I am also waiting for the hero to usurp the throne today [Transmigration Book]

The corners of Ye Chengxiang's eyes twitched slightly, he took a deep look at him, and then turned his gaze to the exam questions on the table beside him.

I picked it up and turned to the title of policy theory, and I saw that the final standard was "to demonstrate the disadvantages of using allusions in severe punishment".It's just that the color of the word "disadvantage" is slightly lighter than the other handwriting, and you can't tell the difference unless you look carefully.

Prime Minister Ye's eyes froze slightly.

He clearly remembered that when he went to steal the exam questions, what he saw were indeed "benefits"!

what happened?

Why did you suddenly change the word?

At that time, there were no traces of spiritual power fluctuations, so it couldn't be the hands and feet of that stupid hamster!

Prime Minister Ye thought about it for a few times, put down the test question gently, and calmly said, "Master Huo, has anyone moved this test question?"

If it is an easy question before the exam, it does not meet the regulations of the imperial examination!

If so, Huo Caiyu would be slapped in the face!

Huo Caiyu was not afraid at all, and said calmly: "When I was discussing the examination questions with several doctors of the Imperial College, I also discussed some questions about the imperial examination. In the past dynasties, examination questions have often been leaked. Fairness and justice is the top priority."

The examiners below suddenly fell silent.

"I have a little understanding of medical skills. I know that the handwriting written by a kind of medicinal herb is colorless and transparent, and it will only appear after a period of time; there is another kind of medicinal herb that is mixed with ink after a period of time, which can make the ink fade after a period of time." Huo Caiyu looked around. Turn around, pay attention to the astonishment, panic, uneasiness, and shock on the faces of the examiners below, and suddenly smile slightly, "This matter is witnessed by several people who made the question. .”

Now those great Confucian scholars who jointly proposed the question have all returned from other courtyards.

His eyes suddenly fell on Mr. Sun who was dripping with cold sweat, "How did Mr. Sun know that the exam questions should be beneficial?"

Beads of sweat appeared on Mrs. Sun's forehead, and he subconsciously cast his eyes on Ye Chengxiang, then he was startled by the coldness in Ye Chengxiang's eyes, and he stuttered: "Your Excellency, I just misunderstood, misunderstood... ..."

Huo Caiyu slightly raised his eyebrows: "Let's leave this to Dali Temple."

As soon as he waved his hand, officers and soldiers came in and dragged Mr. Sun and a few officials who were saying that the exam questions were wrong just now.

"Go and call the owner of this answer sheet to interrogate together to see where he got this exam question."

Huo Caiyu turned his head to look at Master Ye with a gloomy expression, then turned his head and smiled at the shocked and confused examiners below, "Everyone, continue to check the papers. If there are similar answers, please report them in time."

The examiners knew in their hearts that this was a confrontation between the prime minister and Mr. Huo, so they shrank their necks and agreed, not daring to say more.

……

The leakage of examination questions is a very vicious behavior in scientific examinations, which immediately aroused the attention of the imperial court.

Although the prime minister's faction tried their best to suppress this matter, Huo Caiyu had prepared a trick for the prime minister for so long, so of course he would not let it go.

There are a few great Confucianists who do not join forces with the Prime Minister's faction to endorse, and the authenticity of the exam questions has been completely confirmed. The question is where the examiners and cheating students got the exam questions.

The officials of the third department investigated for a long time the place where the exam questions were stored in the Guozijian, but they could not find any evidence of the theft of the exam questions.

Prime Minister Ye grasped this point, and turned Huo Caiyu's hat on in the hall: "Your Majesty, since there is no evidence of stealing the exam questions, the only one who can leak the questions is Mr. Huo."

Several officials sent by the prime minister echoed.

Huo Caiyu's expression remained unchanged: "What does the prime minister think of Sun Qiping's confession?"

Prime Minister Ye was so shrewd, so he naturally wouldn't directly get involved in the sale of exam questions. Several cheating examiners who were imprisoned confessed under the efforts of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but they didn't confess to the prime minister himself.

Although everyone knew that this must have been a good deed by the prime minister, there was no evidence to convict him.

Prime Minister Ye snorted, "It's only human nature to bite each other and cover up the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Huo Caiyu knew that the Prime Minister had made several efforts to send someone to secretly hint to some detained examiners to pour dirty water on him-but they were all stopped by the reorganized prison of the Ministry of Justice.

In fact, after careful investigation, there are enough traces that can point to the prime minister himself-it is impossible to pass without traces, and there are always clues left.

It's just that these evidences were not enough to convict the prime minister himself, so Huo Caiyu didn't use it to attack, and left it to kill him with one blow later.

In the past few days, there have been a few quarrels in the court hall, and the quarrel directly reached the end of the statistics of the imperial examination results.

All the test papers were combined, and one-third of the answer papers bought the wrong test questions.

This ratio really shocked Li Jinyu.

If the prime minister really succeeds, the rectification of the imperial examinations will be in vain, and Huo Caiyu's painstaking reforms will inevitably become a joke.

At that time, the general faction and the neutral faction probably won't give them any more glances.

He originally thought that he would take this opportunity to overthrow the prime minister in one fell swoop, but Huo Caiyu told him in private: "It is enough to take back the power of the Ministry of Officials."

Li Jinyu was a little confused: "Why?"

"The prime minister's faction has a deep foundation, and it will be very difficult to uproot them this time, and the aristocratic family will not sit idly by." Huo Caiyu analyzed, "The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs are the two most important departments. If we take back one of them, we will That's enough to gain the upper hand."

He paused and lowered his voice slightly, "Besides, the most important purpose this time is to cut off the foundation of the prime minister."

Although Li Jinyu didn't understand it very well, but based on his trust in Huo Caiyu, he ended the topic early in the court: "The two lovers are the pillars of the country, so don't fight each other because of outsiders' conflicts."

These words were so hypocritical that Prime Minister Ye and Huo Caiyu looked over speechlessly together.

Li Jinyu coughed: "Whether it's Huo Aiqing or the prime minister, there is no evidence in this matter to point out that there is any involvement. The third division must pay attention to evidence when deciding the case, and no unnecessary charges are allowed."

He set his sights on the trembling Minister of the Ministry of Officials, "Since the problem is caused by the Ministry of Officials this time, the Minister can hardly be blamed."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a member of Prime Minister Ye, so he is naturally shrewd and decisive to be able to sit in this position. He has long predicted that he may become a victim of compromise in the struggle between His Majesty and the Prime Minister, so he knelt down in silence.

"Removed from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials and suspended pending discussion; Huo Caiyu will be appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

Prime Minister Ye's face fluctuated slightly, and he was silent for a moment. Knowing that he had no advantage in this matter, he first admitted it: "I will wait for the order."

……

The Prime Minister's faction thought that losing a member of staff would be their biggest loss this time, but they didn't expect that the more troublesome things were yet to come.

One-third of the examinees who bought the exam questions were fined a board, all of them were driven back, and the files were recorded, and they were not allowed to take the imperial examination again for ten years.

It's okay to play the board, and the prohibition of taking part in the imperial examination for ten years will simply cut off their way to promotion.

Except for those talented people, which student will be 30 or [-] years old after passing the children's examination and the rural examination?There are also some old boys and old scholars, whose beards are white and have not yet been elected.

Ten years later, the court might have changed a lot of people!

These talented scholars who had been beaten until they couldn't sit up and had to be carried back on stretchers almost fainted when they heard the bad news.

Huo Caiyu took the opportunity to post the official notice of the imperial examination favoritism and fraud.

The circular cleverly concealed the arrangement of genuine and fake exam questions, and only said that officials from the DPRK and China sold fake exam questions and dealt with them jointly.

The anger of these students who had been banned from the imperial examination for ten years suddenly found a way to vent their anger.

——It’s not that they bought the test questions, it’s that the sellers of the test questions sold fake ones!

Resentment and regret found an outlet.

At this time, all the officials involved in the case have been imprisoned, and there are rumors quietly spreading in the market: "Prime Minister Ye covers the sky with one hand, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was once his student. This matter must have been ordered by the Prime Minister!"

Some of the test questions were purchased by ordinary students who wanted to go astray, and a large part were the bastards of various aristocratic families.

After the promotion of Li Jinyu's New Deal for Concubine Concubine, the concubines lost their qualifications to inherit the family business and pinned their hopes on the imperial examination.

After being entrapped by fake exam questions and losing the money to buy the exam questions, they not only have to face the ridicule of other friends, but also face the rejection of their direct descendants.

Even if he is a bastard, after all, he is a descendant of aristocratic family, who would not have some connections?

"The foundation of the Prime Minister's foothold is the resources of the Ministry of Officials and the support of the major families, so we have to target here." Huo Caiyu finally concluded, "In this way, the Prime Minister will naturally become weak."

Li Jinyu didn't quite understand it, but it didn't stop him from feeling that Huo Caiyu was amazing: "Huo Aiqing has a great plan!"

Huo Caiyu smiled: "I'm not the only one who deserves the credit... Ye Guixiang's perverse behavior and monopolizing the upward path of the poor students is already unsustainable, just one spark will ignite the fire."

The world suffers from no fair official career.

The prime minister's faction and some of the descendants of the aristocratic family still dreamed of monopolizing the officialdom, but now they have just returned to reality.

It's just that Huo Caiyu still has some doubts, "I thought that Ye Guixiang was a scheming man, and he wouldn't fall for it so easily. He even thought about a few countermeasures, but now they are useless."

Li Jinyu thought to himself: If the former Prime Minister Ye had been immersed in officialdom for decades, he would have more eyes than a fox... But now Prime Minister Ye is just a cat demon.

Without the official experience of the original body, how can he do well by just pretending?

Li Jinyu himself felt deeply about this.

He comforted Huo Caiyu, and turned his attention to the other side: "In this way, can I make you the regent?"

Now that the Ministry of Officials has been withdrawn, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has also removed many corrupt officials when it implemented the one-whip law last time, and now it has the support of the General and the neutral faction, it must be foolproof.

The expression on Huo Caiyu's face was slightly restrained, and his eyes were faintly worried: "Why does Your Majesty want a vassal to be the regent?"

Most of the regents and supervisors in history were reluctant to let go after tasting the supreme power. In the end, most of them turned into a confrontation with the emperor who tried to take back the power, so that it ended in dismal.

——Your Majesty is not worried that he also wants to usurp the throne?

——Or did His Majesty really have a physical problem that forced him to make such a decision?

If Li Jinyu knew what Huo Caiyu was thinking, he would shake Huo Caiyu's arm and shout, "Hurry up and usurp the throne! I can't wait!"

But at this moment, his thoughts coincided with Huo Caiyu's: Having enjoyed the supreme power, are you still afraid that Huo Caiyu will not try to usurp the throne?

Seeing that Huo Caiyu doesn't object very much now, Li Jinyu happily decided: "When the palace examination is over, I will make you the regent!"

Huo Caiyu pursed his lips and nodded silently.

He will go home tomorrow and ask his mother about His Majesty's health.

……

In the palace examination, Li Jinyu himself was the chief examiner, and he scored the first place on the spot.

Li Jinyu was a little bit reluctant to meet strangers again, but when he saw the front of the students entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he was suddenly happy.

Isn't that the one planted by the students he came into contact with outside the prefectural capital of Qingshui County?

At the beginning, this student thought that he was going to jump into the river when he ran to the side of the moat, so he hurried over to stop him in a panic!

The students who entered the hall were arranged according to the results of the examination. From this point of view, this student turned out to be No.1 in the examination, that is, Jie Yuan...

Li Jinyu was immediately full of affection for him, and even had a hint of pride in his heart.

--look!His "investment" potential stocks!

Huo Caiyu noticed Li Jinyu's complacent expression, and understood Li Jinyu's thoughts with a tacit understanding, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Why is his majesty so cute.

The students were not allowed to raise their heads to see the holy face before the end of the palace examination, so the student did not see Li Jinyu's face either.

Li Jinyu began to look forward to his expression when he saw him.

The palace examination began, and there was silence in the hall, only the sound of the brush brushing across the tissue paper.

Li Jinyu sat on the high dragon seat, looked at it for a while, and felt a little bored.

Not daring to get in close contact with strangers, plus not wanting to disturb the students' exams, Li Jinyu couldn't go down and wander among the candidates, so he had to sit here and bear it.

In order to maintain the peace in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he did not bring any nuts and melon seeds out to eat...

Huo Caiyu's attention was on His Majesty other than the business, and he soon realized that His Majesty seemed to be so bored that he was about to yawn.

After thinking for a while, he took out a piece of tissue paper next to him, drew a few lines horizontally and vertically on the paper, then dotted some ink on one of the junctions, and handed it to Li Jinyu. ,

Li Jinyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that Huo Caiyu wanted to play backgammon with him.

He couldn't sleep at night before, he played chess with Huo Caiyu.He didn't know Go, so he played backgammon with Huo Caiyu using Go chess pieces.

It's just that there are no chess pieces now, so what do you use to play?

Li Jinyu looked at Huo Caiyu, and suddenly his heart moved, and he understood what Huo Caiyu meant.

Make chess pieces directly with ink dots.

Only in this way, the pressure on the memory is much greater.

Li Jinyu became interested, picked up the Zhu Jinyu brush next to him, ticked his chess pieces on the chessboard that Huo Caiyu had drawn, and then pushed the silk paper to Huo Caiyu.

Huo Caiyu took it with a smile and continued to draw.

Sitting there on the other side, Prime Minister Ye glanced over the two people who were playing chess in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and his nose almost crooked in anger.

——Don't think he can't recognize them, these two bastards are playing backgammon, right?

Here he is full of calculations on how to take advantage of the imperial examination to win a game, these two people are fine, where to play backgammon?

--asshole!It's boring for him to sit here and invigilate the exam!

……

According to the rules of the Dichao Palace Examination, candidates can submit their papers and withdraw as long as they have finished their essays. There is no time limit—generally speaking, most people finish their answers with trepidation, not daring to delay for a moment, for fear of being suspected by His Majesty.

Soon someone handed in the paper.

As if it was a signal, other candidates also finished the exam one after another.Li Jinyu noticed that the scholar from Qingshui County was caught between a group of people, neither outstanding nor lagging behind.

Not long after, there was only the last candidate left in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The examiner didn't know whether he got stuck or was too nervous. Everyone else had already finished answering, and he only wrote about one-third of the paper.

Seeing that everyone else had handed in their papers and left, this Juzi's face was sweating more and more, the pen in his hand was trembling a little, and he didn't dare to write.

Because he was the only one left, all his actions seemed extremely conspicuous.

Prime Minister Ye had a panoramic view of the state of the move, and he let out a "ah" in his heart: This human being's mentality has probably exploded.

He coughed, turned to Li Jinyu and asked, "If this candidate really can't answer, don't force it."

That man didn't dare to raise his head. Although he didn't know who was speaking, he also knew that those who could speak directly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were those at the top of the imperial court. He was sweating profusely, and his pen almost fell to the ground, stuttering. Baba said: "Grass people, grass people..."

Li Jinyu had already finished several games of backgammon with Huo Caiyu, and was looking at the last move curiously.

Seeing this man tremble and tremble with nervousness because of the prime minister's words, Li Jinyu felt a sense of pain and empathy spontaneously.

Once upon a time, he was wary of all the rumors from the outside world, and any little attention from the outside world would make him want to hide himself in the pile of sawdust.

Li Jinyu had the same idea as Ye Guixiang—if he was really too nervous to answer this question, why insist on leaving him in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to suffer?

I just watched the examiner hold the brush in his hand tenaciously even though he was sweating profusely, and pressed his other hand on the answer sheet, showing a faint sense of protection.

The sympathy in Li Jinyu's heart suddenly turned into admiration.

This man is braver than he ever was.

He really wanted to answer the test seriously, even though he was nervous and scared like that, he never thought of running away.

Li Jinyu swallowed back the advice in his mouth, turned his head to look at the prime minister, and said with a smile: "The palace examination has not set a time, as long as one person has not put down his pen, the palace examination will not be considered over."

Huo Caiyu wanted to directly confront the prime minister just now, but he was worried that His Majesty would be too boring to invigilate the exam here, and he might have wanted to leave a long time ago, so he didn't speak out immediately.

More importantly, he believed in his Majesty.

Now after listening to Li Jinyu's words, a proud and warm smile appeared on Huo Caiyu's face: His Majesty is indeed an emperor who truly loves the people like his own son.

Li Jinyu was talking to the prime minister, with his back turned to Huo Caiyu, and did not see Huo Caiyu's expression; however, Prime Minister Ye could clearly see the expressions of the two bastards in front of him, only felt his eyes hurt, and wanted to show his paws in anger.

——Where are you two kissing? Play backgammon to pass the time, and don’t take me to play, I am very boring here by myself!

But Li Jinyu's reason was too legitimate, Ye Guixiang knew that if he said more, he would still be beaten back, provoking robbing in vain, so he gritted his teeth and did not speak again.

The examinee below heard that the debate above was fleeting, and knew that he would not be kicked out, and he was very grateful. He didn't know who to thank, so he could only thank one by one: "Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Prime Minister, thank you Mr. Huo..."

The young voice above who spoke later said again: "You answer the questions carefully, there is still some time for me to correct other people's answer sheets, so don't worry."

——Is His Majesty speaking for him just now?

His eyes were slightly sour, and he seemed to be unable to see clearly the exam papers in front of him.

Who told him before that the Holy Spirit is cruel, tyrannical and lawless?

He was easily nervous since he was a child, and he could do his homework well by himself, but once in front of other people, he would be nervous and afraid, stuttering and unable to speak a word; the previous scientific examinations were done in a closed small The room was like a duck to water for him; but when it came to the palace examination, he made the old problem again.

Just now he was a little desperate, and even wondered if a person like himself was not worthy of being an official in the imperial examination, wasting the quota for the imperial examination.

But His Majesty, who is so high above the world, actually speaks for him and encourages him to write well...

He pulled his sleeves to wipe away his tears, sniffed his nose, and suddenly felt that his tension was much less. He calmed down and continued to write the article seriously.