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Chapter 44 The new examiner?

Just when the old doctor was diagnosed with Cao Lingyue, Cao Zhongheng had already arrived after hearing the news. Ma Mingfeng did not say hello to him anymore and left quietly.

After returning home, Li and Yang Wencong rushed to ask the girl how she was and whether she was in line with Ma Mingfeng's wishes.

Ma Mingfeng nodded and said, "This girl looks really good, and it's not a question of whether she likes her or not. However, an accident happened today. She seemed to have heartache and suddenly fainted. Fortunately, I also knew some rescue skills and rescued her."

"What? So I'm sick? Then let's forget about this." Li and Yang Wencong couldn't help but look a little disappointed on their faces, and then they discussed Ma Mingfeng's application for the provincial examination.

Because it is mid-7th month of the lunar calendar, and there is less than a month left to start the exam, we must start preparing for registration. The so-called registration means registering personal information, including name, age, hometown, family history and other information in the Administration and History Office, which is similar to now. However, in order to avoid impersonation and fraud, the applicant must also obtain a guarantee from a person with a reputation as a juren of the county.

In fact, these are all trivial matters for Ma Mingfeng. After all, he cannot impersonate himself, nor can he cheat his identity, and the guarantor is ready-made. For him, registration is just a process. However, the most important thing for Ma Mingfeng this time is to meet the examiner, because only by opening up the relationship between the examiner can the examination be more confident. Not to mention asking the examiner to help cheat, the examiner probably dare not, but at least, if the examiner has a good impression of you, he will definitely not do anything unfair to you, and may even have an impression score.

Yang Wencong also told him in advance that the examiner has great power in the imperial examination and can decide the ranking, especially the first place. Sometimes, some people who can be admitted or not can be decided by the examiner.

However, when Ma Mingfeng and Yang Wencong went to the Governor's Office to apply for the exam three days later, not long after arriving at the Governor's Office, Yang Wencong, who had originally planned to take him to visit the examiner, said with a bitter face: "I don't know if it is good news or bad news. The examiner of the Guizhou Provincial Examination in this subject was suddenly replaced, and the former examiner, Lord Wang, was replaced by Mr. Shizhai Huang Daozhou..."

"What?" Ma Mingfeng was shocked after hearing this, because Huang Daozhou was so famous. Not to mention that he was a famous anti-Qing hero in later history, with a righteous spirit, and was admirable hundreds of years later. Just say that at that time, Huang Daozhou once debated with Yang Sichang, who was so popular that he tried his best to oppose Yang Sichang's strategy of peace with the Qing people. As a result, he angered Emperor Chongzhen, was demoted to six consecutive levels and transferred to the Jiangxi Censor Zhaomo.

Ma Mingfeng also learned from Yang Wencong that the world-renowned leader Fushe was demoted to Jiangxi just two years ago. Now Yang Sichang is so popular that he cannot find out with conscience. He advised Emperor Chongzhen to rehabilitate Huang Daozhou, so Ma Mingfeng was a little confused. Why did Huang Daozhou actually arrive in Guizhou?

But Yang Wencong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm surprised? Actually, I'm also surprised. I just got the news this morning. Our examiner is still on the way to take office. It is said that someone did something that stimulated Mr. Yang Ge Lao. He suddenly remembered Mr. Shi Zhai, so he quickly wrote a letter to the emperor, asking Mr. Shi Zhai to be transferred to Guizhou Censor Zhaomo and also serve as the chief examiner of this subject. He ordered Mr. Shi Zhai to be grateful for the court's kindness and select talents for the country. If there is any mistake, he will be severely punished."

When Ma Mingfeng heard this, he immediately thought of the problem and said: "Jiangxi is two or three thousand miles away from Guiyang. Even if it is rushing, it will take one or two months. Now there is less than a month before the exam begins. Yang Sichang is trying to pass the road and exhaust Mr. Shizhai. I really didn't expect that his grandmaster would be so cruel. Alas, with such a narrow-minded person in power, what else can I have in the Ming Dynasty?"

Yang Wencong said nervously: "Don't talk nonsense and slander the court. This is not a joke. We don't care whether Mr. Shizhai can get it or not, because I know Mr. Shizhai's character is. As long as he has a breath, he will definitely arrive in Guiyang as scheduled. Even if he goes day and night, he will do whatever he wants. Now we only need to consider how we can gain his favor when Mr. Shizhai arrives. You must know that this gentleman is selfless and selfless. He even dares to scold Mr. Yang. When he dares to blame him today, how will he take our flies seriously? The most fatal thing is that once the examiner changes, the exam questions may also change. This is especially difficult for students like you who have too short preparation time."

Ma Mingfeng was not very nervous about this. He knew how Huang Daozhou was, so this time the imperial examination would inevitably revolve around the theme of national justice, peace and trouble for the country. In fact, Ma Mingfeng is the best at this type of test questions, because he had read and memorized some similar eight-legged essays because of his interest, which proved that the eight-legged essays were not all empty content and were devoted to formal topics. Unfortunately, he had traveled four hundred years ago before he had time to do this topic.

However, by accident, the eight-legged essays he wrote four hundred years later had a place to use.

Of course, Ma Mingfeng could not say these thoughts, but said lightly: "Anyway, I have already said that in this situation, worrying is useless. It is better to accept the facts of faita success. Besides, it is also a good thing for Mr. Shizhai to come. At least those who try to get through cheating will be subject to extremely strict restrictions. This may not be a good thing for us. The so-called "shoulder lose his fortune" is just this truth. If you take a step back, even if you really can't be admitted, it's nothing. At worst, I'll take the exam again. Anyway, our plan was to experience it first, and we didn't have much hope for passing the exam."

Yang Wenchao was surprised to see that his nephew was so calm and composed. However, after thinking about it, he felt that this was indeed reasonable. Since things had happened, no matter how much worry was, it would be useless. It would be better to calm down.
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