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Chapter 780 The Contest in the Tribute Court ([-])

According to court regulations, the examination papers are marked for eight days. The first four days are independently marked by the examiners of each room, and the next four days are called by the chief examiner. It is the main list, and the last [-] are the sub-lists. Among them, only those who are on the top list are eligible to participate in the palace examination. Candidates are no longer eliminated in the palace examination, but only ranked by the emperor himself. Now, it is the third day of the examination papers. The examiners who passed the test papers quickly delivered the test papers they planned to record, but those who scored slowly were still rushing to work. However, Hong Qing gave an order that no matter what the examiners were doing, they had to go to the main hall immediately. Gathering, of course, everyone has a lot of doubts about such a sudden convening order, especially seeing Ding Xufeng, the examiner of the Kuizi room, standing outside the hall with a gray face, and all the examiners whispered That is inevitable.

"Everyone, this king urgently invites you to come here. There is one matter that needs to be judged by you with a fair heart. This king has two test papers of [-] each. Please make your judgments one by one to decide whether it is good or bad. Let the numbers begin."

Hong Qing didn't make the examiners too suspicious, and after coughing twice, she briefly explained the reason.

"My lord, I still insist on my original opinion. This matter is inconsistent with the law. It is a violation of the system. I dare not agree with it. I also remind my colleagues not to know the law. .”

As soon as Hong Qing finished speaking, Heshen jumped out impatiently and sang the opposite tune, and unceremoniously put a big hat of "violating the system" on Hong Qing, not only that, but also vigorously encouraged Examiners from all the rooms rallied against Hong Qing's approach.

"Lord He, pay attention to your words and deeds. This king is the official examiner. If something goes wrong, I will take responsibility for it. Why do you have to come here? Start grading the papers. Everyone has to comment on each paper, and it will be listed on the paper." Next to the scroll, give me an hour to wait, come and burn incense to count!"

Seeing Heshen being so presumptuous, Hong Qing immediately got angry, glanced coldly at him, and unceremoniously reprimanded him all over the face.

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The gods above were fighting, and the examiners below couldn't help feeling a little at a loss, but the Yanxi hall officials who were waiting on the side did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and after they all agreed, they hurriedly lit the fire. With the incense sticks and green smoke curling up together, no matter what thoughts they had in their minds, the examiners didn't dare to procrastinate.

Seeing that all the examiners had acted according to the order, Hong Qing's face immediately softened, but her heartstrings did not relax a little bit. There is nothing else, the reason why Hong Qing is so tough is not entirely It's because he can't understand Ding Xufeng's favoritism and malpractice, and it's not just for the sake of gaining prestige, but more because he wants to pre-emptively strike. It has been 23 days since he entered the Gongyuan. The situation is still darkened, nothing else, just because as the examiner, even if he is sleeping, there are many Yanxi hall officials standing beside him to prevent the examiners from contacting the outside world, let alone detecting the outside world. The news is that no contact with the candidates is allowed during the exam. In this way, Hong Qing didn't get any news about the leaked test cases in the exam room that made a lot of noise from the outside world. Even if it was a complete failure, the heartstrings are always tense, and I can't help but take it for granted that Ding Xufeng and other random scouts are an ambush by the Eighth Master. hour?
Hong Qing's thoughts are extremely hidden, He Shen couldn't guess it, if he really knew the reason, he would probably vomit three liters of blood, nothing else, although He Shen received the secret order of the eighth master, saying yes Once there is a change in the Gong Yuan, you must resolutely sing a rivalry with Hong Qing, but as for what will happen, in fact, Ba Ye never talked about it in detail at all, just mentioned it casually, and He Shen himself really He didn't care much about Ba Ye's secret order. If he really cared, he wouldn't be so bold as to collude with Ding Xufeng and others to play such a trick of carrying private goods. Originally, the master and assistant examiners have always played such a trick. , the difference is only a matter of more or less private goods being carried in. This is the practice of the examination room. Although it is illegal, it is also a matter of tacit understanding, but I never thought that Hong Qing would be so serious about this matter. Hehe In Shen's heart, he was really ups and downs, and he wanted to intervene again, but he was afraid that Hongqing would act arrogantly on the spot and let it go, and he was also afraid that Ding Xufeng would confess himself after being taken down. It is as uncomfortable as sitting on needle felt.

"When the time is up, all the gentlemen should hand in the papers. Someone, come and collect all the papers for me!"

One hour is not a short period of time. After burning three sticks of long incense sticks, it is time to arrive. With the extinguishing of the last stick of incense, Hong Qing suddenly opened her slightly closed eyes, and gave the order in an unquestionable tone. .

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With Hong Qing's order, all the officials of Yanxi Hall who had been waiting by the side didn't dare to delay, they all agreed, and went forward one after another, collected all the test papers, divided them into two The copy was placed on the copy in front of Hong Qing.

"Very good, the results have come out. Out of the [-] volumes on the left hand side of this king, ten books are comprehensively rated as grade A, and the rest are all grade B, and the worst ones are above B. As for the book on the right hand side of the king Of the [-] volumes, only two are grade B comprehensively, and they are all grade B, and the rest are all grade C. What does such a big gap explain? Lord He, how about giving me an explanation? Um?"

After getting the two test papers, Hong Qing personally proofread and took notes. After a busy schedule, she finally sorted out the results, and then unceremoniously challenged Heshen.

"This..., hehe, I really don't know that Ding Xufeng's ability is so poor, and I have really failed His Majesty's trust."

Facing Hong Qing's attack, He Shen's old face couldn't help turning red. He didn't even mention the matter of coming to personally inspect it, probably because he wasn't surprised by the result in his heart, but he still He wanted to protect Ding Xufeng. After all, Ding Xufeng acted under his orders. If Ding Xufeng was captured, He Shen might not be able to escape either. The result was pushed to Ding Xufeng's incompetence.

"Incompetence? Hey, I'm afraid it's not as simple as incompetence. If I remember correctly, Ding Xufeng was the fifth Jinshi in the 48th year of Kangxi, and his first-hand writing is considered good in the imperial court. Of course, it is possible to miss the mark. Two articles are reasonable, but this one is sixteen, I'm afraid it's not that simple, Mr. He, what do you think?"

In order to guard against the possible conspiracy of Ba Ye, Hong Qing was determined to beat Ding Xufeng to death with a stick this time, how could he be moved by Heshen's sophistry, but seeing him sneer, it was no longer true. Unforgivingly put on the posture of wanting to punish Ding Xufeng.

"This, this..."

He Shen was usually a man who could speak well, but at this moment, he was forced into a panic by Hong Qing, he hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't tell the reason.

"Master Wang, what do you think of this matter?"

Hong Qing ignored He Shen, but turned to look at Wang Mingyi who was sitting on the right, and asked a question in a peaceful voice.

"Everything is at the disposal of the prince, and the next official has no objection."

Although Wang Mingyi was afraid of Hongqing's iron-blooded methods, he didn't want to offend the powerful Eighth Master. When he said it, he didn't want to show any partiality, so he just mumbled and finished.

"Okay, come and bring Ding Xufeng to the hall!"

Seeing Wang Mingyi put on a posture of being wise and protecting himself, Hong Qing didn't force it, so she picked up the gavel placed in the corner of the copywriting, slapped it hard, and let out a stern voice.

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Upon hearing Hong Qing's order, the officials of Yanxi Hall who were waiting nearby did not dare to delay, they all agreed loudly, and several of them ran down the hall to escort Ding Xufeng who was detained outside the hall Come up to the hall.

"I, I see you, I have seen the prince."

The main hall of the Gongyuan is not that big. Ding Xufeng stood outside the hall for so long before, but he just listened to everything in the hall. After a while, as soon as she entered the hall, she saw Hong Qing's extremely cold and stern face, and her legs and feet suddenly softened, and she knelt down on the ground involuntarily.

"Ding Xufeng, I want to ask you, out of the twenty volumes you have taken, sixteen volumes are all inferior volumes. Do you have anything to defend yourself against this, huh?"

Hong Qing didn't feel any pity for Ding Xufeng's pitiful appearance, she didn't even have to shout, and asked directly.

"I am wronged, I am wronged, I have never cheated for personal gain, even if I do something poorly, it is due to my lack of ability, I am absolutely selfless, my lord, I am wronged..."

Hearing that Hong Qing's voice was wrong, Ding Xufeng panicked and complained repeatedly.

"Hmph, what a lack of ability, I'd better save your sophistry for the courtroom. Someone, take off Ding Xufeng's crown and put him in jail, waiting to be heard!"

This time, Hong Qing was only ordered to be the chief examiner, and she could fire the cheating examiner, but she had no right to adjudicate the case. Ding Xufeng dealt with it according to the court regulations.

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Hearing Hong Qing's order, all the guards dared not be negligent in the slightest, they all complied, and then rushed forward, took off Ding Xufeng's top-wearing feather, no matter how much he struggled and complained, he stood up and went to The hall was dragged away.

"This king reiterates that you are all entrusted by His Majesty to act as the important task of selecting talents for the country. You must keep in mind the word 'fair'. .”

After Ding Xufeng was taken down, Hong Qing didn't worry about anything else, but when she saw him suddenly, she looked around at all kinds of people with different faces, and after earnestly instructing everyone, she waved her hands called back.

"Farewell sir."

"My lord, don't worry, the officials and others dare not disobey."

"Your subordinates will remember everything."

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After witnessing Ding Xufeng's tragic end, all the examiners were shocked. Since no one dared to contradict Hong Qing at this time, they stood up one after another, and after expressing their views, they just dispersed in twos and threes. ...

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