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Chapter 394 Examiner
Faced with the memorials from court officials that were like flying snow all over the sky, Emperor Zhengde, as a mature boss, was able to control his emotions well.

Anyway, you guys do yours and I do mine, and we don't interfere with each other.

How could such a perfunctory attitude satisfy the ministers?
As a result, more memorials flew into the palace, but Emperor Zhengde had already set up the Leopard Room, and all these memorials were handed over to the cabinet for processing.

The three-member cabinet group is not easy to fool. Every day they carefully select dozens of memorials with new insults and send them to the Leopard Room. Their attitude is also very clear. Everyone can talk it out. As the boss, you can't just ignore any of the suggestions put forward by your subordinates, right?
Emperor Zhengde said that there was no rush for this as there were more important things to do now!
In this pleasant atmosphere, on the sixth day of February, Emperor Zhengde issued an edict ordering Liang Chu, the Minister of Personnel and Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Ou Zanghua, the Chancellor of the Chancellery, Right Vice Minister of Rites and Minister of the Honglu Temple, to be the chief examiners of the joint examination in the ninth year of Zhengde.

Eight people, including Jia Yong, Zhongchong of Zuochunfang and also reader of Hanlin Academy, Cui Xian, reader of Hanlin Academy, Zhai Luan, editor of Hanlin Academy, and Huang Gong, member of the Ministry of War, served as co-examiners and formed the examining team for the joint examination that year.

The pre-examination organizational work for the joint examination is generally the same as that for the provincial examination. It also requires the formation of a working team that includes the chief examiner, co-examiners, supervisors, invigilators, those who provide and collect examination papers, seal them, record them, read them over and over again, receive the papers, and also patrol the gates and search for officials with suspected hostages. However, the overall standards are much higher.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu set a rule that there would be two chief examiners and eight co-examiners for the joint examination. The chief examiner and three co-examiners had to be Hanlin officials, and the remaining five co-examiners could be hired from instructors.

However, during the Zhengtong period, it was required that the chief examiner and co-examiner should be officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Chunfang Academy, and that officials from the capital "who have passed the imperial examinations and have good learning and conduct" should also be employed. Instructors were no longer hired, and the qualifications of the chief examiners were constantly improved.

During the Hongwu and Yongle periods, Hanlin academicians, readers and lecturers were generally allowed to serve as chief examiners.

During the Xuande and Zhengtong periods, the chief examiner was changed to a third-rank official and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Starting from the Hongzhi period, the chief examiner was usually one Grand Secretary and one President of the Hanlin Academy.

In the following Tianqi period, both chief examiners were grand secretaries. It can be said that each generation was stronger than the previous one, but it could not stop the Ming Dynasty from coming to an end.

Strictly speaking, Ou Zanghua was not qualified to be the chief examiner. After all, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites were not as good as the Grand Secretary or the President of the Hanlin Academy.

At this time, the useless Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion came into play.

Although the Zhanshi Mansion had lost its glory during the Zhengde Dynasty, it was still noble because of its setting. When the master of the Eastern Palace returns one day, the Zhanshi Mansion will be able to rise again.

Ou Zanghua sat in the carriage and slowly returned to the Ou Mansion.

Before entering, I saw several horse-drawn carriages passing by the main gate.

"Mr. Gao, let's go through the back door!" Ou Zanghua took a look and ordered.

"Yes!" Mu Gaoweng responded, then drove the carriage around and entered the mansion from the back door.

When Zhidi arrived at the backyard, he saw Liu Qing, Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan gathered together, writing something.

Noticing Ou Zanghua approaching, Liu Qing threw herself forward, covered the manuscript on the table with her body, and greeted him with a wry smile, "Husband, you're back!"

Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan were stunned at first, and then cooperated to collect the remaining manuscripts.

Ou Zanghua found it a little funny, but had no intention of asking further questions.

He looked at Yue Lingshan and saw that she was clear-headed and bright-eyed with a rosy complexion, so he said, "I have something else to do, so I'll pass by first. You guys continue with your work! Don't get too tired."

After saying that, Ou Zanghua turned and left. Liu Qing and the other two smiled at each other, their eyes flashing with secrets and tacit understanding that only they could understand.

Ou Zanghua went straight to the study, called Hua An over, and said, "Your Majesty has appointed me as the chief examiner for this examination. During this period of time, do not accept any gifts from anyone."

Hua An understood immediately after hearing this and nodded, "Don't worry, sir. I know what to do."

"I trust you to do the job. There are a few carriages outside the door. Go and persuade them to leave!" Ou Zanghua smiled, gave a few more instructions, and let Hua An go.

At this moment, another carriage arrived outside the gate of the Ou Mansion.

When Zuo Ting got off the car, he saw Hua An trying to persuade the students who came to visit to leave. Seeing this, Zhao Pengshan frowned slightly and asked, "Brother Zuo, are you sure you can see Lord Ou?"

Zuo Ting looked at the disappointed students and was unsure, so he could only say, "Give it a try!"

Zhao Pengshan nodded and stood aside in silence.

After they arrived in the capital, they first found Zuo Lengchan. Zuo Ting helped Zhao Pengshan record his name and hometown in the Ministry of Rites before they came to visit Ou Zanghua.

A carriage stopped as it passed by them, and after the curtain was drawn open, a handsome face was revealed, "Bo Yue, you are here to visit Lord Ou as well! It seems that Bo Yue's news is not slow!"

This man was named Li Lian, from Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province. He was smart and fond of reading since childhood. At the age of nine, he was good at ancient Chinese prose and wrote "Fu on Reason and Emotion".

In the eighth year of Zhengde, he even won the first place in the provincial examination.

When Zhao Pengshan saw Li Lian, he immediately bowed and said, "Brother Chuanfu, it's Lord Ou. Yes."

Having said that, Zhao Pengshan glanced at Zuo Ting and for a moment didn't know how to describe his relationship with Ou Zanghua.

Zuo Ting took a while to react, and said with a salutation, "Master Ou is my senior brother."

"Senior brother?" The man was stunned, looked at the sturdy Zuo Ting and asked, "From the accent of this classmate, he doesn't sound like a person from Huguang!"

"I am from Songshan, Henan!" Zuo Ting said proudly.

The man became even more confused. Isn’t Songshan the Songyang Academy?

How is it related to Shigu Academy?

Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I might as well take a look at how they operate.

Zuo Ting watched the other students gradually leave, so he walked over and said, "I am Zuo Ting, my father is Zuo Lengchan, and this is my brother-in-law Zhao Pengshan. We are here together to pay a visit to Senior Brother Ou."

Hua An paused, then immediately bowed and said in return, "It turns out to be Young Master Zuo from Songshan. My master would be very happy if he knew that Young Master Zuo was here."

When Zuo Ting and the other two heard this, they all showed expressions of joy. Could it be that they would really see someone being beaten today?

But Hua An changed the subject, with a look of melancholy on his face, and continued: "It's just that my master is not convenient to see guests recently. I hope Master Zuo will understand. I will notify you separately after the examination is over."

Zuo Ting felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. When he wanted to speak again, Zhao Pengshan stopped him: "Brother Zuo, since Lord Ou is not in a position to see guests, it would not be gentlemanly for us to force him to do so."

"Mr. Zhao is right." Hua An looked at Zhao Pengshan, smiled and nodded.

When Zuo Ting heard what Zhao Pengshan said, he didn't know what to say. After all, his father had repeatedly reminded him to be humble in the Ou Mansion before he left.

But everyone is a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sect after all. The fact that they can't even get in the door makes Zuo Ting feel a little uncomfortable.
After the three of them said goodbye to Hua An, they were too lazy to take the carriage and chose to walk. Zhao Pengshan then asked curiously, "Brother Chuanfu, do you also have an old relationship with Lord Ou?"

"No!"

Li Lian shook his head. Seeing the two people's puzzled expressions, he couldn't help but ask, "Don't you know that Lord Ou is one of the examiners of this examination?"

The two were stunned. They really didn't know this.

Zuo Ting finally understood why Ou Zanghua refused to see him, and he couldn't help but feel guilty.
(End of this chapter)