In the imperial study room, the two husbands were here. The two husbands on duty today were the minister Zeng Yu and Fu Chen Zheng.

I can't guess what the emperor has to call them.

The two looked at each other, without communicating, and sat quietly and waited.

Soon the emperor came in, and the two of them stood up to greet him. The emperor placed the test paper on the table and said, "There are several memorials you handed over yesterday, and there are several of them that need to be discussed with you. Before discussing the matter, we will show you a test paper for this Jiangnan provincial examination."

The two husbands were very curious.

This provincial examination should have just been completed, and today should be the date of the release date. Why did a Jiangnan Township Test paper appear in the palace? Is there a problem with the Jiangnan Township Test?

Zeng Yu's slender eyes closed halfway, he glanced at the emperor slightly, and had many thoughts in his mind. It was the biggest lesson for them to be close ministers.

This Jiangnan Provincial Examination was hosted by Xie Mingtang. Xie Mingtang is a Hanlin Bachelor and the top scholar appointed by the emperor. He has always valued it very much. It can be said that it is a foregone conclusion that he has become a prime minister. Now it is just a hard work.

Moreover, Xie Mingtang had no disagreement with him. Unlike Chen Zheng on the opposite side, he was his mortal enemy in his political views.

Just a moment of thought, Zeng Yu knew what to do.

The eunuch handed the test paper to his husband to watch. After getting the test paper, everyone's first feeling was that the candidate's handwriting was really good, the answers were very neat, and there were no mistakes and omissions. The poems and essays can be said to be excellent.

After reading it, Zeng Yu put down the test paper and said, "I think this test paper is answered very well. It should be a big problem to be selected from the top few, especially the fu of this candidate. The writing is written with profound meanings. The sentence "Mixed things" is excerpted from "Laozi" Chapter 25, "Mixed things, born in heaven and earth... can be the mother of the world" with wonderful words and beautiful words, which is actually a rare masterpiece."

"Especially the last two sentences. 'Now I will master the Taoist pivot, restore the Zhang Tianji, and explore the truth and complete the nature, think about reflecting on the past and repeating it.''It is so straight, holding the elephant and supporting the city, and achieving the profound meaning of wonderful existence'. It is simply too appropriate, and I agree with it."

Zeng Yu's words quoted from the classics. He memorized the original text after reading them once, which shows how powerful this person is.

What's even more amazing is his time to flatter.

What do the ending two sentences of the fu of mixed things mean? In today's words, I, the Lord, now master, grasp the key to the development of things, expand the way of nature, the morality of human beings, explore the mysteries of all things, and study all the natures of living beings to return to a beautiful ancient society.

It’s noble! You are in charge of the “Tao” that “invisible and formless” of all things, and raising all the people in this domain. This grand cause will have extremely profound and mysterious significance.

The ending is completely a sing of praise and flattery, and the high level of kung fu reaches the sky, and the words of later generations are all weak.

This is the most advanced and top-notch flattery. No wonder the emperor was overjoyed after seeing it.

After Zeng Yu said this, the emperor's smile even stronger.

At this moment, Chen Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Why did the examiner not get one of the questions in this paper?"

The emperor knew that they would ask this and handed them Xie Mingtang's memorial. After reading it, the two suddenly realized that it was because of this.

Chen Zheng said: "If such a thing that plagiarizes the answers of his predecessors is convicted of being a violation, the candidate's qualification should be disqualified. If it is not considered a violation, it is unfair that Xie Mingtang will take the last candidate. This test paper can at least be ranked in the top few, and it can even compete for the top spot in Jieyuan. Officials, I think Xie Xueshi's doing this is a bit vague."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "I think Mr. Xie is dealing with this matter very well. My law has always been 'no law is not an exaggeration'. Since such things have not been stipulated before, we cannot convict him. Even if the candidate wrote the answers of a candidate three years ago, the question of the sutra was originally intended to explain its meaning."

"Our dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, and the imperial examinations have been tens of years. The answers are vast and some overlapping test questions are not a big deal. Xie Xueshu also proposed a solution. I think the proposal to set up a catalog of scientific examination questions is good."

Chen Zheng looked at the emperor. The emperor didn't look like he was preparing to pursue the matter. He thought about it and didn't say anything else.

At this time, Zeng Yu said again: "When it comes to this candidate, I have some impression. If I remember correctly, this candidate named Qin Guan has written a few poems, which are now widely circulated in the Great Zhao Kingdom and are also named "Little Poetry Immortal".

When the emperor became interested, he liked the autumn poem in Qin Guan’s test paper and said, “Let’s listen.”

Zeng Yu's brain is easy to use, and he immediately recited several poems about "a different red", "a small green apricot", "Xizi Lake", and "Magpie Bridge Fairy".

The emperor also liked it very much and said, "I like these poems very much. It seems that this student has indeed had spiritual attainments in poetry, lyrics, songs and essays."

Then he smiled and said, "But he was lazy in the scriptures. He could have obtained a Jie Yuan, but now he has been awarded the last place, which is also a lesson. I think it's better to deal with this matter like this."

"I didn't expect that Qin Zhang's son still has such talent."

Hearing the emperor's words, Zeng Yu and Shen Zheng were both stunned. Chen Zheng asked, "Official family, is Qin Guan the son of Qin Zhang, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue?"

"The person below just found out that it was Qin Zhang, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue."

When the emperor said this, the two husbands sitting below suddenly became very exciting. The husband Zeng felt a sense of depression in his chest and felt very uncomfortable, but he did not dare to say anything in front of the emperor, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Chen Zheng glanced at Zeng Yu with a smile on his face.

This smile made Zeng Yu even more uncomfortable.

Zeng Yu and Chen Zheng were the same prime minister, but the two had disagreements and had many criticisms in the court, but Qin Zhang was Chen Zheng's man. Just now, Zeng Yu tried his best to protect Qin Guan and spoke Qin Guan's poems, which were praised in front of the emperor.

I used to know only the name of Qin Guan, but I didn’t know that he was the son of Qin Zhang, a political enemy. How could he not make him depressed?

Finally, the emperor ordered: "As for formulating the catalog of the imperial examination questions, please go back and give me instructions to avoid such problems."

"Yes" Zeng Yu and Shen Zheng agreed together.

......

After the matter in the court, Zeng Yu returned home and ate a few simple bites of food, but lost his appetite. When he returned to the study, his face became gloomy.

Spread rice paper on the table and took a pen to write an article "The Fu is mixed with things". If you are interested, you will see that the characters in this Fu are exactly the same as those on Qin Guan's test paper.

Zeng Yu looked at the words and said coldly: "I will preside over this spring exam. As long as the words in the test paper are in this way, no one will be taken."
Chapter completed!