Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

The young man shook his head modestly: "Our family has been craftsmen for generations, and I have never thought about becoming an official. I just want to use the skills inherited from my family to contribute to the country and your Majesty. Today's Dakang is prosperous and full of vitality, and I think we will definitely achieve great things in the future."

The young man said with a generous look.

Ning Fan was moved by the other party's words. He didn't expect that there would be such an honest person in these days. He wanted to be a craftsman without being an official, but this was what Ning Fan had been guiding him.

"Don't worry, brother, I heard that the salary of craftsmen in the future will be no less than that of officials. Your Majesty attaches great importance to all kinds of craftsmen. As long as you have the skills and are popular, you don't have to worry."

Ning Fan said a few more words casually, then turned around and walked towards Wangyue Tower with the two dogs.

The streets were full of students from all over the world, people coming and going. Ning Fan paid a private visit incognito, just to know about the situation of these students from all over the world.

Ning Fan wants to select scholars through the imperial examination and promote talents according to any criteria. However, as long as there is an examination, there will naturally be standards.

With unified standards, talents will inevitably be buried, but there is no way around it. After all, the court's energy is limited, and it is impossible to formulate a unique plan for everyone, and Ning Fan cannot treat each of these students. Meet and feel it out.

In fact, people are like this. A person's life is full of all kinds of uncertain variables. To succeed, you must not only rely on your own strength, but also a bit of luck. He said that without luck, even if you have all the skills, you will probably be thousands of miles away from success. Thousands of miles.

The official scientific examination will be held in a few days, but Ning Fan observed that there are quite a few examination rooms in Kyoto, more than twenty.

It is quite appropriate that all these things were handled by Zhang Tianming and Zhou Qun behind the scenes.

The examiners in these examination rooms are all highly respected elites from all walks of life, and they are quite appropriate. However, Ning Fan discovered a problem.

That is, many subjects have no test questions at all, and there are no written test questions. The examiner can only make assumptions about the matter.

He said that if the examiner likes a person, then he can make that person prosperous. If the examiner thinks that a person is not good, then the person will not be able to pass the exam no matter how capable he is.

Of course, except for a few handicrafts, some written test questions have been prepared for the rest of the subjects. Most of these test questions are extremely simple questions, basically questions asked by some teachers from Xishan Academy.

In order to avoid leaking the questions, as early as a few months ago, some teachers from Xishan Academy who wrote the questions were secretly placed under house arrest in a certain place by the court in various ways.

In other words, it is impossible for these test questions to be leaked until the day of the exam. However, Ning Fan discovered that there were people selling test questions whether on the 94th or 9th floor or some other places.

"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty? Why are people selling test questions? Is it someone who is deliberately leaking the test questions, or is it someone who is deliberately using the test questions to make a profit?"

Ergou looked at Ning Fan a little frightened.

As someone close to Ning Fan, Ergou naturally knows how much energy and effort Ning Fan has spent on this scientific examination. If there is a problem with the scientific examination this time, and someone engages in malpractice for personal gain and cannot guarantee fairness, then Ning Fan's All your efforts will be in vain.

This is not only a major blow to Ning Fan himself, but also a huge failure to the current situation of Dakang as a whole. After all, Ning Fan is in urgent need of various talents.

"Whether it is true or not, we will know as long as we spend money to buy these test questions!"

Ning Fan was not completely panicked and despaired. After all, even if these test questions were leaked, he could re-issue them temporarily. Some of these test questions were the most basic and basic test questions, equivalent to the test questions for junior high school students before Ning Fan traveled through time.

Even if it was leaked, it wouldn't take Ning Fan too long. It would only take one day to redesign all these subjects.

"Brother, here are the test questions for Chinese and Arithmetic. If I want one subject alone, it will be one hundred and fifty taels. If I want both subjects, it will be done with two hundred taels. ”

In the corridor of the inn, a thin, masked man stopped Ning Fan and quietly sold Ning Fan the test questions and answers.

"Did this brother make a mistake? The imperial court has spent so much effort to recruit students from all over the world to come to Kyoto. How could the exam questions be leaked? Could it be that I spent money to get taken advantage of?"

Ning Fan looked disbelieving.

Hearing what Ning Fan said, the man selling the test questions smiled coldly and said with disdain: "Brother, you are too naive. Do you think that the imperial court is really incapable of inserting needles and pouring water? Really? I can tell you that there are no secrets in the affairs of this court. Which of those ministers is not corrupt? What’s more, some people don’t want this scientific examination to be held smoothly. The examination questions are leaked in advance. That is a well-known secret. "

This man had no scruples, just like Ning Fan said these things in broad daylight.

"Isn't this brother afraid that I will report you to the Yamen?"

Ning Fan said angrily.

"I'm reporting this. I'm afraid what will happen to you when you walk out of this inn? I believe you can guess it."

The other party's gloomy eyes glanced back and forth at Ning Fan, and the threat was self-evident.

The Jin Yiwei who was hiding in the dark quietly revealed the hilt of his knife, but was stopped by Ning Fan's eyes.

This is not the time to close the net. If we take action rashly, we will definitely alert the snake. Even if we catch low-level minions like this, we may not be able to follow the clues.

"Two hundred taels, right? Give me one."

Ning Fan took out the two hundred taels of silver notes and handed them over casually. The big-ticket vendor was a little surprised when he saw Ning Fan's generous move.

"What I said before was all to deceive you. The purpose is to verify the authenticity of your test questions. Now it seems that this test question is almost the same. Give me a copy. I hope you don't want it. care."

Ning Fan smiled and said to the other party.

The vendor selling questions was a little wary at first, but when he heard Ning Fan say this, he immediately felt relieved. He took out two more test questions from the package and handed them to Ning Fan, and then carefully put the banknotes into his pocket. There was a look of extreme satisfaction on his face.

"No wonder I didn't warn you. Each person who buys these test questions can only use them for one person. They must not be resold or peeked at by others. Otherwise, you will be responsible for all consequences."