Chapter Seventy-Three: Something Happened to the Imperial Examination (14/15)
Yue'er just wanted to make Li Guanqi happy, anyway, there was no one around, and it didn't hurt to take the opportunity to seduce the emperor, so she took the opportunity to coquettishly say: "The concubine is not patting the emperor's horses, the concubine is talking from the heart, and the emperor is the smartest and most knowledgeable person in the world in the heart of the concubine." ”
Listening to Yue'er's soft voice, Li Guanqi's heart fluttered slightly, but what he was thinking about now was business, and he was busy gathering his mind, and said with a wry smile: "I am the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, not the official of a state or a county, even if my brain is good and my energy is enough, I can't be busy."
At this time, the success or failure of employing people is actually related to the success or failure of changing the law, and it is also related to the success or failure of our great cadres. I can come up with a very good new law, but if there are no virtuous ministers in the court, I am afraid that the tiger will not become an anti-dog. ”
Listening to what Li Guanqi said heavily, Yue'er also accepted her frivolous heart, and said seriously: "The lords of the Central Mansion and the chiefs of the various temples are also considered sages, and the emperor should not be too worried." ”
Li Guanqi took a sip of tea, and then said: "The implementation of the new law depends on good officials, especially local officials, but good officials are rare!" ”
This is something that the Ming monarchs and holy lords of the past and present have not been able to solve, and Yue'er naturally has no better suggestions, so she has to persuade on the side: "The spring exam is about to start, I hope to choose a few more talented people for the emperor!" ”
"I hope so!" Li Guanqi took another piece of paper, and then said to Yue'er, "Go and bring the Jin Kui who is ready to hold the questions of today's scientific examination!" ”
Yue'er knew that Li Guanqi must have set the exam questions for Chunqiu, and the exam questions were to be kept absolutely confidential, and it would be inappropriate for her to stand on the side any longer, so she hurriedly agreed and retreated.
Li Guanqi then wrote down on the paper cautiously, "Explain the law of the first king." The law is the law".
After locking the exam questions in the golden skull and putting the key into the close-fitting sachet, Li Guanqi breathed a sigh of relief, now that he has completely embarked on the road of driving the wheel of this world, as the emperor, he has enough power in his hands. But the final outcome is still unknown.
Thinking about it, Li Guanqi couldn't help but chant the sentence in "Lisao", "I also give my heart what I want, although I still have no regrets after nine deaths......"
Yue'er was still happily helping Li Guanqi sort out her belongings, but suddenly heard this unlucky sentence, and her heart palpitated for no reason, and she hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, Lisao is too sad, and the concubine hopes that the emperor will read 'Although there are tens of millions of people.'" I'm going to do it'! ”
"Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!" Li Guanqi repeated, and then said, "The last time I heard someone say this was in the lobby of the household department, and I don't know how he is doing in Lingnan." ”
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In the expectation of many forces, the Enke examination in the first year of Qianwei was finally held as scheduled, and for the sake of fairness, the papers were also changed in name. According to the number of candidates, three hundred and thirty people were finally selected. Everything has gone smoothly so far.
After the papers were reviewed and the names were revealed, the results were first sent to the Central Palace, because the imperial examination was a major event related to the imperial court, so the cabinet ministers had to understand it first, so as to facilitate the report to the emperor.
As the chief examiner, Yang Bozheng was sitting on the Taishi chair with a smile. watched Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu review the test papers. Although today's science test is strategy, not poetry, Yang Bozheng is still very confident, and he is definitely the best student.
When Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu raised their heads from the case, Yang Bozheng asked symbolically. "What's the problem, two?"
Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu glanced at each other, and then said in a deep voice: "Haoduan, I'm afraid this volume will have to be changed again!" ”
Yang Bozheng stood up suddenly, "Why?" ”
As the deputy examiner, Lin Bai couldn't sit still, and asked nervously, "What?" Is there a problem with this volume? ”
Yang Bozheng turned his head and glared at Lin Bai, and said angrily: "The old man has carefully read every volume, what can be the problem?" ”
Qin Minzhong raised his hand and pressed it twice, and said a little tiredly: "I don't know if there is a problem with the paper, but the admitted candidates have a very big problem." ”
"What's the problem?" Yang Bozheng asked with a blushing face, he didn't believe that there was any problem that he didn't see, but others could see it.
"Where is Lord Yang's ancestral home?" Zhao Pu suddenly asked beside him.
"What?" Yang Bozheng was stunned, not knowing what Zhao Pu's intention was in asking.
"I'm asking where Lord Yang's ancestral home is." Zhao Pu asked again.
"What does the old man's ancestral home have to do with this?" The doubts on Yang Bozheng's face became even heavier.
"It's a big deal!" Zhao Pu said coldly.
Listening to Zhao Pu's cold words, and looking at Qin Minzhong's face again, Yang Bozheng knew that the two of them must have discovered something, no matter how conceited they were, and hurriedly said: "The old man's ancestral hometown is Wu County, Suzhou, Jiangnan Province, but what's wrong?" ”
Zhao Pu turned to Lin Bai again and said, "If Zhao is not mistaken, Lord Lin's ancestral home is also in Jiangnan, right?" ”
Lin Bai was also confused, and after listening to Zhao Pu's words, he nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes, Lin is from Yuezhou, Jiangnan!" ”
Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu glanced at each other again, did not speak, but raised their hands and retreated from the people waiting in the room.
Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai were confused by the actions of the two prime ministers, and vaguely felt that something must have happened, but the two of them were very confident that there was no malpractice in this imperial examination, and they didn't know what could happen.
After everyone had withdrawn, Zhao Pu walked to the door and closed the door from the inside, before turning around and saying, "Two adults." A total of 330 students were admitted to the Spring Festival, and there were 216 students from Jiangnan Province, and all of them were students from Jiangnan Province. ”
Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai were stunned when they heard this result at first glance, but Yang Bozheng reacted first and said angrily: "You don't suspect the two of us of cheating, right?" ”
Zhao Pu said in a deep voice: "Now it is not a question of whether we doubt or not, but how to explain this result to the emperor and how to explain it to the world's scholars." ”
"What's the explanation?" When Yang Bozheng heard Zhao Pu's words, he was even more angry, blowing his beard and saying, "How to explain, how to explain." Old man, I didn't do anything wrong, I'm not afraid of ghosts calling the door! ”
Lin Bai also said on the side: "These students were all selected by me and Master Haoduan in a state of confusion, absolutely fair and selfless!" (To be continued......)