The invigilator took the candidates to the latrine. Fan Xian was worried that the latrine was being tampered with, so he sent Wang Qinian to take a look. Wang Qinian found that there was kerosene in the latrine. Once the candidates went to the latrine with a candle, a fire would break out if they were not careful.Can explode.Fan Xian asked Guo Zheng to send people to rebuild the latrine. Guo Zheng was furious. He replaced all the candles and water prepared by the Ministry of Rites. Now he wanted to attack the latrine. Fan Xian had already guessed that Guo Zheng would object, so he asked Deng Ziyue to lead him.Guo Zheng was asked to take out the golden nanmu and high-quality stones that had been used for the renovation of the Examination Yuan and build a hut from the warehouse. Guo Zheng had no choice but to do so due to the pressure from the Examination Yuan.He secretly vowed to find another opportunity to dig a hole for Fan Xian.
Fan Xian made careful arrangements and asked people from the Appraisal Institute to be on standby at the examination institute to ensure that each candidate successfully completed the three-day exam.Li Chengze learned about this and asked Xie Bian to tell Guo Zheng to stop. He was puzzled. Fan Xian had just come to Kyoto and could not know the taboos of the Examination Yuan so clearly. He suspected that an old man from the Ministry of Etiquette was giving Fan Xian advice.Fan Xian went to inspect and inspect, and paid special attention to Shi Chanli, Yang Wanli, Cheng Jialin and Hou Jichang. Yang Wanli had outstanding literary talent and neat and beautiful handwriting, which he felt inferior to.
The three-day Spring Science Examination was finally over. The candidates handed in their examination papers. The next step was to transcribe the names of the candidates. First, the names of the candidates were affixed one by one. The Ministry of Rites sent staff to transcribe the examination papers again to prevent the markers from judging based on the handwriting.Take the back door.Fan Xian was worried that the staff might be up to something in the last step, so he had been supervising their work on site. Due to the large number of candidates, the staff had been busy until dark and had not finished the work. Guo Zheng advised Fan Xian to go back and rest first.
Fan Xian learned from Guo You that in previous spring exams, some people cheated by using the length of paper with their names on it, or they made marks on the exam paper when transcribing.Guo Zheng pretended not to know, and Fan Xian reminded the staff not to cheat, otherwise they would die.Guo Zheng originally wanted to identify Li Chengze's disciples when he was writing anonymously, but he didn't expect that Fan Xian gave the order to kill him. The staff did not dare to slack off and completed the anonymous transcription work in an orderly manner.
The grading work was carried out in a completely closed state. Fan Xian still did not dare to take it lightly. He persisted until the grading was completed before leaving the examination hall. Except for Shi Chanli, who unfortunately failed to pass the exam, the other three people were all successful. Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief.He hadn't slept for several days and was already exhausted. Wang Qinian drove a carriage to send Fan Xian back to his house. He fell asleep due to overwork.
After the exam, the candidates were all exhausted mentally and physically, so they went back to catch up on their sleep.Cheng Jialin slept all day and night without waking up. Yang Wanli and Shi Chanli woke up and continued studying. Hou Jichang brought them roast chicken, advised them to relax, and discussed with them a visit to Fan Xian.
Fan Xian went home and fell asleep without even bothering to eat. Wang Qinian picked out the meat from the dishes and wanted to take it back to his daughter Wang Ba. Deng Ziyue sent Fan Xian the list of candidates, and happened to see Wang Qinian picking out the meat from the bowl.Meat, Wang Qinian was worried that he would complain, so he let him eat and drink.Fan Xian woke up later, and Deng Ziyue hurriedly handed him the list. Fan Xian found that Yang Wanli, who was both good in character and academics, had failed the list. He felt something was wrong, so he called Wang Qinian and Deng Ziyue and went to the Ministry of Rites to find out the reason.
Fan Xian went to the Ministry of Rites to check the examination papers. Except for Yang Wanli who was impostered, there was nothing unusual about the other examination papers. Fan Xian clearly remembered the content of Yang Wanli's policy theory during the inspection. He did not expect that someone was playing tricks while concealing his name. Yang Wanli was impostered by Li Chengqian.The disciple pretended to be someone else.Fan Xian couldn't swallow this breath. He wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly and give justice to Yang Wanli. Deng Ziyue persuaded him to think twice. He and Li Chengze were already sworn enemies. Now that his friend had offended Li Chengqian, Fan Xian couldn't care so much. He wanted to make this springIn order to be fair and just, Fan Xian asked Deng Ziyue to lead people to seal down the examination institute, and no one was allowed to release the results without his order.
Fan Xian took Wang Qinian and rushed directly to the East Palace to discuss with Li Chengqian. He went straight to the point and explained his purpose. Li Chengqian asked Fan Xian to admire the clothes he designed. Fan Xian was not in the mood and just said a few random words. He was just curious about who he designed so many clothes for. Li Chengqian paid attentionTo put it bluntly, he admitted that the person impersonating Yang Wanli was his disciple, but he had no idea about it. Fan Xian guessed that Li Chengze was up to something, just to sow discord between him and Li Chengqian.Li Chengqian didn't want to let it go, so Fan Xian decided to make the matter bigger. The two of them went to the palace to complain to Emperor Qing.
Li Chengze learned that Fan Xian had sent people to seal off the examination institute and called Li Chengqian to go to the palace to complain. Li Chengqian was worried and felt a little worried. He felt that he had been tricked by Fan Xian.Fan Xian and Li Chengqian came to the palace, and Hong Zhu, the new eunuch in charge of the Vegetable Gathering Department, led them. Hong Zhu was full of gratitude to Fan Xian. If Fan Xian had not ousted Mr. Dai, he would not have been able to take over the Vegetable Gathering Department. Hong ZhuZhu also guessed that Fan Xian entered the palace to seek justice for the candidates, and Fan Xian couldn't help but look at Hong Zhu in a different light.
Chen Pingping was reporting work to Emperor Qing, and also brought files on Chunwei's private fraud over the years.Li Chengqian couldn't wait any longer and reported to Emperor Qing that someone had impersonated him and framed him. Emperor Qing didn't have the energy to deal with this, so he dug up the files on the Chunwei fraud case. Fan Xian took the initiative to ask Ying to investigate the matter thoroughly, which Emperor Qing naturally wanted.
Fan Xian left the palace with the file in his arms. Hong Zhu waited outside the palace for a long time. He pulled Fan Xian aside and suddenly knelt on the ground and burst into tears of gratitude to Fan Xian. Fan Xian was confused by him.It turned out that Hong Zhu was from Yingzhou. The magistrate of Yingzhou killed his whole family. Hong Zhu had a chance to escape because he was not at home at the time. After entering the palace, he changed his surname to Hong after being photographed by Mr. Hong's public relations. No one in the palace knew his life experience. Fan XianjieThe list of corrupt officials given to the Metropolitan Procuratorate included Yingzhou Zhizhou, who had been executed. Hong Zhu regarded Fan Xian as his benefactor, and Fan Xian also regarded him as one of his own.