Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1660 Eating Phases
The residence of Wei Wang Li Tai.

The fact that Ma Zhou became the chief examiner also surprised and shocked him.

In his opinion, Kong Yingda, a sage, will be the chief examiner in the future. Do other people have the qualifications to compete?
But in the end, he actually lost.

On the way back from the palace to the mansion, Li Tai didn't say a word.

And when he returned to the mansion, he already understood what was going on.

"Father."

After understanding what was going on, Li Tai couldn't help sighing, he was a little heartbroken, for a son like himself, his father actually wanted to help the prince?
But soon, Li Tai snorted again: "If you want to help the prince, it depends on whether you can help. If someone wants to die, can you stop it?"

Li Tai naturally wouldn't think that Li Chengqian wanted to die, but he had a way to make Li Chengqian slowly lose his father's favor for him.

Li Tai clapped his hands, and soon someone appeared in his room.

"What's your order, my lord?"

"Go and help me with one thing..."

Li Tai told the servant about the situation, and the servant left quickly after listening. A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Tai's mouth. It was Ma Zhou's first time as the chief examiner, so he might not look very good.

And as long as he doesn't look good, then his plan can probably be successful.

After Ma Zhou left the palace, he went back directly to his residence.

He wasn't surprised by what happened early this morning. Of course, there was a little bit of surprise.

In fact, when he learned that it was Qin Tian who asked Li Chengqian to support him, he knew that he would definitely be the chief examiner.

However, being able to become the chief examiner of Datang also means that he has more and more status in the court.

With such a status, he will become the top type of dignitary after the crown prince ascends the throne.

It would be a lie to say that he was not excited. He has grown from an unknown humble family to the current court official. To be honest, even he himself thinks it is a dream.

But now, he really succeeded, and it was particularly successful.

Not long after returning to the mansion, a servant ran over in a hurry.

"My lord, someone sent me the travel paper."

Although Datang carried out the reform of the imperial examination system, the practice of passing examination papers has not been abolished. Those who voted for passing examination papers can gain some reputation and goodwill from the chief examiner.

With fame and goodwill, no matter whether you are admitted to the Jinshi or enter the court as an official, you will be regarded as having a leader. With a leader, the future road will definitely be much easier.

The investment bank paper is now more like a door court. If you vote for a certain official, it means that you will be the official's student in the future.

The ancients often said that students and old officials are all over the world. What an official wants is to have many students.

Hearing that someone had voted for the paper, Ma Zhou smiled slightly, and said, "They were all delivered just now?"

The servant smiled and said, "A few of them were sent by someone before, and the rest were sent after they learned that you, Master, have become the chief examiner."

Speaking of this, the servant curled his lips again, and said: "Master, those people after that are really shameless. Seeing that you have become the examiner, Master, they immediately came to please you. Let me tell you, these Don’t want any of them, let them fend for themselves.”

This servant of Ma Zhou has a lot of backbone, but Ma Zhou waved his hand with a smile, and said, "It's human nature to follow others, I don't blame them for this, as long as they have real talents and learning, I will treat them equally. Who can be sure that they are not speculating? People are like this, some people like to take risks, and some people are willing to flatter and be more on the safe side. In fact, most of them are similar people."

Hearing what Ma Zhou said, the servant smiled slightly, and did not agree with Ma Zhou's words.

Here, Ma Zhou didn't explain too much to his servants, he just nodded and asked him to put down the travel paper.

After the servants withdrew, Ma Zhou began to look at the scrolls, and he divided them up, putting the ones that were delivered earlier together, and the ones that were put in later.

In fact, regardless of what he said to his subordinates just now, he doesn't think so. He also thinks that the people before him are more suitable for him. It's like some people are bosom friends and some are just friends.

But the reason why he said that was naturally to help the prince gather power in the court.

These people may become the prince's best friends in the future, so for the sake of the prince, he must abandon his own preferences, as long as he has talent and learning, he will choose it.

There are also many types of scrolls. Some scrolls are just poems or something, while others are articles. In the Tang Dynasty, if the poems are good, it is not difficult to enter the court and become an official.

Ma Zhou first read the papers that had been submitted before, and after reading it, he selected an article, and then he looked at the papers of other people, and then selected another article from the following papers. The article comes out.

The two articles were the best articles written by the two groups of people. After reading these two articles together, Ma Zhou felt that the article of the latter person was obviously better.

The owner of the previous article is called Di Xiaoxu, and the owner of the latter article is called Song Tao.

After Ma Zhou read the two articles, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He knew that there would be many scholars and scholars who would invest in bank papers with him in the future, but these two people would obviously become his focus on training.

And after a few days, he will also make an evaluation on the articles of these two people. By that time, these two people will definitely become famous in one fell swoop, at least in Chang'an City, before the imperial examination, they will know their There will be many people.

As for the evaluation of these two people, he was going to give a similar evaluation, so that people would not think that Di Xiaoxu's is not as good as Song Tao's, this is also his selfishness.

After reading the scrolls, Ma Zhou was a little tired. At this time, Qin Feiyan came over with her daughter. At this time, Qin Feiyan's belly swelled slightly, and he was pregnant again.

As Ma Zhou's wife, she naturally wanted to give Ma Zhou a son, so even though he almost died because of his daughter the first time, she still insisted this time.

Even though Ma Zhou and Qin Tian had advised him to be cautious, he still wanted to try.

This is the responsibility he should have as a wife, at least the responsibility he thinks, and Ma Zhou doesn't want her to do this.

"It's really gratifying to congratulate Xianggong as the chief examiner. I ordered someone to cook some meals for you. How about celebrating?"

Ma Zhou smiled and said, "What Madam says is what she says."

He doesn't really care about this, but he doesn't want to be left out of his wife's wishes.

(End of this chapter)