Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 234 Please Thoroughly Investigate
Wang Mang's intention before he left was very simple, Xin Zhao continued to go back to the Ministry of Rites to work, and there was no need to continue to reflect at home.

What Xin Zhao is most worried about these days is not that he will be dismissed from office, but what he is most worried about is that his head will be cut off, but now Wang Mang just skipped the worst result and reached the best result, Xin Zhao was almost excited fainted.

For Wang Mang, Xin Zhao cannot be lost at this time. The cultivation of a Minister of Rites cannot be completed overnight, at least he currently has no one who can replace Xin Zhao.

Wang Mang was also very satisfied with Zhao Xin's answer, at least this guy didn't really drink away his worries at home, he was still very concerned about the government affairs. The waiter can hardly fart, the examiners have undergone such a big change, they don't even feel it at all.

Xin Zhao returned to the Ministry of Rites to sit in the hall again, which surprised many people in the court. At that time, some people wondered whether Zhang Jian would also return to the Ministry of Officials, but there was no movement after that, and many people immediately understood that Zhang Jian was really annoyed this time. emperor.

The Daqin Examination was held as scheduled, with a great momentum, as many as 300 scholars participated in this examination, covering almost all the scholars in the Daqin territory, which is said by historians as unprecedented in the past [-] years.

There have also been countless talented scholars in the examination this time. Most of these scholars could not even get into the second-level class in this year, but in the past, most of them were first-level talents.

Daqin examiners are divided into three first grades, 27 second grades, 70 third grades, and a few fourth grades (same as the third grades). It can be said that all the scholars who entered the second grades this time have the strength of the top grades in previous years.

Wang Mang wandered around and only knew that this time the examiners included the prodigy Ma Liang, the great talents Xie An, and Wang Dun. When the examiners officially started, they realized that although these three were powerful, there were quite a few who were not weaker than them. , It's just that he kept a low profile and didn't show his face before.

For example, the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River who emerged in the past ten years, the eight great talents in the south of the Yangtze River ten years ago, and the four northern heroes who have been famous in Chang'an in recent years. The six immortals all came to join in the fun.

The moment they saw the list of examiners, the officials present were all dumbfounded. You must know that many of these people are their seniors. They themselves asked others for advice when they were examiners. Not qualified enough.

All of a sudden, no one dared to go to the beauty mission that was to preside over the examiners. According to Lu Yao, who came from Xinyang, he couldn’t study well at ordinary times, and he lost the chain at critical moments. Now he was afraid of shame, so why did he go earlier.

Following the announcement of the list of examiners, the entire Chang'an city fell into bursts of cheers, and the appearance of every celebrity made the entire Chang'an go crazy.

Royal study.

The atmosphere here was quite depressing, and several bigwigs of the imperial court knelt at Wang Mang's feet with sullen faces, daring not to speak.

Seeing the faces of these court chiefs in front of him, Wang Mang snorted coldly, and casually smashed a memorial on Xin Zhao's head.

Xin Zhao smiled wryly, originally he was reinstated and wanted to do a big job, who knew that he would take such a big scapegoat before he figured out the situation.

Leaked!
In other words, instead of writing the leaked questions, it is because the examiner had a big problem this time. It is difficult to say other things now, but the leaked questions must be the first thing to do.

The question was from the Ministry of Rites, and he, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

"Can any of you tell me what's going on?" Wang Mang said coldly.

In fact, this time the examination was very successful, but I didn't expect that something went wrong in the end. In fact, no one present here knows what the problem is, but there is a certain period of time, that is, the announcement of the examination. There is a problem with the sublist.

The list of first-class and second-class is not a big problem, but the list of three-class and four-class (same as three-class) is a big problem.

First of all, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley were all thrown into the Sijia. Who are the Six Immortals of Peach Valley? They were six great talents who were famous all over the world 20 years ago. I don't know what's crazy, but he swore to be a brother of the opposite sex, and then lived in seclusion in the Peach Valley. For many years, although he lived a hermit life, his reputation was very big.

Probably because these six immortals have taught many apprentices, and now many backbones of the yamen in Chang'an are these six apprentices, the teacher was actually included in the top four list, can apprentices be willing?Almost as soon as the list was announced, the six lands ran to the gate of the palace and knelt at the Meridian Gate, asking the emperor to help them seek justice.

And then the Seven Heroes of the Frontier Fortress, three of them stayed in the top three list, three of them stayed in the top four list, and one didn't even make it to the top four. Although these seven names are a bit rustic, they are very famous. .

Daqin has been at war with the grassland all year round, and these seven have been rooted in the frontier counties for 16 years. Almost every attack on the grassland is repelled, and these seven are credited. The credit of these seven people is completely enough to be a county magistrate or something.

Moreover, these seven are talented, and the frontier poems they wrote are even handed down to the mainland. Qi, the farthest east, respects these seven very much, but now one of these seven has not even entered the top four. This is unreasonable, and officials and military officers from the frontier fortress were the first to be unwilling, and directly wrote to Wang Mang.

There are also the eight geeks in the south of the Yangtze River, all of whom were thrown into the top four list. These eight have their own strengths. Before they became geeks, they were also suave talents. Back then, I don’t know how many people were these eight. fans, even now, there are countless people following them.

This kind of pursuit is not just talking about it. For example, Zheng Qiao, the leader of the eight eccentric talents, has a painting that is priced at 1 taels of silver, and some people are rushing to buy it. Sir, you are actually on the list of the top four, and you are still at the end of the car, almost not even in the top four.

Seeing this, the scholars in Jiangnan were the first to be unwilling, and shouted that the list was fake. There are many scholars in Jiangnan, and there are also many celebrities. After discovering a lot of problems, all of them were presented to the imperial court, which made Wang Mang furious, and directly called all the relevant people over.

Xin Zhao had a wry smile on his face, what is this all about.

Facing Wang Mang's questioning, Zhao Xin said with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, as soon as the scholars started to make a fuss, I immediately invited Mr. Shen Buhai from Dali Temple, Mr. Haifeng from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Mr. Sun Wuji and Mr. Zhongshu Ling. Shang Shu ordered Shang Yang to read the test papers together, and frankly speaking, from the test papers, there are problems, but not major problems."

"Isn't it a big problem? Then there's no such thing as leaking questions?" Wang Mang's voice instantly rose an octave.

"The leaked questions should be the real leaked questions, but judging from the test paper, the leaked questions are only leaked in a small range, and it won't have much impact on the final result." Xin Zhao wiped off his cold sweat.

"What does it mean to have no influence? Leaking questions is leaking questions, and problems are problems. Mr. Zhao, you are the minister of the Ministry of Rites, so you can't talk nonsense." Haifeng interrupted Zhao Xin at this time, and then looked at Wang Mang and said respectfully: "Your Majesty , Your Excellency, please thoroughly investigate this matter!"

(End of this chapter)