"Lord Qiqi, everything has been arranged, as long as that Qiu Yan is on the list, the news will spread immediately, if he is not on the list, there is no need to bother much. ”

The other two, with different appearances, one of them is not young, with a black and white beard and hair, and responds when he hears it.

Tian Youqing nodded slightly, and said, "If I want to make this matter an iron case, is it difficult?"

The half-white man frowned, and the word "Chuan" formed on his forehead, and said: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult, after all, the talent ceremony is a major event of the country, and it doesn't hurt to assassinate one or two candidates, if you want to make things an iron case, you will harm others......"

It's just that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the person next to him, who smiled and continued: "Old Yu, your courage in the past two years has become smaller and smaller. ”

Although this person is well dressed, brocade and satin, it does not look dignified enough, and the person stands there, his legs and shoulders are crooked, like a tree with a crooked neck that cannot be straightened, giving people a feeling of flowing in and out.

Such a person has a bad temperament, not to mention becoming a guest of Tianfu on weekdays, even if it is the door, he may not be able to enter, but now that Tian Youqing saw it, not only was he not annoyed, but looked at him with interest and asked: "Lai San, what do you think?" Tell me about it and let the official listen to it." ”

When Lai San heard this, he put on a flattering smile, bowed and bent over, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I heard that some of the candidates have already taken refuge in adults, why don't you choose one or two candidates from the South Sword Dao among them, and let them 'witness' Qiu Yan's hidden behavior in the examination room? Or accidentally see which examiner has spoken to that Qiu Sheng......

"What do you mean?" Tian Youqing's eyes lit up. But on the surface, it is quiet.

Lai San was interested, and hurriedly said: "I heard that Qiu Sheng is a horse minister...... Ma Yang's disciple, that must be a member of the old party, when he can take the exam, won't he have some contact with the examiner of the old party? This is reasonable, as long as the identity of his Ma Yang disciple is announced first, and then ......."

"This must not be done!" That Yu Lao suddenly spoke, stepped forward, hugged his fists towards Tian Youqing and said, "My lord." Frame a candidate. That's just a small mistake, if it is leaked, the consequences may not be great, and some people can get rid of the guilt. But if it involves the court officials. That's not easy to deal with. In case of a counter-offensive by the old party, the situation ......"

"Elder Yu, why are you saying something deflating?" Lai San shook his head. "As long as the plan is drawn properly, then it is foolproof, how can it be exposed? This time, Lord Tian and Lord Pan work together, and you and I help each other, whether it is black or white, official business, it is all a horse and a flat river, I will not hide it from you, in the past 20 days, our brothers have already spread information in the city, I heard that Yu Lao, your Chamber of Commerce is also average, and the city has long been surging, and they all say that someone is cheating, but I don't know the name of that person......

Speaking of this, he smiled, looked at Tian Youqing, and whispered: "My lord is so wise, you should be able to understand that the candidates are pretentious, once the name falls to Sun Shan, they will definitely feel that there is a secret inside, and at this time, as soon as the name of the person who cheats is announced, that person will immediately become the target of the public, and it will be necessary for everyone to vent." ”

At the end, he narrowed his eyes and showed an eerie expression: "Now, it's just the calm before the storm." ”

"Since you are so confident, then do as you say. Tian Youqing glanced at the two of them, and instructed lightly, although Yu Lao still had something to say, he was looked at by Tian Youqing, but he closed his mouth and left with Na Lai San.

But after a while, this old man was led back again, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "My lord, you shouldn't be so hasty! Lai San must not be gullible, he acts so without scruples, it is too much to take for granted, how can the court be deceived by such a small trick as him?"

Tian Youqing said with a smile: "Yu Fang, I know your heart, there is no need to say more, the official has his own plans, that Lai San is a splash in the city, quite powerful, it is the most ideal to be able to borrow power, even if something happens, it can also be blamed on Pan Xiang, now that he wants to make the first bird, I will naturally not stop it, but when it is time to break it afterwards, I will not hesitate." ”

When Yu Lao heard this, he pondered for a while, and suddenly he was drenched in cold sweat, and he didn't dare to say more.

"Okay," Tian Youqing stood up and patted his clothes, "You go to the Chamber of Commerce now, this Qiu Yan is just a pawn, this time he was designed, not to bring him down a small person, then he would be too worthy of him, the real purpose is to use him as a breakthrough to fight against that group of ancient people, and when they are in chaos, you are just in trouble, take the opportunity to control the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, so as to grasp the initiative, and then cooperate with me to implement the new law." ”

"My lord's clever plan! Little old man admires!" Yu Lao hurriedly complimented, "Presumably after this time, my lord should be able to sit firmly in the backbone of the new party!"

Tian Youqing smiled slightly, not pleasing to things, but just waved his hand to let Yu Lao leave.

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Gongin.

There were a lot of people outside the hospital, and candidates, servants, and maids were looking forward to it.

It stands to reason that the list is to be sent to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites organizes people to post it, but after all, it will come out of the Tribute Academy, and many impatient people gather here to know in advance.

Some of them, even since yesterday, have been here and have been waiting all night!

In addition, there are many wealthy merchants, stewards, and family members gathered here, and their eyes, like hungry wolves staring at their prey, patrolled the candidates.

The purpose of these people is simple, that is, to ask for a jinshi to be an uncle for their own family, if they can get the top three, it is naturally more ideal, but there are more monks and less meat, and there are only more than 300 jinshi in this subject, and the competition is fierce, and there can be no moment of relaxation.

Suddenly, around the Gongyuan, even the air was filled with a trace of tension.

Inside the Nagong Courtyard, the atmosphere was equally solemn.

After more than 20 days of correction, thousands of examination papers were read by the examiners one by one, compared and selected, and most of them were dismissed, leaving only 307 papers.

These more than 300 examination papers represent the number of Jinshi today, but before that, there is still one thing to decide, which is to arrange the ranking.

It is said that it is ranked, but in fact, the ranking has been almost ranked, and what is really difficult to decide is the first few places.

The people who will take the test on the list are called tributes, and they will not be able to really distinguish the top three until the palace test a few days later.

The palace examination is divided into three grades, the first class is given to the Jinshi and the first, the second class is given to the Jinshi background, and the third class is given to the same Jinshi background, which is the last step of the imperial examination and the end of the candidate's career.

It hasn't reached that point yet, but even so, the more than 300 people on the list have already been determined to be Jinshi, which is self-provoking, otherwise when the palace test is over, there may not be any left.

There is no distinction between the number of sons-in-law, but this first place is still in the spotlight and is known as Huiyuan.

However, now in the Gongyuan, the examiners are arguing endlessly about the candidates for the Yuan, and even several fellow examiners from the old party don't care about giving face to the chief examiner Wang Fu, and they want to press down a test paper-

"Although this exam paper is extraordinary, it is too much to say, and it violates the teachings of the saints!"

"Yes, I will try to flaunt the world, if you take this volume, it is likely to change the atmosphere of the world, and the consequences are unpredictable. ”

"It is recommended to make it a secondary name, so that it will not lose the talent of this life, and it will not mess with the world!"

The strange thing is that although they want to suppress, they don't dare to say that the exam papers are not good, and they only dare to speak about the overall situation, which shows that they are weak-minded.

After these old party examiners finished speaking, everyone in the room turned their eyes and fell on Wang Fu.

There were quite a few people in the room, in addition to the examiners, even the sealing officials, transcription officials, etc. were also here, Zheng Quan was also among them, he looked at the exam paper that was discussed by everyone, and his heart was shocked.

This exam paper was pushed as the first by several examiners with a new party background, and wanted to be used as a huiyuan, but it was boycotted by the examiners of the old party, but the strange thing is that Hu Yong and Luo Zhongjie, who are more important among the examiners of the two parties, are silent and are regarded as waiting for an opportunity, but Zheng Quan knows that these two people are not waiting, but it is difficult to speak.

The ranking has not been decided, the name has not really been opened, most of the examiners do not know the names of the candidates, but this one is an exception, maybe many examiners do not know their names, but Zheng Quan knows it.

"Isn't this exam paper the one made by Qiu Yan? It's just that Qiu Yan is obviously a disciple of the old party, but he was boycotted by the old party examiners, and was promoted by the new party examiners, it's too weird, I don't know what to do, what does Wang Xiang think in his heart?"

Thinking about it, Zheng Quan's gaze swept over the faces of Hu Yong and Luo Zhongjie, and then fell on Wang Fu.

Since the beginning of the argument, these three people have not expressed their opinions much, which can't help but make Zheng Quan secretly guess.

They probably all knew who had done it, so they hesitated. ”

However, Zheng Quan's guess was wrong, although after reading the exam papers, Wang Fu and the other three had their own guesses, but there was no accurate information about the identity of the person who wrote the exam papers, and the identity could not be confirmed.

If that nonsense is used, it is speculated that it was made by Wen Zhizhen, just because Wen Zhizhen is active, but Luo Zhongjie has been sent several times, and he is uneasy, the two of them have been thinking about the method of suppression in these days, but because of Wang Fu's support, they have not been able to succeed, and until now, they have actually given this test paper a chance to become the first place!

As for Wang Fu, he is fighting between heaven and man.

Just now, what the examiner of the old party said was that in addition to arguing on the basis of reason, he should suppress the examination papers that are inclined to the new law, and he was reminding him of some tacit things-

In this imperial examination, the old party has made great concessions, not only the content of the new law has been examined, but the chief examination is still held by Wang Fu himself.

"Although the examination papers are dyed, there is no vision, there is no general trend, it is difficult to convince the old party, if you order Huiyuan, I am afraid that it will ......"

At this time, someone outside the door said: "Prime Minister Wang, the hour is not early, and if you don't determine the ranking, you will miss the list!"

Wang Fu sighed, and finally made a decision.

"Ladies and gentlemen......" (To be continued......

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I wish all candidates good results in the college entrance examination and the top of the list!