The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 838
When the time is close to You, the examination is coming to an end.

In the tribute courtyard, students handed in their test papers one after another, but they couldn't leave after handing in their test papers. They could only leave together when the exam was over.

Finally, the bell for handing in the papers rang, and the quiet Gongyuan became lively.

When the students came out of the test shed, some were happy and some were sad. Generally speaking, more people were sad.

Today's test was caught off guard. Although they could try their best to answer the questions, most people still felt that they had not fully demonstrated what they had learned.

When the students gathered together and told their companions about their thoughts on answering the questions, several officials came in outside the gate of the Gongyuan.

There were a total of seven officials who came, the leader was Liu Changqing, the Minister of Rites, who also served as the Imperial College Jijiu.

Standing at the gate, Liu Changqing said loudly: "Students, I am the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Changqing of the Imperial College for sacrificial wine!"

"Now that the Imperial College has expanded its enrollment, if you are willing, you can come to the Imperial College to take the exam and enroll. I welcome you!"

The Guozijian wanted to expand its enrollment. All the students present knew about it, but they didn't have much interest.

Just because the imperial decree said that the threshold for admission to the Imperial College was transferred from juren to scholar.

Juren and Xiucai go to school together, which is very low for the juzi, so they don't have much interest.

Therefore, after Liu Changqing's voice fell, the people present basically did not respond, they just looked at him directly.

But for Liu Changqing, his goal has been achieved, and the words he shouted just now will inevitably spread among the students.

Of course, the main purpose of his coming to Gongyuan today is not to recruit students for the Imperial College.

So, after Liu Changqing finished speaking, he took a few officials behind him and walked quickly to the tribute courtyard.

"This Mr. Liu came with an imperial decree!" the sharp-eyed person said.

Everyone looked carefully, and they saw Liu Changqing holding a bright yellow envelope in his hand. .

"I think there is something wrong, let's go in and take a look!"

"exactly!"

Ever since, most of the candidates who came to the gate of the Gongyuan turned around and walked inside.

After entering the second gate, Liu Changqing took several officials and stood at the entrance of the lobby.

At this moment, a large number of officials were sorting out the answer sheets, and more than a dozen examiners were standing around to supervise them. They were all surprised to see Liu Changqing and his party coming.

"Those people behind Lord Liu seem to have come from Longyou two days ago!"

"It's just a few of them. I heard that the emperor wants to use them!"

"Good luck to them!"

"They also came here following the emperor's corpse mountain and bloody sea, it's time for them to go straight up!"

"It's just that, what are they doing here now?"

When everyone was discussing, I only heard Liu Changqing stand still on the steps, holding a bright yellow envelope in his hand, and said loudly: "The emperor has a decree!"

The decree came at this time, which surprised everyone present, but they still chose to accept the decree immediately.

Everyone stipulated that even the disciples who watched the fun would instinctively kneel down at this moment.

Since Zhao Yanxun succeeded to the throne, the emperor's authority has been greatly strengthened, and no one dares to disrespect the imperial power in the open.

And the imperial power aloft is built up by broken families and heads chopped off one by one.

Opening the envelope, Liu Changqing read aloud: "The Emperor has a decree. Today's examination has ended. The Minister of Rites Pan Qifeng and other chief and deputy examiners should return to their respective positions to take charge of the headquarters..."

"The exam questions will be judged by Liu Changqing, Minister of Rites, together with six imperial envoys, hereby!"

The content of the imperial decree is concise and to the point, it is simply one sentence, and the answer sheets of the meeting will be reviewed by people like Liu Changqing.

Obviously, this is also inconsistent with the practice of imperial examinations.

Pan Qifeng immediately raised his head and said angrily: "Liu Shilang, this is not in line with the convention..."

With them as examiners, they can select the talents they need, so that the emperor's nonsense will not be further expanded.

But the imperial edict now disrupted Pan Qifeng's plan, which made him extremely angry.

"Master Pan, this is an imperial decree, do you want to resist it?" Liu Changqing asked calmly.

Although the other party is his immediate boss, as the emperor's confidant minister, Liu Changqing is not afraid of Pan Qifeng at all.

The other chief and deputy examiners were all looking at Pan Qifeng at the moment, hoping that he could hold on to the situation.

Looking at Liu Changqing in front of him, Pan Qifeng suppressed his anger and replied with great difficulty: "The minister leads the decree..."

"That's right!" Liu Changqing smiled lightly.

After receiving the Shangyu, Pan Qifeng just stood up when he heard Liu Changqing say: "Everyone, you should go!"

With a cold snort, Pan Qifeng said in a deep voice: "I will make a statement to the emperor, please take it back!"

Hearing this, not only Liu Changqing, Zhang Guangshi and others also smiled.

"I'm waiting for good news from Mr. Pan!" Liu Changqing said over Pan Qifeng.

"Let's go!" Pan Qifeng said coldly.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen chief and deputy examiners left the venue, leaving the small officials at a loss.

"Don't stand still, what to do!" Liu Changqing began to give orders.

When Pan Qifeng and others left, everything returned to normal.

The candidates in the tribute courtyard just watched a big show.

Most people just watched a rare event, but those with quick minds are already thinking about the stakes behind it.

At the gate of the Gongyuan, Wang Xin murmured: "So...the emperor has thought of it a long time ago!"

"Ugh!"

In order not to be targeted by the examiner, Wang Xin withdrew her edge, but at this moment the examiner was replaced by the emperor's cronies.

Being clumsy means that his ranking in the general examination will not be very high, and it has a great influence on the ranking of the palace examination.

This time to win the first prize, the difficulty was raised by Wang Xin himself.

"Brother Wang, why are you sighing?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Wang Xin quickly regained her composure, then turned around and asked, "Brother Chen, how did your answer go?"

Chen Hongqing was about to answer, but seeing the eyes of the people around, he dragged Wang Xin to the outside of the tribute courtyard.

After leaving the Gongyuan and walking a long way, Chen Hongqing burst out laughing.

"Brother Wang, thanks to your guidance, I got all the answers to the point this time, and the high school exam will be safe!" Chen Hongqing was extremely happy.

"How did you answer?" Wang Xin asked.

"Brother Wang, you are confused, so naturally I will answer according to what you said!"

Hearing this, Wang Xin became even more depressed.

"Brother Wang, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm... hungry and dizzy!" Wang Xin made up a random reason.

"I'm treating you today, let's go... Let's have a good meal!"

After saying that, Chen Hongqing took Wang Xin and left.

Although the general examination is over, there is still the palace examination, which is the most important hurdle.

Now that there is Wang Xin, the "great god", Chen Hongqing naturally wants to "lick" him to increase his confidence in high school.

To be more precise, Chen Hongqing wanted to rank himself higher.

He didn't have extravagant expectations for the first class, he only hoped that the second class could enter the top twenty, that would be regarded as a glory of the ancestors.

On the other side, Yang An also had a smile on his face.

He wrote today's article in one go, counting all the current shortcomings of the imperial court, and boasting about the various policies of the emperor after he succeeded to the throne, thinking that the whole article is every word and every word.

"Looking at the sad faces of these people, it's not too difficult to try to enter the top [-]!" Yang An thought to himself.

Although his family is a small landlord, there is a clean and upright family tradition. The education Yang An received since childhood gave him the courage to speak out about the abuses of the court.

In addition, he is from Shannan, which is relatively poor, which gave him a deeper understanding of the problems exposed at the grassroots level.

Now that the emperor has great ambitions to reform the long-standing evils, Yang An is naturally willing to risk his life to accompany the gentleman, putting aside everything and writing straight words.

(End of this chapter)