"Back to the emperor, it has indeed not been announced yet. Originally, after the third ranking came out, Zhang Fuyin planned to announce the county test rankings immediately, and even the list was written. On that list, Zhiwei Jushi is the third place. But for some reason, before posting it, Zhang Fuyin instructed the officials to put it first, but it was not posted. ”

Xiao Qi nodded.

It does seem that there is a problem. Otherwise, Zhang Li would not have announced the list immediately. He wanted to see how the parties reacted.

See whose reaction? The eldest princess of Shande, or someone else?

Xiao Yu's eyes turned cold, and he ordered, "Don't do anything, wait." After the list is announced, you can bring me the test papers of the top ten candidates. ”

"Yes."

The imperial guard retreated, but Xiao Yu's heart couldn't calm down, and he was in a daze for a while, and then he asked Gong Xie Gong: "If the chief examiners are for the sake of male candidates, they will press Zhao Zhiwei's ranking." You say, "What should I do?" ”

Gonggong Xie naturally knew that what he was asking was not about Zhao Zhiwei, but about the problems he would face in the future.

The men in the court have never looked down on women. No matter who is going to take the exam, if he can change his ranking, he will inevitably press Zhao Zhiwei's ranking down.

They will think: What's the use of a woman doing well in the exam? Even if they win the champion, they still have to go back to get married, which is nothing more than to satisfy their vanity. But it's different if this place is given to male candidates. That male candidate can make a lifetime of contributions to the imperial court.

This problem is not only a problem for the courtiers, but it is estimated that the emperor himself has not figured it out.

This kind of thing, Grandpa Xie is naturally not good at saying anything. The question of how to deal with women's participation in politics is not something that he can put in the mouth of an internal servant.

But Zhao Zhiwei's matter, he wanted to interject.

He could risk being blamed by the emperor and shoot Zhao Zhiwei's paintings back with more than 20,000 taels of silver, he really liked Zhao Zhiwei's paintings.

Gong Xie said fairly: "Before the county test, the eldest princess of Shangde came to the palace and wanted the emperor to give a fair ......."

Xiao Qi blinked and came back to his senses.

At that time, he wanted to be fair, and he agreed to her. However, at that time, he was afraid that Concubine Jin or the county lord of Pingyang would interfere in the imperial examination and make trouble during the invigilation, so Xiao Yu specially sent Qin Zhe to be the examiner.

It's just that he didn't expect that there was no problem when he was invigilated, but when it came to recording the ranking, there was a problem.

Although the official position of Yin in the capital is small, because he is in charge of the capital, it is more important, so when he was appointing officials, Xiao Qi deliberately chose a neutral faction.

Zhang Li was born in a cold family, and after being admitted to the Jinshi, he made a county order in the county, from a small county to a large county, and his political performance has been good, and his reputation is also very good. Most importantly, this man is rumored to be very upright.

At that time, the former Yin Cai of the capital was set up by the magnates to get down, and after Wu Huaisi discussed with Xiao Qi, he mentioned Zhang Li to this position.

For the sake of insurance, before the county test, Xiao Qi also deliberately asked someone to check Zhang Li again, and found that this Zhang Li was indeed not a person from any faction, and he was indeed upright, so he was relieved to ignore this link.

But now it still hasn't been able to give Shangde and Zhao Zhiwei a "fairness".

He nodded, "I know what to do." ”

He can't afford the rest, but he can still afford the word "fair".

"The official given to Uncle Suiping will be drafted now. Xie An, you go and pass the decree in person. He commanded.

"Yes."

The decree was passed on, and the officials who undertook the decree were drafted by the cabinet officials. Gonggong Xie returned to the main hall and asked Xiao Qi again: "...... the government over there?"

A touch of coldness flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes: "Check it out, and see who Zhang Li has dealings with after being appointed as the Yin of the Capital Mansion." ”

This Zhang Li, he and Wu Huaisi are both blind.

It would be fine if this person was just machismo, but not only did he not take Zhao Zhiwei seriously, but also set up a pit for the eldest princess Shangde, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like the upright neutral he showed.

People with a little eye can know their emperor's attitude towards Zhao Zhiwei, didn't they see that he sent Qin Zhe, who has always been careless, to be the inspector?

That's it, Zhang Li still dared to use his hands and feet during the county test, and he also set up a pit for Princess Shangde to jump, no matter how you look at his tendencies, it is obvious.

Their Xiao family cultivates princes, and they have always admired the theory of raising cups.

If there were no other princes to compete, the crown prince would definitely turn into a waste; And once the prince has an accident, the prince who has been suppressed too much can't hold up. In the end, the Xiao family's world will be handed down to others.

But Xiao Qi can allow the princes to compete, but he can't allow the princes not to take him, the current emperor, in their eyes when they are fighting for power.

After Zhao Zhiwei clearly expressed his attitude on this matter, there were still people who did something, which despised him Xiao Qi and definitely touched his bottom limit.

Not only will Zhang Li not have a good result, but no matter who the instigator behind him is, Xiao Qi has decided to suppress it.

……

In the Suiping Bo Mansion, after Zhao Ruxi got the news and rushed to Beining, the Zhu family went to the old lady's house and told the old lady about the matter, saying, "Did I do something wrong?" Otherwise, why is Sister Xi so anxious? ”

Although the old lady felt that her daughter-in-law had done the right thing, she felt that the two of them were ...... No, plus one Zhao Yuanxun's insight can't catch up with one Zhao Ruxi. Now Zhao Ruxi hurriedly went to stop the eldest princess of Shangde, which shows that what the Zhu family did was really wrong.

She simply sent someone to call Zhao Yuanxun, told him about the matter, and said, "What do you think?" ”

Zhao Yuanxun finally walked around outside all day, and he knew better about the rules of the imperial examination than the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who stayed in the back house.

He shook his head and said, "As soon as this seventh place comes out, Sister Xi can't be the head of the case." Therefore, even if the eldest princess of Shangde knew, it was impossible to change anything. When Madame said this, she embarrassed the eldest princess. Sister Xi rushed to ask for the guilt, that is, to give the eldest princess a step down, which can be regarded as making up for the fault of the lady. ”

He said to the Zhu family: "No matter what you do in the future, you still have to ask Sister Xi first." ”

When Zhu was told by Zhao Yuanxun, he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I was reckless." ”

She originally blamed Mama Ruan for reporting the news, and planned to wait for this matter to cut Mama Ruan's rights. As soon as she heard her husband's words, she not only didn't blame Mama Ruan, but also decided to give Mama Ruan a big reward.

The old lady didn't want the Zhu family to blame herself too much, so she diverted the topic and asked Zhao Yuanxun: "How did Brother An and Brother Xu do in the next two exams?" Can it be hit? ”

Zhao Yuanxun shook his head: "Brother An'er still has some margins in the first game, and the last two games are all in the fifteenth or sixty places, and there is no hope at all." However, Xu Chongwen is good, the second and third games are in more than 30, and there is no problem in passing the county test. ”

"Brother An'er has a short time to study, and he reads books at home alone, and it is normal for articles and poems to be unsatisfactory. Wait until you go to the family study, study hard for a year, and next year will be fine. Zhao Yuanxun added.