As soon as Yun Dingxing finished his flattery, several humming sounds came from the ministers behind him, obviously very dissatisfied with his words. No matter how good new things are, there will always be conservative forces to oppose them, let alone the imperial examinations that deeply touched the interests of the aristocratic families. Sixty or seventy percent of the officials in the court came from aristocratic families. Even though there were many enlightened people, there would not be few stubborn people. Yun Dingxing flattered the emperor like this, which would naturally cause dissatisfaction among some people. However, for the sake of the emperor, no one stood up to blame him in person.

Yang Yong's eyes swept to several ministers who snorted coldly, one of whom was led by Yu Zhongwen, and he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Duke Yan, what do you think?"

Yu Zhongwen replied with his neck in his arms, "Return to the emperor, this is still the national policy set by the emperor, and I dare not have any opinions."

Yang Yong was furious: "Since you don't dare, why are you humming?"

Yu Zhongwen was about to say something again, but someone next to him quickly pulled his official uniform. Yu Zhongwen looked up at the emperor's face, and his heart suddenly became cold. He didn't dare to say anything again, so he quickly retreated.

"Let's go and return to the palace." The words of He Ruobi and Yu Zhongwen made Yang Yong lose interest.

Watching the emperor walk downstairs with his sleeves swaying downstairs, the ministers upstairs looked at each other, but Li Hun, Li Min, and Li Shanheng smiled at each other. As the Sui Dynasty became more and more powerful and victories of foreign wars, the emperor's prestige became higher and higher. Many ministers were afraid to face the emperor, let alone oppose the emperor's will, not to mention the reckless man like He Ruobi and Yu Zhongwen dared to contradict the emperor in person. With these two people standing up, Shen Duke's Mansion only needs to follow behind and watch the fun.

Liu Yuanjin stretched out, looked at the answers on the test papers, and then checked them carefully before nodding with satisfaction. He was a scholar from Yangzhou. He was one of the two companions of the scholar who bought and sold the test questions at the Sihai Inn a few days ago. The companion who bought and sold the test questions was also named Liu, famous Shi Qi, and the other was named Zhu Xie.

Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie were both from poor families. Liu Yuanjin's family still had dozens of acres of land, and Zhu Xie was even more poor. He used to be a Taoist priest. It was not until the court launched a local official school that Zhu Xie took off his Taoist clothes and became a master based on his knowledge. Liu Shiqi was born in a wealthy family. The Liu family in Yangzhou was a well-known local family with a wealth of no less than one million. The three of them did not know each other, but they were the same scholars in the same county. They met along the way and talked about their close hometowns, so they walked together.

Liu Shiqi's family was extremely rich, and along the way, he naturally stayed in the best inn, ate the best meals, and hired the best carriage. He saw that Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie were incompetent, so he generously invited them to eat and live with him, but they were just in love. In addition, they were generous, so he agreed. After a thousand miles of travel, and Liu Shiqik made friends, he naturally became a familiar person.

Although Liu Shiqi paid the bill along the way, food, accommodation and travel were all paid by Liu Shiqi, but Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie subconsciously looked down on Liu Shiqi. The three of them had to discuss some knowledge with each other for many days. Liu Shiqi was completely a fool, and I don’t know how the qualifications of other scholars were obtained. It was just because they were short-speaking and ruthless, Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie had to continue walking with Liu Shiqi.

But they almost ruined this trip to the capital. Liu Shiqi wanted to take a shortcut and spent money to buy test questions completely fell into the hands of the Dark Clothing Guard. If the Dark Clothing Guard had not wanted to cause trouble, he would have stole the test paper in the middle of the night, and the three of them had already entered the prison of the Dark Clothing Guard.

The next day, when Liu Shiqi discovered that the test questions were stolen, he suspected that someone from Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie had a quarrel. After Liu Shiqi asked the two of them, the three of them immediately parted in disagreement.

After the government announcement came out, Liu Shiqi wanted to get along with the two again, but Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie were glad that they could get rid of Liu Shiqi, so of course they would not agree. Liu Shiqi and Zhu Xieshi simply left the Sihai Inn and lived in an inn specially prepared by the government for some poor scholars.

Whether the test questions are true or false, it has little impact on Liu Yuanjin. The answer to the questions today was very smooth, and I checked them again. When Liu Yuanjin got up and handed in the paper, he put his paper on the table in front of the empty examiner, he was shocked to find that he was the first to hand in the paper.

The first exam today was Mingju. For many scholars, arithmetic was mostly common among merchants. No one looked down upon this subject before. They were keen on the Five Classics, Military Arts, and Poetry. It was not until the court announced the imperial examination and pointed out that arithmetic was a subject that must be taken. Many scholars were upset and had to focus on the subject of Mingju.

It’s just how profound the arithmetic is. It’s only two years since the emperor announced the imperial examination. How many people have learned it in just two years? Therefore, it’s a difficult problem for the vast number scholars to understand this subject.

Seeing someone handing in the paper so long in advance, Xu Deyan couldn't help but pick up the test paper and read it carefully. He was the chief examiner of this imperial examination. After the story of reunion spread everywhere, Xu Deyan suddenly became a well-known celebrity in the Sui Dynasty. Many people were proud of visiting Xu Deyan and his wife. Fortunately, Xu Deyan went to Youzhou for three years and Chen Zhen lived in the prince's mansion, so no one disturbed him. Three years later, Xu Deyan came back from Youzhou. Although Yang Yong tried his best to keep him, Xu Deyan still left the East Palace with his wife.

But their troubles came soon. No matter where the couple went, the local officials and literati looked at them as strange and visited them day and night, which made them very annoyed. They had to move their residence several times. However, every time they settled down in a place for only a few days or more than ten days, their addresses would be immediately spread, and officials and literati from all over the country came to the door again, leaving Xu Deyan and Chen Zhen helpless.

Although one of them was the Princess of Chen and the other was the horse, the Chen Dynasty had been destroyed, and Xu Deyan turned down the official position given by the Eastern Palace. Now he is just a vain. Facing the officials and literati who come to visit, he must not be dismissed. Otherwise, it will be even more troublesome to offend people casually.

Half a year later, just when the couple was about to get nervous by the daily banquet, the East Palace once again extended an invitation to Xu Deyan. In desperation, Xu Deyan and his wife had to accept it and return to the capital. Of course, Xu Deyan and his wife didn't know that the couple's address was leaked several times, and the secret guards were credited with the secret guards. If the secret guards were to keep an eye on someone, it would be useless no matter where they moved.

After Xu Deyan returned to the capital, although the officials in the capital couldn't help but be curious about the couple, after all, Xu Deyan was already a colleague and worked in the prince's mansion, so he was not as scruple as local officials. Now the couple has calmed down. Now Xu Deyan has been following the emperor for nearly ten years and is considered the emperor's direct official. This time, he was the chief examiner of the first scientific examination, and Yang Yong was extremely relieved.

Xu Deyan also had a very in-depth study on the arithmetic. He compared Liu Yuanjin's test paper with the answer in his heart, and he couldn't help but nod and praised it. This scholar named Liu Yuanjin basically answered all the questions correctly, but he was not sure about several of them. Otherwise, he could be sure that this person had a full mark and could not help but remember this name.

The three-day exam passed quickly. In these three days, both the Secret Guard and the yamen runners of Jingzhao Mansion were wary of twelve points to prevent anyone from making trouble in the examination hall. Only three days passed peacefully. When the last gong sounded, the imperial examination was successfully over.

The scholars came out one after another, either happy, depressed, or upset... but everyone was relaxed and just waiting for the day of the announcement.

In the Wude Hall of the Imperial Palace, rows of cabinets are neatly arranged, with layers of test papers piled up on them. More than 10,000 test papers answered by scholars are all parked here. Inside the hall, outside the hall are guarding layers of guards. Outside the hall, hundreds of Tai Scholars who were drawn from the Imperial College were correcting the files in a sweat. After each copy was made, they were handed over to one person below to carefully compare until it was confirmed that it was correct. Then they had to hand over the scores to one person below to copy. Only then did the review process be completed, the papers were sealed and sealed in another hall.

In another hall, Yang Yong was asking Yuan Hao about the progress of the leaked test case. What disappointed Yang Yong was that the leaked test case had not made any progress these days. Yuan Hao had no choice but to ask the emperor for permission to interrogate the examiners who had the questions.

Although it can be confirmed that there must be someone among the examiners who set the questions and cooperate with people outside, otherwise the test questions will not be spread, if you really ask those examiners, it means that the emperor admits that the leak of the test questions is true, which will immediately cause an uproar. Yang Yong naturally rejected it. He would rather not solve the case than let the scientific examination be handled before talking about it.

"Your Majesty, the chief examiner Xu Deyan and Lord Xu asked for a meeting."

"noise!"

"Abide by the order."

After a while, Xu Deyan came down to the hall under the guidance of the eunuch and saluted the emperor: "I am here to see the emperor, long live the emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"I am not polite to you. I am asking you here today. I want to ask you how many days will you have to complete the review of the paper?"

"It will take ten days to go back to the emperor at the current speed of marking the papers." Xu Deyan replied.
Chapter completed!