Zheng Xunrui finally went to the Lamp Market with Yang Tingshu, as he expected, although the emperor participated in the Lamp Market, but unfortunately under the situation of a large crowd, everyone knew that it was crowded in the direction where the emperor was, and it was impossible to see anything at all, and there were so many people at that time that they couldn't be crowded at all.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu arrived at the Ministry of Rites at the same time, handed over all the information, and after the officials of the Ministry of Rites inspected the identities of the two, they gave each person a wooden card, which was the voucher for the two to enter the Tribute Institute to participate in the examination.

After the preparations were ready, Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu didn't plan to go out, there were more than 20 days left, and they were in the restaurant.

The main energy of the imperial court was basically concentrated on the meeting examination and the palace examination.

When the eighth day of the first lunar month began to go to the court, when the emperor was in the court, he specifically mentioned the matters of the examination and the palace examination, of course, announced the matters of the chief examiner and the same examiner, and it was still in early February, which was also to avoid candidates to visit in advance.

There are only so many cabinet ministers, which two can serve as the chief examiner, which is also a topic of discussion among many ministers, the chief examiner in the first year of Chongzhen, respectively, the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet, according to such rules, the chief examiner of this examination should be the first assistant of the cabinet Zhou Yanru and the second assistant of the cabinet Xu Guangqi.

There are a lot of things that the imperial court needs to deal with, and it is impossible to fully pay attention to the matters of the examination and the palace examination, because the disasters in various places are frequent, and the lives of the people have encountered great difficulties, in the first month, the great famine in the Yansui area of Shaanxi, and even the situation of cannibalism, shocked the emperor, and the emperor ordered the imperial history to rush to the disaster relief, and at the same time on the twenty-sixth day of the first month, he summoned the cabinet ministers, the six Shangshu, the imperial history and some of the left and right attendants, gathered in the Wenhua Palace, and asked how to relieve the people, defend Shaanxi and Shanxi Liukou and many other questions.

However, in general, the examination is still the focus of the imperial court.

The emperor did not specifically mention the matter of the examiner of the examination, which made many ministers of civil and military affairs think that this time the examination should be the same as the rules of the first year of Chongzhen, but some people do not see it that way, this person is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the scholar of Dongge University.

The examination is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and in any case, Wen Tiren is responsible for handling this matter, but he cannot become the chief examiner, which means that he can only do some service work, and the rest of the things have nothing to do with him.

Wen Tiren was reluctant to miss this opportunity, because he knew that it would be difficult for Xu Guangqi, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, to get out.

Xu Guangqi's main focus was on Dengzhou and Laizhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou formed a new army, which was established in accordance with Xu Guangqi's mentions, and purchased many firearms, which were also purchased after Xu Guangqi and Yangyi contacted, in the past year or so, Xu Guangqi almost didn't ask about other things, plus Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua was Xu Guangqi's student, and the cooperation between the two was very good, Denglai's new army saw that it was well-trained and its combat effectiveness was slowly strong, and it also made the imperial court see the hope of exterminating the Golden Tartars. When the emperor summoned many ministers on the 26th day of the first lunar month, he also specifically mentioned that when necessary, new soldiers from Denglai would be used to exterminate the Liukou.

The emperor's move made Wen Tiren see hope, and he felt that the possibility of becoming the examiner had suddenly increased, and the hope was great.

The examiner needs to concentrate, after all, when admitting tribute, the examiner's opinion is the most important, and Xu Guangqi's main concern is Denglai Xinjun, where will he have the time and energy to deal with the exam.

Wen Tiren is very good at figuring out people's minds, and the emperor's failure to announce the chief examiner of the examination on the 26th day of the first month actually means that there are changes and adjustments in the selection of the chief examiner, otherwise it will be announced on the same day.

The position of the chief examiner of the examination is very important, especially in the increasingly fierce party struggle in the imperial court, the chief examiner of the examination can be said to occupy the right time and place, and the candidates who participate in the examination are all people from all over the world, and the knowledge of these people is good, from more than 2,000 people, 400 tributes are admitted, then the level of tributes is even more extraordinary.

You must know that the chief examiner of the examination is the mentor of these tributes.

The relationship between the teacher and the student is very strong, but there is also a difference between the intimacy, after all, there are too many tributes, the teacher can not pay attention to everyone, he can only pay attention to the particularly excellent candidates, in the future to give a lot of help to such students, such an intersection, the relationship between the teacher and the student, will become more and more harmonious, as for those students who have an average relationship, it is not a big deal to pay attention to it.

Although these tributes have to participate in the palace examination, they were appointed by the emperor and became jinshi, and they are nominally all students of the emperor, but there are very few people who can contact the emperor, and the emperor is concerned about the major affairs of the imperial court, and he is concerned about the cabinet ministers, the six Shangshu, and the governors of various places in the imperial history, etc., where do you have the time and energy to pay attention to the Jinshi admitted to the palace examination, at most, you can pay attention to the champions of the first class, the list of eyes and the flowers.

The Jinshi who were admitted to the palace examination, the idea is also very real, they hope to be able to shine in the official career, everyone wants to be able to enter the cabinet, or become a local leader, but there are very few people who can have a chance, every three years the examination and the palace examination, the Jinshi are almost about 400 people, and there are a lot of people accumulated, the court is the structure of the pyramid, and the vast majority of people are still below.

In this case, it is a particularly crucial thing for a jinshi to meet his teacher and attract the attention of his teacher, and if he can get the attention and support of his teacher, his career will be very smooth, and there will be many more opportunities for promotion.

Moreover, the chief examiners of the examination are all cabinet ministers, that is, the prime ministers of the imperial court.

The truth in this is clear to Wen Tiren.

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, just took office in September last year, speaking of which is less than half a year, the relationship between Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru is very unusual, when Chongzhen was in the first year of the ceremony, the two of them were not nominated, and they joined forces to perform a good show, so that the matter of the cabinet minister will be pushed that time, and it will not be done, and Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites at that time, was also dismissed.

Therefore, after Zhou Yanru served as the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren was the assistant with all his might, and when the cabinet discussed things, he was resolutely on Zhou Yanru's side, which also made Zhou Yanru look at him differently.

Recommending the examiner of the examination, Zhou Yanru has a great right to speak.

Zhou Yanru became the first assistant of the cabinet at the age of thirty-six, and won the emperor's great trust, almost obeying his words, and Wen Tiren entered the cabinet at the age of fifty-seven and became a cabinet minister.

This time, in order to test the examiner's affairs, Wen Tiren moved some thoughts.

He specially found Zhou Yanru and said that the cabinet deputy assistant Lord Xu Guangqi had too many things, and the emperor had just asked about the Denglai recruits, and all the thoughts of Lord Xu were also in the Denglai recruits.

Needless to say, Zhou Yanru naturally understands such a conversation.

On the first day of February in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the emperor decreed.

Wu Yingdian University Scholar, Prince Shaobao, and Cabinet First Assistant Zhou Yanru are the chief examiners of the examination, and Wen Tiren, a scholar of Dongge University, a cabinet minister, and a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the deputy chief examiner of the examination.

This holy decree quickly sparked a discussion in the imperial court, and no one thought that Wen Tiren, the lower-ranked cabinet minister, actually became the deputy chief examiner of the examination, Wen Tiren is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the examination is directly responsible for the organization and operation of the Ministry of Rites.

Wen Tiren can become the deputy chief examiner of the examination, which shows the emperor's trust, and also shows that the relationship between Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Wen Tiren is very good.

On the one hand, it attracted the attention of the Minister of Chinese Martial Arts of the DPRK, and slowly more people would move closer to him, on the other hand, he could become the mentor of the Gongshi, if he could have a group of very good students, wouldn't he be able to consolidate his position in the imperial court even more.

After the emperor's decree, Wen Tiren was even more diligent, he was busy in the Ministry of Rites every day, and occasionally went to Wuying Hall to report to Zhou Yanru about the preparation of the examination, as well as the situation of many fellow examiners, for eight days, he did not go home, and all his thoughts were put on the examination.

On the seventh day of the second lunar month, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and many fellow examiners entered the Gongyuan, and the triennial examination officially kicked off.

Zheng Xunrui has always been in the restaurant, and he can't go out, during which he also thought about whether to visit Wen Zhenmeng and Wen Zhenheng, after all, there is an unusual relationship between each other, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't do it, Wen Zhenmeng and Wen Zhenheng are court officials after all, whether they are involved in the examination or not, they all have to avoid suspicion at this moment.

After thinking about it carefully, he wrote two letters and asked Zheng Jinhong and others to send them separately.

Wen Zhenheng quickly replied, telling him to take the exam well and strive for the title of the gold list, but Wen Zhenmeng did not reply, and Zheng Jinhong also said that when he sent the letter, he was not even able to enter the mansion.

This made Zheng Xunrui a little unhappy in his heart, but he was a left-handed virtue from the fifth grade, with the title of champion, is it so remarkable, it won't take long for each other to be relatives with each other, and put on such a pedantic posture, is it really for the sake of that so-called false face, family affection is not wanted.

Of course, at this time, Zheng Xunrui hadn't thought of it so much.