After Hu Yiyi saw the name of Chen Yichen, he quietly looked at Ma Yu beside him.

The two of them have already divided the rankings of the Five Classics. Now that Chen Yichen has entered the top five again, he has even won the title of Huiyuankui. Ma Yu is also a cabinet minister after all, so why did he make such a low-level mistake? Is his ability to check and control the court so poor?

Facing Hu Yi's gaze, Ma Yu shook his head helplessly. He didn't know how to explain such a thing, nor could he explain it.

I can only say that Chen Yichen became Huiyuan because everyone hoped that he could not do anything in the opposite direction.

In addition to Chen Yichen's top spot, He Pingyan's name appeared second. As Ya Yuan, he was forced to be suppressed by Chen Yichen Jieyuan. However, he did not expect that the battle of the Imperial Examination would be stepped on again.

The scholar named Yang Hongze arranged by Hu Yi still squeezed into the top three, which was also the limit that Ma Yu could operate.

After all, none of the two great gods in front can stand up.

Fourth, fifth place also ranked according to the previous plan, and the rankings at the later level are a little irrelevant, just win.

The inspector who spread the grass list turned around and reported to the ministers on the chief, "Sir, if you have no objection to the grass list, you will then check the two volumes of Zhumo and Mo."

“No objection.”

As the Minister of Rites, Hu Yi was the head of the Yichou Examination for the 10th year of Zhengtong's reign, so he naturally made a decision.

To be honest, although he was dissatisfied with Chen Yichen's capture of Huiyuan, it was not unacceptable.

Because there is no irreconcilable conflict of interest between Hu Yi and Chen Yichen, it is nothing more than a breakdown in negotiations and wanting to build a better manipulated person to take power.

It’s just that Chen Yichen’s light is too dazzling. If appropriate suppression is not made, other candidates will appear dull under his obstruction.

Just like the moment the grass list was opened, everyone's attention was all focused on Chen Yichen. Who cares about which ones are behind the ranking? Yang Hongze, who he chose, didn't even mention it.

The appointment of the examination house was arranged, and the people who were parachuted to get the scriptures, joined forces with Ma Yu to take the ranking of Chen Yichen, and even delayed Qian Xili's title of Minister of Rites, which was actually based on this purpose and idea.

However, Hu Yi made a big taboo, that is, he wanted to suppress Chen Yichen and prevent this kid from becoming too popular, which would affect his support for his own people.

But he was not prepared to completely break up and offend the Duke of the State. After all, he still had a relationship with his family. In a sense, the binding of interests in some sense led to insufficient suppression!

When you stop and stop, you will suffer from chaos.

Today's ranking may be just the beginning. There is not much difference between blocking the imperial examination and cutting off the wealth path. If Chen Yichen could find out, how could he give up?

I can only say that Hu Yi, an old man who was an official in all dynasties, has become older recently and has poor physical condition, so he has made such a confused and not cruel enough move. If he is ten years younger, even if he offended the Duke of the State, he must first press Chen Yichen to death, so that he cannot leave any future troubles for himself.

Either don’t do it or do it very well. This is the means that the officialdom should have!

After the "red scroll" and "ink scroll" were carried up, the officials who checked and investigated came forward to start work.

After Chen Yichen's test paper was spread out and matched, it caused a burst of marvel and praise in the audience.

"I have heard that Chen Yichen's words are beyond the same age as the same age. It's really better to see them than to hear them at first sight. My official's words are far worse than those of his hands."

"You all look at the first topic of the four books of Chen Yichen. It is not weird, frivolous, non-standard, and non-strange, and non-strange. It perfectly matches the meaning of the title. Huiyuan Zhen is worthy of his name."

"There is no vain under his reputation. This son can gain a foothold in the capital as a son of a southerner, and he also has a vaguely real young leader, which is enough to witness his ability."

"No need to watch it anymore, stay at Huiyuan!"

Faced with these colleagues' comments about Chen Yichen's test paper, Ma Yu looked at Hu Yi with a wry smile on his face.

It seems like I'm saying I've seen it? Now I understand why Chen Yichen is still at the top of the list. At that time, the straw filling list was also in this situation. What can I do? I'm also very desperate!

Hu Yi still looked like he was not invisible. He could understand the other party's state of mind from Ma Yu's bitter smile. It is generally recognized that this is not the chief examiner of the provincial examination to control the absolute right to make decisions, and he really cannot stand up to the public.

After checking the numbers and grinding for a long time, most of the test papers had no problems, but a typo was found on one of them.

I don’t know if the transcription officer at that time did not find out or had some other intentions to cover up, but the test paper was cut off on the spot and the relevant officials were held accountable.

After completing this step, it is to fill in the final "Apricot List". Unlike any previous imperial examination list, this list is divided into three parts, which is the famous "North and South" list.

During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Taizu, the famous "North and South List Case" occurred. All the candidates admitted to the examination for the first session came from the south, which aroused the group complaints and dissatisfaction among the scholars in the north.

So the Ming Taizu abolished the admission of examiners and personally selected 61 Jinshi, all of whom were northerners. However, this behavior calmed down the anger of the northern scholars, but it was a voluntary act and could not fundamentally solve the problem.

In the first year of Hongxi, Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty ordered the Grand Secretary Yang Shiqi to agree to a meeting to obtain the quota of the voting, with one hundred people as the leader. The southerners called the Southern Certificate, and the admission quota was 6-tenths of the total amount. The northerners called the Northern Certificate, and the admission quota was 4-tenths of the total amount.

After Xuande, the five volumes of the south and north were removed from the middle volume, so the allocation of places became fifty-five in the southern volume, thirty-five in the northern volume, and ten in the middle volume.

This allocation model has been fixed since then, and every official listing is officially released according to this standard.

When this "Apricot List" is filled out, everything is settled, and Chen Yichen's Huiyuan identity is no longer possible.

Wang Ying was laughing at this moment. He had felt extremely regretful about Lin Zhen's resignation in the past few years, but he did not expect to send him a good "disciple" over there.

Now Chen Yichen, the boy Jie Yuan, has occupied two yuan. As long as he wins the top scorer in the palace examination, he can achieve the highest achievement of a literati of three yuan. At that time, he will have a lot of right-hand man in the court, and he can even consider delaying his retirement and climbing up one step further.

As he thought about it, Wang Ying casually glanced at Hu Yi beside him...

As the "Apricot List" was filled out, Chen Yichen, who was in the Duke of Cheng Guo's mansion, also copied the information about Wang Shan's evidence of guilt.

The reason why he chose to copy it himself was that on the one hand, this matter must be extremely secretive, and the fewer people know it, the better. On the other hand, Chen Yichen planned to leave behind the original copy of Wang Yong's evidence of his crime, and handed it over to Zhao Hongjie for his own notes.

The reason is very simple, that is, when this evidence of guilt is really useful, the effectiveness of the original will be far greater than that of the copy version, and you must consider all factors when doing big things.

It was already dark at this time, but because good things were approaching, the lights were still on in the Duke of Cheng Guo’s mansion, which looked very happy.

Zhao Hongjie was still wearing a flying fish suit and stood at the door of Duke Cheng's mansion, and did not choose to go in.

Now the reputation of the Jinyiwei is developing rapidly in the direction of deterioration. Normal officials' residences are not very welcome to the Jinyiwei, especially the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion is preparing to hold a wedding.

So even with Chen Yichen's invitation, Zhao Hongjie still chose to avoid suspicion and stood at the corner of the door to wait.

"Hongjie, I've been waiting for a long time."

Chen Yichen sat in the study and copied it for an hour or two, and felt a little sore in his back. Zhao Hongjie stood at the door and was blown by the cold wind. The situation was imagined.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Zhao Hongjie smiled and was about to reach out to receive evidence of Wang Shan's crime.

However, Chen Yichen did not hand it to him directly, but said lightly: "The weather is cold, why don't Hongjie find a place to sit down and have a drink? It seems that he has never eaten a meal seriously when he came to the capital."

After experiencing the training of the Jinyi Health Care for more than half a year, Zhao Hongjie is no longer the stupid boy Yingtian Mansion who was simple-minded and only knew how to play. He knew that Chen Yichen suddenly said this, and must have wanted to say something to him.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, it's true that business is busy this time, so I don't have time to come to you for a drink."

"It's okay, there is a restaurant not far from the Duke Mansion. I'll treat you to this meal!"

Chen Yichen replied casually, then turned around and walked ahead to lead the way, with a lot of worries.

Zhao Hongjie followed Shen Yichen, and the snow on the ground had not yet completely melted, and two long lines of footprints were trampled out.

This may be because they were walking together, and the first time they didn't know what to say.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he asked for a private room, and then served a few side dishes and a pot of warm wine. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Chen Yichen handed over the evidence of Wang Shan’s crime to Zhao Hongjie.

"This is my copy version. The original version is left in the Gong Mansion. The handwriting is imitated enough to be real. Hongjie, you should have no problem taking it back and submitting it."

"You left the original, are you really planning to deal with Wang Shan?"

Zhao Hongjie asked back, only by being in Wang Zhen’s eunuch party group can he personally experience how powerful the power is.

The cabinet, six ministries, the Censorate, the Jinyiwei, the various departments of the governors, and all the real power departments you can imagine are all partisans supported by Wang Zhen, and most of them even recognize him as their godfather.

Even Duke Cheng of this kind of force must bow his head honestly, and Chen Yichen has no official position. Isn’t that going to deal with Wang Zhen’s nephew, isn’t that going to die?

"Prevent problems before they happen."

Chen Yichen replied lightly, of course he knew how big the gap in strength between him and Wang Zhen was, and he would not easily do the death.

And then again, I have not broken up with Wang Zhen at the moment, nor have I become an enemy. If I even have the chance, Chen Yichen may temporarily choose to cooperate with Wang Zhen for his own goal.

He is not the kind of old peddler. He would rather die than be with the castrated thief. The necessary compromise and bowing is also a means for those who have accomplished great things.

However, if you choose to compete with tigers in the officialdom, you have to give yourself more weapons that can balance the tiger, otherwise you will be swallowed by the tiger and not even have bones left.

When Zhao Hongjie heard Chen Yichen's words, he didn't ask any more questions. When he was in Yingtian, he knew that Chen Yichen was very smart and would not do things that were unsure. Now he has become Jieyuan, and he is in the capital and he doesn't need to worry about it himself.

After a few more glasses of wine, Chen Yichen finally asked, "Hongjie, why did you hide the evidence of Wang Zhen?"

This layer of window paper will eventually be broken, and Chen Yichen must also know what kind of feelings Zhao Hongjie is currently in towards Wang Zhen. He really doesn't want to see his best friend and brother in this world become a castrated dog who is despised by the world.

"He has done me kindness."

After a few simple words, Zhao Hongjie raised his wine glass and drank it all in one go.

Chen Yichen is not as impulsive and angry as Li Da. He has long been mentally prepared for this result.

"Who?"

"Do you still remember that you arranged the Nanzhen Fushi for me in Yingtian Mansion?"

"Um."

"Actually, after I came to the capital, I first entered the North Town Fushi Division, or the South Town Fushi Division."

Hearing this, it was Chen Yichen's turn to be surprised. He really didn't know that Zhao Hongjie had entered the Nanzhen Fushi, and he thought he had been in the Beizhen Fushi.

"what happened?"

With Zhao Hongjie's personality at the beginning, after entering the Nanzhen Fushi, he would definitely not take the initiative to transfer to the bloody and violent Beizhen Fushi. Some things must have happened.

"Most of the Jinyiwei inherited the inheritance of the Jinyiwei, and the work of the Nanzhen Fushi Department is leisurely and precious, so those who choose to enter the Nanzhen Fushi Department are all descendants of high-level officials."

"I am a concubine son who is not valued by the family. In addition, I am weak and timid and afraid of things. What do you think will happen to me in the circle of the Beijing official princess after I enter?"

After saying that, Zhao Hongjie looked up at Chen Yichen and smiled. In addition to being bitter, this smile also had a hint of ruthlessness.
To be continued...