Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 86
After the palace examination, the Gongsheng students were nervous at first, worried that their answers would not satisfy the bosses.But after coming from Xiyuan and having a big meal at a restaurant, let’s go to the hell!Anyway, the test papers have been handed in, so enjoy it!Anyway, no matter what, you have to allocate it to me. At worst, I am an eighth-level official, a dignified official official of the country.

The Gongsheng students just let it happen, and at this time, the big guys were busy with their examination work in Xiyuan.Theoretically speaking, the emperor is the chief examiner of the palace examination, so the examination papers of these emperor's disciples should be approved by the emperor himself.

But theory is theory, and reality is reality. 90.00% of the time, theories in official circles only have something to do with words and have nothing to do with reality.

For example, the current review of the palace examination papers should, theoretically, be marked by Emperor Jiajing himself.But in fact, Emperor Jiajing didn't want to waste time on this. Wouldn't it be nice for him to spend more time cultivating immortals and giving more reports to the gods?

Of course, attaining Taoism and becoming an immortal is the ultimate goal of Emperor Jiajing. At this stage, he is still a little reluctant to give up the supreme imperial power.Therefore, at this stage, Emperor Jiajing is focused on cultivating immortality and imperial power, and he has to be strong with both hands.

So under such a general policy, Emperor Jiajing appointed four cabinet bachelors, plus the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Imperial Academy, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Imperial Academy of Jijiu, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a total of nine important ministers. , let these nine people work together to approve the test papers of the candidates.Then the top ten test papers with the highest scores were handed over to him, the emperor, to judge the papers, and finally decided who was the top pick, who was second, who was third overall, who was...

Regardless of Emperor Jiajing's little thoughts, after the Gongsheng students were collected and exited Xiyuan today, the grading work for the palace examination began in Xiyuan.Three hundred and one test papers were divided equally among the nine marking ministers. Each person had more than 30 papers and gave his or her own evaluation after reviewing them.The evaluation of this examination paper is divided into five levels, which are represented by five symbols according to the convention. Among them, a circle represents the first-class "excellent"

Just like the marking during the examination, after the marking officer gives his or her grade, he or she must also write down the reasons and sign his or her name.Finally, the ten papers with the most circles representing "excellent" were obtained and sent to Emperor Jiajing.

In the orderly grading work, as the current chief minister of the cabinet, Yan Song is the chief grading officer for this palace examination.

Just now when collecting the candidates' papers, Lu Fang, the Chief of Ceremonies, agreed with Yan Song and asked his little eunuch to pack Wang Daoqiu's papers into thirty papers and give them to Yan Song. First review.

After Yan Song got Wang Daoqiu's paper, of course he circled it directly and gave a hundred-word comment, praising Wang Daoqiu's "Annan Policy".Yan Song's intention to take the lead was very clear when he did this. He believed that the other eight marking officers would understand.

Of course, Yan Song knew the other seven reviewers better. After reading Wang Daoqiu's article and Wang Daoqiu's Huiyuan name, plus his strong recommendation as the chief assistant, they would definitely give him face and draw circles.But Cifu Xiayan would definitely jump out to find fault and speak nonsense. No matter whether Wang Daoqiu's article was good or not, he would oppose it for the sake of opposition.

But so what?You, Xia Yan, dare to say that the person the emperor likes is worthless.Then you are in disguise scolding the emperor for being blind and stupid.And this way?hehe!

Yan Song was plotting against Xia Yan in his mind and moving forward bravely on the road to death. Yan Song was happy in his heart, but on his face he still had the calm expression of the chief minister of the empire.After Yan Song finished grading the paper in his hand, he originally wanted to give it to others to grade, and finally gave it to Xia Yan for grade.

But when he thought of Xia Yan's disgusting interpersonal relationship, Yan Song suddenly felt that he should let Xia Yan object first, so as to better unite his comrades.After all, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. This is an eternal truth.

Wanting to understand this, Yan Song handed the more than thirty papers that he had approved to Xia Yan next to him and said: "Xia Cifu, I have already reviewed these papers, and now I will give them to you, Cifu. Come review again!”

Yan Song didn't say much to Xia Yan, and he didn't use a single curse word, but his tone was blunt, without any politeness among colleagues.Especially when Yan Song mentioned Xia Yan in his words, he always used the official title of "Second Assistant" to hurt Xia Yan's self-esteem.

Xia Yan used to be able to cover the sky with one hand. In his eyes, Yan Song was just his dog. He had never regarded Yan Song as a human being.Or to put it more clearly, in Xia Yan's eyes, everyone is just a dog compared to him.

Now that Yan Song dared to despise him like this, Xia Yan was also furious.But this was the emperor's palace, and Yan Song's contempt for him was immersed in the spiritual world.On the surface, there is nothing wrong with what Yan Song just said.

There was no way, the situation was stronger than the person, Xia Yan suppressed the anger in his heart, and glared at Yan Song fiercely as a warning.Then he grabbed the test paper handed over by Yan Song and was about to start reviewing it.But when he saw the dozen test papers that he took from Yan Song, starting with the first test paper, Xia Yan became furious.Xia Yan was angry for no other reason than that the candidate information column on the test paper said: Wang Daoqiu, Changxing County, Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

When he saw the name "Wang Daoqiu", Xia Yan seemed to see his father-killing enemy.The emotions that were aroused by Yan Song's contempt just now and were about to collapse could no longer be controlled now.

Xia Yan slapped the table with a big slap, and said angrily: "Shameless little thief, what nonsense did you write? Hey, Yan Song, what are you doing?"

Xia Yan got Wang Daoqiu's paper, took one look at it, and then commented on Wang Daoqiu's paper as "nonsense."Yan Song expected that in such a short period of time, Xia Yan only saw Wang Daoqiu's personal information, but not the specific content of Wang Daoqiu's article.

So he kept waiting there to see how Yan Song would react after Xia Yan read Wang Daoqiu's article.As soon as Xia Yan spoke out, decades of experience in political struggle told him that Xia Yan had made a big mistake.Therefore, as soon as Xia Yan's "bullshit" comment on Wang Daoqiu's article came out, Yan Song immediately reached out and snatched Wang Daoqiu's test paper from Xia Yan.

Then facing Xia Yan's questioning, Yan Song remained calm. He held up Wang Daoqiu's test paper in his hand and asked Xia Yan: "Xia Cifu, what did you just say about the test paper in my hand?" The test paper is nonsense, right?”

"That's right, you shameless little thief. What kind of nonsense did he do? He deserves to be a member of the society? I think that old guy Sun Chengen is really dim-sighted. It's time to retire and return to his hometown."

"Hahaha, Xia Cifu, you are as domineering as ever, and you will never repent for the rest of your life! Xia Yan, Sun Cheng'en, Mr. Sun, has been upright and upright throughout his life. His character and justice are obvious to all in the court, and you will not be tolerated. Slander. Also, you just said that this article is nonsense. Well, you can now follow our eight marking officers, and the people who are responsible for supervising our marking here, Mr. Li, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Mr. Huang from Dongchang. , tell me what nonsense is wrong in this paper."

"This this……."

Yan Song asked Xia Yan to tell the other eight grading officers, including him, Yan Song, and the Qing of Dali Temple and the Factory Supervisor of Dongchang who are responsible for supervising the grading here, to tell them what the bullshit is in Wang Daoqiu's paper. It doesn’t make sense.

Xia Yan was furious when he only read Wang Daoqiu's name on Wang Daoqiu's paper. He didn't read Wang Daoqiu's article at all.How could he know what was written in Wang Daoqiu's paper?So now being questioned by Yan Song, Xia Yan hesitated and couldn't explain why.

Seeing Xia Yan's appearance, everyone present now understood what was going on.After all, they all know the grievances between Xia Yan and Wang Daoqiu.

So when it became clear that the matter was just like the fleas on the bald man's head, the Qing of Dali Temple and the Superintendent of Dongchang, who were responsible for supervising the marking, looked at each other.Then Mr. Li, the minister of Dali Temple, stepped forward to face Xia Yan and bowed first.Then he said: "According to the Holy Order, I and Eunuch Huang of Dongchang are responsible for supervising the marking of the examination papers. Sir Xia, now I and Eunuch Huang think that Sir Xia, you are too selfish and cannot mark the papers impartially. Now I ask you Mr. Xia immediately left the examination hall and stood outside the hall, waiting for the Holy Judgment. Mr. Xia, please!"

After saying this, Mr. Li, the minister of Dali Temple, rushed out of the hall and made a "please" gesture, signaling Xia Yan to leave the examination site immediately.

Xia Yan has been involved in official circles for decades, and when he was young, Xia Yan himself served as an official censor for many years, and he specialized in finding fault with others.Now that things have happened, with his expertise, Xia Yan knows that he has failed today. It is useless to talk more now. He can only hope that Emperor Jiajing can reminisce about his old relationship.

So after Mr. Li, the minister of Dali Temple, made a gesture to "invite" him to go out, Xia Yan not only did not make a fuss, he did not even say a soft word to beg for mercy and admit his mistake.As always, he walked out with a calm expression and stood outside the hall.

After Xia Yan went out, Eunuch Huang of Dongchang saluted all the court officials with fists in his hands, and then he went to Emperor Jiajing to report the matter.

(End of this chapter)