Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 282 There is a problem with the list
It was the day when the rankings would be published once every three years. There was a lot of noise outside the Gong Yuan, and a large group of people gathered, all eagerly waiting for the officers and soldiers to post the rankings. The scene was the same as three years ago.

At three poles in the sun, the officers and soldiers who released the list arrived on time, separated an area outside the wall of the tribute courtyard, and began to post the list on the wall in an orderly manner.

The crowd became crazy for a moment, even though there were officers and soldiers blocking them, they wanted to rush forward desperately.Bai Xingjia stood on tiptoe, his heart pounding with nervousness, and he kept praying in his heart that he must be hit.

After the apricot list was posted, Bai Xingjia looked up, and at a glance, he saw the words at the top of the list: No. 1——Bai Xingjia from Songjiang Prefecture.For a moment, his mind went blank.

The fellow scholar was the first to react, shook Bai Xingjia's shoulders, and shouted excitedly: "Brother Bai! You have won Brother Bai! You are Huiyuan!"

Bai Xingjia gradually came back to his senses, and the bewilderment in his heart was quickly replaced by a huge surprise. Tears welled up in his eyes, and his voice trembled uncontrollably: "Huiyuan, I am Huiyuan... It's worth my hard work for three years, and I finally won the prize." ..."

The list was issued, and the names and places of origin of the [-] admitted gongshi were clearly arranged on it, and it was clear at a glance whether they were selected or not.For a while, several families were happy and some were sad. One side was ecstatically celebrating with relatives and friends, while the other side was crying without image.

A young scholar seemed to be unable to accept the fact that he failed the ranking, his eyes were red, and he shouted almost collapsed: "How could it be impossible! How is it possible! The descendants of the direct line, at the age of 19, passed the No. 6 exam in the Jinan prefectural examination, and even the senior officials said that I have a bright future, how could I fail!"

"There must be something wrong with this list, there must be something wrong, I couldn't have missed it, did I leave out my name..." Kong Ruike murmured in his mouth, looking crazy, he pushed everyone away and rushed to the front of the list, Find them one by one by name.

Seeing this, everyone shook their heads, thinking they were crazy again, and didn't take this episode to heart.However, the next moment, they heard Kong Ruike shouting: "There is a problem! There is really a problem with this list!"

Kong Ruike was flushed with excitement, but his eyes were shining strangely: "I counted, and among the three hundred gongshi, at least [-] or [-] are from the south! Only one of the top ten is from Shuntian Mansion For the northerners, the difference is so big, it’s not a problem what is it!”

Everyone cheered up instantly when they heard the words, especially some northern scholars who failed the rankings seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and immediately ran to the front of the rankings to check the native places of the scholars who had won the rankings, and echoed:

"That's right! There are 260 southern scholars who passed the exam, most of them are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I have a great country in China, and both the north and the south are full of outstanding people. How can the north be so far behind the south in an imperial examination? Someone did it!"

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd suddenly went into an uproar: "It's true or not, this is a test, and if you cheat in the imperial examination, you will be killed!"

The southern scholars who passed the exam did not want their glory to be slandered, and said angrily: "You are slandering if you can't get it! If you fail the exam, you think others will fail the exam too! The style of writing in Jiangnan is prosperous. Crush your north? It’s not a day or two since the north failed the south exam, and you’re blatantly questioning the fairness of the exam.

"Bah! Fart!" A northern scholar spat at him angrily, spitting all over the place, "the style of essays, the north can't compare with the south of the Yangtze River, but when did you see the difference in the number of people passing the exam between the north and the south? Three hundred accounted for 260 One, if you say it’s not tricky, do you believe it yourself!”

"If you don't believe it, you have to believe it!" A man glared at the northern scholars with a loud voice, "The imperial examination is the imperial examination, and the admission list for the examination is confirmed by the cabinet and reviewed by His Majesty. Since the apricot list can be issued smoothly , that means there is no problem. Your Majesty has no objection, who dares to spread rumors and slander here!"

When the big hat was buttoned up, most of the people who had danced happily just now fell silent, but some people did not buy it, and sneered: "Your Excellency, I am afraid you don't know, Your Majesty has a headache recently, and it has been a month since I paid much attention to it." Political affairs are over, and all other affairs are handed over to the cabinet. Under such circumstances, Xiao Xiao took advantage of the situation and disrupted the imperial examination to obtain scholars, wouldn't it make sense?"

"It's not enough to just make sense, you have to produce evidence! Otherwise, with just one mouth, everyone can question the fairness of the exam. If this is the case, what kind of scholars will the court choose? What kind of imperial examinations will be held?"

The person who spoke was Kang Yan, the No.3 of this test. At this moment, he was so angry that his face was blue, but he was still trying to suppress his anger, trying to convince the other party with logic and reason: "Leave aside other things, just say that in How much power does it take to give most of the places to the southerners in this nationally-focused test? You can’t do it with one hand! May I ask Your Excellency, is there such a person in the court today?"

However, the other party didn't intend to reason with him, and said nonsense: "Who said that there must be one person? Can't it be a group of people? I think it's this group of officials who secretly teach and accept, and work together to deceive the Holy Majesty. The chief minister of the cabinet is the biggest traitor!"

These failed scholars are both envious of power and hating power, these words just fit their minds, and the crowd excitedly said:

"That's right! The world is as black as crows! Except for the chief assistant Fang Shu, the rest of the cabinet members are from the south. In order to win a few more Jinshi from their hometown, they teamed up to plan this fraud. We northerners are completely cleared out of the court!"

"His heart can be punished! They just want to completely control the court!"

"Fang Shu must have been bought long ago, he is a traitor from the north!"

While saliva was flying, a person shouted hoarsely: "This world is His Majesty's world after all, this court is His Majesty's court after all, how can they be allowed to do whatever they want! I want to appeal, I want to sue! I don't believe it!" If I fail the exam based on my ability, I want to get back my tribute status!"

When the northern scholars who failed the exam heard the words, they suddenly felt that it was not that they failed the exam, but that their quota of tribute scholars had been snatched away.For a moment, the anger was burning in the heart, and the reason was swallowed up. No matter how much they cared about, a large group of people immediately went to the Ministry of Rites, asking the court to give an explanation, and thoroughly investigate the fraud in the imperial examination.

When the news spread to the palace, Emperor Jingfeng, whose headache had not yet recovered, looked gloomy, his headache was about to explode, his whole body was depressed, and his anger was on the verge of eruption.

The great eunuch Ning Fuhai walked in cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Fang Shufang and all the cabinet ministers are here to plead guilty."

(End of this chapter)