The Regent makes me unstoppable [Transmigration Book]

The next day in the palace examination, Shen Ying took the questions written by Gu Min for him as the palace examination strategy questions, and used them to test the candidates who participated in the palace examination. There were more than 100 candidates who passed the palace examination this time, and the general palace examination would not be dismissed. As long as they pass the last hurdle of the palace examination, these more than 100 people can successfully become Jinshi and enter the officialdom.

Shen Ying noticed that when he asked the minister who read the papers to announce the questions for the imperial examination, the faces of the three cabinet scholars beside him all showed surprise on their faces, as if they did not adopt their pre-planned examination questions for the little emperor, but I was surprised that I had another exam question.

What surprised them even more was that the questions given by the little emperor were quite decent, not at all like they could have been imagined by someone who was ignorant and couldn't even memorize "Remonstrance Taizong Shisishu" question.

Candidates for the palace examination enter the palace at dawn to take the exam, hand in their papers at dusk, and three days later the top three rankings will be released.

Before the release of the rankings, after the examination papers of all the examinees have been approved by the examiners, the examinees' scores must be presented to the emperor for review.

Shen·Modern college student·Ancient illiterate·Ying naturally can't understand those stereotyped essays that are full of words but without a single punctuation mark. How can he judge whether the article is good or not? There are many "○"s drawn on the test paper.

After counting the number of ○s in the end, the results of the fourth to tenth places have been determined, and only the top three of the first class are left to be determined, probably because the number of ○s in the test papers of the first class is all eight.

Of the three examinees, one was Xie Yu, and the other two were Chen Zirong and Liu Xie.

That day in the palace examination, when the candidates were called, Shen Yinggao sat on the dragon chair. Among the many candidates under the stage, she took a careful look at Xie Yu. From a distance, she saw that Xie Yu was really good-looking. , but it's not like what Wan Zhongquan said, his appearance is much better than Gu Min's.

It has to be said that although Gu Junshu's traitor is sometimes a bit annoying, but that face is indeed very good, otherwise Shen Ying would not be able to close her eyes and persuade herself to agree to let Gu Min sleep.

Shen Ying thought about it carefully. If he wants to recruit Xie Yu for his own use, then it is not appropriate to let Xie Yu get too much limelight, but to be eye-catching. The party, aware that he, the emperor, has the intention of breaking away from their control.

Shen Ying thought for a while, and finally chose Xie Yu as Tanhua. A suave and romantic character like Xie Yu is indeed worthy of the reputation of Tanhualang.

Chen Zirong was also hand-picked as the champion, and Liu Xie was the second. After the rankings were decided, the gold list was awarded and the results were hung in the downtown area to announce the results.

On the evening of the second day after the announcement of the list, the Ministry of Rites arranged a banquet in Xinglin Garden to celebrate the new scholars. The emperor came to celebrate with him, which was called "Qionglin Banquet".

Those who can participate in the Qionglin banquet are all civil servants above the third rank in the imperial court, and there is also the curtain official who is in charge of the test this time.

At the time of You, Shen Ying finished dressing up and was about to drive to Xinglin Garden. Before leaving, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Gu Min for a long time because she was busy with the palace examination these days. Zhongquan went to take Yuezhai to preach the decree, and asked Gu Min to also go to Xinglinyuan for the banquet.

As the emperor's male favourite, although he has the official position of Jin Yiwei in charge of affairs, he is only a military commander. To be taken by the emperor to the Qionglin Banquet, in the eyes of outsiders, this is a great favor.

Wan Zhongquan went to Lanyue Zhai to deliver the decree, and he didn't care much about a male favorite who relied on Israel to serve others to attend the Qionglin Banquet, an elegant banquet where capable ministers and sages gather, and sarcastically said: "Gu Shaojun, take care Get ready, don't make any inappropriate behavior at the banquet, and lose the emperor's face."

Gu Min was neither angry nor annoyed, he didn't care about Wan Zhongquan's sarcasm at all, and thanked him blankly: "Thank you, Eunuch Wan, for your suggestion."

Wan Zhongquan rolled his eyes and left. Gu Min turned and went into the room, changed into an auspicious uniform worn by a young master, and came out. He raised his hand to straighten the jade crown on his head, and asked Jiang Shuiping behind him in a soft voice: "Everything is ready." alright?"

Jiang Shui said in a low voice: "Everything is ready, just wait for the emperor to pass, and the show will begin!"

Gu Min pursed his lips and smiled silently, "In that case, let's go over and join in the fun."

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At the Qionglin banquet, the cloud was covered with five-color talismans and flags, and there were thousands of officials wearing rings. The emperor sat high on the stage, and all the officials under the stage sat on both sides. The dancers performed dances to add to the fun, and the scene was very grand and lively.

After drinking for three rounds, Shen Ying suddenly pointed to the fruit plate on the table in front of her, and ordered Wan Zhongquan: "Wan Zhongquan, take this plate of grapes on my table and give them to the champion of the new department, the second-best man, and the others respectively." Tanhualang."

Wan Zhongquan went down with the fruit plate in response, Shen Ying continued to enjoy the singing and dancing in the audience, and suddenly glanced to the right side inadvertently, and found that Gu Min who was sitting there was looking up at him, his eyes seemed to have a look of expectation.

Shen Ying raised her brows calmly, almost forgetting that he was the person on top of her heart.

In such a big event, all the officials have to see how much he, the emperor, loves Gu Min, so Shen Ying beckoned to Shuo Yu, "Shuo Yu, bring this pot of wine to Gu Shaojun, and then I will give it to you." Said that I will pass him on tonight, by the way, let him not use it to thank you."

Shuoyu took the order to bring the wine over to Gu Min's table. Gu Min looked in the direction of the emperor from afar, raised his wine glass and smiled, and Shen Ying also took a sip of wine from the wine glass when he saw this, as a response to him.

The interaction between the two was seen by the other ministers in the audience. Immediately, many ministers whispered to each other, commenting that it was beyond the rules for Gu Min to attend the Qionglin Banquet as a male favourite, and the emperor still She gave him wine and flirted with each other, which shows that she has a lot of favor for Gu Shaojun.

The champion of Xinke, No. [-], and Tanhua received grapes from the emperor. According to the rules, they had to come to the imperial court to thank them. The three of them left the table together and walked to the audience, bowing down to the emperor to thank them.

Xie Yu and the second place were not bad, but Chen Zirong, the number one scholar, seemed to have been drunk a lot by his colleagues, and he was so drunk that he couldn't even walk steadily.

Suddenly someone suggested during the banquet: "It's such a beautiful day, why doesn't our No. [-] scholar present a poem, show off his literary talents, and cheer up the emperor?"

At the Qionglin Banquet, it was a very elegant event for the number one scholar to present a poem, Shen Ying also said with a smile: "It's so good, today coincides with the fifteenth day, and the night of the full moon is beautiful, Zhuangyuan Lang, you can write a moon-chanting poem and listen to it!"

Chen Zirong staggered, he didn't know if he heard what the emperor said, his hair was lowered, and he remained silent.

Shen Ying was a little dissatisfied when she saw that the No. [-] scholar was so ignorant of the rules and disrespectful in front of the imperial court, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, you see that the No. [-] scholar has been drunk by them, or let the No. Can Tanhualang write poetry?"

Shen Yingchao looked at the person who was speaking. The young official was named Du Chengmei, the son of Du Qianren, and his official position was the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. A mere fourth-rank official was not qualified to attend the Qionglin Banquet. Relying on his father's power.

That's right, if the number one scholar is drunk, he won't be able to write poems.

Chen Zirong was the number one scholar handpicked by him, so he couldn't be punished for such a trivial matter, and he couldn't be called a cruel and heartless emperor who hurt the hearts of students all over the world.

Shen Ying was just about to say that, and let the No. [-] and Tanhua write poems, when suddenly another person stood up during the dinner, that person was not wearing an official uniform, he should be a new Jinshi from the second-class class this time.

I saw him walking to the front of the imperial court, knelt down and saluted, looked directly at the emperor and said loudly: "Your Majesty, my minister Xinke Jinshi Feng Jiping, I have something to play!"

Shen Ying frowned, she had a premonition that this Jinshi surnamed Feng was going to do something big, so she put down the wine glass in her hand, sat up straight, and asked seriously, "What did Feng Qing say?"

Feng Jiping: "I want to report Chen Zirong, the new champion, for cheating in the imperial examination and imperial examination. His grades are all obtained by cheating!"

Feng Jiping's words caused thousands of waves with one stone. No one expected that at the Qionglin Banquet, the same Jinshi would report the top scholar for cheating in the imperial examination. For a moment, all the officials were shocked into silence, held their breath, and observed carefully. The emperor's face, waiting to see Long Yan furious.

Shen Ying didn't have time to speak in the future, but Du Chengmei took the lead to take the case. Du Chengmei pointed at Feng Jiping and shouted: "Feng Jiping, are you drunk from drinking? How can you talk nonsense in front of Shengjia! You haven't come here yet. Drag this drunk, disrespectful Spoiler!"

Du Qianren was also at the banquet. Seeing that his son dared to steal the emperor's words, he quickly winked at his son and sternly stopped: "Shut up! How can you be presumptuous in front of the emperor!"

Suddenly there were two low-pitched sneers on the stage, and all the officials raised their heads to look at the dragon seat, only to see the little emperor's face was condensed, although there was no expression of anger, but his brows were cold, as if a storm was about to come.

Shen Ying said coolly: "Young Minister of Taichang Temple."

Du Chengmei hurriedly stood in the middle of the aisle, knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, "The minister is here."

Shen Ying: "Are you the curtain officer in charge of the exam?"

Du Chengmei said sullenly, "Go back to the emperor, no."

Shen Ying asked calmly: "Then you, the young minister of Taichang Temple, are you working in the Gongyuan? Or is it that the Ministry of Rites is short of manpower, so I borrowed you to call?"

Du Chengmei was silent for a moment, "Back to the emperor, neither!"

Shen Ying propped one hand on the table, stood up slowly, glanced condescendingly at all the officials in the audience, and finally landed on Du Chengmei's head, said with a sneer, "Then how can you insist that what Feng Jiping said is true?" Nonsense?"

Du Chengmei trembled slightly, thought for a while and said: "Back to the emperor, I thought that the court's discipline is strict and the officials are dedicated to their duties, so there will be no such thing as cheating in the imperial examination! Therefore, Feng Jiping should be jealous of the new champion and feel resentful. That's why he slandered and slandered the number one scholar in front of the imperial court."

Shen Ying: "Whether it is slander or not, I make my own decision, and it is not your turn to judge for me. Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, can you be convicted?"

Du Chengmei raised her head slightly, and glanced at her father, Du Qianren. Seeing that Du Qianren could not sit still, she had no intention of interceding for him, so she could only bow her head and plead guilty: "I am guilty, please punish me!"

Shen Ying flicked her sleeves and said, "It's good to be convicted, then go to Jin Yiwei and get twenty court sticks."

Du Chengmei got up from the ground, left the table dejectedly and went out to receive the punishment. All the officials saw this, the emperor even punished Du Shoufu's son today, this is the rhythm of something big!He didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that the fire would burn himself.

After Du Chengmei left, Shen Ying asked Feng Jiping again in a deep voice: "Feng Jiping, do you have evidence for accusing Chen Zirong of cheating in the exam?"

Feng Jiping said: "My Majesty, I am from the same town as Chen Zirong. I went to Beijing with him to take the exam. I know that Chen Zirong is a man. With his talent and learning, it is impossible for him to pass the examination, let alone win the imperial examination!"

Shen Ying glanced at the champion of the new division who was already drunk and fell to the ground like a puddle of mud, and was thinking whether Feng Jiping's words could be trusted. At this time, Du Qianren, who had been silent all along, said, "Chen Zirong is so drunk that he can't open his mouth now. Just relying on Feng Jiping's one-sided words to defend yourself is not enough, Your Majesty, according to the old minister, why don't you interrogate him after the champion of the new division sobers up?"

Du Qianren's words sounded like he was helping the emperor to give advice, but secretly he was defending Chen Zirong, and Shen Ying was not the original stupid emperor, how could he not hear it?

In this way, Shen Ying became more convinced of Feng Jiping's words, there must be something wrong with this new champion!

If Chen Zirong sobers up, there will be many twists and turns, and Du Qianren must not be given a chance to help Chen Zirong get rid of the crime.

"The grand master's words are wrong. If you want to prove whether Chen Zirong is the number one scholar, you don't need him to defend himself. Come here! Go and get the exam papers for Chen Zirong's palace examination!" Shen Ying put her hands behind her back, her phoenix eyes slightly opened , majesty and arrogance co-existed on his handsome face, "I'd like to see whether the number one scholar I hand-picked is a genius or a fool!"

Immediately, the inner eunuch took people to fetch the examination papers for the palace examination, while the other officials sat in their seats with breathless concentration, not daring to make a sound.

Everyone was secretly surprised that Emperor Jingchang seldom went to court, so ordinary officials rarely saw the face of the little emperor. They only knew that Emperor Jingchang was young and self-willed, ineffective, unbearable for great responsibilities, and an idiot who could not be supported .

But today, it seems that the little emperor's speech is clear and thoughtful, and his words and deeds are quite majestic without anger. Even Du Chengmei, who has never dared to provoke anyone in the capital and is arrogant, can be suppressed with a few words. As incompetent as others say.

Gu Min was also very surprised by Shen Ying's performance today. The situation he set up today was aimed at Du Qianren, and he even made a plan to make Feng Jiping die to make things worse, forcing the emperor to have to Check and give the candidates an explanation.

But I didn't expect that the little emperor would order a thorough investigation so quickly, as if he had already guessed what the truth was like, and those who wanted to watch the opera, how to continue singing.

This made Gu Min have to wonder whether the little emperor's incompetence before was real, or was he just pretending to confuse others?

Gu Min raised his head involuntarily, looking at the aloof emperor in a daze. It was not until Shen Ying asked the No. [-] and Tanhua who had been kneeling to stand up and retreat first that Gu Min came back to his senses and turned his head to glance in the aisle. Before stepping back, Yu quietly raised her eyes to look at the emperor.

Xie Yu's eyes had the same doubts as everyone else's, and there seemed to be a little more admiration in Xie Yu's eyes.

Gu Min's eyes immediately turned cold, his throat seemed to be suffocated, and there was an indescribable shock in his heart.

About two quarters of an hour later, the eunuch who had gone to fetch the examination papers returned and returned.

Chen Zirong's answer to the Palace Examination was presented to Shen Ying. Shen Ying first put the examination paper on the table without opening it, and pointed to Chen Zirong, who was sleeping in the audience like a dead pig, and said, "Why, the champion is still drunk? ? Come and bring a water tank to help Zhuangyuan Lang sober up!"

The eunuchs brought a large water tank from outside, and together they dragged Chen Zirong up from the ground and threw them into the water tank. Chen Zirong was shocked by the cold water covering his head and face, and immediately woke up from the wine, struggling to get out of the water tank. Standing up, looking around at a loss, I still don't know what happened, and my expression is blank as if I am dreaming.

"Zhuangyuan Lang, let me ask you." Shen Ying picked up the examination paper with one hand, read two lines and asked, "What does Qu Tu Yi Xin mean?"

Chen Zirong blinked blankly, "Qu, Qu, Qu Tu... Tu, what?"

All the officials whispered to each other suddenly, the number one scholar didn't even know the idiom Qu Tu Yi Xin, how did he get into the number one scholar?

Shen Ying seemed to have expected that Chen Zirong would not be able to answer, she smiled indifferently, and continued to ask: "I'll ask you again, who are the Zhang Yong and Huang Ba you wrote about in this article?"

Chen Zirong finally understood his current situation. Seeing the emperor's smile, he shuddered and his voice trembled: "Zhang Yong... Huang Ba..."

Shen Ying threw the examination paper on the table, slapped the table, and raised her voice: "It's fine if you don't know Qu Tuyixin, Zhang Yong and Huang Ba were written by you yourself in the policy question, but you don't even know who these two are?" I don’t even know, how dare you say that you wrote this policy question yourself? Chen Zirong, you are so brave, you dare to cheat on the imperial examination and deceive me!”

Shen Ying couldn't help feeling angry, these corrupt officials were so courageous that they dared to put their hands on the scientific examination, they just packaged an idiot bag into the number one scholar, did they fool him, the emperor, into a fool?How unreasonable!

Chen Zirong felt that a catastrophe was imminent, his legs and feet went limp, and he knelt down in the water tank tremblingly, retracting his head like a turtle, deceiving himself and others that he would be fine like this.

It is already a fact that the number one scholar in the new department cheated. The officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of this scientific examination couldn’t absolve themselves of the blame. They immediately left the table and knelt on the ground. There was such a mistake in the last scientific examination, and people with unscrupulous intentions had the opportunity to deceive the emperor, and the minister deserves death! Please forgive me!"

Xie Yu knew that his grandfather was to blame for this matter, but he couldn't bear to see his grandfather being punished even though he was old, so he wanted to plead for Xie Shangshu, but Shen Ying interrupted him before he got up: "Science examination The Ministry of Rites has always been in charge, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is ineffective in supervising it, and the guilt cannot be escaped, anyone who begs for mercy will be treated as the same crime!"

Xie Shangshu knew Xie Yu's nature very well, so he hurriedly turned his head to signal his grandson not to act recklessly. If he hastily interceded for him, he would inevitably be criticized by someone with a heart. Xie Yu may have also cheated in the scientific examination, which is unclear.

Shen Ying also reminded Xie Yu not to act rashly because she believed that Xie Shangshu would not be personally involved in the case.

Xie's family is a Qingliu family, with a scholarly family, and has always regarded fame as more important than anything else. Besides, Xie Yu is also among the candidates for this scientific examination, and he is very likely to win the first prize. There is no need for Xie Shangshu to take the risk of helping others to cheat. Blocked the way of his grandson.

Xie Shangshu looked up at the emperor gratefully, took off his official hat and put it on the ground, kowtowed and said: "I am willing to accept the punishment! Please the emperor look into it!"

Shen Ying murmured, "Where is the commander of Jin Yiwei?"

For such a big event in Xinglin Court, the Jinyiwei must be needed. Someone had already informed Liu Chengyi to come and stand by. Hearing the summons, Liu Chengyi quickly brought a few Jinyiwei inside to salute and pay his respects.

Shen Ying pointed to Chen Zirong who was acting like a turtle in the water tank, and ordered: "Liu Chengyi, I will give you three days to find out who helped the candidates to cheat in the imperial examination. Besides Chen Zirong, are there other candidates involved in the case?" , if you can't find out, I think you, the commander of the Jinyiwei, might as well just replace it!"

Liu Chengyi hurriedly said: "The minister takes orders!"

"All officials from the Ministry of Rites related to this scientific examination will be dismissed and investigated." Shen Ying stood on the steps with her hands behind her back, her gaze coldly glanced at all the officials present, and said solemnly, "The imperial examination is about the selection of officials by the imperial court, which is the responsibility of the whole world. The most sacred place in the hearts of all scholars, if it is unfair, how can the elected officials be convinced by the common people? If it is unfair, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of scholars all over the world? I will never tolerate tolerance, check! Check it out! I want to see who is so daring, who dares to meddle in the selection of officials by the imperial court, in an attempt to destroy my Daying foundation!"

The rest of the officials who were still sitting were all intimidated by the anger of the emperor, they got up and knelt down and said in unison: "The emperor is wise! I am sincere and terrified!"

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Such a big incident happened at the Qionglin Banquet, and almost half of the officials in the Ministry of Rites were dismissed for investigation. The other officials who were not affected, except for their sympathy, the biggest feeling is that their little emperor's master does not seem to be as they imagined I can't figure it out.

The emperor drove back to the palace, and Gu Min originally wanted to take Yue Zhai back, but for some reason tonight, he wanted to see the emperor with a particularly strong feeling, and he had never been so eager to understand a person as he is now.

Anyway, during the banquet, the little emperor asked Shuoyu to tell him that he would go to Yongle Palace tonight, so Gu Min went directly to the gate of Yongle Palace.

But before the little eunuch on duty could pass in, Gu Min was stopped by Wan Zhongquan who was guarding the door, "Gu Shaojun, why are you here?"

"The emperor called me over tonight..." Gu Min could not help but glance at the door when he heard Shen Ying and another man's voice faintly coming from Yongle Palace.

"Please go back, the emperor has no time to see you right now." Wan Zhongquan yawned, shook his hand and said impatiently, "The emperor is discussing something with Tanhualang inside."