Vol 2 Chapter 165 (2/2)
Fan Xian s The Overwatch Council was still behind hi with hi to clean up governance this year, and he was just seizing the opportunity He reckoned Chen Pingping would scold hi trouble, but he would finally have a pretext to act in secret
Fan Xian had just provided the Overwatch Council with justification, which they would bring before the Emperor, ouldthe Talented, Fan Xian had also ements Before the names were sealed, whether they were asked for by the Eastern Palace or by the Great Prince, Fan Xian had chosen the names of some of the talented scholar and hidden theive his counterpart an explanation
When thethat he had done it not as a result of any bias for one side or another of court politics, but purely as a scholar Out of a stubborn desire, he had made a ”noble” and insane decision
Over the next few days, all was quiet in the capital As Fan Xian's exposé began to coth of the Overwatch Council, at least before the list of third-rank candidates was published, the unsurprising inforh the bureaucracy Finally, the third-rank candidates were chosen, and the names that Fan Xian had hidden in there had not been weeded out Clearly soe and the Ministry of Rites, and were helping Fan Xian in secret
Guo You and his high-ranking officials had perhapswas too easy to accomplish in the exam hall over the past few years And behind him, he had the Eastern Palace as a supporter, so to not have seen such clear probleh attention
On the 22nd of February, the trees gradually began to blosso on the branches in pairs It was a fine and happy spring day In a tavern in the capital, not far to the west of the Iether awaiting the news There were no snacks or drinks on the table, because these students did not have the heart to eat a thing, focusing only on the important news that was to co Road with a bitter laugh as he shook his head ”I don't think I stand a chance this ti?” The student sitting by his side was ashen-faced - it was Yang Wanli, the one who Fan Xian had looked in the eye in the exa by the sea; he was very different frorounds and spent their lives in libraries You could tell fro disposition He grabbed a pair of chopsticks fro on so as he spoke with his mouth full ”Jialin, you're one of theRoad You can write a marvelous policy essay, and everyone will shower you with praise for days afterwards Me, I'h self-confidence is enough to govern a province, there's no wayJialin was fro the exahed bitterly and kept his voice low ”Do we really not understand these things? So many people take these exams each time The major players at the court pick a couple, the palace picks a couple, and the Imperial Palace picks soot soood does that do in the capital? Even if the royal court wanted to find a few ap, there's plenty of scholars in the capital Why would they pick us?”
The other scholar at the table had a lean face It seemed that he was not happy; perhaps he had drunk too hed coldly ”Jialin, you're right As I see it, it's best you don't take it again, so as not to spend all your money on travel Goddah officials and the palace to pick their pet poodles!”
Cheng Jialin's face darkened with slight fear ”Jichang, keep your voice down If the Overwatch Council is listening, never mind our careers, it'll be our lives we'll have to worry about”
Hou Jichang was an oddity, someone who did not want to walk the road of an influential official Although he had some renown in the capital, and was once equally faue and his te his friend's anxious words, he couldn't help but laugh ”The Overwatch Council ht be fearsome, but ould they bother to spy on people as worthless as us? If they're so great, why don't they stop the cheating in the exah nobody thinks well of the Overwatch Council, when it coood at it”
Hou Jichang waved his finger ”Is anyone in the entire bureaucracy clean and honest? If we're placing our hopes in the Overwatch Council, it's like asking a tiger to give you its hide” [1]
”The officials are also chosen fro Wanli ”They can't all be bad, I think” he le clean person in the entire bureaucracy of the capital Finally, his eyes lit up ”I think the academician Fan Xian of the Imperial Academy is a fine official”
The two others beside hiling things into the exah ”So he lets you finish the exaood official seehed, and as the alcohol sloent to their heads, they couldn't stop the the abuses of the royal court They wondered whether the Overwatch Council was really going to investigate the scandal properly - if so, et better in the exam hall
Suddenly, there was commotion within the tavern The three of the outside ”There's been a scandal in the exaoing to prison!”
A roar! The spring thunder ru rain fell upon the students in the tavern
[1] A traditional saying,to make a doomed petition