The huge Xuanzheng Hall was very quiet, and the backs of all the ministers were sweating, only Li Wenfu's angry and weak "rebuttal" remained.

Emperor Chen ordered someone to hold down the hysterical Li Wenfu, and asked, "Who is the real author of this article? Do you have evidence? Slandering the number one scholar of the dynasty with empty words is the death penalty."

"It's a grassroots." Xu Ran stood up and looked directly at the emperor.

When he entered the palace, he had already recognized Emperor Chen as the man he saw in Taifu Chen's room that day, and also his nominal senior brother.

Zhao Zirong kowtowed and said, "We not only have physical evidence, but also personal evidence. The waiter and tea guests of the tea house can testify."

Xu Ran went on to say, "As early as one month ago, Caomin and Zhao Zirong were friends in a teahouse. The article they discussed at that time was this work. When they just heard Li Wenfu's article, Caomin was also very shocked. They didn't understand what he was. How to take what the grassroots did as your own."

"The topic of Caomin's article is the hidden dangers of people's livelihood. Although it is different from the topic of the imperial examination, it can also be related. If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can find witnesses on the day, and you can find out by asking."

Li Wenfu hurriedly said, "You are talking nonsense! I clearly thought up this article word by word. How could you have written it a month ago? Impossible!"

……impossible!At that time, that person swears that it was done by an unknown talented person, and that talented person has already returned to his hometown, and besides, my aunt has already sent someone to arrest that person, how could it be Wang Yuanzhi who did it? !

When Emperor Chen saw this, it confirmed his guess.

He pays close attention to Tianfu Academy all the time, and naturally he also pays attention to this teacher's new student. He has observed Xu Ran's writing style, and it is clearly the same as Li Wenfu's article. Although the other article is very suitable for him, he still chooses this one. With Xu Ran's writing style, it's just a pity that some articles are anticlimactic.

The name of the test paper was completely sealed, so the emperor did not know whose work it was. It was not until after the roster was opened that he found out that the champion was Li Wenfu.

And this person did well in the previous exams, and he is still the nephew of his concubine, and Concubine Wen often talked about this excellent nephew in his ears, not to mention that the questions chosen by the eight bachelors could not be leaked, so the emperor took it for granted Some people think that Li Wenfu is very talented.

"Go and investigate." Emperor Chen said lightly, and the people below immediately took action.

But in a short time, all the people Zhao Zirong mentioned were captured in the hall.

Xiao Er and the other tea guests turned pale and trembled with fright, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment spoke harshly, "Who exactly made this article? You can see clearly!"

Xiao Er was at a loss, several people cried and took the article, Xiao Er saw it, and immediately pointed to Xu Ran in the center of the hall and said, "It was written by this young master. They used literature to make friends that day, and it was the villain who served by his side all the time." !"

The Minister of Criminal Affairs did not specify Xu Ran and Li Wenfu, but Xiao Er and the tea guest were able to correctly identify Xu Ran with just one glance, which made them doubt the authenticity of Li Wenfu's actions.

Among them, the tea guests were afraid that they would not believe it, so they also recalled the extraordinary performance on the spot and recounted the solution proposed by Xu later that day.

These tea drinkers are all low-educated people, and they would never have thought of such a high-level follow-up to the article, not to mention that the style of writing they recounted was in line with what Li Wenfu did in the first half, and what Li Wenfu himself added later was superfluous.

What's more, they are exactly the same as Zhao Zirong and other students' retellings. Looking at Li Wenfu's collapsed face, compared with Xu Ran's straight back and calmness, the true and false will be judged.

"Take it away." Emperor Chen waved for someone to take away Xiao Er and the tea guest, so the truth of the matter was ready to come out.

His junior brother had such a big problem under his nose, and was bullied on him. The emperor said that he also has a temper.

"Check!" Emperor Chen reprimanded several examiners loudly, "I will check carefully! Examiners, test papers, and test papers must not be missed!"

He squinted his eyes and looked at Li Wenfu who was in the hall with a dull expression, "Li Wenfu, I'm giving you a chance, who is helping you behind the scenes?"

Li Wenfu gritted his teeth tremblingly and said, "This article was written by grassroots people, and what happened today is clearly the result of Wang Yuanzhi colluding with someone!"

Xu Ran looked over coldly, "Oh? You mean, I knew what you were going to write today a month ago, and I had to collude with all these people a month in advance?"

"I haven't asked you yet, where did you know about my article? If I didn't happen to be in the palace today to expose you, I don't know how many students will be murdered in the future!"

The emperor narrowed his eyes, "Li Wenfu, cheating in the imperial examinations and blaspheming the imperial power is a heinous crime! First torture the person behind him, and then immediately execute him!"

"No!... Woooooo!!!" Li Wenfu's eyes widened, and when he wanted to say something, the warrior on the side covered his mouth and forcibly suppressed it.

"The emperor is holy!" All the ministers knelt down and shouted.

The emperor continued, "Li Wenfu cheated in the imperial examination, and his grades were invalidated. The current situation is Wang Yuanzhi. He will announce it to the world on the same day, and he will be granted the title at a later date."

"Emperor Shengming!"

After retreating, the officials on both sides of the hall split out, Xu Ran noticed that the military officer on the left looked disdainful to be with him, and the civil servant on the right was weak.

Zhao Zirong held his hand excitedly, "Brother Wang, congratulations on getting the three yuan, you are the first three yuan champion in Chen Kingdom!"

The other three students also stepped forward to congratulate. They could all tell that Emperor Chen had taken a fancy to Xu Ran, and they also had a relationship with teachers. If they made friends, they would be of great use in the future.

Here, Xu Ran is being bombarded with blessings in turn.

However, Concubine Wen Gui, who was still waiting for the good news in the Ming and Qing Palaces, was not so happy. She even smashed the top-quality jade beads that Emperor Chen had bestowed on her years ago.

"What?! Wen Fu was publicly exposed for cheating, and now he is being dragged into the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial? Did you hear me right?"

The maid kneeling on the ground immediately replied, "Mrs. Hui, there is indeed such a thing. Hearing that the emperor Long Yan was furious, the court said that it would thoroughly investigate this matter."

"How is it possible?" Li Wenyi was puzzled, "The imperial examination was cheated, and the original author of that article was actually Wang Yuanzhi? Li Wenfu, Li Wenfu, you have really brought misery to me!"

"Where is the emperor?"

"The Library Pavilion."

"Go prepare ginseng soup, I'm going to find the emperor."

"Yes."

The maid hurriedly retreated, leaving only Li Wenyi anxiously thinking about how to get rid of this matter cleanly.

The procedure of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is very fast. Li Wenfu was young and delicate, how could he stand up to the torture inside, but only half a day after entering, he has already revealed all about his cheating process, but he insists that these things are all by himself There is no other instigation behind it.

The Ministry of Punishment took action and arrested dozens of officials, large and small, overnight, and some even held important positions in the court.For a moment, the entire court was in panic.

There are very few civil servants who are useful, and Emperor Chen has always known about these cancers, but it is a pity that he has not found a suitable person to fill them.A few days ago, I saw that the conduct of the few people who spoke out for Xu Ran was not bad.

After the officials were arrested, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment received even more shocking news that the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was also involved in this matter.

The minister of the Ministry of Rites had discovered Li Wenfu's fraud that day, but the minister of the Ministry of Rites intervened, dismissed the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and cleared the evidence of Li Wenfu's fraud.

They are in the same position and cannot be arrested directly. The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment immediately went to the palace to ask the emperor for an order.

On the way, he unexpectedly ran into Concubine Wen Gui, who overshadowed the sky with one hand in the harem, and was kicked out of Zangshu Pavilion by the emperor with red eyes.

Emperor Chen was furious when he learned the truth, "It's a country's misfortune that civil servants have rotted so far!"

In the middle of the night, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was still sleeping in the mansion, was ransacked overnight, and was escorted to the prison in his sleep.

All the ministers knew that the emperor was determined to get rid of the cancer this time, and everyone shrank their necks, for fear that it would be their turn.

On the day of confinement.

Xu Ran was wearing the No. [-] Scholar robe and the No. [-] Scholar hat on his head. His title on the gold list shocked the world.

"By God's fortune, the emperor's decree said——Wang Yuanzhi, a talented scholar from Sichuan Province in the Enke Palace Examination in the Tian Chengnian, won the first place in the high school list. I hereby declare it to the world, and the whole country celebrates it. This is my admiration!"

"Wang Yuanzhi is very talented, talented, and intelligent. He was admitted to the cabinet by special permission. He is a fifth-rank university scholar. I respect you!"

"...Zhao Zirong made meritorious admonitions, and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy..."

The ministers were shocked again. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a number one scholar who directly entered the cabinet. At most, he entered the Imperial Academy, starting as a seventh-rank official.And he, Wang Yuanzhi, even directly parachuted into the cabinet, and he is still a fifth-rank bachelor!

Although Wang Yuanzhi is a fifth-rank official, his ranking is above the sixth rank!What a divine grace and glory!

But thinking of the relationship between him and Emperor Chen, and the recent turbulent civil society, everyone silently swallowed their dissatisfaction.

Offending Wang Yuanzhi is not just dismissal.I heard that Concubine Wen Gui went to plead for mercy for her nephew a few days ago, but Emperor Chen didn't miss the old love at all, and directly ordered Concubine Wen Gui, who had been favored for a while, to be thrown into the cold palace.

The champion was conferred, and the whole world celebrates.

The name of Wang Yuanzhi caused a sensation in the world three years ago, and three years later, it aroused the people's fanatical admiration for him again.

Without him, his counterattack road is too legendary.

Throughout history, no matter how talented a person is, he still has a foundation, but Wang Yuanzhi did not. He can get a small three yuan in just a few months, and directly get a □□ in three years, becoming the champion!

All of a sudden, the free Enlightenment Academy founded by Xu Ran officially entered the eyes of the world.

As the number one scholar in the new division, Xu Ran naturally received invitations to banquets from many officials. Among them, he chose to accept the invitation to the banquet from Yuan Tingshan, the governor of the eight prefectures who helped him back then.

Today's Yuan Tingshan is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is very popular in the court, and even military officials who do not associate with civil servants praise him quite a lot.

"Master Shangshu..."

Yuan Tingshan stopped Xu Ran's words just at the beginning, "You can't, I've known you for three years, and now we are colleagues, no matter how big or small."

Xu Ran smiled, "But you are the person Wan Sheng admires the most."

Yuan Tingshan nodded in satisfaction, "If you don't mind, in private, we can be called uncle and nephew, how about it?"

"Uncle Yuan." Xu Ran said immediately

Yuan Tingshan was overjoyed, took him in for a stroll, introduced the current situation in court and China in detail, and took him to meet the other ministers.

For this dinner, all the high-ranking ministers in the court came, including civil servants and military officials.

Among the military officers, there was one named Li Zhongwu, known as General Zhongwu.He is forthright, jealous of evil, brave and brave on the battlefield, and the most hated in his life are literati.

He was able to associate with Yuan Tingshan because of Yuan Tingshan's previous experience in martial arts, and this time Yuan Tingshan mainly told Xu Ran that he should never provoke him.

But he didn't provoke Li Zhongwu, so Li Zhongwu came to the door by himself, "Hey! Are you the number one scholar Wang Yuanzhi this time?"

Xu Ran didn't like the smell of alcohol on his body, frowned and took a step back, "Exactly."

Unexpectedly, it was such a step, which deeply irritated Li Zhongwu. Panting heavily, he grabbed Xu Ran's lapel, "You are very against martial arts, you think I don't understand, that article scolded us as useless!" Brain fool!"

The two are not far away, and several people have cast their gazes over. Xu Ran waved Li Zhongwu's hand away, "I didn't mean that."

Li Zhongwu's stature was five big and three thick, compared to Xu Ran's thin and handsome, one could tell at a glance that Xu Ran would not be able to take advantage of the conflict.

Li Zhongwu did not embarrass Xu Ran in terms of force, "You call our military officer stupid, do you dare to compete with me in the deduction of the two armies?"

Seeing this, Yuan Tingshan hurried forward to say hello, "Oh, General Li, you're drunk, I'll ask my servants to take you to rest."

Li Zhongwu shook his head in confusion, "No! I'm not drunk..."

Xu Ran raised his head and replied loudly, "Okay! I promise you."

Yuan Tingshan became anxious, and said in a low voice, "Don't show off your quick tongue at this time!"

Who is Li Zhongwu?He is a person who has worked hard on the battlefield until he reached the position of general. He can't do anything else. When it comes to marching and fighting, he is first-class!

And who is Xu Ran?He is just an inexperienced young man who only reads literature and history. How can he compete with Li Zhongwu?

Xu Ran rejected Yuan Tingshan, walked slowly in front of Li Zhongwu, looked straight at him, "I'll see you at the barracks tomorrow. I'll make you lose."

"Huh?" Li Zhongwu laughed mockingly, "I'm not afraid of losing my waist when I say big words, I'm afraid you will lose tomorrow and cry on the ground begging for mercy!"

As the host of the dinner party, Yuan Tingshan only felt that the sky was dim and the earth was dark for a moment.

It's over, it's over, the good seedling he finally found is about to die like this!

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