Judging from the emperor's recent trips, Yang Tao's statement is simply irrefutable, after all, as long as he and Hu Yun are in the capital, they will definitely be arranged to accompany them to protect the emperor's safety, and this time Luo Zhenxing and Zhang Chao, who got the "mysterious but definitely able to make contributions" errand from the commander, seem to have never had this treatment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

So Yang Tao's persuasion instantly had a miraculous effect, making Hu Yun, who was originally a little depressed, and even looked like a frustrated scholar who didn't do well in the exam, immediately returned to normal, Yang Tao looked at him and patted his thigh, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Yes, what you said is so right!" ”

"Exactly." In fact, Yang Tao also knew very well in his heart that the statement he had just used to persuade Hu Yun was more like a coincidence in a sense than because the two of them were really much higher than Luo Zhenxing and Zhang Chao's skills, but after all, everyone was Jinyiwei's own people, and there was no opportunity and necessity to compete with each other, since Luo Zhenxing and Zhang Chao were not there now, it seemed that it would not be a big deal to let Hu Yun be happy alone for a while.

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The marking of the examination has started since the end of the exam, and Song Yingxing and the other candidates who insisted on handing in the papers until the last moment walked out of the gate of the Gongyuan. After all, it is the first imperial examination since the new emperor ascended the throne, and it is also an important activity for Xiao Mu to select talents to work for him, including Xiao Mu, the whole country attaches great importance to it, so Xiao Mu was appointed to preside over the examination of the meeting this time, and it is natural that the first assistant of the cabinet will come to Zongdao.

But Lai Zongdao is the first assistant of the cabinet, and there are a lot of government affairs to deal with every day, and he is really a little too busy, so he is more just a name, and Yang Jingchen, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, who really presides over the reading of the papers, and He Ruzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Jingchen and He Ruzhong took more than a dozen examiners from the Hanlin Academy, in order to submit the results of the examination to the emperor before the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, they had already prepared to continuously mark the papers and stay up all night - although the emperor, that is, Xiao Mu himself, did not mention that he wanted to get the results before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even Xiao Mu himself did not realize this problem at all, but Yang Jingchen and others, as courtiers, thought of this for the emperor in advance, after all, there has been some bad news from the court recently, In any case, they also want the emperor to welcome the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival with a good mood.

Of course, it is also beneficial for them to complete the work of marking the papers before the Mid-Autumn Festival, because if they fail to achieve this goal, the Mid-Autumn Festival of their examiners will also not be good - so in order to send a sincere Mid-Autumn Festival gift to the emperor, and by the way, in order to complete their work and spend the festival well, the examiners read the papers one by one with full attention and concentration, and their high efficiency can be used as an example template for the Yamen at all levels of the Ming Dynasty to deal with government affairs on weekdays.

In fact, for Xiao Mu, he himself has not even realized the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most important traditional festival in China except for the New Year-although there are only five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival at this time, because Xiao Mu feels that his life is very comfortable these days after the start of the examination. This made Xiao Mu feel very satisfied.

Of course, Xiao Mu's satisfaction is not only because he has saved money, in fact, although the issue of saving money is important, without those bad news, Xiao Mu can continue to enjoy his original idle life as a shopkeeper, which is what makes him most satisfied.

Although the first examination as the emperor is important, after all, it takes so many days, and the whole process of the examination is going very smoothly, and Luo Yangxing has never found any leaks, cheating, etc. - this seems to be due to Xiao Mu's previous series of activities to occupy the capital's teaching and auxiliary market, so in the last few days of the examination, it is difficult for Xiao Mu's attention to be all on the examination as usual, and there is no new situation.

At this time, Xiao Mu was in Lin Liango's dormitory - of course, this was already a commonplace, in Lin Liango's words: "Xiao Mu is either in his own dormitory, or on the way to his own dormitory." ”

"You see, now my previous opinion has been confirmed again." This is what Lin Yi is saying to Xiao Mu, "You don't have the life of the protagonist in a novel or a movie or TV series at all." ”

"Why did you think of this topic again?" Although Xiao Mu acknowledged Lin Ye's point of view, he felt a little inexplicable about the timing of Lin Ye's words.

"Of course, it's because I tried this time." Lin Yi replied without thinking, "Think about it, if you are really the protagonist of a novel or TV series, how can there be no big case like cheating and leaking questions in such a big event as the imperial examination?" ”

Xiao Mu nodded, and was about to agree with Lin Ye's statement, but before he could speak, he heard Lin Ye continue, "Moreover, such a plot of cheating in the imperial examination can make a novel write tens of thousands of words or even hundreds of thousands of words, and shoot several more episodes of a TV series in one step!" In particular, this kind of cheating in exams and undermining fairness, after the protagonist has gone through a battle of wits and courage, the plot of severely punishing the candidates who participated in the cheating and even the organization behind him is often the most attractive to the audience. ”

"It seems that what you said is indeed right, I really don't have the life of that kind of protagonist." Xiao Mu finally got the opportunity to speak, "Because the whole examination process this time was very dull, and I didn't find anything worthy of being used as a novel or TV plot, except for the little misunderstanding between Hu Yun and Shi Kefa before the exam started." ”

"If it's really a novel or a TV series, it's just a little bit of auxiliary subplot interspersed with the main plot to adjust the reader's or audience's nervousness." Lin Yi commented on the misunderstanding between Shi Kefa and Hu Yun, "But now there is not even the core main plot of exam cheating, so there is no point in asking for this kind of auxiliary material." ”

"So all in all, I don't have the kind of treatment that the protagonist has, and I've resigned myself to that." Xiao Mu finally concluded, "Now can we talk about how to make money with cards that we studied before, right?" ”