After rebirth, I kidnapped the future powerful official

Chapter 322 [Continued] Handpicked No. Scholar
Each test paper needs to be reviewed by all the ministers. After one is approved, it will be passed to the next person, which is called a turn table.

Xu Jiajing continued to read patiently, and soon, he saw the familiar handwriting and the extremely standard pavilion style.

"Okay." Xu Jiajing's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help stroking his palms gently, attracting the attention of others.

When Gan Jiemin saw it, he smiled and said, "Master Xu, did you see a good article?"

Xu Jiajing smiled and replied: "Master Gan will know if it is a good article or not."

Someone nearby also heard it, and said with a smile: "Master Xu praised it so much, then I will take a good look at it later."

Hearing this, Xu Jiajing laughed, stretched out his hand to pick up the brush, and drew a circle on the paper, which meant the best.

Finally, let the chief examiner check it out, and the paper with the most circles on it will be taken, and the ranking of the first and second grades is also derived from this.

In the end, as Xu Jiajing expected, Gan Jiemin pushed Guan Hanzhen's paper, and coincidentally, Cui Yunhao and Guan Hanzhen's papers had nine circles on them!

Xu Jiajing and Gan Jiemin looked at each other subconsciously, and they knew each other immediately.

The hall was extremely quiet. He Yinguang stood in front of the imperial case, motionless, waiting for Emperor Yongtai to slowly look up the test papers. After reading it, he picked up the last three test papers and said, "This is the first test paper that you have negotiated. Scholars?"

Emperor Yongtai looked at it, and suddenly asked: "Is this Cui Yunhao the same 13-year-old prodigy who was selected as a scholar?"

"Bring it to me to see."

Someone answered: "Yes, it seems that the talents and learning of these two people are really comparable!"

These words have a lot of meaning, if the ministers really speculate on the emperor's preferences to elect the number one scholar, they will inevitably have flattery, if the person who is pushed is not liked by the emperor, he will also offend the emperor because of this, it can be said The Sacred Heart is unpredictable.

He Yinguang replied respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, the top ten papers are here."

He Yinguang respectfully replied: "If you answer the emperor's words, yes."

He threw the brochure on the table and waved his hand, the maid immediately retreated with her zither in her arms, and the hall returned to silence.

He Yinguang lowered his eyes slightly, and replied respectfully: "If you go back to the emperor, that's not the case. This talent is indeed on par with that Guan Hanzhen. However, the emperor please take a look at this person's neat and clean face. The calligraphy is excellent, and everyone says that the calligraphy is like the person, if this person is the number one scholar and becomes an official of my Great Zhou in the future, he must be like this calligraphy, clear and vigorous."

Gan Jiemin turned pale and said, "Why—"

Emperor Yongtai looked at the booklet, his brows became tighter and tighter, and a slight anger appeared on his face.

As he spoke, he clicked on the test paper. Gan Jiemin stood beside him and stretched his neck to read it. There were three words on the front of the paper: Cui Yunhao.

The air in the hall was silent again for a while, at this moment, He Yinguang suddenly said: "Take off the seal first."

Gan Jiemin was in a daze, he didn't expect the other party's sudden betrayal at this moment.

Everyone understands the meaning of this sentence: okay, now you two start arguing, and whoever wins the quarrel recommends who.

The eunuch on duty smiled and said: "It's all as it should be. The emperor is happy, so we can handle our errands."

"These two are really destined."

At the beginning, He Yinguang chose Guan Hanzhen to be the club member. Although Xu Jiajing didn't know why Xu Jiajing was so confused and asked the other party's idea, it was obvious that his chances of winning were relatively high. After all...

He Yinguang paused, and said to him kindly: "Understood, thank you for reminding me, father-in-law."

The rest of the people also said one after another: "Mr. He Ge, please recommend the paper to the emperor."

All the reading ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Emperor Yongtai picked up the ink brush, drew a circle on the paper, and said: "Since Mr. He Ge said so, I will choose him as the number one scholar!"

Emperor Yongtai flipped through the paper and said, "From what I saw, he seems to be on par with this Guan Hanzhen. Why did you choose him as the number one scholar?"

He Yinguang nodded, put away the top ten papers, and prepared to recommend it to Emperor Yongtai, and the emperor would decide the final ranking.

Xu Jiajing's heart tightened, he was a little uncertain, but it was not easy to stop, someone had already taken a spatula and opened the seal.

He Yinguang took a step forward, put the test paper in his arms on the table, and said: "Please have a look, Your Majesty."

He looked at He Yinguang in astonishment, Guan Hanzhen was selected for Huiyuan, and Cui Yunhao was recommended for champion, what are you always thinking about?
Gan Jiemin in this room was disturbed, while Xu Jiajing in that room heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Then I will listen to the old man and recommend this person as the number one scholar."

The hall was very quiet. Emperor Yongtai was sitting behind the table, reading a booklet in his hand, and a court lady was playing the piano beside him.

The names of the two test papers were suddenly revealed, one was Cui Yunhao, and the other was Guan Hanzhen.

The duty officer listened too much, so he quickly agreed, turned around and entered the main hall, came out after a while, opened the door for him and said, "Your Majesty, please come in."

He remembered what Duan Ce said, turned his head to look at He Yinguang, and said, "Since Mr. He Ge is the chief, I want to hear what Mr. Ge means."

This is also true, Gan Jiemin immediately breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Everyone agreed one after another, and said humanely: "Although Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second, but there is only one champion, which one do you recommend to Your Majesty?"

After hearing these words, Emperor Yongtai laughed and said: "It's good to be like a person, good!"

Someone said in surprise: "Isn't this the Huiyuan and Yayuan of this test?"

He Yinguang went to see Emperor Yongtai with the paper in his mouth, and the eunuch on duty who was guarding the door saw him, and hurriedly bowed and smiled and said, "It's Mr. He Ge who is here."

He immediately turned his head to look at He Yinguang, but saw that the other party looked as calm as a mountain.

Gan Jiemin was thinking about it, when he heard He Yinguang point a paper slowly, and said: "If you adults want to hear my opinion, I think this paper is slightly better than half a point."

He Yinguang nodded and said, "Please inform me."

Emperor Yongtai said: "Let's be flat, is the ranking of the palace examination drawn up?"

After all, if he really had a dispute with Xu Jiajing in front of so many colleagues and ministers, he really had no chance of winning, but it would be different if He Yinguang spoke.

Xu Jiajing sighed inwardly, reached out and picked up Cui Yunhao's paper, opened his mouth to speak, but stopped suddenly.

So the question is, these two people are comparable, who should be recommended?

"Thank you." He Yinguang stepped into the hall, when passing by the eunuch, the eunuch whispered: "Because of the affairs in the north, the emperor is not very happy to see it today."

The sound of the piano is faint and soft, and He Yinguang can only hear it clearly when he gets close.

As he spoke, he raised his head, stared at He Yinguang with a pair of sharp eyes, and said slowly: "Is it because I praised him in public?"

Everyone was silent, because except for Xu Jiajing and Gan Jiemin, everyone else had ticked circles on the test papers, which meant that they all agreed with the talents of these two people.

At this time, the Minister of the Household Department said: "Master Gan and Mr. Xu seem to have some disputes."

"Exactly."

At this moment, He Yinguang stepped forward and knelt down: "My minister, He Yinguang kowtowed to the emperor."

After hearing this, Emperor Yongtai's anger still persisted, but his tone softened, and he said, "It's you who came."

Hubu Shangshu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "It seems that these two people are equally good, this is my great Zhou's blessing."

He Yinguang hurriedly bowed his body: "My minister is terrified."

Emperor Yongtai drew up the rankings of the next nine people one by one, and said: "Okay, let's go to the Ministry of Rites to fill in the rankings."

"Yes."

He Yinguang stepped forward and picked up the test paper. The first one was indeed Cui Yunhao, the freshly released No. 36 Scholar in Jiachen Division in Yongtai , followed by Guan Hanzhen, who was second in the list.

(End of this chapter)