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Chapter 107 Spring Examination Fraud Case

In the 14th year of Jingde, in mid-June.

The rebellion in the six southeastern states has basically subsided.

All that is left is to wipe out the broken soldiers who have been entrenched in various places and turned into bandits.

All cities have returned to the imperial court's control.

The six armies are stationed in six states, gradually clearing up the routs and bandits, basically there will be no major disturbances.

Ye Cheng has completed this counter-insurgency mission and is preparing to return to Yujing.

This time he was not with the large force that was escorting the felons and valuables.

Because the speed is too slow.

The last time he went to Weizhou to investigate the gangster rebellion, he had been away for a full month when he came back.

He certainly won't waste time on the road.

So he took Qingqi and led a dozen people to go ahead.

The six southeastern states that have experienced repeated wars are extremely depressed.

Even if the rebellion subsided, it was still the same, no one could be seen anywhere, and many villages were empty.

There are bones everywhere on the road, a miserable scene.

Fortunately, the rebellion did not last too long, otherwise it would have a greater impact on the livelihood of the people in the six southeastern states.

After entering Yuanzhou, the situation is much better.

Although after the initial chaos, many people in Yuanzhou fled for fear of the rebels coming in, but after Ye Cheng personally led an army of 20 and broke the rebel camp, the situation changed completely.

Many people who escaped also returned quickly, and now all parts of Yuanzhou have returned to normal.

"The impact of the war on the people is too great."

Bai Yulang, who was sitting on a black donkey, felt the changes in the six southeastern states and Yuanzhou, as if they were two different worlds, and he was deeply moved immediately.

He is not the kind of ordinary noble son who only knows about luxury and money. He has traveled all over the world and understands what is suffering in people's livelihood.

"Yes."

Ye Cheng rode a horse, nodded and said.

"I really hope that there will be no more wars in the world, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Unfortunately, this is simply impossible."

Bai Yulang shook his head and smiled wryly as he spoke.

"Old Bai, why are you feeling emotional all of a sudden?"

Ye Cheng suddenly laughed.

"It's just a feeling."

Bai Yulang said.

"Old Bai, let me see, since you care about the common people, why don't you become an official and benefit one party, is it better than wasting your time?"

Ye Cheng said seriously.

"Don't, don't, I'm not an official. I think it's good to run errands."

Bai Yulang's head shook like a rattle.

He was afraid that Ye Cheng would drag him into becoming an official.

Isn't that killing him?
Running errands for Yecheng now is just hard work for a while, but being an official is hard work for a lifetime.

Ye Cheng smiled and said no more.

three days later.

Ye Cheng's group has rushed to Daxing Pavilion, five miles away from Yujing.

Seeing the familiar majestic Yujing City from a distance, everyone became excited.

"It's finally time to drink."

Bai Yulang was excited to be able to drink Su Qingjiu from Qingyuanlou soon.

Others were excited to return to Yujing with honor.

Everyone will be rewarded for their merits this time.

How important is counterinsurgency.

Ye Cheng was in a calm mood, and this time he returned to Yujing, he knew he had to continue to be busy.

He is still the principal of Shenwu Academy.

Before the rebellion of Wang Zhaoli and his family, the Spring Examination of Shenwu Academy was delayed, and it has not been carried out. This time, we must focus on doing a good job in the Spring Examination.

Suddenly, Ye Cheng saw Qianhuang's imperial chariot outside the Daxing Pavilion, as well as all the civil and military officials standing there.

Ye Cheng was a little startled.

Emperor Qian went out of the city five miles to welcome him back to Yujing?
What a courtesy.

This is the highest honor for any general who returns from a victorious battle.

It is said that Wang Zhixian, the Great General of Zhenbei decades ago, also received such courtesy from Emperor Qianwen.

It's a pity that this veteran committed suicide after being defeated in the previous Jiangshan war.

The people who came back with Ye Cheng were equally shocked.

This is much more grand than the last time Emperor Qian welcomed Ye Cheng's return at the gate of the imperial city.

But thinking of Ye Cheng's peerless military exploits this time, he really deserves such a courtesy.

Ye Cheng quickly got off his horse.

"Haha, my Ye Qing is back."

Emperor Qian came out from the Daxing Pavilion with a smile on his face.

Prince Su Zhe followed suit.

The emperor and his ministers finally met.

Seeing this situation, all civil and military officials had mixed feelings.

After all, there is only one eunuch who has received such honor and courtesy, not to mention since the founding of the state, even in all dynasties.

"Wei Chen greets His Majesty."

Just as Ye Cheng was about to bow down, he was supported by Qianhuang's hands.

"You don't need to be too polite, Ye Qing. It's really a blessing for me to serve the country and I'm very pleased that you came back victorious after suppressing the rebellion."

Emperor Qian said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to His Majesty's trust that I can achieve what I have achieved today."

Ye Cheng said.

Emperor Qian entrusted him with the important task of pacifying the six states in the southeast. Even when he stood still in Yuanzhou, Emperor Qian continued to bear the pressure, and instead reassured him to just follow the plan.

It can only be said that Emperor Qian really managed to employ people without doubting them, and doubting them.

After some courteous treatment, Ye Cheng, at the request of the Emperor Qian, boarded the Imperial Palace, and returned to Yujing with the Crown Prince Qian.

This is Ye Cheng's second time sitting in the emperor's court.

After returning to Yujing, Yecheng was flattered again, because almost all the people in the city gathered on Zhengyang Avenue.

The entire Zhengyang Avenue is twelve miles long.

very wide.

But at this moment, both sides of the avenue are full of people, welcoming the return of Ye Cheng, the anti-insurgency coach.

"Ye Qing, did you see that this time the imperial court did not organize the people to welcome you, but came here spontaneously. It is because of you that quelled the rebellion in the six southeastern states that the people can live and work in peace."

Emperor Qian was in a very good mood and said with a smile.

"I am really ashamed of you, He De He Neng."

Ye Cheng said hastily.

It took a full hour to walk on Zhengyang Avenue for twelve miles, and there were people everywhere.

Into the imperial city.

After arriving outside the palace, Ye Cheng followed Emperor Qian and the crown prince through the main entrance.

Even other civil and military ministers can only go through the side doors on both sides.

This is courtesy.

In Fengtian Temple.

Qian Huanggao sat on the dragon chair.

The ministers of civil and military affairs are arranged on the left and right sides of the hall.

"Ye Hou, please stand here."

Taiwei Wei Chiyan pulled Ye Cheng to stand at the front.

"Master Taiwei, this can't be done."

Ye Cheng hastily refused.

The position of the head of the military officer is not so easy to stand.

"Today Yehou is my hero, who dares to say that he can't stand?"

Taiwei Yu Chiyan stared at Tongling's big eyes and said.

"The Taiwei is the head of military officers, how can he mess up his position."

Ye Cheng laughed.

"Ye Qing, Yu Chiqing, you two don't have to stand one after the other, just stand side by side."

Emperor Qian, who was sitting on the high seat, saw Ye Cheng and Yu Chiyan chattering below, and said immediately.

"The minister obeys the order."

Ye Cheng had no choice but to stand side by side with Yu Chiyan in front of the military officer.

After the officials bowed down, the eunuch Xu Heng, the supervisor of ceremonies, came out, opened a copy of the imperial edict in his hand, and began to read it to the officials.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Ye Cheng, the Marquis of the Sword, has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion between the king and the Zhao family. He has been specially promoted to be the Duke of the State Supervisor, and given the title of General Protector to show the emperor's favor. I respect you!"

A short decree.

But above the entire court, it caused shock among the officials.

It's okay for the general who protects the country.

This is just a kind of honor and has no real power. Only in a certain period of time, the great general who protects the country is given power.

But Jian Guogong is different.

There are very few dukes in the Qian Kingdom.

Since the founding of the state of Qian, seventeen dukes have been canonized.

There are only eleven families that can continue to this day.

Now that Ye Cheng has been conferred the title of Duke Supervisor, it means that he has become one of the twelve most respected Dukes of the Qian Kingdom.

Moreover, the dukedom of Yecheng is very special.

Supervisor of the country.

Anything that matches the word "Jian Guo" has an extraordinary meaning.

For example, the prince of the state, the minister of the state, the prince of the state, etc.
Although there is another explanation for Duke Jian, it has something to do with Ye Cheng's status as an eunuch.

But it can still be seen that Emperor Qian attaches great importance to Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng was also stunned.

Made the Duke?

This is too outrageous.

Although his Duke is different from those hereditary dukes.

But he can live forever.

Ye Cheng quickly walked out from the ranks of military officers, his steps were a little light.

Although it's just a title, but this is the Duke, the meaning is still very different.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

After Ye Cheng saluted and thanked him, he accepted the imperial decree handed over by Eunuch Xu Heng.

After the court meeting was over, many civil and military ministers stepped forward to greet Ye Cheng and congratulate him.

This is a completely different treatment from before.

With the power of the Wang and Zhao families in the court being wiped out, the current civil and military officials are much cleaner.

They are also willing to get close to the upstart Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng was in a good mood, so he naturally responded one by one.

This means that he has really gained a foothold in the court.

After Ye Cheng exchanged pleasantries with Xiao Xiang and Yuchi Taiwei, he went directly to the Yangshen Temple.

He also had to report to Emperor Qian about the situation in the six southeastern states in detail.

The temple of nourishment.

Ye Cheng saluted Emperor Qian and Crown Prince Su Zhe.

"Ye Qing doesn't need to be too polite."

Emperor Qian smiled lightly, "I heard from Master Wu that you took the lead in the battle of Jiangshan, and personally led the martial arts army to kill the rebel army's martial art army to collapse, causing the rebel army to collapse in chaos, and sealed the victory in one fell swoop."

In the war of ten thousand armies, the role of the master will be greatly reduced. Ye Cheng's leading the way can be said to be dangerous.

"Your Majesty, luck."

Ye Cheng said modestly.

"If it was a fluke in the Jiangshan War, then Nanxiadao blocked and killed 1+ main force of the rebels with more than 10,000 martial arts corps. Ye Qing still took the lead and resisted the crazy attack of tens of thousands of rebels. It lasted for more than two hours. It would be a fluke."

Emperor Qian laughed.

He couldn't imagine how terrifying pressure Ye Cheng withstood on that battlefield.

It can be said that the rebellion in the six southeastern states was able to be quelled so smoothly thanks to these two battles, which almost completely wiped out the elites of the Wang and Zhao families.

Once the main force of the two rebel forces retreated back to defend, the imperial court would probably spend ten times more manpower, material resources and even time to calm them down.

When he received these two battle reports in a row, he was extremely shocked.

Moreover, Yecheng not only put an end to the chaos of Wang Zhao in the six states in the southeast, but also disintegrated the five alliances by the way, and brought Yue Qingzong to the imperial court.

"At that time, I only wanted to intercept the rebels. I had no other ideas other than that. I felt incredible that I could persist in the end."

Ye Cheng said.

If there is no Dao Fruit of Immortality, grass will almost grow on his grave.

Of course, if this were the case, he would not be able to reach the heights he is today.

It is estimated that it is still a small guard eunuch.

It can only be said that the fruit of immortality has made him who he is today.

Next, Ye Cheng talked with Emperor Qian and Crown Prince Su Zhe for a long time, involving various aspects, including the Spring Examination of Shenwu Academy.

The restart of the spring test will also have a great effect on boosting people's hearts.

Finally, after Ye Cheng had dinner with Emperor Qian in the palace, he returned to Zhijianhou's mansion in the imperial sedan chair.

No, it should be the State Supervisor's Mansion.

The plaque has been changed.

Although the mansion is still the original mansion, once the plaque is changed, the weather will be different.

"Goodbye sir."

Many servants and guards were already standing at the door, lined up in two rows, welcoming the Duke back home.

Ye Cheng was sitting in the palace sedan chair, he didn't come down, he just lifted the curtain, looked at the servants of the palace, and let the bearers carry them in.

Because Emperor Qian had given him the royal bridge.

Back in the mansion, Ye Cheng waved away the servants, sat on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated, enjoying the rare tranquility.

"Next, in addition to my own work, I will focus on meditation, break through to the late innate stage as soon as possible, and by the way, take the martial arts one step further to reach the realm of the great master."

Ye Cheng thought in his heart.

He knew that his strength would enter a bottleneck period next.

No one knows how long it will take to break through.

but it does not matter.

He has time.

With his current strength, as long as he doesn't go out and commit suicide, he can basically protect himself.

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it has been three months since Ye Cheng returned to Yujing.

The Spring Examination of Shenwu Academy has also officially ended.

840 young martial arts seeds from 730 states in the world participated in the spring test, and after many selections, [-] eight were finally admitted.

The admission ratio is as high as [-] to [-].

The reason why the admission ratio is so high is mainly due to the influence of the Wang and Zhao families' rebellion. The number of martial arts students in Shenwu Academy was seriously insufficient, which decreased by nearly two-thirds.

Therefore, the number of martial arts students recruited in this spring test is much higher than in previous years.

There will not be such a high ratio in the future.

The whole spring trial was based on new rules, so there were a lot of commoner children in this spring trial.

Ye Cheng, as the headmaster of Shenwu Academy, is in charge of the spring exam, and he is extremely strict in the review to prevent impostors and impostors from happening.

This is not the case.

Many such cases have been found.

Some civilian children are often replaced without knowing it.

Yecheng has formulated severe punishment measures. Once it is discovered and verified, it will cancel the spring test qualification of the martial arts force for more than 20 years.

In the evening, Ye Cheng returned from the Shenwu Academy to the Duke's Mansion in the palace sedan chair.

The four bearers walked like flying.

They are all guard eunuchs, and they are all acquired warriors.

Since the spring test ended yesterday, Ye Cheng needed to conduct a final review of all the places of martial arts students who passed the test, and he was busy until now before going back.

Suddenly, the four bearers who were carrying the sedan chair stopped, and one of them shouted sharply: "Bold, how dare you bump into the sedan chair of the Duke?"

It turned out that a black shadow rushed out from the shadows beside him, and fell to his knees in the middle of the road.

wow wow wow.
This person seemed to be a mute, just yelling like that, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

"what happened?"

Ye Cheng's voice came from the sedan chair.

"My lord, someone is blocking the way, it seems to be a mute."

said a bearer.

"See if you can write, and ask what's going on?"

Ye Cheng said.

"Yes, my lord."

The bearer responded quickly.

The sedan chair was lowered, and one of the bearers walked over.

That person was a young man, who looked only twelve or thirteen years old, and was very handsome.

"If your lord asks you something, will you say it?"

asked the bearer.

The boy raised his head, opened his mouth, shook his head, and made a wow sound.

"Can you write?"

The bearer asked again.

The young man nodded vigorously, took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms, and there seemed to be many messy words on it, and handed it to the bearer.

The bearer opened the ball of paper and frowned, because the paper was crumpled and the writing was messy.

"let me see."

Ye Cheng in the sedan chair said.

"Yes, my lord."

The bearer quickly delivered the ball of paper to Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng carefully read the content on the paper.

Although it was messy, there were some typos, and some pictures were even used to replace it. It was obvious that the people who wrote it were not very literate.

But after reading it carefully, he basically understood the above meaning.

He suddenly frowned.

Then he said to the bearers: "Go back to Shenwu Academy. And bring this boy with you."

"Yes, my lord."

The bearer didn't know why, but he did it.

"Young man, you follow the sedan chair, do you understand?"

The bearer said to the boy.

The boy nodded vigorously and seemed very happy.

Just like that, the four bearers carried the sedan chair back to Shenwu Academy.

The young man galloped after him, his physical strength seemed to be very good, he should have practiced some simple body training methods.

After arriving at Shenwu Academy.

A great martial artist who stayed behind was very surprised to see the master came back with a dirty-looking young man by his side.

"Master He Cheng, bring over all the information about the martial arts students who passed the examination in Wuzhou."

Ye Cheng said.

"Yes, Master."

Master He Cheng quickly responded, and then entered the reference room with several other masters, and brought out a large box.

It contains all the materials of Wusheng in Wuzhou this time.

There are 42 servings in total.

On behalf of Wuzhou, 42 people passed the spring exam and became official martial arts students of Shenwu Academy.

Each one is very detailed and has undergone strict review.

Ye Cheng began to search among these 42 documents.

After a while, he took out a stack of documents and flipped through them.

Looking at it, Ye Cheng's face turned cold.

Master He Cheng next to him saw the master's expression, and his heart skipped a beat. Nothing will happen, right?

Under normal circumstances, these martial arts students who passed the spring examination have been reviewed many times, and basically there will be no major problems.

"It's really courageous, to dare to make moves under the nose of this seat."

Ye Cheng's face was gloomy, and he patted the table directly.

Master He Cheng and several other martial artists trembled in fright.

When Ye Cheng was angry at this moment, how terrifying was that power.

"House, Master."

Master He Cheng stammered and asked.

"Why are these three portraits? The difference is so big?"

Ye Cheng said.

Martial Master He Cheng took the information, checked it, and said cautiously after a while: "Master, could there be some differences when the artist painted?"

"Hmph, find this freshman Lu You for me."

Of course Ye Cheng didn't think so.

Because of his amazing memory, he has an impression of all the 730 people who passed the assessment this time.

In the spring exam this time, there was indeed a dumb boy named Lu You, born in a poor family, a typical commoner's child, and he performed well in the spring exam.

Combining the first two portraits with the face of the dumb boy next to him, he can basically judge that this dumb boy is Lu You who passed the examination.

Who is Lu You, who became a freshman of Shenwu Academy?
"Yes"

Master He Cheng hurried out in person.

About ten minutes later, Master He Cheng brought back a boy.

This young man was dressed in fine clothes, and at first glance, he knew that he was not a commoner's son.

Moreover, Ye Cheng had never met this person in the spring exam.

On the contrary, it is somewhat similar to the portrait of Chun Yu.

After the young man saw Ye Cheng, he immediately trembled.

Because he recognized Ye Cheng as the principal of Shenwu Academy.

"Your name is Lu You?"

Ye Cheng asked.

"Yes, yes, Master."

The boy answered cautiously, not knowing where to put his hands.

"Isn't Lu You dumb? Why can you speak? Who are you? Tell me the truth?"

Ye Cheng snorted coldly.

He only used a little bit of martial intent, and the boy was so scared that he said something, completely exposing the fact that he should have been pretending to be dumb.

The boy was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

Master He Cheng and other martial artists were also stunned.

They knew something big was going to happen this time.

There is actually someone so grandiose as to replace a commoner who passed the examination and become a freshman of Shenwu Academy?
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