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Chapter 469 The Knocking Case

The results of this palace examination were slightly better than last time. At least the top ten selected by the cabinet were not kicked out by the emperor again.

It's just that the ranking has changed slightly, and the number one pick has been brushed down again as always.

Wu Jingzi was lucky. He was originally ranked sixth, but was directly selected by Zhu Yijiong to be ranked No. 3.

As for the North Korean candidate Piao Zheng, although he was radical enough, his writing was too explicit. Even if he cited classics, Zhu Yijiong could only barely get him No. 11.

However, this is quite good for Pu Zheng. A North Korean candidate can pass the eleventh place in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, which is almost comparable to the top scorer in the provincial college entrance examination.

The number one candidate in this imperial examination is named Deng Qiyuan, who was born in Fujian. It is said that his ancestor is Deng Guangbu, a general in Chong'an Town in the late Tang Dynasty. Historically, he was ranked second in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Because he presided over the local provincial examination, he became ill from overwork and died young.

The original top pick, Peng Qifeng, was ranked No. 4, and Ma Hongqi, the fourth, was ranked second.

Historically, the former was the number one scholar and the latter was ranked third overall. However, Peng Qifeng did not lose much, because Yongzheng had forced this guy to be the top scholar, and the ranking decided by the minister was third overall.

There were no big twists and turns in the rankings in the palace examination. Except for the top ten, which were pretty good, the remaining 200 or so were basically half a pound to eighty ounces.

However, just from this imperial examination policy review, the advantages of the Imperial College proctors have initially emerged. Although the policy essays are all written in the same way, the Imperial College proctors' articles do not need to be specifically named, so that people can tell the difference at a glance.

The emperor's preferred ranking was also obviously more inclined to these imperial students, and none of them were ranked at the bottom.

The day of the Chuanlu Ceremony soon arrived, and the roll call this time was more formal than the previous ones. The most obvious thing was that the official uniforms were actually issued, and they did not have to be worn before being returned, and the official uniforms were also obviously more refined.

This is also because the treasury of the Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty were abundant, and new spinning machines were promoted. It was just more than 200 official uniforms, and it didn't cost a lot of money. There was no need to search for them.

Just as the roll call of three new scholars in 270 ended, Ying Tianfu Yin, Jiang Ning, and Shangyuan County magistrates came to Zhengyang Gate with their BMWs to welcome the new scholars. They were ready as always to lead horses for the top three scholars and take them to patrol the city. When it was time to save face, a large group of scholars suddenly ran out and rushed outside Zhengyang Gate in a hurry.

"Whoa~~!"

Without waiting for the soldiers on duty and accompanying the imperial guards to draw their swords and scold them, more than 300 failed soldiers fell to their knees on the ground.

Knock!

Even Ying Tianfu Yin, who led the champion man's horse, all the new scholars present instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order and relax the age for the examination, so that the world's scholars can have a way out!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I just had a bad stomach and went to the toilet. That's why I didn't finish writing the first test questions..."

"My room is still leaking, and it's so cold in the middle of the night that I can't sleep at all. There must be a corrupt official who has misappropriated money from Gongyuan's repair work..."

"..."

The first sentence is quite neat, but the second sentence is full of nonsense. It is a bit direct to report in public that an official has been corrupted, and the money he embezzled is Gongyuan's money.

For a moment, Ying Tianfu Yin's scalp went numb when he saw it. He knew that he could not suppress it directly. He quickly stretched out his hand to stop the imperial army general who was about to draw his sword and step forward to scold him: "General, please don't be upset. This matter is not trivial. It is better to inform your majesty as soon as possible and request your majesty's Holy Spirit." It’s better to cut it!”

Hearing this, the general snorted coldly, and then turned around to find the accompanying female officer: "Immediately report to Your Majesty that there is a group of daring scholars blocking the Zhengyang Gate. Do you want to suppress them directly?"

Ying Tianfu Yin's mouth twitched, but he still breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could report to the emperor first.

From the generals to the soldiers, this group of imperial soldiers are all warriors, Qiu Ba. They only have eyes for the emperor, and scholars are nothing in their eyes. They really dare to kill people.

The Zhengyang Gate was frozen. A total of 270 three new scholars were blocked inside the Zhengyang Gate. Outside the gate were three hundred failed scholars who were in the cold.This batch of new scholars, including Wu Jingzi, almost turned green with anger.

After all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime Jinshi trip to Beijing, especially when Wu Jingzi was still Tanhualang. Although Ying Tianfu Yin was not leading the horse, the Jiangning County Magistrate of the imperial capital was holding the horse for him.

The so-called once-in-a-lifetime joy, horseshoe disease... is gone.

……

Be careful.

Zhu Yijiong summoned the cabinet ministers, Li Bexun, the minister of industry, and officials from the three law departments to stay in the palace to discuss the matter.

The Ministry of Rites served as the examiner of the imperial examination, and Minister Lin Jingyu was also summoned.

"Your Majesty, after verification, there is indeed corruption in the Gongyuan Repair Bank."

"It really is!"

Zhu Yijiong's eyes flashed fiercely for a moment, and he didn't even read the case memorials submitted by the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple.

As the presiding judge, Liu Shao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, quickly replied: "However, only the spare part of the money used for the repair of Gongyuan was embezzled. This should be a misstatement of the budget. The amount allocated by the Ministry of Revenue was more than the actual need for the repair of Gongyuan. How much more specific it is will need to be further interrogated. However, the failed candidate's statement that his cell was leaked must be groundless, because all the cells have been repaired. Even if you don't light the charcoal fire, you only need to lock the cell door. There will never be any air leakage.”

Zhu Yijiong was silent for a moment and said: "There is no need to retry the Gongyuan corruption. The main culprits have all their homes confiscated. His family members from three tribes, those from the south are all exiled to Guangnan, and those from the north are exiled to Liaodong Town."

Liu Shao's heart trembled. He glanced at the elders subconsciously and found that no one was interceding. Then he cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."

After a few words, the Gongyuan corruption case was settled. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Wang Li came out and said: "Your Majesty, under the emperor's feet in the imperial capital is the imperial examination Gongyuan of the Ming Dynasty. How can there be such a major corruption case? Li Bexun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, cannot absolve himself of the blame."

Li Bexun hurriedly left the office and knelt down: "My momentary negligence has led to such a major corruption case. I beg your Majesty to convict you!"

Zhu Yijiong was not polite: "Li Bexun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was guilty of neglecting the Gongyuan corruption case. He was immediately demoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. The left minister of the Ministry of Industry was transferred to the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He reported his duties to Ryukyu County Magistrate Fu Hao and was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. .”

Li Bexun knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The other ministers also shouted in unison.

Ryukyu County Magistrate Fuhao has been in power for five years, and he has finally organized all the people in Ryukyu into households. Now there are no tribal mountain people in Ryukyu in the traditional sense, and all the people have been registered.

In order to achieve this, in the past five years, he has led troops to suppress the rebellion of the Ryukyu natives more than once.

Now that he has accomplished the task of countering the rebellion and worked hard to establish a household, he just happened to return to Beijing to report on his duties and promotions.

While handling the corruption case, he also promoted some new students. Only then did Zhu Yijiong get to the point: "Are these scholars who are knocking on the door and blocking the door all the failed scholars of this subject?"

Lin Jingyu replied at this time: "I have checked the birthplaces of these Kengque candidates and found that only one-third were students who failed the current exam, and the other two-thirds failed the previous exam, but were under the age of 35." Years old. So instead of obeying the assignment of officials and going to local officials, they returned to their hometown and waited for three years. As a result, they failed the exam again, and they were too old to wait for the next exam in three years."

Zhu Yijiong laughed angrily for a moment: "So, are you here to force me to marry you? You want me to let them continue to take the exam. When will they get the top prize and when will they stop?"

(End of this chapter)