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Chapter 138: Raising one's son to cause trouble
"Who is this Lin Yao?"

"I don't know, I've never heard of this person before."

"Who knows where Lin Yao came from? There seems to be no such name in Jieyuan in various places."

"Lin Yao seems to be the son of our Lezhou Prefecture. How could he be Huiyuan?"

"Yes, Lin Yao's previous scores in the provincial examination were very average, and he failed to pass the exam at the end."

Amidst all kinds of discussions, Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing finally came to the front of the list.

Wei Yan and Cao Bingwen looked from the back to the front, while Zhou Ran looked from the front to the back.

A total of 300 people were selected for this year's examination. Zhou Ran kept looking at the tenth place from the beginning but did not see Ye Ximing's name. Not only Ye Ximing, but also Fei Nanxing did not see it.

This made Zhou Ran a little unbelievable. She felt that with Ye Ximing's knowledge, even if he was not Huiyuan, he would definitely be ranked in the top ten.

If Ye Ximing, the Jieyuan of Yongxing Prefecture, is acting abnormally, could it be said that Fei Nanxing, the Jieyuan of the capital, is also acting abnormally?

Zhou Ran didn't finally see Ye Ximing's name until he reached the fifteenth place, and two people behind him was Fei Nanxing, who was in the eighteenth place.

Zhou Ran suppressed the doubts in her heart, curved her lips and smiled at Ye Ximing: "Ms., you won, number fifteen."

Ye Ximing held Zhou Ran's hand tightly and said "Yeah", but there was not much joy in his eyes. He knew his answer sheet well, and the ranking was far from what he expected.

Looking at the other moves around him that shouted: "Impossible, impossible, he can hit it, how could I miss it?", Ye Ximing's heart sank.

Soon, the list was finished. Cao Bingwen saw his name among more than 200 people, but Wei Yan was not on the list as he expected.

Wei Yan accepted this matter well, but when he saw the rankings of Ye Ximing and Fei Nanxing, he was a little unbelievable, "Third brother, you and Brother Fei are both behind the tenth place. How is this possible? ?”

Ye Ximing shook his head at Wei Yan, "Let's go back."

Until he returned home, Wei Yan was still murmuring: "With the knowledge of Third Brother, it is impossible to fall outside the tenth place. Is there anything fishy about the test results?"

Cao Bingwen is very satisfied with his results. He has no requirements for ranking. It would be great if he can win.

Hearing Wei Yan's words, his eyelids jumped and he said: "The examination is an important way for the imperial court to recruit scholars. The imperial court always attaches great importance to it. The examiner for this examination was selected by the emperor. How could there be anything fishy?"

Neither Wei Yan nor Cao Bingwen had heard about the leak of test questions before.

When Wei Yan heard what Cao Bingwen said, he thought it made sense. He glanced at Ye Ximing and did not mutter about the ranking. Instead, he said: "Third brother, don't be discouraged. Although you didn't get the top ten, what do you say? You won too, much better than me. When the time comes for the imperial examination, you should perform well and try to win the top prize. "

Ye Ximing nodded, "Well, I'm not discouraged."

What he is thinking about now is that he still doesn't know how this matter will develop in the future.

He didn't think this exam would pass without incident.

Sure enough, just as Ye Ximing thought, early the next morning, someone who had failed the examination sounded the drum outside the court, suing the examiner Weng Jingshan for leaking the questions in the imperial examination. Weng Jingshan, the Minister of Rites, swore in court that he had never done this.

Weng Jingshan was the examiner selected by Emperor Hongsheng after thousands of choices, and he had been wrangling with Empress Dowager Xuan for a long time before deciding on the examiner. Of course Emperor Hongsheng believed in Weng Jingshan's character.

After an argument with Queen Mother Xuan's party in the court, Emperor Hongsheng asked Weng Jingshan to cooperate with the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate to investigate the matter.

As soon as this incident came out, everything in the capital was blown up.

After Wei Yan heard this, he said with a sudden look on his face: "I just asked why the third brother and Brother Fei are so low in the rankings. It turns out that someone leaked the questions. Those who got the top rankings didn't all get the test questions in advance. , ready for the article?"

"Not necessarily." Ye Ximing shook his head and said, "Maybe there is someone here who has real talent and learning."

Although Ye Ximing feels that he has learned well from Mr. Zou, he is not so arrogant that he thinks that there is no one better than him among the students in the world.

Zhou Ran is concerned about: "What will happen if it is found that the imperial examination questions are leaked? Will the results of those who know the test questions in advance be invalidated?"

Ye Ximing said: "It depends on the specific situation. If there are only a few people, then only themselves will be involved. At most, their results will be invalidated, they will be banned from taking the exam, or they will be imprisoned."

"But if there are a lot of people involved, then this list may be completely scrapped and the exam will be taken again."

However, this kind of thing has happened before.

Cao Bingwen thought of this possibility as soon as the incident came out, and his face was really not pretty.

He is not as knowledgeable as Ye Ximing, and unlike Ye Ximing who is not afraid of retaking the exam, he was lucky enough to get over 200 places this time. If he takes the exam again, he is not sure whether he will be so lucky to get on the list.

But Wei Yan was very happy. He didn't perform well on the Jingyi question in the first test last time. He might still have a chance in the retake this time.

Most of the successful candidates and failed candidates in Jingzhong today have the mentality of Cao Bingwen and Wei Yan.

However, whether the exam will be retaken depends on how the Third Division investigates.

The Third Division acted quickly and found out the matter in less than five days. The leak of the imperial examination question was indeed caused by Weng Jingshan, but the person who leaked the question was not Weng Jingshan, but the person in front of Weng Jingshan. A doting concubine, and the actions involved in the leaking question actually accounted for nearly half of the people on the list.

This result almost made Emperor Hongsheng angry to death. This was the first imperial examination he personally presided over, but the result was such a mess.

But no matter how angry Emperor Hongsheng was, Weng Jingshan was still his, and it was not him who leaked the story. He originally wanted to convict him of negligence and save his life.

However, Empress Dowager Xuan's party pressed forward step by step, and the officials gathered in Beijing were also dissatisfied with this treatment.

Under the instigation of thoughtful people, a large number of disciples gathered at the gate of Gongyuan to protest, so that the emperor must severely punish Weng Jingshan and give an explanation to the students all over the world.

Of course, Ye Ximing and Wei Yan were not included among these people.

It's not that no one contacted them, but they were all blocked by Ye Ximing.

Under heavy pressure, Emperor Hongsheng finally chose to exile Weng Jingshan. Although Empress Dowager Xuan and her party were still not satisfied with the result, they also knew that they could not push Emperor Hongsheng too far. Anyway, this person and they He will not be allowed to return to the capital again.