Jia Huan returned to Jia's mansion and sent the chief to invite Wei Yang and Xu Yinglang, and sent someone to invite Mr. Luo, Liu Guoshan, Zhang Sishui, Liu Yichen, and Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang was willing to join the literary circle, so he was willing to support him one or two.

When Jia Huan was about to go back to the inner room to meet Qingwen and the others, he was sent by Zheng's father who came back from the scattered yamen to call him to the study.

The study room is elegantly furnished, and the atmosphere of wealth is soaked. It was already evening, and candles and lanterns were lit, and the light was bright. Incense burners, calligraphy and paintings, wooden chairs, and tables were displayed.

Jia Zheng changed into a white Confucian shirt and was sitting with five or six Qingkes talking and laughing. A pot of wine and dishes were amid the compliments that came one after another, the atmosphere in the study was very good.

Jia Huan escaped successfully from the imperial examination fraud case, and the imperial concubine in the palace showed her strength, which was fearful. The Jia family is at its peak now. As the head of the Jia family, how could Jia Zheng feel in a bad mood?

Seeing Jia Huan come in, Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing, and Hu Silai all smiled and stood up, and greeted: "Brother Huan Shi is here. Today's palace examination, Brother Huan Shi should be a literary man who is so thoughtful, just waiting for the emperor to choose the first place in the imperial pen and become the youngest top scholar in the dynasty."

In fact, everyone loves to hear the words of flattery. However, when you come in, you flatter. Jia Huan was a little embarrassed, bowed a lot, and then bowed to Jia Zheng, "My son has met his father."

"Yes." Jia Zheng stood in front of the desk, twisted his beards with satisfaction, looked at Jia Huan, and asked, "Brother Huan, how did you do the exam today?"

Jia Huan was speechless. As soon as he heard this, he knew that Mr. Zheng really expected him to win the top scorer. Who asked him to borrow a recent newspaper to study with Jia Zheng?

He was not slandering himself. He definitely had no problem with the answers to the questions and answers, but the palace examination was not only based on the test paper level. He couldn't pass the level of Grand Secretary Xie.

He was afraid that Emperor Yongzhi would not be able to pass the level. Concubine Yuan was favored in the palace, and among the four major families, Wang Ziteng was in the military office. Jian was in the heart of the emperor, so Emperor Yongzhi was unlikely to give him another top scholar.

This has nothing to do with his writing skills or Jia Yuanchun's status in the emperor's heart. Instead, an emperor of normal standards would know that he should be careful of his relatives being overwhelmed.

You should know that there are several dynasties in history that ended with relatives in the end. For example: Wang Mang usurped the Western Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Jia Huan bowed and replied, "The exam is average. I plan to prepare for the selection of Shujishi in the museum." I can only say that.

Jia Zheng was slightly stunned, and his sense of expectation suddenly dropped to a higher level. How could Shujishi compete with the top scorer? The top scorer who is less than thirteen years old is destined to be famous in history. He said with a little interest: "It's good to be a Shujishi. Go!" He waved Jia Huan out.

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On the night of March 23, the night gradually deepened. In the east pavilion of the palace, the reading officers were reviewing the papers.

The palace examination process is said to give one day to review the papers. However, the reading officers will not wait until the 24th day to finish reading. Three hundred papers and fourteen reading officers, if they step up, they can be completed in the early morning.

Finish it early and relax early. Take a day off tomorrow and let the emperor circle the three-legged armor on the 25th day, and then the results will be announced.

Time slowly flowed away, and in the east pavilion, the bright candles shone brightly, and the officials in the room were all over the room, and they corrected all the test papers in circles (those who think wrongly went to face the wall by themselves), and reached the final procedure and finalized the top ten of the palace examinations.

As mentioned earlier, Dongge is now the core officials of the ruling class of the empire, either the Grand Secretary or the Shangshu. The officials in the temple are very relaxed and do not talk clichés. They quarrel when they should, and they urge when they should.

At this time, this was the case. Mr. Xie and Mr. He were fighting in person, and his face was red and his neck was thick. He couldn't argue about who was the first place. Most of the other prime ministers and ministers acted as melon-eating crowds.

Xie Xuan, a man in his sixties, took Jia Huan's test paper and angrily criticized Grand Secretary He, saying, "Have you read this paper carefully? His views are incisive and his arguments are thorough. He has learned from the previous dynasty and has traces to follow. This is a good method! How come he is not the first?"

He Shuo refused to give in and took Weng Zongdao's paper and said, "If we govern the country, we should seek justice and peace. Governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. How can we talk about military affairs lightly? This is not the way of a saint. Weng Zongdao's paper is the right truth. If people far away are not convinced, they will cultivate their morality."

The crowd was very interested in seeing it, and quickly pondered the current situation. You read it right. I didn’t write it wrong. The one who supported Jia Huan was the first to be the Grand Secretary Xie. The one who belittled Jia Huan was the Grand Secretary He.

You know, Grand Secretary Xie didn’t even want Jia Huan to pass the imperial examination before. The fraud case of the Yimao Department’s National Entrance Examination can have such a great momentum in the court. Even if there is no evidence, everyone here knows that this has nothing to do with Grand Secretary Xie.

However, he is now pushing Jia Huan.

Mr. He has always spoken for Jia Huan in the fraud case. He and Jia Huan have a deep connection. Mr. Xie attacked him in front of the emperor for his personal destruction. Jia Huan’s teacher Zhang Anbo had a good relationship with Mr. He. Zhang Anbo was able to make a comeback after living in 10 years, which was recommended by Mr. He. What kind of friendship is this?

However, he now elected Weng Zongdao and belittled Jia Huan.

Such a scene is like Grand Secretary Xie and Grand Secretary He snatching each other's lines, which is extremely strange.

However, the prime ministers and ministers here are all old officials, and they have never seen any scenes? Any strange and seemingly absurd official incident has its political logic behind it.

Although some people cannot see through it for the time being, this does not prevent them from watching the show with relish. In the future, it will be a topic of discussion!

Grand Secretary He brought out all the words of the saint. Grand Secretary Han, who was optimistic about Jia Huan's paper, said: "Gao Yuan, don't fight for your own will. Jia Huan's paper should be the first. Look, there are eight circles (first class). And the paper in your hand has one △."

Grand Secretary Han is just a matter of fact. Although he said honestly during the day that Jia Huan’s suspicion was clear and he was not worthy of entering the top three. However, if Jia Huan’s paper was not given first, it would be unreasonable.

Liu Feibai, a great scholar who had been optimistic about Weng Zongdao before the examination, choked and said sideways: "Who knows if someone deliberately gave him a second class?"

He is fighting for his disciples. He is Weng Zongdao's test master. His title is decided after the exam. As the chief examiner of the exam, all 300 Chinese juren are his disciples, but he cannot take care of them all, but give priority to the scholars he can see.
Chapter completed!