Zhai Shoufu himself knows best what level his two sons are. If both of them have been awarded the title of Huangjia, they will already attract the attention of interested people.
If in the imperial examination, both of them were ranked among the best, and then Sandingjia or Guan were selected as Shujishi, how high-profile would that be?
If you think about it with your brain, you will know that if De is not matched, there will definitely be problems! Besides, Zhai Luan is not the kind of strong first assistant with enough power to suppress this kind of thing!
Therefore, in Zhai Luan's eyes, Yan Song and Qin Dewei's recommendation of their two sons' test papers was simply a deliberate act of flattery, and their intentions were to be punished!
There is no need to endure it anymore!
After all the thirteen excellent test papers recommended by the test readers were gathered into his hands, Zhai Shoufu, who presided over the examination paper reading, immediately picked out his son's two test papers, and then said: "These two test papers are not qualified!"
Most people were surprised, because such a situation rarely happens during the examination paper reading process.
Each examiner recommends a test paper. This is everyone's political right, and the chief assistant cannot take it away casually.
Besides, even if the chief assistant is intentional about the operation, it must be planned in advance and arranged privately. How can there be any reason to return the test paper on the spot?
It can be said that Zhai Shoufu's behavior will probably offend people to death. It is not known which two people are responsible. More people are curious about how these two people who had their test papers returned will respond.
Then I saw Chief Zhai saying to Yan Song and Qin Dewei: "You two, please recommend another paper!"
The rest of the people were in an uproar. They could not imagine that Chief Zhai would be so brave and challenge Mr. Yan Ge and Qin Zhongtang at the same time!
Qin Dewei was a little surprised and was stunned for a moment. He was kind enough to praise Zhai Luan's son, but why was Zhai Luan so ignorant of praise?
Qin Zhongtang didn't want to see Zhai Chief Assistant being treated so badly by Yan Ge that he would fall quickly, so he wanted to help Zhai Luan's son.
Moreover, he had already told the deacon officials to give Zhai Luan's son's test papers to himself, any son would be fine.
Although Qin Zhongtang doesn't have much favorable impressions of Zhai Luan, Zhai Luan is the one who overpowers Yan Song in his position after all.
If Zhai Luan is attacked by Yan Song for imperial examination fraud in the future, and Qin Zhongtang is involved because he recommended Zhai Luan's son in the palace examination, he can share some of the firepower for Zhai Luan.
Anyway, with Qin Zhongtang's size, he can bear all these pressures without any pressure. It is worth letting Zhai Luan continue to sit in the position of chief assistant and disgust Yan Song.
But Qin Zhongtang didn't expect that Zhai Luan would actually return the test paper and refuse to accept the favor!
What's even weirder is that Zhai Luan even returned the test paper recommended by Yan Song. After Qin Dewei thought about it for a while, he guessed the truth.
It was probably Yan Song who recommended the test papers of Zhai Luan's other son at the same time! In this case, Zhai Luan simply couldn't afford it. Only in this way can it be explained!
So Qin Dewei was speechless. You, Mr. Yan Ge, don't form a party for personal gain, support party members, and why do you recommend other people's test papers?
Yan Song was secretly proud that he finally broke Qin Dewei's game!
Just now, he had been wondering why Qin Dewei was so ostentatious in reading the papers for the palace examination this time, and he just proposed a method of passing the papers to each other for ranking. What exactly was he trying to do?
Out of caution, Mr. Yan Ge temporarily changed his original idea and changed the recommended test paper to the test paper of Zhai Ruxiao, another son of Zhai Luan!
There is no other meaning, just to test the water with Zhai Shoufu's son's test paper before he can figure out Qin Dewei's intention.
If Qin Dewei really breaks out and uses three consecutive ministerial books, namely, User, Li, and Bing, to veto the test paper he recommended, then the most unlucky person will be Zhai Shoufu.
Unexpectedly, he made a mistake and broke Qin Dewei's small game.
Now Mr. Yan Ge is sure that the test paper recommended by Qin Dewei must also be the test paper of Zhai Luan's other son!
Thinking of this, Mr. Yan Ge felt very happy.
Qin Dewei sighed and said to Zhai Luan sincerely: "The first assistant should keep the test paper recommended by me, and then return the test paper recommended by Mr. Yan Ge. This is best for you."
Zhai Luan snorted coldly, Yan Song is certainly not trustworthy, but Qin Dewei is trustworthy?
Qin Dewei continued to persuade: "It's best to listen to my advice, Chief Assistant, don't regret it."
Zhai Luan refused to let go, and Qin Dewei shook his head. It was rare for him to do something good for once, and some people actually refused! Since Zhai Shoufu is stubborn and refuses to appreciate it, let him go!
To be honest, if it were not for these two sons, Zhai Luan might be able to remain the chief minister for a few years.
Then Qin Dewei selected another test paper from the test paper he had on hand and passed it to Zhai Luan as an excellent test paper.
Mr. Yan Ge was still worried about being targeted by Qin Dewei, so he randomly selected a test paper and put it into the hands of Zhai Shoufu.
Then he simply sorted out the thirteen test papers in his hand. The three highest-rated test papers were booked as Sanding A, and the other ten were used as backup papers.
Then the test papers were sent to the Renshou Palace by the examiners and the examiners, where they were inspected by Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing didn't see the ministers very much now, so he didn't summon all the examiners. He only left the examination papers for review, while the examiners were waiting outside the palace gate.
While waiting, everyone could not help chatting with each other.
Teacher Zhang, the Minister of Rites, asked Qin Dewei: "What do you want to do after you go through so much trouble today? I can't see your purpose at all."
In the eyes of others, Qin Dewei was in the first-class uniform today and revised the recommended reading procedure. The movement was really not that small. But the thunder was loud and the rain was small, but nothing was accomplished in the end. It was really baffling.
Qin Dewei smiled at Teacher Zhang and said: "Who stipulates that things must have a purpose? I don't have any purpose in the first place, I just have fun!"
Teacher Zhang, like others, did not believe Qin Dewei's words.
Qin Dewei had no choice but to answer: "If the teacher insists on asking about the purpose, there are two reasons. First, if I don't show anything during the general examination, I will be regarded as weak.
Therefore, during the palace examination, no matter what, I have to make some noise to let others know that I, Qin Dewei, am still here.
Secondly, I am not familiar with the Imperial Examination Paper, and I have never participated in it before, so this time is just a test to practice. I will know what to do when I really need to select talents in the future."
Of course, I could have given Zhai Luan a hand, but if Zhai Chief Assistant didn't appreciate it, forget it.
Some people are so stupid! At this time, Qin Dewei had already begun to think about what to do if Chief Assistant Zhai couldn't withstand Yan Song's attack.
At that time, should we simply add insult to injury and help Yan Song trample Zhai Luan, and then push the teacher to replace him in the cabinet?
The officialdom is turbulent, and there are never fixed rules. It is even more unavoidable to stick to the rules. It is common sense to adapt to changes.
Not long after, the eunuch came out and sent back ten test papers. Three more test papers were left by the emperor. These are the candidates for the Three Tripods, which will be announced on the day of the Golden Palace Passing Ceremony.
It was already getting late, so everyone went back to the Ministry of Etiquette to rest, and then went to Wenyuan Pavilion to continue the next day.
At this time, the Sanding A test paper was with the emperor, and the top ten of the Second A class had also been decided. All that had to be done was to arrange the rankings of the subsequent test papers.
The subsequent rankings are not so important, so the ranking is very simple. Starting from Qin Dewei, who is at the top, submit the test papers in turn, and then the rankings go down in order.
For example, Qin Dewei first recommended a test paper, which ranked 11th in the second class; then Yan Song recommended a test paper, which ranked twelfth in the second class; Xu Tianguan recommended a test paper, which ranked 13th in the second class, and so on.
After everyone had taken their turn, they started again from Qin Dewei. As long as there was no dispute, the line was quickly formed.
In fact, the ranking in the middle and later stages is basically irrelevant, most of the time it is just a formality.
After the ranking of the test paper is determined, the only task of reading the paper is to open the paper, look at the names, and fill in the list.
Except for the empty position of Sanding A, all other positions are filled, and the name of Sanding A theoretically cannot be known until the roll call is announced tomorrow.
But in fact, after filling out the gold list, everyone will have an idea of who the candidates for the Three Tripods are.
Comparing with the list of examination results, the three missing names are Pan Sheng, Gao Gong, and Shen Kun, which means that these three people's examination papers are with the emperor, and they are the candidates for the upcoming Three Tripods.
Then, if you look at your place of origin and background, people who know how to do it will have a pretty good guess.
Among the three, the high-gong condition was the most obvious. He and Xu Tianguan were both from Henan, so he must have been recommended by Xu Tianguan.
Logically speaking, if there are many cabinet ministers and they are powerful, the cabinet itself will not be able to divide enough points, and it will be difficult for Gao Gong to enter the Three Tripods.
But this time, Qin Dewei and Mr. Yan Ge were in conflict with each other and were involved in each other. Zhai Shoufu was particularly weak, which gave others an opportunity to take advantage of. Gao Gong was able to enter Sandingjia, which was considered lucky.
Traveler Qin Zhongtang calls it the butterfly effect. In his impression, although Gao Gong originally ranked high in history, it was definitely not in the top three.
Among the three, the one with the second most obvious situation is Pan Sheng, who is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and Ningbo Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, is a strong place for imperial examinations, with prosperous talents and great influence.
The key is that Mr. Yan Ge has been wooing people from Zhejiang recently, so Pan Sheng's entry into Sandingjia is probably related to this and is the result of the joint efforts between Mr. Yan Ge and the Zhejiang boss.
Among the three, the one with the least obvious situation is Shen Kun. Such a Huai'an native does not have much background. There is currently no big boss from Jiangbei in the DPRK.
But everyone couldn't help but feel that Qin Zhongtang was very suspicious. If there was anything that seemed strange, it would probably be related to Qin Zhongtang.
This time, others did not suspect anything wrong, and Qin Dewei did put in some effort.
After all, Shen Kun has known this person for many years. Besides, this person was the number one scholar in history. If he was wiped out by his own butterfly effect, he would feel very sorry.
Besides, Qin Zhongtang made such a big fuss, wore a genuine first-class uniform, and proposed changes to the procedures. Wouldn't it be a joke if he didn't even have a Three-Tripod Armor in the end?
Just for the sake of his own face and to maintain the status of the temple, Qin Zhongtang had to come up with a Three-Tripod Armor, so Shen Kun, who followed the trend of history, was the most suitable candidate.
Of course, if it really can't be arranged, forget it, Qin Zhongtang can accept it, just treat it as the first time to participate in the palace examination, read the papers and practice, and accumulate experience for future palace examinations.
The day after writing the gold list was the ceremony of passing the ceremony to the Golden Palace. For the imperial court, this was one of the most grand ceremonies.
Even if Emperor Jiajing has not seen the court for a long time, he will come out for a formality at this time. This is called the emperor's recruitment, so new scholars will be called the emperor's disciples.
At the very least, the process of appointing Sandingjia cannot be carried out unless the emperor comes forward, and no one else can take over.
After two days of grading work, Qin Zhongtang, an important minister in the imperial court who was dragging his exhausted body, returned home to rest while thinking about tomorrow's ceremony.
The concierge Zhang San reminded: "Master Zeng is back!"
"Which Mr. Zeng?" Mr. Qin didn't react for a moment. There are other masters in his home?
Zhang San didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said again: "It's Mr. Zeng from Xifu, who entered the house yesterday!"
It turned out that the stepfather was back! Qin Dewei finally came to his senses. Filial piety was here, and the stepfather was also a father. As a son, no matter how tired he was, he had to go to see him immediately.
At this time, Zeng's father-in-law was sitting in the hall, talking to Mrs. Zhou.
Qin Dewei stepped forward and politely apologized and said: "I have been serving as the examiner for the palace examination for the past two days. It is really a sin for me to not be able to welcome the master home from afar!"
Hearing the imperial exam papers, Zeng's father felt a little sour in his heart. Among all the honors that a civil servant can have, this cheap son is indispensable!
He replied: "It's okay, loyalty and filial piety are two words, loyalty comes before filial piety. You have no way to repay the emperor's kindness. Of course, you must do your best to put state affairs first."
Then Qin Dewei asked again: "Why did the master come back at this time?"
Zeng Hou's father replied: "It's just to return to Beijing to resign and accept the inspection."
Qin Dewei frowned and said, "It's not a good time for me to come back."
"What's wrong?" Zeng's father asked.
Qin Dewei replied: "I'm afraid the temple will not be stable next month. Master, if you come back at this time, you will be easily involved."
If I remember correctly, next month the Imperial Ancestral Temple was struck by lightning and caught fire, destroying most of it.
Zeng’s father couldn’t help complaining: “In your opinion, when will the temple be stable? Last year you said that this year was a big political year. This spring has just begun, and you said that the temple is not stable. You just said when will it be peaceful?
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Qin Dewei said helplessly: "Master, what are you talking about? Whether the court can be calm or not is not my decision!"
Zeng Hou's father looked up to the sky and sighed: "Why do I feel that all the instability has something to do with you?
You are like the source of all turmoil. If things go on like this, the blessings and misfortunes will be unpredictable!"
Qin Dewei: "."
Originally, because of the sensitivity of his non-biological stepfather, Zeng's stepfather never spoke of himself in this way. How can we make Zeng's stepfather correctly understand his family status?
After thinking for a while, Qin Dewei turned around and said, "Master, it's better not to talk about me. Think about how you can work hard to make progress."
Zeng's father said dissatisfiedly: "I have already reached the position of governor, and my performance has been impressive. How can I work harder?"
Qin Dewei said: "Your wife, as a result of her son, is now a first-rank official; your son is a super-rank earl and a first-rank prose scholar, and is a third-rank official;
Your daughter-in-law is Mrs. Bo, and she has the same first-grade imperial title. I won’t mention the other children who are hereditary third-grade royal guards commanders.
You are the only one in the family who is currently only at the fourth level. As the head of the family, you must redouble your efforts, otherwise you will have an equal dialogue with us first-level people like us in the future?"
What should I do if I am not in good condition... I dare not ask for leave at the end of the month, what a tragedy in the world.