife Chen!

This Chen Yutai wants to say that he still has the ability, not the kind of wine bag and rice bag, he was born in a famous official family in Yixing, his father Chen Yijiao, his younger brother Chen Yuding, and his brother Chen Yuting are all born in Jinshi, and he has been smart since he was a child, likes to read, and at the age of fifteen, he was proficient in the subset of scriptures and history, and was admitted to Xiucai.

It's a pity that he shouldn't be Zhou Yanru's in-law, because Wen Tiren is setting up pits everywhere in order to seize the position of the first assistant to the cabinet, and is ready to bury Zhou Yanru, a former teammate.

Now it's okay, you should be the examiner of the examination, your in-laws are members of the examination, and you are the champion of the palace examination, you are not called cheating, then what is cheating.

Wen Tiren deliberately took out the test papers of Wu Weiye and Tanhua Chen Zilong to compare them with Chen Yutai's and show them to Chongzhen.

What kind of person is Wu Weiye, he is the famous Wu Meicun in later generations, a song "Round Song", a sentence "Crying the six armies are all vegetarian, and Chong Guan is angry and red." "It can be said that Chen Zilong is also a famous writer and a great poet, and he was compared to Chen Yutai, is it possible?

Chongzhen carefully compared the test papers, although he didn't say anything on the surface, he was already suspicious of Zhou Yanru in his heart, and then, Wen Tiren ordered his henchmen to impeach Zhou Yanru desperately, his relatives blamed Zhou Yanru for committing crimes in their hometown, Zhou Yanru was blamed for the difficulty of the imperial court, and Zhou Yanru was blamed for the courtiers' faults.

As a result, Zhou Yanru had no choice but to return to his hometown under the pretext of illness, and Wen Tiren became the first assistant of the cabinet.

At that time, there was a folk song circulating: "The Ministry of Rites reopened the heavenly list, and the champion explored the flower list, and was a little frightened; The cabinet was turned into a brothel, and the turtle king was always plagued. ”

It was the ridicule of Wen Tiren, a greedy and lustful villain, who overturned Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, by taking advantage of the matter of Chen Yutai, the champion of Xin Weike!