Dao fruit.

"My lord, everything has been arranged properly. As long as Qiu Yan is on the list, the news will spread immediately. If he is not on the list, there is no need to worry about it."

The other two had different appearances. One of them was not young, with a beard and hair in black and white, and they responded.

Tian Youqing nodded slightly, and said again: "If I want to make this matter a solid case, will it be difficult?"

The half-white man frowned, forming a "Chuan" character between his foreheads, and said: "I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult, after all, the talent ceremony is a major national event, and it's okay to murder a couple of candidates, if you want to make it an iron case , it will bring disaster to others..."

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the person next to him, who laughed and said, "Old Yu, your courage has become smaller and smaller in the past two years."

Although this person is well dressed, brocade and satin, he doesn't look dignified enough. Standing there, his legs are slanted and his shoulders are slanted, like a tree with a crooked neck that can't be straightened, giving people a feeling of sluggishness.

Such a person has a bad temperament, not to mention being a guest of the Tian Mansion, he may not be able to enter even the door, but now Tian Youqing saw him, not only was not angry, but looked at him with interest, Asked: "Lai San, what do you think? Tell me, let me listen."

After hearing that, Lai San put on a flattering smile, bowed and bowed, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I heard that some of the candidates have already taken refuge with you. Why don't you choose one or two students from Jiannan Road among them?" Candidates, let them 'witness' Qiu Yan's concealed actions in the examination room? Or they accidentally saw an examiner who talked to that Qiu Yan..."

"What do you mean?" Tian Youqing's eyes lit up, but he remained calm on the surface.

Lai San knew what was interesting, and hurriedly said: "I heard that Qiu Sheng is Ma Xiang...Ma Yang's disciple, he must be a member of the old party. When he will take the test, won't he have contact with the examiners of the old party It is reasonable to say this, as long as his identity as Ma Yang's disciple is announced first, and then..."

"This is absolutely impossible!" Old Yu suddenly said.Taking a step forward, he cupped his fists towards Tian Youqing and said, "My lord, it is only a small mistake to frame a candidate. If it is leaked, the consequences may not be big. You can get rid of the guilt by finding some people, but if the imperial court officials are involved, then It's not easy to deal with, if the old party counterattacks, then the situation..."

"Old Yu, why are you so discouraging?" Lai San shook his head. "As long as the plan is right, it will be safe. How could it be exposed? This time, Mr. Tian and Mr. Pan are working together, and you and I are helping each other. Regardless of whether it is black or white, officials and businessmen, it will be the same. I will not hide it from you. In the past 20 days, Our brothers have already spread the news in the city. I heard that Mr. Yu, your chamber of commerce is also the same. There has been a dark tide in the city. It is said that someone is cheating, but I don’t know the name of that person..."

Having said that, he smiled and looked at Tian Youqing.He whispered: "Your Excellency is so wise, you should be able to understand that the examinees are pretentious. Once they lose their names, they will definitely feel that there is something hidden in them. At this time, as soon as the name of the person who cheated is announced, that person will immediately become the target of public criticism and vent for everyone. needed."

In the end, he narrowed his eyes and showed a gloomy expression: "Right now, it's just the calm before the storm."

"Since you are so confident, then just do what you say." Tian Youqing glanced at the two of them, and ordered lightly. Although Mr. Yu still had something to say, Tian Youqing saw that, But he closed his mouth and left with Lai San.

But after a while, this old man was led back again. As soon as he entered the door, he said: "My lord, you shouldn't be so hasty! Lai San should not be trusted, it is too much for him to act so recklessly." Take it for granted, how could the court be deceived by such a trick like his?"

Tian Youqing smiled and said: "Yu Fang, I know your heart, so I don't need to say too much, I have my own calculations, and Lai San is a rascal in the city, quite powerful, it is the most ideal to be able to borrow his strength, even if something happens, you can't help it." But I can shirk it on Pan Xiang, since he is going to be the leader right now, I will naturally not stop it, but I will not hesitate when it should be done afterwards."

When Mr. Yu heard about it, he pondered for a while, and immediately broke into a cold sweat, not daring to say more.

"Okay," Tian Youqing stood up and patted his clothes, "You can go to the chamber of commerce now, this Qiu Yan is just a pawn, this time he was not designed to bring down a small person like him, then I think highly of him. The real purpose is to use him as a breakthrough point to attack the group of unrepentant people. When they are in a mess, you will take the opportunity to take control of the Capital Chamber of Commerce, so as to take the initiative, and then cooperate with me to implement the new law. "

"Your Majesty's ingenious calculations! I admire you!" Elder Yu hurriedly complimented, "I think after this time, Your Excellency will be able to secure the position of the backbone of the new party!"

Tian Youqing smiled slightly, not pleased with things, just waved his hand to let Mr. Yu leave.

………………

Gongyuan.

There are huge crowds of people outside the hospital, candidates, servants, and maids are looking forward to it.

It stands to reason that the list should be sent to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites will organize staff to post it, but it will eventually come out from the Gongyuan, and many impatient people gathered here, wanting to know in advance.

Some of them have even been here since yesterday, waiting all night!

In addition, there are many wealthy businessmen, stewards, and servants gathered here, each of them patrolled the candidates with eyes like hungry wolves staring at their prey.

The purpose of these people is simple, it is to find a Jinshi for their family to be a son-in-law. If they can get the top three, it will be more ideal, but there are too many monks and few flesh. There are only about 300 Jinshi in this department, so the competition is fierce, and there is no time to relax. .

Immediately, around the Gongyuan, even the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

Inside the Nagong Courtyard, the atmosphere was equally dignified.

After more than 20 days of grading, thousands of examination papers were read by the examiners one by one, compared and selected, and most of them were dismissed, leaving only [-].

These more than 300 examination papers represent the number of Jinshi Jinshi, but before that, there is one more thing to decide, which is to rank.

It is said that it is scheduled, but in fact the rankings are almost the same, and it is the top few that are really difficult to decide.

Those on the list who will take the test are called tributes, and they will have to wait until the palace test a few days later before they can really be separated into the top three.

The palace examination is divided into three classes, the first class is awarded Jinshi and rank; the second class is awarded Jinshi background, and the third class is awarded with Jinshi background. This is the last step of the imperial examination and the end of the examinee's career.

It hasn't reached that point yet, but even so, the more than 300 people on the list have already confirmed their Jinshi status, which is naturally tempting to snatch, otherwise there may not be any left after the palace examination is over.

There is no ranking in catching a son-in-law, but this No.1 is still highly anticipated and is called Huiyuan.

However, now in the Tribute Court, the examiners are arguing endlessly about the candidate, and even several fellow examiners from the old party did not care about the face of the chief examiner Wang Fu, and wanted to suppress a copy of the examination paper——

"Although this test paper is extraordinary, it is too eloquent and violates the teachings of the saints!"

"Yes, I will try to advertise it to the world. If I take this volume, it may change the atmosphere of the world, and the consequences will be unpredictable."

"It is suggested to set it as the second name, so as not to lose the talent in this life, but also not to disturb the spirit of the world!"

The strange thing is that although they want to suppress, they dare not say that the test papers are not good. They only dare to talk about the overall situation, which shows that they have a guilty conscience.

After the few old party examiners finished speaking, everyone in the room turned their eyes to Wang Fu.

There were quite a few people in the room, apart from the examiner, even the Mifeng official and the transcription officer were here, Zheng Quan was also among them, he looked at the examination paper that was being discussed by everyone, and felt suspicious.

This examination paper was recommended as the number one by several examiners with backgrounds of the new party, and it was resisted by the examiners of the old party when it wanted to be a member of the party. It is just strange that Hu Yong and Luo Zhongjie, who are more important among the examiners of the two parties, remained silent. The words are seen as waiting for an opportunity, but Zheng Quan knows that these two people are not waiting, but it is difficult to speak.

The rankings have not been determined, and the blurred names have not been really disassembled. Most of the examiners do not know the candidate's name, but this one is an exception. Maybe many examiners do not know the name of the candidate, but Zheng Quan knows it well.

"Isn't this examination paper the one written by Qiu Yan? It's just that Qiu Yan was obviously a disciple of the old party's chief, but was boycotted by the old party's examiners, but promoted by the new party's examiners. It's too weird. I don't know, Wang Xiang thought. What do you think?"

Thinking about it, Zheng Quan's eyes swept over the faces of Hu Yong and Luo Zhongjie, and finally fell on Wang Fu.

From the start of the debate, the three of them hadn't expressed much opinion, which made Zheng Quan secretly guess.

"They may all know who made this test paper, so they are hesitant."

However, Zheng Quan's guess was wrong. Although Wang Fu and the other three had their own guesses after reading the test paper, there was no accurate information on the identity of the person who wrote the test paper, and the identity could not be confirmed. None of the three had studied Qiu Yan's past articles.

Ruan Yong guessed that it was Wen Zhizhen who did it, because Wen Zhizhen was quick-witted, while Luo Zhongjie sent out several times, feeling uneasy. The two of them were thinking about ways to suppress them these days, but because of Wang Fu's support, It has been unsuccessful all the time, but it has developed to the present, and it has given this test paper a chance to become the first!

As for Wang Fu, he was engaged in a battle between heaven and man.

Just now, what the examiner of the old party said, in addition to arguing with reason, should suppress the test papers that are inclined to the new law, and remind him of some tacit things——

In this imperial examination, the old party had made great concessions. Not only did the content of the new law be tested, but Wang Fu himself was the chief examiner.

"Although the examination papers are dyed by Wen, there is no abnormality, and there is no general trend. It is difficult to convince the old party. If you order Huiyuan, I'm afraid..."

At this time, someone outside the door said: "President Wang, it's late, if you don't decide the ranking, you will miss the release of the list!" This is the arrival of the person in charge of escorting the list.

Wang Fu sighed and finally made a decision.

"Everyone..."

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