Zhu Jianshen, the Emperor of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, had an expressionless face and sat meticulously on the throne of the Wenhua Palace. His posture was standard as if he had been trained thousands of times. The round middle-aged man's face also showed a bit of majesty.
It's just that this lazy and unfocused look is a bit uncoordinated, carefully betraying the emperor's heart. These eyes are turning in boredom, scanning the ministers in front of him aimlessly, without focus.
In this generation, except for the court meeting and some big gifts, the ministers basically can't see the emperor. As the saying goes, "The sky is high and the curtain is far away, and the emperor's gate is thousands of miles away." On this occasion where the final ranking of the palace examination is determined, it is a pity that the emperor can be seen.
It was still going through the motions, and the monarch and his ministers could not exchange a few words.
Listening to Wan Shoufu reading the paper, Zhu Jianshen resisted the urge to yawn. They are all subjects of the Zhu family. It makes a difference who becomes the number one scholar? Is it more serious to end this boring ceremony early, or go back to the inner palace to play ball or paint, or watch a play?
interesting.
Wan Shoufu was the first to finish reading the paper and then left. It was the second assistant Liu Jue's turn to step forward and read the paper. After reading three test papers, the scene was over.
Liu Jue and Liu Ge were always the emperor's true teachers when he was a child. Zhu Jianshen had to be a little more serious. He nodded to Liu Jue and called "Mr. Dong Liu".
Liu Jue paid homage to the emperor, but he did not take one of the ten test papers from the Royal Treasure Case to recite. Instead, he turned to the other two or three hundred test papers next to him and took out the top one, which was originally scheduled to be the eleventh one.
name.
The other readers frowned, this was unreasonable.
The ten examination papers on the imperial treasure case were the top ten collectively predetermined by the examiners. After being submitted to the emperor, the emperor then pointed out the three tripod armors, which was the default boundary line for the division of power between the ministers and the emperor.
Of course, there are some serious emperors who are not satisfied with the top ten and insist on finding the number one candidate from the remaining test papers, but this is only the unique privilege of the emperor. Others do not have it!
Now, Mr. Liu Jue and Liu Ge are arbitrarily jumping out of the top ten that everyone had pre-determined and recommending test papers. This nature is equivalent to overturning everyone's previous consensus! What does he want to do? Is he trying to rely on Jun's favor to arbitrarily designate the number one scholar?
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Everyone also remembered that the 11th-place test paper that Liu Jue took out should belong to Zhang Tianrui from his fellow province. Because Liu Ji, Liu Mianmian, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, supported Huiyuan Fang Yingwu, Zhang Tianrui was pushed to the 11th place.
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The so-called willingness to accept defeat in a bet means that if you lose, you will lose! But Liu Shuwen came to the imperial court because he was not convinced. He was obviously arrogant and arrogant, which is too bad. If everything is like this, then what does the cabinet do? And the ministry?
What does the hospital do?
In fact, having said that, how can Mr. Liu Jue and Liu Ge not understand the rules? It's just that it's hard to talk about hardships, and extraordinary things have to be done. If he didn't do something cruel, then wouldn't he just watch Liu Mianhua go to the Fang Yingwu?
To be the number one pick? Then who will be the second in command in the cabinet?
Ignoring the surprised looks of others, Liu Jue unfolded the test paper as if nothing had happened and read aloud. He was an official, his voice was loud and clear, and he read the two to three thousand words of thesis in one go.
Before Liu Jue could retire, someone immediately expressed objections. A minister came out from the ranks and told the emperor: "Liu Jue is cunning, capricious, and despicable in his behavior. He should be expelled from the palace examination!"
Another person came forward to impeach: "Liu Jue protected his personal relatives and ignored justice. He did not follow the right path and took advantage of the emperor's favor and self-respect. His crime is unforgivable!"
Of course, Liu Jue defended himself and said: "I have a clear conscience in promoting virtuous people for the country! This volume is indeed excellent, why don't you dare to say it?" Someone else helped him and said: "The rankings are all among the holy judges. We only recommend virtuous people.
Why do you, gentlemen, need to overshadow the guest and usurp the host?"
Seeing the quarrel in the palace, the otaku emperor, who always hated trouble the most, felt disgusted and couldn't help but frowned. The quarrels kept going on and on, and the ball was about to get to him again. But as a teacher...
.... It’s really a bit ignorant to cause problems again and again.
The military attache in front of the Imperial Guard shouted angrily: "There is an oracle: continue reading the scroll!"
Outside the left door of Chang'an, Fang Yingwu and Zhang Tianrui were still bickering wordlessly.
After noon, a group of royal guards poured out from the city gate, surrounded by several minor officials from the imperial palace. Those with knowledge shouted: "The golden list is here!"
All the candidates stopped talking or arguing and went to watch together. Other people passing by also gathered around to watch the fun.
In fact, this is not a formal announcement of the list. The official gold list will not be announced to the world until after the passing ceremony. Today, we only tell the candidates the rankings in advance so that the candidates have an idea and prepare for the passing of the gold medal. Especially the number one scholar must represent the candidates to Xie Enshu.
, must be prepared in advance.
The junior official of the imperial office glanced at it, coughed, and started to read the ranking with the post in his hand, "No. 1, No. 1, Zhang Tianrui, Qingping County, Shandong!"
Everyone was in an uproar. The first place in the first class was the number one pick! The result was actually different from the rumors. It was said that Zhang Tianrui didn't even make the top ten, so how could he become the number one pick?
Could it be that Liu Jue, the second assistant, with his hands and eyes as strong as the sky, was able to suppress everyone else and elevate Zhang Tianrui to the top position?
Fang Yingwu felt relieved. Although he didn't know what happened, this hot potato didn't fall on him, otherwise he would be in an embarrassing situation.
But at the same time, he felt a little disappointed. He was the number one scholar in the world, Wen Kui, and he just passed by...
The junior official in the imperial office continued to read: "First and second place, Wang Hua, Yuyao County, Zhejiang! First and third place, Huang Xun, Yuyao County, Zhejiang!"
This was the second place and the top spot. Everyone was surprised that the previous favorite, Fang Yingwu, didn't even make it into the top three!
Fang Yingwu also secretly thought, history has changed again... Wang Hua should have been the number one scholar in this subject, but instead he became the second and second overall pick, and Huang Xun, who was originally the second and third overall pick, became the third overall winner.
Then Fang Yingwu thought about himself again worrying about gains and losses. Where is he ranked? Is Liu Mianmian reliable? Don't let this old man slip up at the critical moment and trap himself into the bottom three of the list? Compared with the first, second and third place,
The future and treatment are very different!
After reading the first and third names, the official in the imperial office paused, continued to announce the rankings, and began to read the second and seventh names. But until he read the second and seventh names, there was no name of Fang Yingwu. In other words, Fang Yingwu’s name was not there.
It's not even in the top ten of the overall ranking.
Now even Fang Yingwu became nervous. Why did this situation seem to be completely out of control? Then he heard: "Second and eighth place, Fang Yingwu, Chun'an County, Zhejiang!"
Fang Yingwu let out a sigh of relief, okay, okay, this ranking is still in the top two, which is enough!
But his good friend Xiang Chengxian suddenly jumped out with righteous indignation, raised his arms and shouted: "The purifier will purify himself! The rumored number one became eleventh. He should have been eleventh, but he couldn't even enter the top ten.
People, but inexplicably became the number one!
I don’t know what villains made trouble for the original rumors, and I don’t know how the number one scholar was judged in such a muddle today!”
ps:
How can I break it if I have no status at all? Hey, finish writing the exam as soon as possible and let the protagonist become an official and open a new dungeon! Maybe you will feel better if you change the environment.