Jia Ke originally thought about agreeing with them, but suddenly he remembered the young man who spoke for him in the restaurant.
Since a young one has already been pulled out, it doesn't matter if another one comes.
So Jia Ke said, "I heard that there is a man named Dong Li who is very talented. Why haven't I seen his papers?"
The two examiners below, after listening to Jia Ke's words, looked at each other. Finally, Li Wenbin thought for a while and stood up and said: "I still have some impressions of the person my lord mentioned, although his answer to this subject was pretty good.
But the writing style is still a bit childish, so I didn’t choose him.”
After hearing this, Jia Ke said directly: "I think this young man is good, so I will choose him too."
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he directly added Dong Li's name to the list.
"When you go back, add this person's place of origin, etc. There are only so many people in this subject."
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he signed the list and returned the lists to Zhang Chaoxin.
After Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin took over the list, they said goodbye and left.
After the two of them left, Jia Ke walked down from his desk and turned to a small table next to him. He looked at the piles of examination papers on it and fell into deep thought.
Jia Ke thought for a while and asked Li Deshan next to him: "Are any of your eunuchs well-read in poetry?"
After Li Deshan heard this, he quickly replied: "Master, some of these people under my command are indeed well-read in poetry and literature. To make you laugh, even I, a slave, have read some New Year's books.
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After hearing this, Jia Ke asked with great interest: "Aren't you people all from poor families that are the only ones who work in the palace? How do you have money to study?"
"Returning to the master, although the slaves are poor at home, after entering the palace, according to the rules, they must be taught to read and write, and even the best among them will be taught by the Jinshi in the court. I am a little clever slave, so I will follow
Wang Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy studied for several years."
Jia Ke now looked at Li Deshan with admiration. He didn't expect that these eunuchs also had some abilities.
"In this case, you can choose five or six people to check these examination papers for me again to see if there are any errors."
After Li Deshan heard this, his heart kept beating. It seemed that the lord was going to give some power to eunuchs like him.
After receiving Jia Ke's instructions, Li Deshan immediately left the hall, and soon led the five eunuchs back to the hall where Jia Ke was working.
As soon as these people entered the hall, they immediately knelt down and saluted Jia Ke.
Jia Ke looked at them. They were all young, and they looked normal, without any crooked appearance.
"Do you know why I called you here?"
"Returning to the master, the servants and others don't know what the master has ordered."
"I heard from Li Deshan that you all have some literary talent. Next to this is a paper that will test some moves this year. Please review it for me and see if there are any big mistakes."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, these eunuchs first kowtowed to Jia Ke again, then stood up and moved to the small desk, and then just stood there, each of them picked up a paper and started to echo.
And Jia Ke was not idle either. He continued to review the memorial under Li Deshan's service.
When the lights were turned on at night, Jia Ke stretched himself and looked back, seeing that the eunuchs were still staring at them.
"Li Deshan, I'll let you keep an eye on this place today. You must combine all these papers today. You can give me a reply tomorrow morning."
"Don't worry, Master, I'm not going anywhere today, I'm just here to keep an eye on them."
Jia Ke nodded and understood, and then went back to his house without caring about them.
After Jia Ke left, Li Deshan immediately folded his back.
When the few young eunuchs who were reviewing the examination papers discovered that Jia Ke had left, they immediately put down their papers and came to Li Deshan together.
"General Manager, do you have anything to explain?"
"You have to be careful about what you do today. The future of us people depends on this time."
"What does this mean, Chief? The boys still don't quite understand?"
Li Deshan glanced at the little eunuch, and then said: "Idiot, isn't the meaning obvious? Master is testing us. As long as we do it well this time, more and more things will happen in the future.
, that’s when we men will take charge.”
These little eunuchs suddenly realized it now.
The next morning, after washing up and having breakfast at Jia Ke's house, Li Deshan was joking with Qin Keqing when Li Deshan hurried in from the outside and stood respectfully next to Jia Ke.
Jia Ke saw him coming in, so he asked: "Is everything done? Is there anything wrong with the paper?"
"Replying to the master, the slaves read the paper again and found no mistakes."
Jia Ke nodded. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin.
When Qin Keqing saw Jia Ke talking about business, he wanted to say goodbye and leave.
Jia Ke stopped her again, "How is Qin Zhong doing during this time?"
Qin Keqing was a little surprised after hearing this. Jia Ke had not asked about Qin Zhong's affairs for a long time.
"What else can I do? My mind is not on studying. No matter how great my husband is, it is of no use."
Jia Ke nodded. Qin Zhong himself had sent people to monitor him for a long time, and nothing unusual was found about him? Plus the reminder in the Dream of Red Mansions, it seems that the young master is not Qin Zhong, but someone else.
others.
What Jia Ke was thinking in his mind was not shown on his face at all, but he seemed a little anxious after hearing Qin Keqing's words, "How can this be done? Does he really want to eat like Baoyu and wait to die?"
Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "Send Qin Zhong to the Imperial Academy in two days. There are many students there who are studying, and they are staying there for a long time. If he doesn't learn how to do it, he won't be able to do it."
Qin Keqing nodded and did not object to Jia Ke's big intentions. Although Qin Keqing loved his younger brother very much, he knew that Jia Ke was doing it for Qin Zhong's good and that he would let him suffer some hardship so that he could be successful in the future.
On this day, there was already a sea of people at the gate of Gongyuan on the day when the results were announced. The candidates and their families were waiting impatiently.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that I saw the side door of the Gongyuan opened, and a man who looked like a fifth-rank official came out holding a roll of Huang Juan.
When the people below saw this, they immediately understood that this was to release the results, so they were all extremely excited and crowded forward.
This fifth-rank official was familiar with this kind of thing. He waved his hands to the officials next to him, and the people next to him naturally understood.
So five or six government officials rushed forward, each holding a fire stick, and kept hitting the officials, driving them back.
When the middle-aged official saw that the candidates were retreating, he came to the wall and lifted Huang Juan high. The two government officials next to him naturally understood and came to take Huang Juan and held her with their hands.
The tall pole was hung on the wall next to the Gongyuan.
Then the official turned back and entered the Gongyuan, often leaving only a dozen government officials there to maintain order.
Seeing that the official had left, the candidates dared to move forward again. One by one, they stood under the imperial list and carefully searched for the names on it.
So under this imperial list, all aspects of life are revealed. Those who find their names on the imperial list are naturally ecstatic, while those who have not found their names, some hang their feet and chest, and some are wailing under the imperial list.
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Dong Li, who spoke for Jia Ke in the Zhuangyuan Building that day, thought that the exam did not go well this time, so he thought that he would definitely fail this time, and now he was just accompanying his friends to watch the results together.
Unexpectedly, I found my name on the imperial list. Although it was relatively low, it was still on the list.
This made Dong Li feel a little strange even though he was happy. Could it be that all the candidates in this subject were unsatisfactory in their papers? Even he could be on the list.
But before he could figure out what was going on, several of his close friends came over to congratulate him. After Dong Li returned the congratulations one by one, he took these people to the Zhuangyuan Tower to drink again.
In the blink of an eye, it was three days after the results were released, and the next day was the day of the palace examination.
In the evening of this day, the emperor was sitting on the throne of Qianqing Palace, thinking about how he should perform during the palace examination tomorrow so that Jia Ke would not be suspicious and those below who would be able to take the examination would be able to do it accurately.
Scholars know their own difficulties.
The emperor still has no intention of giving up. He still wants to rely on these newly-qualified Jinshi to establish some sagacity of his own, so as to make some preparations for a comeback in the future.
Besides, Jia Ke was currently discussing with Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin, as well as his close ministers, Fan Kang, Sun Yan and others about the palace examination the next day.
"My lord, do you need to invite the emperor out of the palace to preside over the imperial examination tomorrow?"
As soon as Li Wenbin finished saying this, Zhang Chaoxin looked at him in surprise, and then immediately objected: "No, the emperor has made a serious mistake. He is now thinking about it behind closed doors in the palace. We don't need to disturb him."
Jia Ke nodded now. He also thought that Zhang Chaoxin was right, but he did not express his position immediately. Instead, he looked at Sun Yan.
When Sun Yan saw Jia Ke's gaze, he immediately came out and said, "Sir Zhang is right. We are weakening the emperor's prestige now. There is no need to let him shine in the palace examination."
Fan Kang kept nodding there. Although he hadn't spoken yet, his meaning was already very clear.
Seeing that the opinions had been unified, Jia Ke said directly: "In that case, tomorrow it will be announced to the world that the emperor is recuperating in the harem and cannot participate in the palace examination. I will take care of him."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, Fan Kang stood up and said: "My lord, if anything happens tomorrow and you are offended in court, please quench your thunderous wrath and don't lose your temper in the Golden Palace."
"I know this. When we first take power, it is inevitable that there will be a few who are unconvinced, or the new emperor, and it is understandable to say a few unpleasant words. This kind of thing can only be spent slowly.
We can’t suppress it all at once.”
Fan Kang is now a little relieved. Since Jia Ke took charge of the world, although he has become more and more self-centered, he has also begun to mature politically.