Zhao Qingrui's marketing was quite successful. It was only three and a half taels of money, and almost everyone in Xianyang could afford it.

There are still people who joined in the fun and bought one to take a look. When someone bought it, more people came over to take a look. Now, the content on it has attracted their attention, and more and more people are willing to pay for it.

The newspapers were selling like hotcakes before the shills arranged by Ying Zheng were even put to use. By noon, all 20,000 copies of the newspapers had been sold out.

The sales were so good that Zhao Qingrui ordered another 20,000 copies to be printed.

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Chunyu Yue finished reading the newspaper with trembling hands. There was a lot of content in it, and it did not criticize Confucianism. On the contrary, it was full of useful information.

However, he still felt unhappy.

This newspaper was sent by the Minister of State. Zhao Qingrui gave a copy to each official in the court in the name of the court.

"I want to see Prince Fusu."

Prince Fusu has not come to see him since he came back, which makes him a little nervous.

With the appearance of this newspaper, he no longer cared about what Prince Fusu thought, he just wanted to know what was going on.

Why did Your Majesty allow the little princess to write these decrees and laws in the newspaper and analyze their pros and cons?

These things are not something that ordinary people should know.

Why does Your Majesty allow the little princess to act so recklessly?

If he wasn't still in solitary confinement, he would have crawled all the way to the Qilin Palace to ask His Majesty to abolish that official gazette.

Fusu was very surprised to hear that his teacher wanted to see him, but he didn't have time to see Chunyu Yue at the moment.

He was appointed by his father as the examiner for this examination of all officials, and supervised the examination together with Li Si, Feng Quji and Feng Jie. Before the examination, his father asked him to stay in his palace and try not to have too much contact with those officials.

During this time in the palace, he needs to understand the contents of the test paper carefully. This time, some of the essay questions were set by Zhao Qingrui. Ying Zheng hopes that next time, Fusu and Feng Quji will work together to set the questions.

Fusu was too upright. Rather than being an emperor, he was more suitable to be an upright censor.

After Ying Zheng had a plan in mind, he began to make arrangements.

As the chief examiner, if the test questions are leaked, it will be a big trouble.

Looking at the answers to the essay again and again, Fusu felt a lot of emotions in his heart. These questions seemed difficult to him, and they were actually asked by his younger sister. The image of his younger sister in his mind was elevated again.

Unable to get a reply from Prince Fusu, the servants in Chunyu Yue's mansion had to return disappointed.

After hearing the report from the servant, Chunyu Yue fell on the bed again. He was ready to pretend to be sick and wait for Prince Fusu to come. As a result, Prince Fusu did not come.

He had already made a lot of plans in his mind. He had already thought about what to say to Prince Fusu and how to say it.

Now, all the plans have gone to waste.

No one cared about Chunyu Yue's affairs, but Ying Zheng knew about it.

The appearance of the official report made Chunyu Yue restless and he wanted to find Fusu. Fortunately, Fusu did not meet them.

The official assessment came as scheduled, and the court specially arranged a whole day for it.

The examination was held in the Xianyang Palace, surrounded by guards. Anyone found cheating would be arrested immediately. Several examiners were responsible for each area.

Ying Zheng also came over. Those who were caught cheating were immediately dismissed from their posts, had black marks on their files, and would never be hired again.

After getting the test paper, the first part was not difficult, and many people started filling it out quickly.

However, as the questions progressed, they became more and more difficult, and many people were scratching their heads. If they were not surrounded by Weiwei, they would have wanted to whisper to each other or look at what others had written.

Who on earth came up with this exam? It’s so torturous!!

Sheng Guanping was also scratching his head. He entered the officialdom as a historian who recorded the affairs of the court. In fact, he did not have much real talent or knowledge. When the emperor first examined him, he was allowed to pass, partly out of consideration for Zhao Qingrui's face.

Now when he sees these questions during an exam, his face contorts.

If I failed the exam, what would Zhao Qingrui think of me? I was afraid she wouldn't even look at me again.

You must pass the exam. After the exam, you must find more books to read and enrich yourself.

His Majesty has issued an imperial decree that an examination must be held every year, and those who fail will be eliminated.

In order not to be eliminated and to impress His Majesty, Sheng Guanping kept encouraging himself, telling himself that he had to work harder.

Xiao He and Cao Shen, the two people promoted by His Majesty this time, sat far apart from each other. Both of them were indeed very capable. They were low-level officials before, and they had more advantages than others in answering the questions asked by Zhao Qingrui later.

Ying Zheng took Zhao Gao on an inspection tour and took a look at the forty or fifty people who were arrested. These people were caught for trying to cheat.

It's just the first part. These people are cheating. They are really useless.

These people were stripped of their official uniforms and locked up in the Weiwei's cell. They would be dealt with after the exam was over.

The way these people cheated also made Ying Zheng take notice.

Some people hid the notes in their sleeves, some in their hats, some wrote on their arms, and some even hid the notes in specially made pens.

When they were cheating, they were all so clever. Why didn't they think of more ways to solve their problems on weekdays? Ying Zheng was secretly complaining.

This exam actually allowed him to more clearly understand the abilities of the people in the court.

Many of those arrested were Confucian scholars.

I don't know how they managed to get the status of a Confucian scholar, but they don't have enough knowledge and ability, but they are extremely greedy.

Fusu also saw those who cheated and was very disappointed. He knew all these people, and several of them had a good relationship with his teacher Chunyu Yue.

He had seen the questions before, and at least the first ones were not difficult. Was there any need to cheat?

In comparison, Feng Quji and his men were relatively calm. They knew the situation of these people in the court very well. They knew exactly which ones had real abilities and which ones were just here to get by.

This time, His Majesty is determined to rectify the situation. It is expected that those who are lazy and incompetent will be cleared out.

After a whole day of examinations, when people walked out of the Xianyang Palace, some of them cried bitterly, some were pale, and some were in high spirits. The various aspects of life were vividly reflected.

"You all stay in the palace these few days. Within five days, you must correct all these test papers and select the best answers." Ying Zheng said to Li Si and the others.

"promise."

After the exam, many people in the court looked depressed. This kind of exam could be said to have set a precedent. If you answered well, you might be remembered in history. If you didn't answer well, you would be infamous for eternity.