Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Gu Yuanhui lowered his body even lower, and seemed to be terrified, but his face remained calm as usual: "I have absolutely no intention of doing so."

"Oh? Is that so?" Emperor Jing Feng looked at him with a half-smile, with a chill in his eyes, "Then please tell me, Gu Qing, what do you mean?"

Gu Yuanhui's throat rolled, and he tried to make his voice sound calm: "Your Majesty handpicked ministers and others as the examiners to mark and select candidates' test papers on your behalf. I dare not be sloppy. However, the imperial examination has a lot to do with selecting a scholar, and the imperial examination is the most important thing in the imperial examination. Importantly, it is related to the future of the imperial court, who should be recorded and who should be deposed should be decided by His Majesty, even though I am an official reviewer, I dare not interfere with the holy ruling."

"That's why the ten test papers presented to His Majesty just now are arranged according to the rankings of the candidates in the general examination, and they are not self-selected by the ministers. This is precisely to avoid the attitude of the ministers and workers from affecting the overall situation, so that all the power of ruling belongs to Your Majesty. .”

As he said that, Gu Yuanhui's tone became agitated, and his eyes turned red: "My minister, Gu Yuanhui, is so loyal that he fears that he will go through fire and water for His Majesty, so how dare he threaten His Majesty to be the sole regent of the government? Please learn from Your Majesty!"

Emperor Jingfeng was slightly taken aback, and immediately went to look through the rest of the papers: Below Gu Yunji is Fang Zigui, after Fang Zigui is Cheng Yan, and then...a total of ten copies, although the list is different from the top ten in the test. There is a slight discrepancy, but it is indeed arranged according to the ranking of the test.

Seeing this, his expression softened, the coldness in his eyes dissipated instantly, and his face changed only in an instant.Before the eunuch and court lady who was kneeling on the ground could react, Emperor Jing Feng had already walked down the steps and helped Gu Yuanhui up with his own hands: "So that's how it is. I blamed Gu Qing."

Emperor Jingfeng patted his hand, and smiled kindly and cordially: "I didn't hold back my temper for a while, did I scare Gu Qing? Gu Qing is a veteran of the two dynasties, loyal, how could I not know? I just said It's just talking, Gu Qing don't take it to heart."

Gu Yuanhui raised his hand to wipe away his tears, with a mournful look on his face: "As long as Your Majesty is willing to trust me, I will be satisfied."

Emperor Jing Feng looked at Gu Yuanhui's face, his eyes showed concern: "I see that Gu Qing has been haggard these days, I think it is because of the complicated affairs of the imperial examination, and I have to worry about it."

"Come here." As he spoke, Emperor Jingfeng beckoned, "Bring two red ginseng that Korea paid tribute to last year, and let Master Gu take them back to nourish his body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Gu Yuanhui burst into tears, and immediately wanted to kneel down to thank him, but was stopped by Emperor Jingfeng.

Emperor Jingfeng smiled and said: "Gu Qing has been tired for so many days, so let's go back and rest first. As for those papers, I will send someone to send them to Gu Qing after I finish reviewing and set the rankings."

Gu Yuanhui said respectfully: "Yes, I will retire."

As soon as he walked out of the imperial study, Gu Yuanhui's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground.

He touched his clothes which were soaked in cold sweat, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he was terrified in his heart.Even though he had guessed Emperor Jingfeng's attitude towards this matter, and probably expected the other party's reaction, but when he was really under Emperor Jingfeng's intimidating dragon power, he was so frightened that his mind went blank, and he almost lost a word. Can't tell.

The so-called companionship is like companionship with a tiger, it really is not just talk.

In the imperial study room, Emperor Jing Feng looked at the direction where Gu Yuanhui was leaving, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

After a long while, he asked suddenly: "You said the rumor about Gu Yunji winning Sanyuan, how did Gu Yuanhui react?"

Fei Yuwei quietly showed his figure, and replied in response: "Your Majesty, Gu Yuanhui didn't give any explanation and clarification on this, but only restrained the servants in the family, ordered them not to follow the rumors, and refused everything to congratulate the children in the family. The banquet for the first reason, including the congratulatory gift from my colleagues, has all been refunded."

"At the same time, Gu Yunji has been staying in the guild hall every day these days, not socializing with anyone. His subordinates speculate that he may have received Gu Yuanhui's instruction, so he stays behind closed doors."

"Hmph, Gu Yuanhui, that old fox." Emperor Jing Feng snorted softly, turned around and sat down in front of the table, "This is because he was afraid that I would offend him because of rumors, so he rushed to show his loyalty in front of me. But he still It is really a good plan to make this show of suppressing first and then exalting, so that I will be wronged first, not only cannot ask the crime, but also have to comfort him in a good mood."

After saying this casually, Emperor Jingfeng put the matter aside, and then looked at the answer sheets of the candidates for the palace examination on the table.

After reading the papers one by one, Emperor Jingfeng's expression became gloomy, and his voice was cool: "Gu Yunji, nephew of Gu Yuanhui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment; Fang Zigui, son of Fang Shu, the chief assistant of the cabinet; Xiang’s younger brother... this imperial examination talks about comprehensive selection of talents, but in fact, most of the people who pass the exam are from aristocratic families, and poor families are squeezed to barely occupy a few places.”

"When they enter the imperial court, they will probably still follow in the footsteps of their father and brother. Each has a predetermined camp. How many of them can listen to my words and be a loyal and pure minister? From generation to generation, the imperial examinations come and go. In the end, the official position of the court is still in the hands of those people."

Looking at it, Emperor Jing Feng suddenly paused, raised his head and asked Fei Yuwei: "Which family is this... Cheng Yan?"

Fei Yuwei said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Yan is from Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture. His family has been farming for generations, and he doesn't have any dignitaries to rely on. He came from a real poor background."

"Really?" Emperor Jingfeng raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, with a look of disbelief, "But if he came from a poor family, how did he pass the exam all the way? Could it be that his family's few acres of Susukida can support the expensive Shu Xiu?"

Fei Yuwei replied: "According to what I know, Cheng Yan once received funding from Gu Kaizhen, that is, Gu Yunji's father, so that he was able to pay for his studies at Luxi Academy. But it is limited to this. Gu Kaizhen's funding is Personal behavior does not represent Songjiang Gu's family. Moreover, Cheng Yan won the support of the government after being promoted, and never asked Gu's family for money again."

"This is really rare. It is really not easy to be able to go from the provincial examination to the imperial examination with one's own strength, and still achieve such excellent results."

After carefully reading Cheng Yan's paper from the beginning to the end, Emperor Jingfeng showed appreciation in his eyes: "Cheng Yan's experience should be the best interpretation of 'the prince and general Xiangning have kindness'. But the imperial examination This should be the case, but in terms of talent and learning, regardless of background, simply selecting talents from the fields and huts is also the true meaning of selecting scholars."

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Jingfeng dipped his pen in the ink, pondered for a moment, and wrote down the large characters of Zhu Zhu on the ten papers one by one.

After setting the rankings in one go, Emperor Jingfeng called Ning Fuhai: "Send these papers to the Ministry of Rites, and let them fill in the rankings according to this ranking in two days."

"Yes."