Although since the imperial examination system was carried forward in the Great Zhou Dynasty, for two hundred years, every time there have been incidents of commotion due to the dissatisfaction of the candidates who have fallen to the top, most of them have disappeared, occasionally attracting the attention of the emperor, but there have also been exceptions to the dethronement or exceptional promotion of the first, but the complete overturning of the results of the examination, simply ordered the re-examination is still the only one unprecedented, and a series of eye-catching turmoil before this incident, the sensation can be imagined.

Even before the retry, Cao Gang had already written to ask for guilt, and he admitted that he was dancing - Gao Yajun was first defeated by the Zhou envoy, only to feel ashamed and indignant, and he had consciously closed the door, how could he know that later things would be more publicized, how could he still have the confidence to fight for the top spot again, and simply said that he was sick and gave up the opportunity to try again, which undoubtedly forced Cao Gang into a desperate situation, and in desperation, in order to save his life and a thousandth chance of recovery, he had to bear all the blame.

Of course, the Gao family was not implicated, Cao Gang insisted that he wanted to use this opportunity to climb Gao Yan in order to get his support.

Of course, this statement is intended to cover up, but because the scholars are not aimed at Gao Yan's father and son, when the purpose of retrying is achieved, they are not too deeply involved in the court, and even the results of the court's treatment of Cao Gang have not attracted any attention.

Among the scholars who participated in the commotion, most of them were deposed in the county test this year, and there were many scholars who had repeatedly fallen in the same place as Shao Guang but still did not despair, when they heard the edict of the re-trial, they naturally rubbed their fists and worked hard to try the test, not to mention that these repeated failures heard that Chang'an Ling Yu Wensheng was rare and fair this autumn, and they were very annoyed that they did not report to Chang'an County for the test. How can there be any leisure to pay attention to the court that is actually inseparable from their current status.

Of course, the retry is not something that everyone is happy about, compared to the more than 30 people who passed the Wannian County test this autumn, there are many complaints, and only Xu Xiu can be in high spirits with Chai Tori.

According to Xu Xiuneng's analysis, as long as the Queen Mother is still in power, no matter how Xie Raoping and Mao Wei plan, it is impossible to squeeze the Queen Mother, a fellow brother, out of the center of power, so when he realized that the incident behind the incident of Dongxuan Sijie going to Shangqingguan to challenge had the intention of making a name for Shao Guang, he did not hesitate to bewitch Chai to join forces with the people of the Fallen Scholars to make trouble - He Zhan befriended Wei Rui and thus won the favor of the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven, although it cannot be called a well-known fact. But Xu Xiuneng, who always pays attention to the movements of the court, knows everything about it, helping Shao Guang is equivalent to helping He Zhan, not to mention that the defeat of Dongxuan Sijie is obviously due to the instructions of the Queen Mother, Xu Xiuneng will not let go of this bridge that is very likely to climb Wei Daxiangguo.

As for whether he can win again after retrying, Xu Xiuneng is not worried, which is also out of confidence in his literary talent.

However, regarding the core resources of the court's popularity, this one did not share it with Chai Tori, and only slightly revealed the direction of Cao Gang's hatred of the Queen Mother, dispelled Chai Tori's concerns, and then used the top position to tempt him, so he successfully persuaded Chai to run and contact, and used his reputation as a mentor to encourage those scholars to start a commotion.

Although Chai Qu heard and witnessed Shao Guang's literary talent in Shangqingguan, he firmly believed that he was not much lost, and the reason why he did not take the initiative to respond to the battle that day was not because he had no confidence in Shifu, but because he was worried about the limited topic. Chai took a poor background, and it was easy to get the opportunity to be instructed by a famous teacher, so he concentrated all his attention on poetry and literature, and even did not understand the history thoroughly, not to mention the rhythm of musical instruments, and he did not have the conditions for the children of the family to often go in and out of the brothel to listen to music and enjoy music, so he even lacked the ability to appreciate.

But seeing that the excellent opportunity to become famous was missed, Chai Tori was also regretful, so when he heard Xu Xiuneng's demagoguery, he was almost immediately moved - if Cao Gang could be removed from the position of the Ten Thousand Years Order, he, the advocate, was likely to be heard by the Queen Mother, and the next test and provincial test would not go well? Not to mention that he actually won the result of the retest, how could Chai take not be excited, he was confident that if he talked about the test, he would not necessarily lose to Shao Guang and Yin Shen, if he could beat two of the five sons in the county test, why worry that he would not be famous in Beijing.

In addition to the scholars who participated in the retest, this incident also attracted unprecedented attention from the people, arguing endlessly about whether the top position was won by Shao Guang or monopolized by Yin Shen, and went to Yu Wensheng to post a notice, claiming that the results were announced in the Wannian County Party today, and the people who heard the news actually surrounded the three outer three layers of the county party tightly, and the excitement was not inferior to the Suzaku Gate when the list was unveiled.

Because of the unprecedented pomp, Yu Wensheng had to order that except for the reference scholars, the rest of the people were not allowed to enter the party.

Even in order to allow the reference to enter the county government smoothly, the officials had to go out and demarcate the boundary on both sides of the yamen, which cleared a passage, when Shao Guang and Yin Shen were able to verify that they were entering the party through this passage, they were obviously quite low-key, but they were recognized, so they suddenly broke out into thunder, and they happened to be followed by Xu Xiuneng and Chai Tori, the former was silent, and the latter was not so comfortable.

Shibatori sighed: "I didn't expect that the Yu Wenming Mansion would not allow \/ redemption, this is somewhat difficult, and the first subject of Jinshi is not as important as the Ming Scripture, why break the stereotype?" I was inevitably nervous after listening to this rule for the first time, and it was easy to pass six out of ten questions, Shao and Yin two Langjun had eight out of ten questions, and one was right for nine questions, Brother Xu, you said, in the end, the top position of the list will not be a post scripture, right? ”

The so-called scriptures, is to take the number from the scriptures and history texts, so that the test taker with these words prompt to write the complete scriptures, generally ten questions through six is qualified, but because of the Jinshi branch history to see the importance of poetry, so if the scriptures fail, it is generally allowed to test the poems, called the redemption of the post, the scriptures in the Jinshi branch for the first field, must pass the pass to enter the next trial.

But the Great Zhou Imperial Examination is not standardized, especially in the examination is all based on the examiner's questions, and the rules are not uniform, Yu Wensheng asked for the post not to be redeemed this time, and no one needs to approve it, and the candidates have no place to be reasonable except for obedience.

Because although Jinshi has always looked at the retrial Fu, there is no saying that it does not completely ignore the history of the scriptures.

Xu Xiuneng knew that Chai Qu's position at the top of the list was bound to be obtained, and his conceit was very high, so he would suffer from gains and losses at this time, his inexplicable self-confidence in Chai Qu was simply unbearable, and he had the intention to sarcastically say two sentences, so it was easy to hold back, and said a reassuring word: "The test of the scriptures has always been eliminated on the spot, and it will not be with the two subsequent comprehensive evaluations. ”

After hearing this, Chai Duo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "The trial endowment is my strength, of course I am very sure." ”

Xu Xiuneng didn't bother with his companions anymore.

Because this time Yu Wensheng is not allowed to redeem the post, and there is no exam question leaked in front, the first test post has almost eliminated half of the candidates, and then because of the rhyme or deviation of the test was deposed on the spot, there are only 60 people left who can enter the third question, and today announced the results, Yu Wensheng's first sentence shows that the winner is still thirty-three people, many scholars can't help but cheer, but the probability of taking one of the two, there is great hope for the middle.

According to the convention, the first place on the list was finally announced, because when Shao Guang and Yin Shen, who originally had the highest call to win the list, were named by Chang'an Order early, the scholars were surprised, and there were a lot of expectations, especially Shibatori, he almost thought that the top of the list belonged to him, swept away the gains and losses earlier, and held his head high, and took the lead in greeting Shao and Yin, but before the polite words were finished, the words "Tanzhou Chai Tori" had been clearly said by Yu Wensheng, and Chai Tori was stunned on the spot. On the contrary, Shao Yin and the others, who returned the courtesy, were inexplicably confused.

"Yu Wenming Mansion, don't you try again to get the top spot?" After Shibatori was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.

Yu Wensheng hadn't finished reciting the regular list of thirty-two, of course, he didn't pay attention to Chai Tori's inexplicable questioning, until only the top one remained, and then he gently closed the name scroll in his hand and handed it to the subordinate officials to go out to post it for public display, he first paid attention to Shao and Yin, and found that he was not indignant, so he looked at a scribe who couldn't help but be excited to move forward, only three steps away from him.

Without asking his name and surname, Yuwen Shengyun said lightly: "As far as Jingzhao Liberation is concerned, especially the top two Chixian counties will have an advantage in the first level of the test, of course they will not be empty, and the top of Wannian County this autumn will be ...... Jingzhao Xu Xiuneng. ”

Only then did Shibatori realize that the name and surname of his friend who came with him did not appear among the thirty-two!

But he couldn't believe this result, Xu Xiaodi is a noble son, even if he is not as good as a gentleman, but it is impossible to say that Shiwen can beat a famous scholar like him, if only Cao Gang asked for a scholar, but Yu Wensheng, who won the name of fairness because he presided over the Chang'an County test this autumn, actually pointed him to the top of the list!

There must be a cat greasy, otherwise it is not scientific!

At this time, Chai Tori completely forgot that he was still living in the British Mansion for nothing, and he also forgot that he was able to get the help of Brother Xu under Cao Gang, but under the anger, this person actually did not forget the so-called humility that could not show off his pride, but pushed Shao Guang and Yin Shen out: "Shao Lang and Yin Lang have teamed up with Xue Lang and Wang Lang to defeat Dongxuan Bachelor, and we all think that there must be no one of the two at the top of the list, does Yu Wenming Mansion think that Shao Yin and the two are in vain?" ”

Shibatori didn't leave any opinion at all, and the eyes that were cast at him were full of disdain at this time, whether they were in the middle or down, and they all looked at him with disdain.

Xu Xiuneng is a friend of Chai and helps a lot, if Chai Qu questions Xu Xiu Neng's literary talent in public, he is not as good as himself, but he can take others to talk about things, and his character is clear at a glance.