Jinyi champion

Chapter 503 Bidirectional Logic
Qianqing Palace.

"Old Yang Ge, have you got the result of the imperial examination? Just report it to me tomorrow morning, why come in person?" Zhu Si looked very impatient.

Yang Tinghe took the initiative to come to Qianqing Palace to seek an audience, and brought Mao Cheng and Fengxi with him, which seemed to be persecuting, which made Zhu Si very resistant.

The new emperor's attitude is very different from yesterday when he went to check the files in person.

The reason why Yang Tinghe came to test it was because he noticed that the new emperor had an abnormal expression when he went to Wenyuan Pavilion to read the papers yesterday, which made him feel that he had a close relationship with someone in it.

Yang Tinghe said: "Now that the second and third ranks have been determined, the seal has been opened, and we are preparing to fill in the imperial list."

"Oh!?"

Zhu Sidao, "The second and third ranks have been decided, so there are only three people left in the first rank? Does it mean that there are still top rankings among the second ranks that have not been determined?"

Mao Cheng took a step forward and said respectfully, "It's all settled."

Zhu Si smiled and said, "That's fine. There are only three people in Yijia. What's the problem?"

Yang Tinghe said: "When it comes to the candidate for the number one scholar, it is extremely important, so please His Majesty personally decide."

With that said, Yang Tinghe asked Fengxi to submit the three examination papers that were still sealed.

Zhu Siben didn't want to read it, but he really wanted to know whether Zhu Hao's examination paper was among the three papers, so he tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and waved to Zhang Zuo, who brought the three papers in front of him.

"This... let me decide?"

Zhu Si asked casually.

He saw Zhu Hao's paper at a glance, and finally let go of the tense string in his heart.

Yang Tinghe said: "Yes."

Zhu Si asked, "Who are they?"

It was Mao Cheng who replied: "There are still three people, namely Jiangxi Fei Maozhong, Beizhili Yang Weicong, and Huguang Zhu Hao."

"Who?"

Zhu Siyi's eyes widened when he heard that, with a sullen look on his face, "I'll say the last one."

When Yang Tinghe heard it, there was indeed a problem.

Mao Cheng repeated: "It's Zhu Hao, the son of Huguang'an Luzhou."

Zhu Si looked at the examination paper carefully, squinted his eyes, and Yang Tinghe poked his head a little. Sure enough, the emperor looked at the paper with the highest evaluation, which was known as "outstanding among chickens", and immediately knew it in his mind.

Zhu Si suddenly turned to the next one, picked it up and said, "Let's take this paper as the champion."

This move made Yang Tinghe dumbfounded, unexpected.

Mao Cheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the article on the first examination paper has been appreciated by all the examiners. His essay is sophisticated and should be the top pick."

Zhu Si frowned: "Didn't you let me decide? Now I have to make a decision, but you say this is the best, so why let me get involved? You can just make up your own mind."

The emperor was angry.

Are you civil servants making fun of me?

Tell me to choose, but you don't agree with me?

Yang Tinghe nodded slightly, and when he looked at Zhu Si, Zhu Si gave him a hard look.

Yang Tinghe was not annoyed at all, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you unseal the three papers and arrange the order."

Zhu Si stood up from behind the desk, obviously not wanting to entangle too much: "Although I have never presided over the palace examination before, I also know that the seal should be opened after the ranking is completed. The rules cannot be changed without authorization. I have to set an example... that's all. Mr. Yang Ge, which exam paper do you think is worthy of the title of number one scholar? I will listen to you."

Yang Tinghe cupped his hands: "The sacred teachings are deafening. The old minister believes that, as His Majesty said, since it is determined by the rules, the one with the highest evaluation will be the champion."

Zhu Si's face was full of displeasure, but his heart was full of joy.

He thought to himself, Zhu Hao was right. I skipped Zhu Hao’s article and chose someone else’s. Yang Tinghe must think that I recognized Zhu Hao’s handwriting. If he wanted to retaliate against Zhu’s family, he chose Zhu Hao’s article as the number one. , He also said to act according to the rules, if he really had no bad intentions, why did he come to ask me for instructions?
"Old Yang Ge, do you have to insist on this?"

Zhu Si chattered endlessly, trying to make Yang Tinghe change his mind.

Mao Cheng hastily came out: "Your Majesty, the one with the highest evaluation should be the top scorer in the imperial examination papers, which is the national style. The second one is the second place, and the third one is the top scorer. Your majesty please judge."

Zhu Si waved his hand: "That's fine, let's take him as the number one scholar... Who cares about him, I will play another one at the court tomorrow morning, and you all can withdraw."

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Yang Tinghe returned to Wenhua Hall with Mao Cheng and Fengxi.

There was no communication on the road.

When we arrived at the Wenhua Palace, Mao Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Master Ge, what does Your Majesty mean?"

Yang Tinghe pointed at Fengxi, and Fengxi retreated out of the hall immediately, so only Mao Cheng and Yang Tinghe were left alone in the Wenhua Hall.

Yang Tinghe said: "Come and open Mifeng."

Mao Cheng then opened the three examination papers, which were Zhu Hao, Yang Weicong and Fei Maozhong according to the order of arrangement.

"Ah? Why...that fourteen-year-old boy?" Mao Cheng was very surprised.

Zhu Hao's article is so outstanding?
He won first prize, but now he is the top pick again?
Yang Tinghe said: "It seems that this son has a lot of academic attainments!"

"But Jiefu...he..." Mao Cheng looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else, he reminded in a low voice, "This is from Anlu, will it... cause criticism?"

In fact, Mao Cheng didn't mean to "provoke criticism", but wanted to say, will this person form a party with the emperor and can't be used by us?
Yang Tinghe smiled lightly, and said: "At first glance, you know very little about this son. He is not only a student from Anlu Prefecture, but also grew up in the palace since he was a child. He has a lot of connections with His Majesty today..."

"what?!"

This time Mao Cheng was really shocked.

Yang Tinghe said: "But he is also the son of the Zhu family of Qianhu of Jinyiwei. The old man specifically asked about this son's uncle. Now Zhu Wanhong of Qianhu of Jinyiwei has learned from him that this son was arranged to be a companion in the palace since he was a child. Serve as the court's eyeliner."

Mao Cheng never imagined that there were so many inside stories behind it, so he was speechless for a while.

"That's why Your Majesty, when he learned that this volume was ranked high in the Yudong Pavilion yesterday, he looked different. It was because His Majesty recognized his handwriting at a glance and felt repulsed. Today, he is determined not to choose him as the No. [-] scholar."

Yang Tinghe expressed his judgment.

Mao Cheng said: "Is it possible that His Majesty has a close relationship with this son, and His Majesty is pretending?"

A sneer appeared on the corner of Yang Tinghe's mouth: "The old man once asked the Queen Mother about Zhang Yong and Zhang Gonggong, and learned that the death of the eldest son of King Xingxian was related to the Jinyiwei Zhu family... Do you think His Majesty will trust the Zhu family's children?"

Mao Cheng suddenly realized: "No wonder, His Majesty clearly recognized his character and knew him, but he didn't choose him as the number one scholar. So there is such hatred, then..."

Yang Tinghe issued a warning: "Only you and I know about this matter, and you must not leak it to others."

"It's natural."

Mao Cheng wiped off his cold sweat.

Jin Yiwei murdered the eldest son of Prince Xing's mansion?That is to say, the little emperor doesn't have much real power now, otherwise, he will definitely order a thorough investigation, and there are not a few people who have been implicated.

Yang Tinghe picked up Zhu Hao's paper again, his eyes were deep: "In this way, such a young hero can be used by this old man."

"But Jie Fu, after all, this son is from Anlu Prefecture. I'm afraid the rumors will be bad. He is not very old, how can he convince the public among the new scholars? He can enter Hanyuan after being ranked first, but he is still the number one scholar... Could it be... oh!"

Mao Cheng didn't have the nerve to say something, the emperor clearly resisted Zhu Hao being the number one scholar, but you still stood up to the wind, obviously not giving the emperor face!

Yang Tinghe said coldly: "It's just following the rules, so why worry about it?"

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The ranking of the palace examination is finalized.

That night, Zhu Si couldn't wait to tell Zhu Hao the good news, and acted extremely excited, as if he himself was the champion.

All the old people present in Xingwang's mansion stepped forward and congratulated Zhu Hao with smiles on their faces.

Tang Yin sighed: "You are a fourteen-year-old boy, and you won three yuan in a row... No, you scored six yuan in a row, and you can be said to be the number one person in Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hao, you are worthy of the teacher's appreciation and cultivation of you."

While putting gold on his face, Tang Yin began to regard himself as Zhu Hao's enlightening teacher again.

Zhu Hao didn't have much joy on his face, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Is there no abnormal behavior on Mr. Yang Ge's side?"

"Who said no?"

Zhu Sidao, "Yang Ting and that old man actually took advantage of the imperial examination today to take the Minister of Rites and the Hanlin Bachelor to my Qianqing Palace. They really regard the palace as their own home! Fortunately, Zhu Hao, you reminded me, I Pretending to recognize your handwriting, but not choosing you as the champion, guess what? The old man actually told me that everything should be done according to the rules, and the champion can only be you... But the old guy didn't know that we had already calculated him to death dead!"

Zhu Si was very annoyed when he spoke.

Obviously, Yang Tinghe went to Qianqing Palace to ask for an interview today, which completely angered him.

Although Zhu Si could refuse, but Yang Tinghe's move has a kind of arrogance of "you dare not see me", which is where Zhu Si is ashamed.

Zhu Hao said: "It doesn't matter if it is the number one scholar, as long as he feels that there is an old grudge between the minister and His Majesty, it will be fine to let the minister stay in the capital in the future."

Zhu Si asked puzzledly: "But Zhu Hao, why did the old man surnamed Yang insist on following the rules when I said I wouldn't choose you?"

Zhang Zuo was also very surprised: "Yes, Mr. Zhu, our family really can't understand this point. Your Majesty asked, and our family didn't know how to answer."

Zhang Zuo intentionally "confessed" in front of Zhu Hao.

He belittled himself so much because he knew that Zhu Si believed that Zhu Hao's strategy was unparalleled in the world. If he pretended to be big, he would leave a bad impression on the new emperor that "you are not sincere and want to compete with Zhu Hao". Elevating Zhu Hao and belittling himself in front of others, showing that he is open-minded and eager to learn, and he respects Zhu Hao extremely.

Zhu Haodao: "Because he takes it for granted that I am one with the Zhu family behind me, and the Zhu family stayed in Anlu to monitor Xing Wang's mansion, so there is a grudge with His Majesty."

"Really? Haha." Zhu Si obviously knew this saying, but with Zhu Hao around, he didn't think the Zhu family was bad, but thought it was fun.

Zhang Zuo looked embarrassed: "This may not be good for Mr. Zhu's reputation."

Zhu Si waved his hand: "What's wrong? If someone surnamed Yang thinks that Zhu Hao belongs to the Jinyiwei Zhu family, he will relax his vigilance. Maybe he thinks that Zhu Hao will join his party. When Zhu Hao succeeds in fighting Once inside them, whenever there is any plan, Zhu Hao will deal with it as soon as possible, and see the tricks... It's exciting to think about it!"

Zhang Zuo shuddered when he heard this, if that day really happened, Yang Tinghe would be in great trouble.

Zhu Si raised his arms: "Anyway, I will have strong support in the court in the future, and finally I will no longer fight alone. With Zhu Hao here, it will not be far before the time when those old men go home to farm! I am waiting Come this day!"

(End of this chapter)