In the imperial study of the Daxuan Dynasty, Lin Qing was looking at the territory of the Daxuan Dynasty and sighed.

The maids who came to add the palace lantern saw the emperor like this, and they were accustomed to it, and knew that the emperor had been very troubled by the plundering of the three cities of the Daxuan Dynasty in recent days, so they did not dare to make a sound, and they all lightly added the lamp and withdrew from the palace.

At this time, the red-robed chief judge in charge of this year's lifting system came to ask for a meeting, and after the report, he waited outside for a long time before finally entering.

"I would like to inform my emperor that the Hanlin Division has read the papers of this year's examination one by one, and the articles of these three people are the best. For the time being, the three of them are the top three, and I hope that the emperor will see it and make a decision. The red-robed chief judge knelt down and said.

"I see." Lin Qing said, but his gaze did not take off the map at all.

The red-robed chief judge presented the scroll, but the emperor didn't even look at it, just waved his hand and said, "For such small things, you Hanlin Division can make the decision, and you don't have to go through me anymore." ”

"Yes." The red-robed chief judge bowed slightly and was about to leave, when he was suddenly called out by Lin Qing behind him: "This Ye Xu's name is so familiar, who is the ancestor?" ”

Lin Qing is not stupid, he naturally knows that this system has long since changed and become a hereditary means for major dignitaries.

Just by chance, I glanced at the three test papers on the table, and I felt that Ye Xu's name was familiar.

"I don't know." The red-robed presiding judge replied very tactfully.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, and he has already become a fox, so he naturally knows what to say and what not to say.

Lin Qing couldn't help frowning after thinking about it carefully: "I think about it, this Ye Xu seems to be a businessman, right?" How can just a businessman become a role model? Could it be that Yang Aiqing has received something that should not be collected? ”

When the red-robed chief judge heard this, he was so frightened that cold sweat trickled down his back,

At this moment, looking at Lin Qing's thoughtful expression, and strange and strange, he only felt that his soul was about to fly, so he almost knelt down on the spot and said, "The emperor spared his life!" ”

But the red-robed chief judge still forced himself to calm down and said tremblingly: "My Emperor Mingjian, Weichen really has nothing to do with this Ye Xu, this person's article is good, but it is slightly inferior to the first, so he ranks second, I don't know where my emperor is strange." ”

Lin Qing didn't speak, and read the article carefully word for word, still frowning, very displeased.

Seeing this, the red-robed chief judge knelt down: "My Emperor, it is the fault of Hanlin Si and others that he failed to win the world's geniuses in this year's examination, but there is no other article that can be classified as first-class, so that Emperor Wanwu can see this clumsy work, and I hope that my emperor will spare his life!" ”

Lin Qing read it from beginning to end, and finally looked up, and instead of questioning the red-robed chief judge, he picked up Zhuang Yuanlang's article and read it again and said: "This second article is obviously better than the first, let this Ye Xu be the first, and tomorrow the palace will try to personally hand-pick it!" ”

"Obey the order, Weichen retires." The red-robed officer hurriedly slipped away, for fear that something would come out later.

And Lin Qing slowly put the article on the candle and burned it off, and a chill swept over his face.

"Wang Gang, Wang Gang, you tried your best to want your precious son to be this champion, but I don't want you to be, I just want you to know that the emperor will always be the emperor, and the slave will always be the slave!"

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The Great Xuan Dynasty Political Affairs Palace.

The ground paved with fine white jade shimmered with a warm light, the flying dragon and phoenix dance carved from sandalwood mahogany were lifelike, the dragon chair was set with a green jade pillow, and Lin Qing was wearing a yellow dragon robe and sitting on the dragon chair.

Underneath the hall of government is a group of ministers, neatly arranged together.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." A group of ministers knelt down to Lin Qing on the dragon chair.

Lin Qing briefly glanced at the courtiers below and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up." ”

Then Lin Qing said: "Yang Tianbao of Hanlin Division, what is the result of my examination this year?" ”

Yesterday, the red-robed chief judge was Yang Tianbao in Lin Qing's mouth, Yang Tianbao said after hearing the words: "Enlighten my emperor, thanks to the emperor's grace, the examination is carried out smoothly, the champion is Ye Xu, a person from Wuping County, Jialuo City, Wang Zheng, a person from Kyoto, and Xie Yun from Kyoto. ”

As soon as they heard that this year's champion was not from Kyoto, the faces of the ministers below showed surprise.

After all, since the inception of the people-raising system, there are 99 Kyoto people out of 100 champions...

Therefore, the ministers all guessed in their hearts where this Ye Xu was sacred?

And one of the ministers had a very ugly face.

This man stood at the forefront of the courtiers, dressed in a white official uniform and with white hair, but his face was in his forties, which looked out of place with his white hair.

He is the prime minister of the dynasty - Wang Gang.

"Hmm." Lin Qing nodded and said: "The system of lifting people has provided many social talents for our dynasty over the years, since this is the case, please go to the top three to the court, I will personally appoint it." ”

"Your Ministers obey." Yang Tianbao bowed slightly, and then greeted the eunuch outside the door, and the eunuch outside the door comprehended Ye Xu and his party to the hall.

"Ye Xu, the grass people, has seen the emperor."

"The grass people Wang Zheng has seen the emperor."

"Grass people Xie Yun has seen the emperor."

Ye Xu and his entourage saluted one after another.

"Hmm." Lin Qing waved his hand and motioned for the three of them to get up and asked, "Which one is Ye Xu, the champion of this time?" ”

Ye Xu stepped forward and bowed to ask for peace: "The grass people are." ”

"Hmm." Lin Qing glanced Ye Xu up and down with satisfaction and said, "Sure enough, you are a talent, good, good, now I will handpick you as the champion in front of the civil and military officials." ”

"My emperor can't!" Suddenly, Wang Gang stood up and raised his voice of opposition.

"Huh?" Seeing Wang Gang's actions, Lin Qing looked slightly displeased, and said to Wang Gang: "What? Does Wang Cheng have any thoughts on this? ”

Wang Gang lowered his head and said: "Wechen doesn't dare, but Wechen heard that this Ye Xu is just an ordinary businessman in Wuping County, Wechen thinks it's inappropriate to appoint a businessman to be the champion, please think twice!" ”

"Merchant? What happened to the merchants? This article written by Ye Xu was unanimously elected by the three Aiqing of the Hanlin Division? Does Prime Minister Wang have any objections? Lin Qing's face sank.

"The ministers don't dare to disagree, but most of the businessmen are interested, insidious and cunning, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not cheat in the examination..."

"Huh." Hearing this, Ye Xu smiled slightly, and said to Wang Gang: "Since Prime Minister Wang doesn't trust Ye Xu so much, then Ye Xu will ... Wendou all civil and military officials! ”