"Aunt Yang, looking for a daughter-in-law, I am also powerless......"

Shen Yichen replied helplessly, Aunt Yang really thinks highly of herself.

"Then if you don't let Ah Niu follow you, you can also see the world."

There is no hope of finding a daughter-in-law, but Aunt Yang believes that Shen Yichen has a promising future, so she simply lets her son follow him, even if he is an errand runner, it is better than farming in the future.

"That's right, Yichen, I have a lot of strength!"

Zeng Aniu also humbly agreed, and also showed off the strong muscles on his body.

To tell the truth, Zeng Aniu can also be regarded as Shen Yichen's childhood big brother, when he just moved into this small courtyard, some children bullied his orphans and widows, and Zeng Aniu stood up and beat those children away.

Shen Yichen is also very clear about Zeng Aniu's temperament, loyal and honest, not careful, and strong and strong, not losing to Li Da, what is more than enough to be a follower.

But the problem is, I don't need to!

"Aunt Yang, I'm still a child, and I haven't even taken the talent test. If you get a lift or something in the next day, it's not too late to let Ah Niu follow me. ”

Shen Yichen had no choice but to politely refuse, he didn't have a single word in his fame, where did he get the economic foundation to raise his followers and the like.

At the very least, you have to wait for yourself to be admitted to the lifter, and others will be called "master" before you have this qualification.

Hearing Shen Yichen's successive refusals, Aunt Yang had a disappointed expression on her face, she thought that after Shen Yichen won the championship, she would be like those officials and lords, and she needed a lot of attendants to wait for her.

Now it doesn't seem to be much different from before.

However, Aunt Yang is not a person who tends to be inflammatory, at most she has a bit of market thinking, Shen Yichen is developed, she can get a little light, and she will not tease and look down if she has not changed.

So he quickly recovered as before: "Then it seems that the aunt is wrong, Yichen, you should study hard, and don't forget the aunt in the future." ”

"No, it won't."

"Yichen, call me if you need to."

Zeng Aniu also patted his chest, not caring at all that Shen Yichen didn't help.

"Okay."

Bidding farewell to his neighbors, Shen Yichen shook his head with a smile, and then closed the door of the small courtyard.

In the past, there was not much understanding of the term distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Look at it now, the group of their own "blood relatives" in the Chengguo Mansion may really not have as much affection as their neighbors.

When the hustle and bustle ended, everything returned to calm, Shen Yichen returned to his room and carefully flipped through "Shangshu Justice".

With the prefectural examination being selected on the spot, regardless of the final ranking, he has already obtained a ticket to participate in the prefectural exam.

According to the usual practice, the college examination is generally held in mid-May, and the specific date will be slightly adjusted according to the different planning of each year.

However, no matter how it is changed, it will definitely be held in May, which means that Shen Yichen only has a month to prepare at most, and he will usher in a greater challenge.

Because compared with the false name of a scholar like Tong Sheng, Xiucai belongs to the real fame of the imperial examination, which allows the candidate's social class to cross the border and officially step into the ranks of scholars.

The candlelight flickered, accompanied by the chirping of insects and frogs outside the window, and in the palace at the other end of Nanjing, the government Yin Li Min and two fellow examiners were reviewing the examination papers of the government examination.

Compared with the thousands of test papers in the previous county examination, the number of government examinations has been reduced to about one-fifth, but this does not mean that the number of papers has decreased.

Because after all, the government examination has gone through a round of screening, and there will not be the kind of candidates who break the questions and write randomly. Therefore, every test paper must be carefully looked at at at least twice to avoid the occurrence of missing pearls in the sea.

However, the first round of screening has also brought convenience, that is, the heads of each county and the outstanding candidates have a number in the examiner's heart, as long as they focus on the test papers of these people.

"Lord Fu Yin, four of the ten test papers are made by the heads of each county, and the remaining six are selected high-quality articles, from which the heads of the government can be selected."

Sima Yun, a professor of Fuxue, selected ten test papers and put them on the table, and theoretically the first place in the government examination will be selected from these ten people.

"Professor Sima, do you still need to choose this?"

Li Min looked at his two fellow examiners with a smile, the capital of the government case is about to come out, what kind of process do you have to go.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Sima Yun, who has always been more serious, also had a look of "you know" on his face.

However, at this time, Fu Cheng Du Shi stood up, and said with a solemn look on his face: "Lord Fu Yin, the lower officials also appreciate Shen Yichen's knowledge and articles very much, and there is no objection to being selected as the head of the case. ”

"But in the process of grading, I found that the test papers of several students in Chengguo Gongfu Family School were very similar. It's okay to write it, and in principle, it can meet the criteria for selection. ”

"If we treat everyone equally, then it is unusual that there will be four students in the Chengguo Mansion Family School, including Shen Yichen. If this case is reported, I am afraid it will provoke criticism. ”

Du Shi's words also made the smile on Li Min's face fade, it is not for nothing that a large family school or academy, and at the same time the four-person house test was selected.

But the test papers are very similar, and there are many statements in it, which must be carefully reviewed.

"Du Fucheng, you can show me the test papers of these people."

Without Li Min's greeting, Du Shi had already put aside the test papers of Zhu Qingyu and others, waiting for the examiner to judge.

Li Min opened the test paper and glanced at it, and found that the similarity of the content of the answers to the articles was indeed very high. To describe it as an Internet buzzword in later generations, it cannot be said to be exactly the same, but can only be said to be exactly the same.

In fact, objectively speaking, similar situations have also happened in the imperial examinations over the years, after all, the content of the four book annotations and the imperial examination model texts every year is very different from the content of the candidates' references.

If the examiner's question is bet on the test, then there will be many similar essays in this year's examination paper. Therefore, just because the answers are similar, it does not mean that the candidate has plagiarized or cheated, but it can only be said that the suspicion is very great.

"It's normal for the first four-book question to be similar, and the second truncated question has never appeared in a similar article, how can they be so close?"

Fu Yin Li was so sensitive that he was puzzled, and it was impossible for someone to bet on an exam question like a truncation question that was so unpopular that it could be called the underworld.

There must be demons when things go wrong, except for Shen Yichen, the remaining three schoolchildren must have problems.

"Did the patrol soldiers report the anomalies of these people?"

"Back to my lord, no."

Du Shi shook his head, and during the entire government test, no one found that these people were abnormal.

Hearing this answer, Li Min vaguely speculated that the exam questions might have been leaked. But this kind of thing is too important, and it also involves the Chengguo Mansion, there is no full evidence and there are several people who cheated on the spot, and if you say it, you will be burned.

The county examination and the government examination have always been the hardest hit areas of the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination fraud, and it was better during the orthodox dynasty, but it was basically clear in the Chenghua period.

In the Jiajing and Wanli years, corruption extended to the township test and the meeting test, and even the level of cabinet ministers began to intervene.

It can only be said that the imperial examination gives the people at the bottom a relatively fair way of competition, but it is difficult to have absolute fairness in the world.

"Lord Fu Yin, the four people in the Chengguo Mansion School are already very eye-catching, if Shen Yichen is still at the top of the list, in addition to causing criticism, I am afraid that he himself will also become the target of public criticism."

Judging from the test papers, Shen Yichen must have no problem, and his writing is brilliant. But under the backdrop of the case, there will be a scene where Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind.

The rumors of scholars from the outside world will not exclude Shen Yichen from the Chengguo Mansion Family School, but will become the primary target of the attack because he is at the top of the case.

In order to reduce the negative impact, it is best that Shen Yichen is not listed at the top of the list, so that hello, I am hello, everyone.

Li Min was a little moved when he heard this suggestion, and if there was no evidence, he would eliminate several clansmen of Chengguo Gong, then he would inevitably offend Zhu Yong, who was now in full swing.

On the contrary, take a step back and take Shen Yichen from the top position and give the top few. In this way, the admission of four children of Chengguo Gongjia School will not be so eye-catching, and Shen Yichen himself will not suffer much loss, and he will avoid the possibility of being attacked.

Shen Yichen didn't know about these, if he knew, he probably even had the heart to kill Zhu Qingyu and the others.

These people have a fart relationship with themselves, and even the home school is divided into inner and outer courtyards, and classmates are not counted!

When there were good things in the co-authorship, I didn't think that I was also the son of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and I needed someone to share the firepower when there were bad things, and I became a clan relative of the Duke of Chengguo, and I was a man with a back pot?

"Lord Fu Yin, Xia Guan does not agree with Lord Fu Cheng's opinion, Shen Yichen is talented, the quality of the article is unique, and the name of the head of the case is worthy of it!"

"There are also rumors that his maid gave birth to a child, I believe all adults have heard of it, Cheng Guogong did not let him enter the genealogy at all, and naturally has nothing to do with these Zhu clan relatives."

"Jiangnan Gongyuan has two archways, on which it is written that the Ming scriptures are taken from scholars, seeking talents for the country. As a scholar, the lower official dare not forget, and please think twice about Lord Yin! ”

Sima Yun, a professor of Fuxue, saw that Fuyin Li Min was vacillating, he was not an administrator, and as a scholar, he should demand himself according to the standards of a scholar.

How can such injustices be ignored?

Sima Yun's words gave Li Min a great impact.

Yes, Shen Yichen is not suspected of cheating, he is brilliant in writing and ingenious in solving problems, and he deserves to be the head of this government examination.

Why should a young talent be implicated because of someone else's business?

Even if there are criticisms and rumors in the future, those who achieve great things should have the consciousness that they are higher than others and that everyone will be wrong, which is also a stage that must be experienced in life.

"Professor Sima's warning is like an initiation, but the government is narrow-minded."

"Since you are wise and learn from the scriptures and seek talents for the country, then Shen Yichen is well-deserved as the head of the case, do you still have any objections?"

"The lower officials have no objections."

Fu Yin and Professor Fu Xue talked about this, and Du Shi originally thought that Shen Yichen was the head of the case, so naturally there was nothing to say.

"No objections."

Sima Yun also said yes.

Just like the county test, Fu Yin Li Min also wrote Shen Yichen's name on the red case that was released.

Only this time he was firm and did not hesitate at all!