After all the examiners worked overtime day and night in the examination room, all the test papers were finally marked. At this time, three thousand test papers were placed in front of Xiao Ming.

If it is changed to the previous imperial examination, this is the most critical moment, and it is not uncommon for several examiners to hold their own opinions and compete with each other. However, Yang Su rarely appointed Xiao Ming as the chief examiner of Enke this time, and the rest of the examiners were all drawn from the Hanlin Academy and Guozijian.

Xiao Ming has served in these two places, and according to the profoundness, most of the examiners selected this time are Xiao Ming's party, so he is naturally the first to look forward to.

Originally, the most important admission and ranking matters were all decided by Xiao Ming.

Once people become tributes, they think that they can become officials when they get to the hands of Jinshi, because the palace examination determines the ranking.

And the ranking of the exam is also equally important, take Huiyuan as an example, Huiyuan will not play abnormally, and Sun Shan will not fall to the second list. According to the unspoken rules, it was basically in the top ten, and there was a huge gap between the top ten and the top three at that time.

The first three can directly enter the Hanlin Academy, and the champion can be awarded to the Hanlin Academy for revision, and the Bangyan Tanhua for editing. In the Ming Dynasty, those who were not Hanlin were not allowed to enter the cabinet, and Yang Su also tried his best to give Xiao Ming the post of Hanlin editor, so that he won the title of "Oil Tanhua".

At this time, all the examiners stood quietly and waited, Xiao Ming only picked up the thirty test papers that had been blurred on his desk and carefully flipped through them one by one. In the end, one of them was selected and said to the examiners: "This paper should be the first!" ”

The rest of the examiners naturally did not dare to object, and nodded one after another.

Then Xiao Ming ranked the thirty test papers, and said to the left and right: "Tomorrow morning, this ranking will be released!" ”

"Whoa!" The officials on the left and right clasped their fists and received their orders.

"It's getting late, and you haven't closed your eyes for two days and one night, so go down and rest!" Xiao Ming waved his hand to let the ministers in the room retreat.

After everyone withdrew, another official knocked lightly on Xiao Ming's door.

"Come in!" Xiao Ming said softly.

"Your Excellency!" The official saluted Xiao Ming.

"How many people are right?" Although Xiao Ming's expression remained unchanged, his voice was a little eager.

"The six hundred and seventy-two people who have made imprints, all of them are on the B list!"

"Well, you're doing a great job! This official should credit you for your credit. Xiao Ming finally showed a smile on his face.

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It was late at night, there was a curfew in the capital, and except for the occasional patrol of the officials, only the sound of beating the watch could be heard on the street.

In an ordinary compound in the inner city of the capital, it is unbelievable to look at the appearance here, this is the mansion of the first traitor in the dynasty, the first assistant Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren, who was criticized by the world as a traitor, had a clean breeze on his sleeves, and there was no one else in the family except for a wife and a concubine, plus more than a dozen old servants.

On the contrary, it is the Donglin Party members who are upright and gentlemen, who go in and out of entertainment venues, support celebrities, and have a party at home when they have nothing to do.

At this time, in the lobby of the Wen Mansion, an old servant knocked on the door and entered, adding oil and reducing cores to the lamps around the hall, and then quietly withdrew.

"Lord Wen, are we just going to do nothing? What a godsend! And you don't need an adult to come forward, you only need an adult to gently push behind your back, and you will definitely be able to put Xiao Ming to death in one fell swoop! Wang Yingxiong was a little excited, got up and paced back and forth in the hall.

Wen Tiren shook his head lightly and carefully divided the tea: "Lord Wang is too anxious, do you think about putting aside Xiao Ming in the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian, is it my power or the Donglin Party's power?" ”

Wang Yingxiong was stunned when he heard this, frowned and replied honestly: "It's the Donglin Party, after all, this is where they have been in control for nearly a hundred years." ”

"Since the old man can know, how can the Donglin Party not know?" Wen Tiren said with a smile.

"Lord Wen means that we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? This is also, Xiao Ming is the biggest enemy of the Donglin Party, since he started, several Meng's promotions, all of them were exchanged for stepping on the heads of the Donglin Party, and they took away the Guozijian and Dali Temple from the hands of the Donglin Party, presumably the Donglin Party has long hated him to the bone, we don't have to do anything, just wait to watch the show! Wen Dacai is the first assistant of the cabinet, and when Xiao Ming falls, Lord Wen will come forward to clean up the mess! Wang Yingxiong looked at Wen Tiren and analyzed the situation excitedly.

"According to the old man's guess, Qian Shisheng will definitely not make a move on Xiao Ming!" Wen Tiren sighed and vetoed.

Why is that? Xiao Ming dared to cheat, first openly sold the answers, and now he is directly deceiving, and we have witness evidence in hand, can't this move him? Wang Yingxiong was taken aback, puzzled.

The Ming Dynasty punished fraud in the imperial examination very severely, for example, the famous Tang Bohu was not used for life because he was involved in a fraud case. And the most critical battle for Wen Tiren to enter the cabinet was also to sue Qian Qianyi for accepting bribes to cheat on the candidates. In the end, the truth of the matter is unknown, but I think Qian Shisheng doesn't look down on those money, but because of this sewage, Qian Qianyi was dismissed. Chongzhen never reused it.

"Evidence? Hum! Wen Tiren snorted coldly and dismissed: "The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past, now the emperor no longer needs evidence to do things, what the emperor said is evidence, if the emperor believes it, then you are cheating, if the emperor doesn't believe it, what is the use of putting all the facts in front of you?" ”

Wang Yingxiong's expression froze, then he sat down and gently patted the table and sighed: "The emperor has changed!" In the past, the emperor was full of four books and five classics, and adhered to the way of the saint! Govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, but now he regards state affairs as child's play, and he has repeatedly punished the ministers and is close to the martial arts, if we don't dissuade them, the court will be in chaos for a long time! ”

"With the emperor's prestige inside and outside the court, who dares to stop the emperor if he wants to do anything? Are there still some lessons from the past? Wen Tiren knocked on the table angrily, and scolded Qian Shisheng: "How can Qian Shisheng's old slippery head not see through this truth?" He will definitely not play, and he will suppress the rest of the Donglin Party, otherwise Xiao Ming will definitely be fine at that time, but the emperor is worried about him because of this, and the Donglin Party will be difficult in the future. The old man is now even more guessing that maybe he deliberately revealed this matter to the old man, and wants the old man to be this substitute for the ghost! ”

Wang Yingxiong thought about it, it was really possible. They have very few henchmen in the Guozijian and Hanlin, but they can learn such secret information, maybe it was deliberately revealed by the Donglin Party.

"Damn! Qian Shisheng, this old guy, is really a honey-bellied sword! Wang Yingxiong scolded, and couldn't help sighing: "It's just such a good opportunity, it's a pity that we don't do anything, Xiao Ming will definitely be Lord Wen's fierce rival in the future, in my opinion, his path to the green clouds is very similar to Shoufu's back then, and the emperor trusts him very much, he is afraid that he will not replace ...... in the future."