"This paper has been reviewed earlier. The names of the candidates have been blurred, so it is clear whose paper it is."
Zhang Xin added, "And there are comments and annotations from us on the paper. Now that Mr. Zheng has just brought it, it would be better not to read it again than to read it again!"
Zheng Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, this is my negligence." He said, "Old man, call ten clerks to come over and copy these papers again." After saying that, he looked at Zhang Xin, "
Is it okay this time?"
"If we re-copy, what should we do with the original candidate's handwriting?" Before Zhang Xin could speak, someone else said, "Some scholars' handwriting is very good, which is an option for extra points. Now let the office of the clerk re-copy it.
Without good words, wouldn’t they suffer a loss?”
Hearing this, Zheng Yi could only sneer in his heart.
Are these people confused? I am still struggling with this issue at this moment. Of course not, they are pretending to be confused because they understand.
They are all people who have been dealing with imperial examinations all their lives. They will never forget the papers they have read, but when the results have been released and their names have been revealed, they can tell whose paper it is at a glance.
The reason why they make excuses like this is just because they don't want to admit it and don't want to face it.
I want to pretend to be absolutely fair.
Immediately, Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Since you are in such a difficult situation, I will have the papers taken back!" As he said that, he cupped his hands in the direction of the imperial city, "I will inform the emperor to explain your difficulties and re-mark the papers.
Don’t bother the Hanlin Academy with your matter, we from the Ministry of Rites will do it for you!”
"How does this work?"
Suddenly, everyone in the room looked at Zheng Yi angrily.
The power of the Hanlin Academy is to be snatched by the officials? If after your review, you overturn the previous results of the Hanlin Academy, where will the Hanlin Academy's reputation go? Will it not become a joke to the world?
"It won't work this way, and that won't work either!" Zheng Yi said angrily, "I will not preside over the imperial examination again, and it has never caused such a trouble. Until now, you are still showing off your rhetoric. Little do you know that the world's scholars still have the emperor,
Everyone is looking forward to it!"
He said with a straight face, "Humph, if you are my subordinates..."
Liu Sanwu said, "Zheng Butang, calm down!" He said, looking back at everyone, "Since you want to re-read it, then re-read it. Let someone re-copy the paper, anonymously, and we will select the scholars who can be recorded.
, give the candidates an explanation to the Emperor!"
After saying that, he cupped his hands to Zheng Yi and said, "I'm sorry for letting Zheng Butang follow suit!"
Seeing him like this, Zheng Yi couldn't get angry anymore.
After thinking for a while, he approached him and whispered, "I will have the papers copied. The ones for the scholars from Fengyang will be placed on top, and those for the scholars from the north will be placed in the middle. Do you understand?"
Liu Sanwu whispered, "Understood!"
He didn't understand Zheng Yi's intention at all. He simply thought that Zheng Yi was telling him the order of the papers. Or to be precise, he didn't understand Zheng Yi's deep meaning.
At this moment, someone else came outside.
I saw Ling Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs, slowly coming in with three men in Confucian clothes.
"I've seen Ling Butang!" Liu Sanwu handed over his hand again.
"See you outside!" Ling Han returned the greeting, smiled, and looked at the other officials in the room.
For some reason, the old minister's smile made everyone feel a little chilled.
"Just after the results were released yesterday, several of my fellow students blocked my sedan in the street!" Ling Han said, neither salty nor cool, "I told me on the street that the examiners were unfair and that there was something fishy about this scientific examination!
"
In an instant, the examiners' eyebrows stood up.
Why, Master Ling came directly to scold him?
"Scholar Ling!" Zhang Xin, the lecturer, said, "You are a veteran of the imperial dynasty and have served in the Hanlin Academy. How can you listen to the words of a scholar? Isn't there something fishy after all? This is simply unreasonable!"
"After listening to the words of my fellow countrymen, the boss came to visit me. Hum, is this fair? I am a low-ranking official, and I have no regrets!"
"What a boy!" Ling Han laughed, "No one has dared to talk to me like this in decades!" He said with a smile, "I didn't just come to you, I just said it casually!"
"A scholar has been wronged. I have the responsibilities of a Guanglu doctor, a great scholar, and a censor, so I naturally have to inquire!" Ling Han looked at Liu Sanwu and said, "Guess what?"
Liu Sanwu made everyone say that he was distracted and confused, "What's wrong?"
"I asked those younger students to rewrite the test papers in the back garden of my house!" Ling Han said with a smile, "I am also a northerner. Some people often say that northerners are not as good as southerners, but my talents and learning...
..."
"My lord, I passed the exam at a young age and became famous all over the world!" Liu Sanwu said.
"I don't dare, but at least I'm not blind. I can still tell whether they are talented or not!" Ling Han said with a smile.
"What do you mean by this, Sir?" Zhang Xin asked again, "Could it be that you are telling us that your fellow countryman is worthy of being your son?" After saying this, he chuckled softly.
"The scholars are doubting, the court is also doubting, and now the boss is here too... Haha, our Hanlin Academy has really lost all its prestige! Why don't you tell the officials directly who it is?
! He’s too shameless anyway, so just choose him to be a Jinshi.”
This was said so politely that he almost pointed at Ling Han's nose and said, do you make the decision here?
Liu Sanwu was so angry that he was trembling all over, "Why are you so rude? Do you still understand the dignity of superiors and inferiors?"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Ling Han was open-minded and said with a smile, "Young people are very angry, and I was the same way back then. Think about it when I just became a Jinshi and had sex with the Prime Minister in the court!"
Zhang Xin smiled and said, "Now in the Ming Dynasty, why do you talk about the old things of the Yuan Dynasty!"
"That's right!" Ling Han rarely had a good temper today. In the past, he would have slapped him. He turned around and pointed at the three quail-like scholars behind him, "I have been ordered to give you gifts for the number one scholar, top pick, and second prize scholar in this subject.
Come, let’s mark the papers together!”
"Student Chen An!"
"Yin Changlong!"
"Liu Shi'e!"
"I've met all the masters!"
The scholars started to make a fuss. Just when the top three were panicking, they unexpectedly were chosen as the marking officers. Compared with the marking officers in front of them, they were not only juniors but also students, so they were naturally frightened. In addition, at this time
The situation made them even more afraid to speak.
Liu Sanwu looked at the appearance of the three of them. They were all from wealthy families, and nodded, "No need to be polite!"
"Okay, the people are here, I won't be an eyesore here!" Ling Han smiled and looked at Zheng Yi again, "Old Zheng, let's go, don't be stuck here anymore!"
"Then let's go with the boss!" Zheng Yi said, looked at Zhang Xin and smiled, and the two of them walked out side by side.
As soon as they left, Liu Sanwu scolded him, "You? You are just a bachelor who serves as a lecturer. Lord Zheng and Lord Ling are veterans and seniors of the Zhu Kingdom. Why are you so rude?"
Zhang Xin looked around and said, "Bachelor, the students are not deliberately rude to the two ministers, but they just don't want them to bully us?" He said, sighing, "Now that things have happened, can't you still see it?"
There was another long sigh, "Their meaning behind their words is that they want us to overturn the results of the first admission?"
At this point, he sighed heavily, "It turns out it's easy to change, but have you ever thought about it? Once you change it, then it will be true that Mao Shi's theory is true, and the loss of face for me is the second most important thing."
"But if someone comes forward with this kind of thing in the future, you and I will both be guilty and our lives will be at risk!"
He looked at the crowd again, "Who is willing to take the blame for the imperial examination fraud?"
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"Haha! Those stupid things!" The old man Ling Han was so happy that he laughed so hard.
"Ling Gong, please slow down!" Zheng Yi also said with a smile, "Speaking of which, in all the years I have been an official, I have never seen anyone so confused. And they are still a bunch of fools. They can't tell which one is lighter and which one is heavier!
"
After that, he added, "Ling Gong is very broad-minded. You can't stand Zhang Xin being so rude!"
"What can I do if I can't bear it? I can't afford to disgrace that person even though I have the same experience as him!" Ling Han said with a smile, "What if we let him show off his rhetoric? I'm afraid he will be hard to tell apart the next day!"
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