Xiao Jing drank tea.

Mu Bin said: "It seems that Mr. Zhang said that Li Ge did not suspect the reason that the words did not reach the meaning and the sentences did not make sense, but instead chose the test papers with neat articles. ”

Xiao Jing pouted lightly and said: "Li Gelao's direction is always correct, if there is fraud in the field, but even the basic articles are written to bullshit, then what's the point of cheating?" Looking at the four parts selected, three of them have been selected, or Li Ge Lao just wants to catch someone among them! ”

"As long as there is no Mr. Zhang." Mu Bin said a word intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Jing's hand drinking tea stopped, and he glanced sideways at Mu Bin.

It's plain, but it's true.

It doesn't matter who he is involved, as long as he doesn't involve Zhang Zhou, Your Majesty can make a difference, won't my task be completed?

It's been a long time.

Hanlin Xiu Liu Chun came over and said: "Gonggong Xiao, Commander Mu, the opening of the seal has been completed, and Elder Li Ge invites you to come over." ”

"Let's go!" Xiao Jing took Mu Bin to the reading room.

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Marking room.

Li Dongyang only called a few fellow examiners to come, all of whom were more knowledgeable and generally did not like to be a thorn, which was equivalent to having an examiner present, and he could explain the words in front of people, but he couldn't always come out to interrupt when he spoke.

"Elder Li Ge, how is it? Are the four examination papers selected involved in the suspected guilty people who Hua Chang participated in? Xiao Jing asked with a smile.

He also emphasized that he was not only a Hua Chang participant, but also a person who was "suspected of being guilty", which was to remind Li Dongyang that Zhang Zhou had been excluded from the case by the emperor, and if Zhang Zhou was really involved, you should also weigh the consequences of involving him, and don't make trouble for everyone.

Li Dongyang arched his hand and said, "No." ”

Xiao Jing smiled when he heard this.

In the case of a vague name, from four or five thousand examination papers, only four questionable papers were selected, and he was not familiar with the style of the three people, and he wanted to involve any of Zhang Zhou, Tang Yin and Xu Jing, and the probability of "winning the lottery" was too low.

Li Dongyang asked: "Now that the seal has been opened, should I fill in the list?" ”

"Wait a minute." Xiao Jing said, "Elder Li Ge, there are still two days before the release of the list, and it is not too late to fill in the list tomorrow, our family still wants to communicate with His Majesty first, do you want to write a note in your name to state this matter first?" ”

Li Dongyang looked at several fellow examiners who were called over by him to audit, and suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to find someone else.

It seems that many things are really suitable for discussing with Xiao Jing alone.

"The matter of filling in the list is postponed until tomorrow, so you all go back and rest first. After filling in the list tomorrow, you can come out of the curtain. ”

After the inner curtain official finishes the task, he doesn't have to wait for the list to be released, as long as he fills in the list, hands it over to the Ministry of Rites, and does the performance, these people's errands will be completed.

Originally, many people thought that the marking that had been postponed for a few days could finally be over, and they could leave today, but who knew that they would have to wait another day, but in fact, they were waiting for Xiao Jing to ask the emperor for instructions.

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Back to the private.

Li Dongyang did not shy away from it, and directly inquired about Xiao Jing's meaning.

Xiao Jing said: "Elder Li Ge, you are highly respected, and you are still the chief examiner of this examination, and you and Bachelor Cheng still presided over this examination of the Ministry of Rites, and some words are more suitable for you than others." ”

Li Dongyang immediately understood that Xiao Jing meant to let him "intercede" Cheng Minzheng as a cabinet minister.

Although he didn't want to embarrass Cheng Minzheng, he didn't say that he wanted to stand up for Cheng Minzheng.

From his point of view, things are so uproarious, who knows if Cheng Minzheng is really involved in the issue? Why should I speak for him?

"Elder Li Ge, so far, haven't they all been investigated without evidence?" Xiao Jing said with a smile.

Li Dongyang nodded: "That is to do it with no empirical evidence?" ”

"That's probably it." Xiao Jing thought to himself, it's rare for you Li Bin to go above and ask you to write a "check no evidence" recital, is it so difficult?

Li Dongyang said: "Then I will be based on the facts, but Gonggong Xiao has always had a doubt in the next, why not do a re-investigation under the condition of opening the seal?" Now that the candidates involved are two out of three, two of them are among them, so I'm afraid it's not easy to calm things down, right? ”

Xiao Jing smiled and shook his head: "How Your Majesty orders, how our family conveys, it depends on Your Majesty's instructions." You just have to complete your own, and before you fill in the list tomorrow, or there is a court to discuss this matter, why should you be in a hurry? ”

Li Dongyang was originally quite stubborn, but thinking that the emperor might take this matter to the court to discuss before filling in the list and releasing the list, and let the minister give his opinion, he immediately balanced his heart.

Subsequently, he also wrote a report on the investigation of the problem according to Xiao Jing's "prompts".

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Inside the Royal Palace.

Zhu Youzhu was summoning Zhang Zhou, nominally to talk about the test questions, but after the meeting, Zhu Youzhu seemed to have completely forgotten that there was such a thing, and only discussed health preservation with Zhang Zhou.

also asked Zhang Zhou about things like the way of heaven, the heavenly machine, and the appearance of heaven, and the three sentences were not separated from "heaven", probably Zhu Youzhi is most afraid of heaven now, and regarded Zhang Zhou as an envoy of half of heaven.

"The prince's schoolwork has been progressing slowly recently, and he has no heart to study, and I have supervised it many times, with little success." Zhu Youzhu said, "After the exam, you have time to enter the palace more, I want you to be a gentleman for him as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Youji's expectations for his son are not low.

But Zhu Houzhao is obviously not a serious learning material, it doesn't matter how fast Zhu Houzhao learns, it will always be different from the emperor's expectations, coupled with Zhu Houzhao's stubbornness, it will make his father feel that his son is very unsuccessful.

Zhang Zhou was engaged in education all his life.

I also understand some paradoxes in family education, when the father always thinks that the son has embarked on a "road of no return" because of the difference between his son's behavior and his own, but when the son educates his grandson, the same situation will occur.

Fathers always live in their own stubbornness, thinking that being the same as themselves is "right", but those sons who are not successful in the eyes of their fathers have supported the progress of the times and passed on mankind.

"Your Majesty, Gonggong Xiao is back." A little eunuch came in to pass the ceremony.

Only then did Zhu Youzhu remember what he was asking Zhang Zhou to do today, and waved his hand: "Let him come in." ”

Then he saw Xiao Jing trotting all the way into the Qianqing Palace, and he saw Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Zhou sitting side by side at first glance, and he was a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Jing said happily with a happy face: "Your Majesty, the inner curtain has been opened, and the results have been released." Mr. Zhang is among the winners. ”

"Hoo ......"

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he seemed to be completely relieved.

Finally, there is no need to let Zhang Zhou enter the court as a tribute, that is to say, now Zhang Zhou is considered a jinshi.

"Bingkuan, congratulations." Zhu Youzhu smiled and congratulated.

Only Zhang Zhou doesn't think things are so easy, but he also understands that no matter whether he is in the Jinshi or not, he will easily fall into the whirlpool of public opinion, and it is better to be in it than not to be in it.

Dai Yi asked, "How many?" ”

Xiao Jing smiled a little bitterly, Dai Yi and Chen Kuan and others thought that their ranking was not good, but they heard Xiao Jing say: "Nangong is the first." ”

"......" Dai Yi's face was also a little embarrassed, and he looked back at Zhu Youji.

And Zhu Youzhu didn't think this was a bad thing at all, but got up and walked up to Zhang Zhou, patting Zhang Zhou on the shoulder: "If you are the first in Nangong, you can, if you play normally in the palace exam, you can be ranked first, and I don't have to plan for you." ”

Xie Yuan, who took the Jiangnan Township Test, won the first place in the examination, which is actually not a big surprise.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, thank God and the earth, thank you for being okay in the previous life, and thank Zhang Bingkuan for being learned but not serious about the exam, and thank God for letting me come to Daming to experience the life of the ancients......

Zhang Zhouxian made a Zhongjin Shi speech in his heart before asking, "What about Tang Yin and Xu Jing?" ”

Zhu Youzhu also reacted, Zhang Zhouzhong's failure to win the Jinshi is not the point, it should be hurried to calm down the public opinion that will test the questions first, he also asked: "Can the two of them be selected?" ”

Xiao Jing said: "Back to Your Majesty, Tang Yin is ranked thirteenth, and Xu Jing is not among the winners. ”

"Oh."

Zhu Youzhu nodded.

He heard that Tang Yin also won the tribute, and his expression was a little hesitant, obviously he didn't think that Tang Yin's tribute was a good thing, and Tang Yin was regarded as the focus of public opinion outside.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Tang Yin's talent is good, and he also had a period of time to restrain his mind before the exam, and he was able to prepare for the exam with peace of mind." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded: "The Yayuan of the Jiangnan Township Test has to be the thirteenth place in the test, which is not unusual. But in this case, it seems that it is difficult to clear up doubts. ”

Xiao Jing hurriedly presented Li Dongyang's recital and said: "Your Majesty, this is Li Ge Lao in the inner curtain, playing a recital about Cheng Min's political topic, please take a look." ”

"Bring it."

Zhu Youzhu directly took the song and watched it on the spot.

After reading it, he handed the song to Zhang Zhoudao: "Bingkuan, you can also take a look." ”

Zhang Zhou has read the above content, Li Dongyang not only showed that Cheng Min's political question is not substantiated, but also mentioned that Tang Yin is on the list, mostly because of his talent, and in the investigation of the Four Books and the Five Classics, there is no obvious omission or deviation in talent......

It probably means that there is no question from Li Dongyang that he answered poorly, but Cheng Minzheng who answered the question with an exceptionally good answer.

The standards that Li Dongyang told Xiao Jing before were all fooling, and the most important thing was actually this one, but Li Dongyang couldn't directly tell Xiao Jing which topics were from him and which ones came from Cheng Minzheng.

Xiao Jing said: "After the inner curtain is opened, the list will be postponed in advance, and the list can be filled in tomorrow after Your Majesty, and the list can be published early in the morning after tomorrow." ”

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Zhou and said seriously: "Bingkuan, do you think that Tang Yin should be deposed in order to calm down the scholars' arrogance?" ”

Zhang Zhou put down the song and asked, "Your Majesty, for what reason?" ”

"No need for a reason." Zhu Youzhu said, "In the imperial examination, in terms of articles, the likes and dislikes of the main examination are already suspected of being unfair and biased. ”

(End of chapter)