Chapter 467: Besieging Qin Ye
Eunuch Huang was still talking beside him: "Your Majesty, would you like some water?"
"If you don't want to drink it, take it away." Jin Cheng was angry.
They don't eat, drink or go to the toilet, and he doesn't eat, drink or go to the toilet either.
They knelt in the temple to take the examination, and he also sat in the temple to supervise the examination.
It's all the same anyway, he might as well take part in the palace examination!
snort!
Jin Cheng was sulking, glaring at one student, then another. Finally, he discovered that among the candidates there was Wei Shaoling, whom he hated, so he started to focus his glare on that one.
Wei Shaoling trembled: "..."
He remembered Zong Jincheng's face. It was this man who exposed his plan and made him lose face in front of all the students in the capital.
When he saw that Zong Jincheng's examination results were better than his, he still thought that he was just a kid and would not be able to beat him when he entered the officialdom in the future.
The result…the result is, who the hell can beat Zong Jincheng!
Facing the angry gaze above his head, Wei Shaoling even wanted to withdraw from the exam. Compared to his career, he just wanted to save his life now!
The palace examination lasted a whole day.
The examiners assisted the new emperor in reviewing the papers and drafting the rankings for the palace examination.
While Jin Cheng was reading the policy essay paper, he was also listening to people reading out comments and ranking suggestions in his ear. He was able to do two things at the same time without it affecting his judgment at all.
This year's students are all very excellent and there are many outstanding articles.
While looking at the papers, Jin Cheng had been cheering for his brothers in his heart, hoping that they would all burst out, defeat Qin Ye, and rush straight to the top. However, after seeing Qin Ye's test paper, all of them lost their enthusiasm.
After reading Qin Ye's examination paper, Jin Cheng was still worried that he had learned Qin Ye's way of thinking and would win because of this small gap.
Now, after reading the essay papers for the palace examination, he felt that he had overthought.
Qin Ye is worthy of being Qin Ye.
He actually still has a trick up his sleeve!
The little devil slammed the test paper on the table and didn't want to read it anymore. This was simply Qin Ye's one-man show.
A vexing opponent, one that can never be defeated.
The examiner next to him made the comment "should be the first in the first class" at the right time, and Jin Cheng curled the corners of his mouth, numbly expressing his agreement.
This result... is OK.
At least this time no one is trying to make the imperial examination unfair, otherwise he would have to make trouble for Qin Ye.
Who understands... who is the one who helps his opponent fight against injustice every day? !
Jin Chengsheng asked helplessly, "Who will read out the final ranking of the palace examination?"
Minister Shao replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the top three in the first class and the first place in the second class will be announced by Your Majesty, and I can announce the others on your behalf."
"Okay." Jin Cheng cheered up, took the job and started working.
The little devil stood up with the rankings and said to the waiting students: "There are many outstanding candidates in this year's palace examination. It is very difficult for me to make a decision. So no matter what the ranking is today, I hope that you can do a good job in your official career. I wish you all a smooth promotion!"
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was not very fluent in speaking Mandarin.
But it was precisely this point that made people feel closer, and the students finally dared to connect the emperor in front of them with the new friends they made in the morning.
"Your Majesty, I will obey your will."
The tribute officials responded excitedly in unison, expressing the new emperor's good wishes.
Jin Cheng smiled and said, "Now let's start announcing the rankings. The top three in the palace examination are: No. 1 Qin Ye, No. 2 Zong Wenxiu, and No. 3 Pan Hongzhi; the top of the second place is: Chuanlu He Zheng."
This is the final result.
In the key class of the Marquis' Mansion, which shouted the slogan of "definitely get first place in the exam", only one student got first place in the palace examination. The other one was Master Pan. Although the others were also good, there were only three places in the first place. Only He Zheng was better off, as he got the title of first place in the second place.
The four of them came out together and knelt down to express their gratitude.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
These four people must have scared some of the veteran officials who were supervising the examination and reviewing the papers.
Among the four people kneeling below, only one was an adult male, and the other three were only twelve or thirteen years old. The youngest was about eleven years old. They were all so young!
Someone asked in panic, "Who is the new number one scholar?"
Minister Shao had already gotten used to it during the imperial examinations. He coughed and said, "It's the youngest one in the front."
The examiners went crazy: "Oh my God! This is not okay, it's too small! Isn't this nonsense?"
Zhao Daxueshi was the first to disagree. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a report. I think the new champion should not be Qin Ye. We will still have to parade him in front of the people of the world. Please think twice!"
The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites also stood up and said, "I second your opinion, Your Majesty. The new champion is a new official of our dynasty for the next three years. We cannot hastily give the title to someone so young. Otherwise, not only will the people not understand, but he will also be a mere vain occupant of the position when he enters the officialdom in the future, and will not be able to perform his duties."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I think what you two say makes sense. The imperial examination system has been changed again and again because the imperial examination officials were not up to the task.
"Ever since the rule of directly appointing young boys to official positions was abolished several decades ago, there have been no more young boys who can become officials at a young age, and now this child has won the first place in the imperial examination... This is not good. If this gets out, even the You Kingdom will laugh at us for choosing a child as the number one scholar because we had no one else to choose from."
Today, the imperial power has been transferred, and the government and the people are forced to live in harmony. No one dares to become a target at this time.
But after seeing Qin Ye, the old ministers could no longer hold back.
The harmonious relationship between court officials broke down.
The other students were still waiting for the ranking of the palace examination, but it was interrupted because of the controversy over Qin Ye's ranking. All the ministers supervising the examination and reviewing the papers, whose official positions were third or fourth rank and above, attacked Qin Ye with spit flying.
This battle was terrible.
Although they all knew that Qin Ye had passed the exams one level at a time, Qin Ye was even a talented young man who had scored three first place in a row.
But the old ministers in the court disagreed. They just thought that Qin Ye should not have won the top prize.
Just because he was eleven years old, just because of prejudice.
Jin Cheng became even angrier as he sat on the dragon chair.
As early as the year before last, his mother had arranged for them to have a debate on whether an eleven-year-old should be the number one scholar in the imperial examination, so that he would be able to refute the opposition of court officials with reason and evidence in the future.
It's fine now.
After studying so hard for so long, I have to prepare wedding dresses for Qin Ye again.
The little devil couldn't hold it in any longer after holding it in for a long time, and said to Qin Ye with a gloomy face: "You are really annoying."
Qin Ye: “?” Confused.
Luo Jingfeng narrowed his eyes and watched the court officials making trouble. He had already made preparations. As long as Cheng'er gave the order, he would immediately go up and tell all these people to shut up.
Zong Zhao reminded him coldly, "He can handle it. You don't need to interfere."
Luo Jingfeng snorted and said dangerously, "That's better, otherwise don't blame me for taking action."
Jin Cheng was angry for a long time and felt that he couldn't be angry alone. He didn't want to help Qin Ye deal with the siege of court officials alone. He wanted to quarrel together.
The little devil thought for a moment and asked, "Qin Ye, they all say that you shouldn't be chosen as the new top scholar. What do you think?"