The eldest son of the red mansion

And after every banquet, Jia Zheng would call Jia Ke to his side when Jia Ke was free, and consciously or unconsciously recommend to Jia Ke what he thought was a young talent.

Jia Ke couldn't hide from this matter. After all, Jia Zheng was his father. In this era when feudal ethics ruled the world, your father has orders. How dare you disobey?

Therefore, every time Jia Ke had to endure the irritability in her heart, stand respectfully beside Jia Zheng and listen to his admonitions.

But Jia Ke occasionally pays more attention. After all, those who can leave their names in Jia Zheng's eyes are some capable people. exposed.

And since these scholars have made some achievements in the Four Books and Five Classics, they are also very tactful, and they can find Jia Zheng to flatter him. It can be seen that they are tactful, and such people can still be used.

Jia Ke believed that as long as his position was secure, these people would have no chance of betrayal, and these smooth people would not risk their wealth and life for the sake of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Don't you see, those who dare to stand up against injustice are young and energetic students with a heart for public welfare.

Ten days later, the trial began.

At the gate of the Gongyuan in the capital, before dawn, thousands of candidates had already gathered, and these people were all waiting for the triennial examination to begin.

And Jia Ke also came to the Prime Minister's Yamen early, waiting for Zhang Chaoxin to come to collect the examination papers in person.

Soon, Zhang Chaoxin came to the Zongli Yamen. He came to the lobby and saw Jia Ke waiting there for a long time, so he hurriedly saluted him first, then cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Zhang Chaoxin, the chief examiner of the examination, came to collect the examination questions."

Jia Ke didn't say anything, and took out the exam questions that Zhang Chaoxin had prepared last time from the cabinet next to her.

But Jia Ke didn't hand it over to Zhang Chaoxin immediately, but put it on the previous crimes and changed a few of them.

And Zhang Chaoxin, who was standing below, felt a little cold behind his back. Fortunately, he didn't bend the law for personal gain, otherwise, if something happened, his head would be lost.

Are there still few examiners who died because of cheating in the imperial examinations in the past dynasties?

After Jia Ke finished correcting the exam questions, she said to Li Deshan next to her, "Give it to our chief examiner."

Li Deshan took the test question, came to Zhang Chaoxin, and held it to him with both hands.

After Zhang Chaoxin took the exam questions, he didn't leave immediately, but stood there and asked respectfully, "What else do you want to say, my lord?"

Jia Ke thought for a while, and then said: "This exam is the first scientific exam since I took office, and there must be no mistakes. When judging the papers this time, we should try our best to select those who are mature and prudent. Qing is not the time for them to come out."

After Zhang Chaoxin listened to it, he understood what Jia Ke meant. This Jia Ke wanted to choose some tactful people. After all, Jia Ke’s reputation is not right now. If a tactful person is admitted to Jinshi, they would definitely not dare to talk nonsense. language.If it's those young people with stunned heads, they will naturally ignore them and embarrass Jia Ke. Should Jia Ke punish them?

After Zhang Chaoxin understood what Jia Ke meant, he cupped his hands and bid farewell to Jia Ke.

Zhang Chaoxin came out from Jia Ke and returned to the Gongyuan in an official sedan chair. At this time, the Gongyuan was closed and locked, only a small door was open, which meant that it would be completely closed when Zhang Chaoxin came in.

Zhang Chaoxin entered the Gongyuan and went directly to the lobby of the Gongyuan. Li Wenbin was already sitting there waiting for him.

When Li Wenbin saw Zhang Chaoxin coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted Zhang Chaoxin. Although Li Wenbin is now the deputy chief examiner, his official position is only a small official of the sixth rank, and he is far behind Zhang Chaoxin, the minister of military affairs.

Zhang Chaoxin came to the main seat, and after sitting firmly, he waved his hand to let Li Wenbin sit down, and then said: "The lord has already ordered, this time, more mature and prudent people will be selected for the exam."

Li Wenbin nodded in agreement and said: "My lord, I still think far and wide. If those young people who want to become officials in other places, if they pass the exam, they may have to practice for a while, and these old-fashioned and prudent ones can be released after only one or two years of study. "

Zhang Chaoxin nodded, then took out the test paper and handed it to Li Wenbin, "Let's start announcing the test questions."

Li Wenbin took the test question, glanced at it, and felt a sudden shock in his heart. It turned out that the test question had been crossed out several times and had to be changed again.

But Li Wenbin didn't change anything on the surface. He came outside the lobby and said to the clerks waiting beside him, "Start announcing the exam questions, and let the candidates be careful not to make mistakes."

The next three days of waiting will be a torment for these candidates.

For the past three days, they have to hide in a small shack about one meter in length and width. It can be said that they can't eat well, sleep well, and have to think hard about the exam questions.

Chapter 556

A few days later, the examination was finally over, and as soon as the dragon gate was opened, these candidates came out one after another.

These people can be said to have different attitudes now. Some people feel that their answers are not bad, so Gu Pan is proud, some are full of depression, and some are even grayed out by others, and there are even one or two who just came out. Longmen began to cry loudly.

Standing outside the dragon gate, Jia Ke looked at this scene and was very moved. In ancient times, the imperial examination was really a single-plank bridge for thousands of troops.

Compared with the ancient imperial examinations, the modern college entrance examination is really far behind. In ancient times, none of them who could stand out in the imperial examinations were stupid. No matter what, these people can be called scholars in terms of reading. Overwhelmed.

You can think about it, there are only 200 students in three years, and if you count them, each of these people can be regarded as the top three in the college entrance examination in each province.

Jia Ke was fine today, so he took Li Deshan and a few soldiers to stand at the entrance of the Gong Yuan to watch the excitement.

While Jia Ke was feeling emotional, someone beside him spoke.

"It's a blessing to have such a meeting this year."

Another person also echoed and said: "Who says it's not? I heard that one of Mr. Zhang Chaoxin's son originally wanted to take the imperial examination this year, but he was suppressed by Mr. Zhang. He was afraid that others would say that he bent the law for personal gain. "

"A few days ago, Mr. Zhang Chaoxin and Mr. Li Wenbin, Mr. Li, both houses were surrounded by these gift givers. As a result, neither of the two adults saw each other. This was impossible in previous years."

"If you want me to say that the current prime minister, Mr. Jia, has a solution. In the past, there were frauds in the imperial examinations every time. How can it be as clear as this year?"

As a result, as soon as this person spoke, he immediately shifted the topic to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke stood by and listened to everyone's discussions, most of them still said that his governance was not bad, and he also considered the common people.

But a few radicals didn't think so, and only said that Jia Ke was Wang Mang alive, and sooner or later he would not end well.

Ben Bray, who was next to Jia Ke, opened his eyes angrily when he heard this, and wanted to grab someone and beat him up.

Fortunately, Jia Ke had quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed his arm and pulled the reckless man back.

"You don't need to be as knowledgeable as them. There is no perfect person in the world. Let these people discuss what they say."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she led everyone out of the park and came to a famous restaurant nearby——Zhuangyuan Building.

The Zhuangyuan Building is the place where the candidates gather, and Jia Ke also wants to hear what these candidates are saying. After all, the information obtained from the spies is obtained through one hand.

As soon as Jia Ke arrived at the gate of the Zhuangyuan Building, a waiter came to greet him.

"Master, are you going to be a top player, or staying in a hotel?"

Ben Bray's anger hadn't dissipated just now, so he immediately answered the question and said loudly: "What are you talking about? Prepare a good private room for our master. Our master wants to taste the food and wine here."

The waiter let Jia Ke and the others in, and said embarrassingly, "Master, I'm really sorry that the private room in our hotel is full today, can you deal with it in the lobby?"

Ben Bray was still angry, but Jia Ke who was next to him spoke.

"Then get us a table by the window."

After listening to Xiao Er, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ben Bray was tall and fierce. He got angry with him just now, but this Xiao Er was very frightened, and he was afraid that this reckless man would attack him a few times.

A group of people came to the second floor of Zhuangyuan Building, and Xiaoer arranged a desk for them by the window.

Jia Ke sat in the middle, Motobu Lei and several other guards stood beside him to protect Jia Ke's safety.