After rebirth, I abducted the future minister

Chapter 321 [Continued] Selection

On the other side, Cui Yunhao had already made a draft and began to make his first move on the rice paper: I am right, I heard that the emperor must have the actual rule of the manager, and then he can restrain the crowd...

On the Golden Palace, the emperor was half leaning, scanning the scholars who answered the questions below. Emperor Yongtai is fifty-four this year. Since the day he ascended the throne, he has been in power for thirty years. At this time, his hair has been on his head.

Widths of white spots appeared, although they looked old, but they revealed a sense of majesty, especially those eyes, which were dark and dark, making people dare not look at them.

Emperor Yongtai seemed to be in a good mood today. He half-squinted his eyes and looked at the entire hall. All the officials looked at their noses and noses. Standing there, they didn't even dare to move the corners of their robes, as if they were clay sculptures,

They were fine, they met Tianyan every day and were already used to it.

The miserable thing is that the candidates who answered the questions were nervous, and sweat gradually appeared on their foreheads. When the emperor looked at them, their hands holding the pen were shaking a little.

Emperor Yongtai looked for a while, and his eyes naturally fell on the row of tables in front of the emperor. When he saw the second table, his eyebrows were raised, and he was obviously a little surprised. He called out: "He Yinguang."

"I'm here."

Someone from the row of officials moved and stood up. He was wearing vermilion uniforms and his hair and beard were all white. It was He Yinguang who knelt on the ground to salute.

Emperor Yongtai reached out and pointed to the side, saying, "Is there a juren who is as young as this year?"

He Yinguang immediately knew this, but he still looked in that direction.

Just as Cui Yunhao saw his side face, he lowered his head and wrote the test paper, and he wrote the pen very quickly, and he seemed to have never heard of what happened.

King Yong immediately turned around and smiled and said, "Jiajing, you are here and are looking forward to you."

Xu Jiajing also smiled: "It is the fault of the minister to let the prince wait for a long time."

Xu Jiajing replied: "When I was in Baohe Palace today, the emperor asked about a juren. Do you still remember it?"

Duan Ce nodded and said, "I understand what Master He means."

He carefully read Cui Yunhao's test paper. Cui Yunhao was only seventeen years old, and for others, he was really younger. Although the younger he was, the more likely he was to attract attention and become famous.

Duan Ce asked: "What's going on?"

"Oh?" Emperor Yongtai was indeed surprised, stared at Cui Yunhao for a few more times, and said, "Then isn't this person a child prodigy?"

While spreading the test papers, Gan Jiemin laughed and said, "Mr. Xu, who do you think has the most hope to be named the top scorer today?"

Xu Jiajing replied: "It's true that I recommended this person as Huiyuan during the examination, but it was later rejected by Mr. He."

Xu Jiajing said: "Yes, but today's palace examination, Your Highness also saw that this person has attracted the attention of the emperor and even praised him as a child prodigy in public. With the emperor's character, it is very likely that he will be the top scholar at that time.

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Xu Jiajing pondered for a moment and said, "I read this person's test papers and articles at that time, and his writing was sophisticated and often had amazing words. He is a good talent. If he was cultivated well in the future, he would definitely make some achievements, so I would recommend it, but I would like to express my wishes.

But the elder of the cabinet only chose him as Yayuan, saying that he is young and too conspicuous may be unfavorable."

Duan Ce's eyes were still on the book and he said, "Please come in."

Xu Jiajing sat aside, watching the chief officer take out the test papers, and distributed them in turn according to the official rank of the minister who read the papers. It was soon his turn.

Seeing that he was like this, King Yong asked again: "What? What is the difficulty?"

Xu Jiajing smiled and bowed respectfully, saying, "This matter depends on the emperor's will."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiajing hesitated and said, "I will tell you that you have it, but..."

Duan Ce said, "Have you read the papers for his palace examination?"

This was a commendation. He Yinguang answered with a breath: "Back to the emperor, there are tens of thousands of scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but there are only a handful of scholars who can become scholars at the age of thirteen, so it is indeed as the emperor

In other words, this person can be called a child prodigy."

The palace examination was held for a whole day. When it was the evening when everyone was holding the lights, everyone had to hand over the paper. Cui Yunhao wrote the last stroke on the test paper and then put the brush down.

Duan Ce put down the book in his hand, stood up, walked to the window, and looked into the distance. It was already night, and the lights had already been in the palace, and it looked brightly lit.

Cui Yunhao raised his eyes and saw that the man was He Yinguang. He nodded slightly to show etiquette. The two looked at each other for a moment. He Yinguang turned his head and watched the examiner start collecting the papers.

Gan Jiemin was sitting next to Xu Jiajing. Since the last time the two of them had a red face because of the Huiyuan incident, they now seem to be in harmony.

He Yinguang replied respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, yes."

His voice was calm and steady, until a maid came in outside the door and saluted, "Prince, Lord Xu is here."

It was quiet inside the hall. Xu Jiajing raised his gaze from the test paper and moved to a back in front. It was He Yinguang.

Cui Yunhao was still writing quickly, completely uninfluenced by the outside world, as if he had been immersed in it.

Xu Jiajing bowed and replied, "I have never read it, how dare I talk about this person to Your Highness? It can be said that this person has done a great job of writing. The scholars who participated in the palace examination this time can compare with him.

There are very few."

He Yinguang's voice was still respectful: "If you go back to the emperor, this person is from Hangzhou, a scholar at the age of thirteen, and Jie Yuan at the age of thirty years of Yongtai."

"yes."

He Yinguang stood there, saying nothing, and then walked away. Cui Yunhao silently packed up his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and left Baohe Palace with the scholars.

He suddenly reacted and looked at Xu Jiajing and said, "What? The person you are talking about is exactly this one?"

For example, Emperor Yongtai saw him at a glance and even asked questions in the palace. However, He Yinguang believed that this was not a good thing for Cui Yunhao.

At this moment, a figure appeared in front of his desk, with the vermilion hem of the official robe.

The king and his subjects' questions and answers are unintentional, but the listeners are intentional, and everyone's eyes are looking at the table at the front.

On the second day, in Wenhua Hall, all the ministers and examiners of the papers were gathered here to prepare to review yesterday's test papers.

Gan Jiemin was bored and stopped talking and started reading the test paper.

"Sit," King Yong raised his hand and waited for Xu Jiajing to sit down before asking: "How is it? But is there a good candidate?"

In the palace, a young man was sitting by the window, holding a book in his hand, and slowly chanting: "One is sincerity, the way of heaven, sincerity is bright, and the way of man...

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Emperor Yongtai seemed very interested in the youngest juren and continued: "I see that he won Yayuan in this exam. If so, wouldn't he be a scholar at the age of fourteen or five?"

King Yong said: "Of course I remember that my father praised him as a child prodigy, and he seemed to be quite young."

Xu Jiajing felt a little uneasy.

A sound of footsteps came in from outside the door, followed by Xu Jiajing's voice saying, "I've seen the prince."

Today, the top scorer will definitely have a dispute. Not to mention others, it is Gan Jiemin.

Since he pushed Guan Hanzhen to Huiyuan, he would definitely argue with him this time.

Gan Jiemin is the Minister of Personnel, and he is the Minister of Rites. According to previous customs, the people he would recommend were the ones he took, so Xu Jiajing did not have the advantage in this dispute unless...

He looked at the back in front of him again, sighed in his heart, picked up a pen and drew a dot on the test paper, and then passed it to the table next door.

(End of this chapter)