Chapter 718 Exam Paper
What is Xu Jie's backup plan?
In just two days, everyone saw it.
Although it was just an inquiry by the Censorate, it was Xu Jie's territory. Zhou Yan, the left censor, was all Xu Jie's confidant disciple... At this point, Xu Jie showed his sharp sword.
The Censorate followed the Censorate and was in charge of supervision and impeachment. It is said that the Censor reported the news, but in fact, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Censorate also had the power to "report big things and make decisions on small things."
In other words, the torture methods within the Censorate are no worse than those in the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, Beizhen Fushi, and Dongchang. They are even better at psychological oppression and induction.
Two days later, Wu Shou, who was once scolded by Lin Run, collapsed. Although Dong Fen and Wu Peng later insisted that this was a reproach, at least what Wu Shou had told him was a trace.
In the back hall of Wanshou Hall, Xu Wei yawned quietly, glanced at Zhou Yan, the censor of Zuodu, who had just come in, and then looked at Lan Daoxing, who was still dancing with a great god... This blue fairy has appeared too frequently these days.
Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorial in his hand with a secret face, "In this way, this person's first chapter of the Four Books and Five Classics was buried secretly, and he used this to cheat."
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhou Yanlang said: "Candidate Wu Mouyan, this is not his own. Please ask Your Majesty Xu Du Censorate and Hanlin Academy to review the examination papers of the current subject and convict them."
"It's not him, it's not him..." Emperor Jiajing threw down the memorial and pondered for a moment, feeling unsure of his mind. Once this matter was opened, he was afraid that the table would be overturned.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but gritted his teeth and made such a thing. Yan Donglou was not a good thing, but Xu Jie was not a good thing... He had to wait until the palace examination was released before he turned back to accuse the fraud case of the test.
The listless Xu Wei also thought of this and couldn't help but smack his tongue. Xu Jie's hand was a bit ruthless. If he had a good test, maybe things wouldn't be too much.
But Xu Wei quickly thought that Yan Shifan should not sit still and wait for death, and maybe he has already taken action now.
This thought just happened in Xu Wei's mind, when Huang Jin suddenly walked into the back hall, leaned in the ear of Emperor Jiajing and muttered a few words softly.
"Bang!"
The precious Sheyan was thrown hard on the gold brick by the furious Emperor Jiajing. The green Taoist robe dyed black with its unused ink. "Send more people to put out the fire and let Lu Bing go, hurry, hurry!"
Seeing Huang Jin jogging out in a hurry, Xu Wei tsk in his heart, Yan Shifan is trying to get rid of the firewood from the cauldron. It's so amazing. All the test papers were burned out. It depends on how you find the evidence. As for confessions... do you know that there is a word "telling"?
Xu Wei was originally summoned to write Qing Ci, so he should have stepped down, but he really didn't dare to come forward at this time... Everyone could see that His Majesty is now full of anger and has nowhere to ejaculate.
When Lu Bing arrived outside the Gongyuan, the fire was no longer controlled. This was almost certain. He deliberately set fire. There was a heavy rain a few days ago, but he couldn't stand it. What could the water in the water tank in the Gongyuan just do?
Lu Bing changed direction and avoided the rolling smoke. He glanced left and right, pointed to the part of the tribute courtyard that had not yet burned and said, "All of them have been demolished, dig the ground into a ditch, and poured water in."
Seeing the servant dragging his feet, Lu Bing stepped forward with his legs and a horse's belly, whip down the two of them, shouting, "Take them back and lock them up in the Nanzhen Fushi."
After entering the Jinyiwei, he took off at least a layer of skin. Now the traitors' movements quickly became faster... Lu Bing, who was impatient, even went on the battle in person. Under the Jinyiwei School, the Lishi could only follow, but the flames were about to pounce on him.
Lu Bing was a little desperate. It was a mess now. He was suspected because of his father-in-law and son-in-law. Now the test papers are burned, and even if they are wronged, they will be nailed to death... Maybe there will be rumors that the ruling party burned the tribute school and the Jinyiwei arrived, but the test papers are gone.
At this moment, a bright light flashed through the gloomy sky, followed by the thunderous thunder, the water vapor condensed, and the falling raindrops slowly turned from small to large, from drizzle to downpour.
"Governor, it's raining, it's raining!"
Unlike his happy subordinates, Lu Bing still looked desperate. Before he served as the commander of the Jinyiwei, he was ordered to supervise the examination. It was clear that the place where the test papers were placed was a broken wall. When he glanced at him, he could even see a few pages of the test papers that had not been completely burned.
Just as Lu Bing began to consider how to recover from the aftermath, several officials walked out of the low bungalow in the corner of the Gongyuan, which had not been burned yet.
"Don't worry, Lord Lu, although the last two test papers were burned, the first four books and five classics are still there."
Lu Bing felt excited and turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Zou Yinglong, the Censor of the Censorate of the 35th year of Jiajing.
Three quarters of an hour later, in the back hall of Wanshou Hall in Xiyuan, Zou Yinglong, who had entered Xiyuan for the first time, clearly explained the matter from beginning to end.
"The fire is very fierce, and the Gongyuan is difficult to protect. The Jinyiwei is eager to help each other, and it is raining heavily again, so it will be protected."
Emperor Jiajing turned his head and looked at Lu Bing, whose hair and temples were curled up by flames. The latter lowered his head and lamented in his heart. This time he offended Yan Shifan to death.
"During the Tianshun and Zhengde periods, water flowed from Gongyuan. During the Hongzhi period, heavy rains were pouring, and the tables and benches of Gongyuan were floating." Zou Yinglong said righteously: "Therefore, the examiner of the Imperial Examination proposed to obtain permission from the examiner, and the first four books and five classics titles were selected to store the place to prevent accidents."
Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites, had no choice but to admit it... At that time, it was just a casual statement from the same examiner Zhang Juzheng, and it was all more than half a month ago!
"Your Majesty, since the Hongzhi period, the number of people in the examination has increased rapidly, and the brick and tile houses are far from enough. They are all supplemented with examination sheds and burned when they encounter fire." Wu Shan paused, "This reconstruction should focus on bricks and tiles. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry will be asked to pay silver."
Emperor Jiajing's face was cold, "Wu Qing, can you identify the test paper?"
"I have read the top ten people in the current examination for the four books and five classics, and then let several names in the Hanlin Academy distinguish them with the examiners, and there are no mistakes." Wu Shan endured it and could not help but whispered: "The person who proposed to choose a place to reserve is Zhang Shuda, the Imperial College Supervisor."
In fact, whether this sentence is said or not is meaningless. As long as you have a bad mind, you can guess the examiner must be a subordinate of Xu Jie.
After watching the show for most of the day, Xu Wei swayed out of the Xiyuan and turned to the Hanlin Academy. He happened to run into Zhang Juzheng and Lin Feng who were chatting.
"The literary style is so leisurely." Zhang Juzheng stood up with a smile, "Is this coming from Xiyuan?"
Xu Wei rolled his eyes and sneered: "Brother Uncle is a good method."
"Where does Wen Chang start?" Zhang Juzheng was sure.
"Your Majesty has issued an order to thoroughly investigate the fraud case in the field." Xu Wei said: "Selecting a place to place the test papers, and sending people to guard it. It is naturally a good method... I just don't know how Zou Yinglong from Lanzhou would be admitted to the tribute court?"
Lin Feng, who had been silent, narrowed his eyes and thought that the name Zou Yinglong sounded a little familiar... Oh, it was the Lanzhou scholar who was kicked away twice by Qian Zhan three years ago.
Zhang Juzheng's expression remained unchanged and said with a smile: "Wen Chang is joking. If we talk about means, how can Zhang compare with Qian Longquan?"
"No need to be modest." Xu Wei waved his sleeves and said, "Three years ago in Suiyuan, Zhan Cai once said that Uncle Zhang was tenacious and had many secret methods in Fang Zhengzhong, and he was the best at slashing behind his back."
Zhang Juzheng's smile froze. Looking at Xu Wei's departure back, he couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly.
Chapter completed!