Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 190 Everything Follows the Rules

Chapter 253 Everything Follows the Rules

The examination papers of the scientific examination are composed of hundreds of officials including the Imperial College, the chief officials of the six ministries of the three provinces, etc., and finally they are randomly selected from them.

After the extraction, they are sealed separately, and the seals of the Ministry of Officials and the three provinces are also stamped on the seals.

If someone opened it without authorization, these seals would be torn, and everyone would know that someone had moved the test paper.

Of course, if someone opened the examination paper and then asked the Ministry of Officials and the three provinces to stamp it at the same time, that would be another situation.

But obviously, this cannot happen.

Since the exam questions cannot be leaked, it means that these people wrote the answers by virtue of their own strength.

"I didn't expect that Qianzhou is the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!"

Fang Xuanling murmured, suddenly feeling a little headache.

The matter is serious. Originally, he had already planned which aristocratic families should be allocated a quota.

Only by distributing in this way can the hearts of those aristocratic families be guaranteed to be stabilized.

The main reason is that this year's topic is so difficult, Fang Xuanling thinks that there are not many humble scholars who can do it, so most of the places are allocated to the aristocratic families.

As a result, now, Qianzhou scholars have sprung up suddenly, and there are four or five more at once...

There are only 46 places for Jinshi admission, and Qianzhou will occupy a few of them.

It seems that a few more aristocratic families will be in fear for a while.

"Fang Xiang, this..."

Before Fang Xuanling could speak, another official looked at him innocently.

"call!"

Fang Xuanling let out a long breath, and said helplessly: "Continue to judge, no matter who it is, everything will be done according to the rules."

"it is good!"

The officials continued to make corrections.

From morning to dusk, several ministers were correcting examination papers in the official department.

What surprised them the most was that all the twelve candidates from Qianzhou were among the Jinshi and rank places.

Fang Xuanling's head hurt even more as he looked at the twelve examination papers placed in front of him.

Twelve places, just one Qianzhou, accounted for a quarter.

That is to say, there are only 34 places left for those aristocratic families.

"Oh... what should I do?"

Fang Xuanling climbed carefully again.

To be honest, the twelve test papers are all perfect, and no one can be biased. Fang Xuanling is a perfectionist. Since the twelve test papers are equally perfect, the results must be the same.

Take them all together, or don't take them all.

But if such a good answer is not accepted, then no one will be eligible to become a Jinshi this time.

"That's it!"

After a long time, Fang Xuanling sighed sadly.

"This old man has been upright and upright all his life. If he bury talents for selfish reasons, then this old man will be clear and bright in this life, and I'm afraid it will be ruined!"

Sighing, he put away all twelve examination papers.

The result of this exam was really beyond his expectation, but if these talents were buried, the crime would be even greater!

After ranking them, he stamped the seal of Shangshu Province on it.

This also means that the twelve candidates from Qianzhou are all on the list.

...

Zhenguan 20th May 25th.

This is a very important day, because the scientific examination results will be released today.

The list of Jinshi is released at Duanmen near Miyagi. Usually, four yellow papers are pasted vertically on the head of the list. Therefore, the list of Jinshi is also called the "Golden List", which is also the origin of the "Golden List title".

Exactly how many candidates suffered from insomnia the night before was impossible to test. After all, there was no way to break into the rooms of those candidates to count them one by one.

However, in the early morning of the next day, every candidate left the place of residence in high spirits, and then went to Duanmen full of expectations.

At this time, it was still dark, but the gate of the city was already crowded with people.

The guard who was on duty inside the palace gate heard the movement outside, and was so frightened that he immediately regained his energy.

"What's going on?" A guard asked in surprise.

An older guard yawned and waved his hand weakly, "Don't make a fuss, today is the release of the rankings. No matter what you are doing outside, let's open the door again when the drums above the main gate of the imperial city sound at [-]:[-]."

"Oh."

The young guard nodded, and suddenly said: "It turns out that the list is released. This movement is like a rebellion. If someone really took advantage of the release of the list to rebel, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to distinguish clearly!"

"How is it possible, this is the imperial city, hundreds of thousands of imperial guards are guarding it outside, who can rebel?" The old guard smiled softly.

"That's not necessarily true. In the past two years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

"To shut up!"

Seeing his unrestrained speech, the old guard was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, hurriedly covered his mouth, and said in horror: "You are looking for death, you dare to say such words."

The young guard also realized that he had said something that shouldn't be said, and immediately came to his senses, looked at the old guard gratefully and said, "Brother, thank you, if it weren't for you, I might have said something outrageous."

"fine."

The old guard patted his shoulder and said, "Remember this is the imperial city, and you can't talk nonsense. If someone with a heart hears it, it will be a serious crime against the nine tribes!"

"understood!"

...

At five o'clock, a long bell rang from the tower of the imperial city.

The bell lingered over Chang'an, and it lasted for a long time.

After hearing the bell, Chen Yi and others opened the door.

"Phew, it's finally the day when the rankings are released!"

This time the topic is too difficult, even the children of the aristocratic families are not absolutely sure, so this year is different from previous years, even the children of the aristocratic families are waiting outside the palace gate for the results.

However, Chen Yi and the others did not have this worry, because those questions were too simple, and I dare not say that they were [-]% sure, but they definitely hoped more than other candidates.

Besides, it was his first time to take the scientific examination, so even if he failed the examination, it would be fine, at worst, he would fight again next year.

The only thing that made him a little worried was that if he didn't pass the exam this time, he would have no face to go back to see the teacher.

"Brother, the gate of the palace is open, let's go and see the gold list."

At this moment, Fang Jun's voice sounded beside him, and Chen Yi turned his head to look, and found that his eleven senior brothers had already tidied up and were walking towards him.

The corners of Chen Yi's mouth rose slightly, and he said with a smile, "You are in a hurry."

Fang Jun shook his head and said, "Although I am confident in my heart, I still can't help being nervous."

Chen Yi pursed his lips, but did not refute.

Although he looks nonchalant now, he is actually very nervous inside.

"Forget it, it's getting late now, let's go quickly, when we get to Duanmen, the rankings should be almost released."

As Chen Yi said, he walked directly towards the imperial city.

Fang Jun and the others stopped hesitating. After looking at each other, they silently followed behind Chen Yi.

When they arrived at Duanmen, they found that the surrounding area was already full of people.

Everyone looked nervously at the palace gate, hoping that the official who released the list would come out soon.

This time is different from before. When the children of the aristocratic family were waiting for the rankings, they didn't care, because the scientific examination was too simple for them, and it didn't matter even if they failed the examination. With the huge family resources, they still have way out.

But this time, not only were the questions much more difficult, but they also shouldered the burden of continuing the prosperity of the family. If they failed the exam, the future of the family would be in trouble.

What's more, he put his palms together and prayed devoutly in the direction of the imperial city.

"Confucius bless, bless me, I must be a Jinshi!"

"Ahem, brother, Confucius is in the northeast, you made a mistake..."

(End of this chapter)