Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Xun had just walked upstairs when he saw Zhu Xuan. He immediately went over to him, knelt down and said, "I deserve to die. I was unable to arrange the imperial examination properly, which led to cheating. Please punish me, Your Highness!"

"Master Zhang, please get up!"

Zhu Xuan said: "Before the exam, I discussed once whether there is absolute fairness in the world, but from now on, it seems that there is really no such thing as fairness, and it is difficult for the imperial examination to be fair."

Hearing this, Zhang Xun dared to get up, but after listening to Zhu Xuan's words, he finally understood why Zhu Xuan suddenly changed people.

It's for the sake of fairness. We are worried that the invigilators and examiners will abuse their power and do something. The replacement is sudden and those who want to cheat will definitely not be able to cope with it.

He couldn't help but sigh at how thoroughly Zhu Xuan did these things and how much he attached importance to the imperial examination.

"Your Highness, the imperial examination is fair."

Zhang Xun had no choice but to say.

After saying that, he stood carefully beside Zhu Xuan.

"No, that's not fair."

Zhu Xuan sighed: "Someone is cheating, it's not fair, you see..."

His fingers tapped lightly on the table.

Zhang Xun looked in the direction of the sound and saw the cheating tools placed on the table. As the Minister of Personnel, he knew that he had a responsibility and quickly knelt down to apologize.

"You don't have to kneel. Some things have happened whether they happened or not. Kneeling is useless. It's better to save your energy and find a way to solve it." Zhu Xuan said coldly.

Zhang Xun could hear the anger in Zhu Xuan's tone.

No wonder Zhu Xuan was so angry.

Since this was the first imperial examination that he presided over, it was possible that someone cheated during the examination. Even if it was Zhang Gong, it was possible that he would have done so.

"Your Highness, please tell me what I should do?"

Zhang Xun asked cautiously.

Normally when Zhu Xuan wasn't angry, they could still be more casual with each other, but now that he was angry, he could clearly feel the pressure from Zhu Xuan and had to be very careful.

Zhu Xuan was no longer that little brat, and the pressure he brought to them was still great. Upon hearing this, he asked, "Does the Ministry of Personnel have any different, backup test papers?"

"Yes, Your Highness wants to..."

"That's right!"

Since this happened, Zhu Xuan didn't trust the current test paper. It would be better to be cautious. He said, "Take the new test paper and ask my uncle to print it. However, the question about the trade zone must be added. Send it here immediately after printing. The Jinyiwei below will check it, and it will take some time."

Hearing that the test papers would be temporarily replaced and that the Jinyiwei would conduct a comprehensive check, Zhang Xun was worried that the exam would be delayed, and said, "Your Highness, I don't think this is necessary, right?"

Zhu Xuan asked, "You know cockroaches, right?"

Zhang Xun didn't know what this question meant, so he just nodded in cooperation.

Zhu Xuan added: "Usually if you find a cockroach in your home, then your home may be full of cockroaches. If that's the case, do we still need to take the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty? It doesn't really matter if it's delayed a bit."

Zhang Yan: "..."

This metaphor seems to make sense.

However, Zhang Xun understood that Zhu Xuan had to do this, even if it delayed the imperial examination, he had to do it, and he couldn't let the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty continue to have cheating. He could only lower his head and said, "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"

"Go down and do it!"

Zhu Xuan said calmly, "You can't blame me for being so strict. You have to know that the imperial examination is the future and hope of the Ming Dynasty. Lord Zhang doesn't want his future colleagues to be those who cheated and passed the exam without any knowledge, right?"

Of course Zhang Xun doesn’t want to!

If there are colleagues like this, it lowers their status.

Zhang Xun received the order and quickly went down to make arrangements.

Zhu Xuan continued to sit on the second floor, tapping the table lightly with his fingers. He had originally wanted to wait until after the exam and then return to the palace to read the memorials, but after something like this happened, he had no mood for anything and could only stay here and wait for the final result.

The Jinyiwei below are still investigating.

Noisy sounds continued to come up. Zhu Xuan was not in a hurry. Even if the imperial examination continued to be delayed, he had plenty of time to wait. There could be no mistakes in selecting officials for the country.

Otherwise, this imperial examination will no longer have any meaning.

The wait didn't take long.

Jiang Li finally went up to the second floor, knelt down in front of Zhu Xuan and said, "Your Highness, the cheater has been found out. He said he bought the cheating tools from a man named Lao Liu."

"Lao Liu?"

Zhu Xuan listened and said, "Even the name is not disclosed. This Lao Liu is very cautious."

Jiang Li said in a deep voice: "This Lao Liu seems to be of great importance. It is said that he can even get the test papers."

"Really?"

"That's what the man said."

"He can even get the test papers. He must be a man with connections!"

Zhu Xuan sneered and said, "If it is true, then he must have someone in the court. In other words, our Ming officials cooperated with outsiders to cheat. Interesting!"

Jiang Li was sweating profusely, he could tell that His Highness must be very angry.

There is absolutely no way to resolve this matter if we don't kill a group of people this time.

Even if Zhu Xuan didn't want to kill him, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not show mercy, and many people would die. However, this matter was so serious and outrageous that even Jiang Lin didn't dare to comment on it.

"Catch him and bring Lao Liu back to me."

Zhu Xuan said coldly: "I want to see how powerful this person is to be able to reach out to our court. At the same time, we should prepare to investigate all officials related to the test paper."

"I accept your order!"

Jiang Li walked down immediately.

He knew that next, their Jinyiwei would be useful again and could torture people again.

After Jiang Li left, Zhu Xuan rubbed his temples. He just wanted to do well in the imperial examination and never thought that something like this would happen.

"The imperial examination is not easy!"

Zhu Xuan sighed and continued to wait.

But soon, Lei Gang also came up.

"Your Highness, we have arrested three more people, and they all said they bought the items from Lao Liu."

Lei Gang came up and placed the same cheating tool in front of Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Xuan picked it up and looked at it for a while, then sighed, "Lei Gang, you are right, there is absolutely no fairness in the world."

Lei Gang lowered his head and said, "I dare not!"

"That old six is ​​quite capable!"

Zhu Xuan said calmly: "Let the people below continue and check again. If there are no other problems, let them stop first."

"Yes!"

Lei Gang said again.

You still have to take the imperial examination. If you keep checking, it would be good if you can find the answer, otherwise it won’t make much sense.

If you want to know how many candidates are cheating, just see how many people Lao Liu can expose.

Those candidates who cheated can only be detected because they brought in cheating tools. If Lao Liu really could get the test papers, those candidates must have memorized them long ago, making it difficult to detect.

You can't just open someone's brain and see what's inside.

"Your Highness has ordered us to check again."

Lei Gang arrived and said in a clear voice: "Everything is fine after checking, waiting for the test."

When the examinees heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. They could finally take the exam. (End of this chapter)