Since the establishment and promotion of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this new talent selection system has become the most powerful means for the court or king to consolidate their rule and win over people's hearts, and was further developed in the Song Dynasty.

Because of this, the kings of the Song Dynasty attached more importance to the imperial examinations. In order to prevent the large number of places in the Tang Dynasty, they went to the back door again, the Song Dynasty established various targeted measures early on, such as the name of the name of the name, and the dispatch of imperial officials to the local area to preside over the most critical provincial examinations to avoid all kinds of unnecessary suspicions.

As a key cultural and educational place in the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan was the top priority, so this time the imperial court sent all the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and he could ensure the greatest fairness and justice.

But unexpectedly, even if Mr. He was in the examination room, there was still chaos in the provincial examination in Hangzhou, and it was a big mess. Many candidates refused to enter the venue, and were still so noisy outside the examination room that scared the other examiners on the scene. They subconsciously had to turn to the higher-ranking chief examiner He Dingkun.

He Dingkun did not disappoint everyone. He immediately stood up and said, "Dear colleagues, we have heard the shouts of candidates outside. It is important to be serious, so how can we ignore them? And if we go out to see them, it is best if we can say that they will re-enter. If we fail, we cannot let them do whatever they want!"

With the backbone's words, the officials were relieved and immediately agreed to go out with him. Then, under the escort of hundreds of soldiers inside and outside, they left the examination room gate and came to the candidates who were in a rush of emotions.

Seeing He Dingkun appear, the candidates were making a lot of noise. Countless people were shouting loudly, trying to express the excitement in their hearts. However, hundreds or thousands of mouths were shouting, and the sound at the scene became extremely messy, making people unable to hear what they were saying. Seeing this, He Dingkun immediately took two steps forward, raised his hand and pressed it quietly, and shouted loudly: "Dear candidates, please listen to my official first..."

After shouting this, the candidates finally calmed down slowly. Then thousands of pairs of eyes fell on He Dingkun at the same time to see what he could say. He was not in a hurry to speak at this moment. Instead, he bowed to the people in front of him in a straight manner, and then stood up and said, "Dear candidates, you are the pillars of my country in the future of the Song Dynasty. Today's provincial examination is a key step for you to embark on your career. I hope you should put great things first and do not do things that harm your future and disrupt the laws of the court. Don't make this official embarrassed again."

Such a low attitude and thought about them, he won the favor of many candidates, and the atmosphere at the scene eased a lot. Then, He Dingkun said: "In addition, I still don't know why you refuse to enter the imperial examination for the time being, but I disturb you here. Please come out and explain the situation carefully."

This request made the candidates present hesitate, and they wanted to find a leader. But in fact, many of them were brought to participate in this chaos and did not dare to make the decision, so they all looked at each other, but none of them stepped forward.

After a while, a candidate in his thirties walked out of the crowd with his head held high and bowed to He Dingkun, saying, "Hangzhou candidate Huo Yaoguang has met He Shilang. The reason why we do this today is because the court is too unfair to our Jiangnan candidates. They actually set a strange rule that this year's ancient essays are not allowed to write articles in vernacular. This is really too disgraceful and makes me difficult to accept. This is a major event in culture and education, and it is related to my thousand-year Taoist tradition of Confucianism. Although our candidates are slight, they also have a passion. They are willing to be the pioneer and persuade the court to turn evil and return to the right!"

As soon as this person left, other candidates followed suit, and after the time came out, more than a dozen candidates came forward to support him: "Brother Huo said so much. We really cannot accept such a scattered life in the court, so we have to do this extraordinary act. Even if the court really wants to condemn us, we will not retreat!"

"We will not retreat! We must not cancel the ancient Chinese!"

"The ancient texts of poetry are the foundation of our generation, how can we change them at will!"

For a moment, everyone shouted slogans again, and this time the shouting was much more uniform than before, and its power was even stronger. It shocked the deputy examiners to a daze. The foreheads were sweating again, but they couldn't speak, so they could only hope for the chief examiner He Dingkun.

He Dingkun's face also became extremely serious. He pressed his hands again and signaled everyone to calm down. Then he said loudly: "You are already understanding your thoughts. Your statement is actually not wrong. To be honest, when the court made this decision, I also expressed concern, thinking that this is unfair to all scholars, but this matter is the will of the court, so...

"But since you have this request, I cannot ignore it, so today I will write a letter with you to ask the court to take back his fate. I believe that in addition to my Hangzhou, there are many candidates in Jiangnan who will also be dissatisfied with this. As long as everyone is united enough, the court will always know their mistakes and change them back to the original imperial examination."

After he said this, he immediately won the praises of the candidates again, but the deputy examiners were stunned. They really didn't expect that the chief examiner had come out to persuade everyone not to cause trouble, but now, he was actually convinced by the candidates and became their supporters. What should they do now?

Before this official could come up with a countermeasure, He Dingkun looked at them again and said loudly: "Dear colleagues, you are like me, both of you, and you have gained fame and fortune from the imperial examination room, and you can also be regarded as the seniors of these candidates. Do you have the heart to watch them ruin their future due to the mistakes of the court, and are you willing to let my Confucian thousand-year Taoist priest cut off because of the mistakes of some people?"

With such a big hat, let alone these local officials of only 5 or 6 ranks, even the senior officials in the court could not withstand the pressure. They immediately expressed their opinions: "We wait... We should do our best to get justice for the candidates."

"Well, I'll ask you to submit to the court with me." He Dingkun immediately made a decision and said, "By the way, we have to get their support in the city of Hangzhou, and the people in the city, the same is true. Let's go to the government office to meet the prefect and let him decide for everyone."

Now, as long as people who are not too stupid can see that all this is a big problem, the chief examiner He Dingkun has even more problems. What he is doing is the task of stabilizing the examination room discipline that a chief examiner should do, and is completely arousing the emotions of the candidates and tying everyone to their own carriage to challenge the newly established imperial examination system of the court.

But at this time, the examiners had no choice. Because the candidates in front of him had been completely incited by He Dingkun. If they dared to object, they would probably be beaten to death by these young and extremely excited candidates on the spot. And judging from this situation, even if they die, they would not have a good reputation. It would be better to pretend to be confused and follow them to make a big deal.

So soon, with the efforts of everyone, the atmosphere in the examination room was pushed to the highest point, and countless people shouted there: "Let the court take back his life! Let's go and meet the prefect and the fortune envoy, so that the court can know our wishes!"

As they shouted, everyone turned around and, led by the officials led by He Dingkun, walked out along the long street again and headed towards the prefect's office in the city. When they passed the candidates who had just been knocked down by them, they all showed contempt. With the sound of spitting, they passed by these seriously injured people who had no movement, and even the examiners turned a blind eye to this.

In the face of what they thought was righteousness, the death and injury of some small people was no longer important. Even if these dozen candidates were all dead, they would be like a cat and a dog, and it was not worth mentioning.

As they continued to move forward, the momentum became bigger and bigger, which immediately shocked the entire Hangzhou city. The people who were already concerned about this provincial examination were even more curious when they saw this, and they watched along the way, and at the same time they also inquired about the causes and consequences.

For some reason, in such a mess, hundreds or thousands of people joined the parade along the way. When they arrived in front of the Hangzhou Prefect's Office within an hour, the team had reached an astonishing number of 5,000. As a result, they naturally shocked the officials and others in the government. While they quickly sent people to ask for help from the military camp stationed in Hangzhou, they could only go out with the bullet and see what these guys who suddenly gathered together had demands.

The prefect Dai Quan left the mansion with a nervous heart. Looking at the vast crowd, his legs became weak, and he didn't even know what to say when he opened his mouth. It was not until a person in the crowd stepped out and gave him a slight salute to him that he could see clearly what he looked like and then curiously said: "Mr. He, why are you in it?"

"Prince Dai, I was inspired by the candidates to speak for them..." As he said that, He Dingkun repeated what he had just said, and then looked at the local officials in front of him: "You are also from the imperial examination. Please put the overall situation first, and make a statement with us, and persuade the court to take back their fate."

"This..." Dai Quan was stunned on the spot. He saw through the other party's intentions at once, but he really didn't want to get into this muddy water. After all, he couldn't fight with the imperial examination, so there was no need to take the risk of joining them. Moreover, he was very clear that doing so would be an enemy of Sun Tusun Taiwei, because the proposal of abandoning ancient Chinese originated from Sun Taiwei.

Then, he heard the hidden truth again, and it was obvious that all this was planned. He Dingkun, the chief examiner, should be the mastermind of the incident in Hangzhou!
Chapter completed!