Outside the Hall of Heaven.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma stood outside the hall and looked at the scene inside.
"Chongba, I think Bai 'er is right.
How could Liu Bowen and Song Lian cheat in the imperial examination?
This was not beneficial to them.”
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally trusted these two people.
"Sister, we chose Song Lian and Liu Bowen because we knew they wouldn't cheat.
However, the matter had already happened, and the scholars in the capital were discussing it animatedly.
I don't believe that this is a coincidence.
Were the scholars of the north so unbearable? Not a single one!"
Empress Ma not only believed in Song Lian and Liu Bowen's character, but also their ability.
He would not allow his subordinates to cheat without knowing.
"Since things have come to this, we have to think of a solution.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.
"Investigate all the officials involved in the fraud, regardless of their position or status.
All of them were punished according to the law!
If they deserved to be beheaded, they would be exiled!”
His words were filled with killing intent.
This was the first large-scale imperial examination, and such a thing had happened.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already ordered the Jinyiwei to investigate this matter.
Empress Ma shook her head.
"What if the Imperial Academy and Imperial Censorate really find out that they are innocent?”
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated.
"Sister, I still find it strange.
In the past, out of the ten candidates, there were at least two from the north.
Now that he had chosen thirty-six, at least two or three of them would be from the north.
Could it be that I, Ming, only have half the sky?”
……
The conversation outside the hall was unknown to the people in the hall.
The ministers just kept repeating.
Mark the papers, mark the papers, mark the papers.
When he was tired of looking, he complained to Zhu Bai in his heart and glared at him.
Then, he continued to read the papers.
The examination papers were constantly being rotated among the officials.
Six hours passed.
He was only halfway through the marking.
The officials who read quickly only finished half of the papers.
The speed of marking the papers would only get slower and slower.
Because everyone was tired.
Zhu Yuanzhang really did manage the meals.
There were bowls of white rice and stir-fried vegetables from Guanglu Temple.
It was placed in the main hall.
But no one ate it.
This was because the ministers were resentful of the emperor.
Not eating was a silent protest!
They all felt that the Emperor had done something wrong.
They did not object to a thorough investigation of the fraud in the imperial examinations, but they could not torture the officials like this.
Even some of the officials were starving.
However, he still did not touch the food in front of him.
If one's willpower wasn't strong enough, the officials who made the slightest movement would sit back down silently under the gazes of the people around them.
But as a prince, Zhu Bai naturally would not advance or retreat with the ministers.
He didn't care about that.
He put down the test paper in his hand and picked up the food from Guanglu Temple.
She started eating.
"How fragrant!"
"Cough cough!"
"Cough cough!"
There were officials around him who kept coughing.
It was as if he was saying,'You, the culprit, still have the cheek to eat?'
Because of the marking, no one could talk or communicate in the hall.
Otherwise, the ministers would have to criticize Zhu Bai.
At this time, Zhu Bai no longer cared about the resentment of the officials.
He had to give up.
And he was really hungry.
Facing the resentful gazes of the officials, he said righteously.
"Little Wang is still young and growing. You can't go hungry.”
After saying that, he continued wolfing down his food.
The food of Guanglu Temple that he despised in the past had become especially delicious today.
As soon as he said this, the ministers in the hall were furious.
Don't worry about lack, worry about uneven distribution.
Everyone is starving here, so why are you eating so happily?
However, no one present had the intention to be angry with a nine-year-old child.
It was not glorious to win.
Losing would be embarrassing.
Zhu Bai's action of wolfing down the food attracted the attention of the surrounding officials.
He could not help but swallow his saliva.
They had not eaten for several hours.
He was already hungry.
Not far away, there was an official in a red robe. He hadn't even eaten breakfast and was extremely hungry.
He made up his mind to eat a few mouthfuls first.
Therefore, he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention.
He quietly picked up his bowl and was about to pick it up with his chopsticks.
"Cough cough!"
Li Shan Zhang, the head of the civil officials, coughed lightly.
Seeing this, the man could only put down his bowl helplessly.
He sat down resentfully, as if he was still missing her.
The fragrance of the food.
Another six hours passed.
The marking was finally over.
All the ministers wrote down the seating order of the thirty-six best papers they had chosen on a piece of paper.
Together.
After comparing it with the results of the Hanlin Academy.
They were basically the same.
Only the one or two people at the bottom of the rankings were slightly different.
But basically, it could be concluded that the Hanlin Academy was innocent.
The Imperial Censorate was not at fault.
The list of names for the imperial examination was basically fair.
"Thank you for your hard work."
After obtaining the Emperor's permission, the officials left the hall one after another.
When he was at Donghua Sect, he was still cursing.
Obviously, they were all complaining about Zhu Bai.
Moreover, many people planned to go back and write memorials overnight.
He was preparing to impeach Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang.
As for the reason, he could have as many as he wanted.
……
Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw the summary of the results on the dragon case.
The Hanlin Academy was indeed innocent.
There were dozens of civil officials in the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang was watching them with his own eyes when they were reading the papers.
The possibility of collusion could be ruled out.
"Unbelievable."
For a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know how to deal with this imperial examination.
If they were to acknowledge their status as High Scholar, then many places in the north would definitely not be convinced and cause trouble.
But if they didn't admit it, many in the south wouldn't accept it.
Because the Hanlin Academy was fair.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Academy and Imperial Censorate have already investigated.”
The Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander Er Hu, who was investigating the fraud, cupped his hands and said.
"Are you suspicious?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked anxiously.
"The Embroidered Uniform Guards didn't discover any cheating by the officials of these two places.”
The answer from the Commander of the Brocade Guard made Zhu Yuanzhang frown even more.
No problem?
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
"Got it. You may leave."
Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one sitting in the huge Wenhua Hall.
Empress White Horse had already proposed an excellent solution.
That was to set up the Enke North Field.
They also accepted thirty-six northern scholars, so fair.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had a faint feeling.
Someone was using this opportunity to probe.
Moreover, their methods were very good. The Embroidered Uniform Guards could not find anything even after thorough investigation.
Thirty-six Southern Scholars.
That power used this incredible result of the imperial examination.
They displayed their strength.
Many faces flashed through Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.
Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, Tu Jie.
The answer was obvious.
These people could all be classified as one name.
Huaixi has made great contributions.
"Erhu!"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted outside.
"Your Majesty."
Er Hu cupped his hands and said.
Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.
"I want you to expand the Embroidered Uniform Guards tenfold within a year.
Not just the capital, I want the entire Ming Dynasty to have Jinyiwei's eyes!”
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the Embroidered Uniform Guards would be enough to monitor the capital.
But now, he felt that it was not enough.
He hated the feeling of being kept in the dark.
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