Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 244 The chief examiner is replaced, and the examination starts

"Qin Xiang!"

Wang Ciweng hurriedly walked into Qin Hui's room.

However, before he came up, he had already told Qin Hui about the situation below in detail after hearing the movement.

"Qin Xiang, Wan Qixie has become the deputy examiner of the examination."

Wang Ciweng's expression was extremely complicated, including shock, anger, unwillingness, and expectation...

Everyone knew that it was impossible for the chief examiner and the deputy examiner to appear in the same yamen at the same time. Now that Wan Qixie became the deputy examiner, it was impossible for Qin Hui to be the chief examiner.

And the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Huben Wei who left neatly confirmed this statement even more.

Qin Hui didn't show any anger in front of Wang Ciweng, 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 chief examiner is?"

Examiner?

Wang Ciweng was stunned suddenly, yes, if Wan Qixie was made the deputy examiner, who would the court appoint as the chief examiner?

Could it be that Yan Song or He Shen are back?

"The next official will send someone to inquire about it."

He turned around to leave, but was stopped by Qin Hui.

"Be safe and don't be impatient, just sit down, the truth has been left to Bo Yang just now."

As soon as the words fell, Qin Xi quickly ran in from the door, panting, "Father! The examiner is Wei Zheng!"

"what?"

As soon as Wang Ciweng's ass was stuck to the stool, he sat up abruptly, staring, not concealing his shock: "Wei Zheng? Isn't he the doctor of the imperial history? How can he be the chief examiner?"

Qin Hui also squinted his eyes, and subconsciously wanted to stand up, but he forcibly held back: "Let's see how other people react."

Wang Ciweng also understood his concerns, and nodded with a heavy face.

Others can find fault with this matter, but Qin Hui is the only one who is inconvenient because he is also a candidate for the chief examiner.

Even if it's to avoid suspicion, you can't take the lead.

But after waiting, the two discovered that they still overestimated their status, or importance, in the hearts of court officials.

It has nothing to do with them, almost everyone is quiet, everyone is concentrating on preparing for the next scramble for the servant, no one jumps up and down at this pass, and few people come out to say that it is against the rules.

Because whether Qin Hui was elected as the chief examiner or Wei Zheng was elected as the chief examiner, it was an unlawful choice.

The former violated the rule that examiners cannot be re-elected, while the latter is not within the scope of candidates at all.

Two days ago, a minister was angry, saying that it was against the rules for Qin Huiruo to be the chief examiner, but it didn't cause much trouble. Qin Hui scoffed when he found out.

And in the past two days, some ministers were angry, saying that Wei Zheng's appointment as the chief examiner was not in compliance with the rules, and it also didn't cause much trouble. After Qin Hui knew about it, his expression was complicated.

But no matter how complicated it is, the matter has come to this point, and there is no other choice but to accept it.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for candidates to enter the arena again.

Still coming to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to line up and fill in papers before dawn...

This time, the people who searched behind the dragon gate turned out to be the people from the Nancheng Bingmasi, but they did not have the joy of slaughtering the fat sheep on their faces, but were expressionless, and many of them even drooped their faces.

The reason is very simple. The imperial court specially set up inspectors for this examination to supervise the entire inspection process to ensure that anything other than the regulations cannot be brought into the examination room, and these soldiers cannot make extra money.

"Clothes, shoes, quilts, tapes, number curtains... must be single-layered, not lined! Inkstones must be no more than one inch thick, water cups are only allowed to be ceramic, charcoal must not exceed two inches, and candlesticks must be hollow and single tin plates with a bottom. All food must be cut..."

The inspectors stressed the inspection standards tirelessly one by one. They led the examinees and soldiers to the special inspection room, their eyes were like lightning, and they watched every move of these people closely.

The examinees all had bitter faces and accepted the strictest inspection, but only a few of them were really ashamed and ashamed.

The news of the appointment of inspectors was posted together with the notice of the examination that day. The severity of this time has been told to everyone, and many people are mentally prepared.

In the past two days, single-layer furs and examination tools that meet the regulations have been sold out in the capital, which can be said to be in short supply.

But even so, there are still many people who are lucky and come to the Gongyuan with the mentality of muddling through.

But after seeing the inspection process here, the luck of these people was completely shattered.

Under the scrutiny of the inspectors, the soldiers meticulously implemented the inspection system, and in the end even asked the candidates to take off all their clothes to check whether they had written or carried a cheat sheet.

Some candidates looked humiliated and wanted to scold and insult the gentleness, but after raising their heads and meeting the inspector's cold eyes, they died down again.

You don't take the test, some people take the test.

And making trouble now belongs to disrupting the examination room, it's not as simple as not taking the exam...

The search was still going on, and the soldiers threw aside all the irregular examination tools, and as for what was missing, it was none of their business.

If there is no candlestick, you can’t write or illuminate at night. If you don’t have a water cup, you have to drink water with your hands. If you don’t have a bedding or a charcoal fire, you have to endure three days of freezing in the examination room...

Although the weather has started to warm up recently, there has to be a process. The current capital is obviously not a time when you can sleep overnight with a single shirt.

But compared to others, these people are lucky, after all, they can still enter the examination room.

Some examinees whose cheat sheets, notes, etc. were searched directly wailed and dragged out by the soldiers who were searched.

It can be seen that the imperial court is really merciless in this test, and its severity is almost comparable to that when the imperial examination first appeared.

After going through 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 test for nine days, but they have been here for several nine days, and there are even many traces of life left here.

"Don't procrastinate, find a room as soon as possible."

One by one the soldiers shouted angrily in the examination room, and these people belonged to Dongcheng Bingmasi.

Candidates have the heart to go back. The exam has not started yet, so they can't move around freely?

But when he came into contact with Zhi Gongju and Deputy Zhi Gongju at the front of the examination room, he still held back his words.

Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Sima Guang, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

If you really make these two dissatisfied, I'm afraid they will die miserably, right?
Li Jingduan sat at the very 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, his eyes flickered from time to time.

The reason is naturally the new colleagues from the Ministry of Rites.

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...

(End of this chapter)