Nathan Cui was going to fail in this examination, and Ryan Cui could not be an examiner to avoid suspicion from his brothers. That was why he dared to openly leave the two candidates at home, without fear of being impeached for cheating.
On the day of the announcement of the results, Ryan Cui skipped work and strolled out of the Hanlin Academy after his roll call, and personally copied the list: Lun Wenxu was ranked first. Nathan Cui and Xu Jing were not on the list, but Nathan Cui was among the top 50 on the vice list, so he could go to the Imperial Academy to serve as a supervisor. Tang Yin was ranked 34th, which was considered a good score.
After all, in the original history, even Tang Bohu failed the exam for this subject, and both Tang and Xu were eliminated directly at the first stage of the teacher's exam.
Not only did he fail to make the list, but he also responded to a very obscure knowledge point raised by Cheng Minzheng, and he and Xu Jing were swaggering around, claiming that they would definitely win the first place. They were caught and falsely accused of cheating. Both Xu and Tang were imprisoned and tortured into confessing, which implicated the deputy examiner Cheng Minzheng.
Although the Jinyiwei later found out that there was no bribery in the exam, anyone who was involved in the word "examination cheating" would be ruined. Cheng Minzheng died of injuries a few months after he was released from prison. Xu and Tang's reputations were ruined and their futures were gone. Tang Bohu was later involved in the Ning Wang rebellion case, and his second half of life was even more miserable...
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