Chapter 122 The Number One Scholar and the First Place

"Guo Youzhi's only son, Guo Baokun, has he ever learned martial arts?" Emperor Qing listened carefully to Guo Baokun's information. He didn't hear Guo Baokun's martial arts experience, and he was a little confused. After all, Guo Baokun's aura had clearly broken through to a grand master just now. Such a person could influence The person who came to the mainland to balance was right next to him, but he didn't know anything about it.

"I once heard that Guo Baokun once studied martial arts with the guards in the mansion for a period of time, and more than ten years ago, Guo Youzhi went to the Institute of Inspection to beg Dean Chen Pingping, and paid a huge price to ask Dean Chen for help. One mind method, but then there was no movement. It should be that he did not achieve anything through practice!" Eunuch Hou is worthy of being the person in charge of intelligence. Even the intelligence from more than ten years ago can still be remembered in his heart. It is indeed true. Better than ordinary people.

"Have you not achieved anything?" Emperor Qing looked at Eunuch Hou as if he were a fool. An 18-year-old grandmaster who has not achieved anything must be a fool. Should he consider changing to another internal official?

"Your Majesty, do you need the Inspection Institute to investigate again, or send someone to conduct a test?" Eunuch Hou saw that Emperor Qing was very interested in whether Guo Baokun was practicing martial arts, so he proposed to send someone to test or conduct a new investigation.

"It's not necessary!" Emperor Qing looked back and said casually that it was not necessary. Guo Baokun is now the Grand Master, and the Grand Master of Qing Kingdom. There is no need to test. It is easy to offend Guo Baokun and make Guo Baokun unhappy, and the gain outweighs the gain.

Guo Baokun glanced at Emperor Qing. Guo Baokun sensed Emperor Qing's gaze just now and signaled Emperor Qing with his eyes. The two people separated as soon as their eyes made contact. They understood that now was not a good time to communicate.

Seeing that the incense in the incense burner in the center of the hall was about to burn out, Eunuch Hou began to ask Emperor Qing whether he should stop answering and the palace examination was over.

"Announce it!" Emperor Qing had already returned to his old unruly style and said lightly.

"Well, the time has come, stop answering!" Eunuch Hou stood on the steps, put his hands together, raised his head and loudly announced the end of the palace examination.

All the scholars immediately stopped answering. At this point, no one dared to continue to answer in front of the emperor and the ministers. After all, if you answer poorly now, your ranking will be lower at most, but if you are revoked for continuing to answer, then it will be I really feel like crying without tears.

When Eunuch Hou saw that all the scholars had stopped writing, he turned around and motioned to the junior officials in the palace to collect the examination papers. Two rows of internal officials slowly walked towards the scholars, collected all the examination papers one by one, and sent them to them. It was in the hands of Eunuch Hou.

"Your Majesty, would you like to submit the test papers to the ministers for review?" Eunuch Hou looked at the somewhat lazy Emperor Qing and asked in a low voice.

"No, I'll review it myself. I want to see what our heroes in Daqing have to say!" Emperor Qing originally had no intention of reviewing it himself, but with such a great master as Guo Baokun, Emperor Qing rejected Eunuch Hou's opinion. , directly review the test papers yourself.

All the ministers looked at Emperor Qing in surprise. This was the first time they saw Emperor Qing reviewing the palace examination papers in person. In every previous imperial examination, Emperor Qing would just show off and then leave directly. At the end, I had to personally review it, which was the first of its kind.

Even so, none of the ministers raised objections. Emperor Qing, as a generation of heroes, had already deeply ingrained his majesty into the hearts of ministers, and they did not question or object to Emperor Qing's decision.

Everyone in the hall was waiting for Emperor Qing quietly, watching Emperor Qing review the test papers one by one. Time gradually passed, and the sky outside the hall began to get dark. The officials entered the general hall in an orderly manner. Turn on all the lights, then bow and slowly retreat.

Emperor Qing slowly put down the last test paper in his hand, raised his head, stretched his waist hard, and yawned long.

"Ah! Is it already so late?" Emperor Qing looked at the people in the palace. Some ministers were already exhausted.

"Help arrange the seats for the ministers. I didn't think carefully!" Emperor Qing said self-blame.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers all bowed to Emperor Qing, thanked him and accepted the order.

"Hurry up and go!" Eunuch Hou urged the young eunuch behind him.

"Here!" The little eunuch hurriedly ran out of the hall.

When all the ministers were seated, Emperor Qing began to check the names on the paper and rank all the scholars' articles.

After just a moment, Emperor Qing put the wolf brush in his hand next to the inkstone, reached out to pick up the paper, opened his mouth and started blowing on the ink on the paper. When the writing on the paper began to dry, he then lifted the paper in his hand. He handed it to Eunuch Hou next to him, leaned hard on the dragon chair, took a deep breath, and then ordered, "Xuan!"

"Here!" Eunuch Hou carefully picked up the paper in Emperor Qing's hand and bowed to salute Emperor Qing. After Emperor Qing completely relaxed, he turned around, faced the steps, slowly straightened his back, and his whole aura changed. Great changes. If the humble Eunuch Hou was a slave, the current Eunuch Hou is a high-ranking and powerful figure.

"The 82nd in the top three, Li Zongyi!"

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"First place in the second class, Xia Zheming!"

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"First place in Class A, Guo Baokun!"

Even though hundreds of people's names were read out in one breath, Eunuch Hou's voice remained unchanged and the timbre was still clear and bright. It was really admirable.

"The second and third placers in Yijia are ordered to be editors and editors of the Hanlin Academy. They will be admitted to the Hanlin Academy if they are in the sixth grade."

"For the first place in the first class, Guo Baokun will serve as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. From the fifth rank, he will give lectures to all the princes."

As soon as Eunuch Hou finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion and noise in the whole hall.

"Your Majesty, please take back your life!" Guo Youzhi saw that all the ministers were talking about Guo Baokun's appointment. Although he was extremely happy that his son could win the first prize, in order to prevent his son from becoming the target of public criticism, he was the first to stand up against Emperor Qing. appointment.

"Your Majesty, according to the usual practice, the first place in the first class can only receive the Imperial Academy editorship, which is the sixth rank."

"Your Majesty, the appointment of Quanzi as the minister of the Hanlin Academy is a leapfrog promotion. Although the old minister feels deeply the emperor's favor, Quanzi is still too young to be embarrassed in such a big job. Moreover, the emperor's favor is too great, which is not a good thing for Quanzi and is not conducive to his growth. !" Guo Youzhi's words directly blocked the mouths of all the ministers. Their opinions were the same as what Guo Youzhi said. Emperor Qing's favor for Guo Baokun was too much. Guo Baokun was just 18 years old and was already the number one scholar before he was crowned. After passing the exam, he was supposed to be promoted to the sixth rank, but Emperor Qing went against the usual practice and directly promoted Guo Baokun from the fifth rank. This was nothing. He directly asked Guo Baokun to give lectures to the princes. This was not ordinary. It was considered for the future. As the emperor's teacher, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne, he must respectfully address Guo Baokun as his teacher.