Chapter 472 Looking for Mr. Sangsang
Huo Qingchuan attached great importance to the first spring examination after the establishment of the Xin Dynasty.
Many official positions are vacant and talents are urgently needed.
On the day the results were announced, the Ministry of Rites delivered the test papers of the top 300 candidates.
As usual, the emperor only needed to look through the test papers of the top ten and select the top three.
But this time, the results have not come out yet.
Huo Qingchuan only took a look at Yue Buyuan's results, and seeing that he was outside the top 30, he knew there was something fishy going on.
Because Yue Buyuan was already famous for writing promotional materials for the Huo family army, he used his previous name: Yue Shaoan in this exam.
Huo Qingchuan found the answer sheet.
The neatness of the paper was ruined by a few drops of ink.
Logically, this is extremely disrespectful and the paper would not even be qualified to be graded. Yet it still ranked over 30. This is probably because the paper was too outstanding and the person who accepted the bribe still had some conscience.
But after the age of thirty, there will be no promising official positions.
Huo Qingchuan knew about Yue Buyuan's past. The man who had framed him in the past was now just a small editor.
I didn't expect that a small editor could get his hands on the Ministry of Rites. It's really ridiculous.
The test papers of the top ten were indeed good, but not that amazing. Without exception, they were all from aristocratic families.
That's their advantage.
It is really difficult for Huo Qingchuan to select truly useful talents.
While he was thinking, the urgent letter sent by Huo Changan arrived.
Lin Wencheng, the richest man in Jingzhou, is Sang Ning's maternal grandfather. He actually colluded with the Jingzhou prefect, Sang Xiuqi, to buy and sell official positions, manipulate provincial examinations, replace outstanding students, and commit other heinous crimes!
Huo Changan has asked someone to bring two talented students who were replaced to the capital.
"Okay, great!"
Emperor Xuan Hui was unable to find a reason to cancel the imperial examination.
If we had known that the imperial examinations were so rigged, many talented commoners would not have been able to find a famous teacher or scholar to recommend them, even if they spent all their money and studied hard for many years, and would not even be qualified to participate in the Spring Examination.
Taking exams for others and stealing names are commonplace.
The flashy young man who had caused him to misunderstand was even able to hide his gender, which shows how lax and corrupt he was.
The recommendation system has spawned too many malpractices and has seriously hindered talent selection. It should be abolished!
Jingzhou is rich and has many students, so this great evil happened.
This time, he would personally supervise the exam, personally supervise the marking of the papers, and personally send people to investigate the candidates' ancestral origins and true identities!
Anyone who dares to cheat will be punished with the entire clan!
After Emperor Xuanhui ascended the throne, he successively destroyed two major families. While other families were on high alert and secretly united, he attacked the Ministry of Rites.
Five officials from the Ministry of Rites were captured in succession, and the results of the Spring Examination were declared invalid and to be re-examined one month later.
No recommendation from a famous family or celebrity is needed; as long as one is a successful candidate, one can go to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
Those who did not have the money to go to Beijing were funded by local county governments and reported to the imperial court.
When this order came out, the major families became even more panicked.
This seems to be changing the direction of the spearhead, but in fact it is shaking the foundation of the family!
The only ones who should be happy are those poor students who failed the exam and those with no family background.
Even though prices in the capital are high, their savings have been used up, and they have to wait for nearly two months for the next imperial examination, they are willing to do so!
However, Emperor Xuan Hui then implemented a series of appeasement policies to prove his importance to the students.
In order to protect students from all over the country, the capital city doubled its defenses and patrolled day and night.
At this time, the seals on the Hua Mansion and several idle official residences were removed and used as temporary shelters for poor students.
Anyone who doesn't have money to stay in an inn can register with the government and live in one of those wealthy mansions that look like paradise to outsiders.
At this time, the noble families, wealthy businessmen, and officials who wanted to curry favor with the new emperor, under the influence of someone unknown, also began to contribute their own efforts.
Free Zhuangyuan porridge and Zhuangyuan steamed buns are provided every day.
Poor students no longer have to worry about their food, clothing and accommodation.
For a time, the capital was filled with articles praising the new emperor.
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Soon it was May.
More than a thousand candidates from all over the country came to Beijing.
Double the amount compared to previous years!
The Deyang Hall in the imperial palace has always been a place for holding banquets and can accommodate nearly 10,000 people.
The examination venue this time was located in Deyang Hall.
The magnificent hall was supervised by the emperor himself, and there were warm stoves and free hot water.
The candidates were nervous, motivated, and even had tears in their eyes as if they were bringing honor to their family.
It’s worth coming to the capital even if I fail the exam!
They have seen the emperor who seemed like a banished immortal, and entered the magnificent palace that stretched as far as the eye could see!
"I hope all of you students will demonstrate your true abilities and one day meet me in the imperial court."
Huo Qingchuan gave a word of encouragement, and the exam officially began.
After three days, all the test papers were collected into the meeting room.
All the examiners from the Ministry of Rites were in the conference room, and under the emperor's nose, it took them half a month to complete the review.
Three days later, the public list and the top three will be announced together.
Yue Shaoan, which means the moon is not full, is the top scorer in the imperial examination.
His identity was also completely revealed. He was a well-known literary rising star and a role model for students all over the world, and he deserved the title.
He is also the prince's teacher and will continue to serve as the prince's literary teacher in the future.
Yue Buyuan is a real poor student and a representative of many poor students and ordinary people in the world.
Now that he was the first one to be reused by Emperor Xuan Hui, it seemed like a slap in the face of the aristocratic families.
But the second and third place students are from aristocratic families and are also assigned to important positions to hone their skills.
Emperor Xuan Hui seemed to express the idea that good talents should be used well and capable people should be given positions.
It is not aimed at the aristocratic families.
However, those people still joined forces and took action.
First, a fire broke out in a cloth-producing town, and all the materials for producing cloth were buried in the fire. The cloth business was affected, and cloth merchants in Beijing and other places began to raise prices.
Afterwards, a series of businesses were affected.
The prices of rice, restaurants, clinics and other commodities are gradually rising.
Then, counterfeit money began to appear.
If this continues, the world will inevitably be in chaos.
Huo Qingchuan started working until late at night again.
Food is the most important thing for people. As long as the price of food is stable, everything else will fall into place.
This time, Emperor Xuan Hui once again let people know that he was no pushover. He attacked with swiftness and decisiveness.
He sent personal soldiers out one by one to supervise local governments in opening their granaries and selling grain at normal prices.
The aristocratic families are deeply rooted and many officials are descendants of this family. There are many cases of collusion between officials and businessmen, and some people pretend to obey orders but actually disobey them.
Emperor Xuan Hui had only one order: kill anyone who disobeyed it!
After three county magistrates were killed in succession, officials from all over the country began to behave themselves.
Prices began to fall slowly.
At this moment, a man came from the capital.
A very noble young man asked everyone he met where Mr. Sangsang's mansion was.
Who is Mr. Sangsang?
The person asking the question was confused.
He took out another portrait and showed it to people.
With just two eyes and a big mouth, there are women like this everywhere on the street, okay?
Who knows who it is!
"How could you not know? Sun Wukong! The divine monkey! The Great Sage!"
You're sick! Go find monkeys in the mountains!
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