After waiting for orders, Jiang Anyi stayed at home and did not dare to go anywhere. He refused all social engagements outside and only played chess with Fan Shiben at home to spend time.

Mr. Fan was surprised and asked a few questions about the reason. Jiang Anyi shook his head and said, "Brother Fan still doesn't know."

The external information is brought by Tian Shoulou every three days. What makes Jiang Anyi quite strange is that the outside is calm and there is no abnormality.

The examination ended on April 15th. Jiang Anyi read the articles of Fan Zhichang and Li Dongsheng and smiled and said, "Zhichang's poetry strategy is excellent, he should be in high school. Dongsheng's "Lan Fu" is slightly inferior, but the others are good, and the hope should be very high."

The tribute school started to review the papers. Twenty examiners made good marks on the test papers they read. The marks include "     ○", "△", ",", "｜", "×" (i.e., circle, point, point, straight, and fork), representing the fifth grade. The circle is the best, and so on is the worst. After the test paper is reviewed, the review is added, and the surname of the reader is indicated on the back of the end, and the first two grades are recommended to the examiner.

The review papers for this year's meeting was completed on May 9th. Ma Suizhen, the chief examiner in Mingyuan Building, summoned everyone to the meeting and said: "The current exam has been worked together and finally ended successfully. Today's exam is the opening of the Wu Dynasty. It is the year of imperial examinations. It is slightly more scholars than in previous years, and a total of 388 scholars have been selected."

Zhou Chucun sat in the third place on the right, and lived in the Gongyuan for more than a month, which was really exhausted. However, Zhou Chucun was proud of himself, and all the six people he had brought successfully entered the list. It was quite cost-effective to exchange for 60,000 taels of silver in one month.

He glanced at the people beside him, and they all looked happy. Zhou Chucun knew that these people were carrying no less private goods than him. If he had known that he should have added two more, the shopkeeper of Yixianglou was willing to handle some of his youngest son with 20,000 taels of silver. He was not very familiar with him, and he was timid for a moment and did not dare to agree. Alas, the 20,000 taels of silver flew away.

The deputy chief examiner He Yingjie smiled and said, "You have worked hard for more than a month, so you can work hard for another day. Tomorrow, I will see the sage and Ma Zhongshu, and the emperor will be posted. You can go home and reunite."

On May 10, Ma Suizhen and He Yingjie came to meet with the enrolled tribute scholars. The emperor summoned him in Zichen Hall. According to the regular examination paper, the emperor would not read the articles of the top three or top ten during the palace examination. Huiyuan was Du Qiuliang, a student of the Imperial College Supervisor. Shi Fangzhen had heard of his talent and read it further. Fan Zhichang.

Shi Fangzhen pointed to his name and asked, "Who is this Fan Zhichang?"

Ma Suizhen smiled and said, "This Fan Zhichang is the grandson of Fan Master Fan Yanzhong. I heard that this son first studied in Jiang Anyi and later studied under Zhang Zhicheng. After Lord Zhang took office as Qianzhou, he studied in the Imperial College. Deng Haonan, the former director of Zechang Academy, was cultivated by many wise teachers. This son is only eighteen years old this year, and he is young and talented, just like Jiang Anyi back then."

The top ten candidates of the Gongshi Ma Suizhen and He Yingjie dared not neglect them. They chose people with their words as pearls and their writings as brocade, so the emperor asked and answered them smoothly.

Shi Fangzhen felt aroused. Fan Zhichang was cultivated by so many good teachers. He should be a talent that can be created. In the past, he was Jiang Anyi and Zhang Zhicheng. Shi Fangzhen remembered that Empress Wang once joked that if there was one more daughter, Jiang Anyi would be the son-in-law. His second daughter, Princess Xinle, was fifteen years old this year. In her prime, Concubine Liu even spoke to him a few days ago, asking him to pay attention to finding the new Jinshi.

A person with both talent and appearance, I don’t know how Fan Zhichang looks like. I will take a closer look at it during the palace examination. If the person looks like he is suitable, he might as well call him as his son-in-law. In this way, he will be happy to see the new son-in-law and win over the Fan family, Jiang Anyi, Zhang Zhicheng and others.

Ma Suizhen and He Yingjie saw the emperor smiling and were confused. They didn't know what he was thinking, but the emperor was in a good mood and could pass the exam successfully. Both of them were worried. Half of the 388 people were sucked in. Some articles were really hard to see, and they just hoped that they could pass the exam.

Shi Fangzhen was dazzled by the dense names. He was paying attention to finding the names of Zhang Kejie and Tang Yuxuan. Feng Zhong had already found out the people who were talking nonsense in the restaurant that day. Shi Fangzhen was willing to bear it and was ready to follow the clues to see who was slandering the prince. Zhang Kejie was named 293, Tang Yuxuan was named 326, and his name was left behind. Shi Fangzhen knew that every imperial examination was inevitably involved, and most of them were controlled by princes and nobles. As long as it was not too much, Shi Fangzhen just thought it was not known.

After extracting the pen and approving the word "快" on the list, Ma Suizhen and He Yingjie both breathed a sigh of relief. The matter of the list was handled by the Ministry of Rites. The emperor comforted him with a few words of gentle words. The examination of the exam was over and three days was approved for leave. The chief, deputy chief examiner and fellow examiners went home to reunite with their families. After coming out of Zichen Hall, Ma Suizhen and He Yingjie looked at each other and laughed at each other and bowed to each other. After the emperor's list was announced, the tribute scholar who had won the title this year would be appointed as a teacher and send money to his door.

On the east wall of the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, the names written on golden paper shine brightly, and a few people are happy and most are sad.

Ma Yuanxiang widened his eyes, and for the fifth time, he looked carefully from beginning to end, but he still couldn't find his name and failed. He walked on the street in a daze, coming with great enthusiasm, but he returned disappointed. Ma Yuanxiang wanted to roar with resentment. Why did he fail to win as Jie Yuan, but Chen Hanhai only studied the articles of the chief and deputy chief examiner, but instead he took 221st.

He returned to the inn in a daze and saw a table of wine in the room. Chen Hanhai sat happily in the middle. Qiao Tiantong smiled and praised her. Seeing Ma Yuanxiang, Chen Hanhai slid her eyes and pretended not to see it. Qiao Tiantong saw Ma Yuanxiang's face turned blue and said with concern: "Brother Ma, it doesn't matter. If you don't win the subject today, wait for three years. With Brother Ma's talent and learning, don't be too sad. I set up a table to congratulate Brother Chen. Brother Ma might as well have two drinks."

Chen Hanhai said proudly: "Brother Ma, don't think you are Jie Yuan. The article on the subject of the imperial examination is still a bit worse than mine, but don't be too discouraged. Chen will definitely take care of you in the future."

Ma Yuanxiang was furious and pointed at Chen Hanhai's nose and cursed: "The villain is successful, it depends on how long you will be proud."

Chen Hanhai lowered his face and said, "Ma Yuanxiang, if you want to be arrogant, you have to depend on who you want to be. Can you scold me Chen Hanhai at will? I am not jealous, Brother Qiao, let's drink, ignore him. He is jealous and jealous."

Qiao Tiantong looked at Ma Yuanxiang apologetically, raised her glass and smiled: "Brother Chen has a great success in high school. Don't forget Qiao in the future. Come on, Qiao respects Brother Chen for a cup."

Ma Yuanxiang couldn't bear it anymore, so he reached out to cover the table, and the table was covered with wine and food, sprinkled Chen Hanhai all over.

Chen Hanhai stood up in a panic and cursed: "Ma Yuanxiang, why are you going crazy?"

Ma Yuanxiang pointed at the door and said, "Get out, get out of here, I won't serve you, Mr. Chen, please find it yourself.

Let's live in the place."

Chen Hanhai's face turned pale and he snorted angrily: "Brother Qiao, let's go, don't accept the food that comes from pity."

Qiao Tiantong sighed, bowed to Ma Yuanxiang, and left behind Chen Hanhai. Looking at the ground full of evil spirits, Ma Yuanxiang fell to the ground, and the wine jar fell beside him, and there was still half a jar of wine inside. He picked up the wine jar, and Ma Yuanxiang raised his head to drink, and soon fell to the ground drunk.

In Yongchang City, a sense of anxiety surged.

In Jihe Inn, more than a dozen scholars who failed the exam were drinking together. Fangzhou scholar Ye Zi held up his wine glass and said drunk: "The test is unfair. Most of them are princes on the list. We have been waiting for decades to defeat the white money."

"Brother Ye said it well. Huang Zhehe, Wang Zhixiang, Cui Zhengquan... are all powerful children. I met Cui Zhengquan when I was good at writing. The poem was written in a nonsense. Such a person could win 96. God was blind." The man pointed more than ten names in one breath, picking up the anger in the room.

"No, I'm not willing to give up. I'm going to beat the drum tomorrow and report to the emperor." Ye Zi was already seventy-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six-six

"Yes, tell the emperor to sue and let Long Live decide for us." There were a lot of roars in the house.

There was a mature man in the room and hurriedly said, "When I whisper, I'm not going to sue the emperor casually. We are just a dozen people, and I'm afraid we won't see the emperor tomorrow. Let's connect with you and find some people who failed the exam. We will discuss going together. The law does not blame the public, otherwise even if we beat the drum, we will inevitably be exiled even if we win the lawsuit."

"This is a good method. Today, I saw that the crazy student Ma Yuanxiang of Huazhou was also out of the list. There is also a famous talent in Huangzhou Jing Dewen..."

Everyone talked and said in a moment that there were as many as fifty or sixty people. The more they spoke, they became more and more angry, and they stopped drinking. They immediately went out to find the scholars who failed the exam. Everyone discussed going to beat the drums together and complained to the emperor.

A scoop of cold water poured on his face, and Ma Yuanxiang woke up in shock, with a dense crowd of people in front of him.

I heard a call in my ear, "Brother Ma, wake up, wake up."

Ma Yuanxiang was helped up from the ground and sat on a chair. Someone wiped his face with a towel. Ma Yuanxiang woke up a lot. Seeing that the person calling him was Feng Zhicai, there were five or six people behind Feng Zhicai, and he didn't know him.

"It turned out to be Brother Feng, who made Brother Feng laugh." Ma Yuanxiang smiled bitterly, struggling to get up and greet him.

Feng Zhicai held him down and said, "Brother Ma, don't be sad. The exam is unfair. The person who failed the exam is ready to go to the imperial city to beat the drum and sue the emperor. Brother Ma is Jieyuan in Huazhou, and Cai learned it and was praised by Lord Jiang. It is said that he should not fail the exam. Should he go with us to sue the emperor?"

Ma Yuanxiang's blood surged up and he shouted: "Ma wishes to follow him to death."

"Okay", Feng Zhicai took out a stack of paper from his arms and said, "This is a joint book for all living beings. Brother Ma might as well sign it. Tomorrow, everyone will go to the imperial city to kneel down and give advice."

The previous one is Ye Zi's "Announcement on the Unfairness of the Emperor's Examination". Ma Yuanxiang glanced at it, mainly saying that it was unfair to select scholars in the current subject. Princes and nobles secretly bribed examiners, causing scholars to lose the election, while stupid talents were on the list. The more Ma Yuanxiang read it, the more reasonable he felt, and he mentioned the paper and added his name after the article. After a rough look, he looked at it and found that more than 300 people had nominated him.
Chapter completed!