Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 161 Royal Party
Xingbang is coming out!
As soon as the notice came out, the entire capital suddenly became erupted.

The apricot list is the tribute list, because the time when the list is released is the time when the apricot blossoms are fragrant, so it gets its name.

And being on the apricot list is tantamount to being on the gold list, because the palace test is only for the final ranking, and basically there will be no eliminations.

The apricot list was about to come out, and the nearly four thousand students were naturally overwhelmed with excitement, including their relatives and friends in the capital.

So, who can make the list?

In the early morning of the next day, before we arrived at Mao, there was already a sea of ​​people outside the Gongyuan. I don’t know how many candidates or their relatives and friends were looking forward to it.

At the right time, the gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and two teams of Shenwu Battalion soldiers walked straight to the place where the list was posted, carrying the list which was about the height of a person, as well as ladders, stools, paste and so on.

The position of this list is much higher than that of people, because when the list is released, there are huge crowds of people. If the list is not posted higher, the people behind will not be able to see it at all.

The soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion were still very fast. A few ladders leaned against the place where the list was posted, and a few people went up to wipe off the paste, and then began to post the list.

As the list slowly unfolded, each name came into the candidates' eyes.

Renxu Division Examination List
No.1, Wen Zhenmeng, Changzhou, South Zhili.

No.2, Ni Yuanlu, Shangyu County, Zhejiang.

No.3, Zodiac Week, Zhangpu County, Fujian.

No.4, Liu Lishun, Qi County, Henan.

The list is very long, and there are many tributes admitted, more than 600, which can be said to be the most ever.

Those who are on the list are naturally cheered.

Those who are not on the list have wonderful expressions.

There are those who are downcast, those who sigh, and those who are looking hard, and there are many expressions.

Of course, the most are still hard to find.

After all, there are more than 600 people, what if you miss it?

People have this kind of fluke mentality. Even if they fail to read it once, they will watch it a second time, or even a third time, always looking forward to a miracle.

Unexpectedly, a miracle really happened.

The long list had just been posted, and the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion brushed some paste on the lower right corner of the list, and then posted a notice on it.

The notice stated that the students who failed the rankings do not need to be discouraged. This is the time when the imperial court employs people. If they are determined to serve the country, they can go to the Ministry of Industry Yamen to sign up and serve the country.

How about this notice?

Some people sneered when they saw it, to show their disdain.

This kind of people are basically eager for quick success, wanting to be named on the gold list, enter the imperial court as a high official, and fight for power and profit.

The notice didn't say anything, but they were determined to serve the country and serve the country. There was no benefit at all, and they didn't even say what positions they would be given, so they naturally wouldn't go.

Some people hesitated for a while, and then strode towards the Ministry of Industry.

Such people are basically sincerely serving the country.

Because once you sign up, you will definitely have something to do, and then you will have no time to review the book, and the chance of being named on the gold list will be even slimmer.

If you can even give up the chance to be named on the gold list, then naturally you really want to serve the country.

Of course, there are also some who feel that they really have no chance to be named on the gold list, so they simply find an errand and forget it.

In short, there are all kinds of people at the moment, and there is a lot of noise under the apricot list.

Among the noisy crowd, a few people stood out from the crowd.

They didn't say a word, just stood there gnashing their teeth, with anger, resentment, and dissatisfaction on their faces, as if they must appear on the list.

These people are naturally Wu Kongjia, Li Jiantai, Zhang Douyao, etc. who worshiped under Wei Zhongxian before the exam.

They all have someone to help them cheat, and they haven't appeared on the list yet, why?
Don't think about it, the royal party must have photographed them.

Because the two deputy chief examiners, Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang, are both royal party members!
Moreover, Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing, two well-known imperial parties, and even the head of state Liu Zongxiang are among the top ten or twenty on the list. This is obviously the imperial party's use of power for personal gain and exclusion of dissidents.

Outrageous!

Wu Kongjia stared at the list for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "This is obviously a trick of the imperial party. Let's go, let's go find Grandpa Wei!"

They ran to the Waidongchang yamen on the side of the street outside Dong'anmen for a while, then went in and waited for a while, and their Grandpa Wei really came.

Wei Zhongxian actually attached great importance to this group of god-sons, because his god-sons were basically corrupt officials or incompetent people, which really disappointed him, so he wanted to cultivate a group of capable god-sons.

He thought these godsons were here to announce the good news.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the reception hall and sat down on the main seat, Wu Kongjia couldn't help standing up, bowing and anxiously said: "Grandpa, none of us are on the list, none of us are on the list!"

what?
How can it be!

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help being surprised and said: "Aren't you the third in the provincial examination? Why can't you even get on the list of tributes?"

He was really surprised, because the god-grandchildren he accepted were among the best in the provincial examinations except for a few related households, especially this Wu Kongjia, who was third in the Nanzhili rural examination, and he was under the care of his subordinates, so he couldn't get in. Gongshibang, it's impossible!
Hearing this, Wu Kongjia couldn't help saying with grief and indignation: "Yes, how could my grandson fail to get in! Grandpa, this is the imperial party's tricks! The exam questions are not right, some of them are deviant, there is no way A. Those people from the Royal Party have no reputation in the local examination, but they all made it to the list, and they are all at the top, how is this possible?"

Royal party?

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help squinting his eyes when he heard this.

In fact, he already felt that something was wrong, because there was still no news from Yunyang, and even his good grandson He Tingxiang ran over and there was no news.

Will He Tingxiang betray him and join Xue Zhen?
This is impossible. He Tingxiang is not an old-fashioned official like Xue Zhen at all, nor is he a corrupt official. It is impossible for him to lose his career and betray him for money.

Will Xue Zhen kill He Tingxiang all the time?

This is also impossible, it is still possible for Xue Zhen to be greedy for money, and she absolutely dare not kill someone.

Just kidding, his Eunuch Wei's reputation is well known to everyone in the world, if he dared to kill his good grandson, wouldn't he seek death?

He believed that Xue Zhen would not seek death.

That would be extremely abnormal.

Logically speaking, if Xue Zhen covets his money, he is also looking for death!
Besides, Xue Zhen was not the only filial son and virtuous grandson he sent to Yunyang last time. Could it be that everyone else followed Xue Zhen to betray him, and did they all want to die?
This is impossible.

In other words, Xue Zhen may not have betrayed him at all, it is very likely that the emperor secretly sent someone to do Xue Zhen and the others!

Because apart from the emperor, he really can't think of anyone else in this world who has such courage.

Except for the emperor, no one has such a great power. Without going through the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, he directly governed a fourth-rank Yunyang, along with two fourth-rank magistrates, a bunch of county magistrates and prefectures. Done!

If the emperor sent someone to do it, it means that the emperor is going to get rid of him too!

Now, a bunch of imperial parties have emerged, and each of them has been on the list of tributes, which is even worse.

The emperor wants to use the imperial party to replace their eunuchs and control the entire court!
No, I can't just sit and wait!
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian asked solemnly: "Is the exam question deviant?"

Wu Kongjia nodded without hesitation and said, "I'm not the only one who is saying this, many people who participated in the examination are saying it."

very good!

Wei Zhongxian heard the words, and said darkly: "You know the Hongwu Dynasty's North and South List Case?"

Who doesn't know about the Hongwu Dynasty's North and South List Case!

Wu Kongjia was taken aback when he heard this.

What Grandpa meant was to let them make trouble!
You know, there were too many people making troubles, and Emperor Hongwu finally compromised.

(End of this chapter)