Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 581 Nova
In the final peace of Chu and Wei, the third imperial examination was held as scheduled...

The most eye-catching thing this time is undoubtedly the adopted son of King Chu, "Deng Ai", who entered the imperial examination room at the age of only 15!

In addition to his identity, it is also because of the reputation Deng Ai has accumulated over the years, in astronomy and geography, writing and arithmetic, reasoning and civil engineering... Deng Ai paid homage to famous teachers and visited high friends in all aspects, and everyone who interacted with him praised him. Incessantly.

Although because of his identity, some people must secretly attribute this to his status as the "adopted son of the King of Chu". However, the news of Chu State spread quickly, and many officials in the government and celebrities in the opposition favored him, so there were also A large number of fans.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the imperial examination came at the end of October. Starting from the second session, Bai Tu was only serving as the chief reviewer and did not actually invigilate the examination, so he would not be isolated in Jinling University.

It's just that at the end of the day, I was a little nervous, waiting for Deng Ai to report back to the palace.

Bai Tu was very principled. As soon as the child came back, he had to bathe and change clothes first, and then there was a family dinner... If Deng Ai didn't take the initiative to bring it up, he would never take the initiative to ask about the result.

In the end, Deng Aixian couldn't bear it anymore. His adoptive father was afraid that he would not do well in the exam. After the family banquet, he took the initiative to ask for credit in the dialogue: "Ai Ming is so grateful for the cultivation of his adoptive father. This imperial examination... I will reward him with the first place in the six subjects." Foster father!"

Bai Tu heard this tone that was even crazier than Fazheng's before, and quickly comforted him: "Xiao Ai, you and I, father and son, don't need to say these kind words...it's like being ranked first in the six sects, just work hard!" He was afraid of Deng Ai's pressure. Too much.

After all, the top six...

There are only seven imperial examinations!

Is the co-authorship "booked" for all the other six subjects except "engineering", which is not too distracting?

Those who didn’t know thought that Bai Tu had opened a big back door for him...

Another half month later, it was time to release the rankings. When all six lists were released, this time... the "back door theory" was really popular!
Military science, etiquette, household science, criminal science, official science, civil science...

Deng Ai really came out on top... six times!
Except for engineering, all seven lists had Deng Ai at the top. At first glance... I thought the title of this imperial examination was "Deng Ai"!
While the whole country was shocked, it was inevitable that some people also made up the "back door theory" in a sinister way. Some were just gossips, and some had other intentions.

Just because of Bai Tu's reputation, most of the conspiracy theories in Chu State attribute this to "the officials below want to flatter the King of Chu", "the King of Chu actually doesn't know about it", "Chu King The king was also deceived by his adopted son and derelict officials" and so on...

Directly accuse the King of Chu?

If you really do this, I'm afraid it will trigger a backlash immediately - after all, in the eyes of the Chu people, the King of Chu is omnipotent.

Of course, this statement is simply a joke to those who really understand the imperial examination process.

The final ranking was determined by King Chu himself, right?

And theoretically, when it is only the King of Chu, the answer sheet is not anonymous...

In other words, Deng Ai's ranking was originally ranked by Bai Tu himself!

However, as reported by Catcher Guard, Bai Tu only asked them to pay attention to the "mastermind behind the scenes" and did not even provide much guidance in the Di newspaper about the huge controversy that arose among the people in just five days after the imperial examination results came out. .

Regarding the memorials suggesting a "thorough investigation of the imperial examinations," Bai Tu left them all unpublished.

In fact, Bai Tu had anticipated this scene a few days ago - the final ranking was nominally done by Bai Tu himself, but in fact it was the order that each department had already arranged.

Baitu does have the right to rearrange the order of presentation according to his "preferences", but in fact, so far, Baitu has not done so.

Although the imperial examination is now also a point system, after all, it is different from the academic examination. The questions in the imperial examination are very subjective!
Letting Bai Tu personally check the situation is not only to show that "the selection of talents through the imperial examination" is done by Bai Tu, and those who win the examination should remember Bai Tu's kindness in knowing and meeting him, but it also gives Bai Tu an opportunity to select talents with "compatible wills."

This time, Baitu didn't change the order. The reviewers from other departments didn't expect that besides themselves, Deng Ai ranked first in five subjects...

The white pictures have indeed been reviewed one by one. Although there are several outstanding talents emerging, in terms of imperial examination answer sheets, there is a clear gap between them and Deng Ai!

In order to make sure that he had not inherited the habit of "doting on his adopted son", Bai Tu also showed it to Jia Xu in private and came to the same conclusion, so... Bai Tu did not deliberately avoid suspicion.

On the contrary, after the current public opinion results appeared, Deng Ai locked himself in the room for a day. It was not until dinner that Zhang Qiying reluctantly went in...

Bai Tu also went to see the brat once when he thought he was about to take a break - how old do you dare to stay with a girl?

Of course, it turned out that Bai Tu was overthinking. When Bai Tu arrived, Zhang Qiying was about to leave...

Afterwards, Bai Tu had a heart-to-heart talk with Deng Ai. Deng Ai... was obviously much more humble than before, and seemed to understand something other than "talent"!

It has to be said that although Deng Ai's growth environment was completely different or even opposite to that in history, his "naive" and unconsiderate qualities were "perfectly" preserved.

Thinking of how confident he was before and after the imperial examination, he wished he could win all the crowns to make his foster father look good, now Deng Ai just felt ashamed.

Deng Ai doesn't think that the current result is that the adoptive father has opened the back door, but he has clearly realized that some things... do not just consider the technical aspect!

He even thought that it was because he was too proud that his adoptive father did not take down his first place in order not to hurt his self-esteem.

In history, Deng Ai was from an ordinary background, had a stuttering problem, and did not like to make friends with others. Therefore, he had the weakness of being aloof and "not caring about people's hearts." However, the current Deng Ai is because of Bai Tu. As a backer, he had a good background, and not only had his stuttering been corrected long ago, but his image and personality were also first-rate. As a result... he began to break away from the mass-style "not caring about people's hearts."

This time Deng Ai could understand this, and Bai Tu already felt that it was not a loss.

And now there is criticism from outside...

Bai Tu didn't care at all, because two days later, he would naturally have a way to completely reverse public opinion!

Seven days after the results are announced, it is the time for those who have passed the new subject to go to Jinling Princess to awaken the official seal.

With Deng Ai's ability, plus the bonus of ranking first in the imperial examination, plus... Bai Tu has already discussed with Jinling Ji, and will provide the maximum expansion of official seals - as long as he has excellent ability, he can directly win the gold seal and purple ribbon capital. No problem!
Jinling Ji now has the ability to do this, and the consumption is completely within the acceptable range...

At that time, the doubting voices will naturally disappear, and then Baitu will take advantage of the situation to release the examination papers, so that everyone can see the difference with their own eyes - it doesn't matter if you can't understand it, the Dibao columnists will write analysis reports for you!

As for the people behind the scenes who wanted to cause trouble this time, Bai Tu was able to harvest a group of people. It is estimated that other princes will feel sad for these secrets that were finally buried and bribed...

(End of this chapter)