".........Zhangyang, Shehong County, Zizhou, Wang Ju, Yingchuan County, Yingzhou, Wen Dalin, Qiantang County, Hangzhou, and Zhang Zhu, Bianliang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, please leave the list!"

Twenty scholars walked out of their seats with hundreds of pairs of envious eyes. Not only will the top three be produced among them, but even if they cannot enter the top three, they are ranked second and second, and they are awarded the title of Jinshi. Feng Jing also walked out of the team. He ranks second, second only to the favorite Bianliang Wang Suizhou.

Pei Qun continued: "Below are three boys who test the scholars. Please invite Zhang Qiu from Bianliang, Li Ying from Yuhang County, Hangzhou, and Liu Ran from Wujiang County, Pingjiang Prefecture to leave the list."

Fanning said with a buzzing sound in her mind, she didn't have herself?

Although he didn't care about the rankings, he still felt extremely disappointed that he didn't really have himself on the interview list.

Su Liang was also shocked and whispered: "What's going on? Fanning, why are you without you?"

Fan Ning glanced at Liu Ran who was throwing a proud look at him, and he felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.

"Maybe I'm not performing well in the palace examination!" He replied lightly.

"It's simply unfair, it makes this bastard proud!" Su Liang stared at Liu Ran's back with hatred and said

"You guys follow me!"

Pei Qun took twenty-three interviewers to Fengqi Pavilion to wait for the interview. Although the three boy exam candidates were able to participate in the interview, only one of them was admitted.

The admitted candidate for the boy exam will be ranked first in the second grade, while the other two candidates who were not admitted in the interview will be ranked first in the third grade, but they are also given a Jinshi.

At this time, Fan Ning was in a turmoil. He was thinking hard about what went wrong with his palace examination questions, which made the examiner dislike him.

As the first place in the provincial examination of the Boy Cybers, he did not enter the top three in the end. It can only be said that his palace examination questions were problematic, and the problems were not small, and he was likely to violate some taboos.

Could it be that Ouyang Xiu was displeased with the idea of ​​establishing a powerful navy and expanding territory overseas?

...........

At this time, the emperor Zhao Zhen had already sat down in the imperial study. While drinking tea, he was flipping through the interview list. Because he needed to determine the first place, second place and Tanhua in the end, the current list was not the last ranking.

Once the top three are confirmed, the Ministry of Rites will present a complete list. After Zhao Zhen and Zhu criticized it, they will officially release the list and announce the list of the imperial examinations to the world.

What Zhao Zhen now sees is the interview list provided to him by the Ministry of Rites.

Zhao Zhen looked at the list of twenty Jinshis, and he turned to the next page. The next page was the list of three Jinshis in the Boys.

Zhao Zhen nodded, put the list on the table, picked up the teacup and drank tea, but his eyes accidentally saw the paperweight of the streams and mountains on the table.

He moved his heart, put down the teacup and asked lightly, "Which is Fanning?"

Song Xiang was stunned for a moment, and turned around and looked at Zhang Xuan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Xuan's face turned pale. He never thought that the emperor would pay attention to Fan Ning?

If I had known this, I wouldn't have taken this risk for Zhang Yaozuo if I had beaten to death.

Zhang Xuan seized the loophole of the emperor not looking at the entire list and conducted an interview first. When the examiner found something wrong, he had already made a mature meal. At most, the officials below did not communicate with the examiner in time, and simply punished him and he would be done.

Zhang Xuan did not dare to tell the truth, so he had to push the responsibility down again and whispered: "Weichen has not seen the complete list either. Please Rong Weichen go and take a look and then report to Your Majesty!"

"No!"

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhang Xuan dissatisfiedly. The Minister of Rites, who was in charge of the imperial examination, did not see the complete list. It was ridiculous!

Song Xiang was also very dissatisfied. How could Zhang Xuan make such a low-level mistake? He was caught by the emperor again. He secretly hated him, but Zhang Xuan is his person, so he also wants to say a few good things for Zhang Xuan.

Song Xiang whispered: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights. He has worked hard to hold the imperial examination. Although there is a mistake at the last moment, his spirit is still commendable."

Zhao Zhen's face was a little gentler and he said, "Go and announce it! Be prepared to start the interview."

Just then, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo shouted outside: "This is a blatant deception. Don't stop me, I want to see the emperor!"

Zhao Zhen was stunned. What happened? He hurriedly said: "Let Your Majesty Wen come in and speak."

At this time, Zhang Xuan's face changed drastically, and he was trembling. He had realized that something was going to happen.

After a moment, Wen Yanbo rushed into the imperial study angrily and bowed to Zhao Zhen, "I want to impeach Song Xianggong's crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Song Xiang's face changed and he said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Wen, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Zhen frowned, "Mr. Wen, I'm confused. Just say whatever you have."

Wen Yanbo presented a list, "This is the list of the first ones I received by Wei, Your Majesty, what's the difference?"

Zhao Zhen followed the list and asked in confusion: "I haven't seen any difference?"

"Please see the Boy Department!"

Zhao Zhen turned the second page and his face changed suddenly. The one who ranked first was Fan Ning, Wuxian, Pingjiang Prefecture.

Zhao Zhen looked at Song Xiang with sharp eyes, "Grandpa Song, please try it out for me!"

Song Xiang was also stunned. The two lists of the Boys were different. Zhang Xuan took Fanning away the list given to him, but he didn't know that there was another list.

He glared at Zhang Xuan with great dissatisfaction, "Mr. Zhang, you gave me the list. Why did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhang Xuan was already in a difficult situation, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites believes that Fanning has a problem with his qualifications, so he moved him out of the interview list."

"Then I just asked you which place Fan Ning is. Why do you say you don't know?" Zhao Zhen asked in a cold tone.

"Reporting to your Majesty, I really don't know which place Fanning is now, maybe the fiftieth or the fourth. I dare not say anything before I confirm it."

"Hmph! You are very good at quibbling, but I actually have nothing to say. Then tell me, where is Fanning's qualification inconsistent?"

Zhang Xuan felt a sense of silence, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He is the grandson of Fan Zhongyan, the Minister of Rites. We think he should take the exam first, but he didn't. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites believes that his qualifications are flawed. In order to avoid discussion among the world, his interview was cancelled."

Zhao Zhen's eyes narrowed. It was so interesting that it actually involved Fan Zhongyan.

Wen Yanbo sneered and bowed to Zhao Zhen, "Please ask him a few words!"

"Mr. Wen said frankly!"

Wen Yanbo glared at Zhang Xuan and said, "Master Zhang, Fan Ning is only a grandson of Fan Zhongyan's clan, not a relative. Fan Zhongyan officially took office in the Ministry of Rites on the second day of the imperial examination. Does this situation violate the regulations for the first examination?"

Zhang Xuan knew that as long as he took a step back, he would be crushed to pieces, so he could only sacrifice his life at this time.

"Strictly speaking, he did not violate the rules of the first test, but he is the grandson of the Minister of Rites. It is not impossible to ask him to participate in the first test. So I just said that his qualifications are flawed, otherwise I would cancel his qualifications for the first test during the provincial examination. However, as the Minister of Rites, I would never recommend a scholar with flaws to the emperor for an interview."

"You recommend it?"

Wen Yanbo continued to sneer: "What qualifications do you have to recommend? Have you told the examiner? Who has recognized it? The list you provided to the emperor was re-drafted by the examiner?"

Although Zhang Xuan made a very reasonable statement and Fan Ning's qualifications were flawed, Wen Yanbo seized his biggest loophole.

The Ministry of Rites is not qualified to cancel whose ranking, and they can only raise objections. The two prime ministers in charge of the palace examination will review whether their evidence is reasonable and sufficient. After the prime minister and the chief examiner approves the new list, and then the three chief examiners and deputy chief examiners will re-sign.

The process is very strict, just to prevent cheating.

Zhang Xuan was hit by the vital point, and he felt that he was about to collapse. He plucked up the last bit of courage and said: "I have handed over this matter to the Minister's Wai Lang Pei Qun. Wei Chen believes that he should have communicated."

At this time, Song Xiang, who felt that he was betrayed, said coldly: "Mr. Zhang, are you talking lies with your eyes open! I have been with you all the time, and you actually asked a minister to communicate with me? When will he communicate with me?"

Song Xiang broke down with a knife from behind. He knelt down, his whole body trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

Wen Yanbo bowed to Zhao Zhen again, "I have asked the official website Pei Qun, and he said that Zhang Xuan asked him to modify the list without authorization. He did everything according to Zhang Xuan's request, and Zhang Xuan did not ask him to communicate with the examiner at all."

Zhao Zhen sighed, "You dare to deceive me like this!"

He looked at Zhang Xuan, "Tell me! Who instructed you to do this?"

Zhang Xuan kowtowed like pounding garlic, "No one instructed me to me. It was Weichen and Fan Zhongyan who had a feud. I wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate. It was Weichen who failed His Majesty's expectations. I was willing to accept all punishment!"

Although Zhang Xuan was already desperate, he was not confused. He knew that if he confessed to Zhang Yaozuo, he would only make the result worse!

Zhao Zhen looked at him coldly for a moment, then waved his hand, "Pull him out and ask for an interrogation in Jiao Dali Temple!"

Several guards dragged Zhang Xuan out, but Zhang Xuan never said a word.

Song Xiang said with shame: "I am also responsible for being in absent-minded!"

Zhao Zhen said lightly: "The follow-up of the palace examination will be handed over to Mr. Wen, so Song Aiqing will not ask about it."

Song Xiang felt a chill in his heart. The official family did not call him Gong Song. He felt an inexplicable worry. Could it be that he was going wrong?

He hated Zhang Xuan very much, and had no choice but to bow and say, "I obey the order!"

Zhao Zhen said to Wen Yanbo again, "I will give you half an hour to sort it out again. I want to see the complete list."
Chapter completed!