Li Guanqi casually pulled the test paper handed over by Yue'er, frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously: "Only so many?" He was asking, and he was thinking at the same time: "Even if you replace the original Jiangnan Dao students with these few people, among the three hundred and thirty jinshi, Jiangnan Dao still has an absolute advantage, and it is difficult to convince the world's scholars!" ”

Who would have thought that Dongfang Rui's next words almost didn't let Li Guanqi fall directly from the dragon chair, what he said was: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others have repeatedly compared these test papers with the test papers of Jiangnan Dao students taken by Lord Yang and Lord Lin. It was found that although these test papers met the conditions for taking the exam, there was still a certain gap compared with the papers taken by Yang and Lin. Open the department, and set the advantages and disadvantages by the article......"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Li Guanqi stared at Dongfang Rui and the others, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he said suspiciously, "You mean that Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai did not show favoritism?" ”

"Not bad!" Dongfang Rui said affirmatively, "According to the investigation of the ministers and others, the former list is fair and selfless, and there is no need to change it!" ”

Li Guanqi was surprised, and he was stunned for a long time before he suddenly sneered and said, "Dongfang Rui, if I remember correctly, you are also a Jinshi in the eighth year of Shengyuan, right?" It's the same year as Cao Yuanshan! ”

Dongfang Rui didn't know what the emperor meant by suddenly mentioning this, so he had to answer honestly: "The emperor remembers it well, the minister is indeed the fourth Jinshi in the second class in the eighth year of Shengyuan!" Cao Yuanshan is the champion. ”

"The chief examiner that year was also Yang Bozheng, right?" Li Guanqi's voice was full of coldness.

"Your Majesty......" Dongfang Rui is not a fool, can An not hear the unkindness in Li Guanqi's words? It's just that the emperor can't help but reply, so he has to bite the bullet and say, "Yang Bozheng is indeed the minister's master!" ”

"Smack!" With a bang, Li Guanqi slapped the table and stood up. He said angrily, "You have the courage to admit it." I think you are colluding with your teacher and squandering my trust in you. ”

Dongfang Rui was shocked and angry, and hurriedly defended: "Emperor Mingjian, the minister has been staying in the Hanlin Academy since he was ordered to review the papers, and he has not even seen his family. Not to mention Lord Yang Bozheng? And Lord Yang is now grounded in the mansion, how can the minister collude with him to cheat? ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, this is a deliberate slander, please let the Emperor know! Zhang Ziguang also said on the side, he is the deputy messenger of this incident, if something happens to Dongfang Rui, he will naturally have no good results, so he is also busy defending.

"Slander?" Li Guanqi raised his eyebrows and said angrily. "Are you saying I'm slandering you?"

"Huh?" Zhang Ziguang reacted at this time, his mouth was quick for a while, and he said it without thinking clearly, and as a result, he directly added another charge of bullying himself.

"Someone!" Li Guanqi roared again. The guards outside the door hurriedly agreed and jumped in.

Li Guanqi pointed at Dongfang Rui and the others and said, "Send the two adults back to their homes, the same, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my will!" ”

"Yes!" The guards agreed, stepped forward and dragged Dongfang Rui and Zhang Ziguang away.

"Hey!" Looking at the backs of everyone gradually moving away. Li Guanqi sighed and sat down on the dragon chair weakly.

"Your Majesty!" Yue'er screamed timidly. Li Guanqi's appearance just now really scared her a little.

"Huh?" Li Guanqi glanced back at Yue'er and asked tiredly, "What's the matter?" ”

Yue'er hesitated for a moment and said, "The concubine doesn't dare to say it!" ”

Li Guanqi rolled his eyes and pretended to be angry: "Am I the kind of king who sinners people with words? If you have anything to say, hurry up! ”

Yue'er bit her lip and said, "The emperor's performance today. Indeed, it does ......"

"It really looks like a tyrant did it, doesn't it?" Li Guanqi said calmly.

"Since the emperor knows, why do you want to do this?" The timidity in Yue'er's eyes decreased a little, but her doubts were even more than before.

Li Guanqi raised his right hand and pinched his eyebrows, and said, "You can tell me your opinion first!" ”

Yue'er clenched her fists. He boldly said: "Lord Dongfang and Lord Zhang have always been known for their loyalty and outspokenness, otherwise the emperor would not have let the two of them be in charge of this review." Since the two adults agreed that the previous list was correct, why did the emperor insist on saying that they were shielding Lord Yang? ”

Li Guanqi stretched out his finger and hooked it, motioned for Yue'er to come forward, and then said: "Yang Bozheng and the others are guarded by the inner guards outside the mansion, and Dongfang Rui and Zhang Ziguang have not left the Hanlin Academy in the past two days, do you think I don't know?" ”

"Then the emperor, why are you still there?" Yue'er is really strange now.

Li Guanqi sighed and said, "It is precisely because I know that they are all loyal ministers that I treat them like this, and I am protecting them!" ”

"The concubine doesn't understand!" Yue'er's little nose wrinkled again.

Li Guanqi sighed again and said, "Not only do you not understand, but Yang Bozheng, Lin Bai, Dongfang Rui and Zhang Ziguang also don't understand. Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu should understand, you go and ask He Ziming to pass the two of them to meet the driver, and when you look back, you will naturally understand what is going on. ”

"Yes!" Although Yue'er is anxious to know the answer, she is a woman who knows how to advance and retreat, she knows when she can be coquettish with Li Guanqi, and when she absolutely can't, and now is definitely not a suitable time, Li Guanqi now wants to see Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu, so she agreed very happily, and turned around to find He Ziming.

"Chen Wenhuadian University Scholar, Hubu Shangshu Qin Minzhong to meet you!"

"Chendong Pavilion University scholar Zhao Pu is here!"

Hearing these two roll calls, Li Guanqi, who was reviewing the candidates' test papers one by one, raised his head from the dragon book case and said loudly: "Come in!" ”

Then he said to the maids and eunuchs standing in the palace, "You all retreat, and no one is allowed to come in without my will." Oh, Yue'er stays! ”

Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu entered in turn, and just as they were about to salute, Li Guanqi had already waved his hand to stop it, and said, "Excuse me, sit down!" ”

Yue'er had already moved over the two Jindun with interest, Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu thanked each other and sat down as they said.

Li Guanqi opened his mouth and said: "The results of the review are out, and I have also read the papers, Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai really did not bend the law for personal gain, what should I do now?" ”

This result surprised Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu, the number of Jinshi admitted in Jiangnan Province accounted for two-thirds of the total, and there was no fraud, who would believe it? But the facts are in front of us, and no one can not believe them. Zhao Pu had previously decided that the two examiners must be favoritism, but now he couldn't help but feel a blush, and said with a little shame: "The imperial court is open to scholars, and what is important is fairness. Since no one bends the law for personal gain, it is natural that it should be announced to the world. Minister, minister is willing to apologize to Lord Yang and Lord Lin! ”

Listening to Zhao Pu's words, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "You are my cabinet scholar, but this insight is only enough to be a petty official!" (To be continued......)