[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

As mentioned last time, on the way back home, Bai Yutang came across some scholars buying and selling test questions.

Bai Wuye stood on the roof, looked at the bright spring and sighed.

There is a way to heaven if you don’t go, and there is no way to hell to cast your own way. I didn’t want to meddle in other people’s business, but it’s just bad luck for you to run into the fifth master’s hands!Bai Yutang waved his hand, and used his acupuncture points from the air to stop a few scholars who were trading, even the scholars who were watching the wind were not left behind, and he took care of a group of scholars without any effort.But... what about the aftermath?Why did you ask Zhan Zhao to come and arrest him?

With Bai Yutang's lightness kung fu, it would take less than a cup of tea to return to Kaifeng mansion from here to call someone. The problem is that the fifth master is lazy!have to!move!Meddling is already the limit. Fifth Master Bai doesn't want to do such a troublesome thing as running errands.

Rubbing his chin and thinking about it for a long time, Bai Yutang picked up the blue tiles under his feet and threw it out, hitting a big fat cat lying on the roof basking in the sun after eating and drinking. "Meow!" Fat Cat uttered a shrill scream, jumped up with furry hair, and stared at Bai Yutang covetously.

Fat Cat: Brave rat!Master cat eats you!

Bai Yutang ordered the big fat cat, "Go to Kaifeng mansion and ask your king to bring someone over."

(=￣w￣=) The fat cat said: "Meow?"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, "Is it really not possible..."

Frowning and thinking again and again, Bai Yutang took out a silver ingot from his pocket and threw it out, hitting a driver who had come out to work after eating and drinking.The middle-aged coachman covered the back of his head with one hand, and held the silver in the other in a daze. When he looked up, he saw Bai Yutang's beautiful, frozen/impatiently handsome face.

Bai Yutang ordered the driver: "Go to Kaifeng Mansion and ask Zhan Zhao to bring someone over."

The coachman opened his mouth stupidly, and it took him a long time to react, "Oh, I said how did the money drop from the sky, isn't this Lord Bai! Just wait, I'll go to Kaifeng Mansion to call someone for you!" The coachman cautiously Put the money away, and happily ran to Kaifeng Mansion to report the letter.

Bai Yutang nodded in satisfaction - as expected, silver is the best thing to use!

After receiving an inexplicable message from Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao rushed to the scene along with the yamen servants in a daze.The most pitiful thing was the few scholars who were touched by Bai Yutang, who still kept their trading postures motionless.

Zhan Zhao folded his arms and looked directly at Bai Yutang—what's the matter? !

Bai Yutang shrugged innocently - the situation is so complicated, I don't bother to explain.

Fortunately, Zhan Zhao didn't want to count on him at all, so he picked up the purse and shook the weight, "It's worth a few hundred taels, at least?"

Zhan Zhao took out the thin letter paper, his eyes opened wider and wider, "It's actually a test question? Is it real or not?"

"I only saw him selling." Bai Yutang pointed to the scholar in navy blue clothes.

The poor scholar who was identified turned pale with fright, his calves were trembling, and tears and snot stayed together.If it wasn't for Bai Yutang's acupoints being tapped and his whole body stiffening, this matter would have been untenable.

Sigh... hateful people also have pitiful features, this group of scholars is really unfortunate!

Bai Yutang likes to keep his eyes on when he walks. At first glance, he looks cold, but in fact he is just slipping away.When the feet are walking, the body will automatically make evasive movements, only the mind is running wild and I don't know what I am thinking.Moreover, Bai Yutang is very lazy and rarely has the interest to meddle in other people's affairs.It just so happens that today is not a coincidence, Bai Wuye walks on the roof today and has a wide view, and after teasing the cat, he is just in good spirits...

So when I saw injustice on the road, I punched acupuncture points in the air...

So this group of unlucky scholars suffered a tragedy...

╰(*°▽°*)╯ can hit with such a low probability, and the author can't save Nimengre~

Seeing the dust settle, Bai Yutang wanted to continue climbing up to the roof and finish the interrupted plan - go home and take a shower.But Zhan Zhao dragged him back with his arms in his arms, "Bai Shaoxia is handsome and handsome, and he is still handsome after taking one less bath. You are a witness, a witness!"

Bai Yutang raised his forehead: I knew it would turn out like this, so I shouldn't have meddled in my own business...

Regret mixed!

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The tall and mighty guard was gearing up to put on a string of equally remorseful scholars and bring them all back to the prison in Kaifeng Mansion.In the event of such a bad leak, no matter whether the test question is true or false, several candidates will be disqualified from the test, and the test takers who sell the test questions will also be punished with the cane and jail.

The occurrence of such a major event naturally alarmed Master Bao and Zhao Xiaozhen.

Looking at the stolen goods that Zhan Zhao took back, the legendary test paper, Zhao Xiaozhen was completely shocked. "I haven't figured out the content of the test questions yet, and they start selling questions outside? It's so outrageous! The pirated goods are actually faster than the genuine ones!"

Everyone's mood at this moment was even more shocking than that of Zhao Xiaozhen.

"The exam is about to start, and you haven't chosen the test questions yet?!" Can you still have fun!

Zhao Xiaozhen coughed twice, "Well, the imperial examination is a matter of great importance after all, and of course you must be careful when choosing a topic! So I chose and chose, picked and picked, changed and changed..." Finally, I suffered from choice fear. disease. (┬┬﹏┬┬)

Under everyone's stern condemnation, Zhao Xiaozhen weakly changed the subject. "All in all, the test questions are not the point. The point is that this set of fake test questions is not fake, and of course it cannot be considered real. It has only a one-fifth chance of becoming a test question."

Master Bao stroked his beard, "What does the emperor mean, is this a candidate topic?"

Zhao Zhen nodded vigorously, "This is one of the five candidate questions. I referred to the previous test questions, and copied the questions drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. It cannot be passed on casually, every scrap of paper must be strictly checked. All the scraps of paper I have used, even if they are scribbled, will be sorted out and burned by a special person, let alone these important candidate questions."

Zhan Zhao said: "This candidate question, which should have been destroyed, is now sold by someone. Could it be theft?"

"Impossible." Zhao Zhen shook his head without thinking, "Fuquan has always been in charge of burning the toilet paper. He personally lights the fire every night, burns it himself, and pours the ashes into the pond himself. He has nothing to worry about outside the palace, and now he wants power and power, money and money, why bother to bury himself for these petty gains? Besides, he is so afraid of death, even if he has evil intentions, he has no courage."

Everyone agrees on this point. Fuquan's true love is "being wise and protecting one's life" and "being independent".

Bai Yutang asked, "Who else has access to the test questions?"

"Then only the servants who serve the pen and ink will be there." Zhao Zhen curled a lock of long hair around her fingertips. "The servants in the imperial study have all undergone strict training. They have a clean background, strictly forbidden manners, and are prudent in their work. The most important thing is that they are illiterate. And this group of people has served me for a long time, and it is not unheard of that they are [more valuable] than the exam questions. , but never had any mistakes.”

Troubles came one after another, just as the troubles of Xiaohong and Fang Jingan were thrown to Pang Ji and Mrs. Bao, there was another leak of exam questions.Zhao Zhen rested his forehead with one hand, "The annoying troubles are endless. If this continues, I will become a bald man sooner or later!"

Master Bao rubbed Zhao Zhen's head with a smile, "We have to eat food one bite at a time, and do things one by one. The most important thing right now is to be able to test."

This statement is justified!Zhao Zhenqiang cheered up and said, "First, put up a notice to warn the candidates of the examination that there are a group of scammers on the market who wantonly make money in the name of selling test questions. In fact, the test questions are all fake. In addition, on the notice [big characters] [Bold] write that all candidates who buy and sell fake test questions will be punished twenty times, dismissed from their meritorious service, sent back to their original places, and never taken a scientific examination. If the circumstances are serious, they will be exiled into the army, beheaded for public display, castrated and sent to the palace to be eunuchs or something... Anyway, write it no matter how serious it is!" Zhao Zhen clenched his small fists with high spirits, "The first thing you can do is to get the initiative first, and even if it can't extinguish this unhealthy trend, it can still play a certain deterrent effect."

Zhao Xiaozhen put her hands on her hips, "If you want to play, play with a big one!"

Master Bao's mouth twitched, he looked at Zhao Zhen helplessly, and was finally persuaded by him, and went back to the study to draft the notice.Zhao Xiaozhen followed happily, completely forgetting the painful experience of being spanked.Only when he is cheating people, Zhao Xiaozhen will radiate brilliance and devote [-]% enthusiasm to the digging sport!

Zhan Zhao was a little worried, "Will posting notices like this cause people to panic?"

Bai Yutang yawned lazily and rubbed Zhan Zhao's head. "Good cat, you are too honest, stay away from Zhao Xiaozhen in the future, so as not to be sold by him and count the money for him." Zhan Zhao slapped Bai Yutang's paw, "What do you mean?"

Bai Yutang smiled and said, "This is Zhao Zhen's first scientific examination after he ascended the throne. Scholars from all over the country flocked here, wanting to compete for the top three in this year. No matter whether it is real talent or fake knowledge, none of the people who took the test There are eight hundred in one thousand, how many do you think Zhao Zhen will keep?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, "Well..."

The imperial examination system in this dynasty was not perfect. The first imperial examination was held in the founding year, and it is said that only 19 people were admitted.The reason why the number of people is so small is mainly because the first division of the founding of the country, of course, has to set an example for future generations, so in line with the principle of preferring shortages to excess, only [-] Jinshi were selected.Because the number of people was too small to maintain the normal operation of the court, and later there was [Enke Jinshi].

[Enke Jinshi] refers to the [Jinshi] who did not pass the imperial examination, but was specially rewarded by the emperor.

Since then, the number of Jinshi in this dynasty has been maintained at around a dozen, but this year the number of candidates is too large, and Zhao Xiaozhen keeps talking about "talented people love to come to my bowl", Zhan Zhao is also a little uncertain, hesitatingly said: "At least 50 people, right?"

Bai Yutang shook his finger, "There will definitely not be more than 20 people, and at least half of these people have been appointed internally."

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Who decided?"

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "What do you think?"

With so much courage and so much power, besides Zhao Xiaozhen, he doesn't think of anyone else.

Zhan Zhao said awkwardly, "Isn't this too unfair to candidates who have studied hard for ten years?"

"It's really not fair." Bai Yutang nodded, "But so what? After all, the Great Song Dynasty is the Zhao family's world, and now it's the Zhao Zhen's world. Zhao Zhen wants to completely control the court. It is necessary to cultivate your own power and install your own cronies. You also know how important this scientific examination is to Zhao Zhen, and his character of not letting his wealth go to outsiders will not give up his advantages to others."

Zhan Zhao still felt overwhelmed, "Isn't there Enke Scholars, he can directly reward his cronies."

"The weight is not enough." Bai Yutang knocked on the handrail unconsciously, "Although they are both Jinshi, how can Enke Jinshi compare with imperial examination Jinshi? In the future, no matter whether it is an official or promotion, Enke Jinshi will be overwhelmed by imperial examination Jinshi. Moreover, Jinshi Enke is obviously the emperor's man, and he is a target wherever he is placed, and it is inconvenient to do anything. Zhao Zhen is so defensive, he is reluctant to let his own people be tied and wronged."

Zhan Zhao sighed, "It's so pitiful..."

Bai Yutang comforted him with a smile, "Mao'er, your heart is too soft. The waters of this imperial examination are too deep, and it would be a blessing for ordinary candidates to miss this opportunity. Since ancient times, those who have made great achievements do not care about small things, and Zhao Xiaozhen is already very good." Well, at least he never hurt the innocent. As long as those candidates have real talents and practical learning, sooner or later they will be able to show their ambitions and do something for the country and the people."

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I'm not saying those examinees are pitiful. The journey in life is so long, failing the exam just once doesn't mean anything. If you can't even bear this setback, so what if you get a Jinshi? I feel sorry for Zhao Xiaozhen..."