Liu Tongzhi said this fact with difficulty, Zheng Guotai was stunned, and Wei Liangchen was no better, as if he had been pointed at an acupuncture point, and he couldn't move.

How is this possible?

Liangchen never imagined that he would be ranked first in the first class by the government after handing in the white scroll.

Is he crazy, or is Fuzun crazy? Or the whole world is crazy!

What's going on?

Liangchen didn't know that before he left the examination room, Li Laifeng, the invigilator who received his papers, couldn't wait to take the papers into the examiner's public room.

"My lord, Suning Wei Liangchen's scroll." Li Laifeng said cautiously at the door.

"Oh, bring it up."

Chen Lun, who was talking to Liu Guotai, got up very happily when he heard this, let Li Laifeng come in, and immediately took Wei Liangchen's scroll from him.

"It's finally here." Chen Lun laughed, he was looking forward to Wei Liangchen's test paper.

The volume is nameless, only numbered, and who the pilot is, but it needs to be unveiled at the end to know. If the candidate's name is known before the seal is revealed, it is fraud in the examination room and a big case is going to be set off. It's just that this year is not a township exam, nor is it a general exam, but a government exam for children's students, whether it is considered fraud or not depends on the examiner's words.

Liu Guotai has also been the chief examiner of the county examination, and it is common to know the names of candidates by reading the papers in advance, so it is not surprising that he knows this. I heard that Nan Zhili will be graded by the examiner in advance, and even the face-to-face examination in the examination room is regarded as a beautiful talk, and many prodigies are like this. Whether or not there is a monetary interest involved in this is not enough for outsiders.

At least, in the years when Liu Guotai presided over the county examination, among the first-class Confucian students hired, there were many children of large families in the county. He didn't think much about it, he just thought that the prefect had sold the face of his own house, so he wanted to read the papers in advance. Not to mention whether the volume is good or not, only this mansion honors the paper in advance, and it is a great benefit to the child to pass it on.

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, Liu Guotai smiled and said nothing, he had already made up his mind that no matter how this volume was made, he would follow the will of the prefect, praise a few words, and ensure that this child was born into the first class.

In this way, everyone is good. On the official side, he Liu Guotai is only the head of the official horse, and it is his duty. In private, he Liu Tongzhi is also approachable, and he brings the latter forward and spreads it out, and he has a good natural reputation.

"I hope you don't let this house down."

Chen Lun picked up the paper and untied the string on the exam paper without thinking about it, at this time, his urgent mood was no less than that of Li Laifeng, who sent the paper.

"This son has a good reputation, and if he can be appreciated by the governor and the government, he will not make the adults happy." Li Laifeng naturally knew the prefect's intentions, so he casually agreed.

"Happy or not, you still have to look at the papers." Chen Lun laughed, unfolded the scroll and looked at it, but he was stunned.

"Your Excellency?"

Li Laifeng looked strange, looked at the scroll, and was also stunned. I saw that there was a blank space on this volume.

"This..."

Liu Tongzhi also found out that it was a white paper, and was stunned: The candidates who were personally read by the prefect actually made a white paper?

"Down... There are words underneath. Li Laifeng couldn't speak.

Chen Lun also saw a few lines of small characters on the lower right side of the scroll, and he exhaled and looked at the lower right corner.

"Scholars are the worst; Messy text, rotten as mud... If you live up to the time and fall into a coma during the day, you will teach and deceive high-ranking officials, and it is also the bad luck of the people's court. ”

Written in the lower right corner is a small poem that ridicules the scholars who participated in the imperial examination.

After reading it, Chen Lun stood there quietly, and the scroll was handed to Liu Tongzhi by him. Liu Tongzhi hurriedly looked carefully, and Li Laifeng also came up.

After reading it, one didn't know what to say, and the other changed color.

Liu Tongzhi said angrily: "This crazy student, not to mention the blank papers, and dare to make a big deal in the imperial examination, he must have his school status cut and will never be allowed to take the exam!" No matter which family this candidate is, Liu Guotai can't hide the anger in his heart, because this candidate's performance is already a complete attack on the national policy of taking the imperial examination.

"Two adults, there's another poem down here." Li Laifeng noticed that there was a poem at the end, and couldn't help but read it softly, "My name is Wei Liangchen, and I have my own way to serve the country." Don't make eight-strand texts, and treat them as useful people. ”

"This madman is called Wei Liangchen?"

Liu Tongzhi was really angry, this Confucian boy called Wei Liangchen was too disagreeable, handed over the white scroll, ridiculed the scholar who was also a scholar, and dared to write a limerick poem, he not only had no one in his eyes, but also regarded the government as nothing.

Li Laifeng didn't dare to echo Liu Tongzhi, because he knew that this Wei Liangchen was specially received by the prefect in Suning, and personally tried the injury case for him, and he also won the reputation of the admiral and the government.

As a close confidant, Li Laifeng can figure out his intentions from the tone of the prefect, and the recent refusal of the prefect to accept the banquets of several large families one after another, all kinds of signs show that the prefect has long secretly determined that this Wei Liangchen is the first class.

As long as this Wei Liangchen is angry, he doesn't ask him to make an article that shakes the world, but if he begs, he will take the head of the small case of the house test.

Who would have thought that this Wei Liangchen would hand over a blank scroll, this is really unbelievable, unheard of, and people can't figure it out.

"My lord, the lower official will issue a document to Suning County to cancel this son's school status to pay respect!" The more Liu Tongzhi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to immediately arrest that Wei Liangchen and scold him in person.

However, to Liu Tongzhi's surprise, Governor Chen shook his head and said, "No, no, no, what this son understands is really what I want." ”

"Your Excellency?" Liu Tongzhi and Li Feng looked at each other.

"I make the exam questions new every day, new every day, and new every day, so that candidates can reflect on the questions in time and continue to innovate."

Chen Lun said slowly, "For more than 200 years, the imperial examination has been a national policy, and it has endured for a long time, but it has also suffered serious shortcomings. Many candidates read and read as nerds, do not distinguish between grains and grains, do not work hard in their limbs, and only know what they do, such people, they have worked hard to write articles, and the court has recorded them, but what is the role of the country? As Wei Liangchen said, it is the bad luck of the people in the court. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Lun took Wei Liangchen's volume again and sighed lightly: "I thought that he would break the topic in a decent way and write a few unique articles, but I didn't expect that he would see through my deep meaning and hand in such a volume... This son, although he didn't answer the question, but he didn't answer it, it seems that silence is better than sound. After speaking, his eyes were full of appreciation.

Liu Guotai could hear the prefect's words of appreciation for Wei Liangchen, but he didn't understand what the prefect meant, and asked hesitantly, "What does the prefect mean?" ”

Chen Lun pondered for a moment: "This government wants to determine this son as the first class, what do you think?" ”

"It's... It's just great. Liu Tongzhi was stunned, and immediately said categorically: "Yes, what the country wants is not nerds, but real talents." This Wei Liangchen's volume, in the eyes of the lower officials, is completely an insightful and thought-provoking volume, which looks like a white scroll, but every word is beautiful, it is a person who is an official for us, and it is also a warning to the imperial court. Its intentions can not be described as bad suffering! ”

"Sacrificing his own fame, wanting the people of the world to introspect themselves, being wise and foolish, the lower officials are thinking, when Wei Liangchen handed in the papers, was he in the spirit of self-sacrifice in order to reform the court?" Li Laifeng also suddenly realized and admired it. "If that's the case, it's a matter of course that he will be the first class."

"Yes, yes, Wei Liangchen is not the first, who can be the first?" Liu Tongzhi also looked affirmative.

"This government is a scholar for the imperial court, and he has a public heart, although Wei Liangchen handed in a blank scroll, but his sincere heart is pouring between the words, so he is determined to be the first first." Chen Lun paused and smiled bitterly: "But whether he can go further depends on how he answers the questions in the college exam." Fame is not easy to take, and if you hand in a blank paper again, it will be unlikely. ”