Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 117 Dominate the list

Outside the Zhengyang Gate, all the students heard the emperor's decree and knew that Zhao Junze had been executed and that the examination would be retaken. They all shouted long live and dispersed happily.

The sudden turmoil quickly calmed down.

In addition to the loss of two important ministers of the Fujian Party, more than [-] students from Fujian were severely punished.

There are also many students on the list who have experienced the huge drop from heaven in an instant, and others are very satisfied with the results.

Although this matter was resolved quickly, the impact was huge.

The Fujian Party was greatly disappointed by this incident and fell into a very passive situation.

The next day, Emperor Longqing appointed new examiners for the general examination.

In order to appease people's hearts, the old minister Sheng Jingbin, who was about to become an official, was appointed as the chief examiner at the critical moment, and Wang Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, became the deputy chief examiner.

The examination will be held again on the sixth day of March. This time there will be only one test for three days, and the number of questions will be reduced as appropriate, with only policy theory and stereotyped essays being tested.

Moreover, the first question for the policy discussion was given by Emperor Longqing himself on the same day and sent directly from the palace to the Gongyuan by the eunuch. There would never be any leakage of the test question in advance.

During this retake, many candidates were not in the best physical and mental condition.

Especially those candidates who were ranked in the first two days, many of them performed abnormally due to their ups and downs in mood.

However, the students of Wansong Academy, as well as some of Jia Qiong's friends, were able to maintain their condition under his early restraints, and were even able to perform exceptionally well, which could be said to have taken a huge advantage.

Therefore, this subject examination can be said to have created an unsurpassable historical record.

On March [-], the night before the results were released, the Gongyuan was brightly lit.

In Minglun Hall, all the examiners gathered here again to determine the rankings.

This time, everyone judged the case with fairness, and absolutely no one dared to cheat for personal gain.

But when the name was finally revealed, everyone was a little dumbfounded, and many even felt terrified.

The riot caused by Fujian Province's candidates dominating the exams has just subsided, but this time Zhejiang Province dominates the exams again.

Although not as exaggerated as Fujian Province, the fact that more than 30 students from Zhejiang Province are on the list is still a bit dazzling, and the rankings are generally relatively high.

Others only saw that there were many students from Zhejiang, but Tao Dachun and others were shocked that Wansong Academy had too many people on the list this time.

Because these junior brothers are found in every province, people who are not familiar with them can't find them yet, but they know them very well.

This time, Wansong Academy has 25 people on the list, and 11 of them are in the top [-].

There are even an exaggerated five people in the top ten. They can really be said to dominate the list, making their palms sweaty just looking at them.

Even though they didn't cheat, they still felt guilty.

What even they didn't expect was that there was another group hidden in this list.

They live all over the world. They may not know each other, but they all have a common identity. They were all members of the "Xia Club".

In this session of the Imperial Examination, the number of members of the Xia Club on the list has reached a terrifying 46.

This is a group lurking beneath the water, yet unknown to the world.

Wang Yu felt that things were a bit tricky, and he asked uncertainly: "Shangshan people, do you want to adjust this list?"

But Sheng Jiabin said: "We uphold justice, act in accordance with the law, and have a clear conscience, why should we adjust.

Just send it like this, I will wait under the list tomorrow, and I will bear the responsibility if anything happens. "

Everyone was awe-inspiring and said in unison: "We are willing to bear the responsibility together with the boss!"

On March 19, the [-]th year of Longqing, the results of the Renwu Annual Meeting were released.

After three cannon shots, the gantry opened wide.

But this time, those who came out were not the clerks who posted the results, but Sheng Jingbin, the chief examiner, and Wang Yu, the deputy examiner, together with eighteen fellow examiners, stood in front of the dragon gate.

None of the students who were looking at the results had any idea why. They only heard Sheng Jingbin say: "I am the examiner of this examination, and Sheng Jingbin, the Minister of Etiquette.

There was a major fraud case in the last examination. The chief examiner Zhao Junze was beheaded, the deputy chief examiner Guo Feng was dismissed pending trial, and a number of Fujian students were also stripped of their honors.

I am re-opening a subject under the emperor's order this time. I just want to select students fairly and not be ashamed of heaven and not be humbled by others.

I am standing here today. Anyone who has any doubts about this list can come and question me.

If I can't clarify it, I would like to thank the world with a human head on my neck.Now let’s start the list! "

Only then did the sound of ritual music sound, and several minor officials solemnly posted the list on the dragon and tiger wall.

All the candidates were affected by the solemn expressions of Sheng Jianbin and others. Instead of being noisy and crowded as before, they watched the results in silence.

This time, 270 students were admitted, including 35 students from Zhejiang, accounting for less than [-]% of the total. It is inevitable that many students who failed will have ideas.

But because of what Shengjia said before releasing the list, no one raised any doubts for a while.

Sheng Binbin looked around and asked with a smile: "Doesn't everyone have doubts about this list?
You know, when the name was first revealed, we examiners were also very upset. "

Sheng Jianbin spoke openly and aboveboard, and many students who failed the exam were happy to hear it, and their frustrations were slightly relieved.

At this time, a candidate finally asked: "Sir, the student would like to take a look at Jinke Huiyuan Jiaqiong's paper, is it okay?"

Sheng Jianbin smiled and said: "Of course, you can read all the papers for the mid-term examination. I will have them posted later."

Sheng guest then asked people to post the first papers of all the test papers at the back of the list in order, attracting everyone to watch.

Jiang Wuji, who ranked second this time, and Han Wei, who ranked third, both expressed their admiration after reading Jia Qiong's paper.

Han Wei said: "Brother Yujing has a splendid country in mind and has the talent to help the world. I am not as good as many."

Jiang Wuji also sighed: "This time the two of us lost again. I really don't know whether we are unfortunate or lucky to be born in the same era as Jia Yujing."

At Wansong Guild Hall, one wave of people came to register, attracting countless people to come and watch.

"What kind of place is this? How come there are so many Jinshi masters?"

"This is called Gongshi. Jinshi still has to pass the exam."

"I know that you won't fail the Jinshi exam. These people will become Jinshi sooner or later."

"Don't you know? I've heard people say that the Wansong Hall is filled with students from Hangzhou Wansong Academy."

"There are so many people who have passed the exam in one academy. I will let my children go there to study later."

"Here he comes again, what's the number?"

Another group of applicants came to the door of the guild hall playing music, and the leader of the group shouted: "Good news, Mr. Song Yimian of Dongping County, Shandong Province, the No. 8 tribute scholar in the Renwu annual examination of the high school, the top saint of Jinluan Hall!"

"Look, there are two teams behind us!"

"Good news, the master of Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province, Xu Taimu, the No. 7 tribute scholar in the Renwu Annual Meeting of the high school, the saint above the Jinluan Hall!

"Good news for the master of Qingyuan County, Guangdong, Gongsun Baoyue, the No. 6 tribute scholar in the Renwu Annual Meeting of the high school, the top saint of Jinluan Hall!
"Oh my god, six, seven, and eight are all here. It's really amazing, amazing!"

"Should be gone?"

"here we go again!"

"Good news for the master of Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province, Zhou Baoxi, the No. 4 tribute scholar in the Renwu Annual Meeting of the high school, the top saint of Jinluan Hall!"

"There are four people from Wansong Academy within the first ten miles. This is too scary."

"Isn't this another fraud case?"

"If there is really a fraud case, who dares to do it so obviously is not asking for death."

"That's right. This is a crime of decapitation."

At this time, three figures broke through the crowd and ran into the guild hall, shouting as they ran: "Yu Jingzhong is the winner, Han Changlin and Jiang Dao are ranked second and third!"

These three people were Lu Yu, Zhao Lingfeng and Yan Bin who couldn't sit still in the club and ran to look at the rankings.

This time, all three of them were on the list and happily ran back to report the good news.

"No.1 is Xiao Shixian, he is also from Wansong Academy!"

"Then don't we account for half of the top ten?"

"It's amazing. The place where Little Shixian stays is just different."

"Well, we must let the children of the family go to study there. Maybe they can come back with the top prize next year."

(End of this chapter)