The next morning, Sun Shenxing rushed to the Imperial College. Thinking about the 598 candidates who all called "teachers", he was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.

But after waiting for a long time, no tribute scholar entered the hospital. It was strange that the priest of the Imperial College (the current principal) came to report in panic: "Sir Sun, the current tribute scholars gathered outside the Imperial College, but they just refused to come in."

Sun Shenxing was furious and shouted, "I asked them to come in. These literati are just pretentious. If they don't make fame and fortune, why should they rush to the capital to participate in the imperial examination? Now that they have passed the imperial examination, they are pretending to be in reverse. The order is that if they don't come in, they will be disqualified from the tribute."

Sun Shenxing's last words were really shameless. He admitted tribute scholars and was the chief examiner. However, after the tribute scholars were admitted, the list had been reported to Emperor Tianqi and was promulgated to the world. Even the emperor himself was not easy to modify. How powerful is Sun Shenxing? How dare he openly cancel hundreds of tribute scholars?

The Imperial College Priest Jiu passed Sun Shenxing's words to the Imperial College Priest intact and asked him to go out to pass the order.

However, lies can always scare many people. Shortly after the chief clerk went out to pass the order, many people came in one after another in the Imperial College.

Sun Shenxing saw that the number of people was a little wrong and asked the Imperial College Priest in a low voice: "All people are here? Why are there only so many people?"

Jijiu said embarrassedly: "Sir, there are some tributes kneeling outside the door and unwilling to come in."

"What? You're such a waste, you can't even do this. Wait for me to go out and have a look."

Sun Shenxing was a little panicked. The three cabinet masters in the cabinet were about to come to the Imperial College to meet the tribute scholars and scold him. If they discovered the chaotic scene of the Imperial College, it would be troublesome. He was originally accused of guilt now, and if there was another problem here, the whole family would be in danger. He probably might have been troubled by the dethronement of Zhu Youcheng, but he did that matter perfectly and could not have made any mistakes.

When I walked to the gate of the Imperial College, I saw a group of tribute men kneeling outside.

Sun Shenxing pretended to be hypocritical and asked cordially: "All the tributes, you are all elites from various provinces and are about to become pillars of the country. Why do you gather at the gate of the Imperial College and not enter to wait for the reception of the three cabinet masters in the cabinet?"

The three middle-aged men kneeling in the front row all replied: "We dare not overtake the wise men."

"Which wise man? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"It's Zhu Youcheng, an undergraduate candidate. We saw four test papers opposite the emperor's list, which were our and Zhu Youcheng's test papers. We used to think that our answers were beautiful and elegant, but after reading his magnificent article, we felt ashamed and felt that it was not a little bit inferior to him. Although the top scorer, second scorer, and Tanhua were our lifelong wishes, we were willing to give up the disadvantage. Now that Zhu Youcheng failed the exam, we dare not enter the Imperial College before him."

"This Zhu Youcheng was against me before the exam, and against me during the exam. Even if the exam is over, he still has to fight against me." Sun Shenxing muttered to himself. If it weren't for Zhu Youcheng, he wouldn't have been arrested as a rebel before the exam; if it weren't for Zhu Youcheng, he wouldn't have been speechless during the exam; if it weren't for Zhu Youcheng, the tribute scholars would not have gathered at the gate of the Imperial College after the exam and insisted on not entering. How could Sun Shenxing not let Zhu Youcheng hate him so much that he was itchy?

"Who are you?" Sun Shenxing decided to deal with these three leaders. After dealing with them, are he still afraid that the people behind him will not enter the Imperial College obediently?

"I am Wen Zhenmeng."

"I am Fu Guan."

"I'm Chen In-seok."

The names reported by the three of them made Sun Shenxing hesitate. If it was a candidate next to him, it would be fine. But these three people were Huiyuan, second and third respectively. Maybe they were already in the Dixin. If they deal with it privately, they would definitely get into trouble.

From afar, he saw three red sedan chairs coming to the Imperial College. It must be Gu Bingqian, the cabinet's chief assistant, Sun Chengzong, and Wen Donglai. They had already informed Sun Shenxing yesterday and would come to the Imperial College to visit the tribute scholars today.

The tribute scholars are about to participate in the palace examination held in the palace hall. Unlike the provincial examination, the imperial examination is that the palace examination is generally no longer deposed candidates, but instead determine the ranking of the Jinshi. Therefore, the tribute scholars are basically already Jinshi. The three cabinet masters in the cabinet naturally have to come and see them to show their concern.

But these three sedan chairs were blocked outside and could not enter.

Sun Shenxing was very anxious and hurriedly told the reason for the deposed Zhu Youcheng: "The test paper of the candidate Zhu Youcheng is indeed very exciting, but when he mentioned the emperor's name, he did not avoid it, so we, the chief examiner, endured the pain of giving up his love and knocked him down. Originally, the taboo was to be arrested in the Heaven Prison for trial, but we were eager to love and never announced the reason for his failure."

Fu Guan and Chen Renxi nodded, were quite moved, ready to stand up and walk into the Imperial College. They were not willing to come at first, but four papers were posted together. The article made people suspect that the examiner accepted bribes and allowed them to make them have high school. In order to prove their innocence, they knelt at the gate of the Imperial College for petition. Now Sun Shenxing gave an excuse that seemed perfect, and the two of them wanted to just go down and give themselves a step. After all, if Zhu Youcheng came in, their ranking would be reduced by one. Especially Chen Renxi, who was originally the first-class Tanhua Huang, had to squeeze into the second-class and get along with the group of Jinshi.

But Wen Zhenmeng pulled the sleeves of the two and pulled them back.

He said loudly: "Mr. Sun, I have read his test paper carefully, and the words "Yuan" do not appear in it. Since these two words are not available, how can you say that taboos are not violated? If it is the word "Tian" and "Qi" appear in the article, but these two words are the year names and cannot match the taboos."

"The word 'you' is in the emperor's taboo. He wrote the word 'you', which means he violated the taboo."

"Mr. Sun, all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty implemented benevolent government and loved the people as much as their children. They once stipulated that as long as the words that violated taboos were connected differently from the emperor's name, they were not considered taboos. Why did they become taboos when they came to adults?"

The Ming Dynasty did not arrest any taboos. It was not like the Jiannu who stole the Han Dynasty. The taboos were astonishing as the so-called Emperor Yongzheng, because his name was Yinzhen, so after he ascended the throne, his brother and younger brother were not allowed to use the word "Yun", but had to use the word "Yun". Even his favorite thirteenth brother was changed to Yunxiang. No matter how like the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, his younger brother Xin Wang was still called Zhu Youjian.

"Why didn't it connect? His surname is Zhu Youcheng. Isn't it the same name as the emperor's?"

Although the law stipulates that the same name as the emperor is considered a taboo, the two characters Zhu You are one with surname and the other with name, which is slightly different from the legal provisions, but Sun Shenxing's forced argument can be barely reasonable.

But Wen Zhenmeng is a stubborn person and never admits defeat easily. He said: "Mr. Sun, among the three words 'Zhu Youcheng' in the test copy I saw, the horizontal line between the word 'Yu' in the middle is quite short and has become a typo. This is one of the ways to avoid taboos, so he did not make any taboos. Please think twice."

"Why are you always talking about it here? Do you think you can do whatever you want after taking the exam for the Huiyuan exam? Do you think you can't punish you?"

"Who said that I would punish my nephew Wen Zhenmeng?" A majestic voice came.

Sun Shenxing looked up and saw that it was Wen Donglai, the second assistant to the cabinet.

Wen Donglai was a very special prime minister because he participated in the imperial examinations many times and was defeated repeatedly. Later, somehow he took the line of Emperor Wanli and became a county magistrate. He had a lot of political reputation, so he climbed higher and higher. Last year, he was attracted by Emperor Tianqi and promoted him to be the second auxiliary of the cabinet. Originally, he was not qualified to be the second auxiliary of the cabinet, but Emperor Tianqi suddenly rose up and wiped out the Donglin Party in Beijing with a thunderous momentum. The ministers of the court were silent and no one dared to object, so he settled in this position.

Sun Shenxing thought that Wen Donglai's surname was Wen, Wen Zhen and Meng's surname was Wen, and the surname Wen was not a big surname. He immediately understood that the two people had a relative relationship and said with a hurried smile: "How dare you bully your nephew? He is a new student. After the palace examination in the future, he will be the top scholar."

Wen Donglai ignored him and said to his nephew with a smile: "Zhen Meng, our uncle and nephew studied together back then, but unfortunately they have been poor in the exam. I didn't expect that you would become Huiyuan this year. It's really a shame for our Wen family. But so do you, and you didn't inform me when you arrived in Beijing. It was not until I saw the list that I knew you were in Beijing and even won Huiyuan."

Wen Zhenmeng sighed and said, "I originally hoped that Huiyuan would meet my third uncle again, but unfortunately this year's imperial examination..., Alas, I'm still kneeling here."
Chapter completed!