When the results of this vote came out, the previous fellow examiners who were arguing with red faces, and even the chief examiner Ma Yu, were a little dumbfounded at the moment.

can still be overturned by the waves like this?

Qian Xili, this old thing, is really hidden, starting from the reading of the papers on February 16, to filling in the first round of the draft list on February 26, and then to today's ranking and selection of Huiyuan.

From beginning to end, he did not show any doubts and objections to the ranking results, and let himself be set aside.

After these actions, Ma Yu and others gradually relaxed their vigilance, and even in the eyes of most of the same examiners, they were ignored.

As a result, if you don't make a move, you will be a blockbuster, and you will directly take away the title of the head of the leader, making all the exchange of interests a joke!

Faced with this situation, Ma Yu naturally could not compromise easily. Because the ranking of the test is not only about his son, but also about the exchange of interests of other parties, once he can't give those people a satisfactory explanation, he will drag himself into the water.

So Ma Yu took the lead in getting up and recommending himself to the front, and the examiner named Gu Tao glanced at him, who nodded knowingly and stood up again.

"President Qian's way of voting by raising his hands, the lower officials dare to think that it is a bit hasty, and they should think about it in the long term and focus on the review."

As soon as these words came out, many of the same examiners present had a bad look on their faces, you didn't object to his mother's vote, and now that the results are out, you start to talk crookedly and say that you want to think in the long run, are you fooling everyone for fools?

Especially Lai Rong, who recommended Shen Yichen's answer, the duck was already in his mouth at this time, how could he let it fly.

Immediately got up angrily and retorted: "Brother Gu's words are wrong, this article of the selection of Huiyuan is reasonable, beyond the public, and the title of Huiyuan is well deserved!" ”

"The lower officials agree with what Lord Lai said, there are no rules, there is no circle, since the candidate for Huiyuan has been selected, it cannot be changed at will!"

"How can you replace the top leader so casually?"

Gu Tao didn't expect that as soon as his words came out, he immediately suffered so much opposition, and his words were fierce.

This made his face turn red and white, and he had to look at several other accomplice examiners for help. As a result, these brothers held the mentality of a dead Taoist friend and an immortal poor Tao, and gave Gu Tao's eyes for help nothing, which means good brother, you can bear it yourself.

After all, they also want to be faced, and such a backsliding thing has a bad reputation in the officialdom. And if the candidate who won the Huiyuan is developed one day, he must not give you an itch to hate?

This wave of teammates is selling beautifully!

The "betrayal" of several accomplices instantly made Gu Tao feel angry, and he didn't care about it at this time, why should I be the cannon fodder alone?

So, Gu Yu simply put the forces behind him out, and everyone was in a state of open cards to confront each other.

"Colleagues, if the answer sheet recommended below is correct from the writing, it should be the test paper of He Pingyan, the son of Shuntian. Could it be that he is really one notch worse and can't afford to be this huiyuan? ”

Judging from the writing style who the candidates are, it is not an uncommon event to put it in the imperial examination, and the examiners will not make a fuss.

But this kind of thing is generally tacit, like Gu Tao said it bluntly, it made the scene a little embarrassing, do you agree or disagree?

If you agree, it is equivalent to acquiescing to the candidate's favoritism, and if you oppose it, it is equivalent to publicly not giving face to the forces behind He Pingyan.

Seeing that Gu Tao had said it to this point, the previous accomplice examiners who "pretended to be dead" finally stood up and echoed: "Actually, I also think that the answer sheet recommended by Lord Gu is superior, but President Qian has already made a decision, so it's hard to object." ”

"He Pingyan has outstanding literary talents, and he has a good reputation among the literati subgroup, and he can be a Huiyuan."

"President Qian, do you want to consider holding these two answer sheets for a second round of voting to show fairness?"

With the increase in the number of fellow examiners who spoke out, the atmosphere in Jukui Hall began to change a little, and many fellow examiners who had raised their hands to support Shen Yichen before began to whisper to each other.

At this time, Qian Xili suddenly raised his head and laughed.

"Lord Qian, why are you laughing?"

Ma Yu, who was sitting next to him, finally couldn't help but ask in the face of this strange scene.

"I'm laughing at this meta-selection, but now it's become a child's play and a farce!"

After that, Qian Xili stood up, directly picked up the ink pen on the table, and filled in the number of Shen Yichen's answer sheet at the top of the list in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"At this point, I will say one more thing, do you still remember the promise to serve the country, and do you still remember the oath you made in front of Master Confucius!"

"If you don't agree with the suspicion of favoritism, you can report it to the official of Zhigong when the Ministry of Rites is grinding, and the official will bear it!"

Qian Xili's categorical words can be said to have deafened many fellow examiners present, and the mission and responsibility of being a marking officer can't help but come to mind.

"Xia Guan is willing to follow the steps of President Qian and wait for the grinding survey!"

"Xia Guan is willing to join hands with President Qian to strongly recommend Huiyuan!"

"Xiaguan is co-branded!"

"The lower official seconded the proposal!"

One by one, the same examiners stood up again, and the momentum was even greater than before.

I have to say that in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, whether it was the official of science and Taoism, or the old scholars of the Hanlin Academy. has not become the soft bone of party struggle like in the late Ming Dynasty, and still has the bottom line of being a literati.

Seeing this scene, Qian Xili couldn't contain his excitement, nodded and said: "The literature is endless, and my way is not lonely!" ”

The situation has come to this point, Ma Yu knows that he has no power to return to the sky, and if he forcibly stirs things up, with the stubborn character of Qian Xili, an old pedant, maybe there will be a big case of "favoritism" that shocks the government and the opposition.

So he stood up and pushed the boat down the river and said: "Don't be excited, Lord Qian, the ranking of the test is already agreed, and it is normal to disagree." ”

"Now that the selection has been completed, then bring up the candidate's ink scroll, and the official will see which student can get such favor from Master Qian."

After that, Ma Yu asked the test officer to send the original ink scroll of Shen Yichen's answers.

There is no need to open the frontispiece, when this handwriting appears in front of the eyes of all the examiners, most people already know who the candidate is in their hearts.

"Sure enough, it's Shen Yichen, this son's talent is really unstoppable!"

"I have tried to solve the yuan in Shuntianxiang before, and now I am in the middle of the yuan, do you have to appear in my second Ming Dynasty, Sanyuan and the first?"

"Shen Yan is the first three yuan and the first!"

"Yes, number one!"

"What's even more terrifying is that this son is only eighteen, and those who can be lifted at the age of eighteen throughout the ages can be called the pride of the sky, what is the concept of Sanyuan and the first?"

The fellow examiners at the scene were all crazy about it, after all, such a young Xie Yuan and Hui Yuan Lianzhong were not in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Even Huang Guan, who was even in the middle of the three yuan back then, was far older than Shen Yichen.

Being young means that there are infinite possibilities in the future, and you can even kill several emperors and become a respected minister!

It's a pity that there is no examiner here, otherwise someone will remember that Shen Yichen also won the title of "Little Sanyuan" when he was in the children's exam.

If he really wants to win the title of champion, it will not be as simple as three yuan and the first, the second is the gathering of six songs!

"Destiny."

Ma Yu said lightly, and didn't continue to say anything.

He did all these things to find a way out for his son, and he did not completely lose some of the literati's sticking to the bottom line.

Shen Yichen can't hold it down and still be able to seize Huiyuan, the mandate of heaven is so destined, non-human can decide!

……

Shen Yichen in the Chengguo Mansion didn't know that his title of Huiyuan had come with such twists and turns.

He was sitting at his desk, copying the incriminating evidence sent by Zhao Hongjie after raiding his home, with an extremely solemn expression on his face.

On the one hand, the dignified factor is that the content of the criminal evidence is innumerable, bullying men and women, abusing lynching, and mutilating Zhongliang, which can be called all evil.

On the other hand, it was Shen Yichen who found that there was no content about Wang Zhen in the incriminating evidence retained by the jailer Wang Yong, and all of it belonged to his nephew Wang Shan, which was abnormal.

You must know that Wang Yong had done the "crazy" act of posting Wang Zhen's crime on the street before, if he didn't leave evidence for archiving, what would he do to post it?

Therefore, the reason for the lack of evidence of Wang Zhen's guilt is self-evident, it was detained by Zhao Hongjie, no wonder it was delayed for so many days before it was sent to the Chengguo Mansion.

It was precisely thinking of this that made Shen Yichen's face so solemn.

You must know that in Shen Yichen's heart, Zhao Hongjie threw himself into the Nanzhen Fusi, although he did not ask what the specific reason was, but there must be his unspeakable secrets.

As for worshipping Wang Zhen as his godfather, Shen Yichen didn't take it seriously, one of the eunuchs' favorite things to do without children was to take in their sons.

The twelve eunuchs in the palace have a big eunuch with a surname, and almost all of them have several godsons under their names, some of them are small eunuchs in the palace, and some are officials who want to cling to them.

At Wang Zhen's level, there are not hundreds of godsons, but there are dozens, and those who call him "Father Weng" are even more countless, what's so strange about one more Zhao Hongjie?

Therefore, Shen Yichen's memory of Zhao Hongjie has always been kept in Ying Tianfu's image of being timid and cowardly, but righteous and kind. All the changes after arriving in Jingshi were involuntary, and it was not his own intention.

Now it seems that not only has he changed, but Zhao Hongjie has also changed.

"With the change of time, can people not go back to the past?"

Shen Yichen said a sentence silently, and there was an indescribable discomfort and grievance in his heart. If Zhao Hongjie really becomes a gelding eagle dog, he will choose to protect and protect Wang Zhen, what should he do?

In other parts of the Chengguo Mansion, the atmosphere is completely different from Shen Yichen's small courtyard, and at this time, lights are being put up everywhere, red cloth is hung and the word "happy" is pasted, so as to prepare for Zhu Ji to marry the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan two days later.

The marriage of the prince's family, even if he is not the eldest son who inherits the title, and on the other hand, he is not the only daughter like the Marquis of Taining, his identity is still extremely noble, and he has received little attention from the outside world.

After all, it is needless to say that the authority of the Duke of Chengguo is in full swing, although the Marquis of Zhenyuan is a little worse, but his family is almost not inferior to the ordinary duke in the marquis after the martyrdom of Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Chengzu Zhu Di not only sealed the first generation of Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng, but also posthumously presented his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to the Marquis of Zhenyuan, this honor is really not comparable to ordinary people. Even after Gu Cheng's death, he was posthumously presented as the Duke of Xia Guo.

Gu Xingzu, the second-generation Marquis of Zhenyuan, who is now inheriting the title, has a very good name, but this person is really not very good, and what he does can be called a loss of the face of his ancestors.

As a military general, Xun Qi was in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army in Nanjing, and during the Xuande period, he was afraid of death in Nanning but the mercenaries did not help, and he was arrested and imprisoned by Jinyiwei. Fortunately, the ancestor had a hard name, and he was released the next year, and he was convicted and beheaded as an ordinary person.

In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, he followed the northern expedition of Ming Yingzong, and after the change in Tumubao, this thing ran away again, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "Gu Ran Run". This time it's not so lucky, and you can't be sentenced to death if you sell your emperor teammates?

However, this guy's fate was strangely good, and he also came to the city first, and the ministers who led the army of the Beijing Division were insufficient, so they had to release him to participate in the defense of the Beijing Division, and escaped again.

Jingtai was imprisoned for three years, and was released soon. Later, the prince was meritorious, and he became vigorous again, and the cells went in and out of Xiaoqiang, which can be called an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.

Zhu Ji was in his mother Lin's room at the moment, and he didn't have much joy in the face of his upcoming wedding.

Looking at his son's appearance, how could the Lin family not know what he was thinking, so he opened his mouth to persuade him: "Chen Qingtong, don't worry about it anymore, it's impossible for you to be with her, and the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan is not bad, as long as you work hard and perform well, it is also a big help." ”

"But the Marquis of Zhenyuan has two sons, it would be good to ensure that his son can climb up, how can he have the spare strength to help my son-in-law?"

"Stupid, I ask you to learn more from Zhu Yi on weekdays, but you just don't listen. Now he is going to become the son-in-law of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and he doesn't even know the current situation of his family? ”

"Gu Han, the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, likes to paint, and his ambition is to become a poetry and wine maniac in the Wei and Jin dynasties, so he has no intention of attacking the knighthood at all, and he has surrendered the title to his younger brother Gu Xi early, you always know this, right?"

Faced with this inquiry, Zhu Ji was a little unconvinced and said: "Mother, of course the child knows. ”

"Then do you know that Gu Yu has been weak since he was a child, and he was caught a cold by watching a lantern outside during the last moon festival at the beginning of the year, and he has been sick in bed for two months. According to the grapevine, I am afraid that my life will not be long, so I am afraid that the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan will not be passed on. ”

"Really?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ji's eyes lit up, if the Marquis of Zhenyuan is prosperous and prosperous, then his son-in-law is dispensable.

But if the family is unstable, it needs external forces to maintain and help, how can the son-in-law be called half of his own people, and he is backed by the Chengguo Mansion, how can he be more reliable than outsiders?

In this way, the Marquis of Zhenyuan will definitely help him participate in the seizure of the title, and if he succeeds, for the Marquis of Zhenyuan, it is also possible to use the power of common prosperity to win a win-win situation!

"Seriously! Seriously! With this kind of questioning, you won't go and find out for yourself! ”

In the face of Zhu Ji's rotten words, the Lin family was really angry, and slapped him a few times with his head and face.

"Oh, mother, I was wrong. You can't blame the child, you said that you want to prepare for the competition, and I am not allowed to go out to play, and the news will naturally lag behind! ”

"No wonder I said that as soon as the test ended, the Marquis of Zhenyuan was going to hold a wedding banquet like this, wouldn't he be taking Lao Tzu to his mansion to be happy!"

Hearing that Zhu Ji's brain circuit inexplicably jumped to Chong Xi, Lin only felt a pain in his chest.

"I said that you are not as good as Zhu Yi, and now it seems that even Shen Yichen has left you far behind, why is it so hard for my mother to give birth to this rotten wood that cannot be carved!"

Faced with this, Zhu Ji was not convinced, and retorted: "Big brother, he doesn't take the imperial examination, maybe he is not as good as me if he really wants to enter the scientific field." As for Shen Yichen's test results, why did you cowardly before you fight, mother, and concluded that I was inferior to him? ”

Unexpectedly, in the face of Zhu Ji's rebuttal, Lin was not angry this time. Instead, he nodded and said, "Okay, with this kind of ambition, it's like my son!" ”

"By the way, Zhu Yi should come back from Shaanxi at the time of your wedding, and now that Shen Yichen has become a climate, we will find a way to cause them to compete with each other in the future, and our fishermen will benefit."

"Big brother, why did he fight with Shen Yichen? No matter what, the maidservant son can't threaten his title, and he is honest and respectful, and he seems to take good care of Shen Yichen. ”

"Hmph, you really underestimate Zhu Yi, if he is so capable, I will be okay for you to learn from him?

After that, a sneer appeared on the corner of Lin's mouth.

……

In the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, the draft list and the candidates' test papers in duplicate have been served here.

The official of the Ministry of Rites and the chief examiner will serve as the presiding officer, and the "Zhu Juan" to be admitted will be numbered with the candidate's "Ink Scroll", and those with the wrong number will not be discarded. After the review, another "list" will be conducted, that is, the admission list will be officially determined.

In addition, the grinding survey of the Ministry of Rites will also be carried out simultaneously with the check number.

Because the release time of the test is exactly when the apricot blossoms are in full bloom, it is also called the "apricot list".

Hu Hui and Wang Ying, the two officials of Zhigong, as well as Qian Xili and Ma Yu, the two chief examiners, are in the chief. There are also eighteen examiners in the hall, some officials of the Ministry of Rites who organize the examination, invigilators, Jiuqing, Jinyiwei and so on.

The scene can be described as very magnificent, and there are forces from all sides, which makes it much more difficult to determine the ranking of candidates at will.

After all the personnel arrived, a proctor stood up and walked to the long table in the center, slowly spreading out the straw list on it.

Everyone's eyes naturally looked at the top of the list for the first time, Huiyuan was destined to attract the attention of everyone, only to see the nine big characters of "Shen Yichen, Jiangning County, Yingtianfu", and after jumping with the grass list, many people gasped after seeing it.

There are surprises, shocks, incredible, and emotional ones!

Only those who did not raise objections.

The three words Shen Yichen now represent the gold content of the imperial examination!