Qin Jiyan watched with cold eyes. The fifth prince Ren and Lord Kang were talking very wildly and had no intention of refuting. However, Lord Feng and Lord Jiao acted as if they had not heard anything. They lowered their heads to study the ground under their feet, as if they could see the white marble under their feet.
I saw a flower.
As for the students in the hall, most of them were so frightened that their eyes were white and their faces were blue, and their bodies were shaking. Especially those in the front row were shaking the most. The pen and ink in front of the case were buzzing, and they seemed to be about to faint in the next second.
The old emperor was aloft and had a panoramic view of all this. What else did he not understand about this situation? However, the old emperor did not want a big scandal like scientific examination fraud to occur during his term of office.
The old emperor did not speak, and the people in the palace did not dare to say a word. In the huge hall, you could hear a needle drop, and the atmosphere was oppressive, making people breathless.
The old emperor looked from Lord Feng to Lord Jiao, and then to the important ministers behind them... The ministers who usually cooperated with him tacitly and knew the emperor's heart well, at this time, each one was like a dull gourd, and none of them came out to share the emperor's worries.
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At that moment, the old emperor felt that he was old and useless and it was time to abdicate, but he was unwilling to do so!
The old emperor took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked: "Feng Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?"
Master Feng seemed to be wandering in his mind, but as soon as the old emperor spoke, he replied: "Your Majesty, my son also participated in the scientific examination this year, so I should avoid suspicion at this time."
"I believe you can distinguish between public and private affairs, so you are allowed to speak." As for whether he will adopt it or not, it depends on what Mr. Feng said.
Mr. Feng no longer refused and said, "In my opinion, what the Fifth Prince and Mr. Kang said is reasonable. Scientific examination is a major matter to select talents first, how can it be a trivial matter."
The fifth prince's eyes were filled with joy, but before he could be happy for too long, he heard Master Feng continue: "His Royal Highness King Qin is right. King Qin has not participated in presiding over the scientific examination before. It is inappropriate for King Qin to take charge of the overall situation at this time.
.The fifth prince is well aware of the scientific examination. In my opinion, this matter should be presided over by the fifth prince and Mr. Kang."
Master Feng is worthy of being an old fox. The first half of his sentence won the emperor's heart, and the second half also satisfied the old emperor. The premise was that he ignored the fifth prince's ability to do things.
If the fifth prince could really handle this matter, things wouldn't be like this.
Lord Feng's answer would not bore the old emperor, but it had no actual effect. The old emperor continued to ask the next person, but Lord Jiao, who had always been against Lord Feng's opinions, fully agreed with Lord Feng's opinions this time and did not respond.
Added: "The fifth prince is wise and powerful, so this matter must be handled by the fifth prince."
This is definitely not to praise the fifth prince, this is definitely to kill him.
The fifth prince was in dire straits.
The two giants of civil servants expressed their opinions. Unless the other ministers were particularly bullish, they would not dare to express their opinions. Everyone in the court praised the fifth prince's proposal. We must start and finish our work. Let the fifth prince handle this matter.
good.
All the court officials spoke in unison, but the old emperor almost suffered from internal injuries.
After taking a look at the candidates who were sitting in the palace, the old emperor bit the cloth and announced that the palace examination would continue. As for Qin Jiyan and the fifth prince who were kneeling in front of the palace, the old emperor just pretended not to see them.
Not to retake the exam but to continue the exam was the advice given by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. The old emperor announced that the imperial exam would continue. Of course, no one was stupid enough to say no, but...
After this incident, can those students still calm down and take the exam?
Can those people who are so frightened that their minds almost lose their wits still be able to write the unfinished test papers with a flood of creative ideas?
Mr. Feng can already predict how terrible the exam papers for this class of students will be.
If you dare to hack his son, these people will be dead!
Lord Jiao raised the corners of his lips slightly, and glanced at Jiao Xiangdi who was near the palace door with the corner of his eye. Although the position was not very satisfactory, Jiao Xiangdi looked calm and stood out among the flustered students.
Mr. Jiao was still very happy.
He wanted to see how those people were slapped in the face after the results of the imperial examination came out.
The palace examination lasted all morning, but because it was interrupted for half an hour in the middle, I had to add half an hour later. I sat in the hall hungry, holding a pen in my hand, but my mind was empty, and I couldn't write for half a day.
Not a single word came out.
It is said that these people are sure to pass the exam. The imperial examination is only for the first, second and third place, so there is no need to be too nervous. However, if they hand in a blank paper together or write randomly, they will also be expelled from their honors.
Seeing that time is getting shorter and shorter, many candidates cannot bear the pressure and cry directly on the table. This crying affects many people and makes the originally tense atmosphere even more solemn.
The old emperor's face became more and more ugly, and he directly asked the candidates to drag away the out-of-control candidates. As for the others?
continue!
But in such an atmosphere, how many people can maintain a normal mind?
Apart from Feng Sijin, Jing Yan and Jiao Xiangdi, there are only one or two people who are not affected by the outside world. Among them is the second place in this scientific examination, Qi Mao, the son of a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan.
Qi Mao's roll was relatively clean, but there wasn't much on it, but he was not nervous at all and wrote unhurriedly. The old emperor saw this attitude and was very happy in his heart.
Finally, two of them have made it to the stage.
"Dong..." With the sound of the gong, the palace examination was finally over. Regardless of whether you have finished writing or not, you must put down your pen at this time and leave one by one.
When leaving, many students cried bitterly, and the rest were not much better. They were all in vain, even worse than passing the exam in Gongyuan for nine days.
Speaking of which, the students are really not to blame for this. They were extremely nervous when they were meeting the emperor for the first time. As a result, there were frequent accidents during the imperial examination, and the emperor even lost his temper in front of the emperor. They must be unaffected.
The palace examination was usually marked on the spot. The old emperor stepped down from the throne and came to inspect it in person. Passing by Qin Jiyan who was kneeling in front of the palace, the old emperor paused. Seeing that Qin Jiyan had no intention of admitting his mistake, the old emperor snorted and continued.
Go forward.
No surprise, more than 90% of the students in this imperial examination performed abnormally, and more than half of the content written by the top twenty was nonsense. Only the Feng Sijin roll was clean, tidy, and meaningful.
But this was not what the old emperor expected to see.
Looking all the way down, the old emperor's face became uglier as he looked at it. The policy theory he wrote during the scientific examination was so brilliant that it made people admire him. Why was it that he couldn't make sense when he came to the imperial examination?
If the handwriting hadn't been the same, the old emperor would have suspected that this was a proxy test.
The old emperor knew without looking up that most of the candidates who passed the exam this time were not genuine, but even in this situation, the old emperor did not intend to admit his mistakes. He still decided to make mistakes and not reuse this group of people.
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However, the old emperor had thought of everything, but he did not think of the leakage of the scientific examination questions. It was no longer a secret at this time. Before the end of the palace examination, almost everyone in the capital knew that the scientific examination questions had been leaked early.
More than half of the candidates who passed the exam knew the test questions in advance...
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