Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

The news of the imperial examination spread faster than Ye Chen had imagined.

Relying on newspapers and word of mouth from traveling merchants.

After just a few days, the news spread throughout the capital and even the surrounding areas like a spring breeze.

For a time, scholars and men of letters in the streets and alleys were discussing this matter enthusiastically.

Although those powerful families tried their best to stop and conceal it, they were unable to stop it.

After all, Ye Chen’s newspaper can be read and borrowed by ordinary people.

For a time, countless scholars, carrying their dreams, headed towards the capital.

Among them, many frustrated children from aristocratic families also had ideas.

There were even local nobles who hired fast horses to transport people to the capital at a distance of a hundred miles a day.

You must know that the power of officials in the capital is far greater than that of local officials. Even if they become the governor of a state, they still have to rely on Yang Dechang.

It is impossible to be an official in the capital area.

But now, it is possible to become an official in the capital by just taking an exam.

The local nobles were naturally very excited.

This also led to the fact that when Dayu's first imperial examination was about to begin, all the inns in the capital were full.

In the secret room of the Supervisory Office, Ye Chen listened to Lu Niudan's statistical report and learned that the number of people participating in the imperial examination had exceeded a thousand.

He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a satisfied smile, but soon he felt a little bored again.

He originally thought that some nobles would definitely take action to prevent the imperial examination, or find ways to prevent children from poor families from entering the capital.

As a result, these people did nothing.

Ever since he dealt with Xin Yonghou, the other nobles seemed to be frightened and completely stopped their activities.

Ye Chen originally thought that even if those people from noble families were not very intelligent and timid, they would not just stand by and watch without taking any action.

Especially Yang Dechang, this old fox, who is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but has been staying indoors recently, which makes Ye Chen feel a little tricky.

Although the Jingzhou soldiers outside Wuguan kept moving and pretending to attack, they did not actually attack. This made it difficult for Ye Chen to take real action against Yang Dechang.

After all, the number of Jingzhou soldiers has now increased to nearly 60,000.

Di Gui still has a lot of wounded people in his hands.

It’s hard to say what will happen if a real fight breaks out.

The other nobles also remained inactive, which prevented him from blaming Yang Dechang by taking advantage of the other nobles' mistakes.

So, he really had no way to deal with this old turtle.

However, Ye Chen quickly adjusted his mentality. Although Yang Dechang's tortoise shell was difficult to break, it was a good thing that the imperial examination could be held smoothly. In this way, he could replace Yang Dechang's followers in the court more quickly.

By then, he didn't believe that Yang Dechang would really be able to sit still.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen turned to look at Shen Qiu.

He said in a deep voice, "Qiu'er, I order you to have the Imperial Guards count the number of assistant ministers in the six ministries, and then tell them that they must take the imperial examination. The one with the highest score will be appointed as a minister."

Shen Qiu was slightly startled, a hint of doubt flashed across his cold eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and respectfully clasped his fists, saying, "As you wish."

Ye Chen looked at Shen Qiu's departing back, secretly calculating in his heart.

He asked those ministers to take the examination in order to make this a regular practice.

How can the post of minister of each ministry be held by an outsider?

Now is a special situation. Almost all of the assistant ministers in the six ministries are Yang Dechang's men. Ye Chen only needs to replace this group.

From then on, the assistant ministers would be tested in every imperial examination, so that their abilities could be understood at any time and fresh blood could be injected into the court at any time.

At this time, Yun Fuyao suddenly walked into the secret room.

She was dressed in a light yellow brocade dress and came gracefully, exuding a strong scholarly air. Her beautiful face revealed intelligence and wisdom.

Yun Fuyao bowed slightly and asked for instructions, "Your Majesty, the chief examiner of this imperial examination, Su Fu, has come to report that there are too many candidates taking the exam and that the examination room needs to be expanded."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "Let Su Fu handle this matter. Ask her to make sure it is properly arranged."

Yun Fuyao took the order and left.

Ye Chen walked out of the secret room, stretched his body, and felt quite happy.

Then I planned to take a walk around the examination venue.

For no other reason than to see if there are any omissions in the layout of the examination room.

After all, even in later generations, there are people who try every possible means to cheat in exams.

Let alone now.

Even without the high technology of later generations, the cheating methods used by the ancients are still amazing.

For example, Ye Chen once saw words written on a grain of rice in a museum.

Knowing that Ye Chen was leaving, Shen Qiu hurried over. Yun Fuyao also wanted to come, but Ye Chen asked her to stay.

The Supervisory Department cannot be without people

Moreover, Yun Fuyao is very competent in the work of gathering various information from the Supervisory Department and then summarizing and analyzing it.

By leaving Yun Fuyao in the Supervisory Department, Ye Chen can be notified as quickly as possible if anything happens.