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Guo Baisong also finished his thoughts, his next step is to fight for Zhao Yushu to solve the yuan, since Zheng Rongtai should not understand the yuan, then leave this place to Zhao Yushu, which can be regarded as a good result.

It's just that he never dreamed that Zhao Yushu was only ranked tenth, Guo Baisong's eyes suddenly turned red, and he slapped the table and roared: "Since Bachelor Ouyang is the selection of talents for the imperial court, he should take fairness as the criterion, and the top students are on the list, but why do you want to reverse black and white and bury talents, what is the reason?" ”

Guo Baisong is not young, but his throat is very loud, his roar echoes in the entire persuasion building, the examiners were all alarmed, they all stood up, and looked at the examiner's room, even Li Gang didn't know what was going on, he was surprised in his heart, turned around and turned back.

Ouyang Xun was unusually calm, ignoring Guo Baisong, who was roaring like thunder, and said to Han Hongjun: "Please ask Deputy Chief Examiner Han to gather all the examiners, and we will make the top ten test papers public and let everyone judge, am I, Ouyang Xun, burying talents?" ”

When the ranking is preliminary, it is also one of the processes to involve all the examiners in the evaluation, and if most of the examiners have no objections, then the list can be officially issued.

But today, this process has changed a little bit, and it has become a multiple-choice question for the examiners, whether to support the deputy examiner Guo Baisong or the examiner Ouyang Xun.

Guo Baisong unexpectedly calmed down, and he restrained his urge to roar, because he found that Ouyang Xun's approach was beneficial to him, and asked all the examiners to evaluate Zhao Yushu's ranking, these examiners were his juniors and subordinates, and of course supported him.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon is no match for the head snake, with the support of the examiners, he Guo Baisong will definitely be able to turn the situation around.

The only thing he was worried about was Li Gang, this person was afraid that he would support Ouyang Xun, Guo Baisong's eyes were rolling, and he was thinking about how to cut off Li Gang's support for Ouyang Xun.

Soon, the test papers of the top ten candidates were posted, and all the examiners were invited to the front of the exam papers, Ouyang Xun said to everyone: "Deputy Chief Examiner Guo and I have different views on the ranking of a candidate, and our positions are very different from each other, and it is difficult to compromise, so I want to ask all the examiners to judge together and listen to everyone's opinions?" ”

Guo Baisong suddenly interjected: "Based on everyone's opinions, neither I nor the examiner will have any objections!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Ouyang Xun provocatively, and Ouyang Xun said lightly: "Yes!" ”

Han Hongjun came out and explained to everyone: "The objection of the two examiners happened to Zhao Yushu, the candidate, Ouyang thinks that his answers are average, not very good, and should not be in the top three, so he is set as tenth, but Guo Deputy examiner thinks that Zhao Yushu has excellent answers and should be in the top three, so whether he should be ranked tenth or in the top three, please make a judgment." ”

The examiners whispered, and the examiner and the deputy examiner had major disagreements on the rankings, which was the first time this kind of thing had happened, and in the end the decision was left to them, which made them feel embarrassed, no matter who they supported, they would offend the other.

At this time, Li Gang, who was standing silently on the sidelines, suggested with a smile: "In this case, the imperial history will ask for a vote to decide, it can be simpler, there are two choices on the ticket, everyone just needs to tick on their choice, no signature, so that everyone is not embarrassed, how about this method?" ”

Guo Baisong's eyes rolled, and he immediately said: "Of course you can, then please ask Li Yushi to be the scrutineer for us." ”

Li Gang readily agreed, Guo Baisong was secretly happy in his heart, in this way, Li Gang could only remain neutral and could no longer support Ouyang Xun.

The next time was relatively long, and each examiner browsed the top ten papers, and then made a choice on his own ticket, and handed the ticket to Li Gang.

Wan Qiaowei is the last to read Zhao Yushu's volume, speaking from the heart, Zhao Yushu played really badly this time, except for the three classics and the criminal law questions, the other questions are not very good, just like the idea is blocked by something, if this kind of volume is not written with Zhao Yushu's name, he will never let it be on the list.

But...... Guo Baisong is his own boss, offended him, and he will not have a good time in the future, Wan Qiaowei knows that Guo Baisong must have accepted a heavy bribe from the Zhao family, so he will insist on letting Zhao Yushu enter the top three, Wan Qiaoxuan secretly looked at the expressions of others, and saw that they were expressionless and very serious, and he estimated that everyone supported Guo Baisong.

Wan Qiaowei put a pen on the 'top three' column, there is no risk of offending Ouyang Xun, but he must not offend Guo Baisong.

Wan Qiwei folded the note and stepped forward to hand it to Li Gang, Li Gang said with a smile: "Except for the Han main exam, the seven examiners have all voted, and I will classify it below, and the minority obeys the majority." ”

Li Gang opened the notes one by one and placed them in categories, but Guo Baisong's heart sank down little by little, when the last ticket was opened, he was completely desperate, only one of the seven tickets supported him, and the other six all supported Ouyang Xun.

Guo Baisong sat on the ground with his buttocks, and couldn't say a word anymore, Wan Qiaoyu was also dumbfounded, he was the only one who supported Guo Baisong!

The atmosphere in the lobby was a little awkward, everyone didn't expect this ending, but Han Hongjun knew that everyone had long been unaccustomed to this power-hungry and bribe-laden chief professor, and they did not hesitate to reverse black and white in order to get heavy bribes, and this time everyone chose their own conscience.

Ouyang Xun looked flat, nodded and said: "It's not too early, since everyone has expressed their attitude, then the list is set, the top three on the first list are Yang Du, Li Yanqing and Wu Bangchang, and then carefully consider their specific rankings." ”

"Wait!"

Guo Baisong shouted loudly, he stood up, his face was distorted, he was extremely hideous and terrifying, and pointed to the list angrily: "I will never agree with Li Yanqing to enter the top three!" ”

"Why is that?" Ouyang Xun asked coldly.

"Because his father was a knife catcher and was removed from the list for someone else's test, how can the son of a knife catcher be promoted? actually made it into the top three. ”

Ouyang Xun was stunned, he didn't know about this matter, he looked at Han Hongjun, Han Hongjun is also a state scholar, this matter should be under his jurisdiction.

Han Hongjun sighed secretly, Guo Baisong still used this matter to make trouble.

He stepped forward and said unhurriedly: "What Deputy Chief Examiner Guo said is indeed true, Li Yanqing's father Li Daqi used to be the Xie Yuan of Xiangzhou's liberation test, but ten years ago, he went to Cizhou to take the exam for his nephew in the county and was exposed, and he was dismissed from the qualifications of lifting people, banned from the examination for life, and recorded it, but five years ago, the state government reviewed him again and found that he had changed his past wrongs, helped the poor and the weak, and was a good party, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the state government has erased his bad record, and re-regarded him as a good people, This was personally reviewed by Li Zhizhou at that time, and I still remember it vividly. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Li Gang, who nodded slightly, indicating that he knew about it.

Ouyang Xun nodded and said, "Since the state government has erased his father's bad record, this matter should not be used as an obstacle to Li Yanqing's admission, otherwise what is the point of persuading the good system?" ”

"Humph! You said it simply, literati regard reputation as more important than life, even if the official records are erased, it is impossible to restore the reputation, Li Yanqing has such a father whose reputation is tarnished, but he still points him to be a person, what should the world think of our Xiangzhou? ”

Ouyang Xun said coldly: "This official only acts according to the system, if his father has a record in the government, this official will indeed consider it at his discretion, but since the record has been erased, then Li Yanqing should not have any obstacles, I think he deserves to be admitted to the top three." ”

"I don't agree!" Guo Baisong roared.

"I'm sorry, it's the chief examiner's authority to decide the top three, you are only the deputy examiner, and you have no right to interfere with my decision."

Guo Baisong turned around and hurriedly said to Li Gang: "The supervision of the imperial history will not also support such an absurd thing, right?" ”

Li Gang said lightly: "This regulation is still set by Taizong, the imperial examination is substituted, and the fame of the meritorious service is removed, and the re-examination is not allowed for life, but the crime is not as good as that of future generations, in fact, even if the government does not erase the record, Li Yanqing is not affected by his father at all, and the imperial history must handle the case according to the rules, and cannot make something out of nothing, let alone ignore the rules of the first emperor!" ”

Guo Baisong looked back at the other examiners, all the examiners were silent, no one supported him, the examiners were full of contempt for Guo Baisong in their hearts, he was notorious, and he actually had the face to say that 'literati regard reputation as more important than life', which is simply a great irony.

Even Wan Qiao's lips only moved, but he didn't dare to say it, he was good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and he didn't dare to offend the anger of the people in this situation.

Guo Baisong turned around, and when he saw that no one supported him, he was annoyed and angry, waved his fists, and shouted at Ouyang Xun angrily: "I'm going to the Ministry of Rites to impeach you!" ”