Chapter 236: The examiner is replaced, and the exam will start
"Prime Minister Qin!"
Wang Ciweng walked quickly into Qin Hui's room.
However, before he came up, he heard the commotion and told Qin Hui the following situation in detail.
"Prime Minister Qin, Wan Qixi has become the deputy examiner of the joint examination."
Wang Ciweng's expression was extremely complicated, including shock, anger, unwillingness, and expectation...
Everyone knows that the chief examiner and the deputy examiner cannot appear in the same yamen at the same time. Now that Wan Qixi has become the deputy examiner, Qin Hui cannot be the chief examiner.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Huben Guards who left neatly confirmed this statement.
Qin Hui didn't show any anger in front of Wang Cienweng, or he was already angry just now.
He nodded thoughtfully and tapped his fingers on the table subconsciously: "Qing Zeng, do you know who the examiner is?"
Examiner?
Wang Ciweng was suddenly stunned. Yes, if Wan Qixi was appointed as the deputy examiner, who would the court want to be the chief examiner?
Could it be that Yan Song or He Shen is back?
"I'm going to send someone to inquire about this right now."
He turned around to leave, but was stopped by Qin Hui.
"Don't be impatient. Just sit down. Boyang has already left."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Xi quickly ran in from the door and gasped: "Father! The examiner is Wei Zheng!"
"What?"
As soon as Wang Ciweng's buttocks stuck to the stool, he sat up again, staring, not hiding his shock: "Wei Zheng? Isn't he a censor? How can he be the examiner?"
Qin Hui also squinted his eyes and subconsciously wanted to stand up, but he still held back: "Let's see how other people react first."
Wang Ciweng also understood his concerns and nodded with a serious look on his face.
Everyone else can find fault with this matter, but Qin Hui is the only one who has trouble because he is also a candidate to be the examiner.
Even if it's to avoid suspicion, you can't take the lead.
But after waiting, the two discovered that they had overestimated their status, or importance, in the hearts of the court officials.
The matter had nothing to do with them, and almost no one made any move. Everyone was concentrating on preparing for the next competition for the minister. No one jumped up and down at this juncture, and few people came out to say that this was against the rules.
Because whether Qin Hui is elected as the examiner or Wei Zheng is elected as the examiner, they are both irregular choices.
The former violates the rule that examiners cannot be re-elected, while the latter is not among the candidates at all.
Two days ago, a minister was angry, saying that it was against the rules for Qin Huiruo to be the examiner, but it didn't cause much trouble. Qin Hui scoffed when he found out.
In the past two days, some ministers were angry, saying that Wei Zheng's appointment as examiner was against the rules, but it also didn't cause much trouble. Qin Hui looked complicated when he found out.
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But it's useless no matter how complicated it is. The matter is now here and there is no other choice but to accept it.
In a blink of an eye, the time for candidates to enter the venue has come again.
As before, I came to the Rites Yamen before dawn to queue up and fill in the papers...
This time, the people who were searching behind the dragon gate were people from the Nancheng Army and Horses Division, but their faces did not show the joy of slaughtering a fat sheep, but expressions, and many of them even had droopy faces.
The reason is very simple. For this examination, the imperial court specially set up inspectors to supervise the entire inspection process and ensure that nothing outside the regulations can be brought into the examination room, and these soldiers cannot make extra money.
"Clothes, shoes, bedding, rolls, curtains... must be single-layered, without linings! The inkstone must not be more than one inch thick, the water cup must only be ceramic, the charcoal must not be more than two inches, and the candlestick must be a hollow tin plate with a bottom.
All food must be cut..."
One by one, the prosecutors took the trouble to emphasize the standards for the inspection. They led the candidates and soldiers to the special inspection room, and their eyes were like lightning, watching every move of these people.
The candidates all had grim faces and were undergoing the most stringent inspection, but only a few of them were really as disappointed as if they were mourning for the exam.
The news of setting up prosecutors was posted along with the trial notice that day. The severity of this time had already been told to everyone, and many people were mentally prepared.
In the past two days, single-layer fur coats and examination tools that comply with regulations have been sold out in the capital. It can be said that the supply exceeds demand.
But even so, there are still many people who are lucky and come to Gongyuan with the mentality of muddle through.
But after seeing the inspection process here, these people's luck was completely shattered.
Under the scrutinizing gaze of the inspector, the soldiers carried out the inspection system meticulously. In the end, they even asked the candidates to take off all their clothes to check whether they had any writing on them or were carrying cheat sheets.
Some candidates looked humiliated and wanted to scold them, but after raising their heads and meeting the prosecutor's cold eyes, they stopped.
If you don't take the exam, some people will take the exam.
Moreover, making trouble now is considered disrupting the examination room. This is not as simple as not giving up the exam...
The inspection is still going on, and the soldiers have thrown all the irregular examination tools aside. As for what you are missing, it is none of their business.
You can't do anything at night without a candlestick. If you don't have a water cup, you have to drink water with your hands. If you don't have a bedding, you have to freeze in the examination room for three days without a charcoal fire...
Although the weather has started to get warmer recently, there has to be a process. It is obviously not possible to spend the night in a single coat in Beijing.
But compared to others, these people are lucky, after all, they can still enter the examination room.
Some candidates who were found with cheat sheets, slips of paper, etc. were dragged out by the searching soldiers wailing.
It can be seen that the imperial court was really merciless in this examination, and its severity was almost comparable to that of the imperial examination when it first appeared.
After passing the inspection, the candidates finally returned to the familiar examination room.
They are probably the people who are most familiar with the examination room. Other candidates only take the examination for nine days, but they have been here for several nine days, and there are even many traces of their lives left here.
"Don't delay, find a room as soon as possible."
Soldiers shouted angrily in the examination room. These people were all from the Dongcheng Military and Horse Division.
Are the candidates interested in going back? The exams haven’t started yet and they can’t move around freely?
But when he came into contact with Zhi Gongju and Deputy Zhi Gongju who were at the front of the examination room, he still held back his words.
Li Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Sima Guang, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites.
If you really make these two dissatisfied, I'm afraid they will die miserably, right?
Li Jing sat at the front, expressionless, looking down meticulously.
But Sima Guang next to him was not so focused. Although he was also examining the situation in the examination room, a look of confusion flashed across his eyes from time to time.
The reason is naturally the new colleagues in the Ministry of Rites.
Ever since Wang Mang said something to him yesterday, Sima Guang has been a little absent-minded, and that familiar figure often appears in his mind...