"Aunt Yang, I'm powerless to find a wife..."

Chen Yichen replied helplessly, Aunt Yang really looks up to her.

"Then let A Niu follow you, you can also see the world."

There is no hope of finding a wife, but Aunt Yang believes that Chen Yichen has great potential in the future, so she simply lets her son follow him. Even if she is an errand, she will be better than farming in the future.

"Yes, I'm very strong!"

Zeng Aniu also echoed silly and showed off his strong muscles.

To be honest, Zeng Aniu can be regarded as Chen Yichen's childhood elder brother. When he had just moved into this yard, some children bullied him orphans and widows. Zeng Aniu stood up and beat the children away.

I am also very clear about Zeng Aniu's nature. He is loyal, honest and not petty, and is not inferior to Li Da. He is more than enough to be a follower.

But the problem is, I don't need it!

"Aunt Yang, I am still a child student at the moment. I haven't even passed the exam for scholarship. If I pass the exam for Juren tomorrow, it's not too late to let A Niu follow me."

Chen Yichen had to politely refuse. He was a child who had no horoscope for fame and fortune, so where did he get the economic foundation to raise followers and followers?

At least you have to wait until you pass the exam and be respected by others to be called "Master" before you can be qualified.

When Aunt Yang heard Chen Yichen rejecting one after another, she looked a little disappointed. She thought that after Chen Yichen won, she would need a lot of followers to serve him like those officials.

Now it seems that it is not much different from before.

However, Aunt Yang is not a person who is tempted by the flames and has at most a bit of market thinking. Chen Yichen is well developed and she can gain some benefits, and she will not be able to tease and look down on her head without any change.

So he quickly recovered and said, "It seems that my aunt was wrong. Yichen, just study hard, don't forget my aunt in the future."

“No.”

"Yichen, call me if you need it."

Zeng Aniu also patted his chest, not caring about Chen Yichen's help.

"good."

After saying goodbye to the neighbor, Chen Yichen smiled and shook his head, then closed the gate of the courtyard.

In the past, I didn’t have much understanding of the word “distant relatives” than close neighbors. Now, look at the group of “blood relatives” in the Duke of Chengguo’s Mansion may really be worse than those of neighbors.

The noise ended, everything returned to peace, Chen Yichen returned to his room and carefully read "Shangshu Jingyi".

As the test subject was won in class, no matter what the final ranking was, he had already obtained tickets to participate in the test.

According to the practice, the college entrance examination usually starts in mid-May, and the specific date will be slightly adjusted according to the annual plan.

However, no matter how it changes, it will definitely be held in May, which means that Chen Yichen only has one month of preparation time at most, and will face a bigger challenge.

Because compared with the false reputation of scholars like Tong Sheng, scholars belong to the true imperial examination achievements, allowing the social class of candidates to cross the border and officially enter the ranks of scholars and officials.

The candlelight flashed, accompanied by the chirping of insects and frogs outside the window, the prefectural official Li Min, on the other end of Nanjing City, was reviewing the test papers of the prefectural examination with two examiners.

Compared with the thousands of test papers in the county exams before, the number of test papers has dropped to about one-fifth, but this does not mean that the number of test papers has decreased.

After all, after all, the examination has gone through a round of screening, there will be no such candidates who can solve the questions and write them randomly. Therefore, at least you have to take a closer look at each test paper to avoid the situation of the remains of the sea.

However, a screening round also brings convenience, that is, the case leaders and outstanding candidates in each county have a clear idea in the examiner's mind, just focus on these people's test papers.

"Mr. Prefecture, four of these ten test papers were written by the first cases of each county, and the other six were selected fine articles, and the heads of the prefecture can be selected from them."

Sima Yun, a professor of the Ministry of Education, selected ten test papers and placed them on the table. In theory, the first place in the Ministry of Education will be selected from these ten people.

"Professor Sima, do you still need to choose this?"

Li Min looked at her two fellow examiners with a smile. The capital of the mansion was about to come out, so what else can I do?

Sure enough, after hearing this, Sima Yun, who has always been serious, also showed a look of "you know".

However, at this time, the prefectural chief Du Shi stood up and said with a solemn expression on his face: "The prefect, the prefect, is also very appreciative of Chen Yichen's knowledge and articles, and he has no objection to being the chief of the case."

"But during the process of marking the papers, I found that the test papers of several students from the Duke of Chengguo Mansion were very similar. They didn't even have any problems with writing them, and in principle they could meet the standard of winning."

"If you treat everyone equally, then four school children will be selected by Duke Cheng's official school, including Chen Yichen. It is unusual. If the case is committed in this way, it will probably cause criticism."

Du Shi's words also made Li Min's smile fade. There is a precedent that the four-person examinations were selected as precedents.

However, the test papers are very similar, so there are many statements here, which must be carefully reviewed.

"Du Fucheng, please check these test papers with me."

Without Li Min's greeting, Du Shi had already put the test papers of Zhu Qingyu and others aside, waiting for the examiner to make the judgement.

Li Min opened the test paper and glanced at her eyes and found that the similarity of the answers to the article was indeed very high. To describe it in a popular online phrase in later generations, it cannot be said to be completely consistent, but can only be said to be exactly the same.

Objectively speaking, similar situations have also happened in the imperial examinations over the years. After all, the annotations of the Four Books, the imperial examinations and other examples of the candidates every year are very different.

If the examiner's question is taken to the test, then there will be many articles that are almost the same in this exam. Therefore, the similar answers alone cannot indicate that the candidates have plagiarized or cheated, but can only be said to be very suspicious.

"It is normal for the first four books to have similar titles, but the second chapter has never appeared in a similar article. How could they be so close?"

The prefect Li Min was puzzled. It was impossible for anyone to bet on the test questions such as screenshots that were so unpopular that they could be called underworld.

There will be evil when something goes wrong. Apart from Chen Yichen, the remaining three schoolchildren must have problems.

"Have the patrol soldiers reported any abnormalities about these people?"

"Sir, no."

Du Shi shook his head. No one noticed that these people were abnormal during the entire palace examination.

Hearing this answer, Li Min vaguely speculated that the test questions might have been leaked. However, this kind of thing was too serious and involved the Duke Cheng's Mansion. There was no sufficient evidence and the fraud was confirmed on the spot. If you tell it, it would cause trouble.

Local examinations such as county and government examinations have always been the hardest hit areas for fraud in the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty. During the Zhengtong Dynasty, it was better, but it was basically obvious during the Chenghua period.

Then in Jiajing, during the Wanli period, corruption continued to extend to the provincial examinations and the imperial examinations, and even the level of cabinet ministers began to intervene.

It can only be said that the imperial examination gave the lower class a relatively fair way of competition, but it is difficult to have absolute fairness in the world.

"Mr. Cheng Guogong's house school has already taken four people. If Chen Yichen is still the top spot, he will probably become the target of public criticism."

Judging from the test paper, Chen Yichen must have no problem and is very literary. However, under the background of the case, there will be a scene where the wood is shining and the wind will be destroyed.

The outside scholars were rumored and would not exclude Chen Yichen from the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion. Instead, he would be the primary target of the attack because of his high position.

In order to reduce the negative impact, it is best not to be ranked first in Chen Yichen, so that you can be good and I can be good to everyone.

Li Min was a little moved when she heard this suggestion. Without evidence, if several relatives of Cheng Duke were eliminated, she would inevitably offend Zhu Yong, who was in full swing.

On the contrary, take a step back and take Chen Yichen from the top and give him the top few. In this way, four children from Chengguo Gong’s private school will not be so shocked. Chen Yichen himself suffered little loss and avoided the possibility of being attacked.

Chen Yichen didn't know these things. If he knew, he would probably have the intention to kill Zhu Qingyu and others.

These people have nothing to do with them. Even the private schools are divided into internal and external colleges, so classmates are not considered to be!

When I had good things, I didn’t expect that I was also the son of Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong. If there were bad things, I needed someone to share the firepower. I became a clan of Duke Cheng Guo’s Mansion. I was just a scapegoat?

"Mr. The prefect, the minister, does not agree with the opinion of the prefect. Chen Yichen is very talented, has unique article quality, and is the name of the head of the case!"

"There are also rumors that his maid gave birth to a son. I believe all the adults have heard of it. Duke Cheng did not let him enter the genealogy at all, so naturally he has nothing to do with these Zhu clan relatives."

"The Jiangnan Gongyuan has two archways, which are written on it. The Ming Dynasty scriptures are used to recruit scholars and seek talents for the country. As a scholar, everyone dares to forget them. Please ask the prefect to think twice!"

Sima Yun, a professor of the prefecture, saw that the prefect Li Min was shaken. He was not an administrative officer. As a scholar, he should use the principles of a scholar-official official to demand himself.

How can you ignore such an unfair thing?

Sima Jack's words had a great impact on Li Min.

Yes, Chen Yichen is not suspected of cheating. He is very literary and unique in solving the problem. He deserves to be the leader of the case for this government trial.

Why do you have to induce a young talent because of other people's affairs?

Even if there are criticisms and rumors in the future, those who achieve great things should have the awareness that actions are higher than others and that the public will definitely criticize them. This is also a stage that must be experienced in life.

"Professor Sima's warning was like a revelation, and it was because our residence was narrow-minded."

"Since the Ming Jing has selected scholars and sought talents for the country, then Chen Yichen is well deserved. Do you still have any objections?"

"There is no objection to the officials."

The prefect and the prefecture professor both said this. Du Shi originally thought that Chen Yichen was the head of the case, so naturally there was nothing to say.

“No objection.”

Sima Yun also bowed down and said that it was.

Just like the county examination, the prefect Li Min also wrote down Chen Yichen's name on the red case of the announcement.
Chapter completed!