Zhuo Yu, I want to put the scientific expedition on the agenda as soon as possible. Zhuo Yu looked afraid that something big had happened in the world, and he had been waiting for Yu Chi Jin to take the initiative to tell himself, and when he heard what Yu Chi Jin said was just a scientific expedition, he put down his heart and comforted: "This is naturally excellent, and it can be regarded as a happy event for Wu Guo, how can I see you so sad?" ”

Wei Chi Jin naturally knows that this form is beneficial to the whole country, but since it is to be reformed, it will definitely touch the interests of another part of the people, such as those arrogant ministers in the court.

"Although when this imperial examination was proposed before, the group of old ministers did not say anything clearly, but ......" The people sent by Wei Chi Jin to investigate found that this group of old ministers were actually very dissatisfied with the imperial examination, and thought that their children and grandchildren could continue to stay in the officialdom by relying on the power of their families, but such a reform actually destroyed their interests. These old ministers always feel that they are superior, and they are very sure that this prince cannot be guilty of the same crime as the common people if he violates the law.

When Zhuo Yu heard Yu Chijin say this, he understood why he was worried. So he said: "This will hurt their benefits, presumably they will not be so willing to let the scientific expedition be held in advance, and they will definitely do something bad." ”

"At the moment, I don't know what these old ministers plan to do, so I plan to hand over the task of invigilating the imperial examination to Situ Ji." Yu Chi Jin said thoughtfully.

"Situ Ji wants to do things safely, and it is natural to rest assured that he will do it. But you have to be on the lookout for those people at all times. Zhuo Yu reminded.

Wei Chi Jin and Zhuo Yu's worries are not unreasonable, although this group of old ministers have no second thoughts, but this is obviously a matter that touches their own interests, in order to prevent accidents, it is better to send people to keep an eye on them. Facts have proved that Wei Chijin's approach is indeed correct, and the henchmen sent to it suddenly discovered that in the dead of night, people often enter and leave the minister's mansion, and their whereabouts are mysterious and very suspicious. When they crept up to the roof of the house to observe secretly, sure enough, they were discussing how to disrupt the imperial examination.

The secret guards knew that the matter was very important, so they immediately sent someone to inform Wei Chi Jin of this matter. What Wei Chi Jin was worried about finally came, so he immediately quietly called Situ Ji to the palace, intending to discuss countermeasures together.

"Have you ever heard what they're going to do?" When Situ Shu arrived, he asked the dark guard.

"Back to the Prime Minister, the minister probably heard that these people planned to stop it on the grounds of heavenly punishment during the imperial examination, and the rest of the ministers did not know." The Dark Guard said.

It seems that he still underestimates the determination of this group of old ministers, Wei Chi Jin thought, and then Situ Ji said: "This trick is really good, borrowing the superstitious ideas of the people, and making a condemnation from heaven, so that the imperial examination can be overturned justifiably, and he does not have to be punished by the emperor." ”

Situ Ji took the feather fan and continued to smile and said: "But what I never expected is that our emperor is like a god, and he has long understood the other party's situation. ”

"You go down first, continue to keep an eye on that group of people for me, and if there is anything abnormal, come back immediately and report it." Yu Chi Jin commanded.

"Yes, my subordinates will go."

"I just listened to the meaning of the dark guard, I'm afraid it's more than this. If this plan doesn't work, there will be other ways to break it. Situ said with some concern.

"Their purpose is to prevent this imperial examination from being held, and if you grasp this point, everything will not deviate from its roots, and this will be easy to do." Wei Chi Jin said quietly, the most important thing in dealing with the enemy is to see what the other party wants to achieve. Now that they understood the general idea of this group of old ministers, the rest of the matter was much easier.

"It's important to have more people on the day of the exam, and I think there may be some unexpected accident that will cause the exam to be suspended." Yu Chijin continued.

"What the emperor said is extremely true, those old ministers have been in the officialdom for decades, and it is estimated that they are all about to cultivate to perfection, and they will leave a few hands on everything, and it is right to think more about it." Situ agreed.

In the days that followed, the old ministers seemed to notice something, and although they kept talking about the plan, they were very cautious. However, the secret guard saw that the family was acting suspiciously, so he followed them all the way to the river, and found that these people were sneakily releasing fish into the river, which was very strange. After those family members went away, they immediately sent someone to catch those fish and informed Yu Chi Jin of the matter.

Yu Chi Jin finally knew what method they planned to use to bring up the matter of heavenly punishment logically, and at the moment he did not startle the snake, but continued to pretend that he did not know.

On the day of the examination, the number of officers and soldiers arranged was thirty percent more than what had been said before, and those ministers saw that the plan could not be achieved once, so they planned to quietly send people to set fire to disturb them, but they did not expect that this was so closely watched that the people sent there did not have the slightest way to do it.

They also planned to frame some candidates for cheating in the examination room in advance, which is also a hidden danger in the imperial examination, and the selection of talents is still controversial. But this time it was Situ Ji who invigilated the exam, so he arranged these old ministers only in all corners, not allowed to move, away from the candidates, and was responsible for walking back and forth to inspect, so that their plan also failed.

After the examination was over, Situ Ji put all the exam papers in a box in front of the ministers, locked them immediately, and asked the Praetorian Guards to send these answers to Wei Chijin immediately, so as not to give these old ministers a chance to contact. It wasn't until the Praetorian Guards took him out that Situ Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart finally fell.

Seeing this, these old ministers were very puzzled, thinking that none of their plans had been realized, and all of them had been completed. Originally, I wanted to do some work on the exam questions, deliberately leaking secrets, so that a person with extremely mediocre qualifications could gain fame, so as to overturn this imperial examination. But this time, the emperor personally made the question, and he didn't give them a chance to see it at all, it was really unwilling!

Situ Ji looked at the dejected appearance of these ministers, and knew in his heart that their plan had not succeeded this time, and the imperial examination had been completed relatively smoothly, so he should go back to his life. Wei Chijin has been standing still, and it must be almost time to settle accounts.

In this examination, Wei Chi Jin really also found many talents from poor backgrounds but very intelligent, thanks to the imperial examination, they can stand out proudly, if they are not reused, it is really a pity.