Chapter 26
Just when the prefect was wondering why there were so many onlookers today, the magistrate came.
Judge Zhou Tong bowed to the prefect first, then looked at Chen Xiao and said:
"You want to sue me? Haha, it's so ridiculous!"
Chen Xiao snorted, looked at the prefect and said, "Sir, then, let's start?"
The prefect coughed and said, "Prime Minister Zhou Tong, this scholar named Chen Xiao, wants to sue you for erasing his qualification for imperial examinations. Is there any such thing?"
"Sir, how can the subordinates have this power? It's clear that this kid is falsely accusing him!"
Prison Zhou Tong sneered that the yamen was his yamen. The people from the yamen were also wearing pairs of pants. Whatever he said, that's what happened!
Sure enough, the prefect nodded: "Yes, you really don't have the authority to interfere in the imperial examination. Chen Xiao, do you know that false accusations are very serious."
The prefect is fifty years old, with a white beard and his expression is not visible.
Chen Xiao said lightly: "Since that's the case, the scholar wants to ask the prefect, I am a scholar and I have been recommended by the professor of the prefecture. I just signed up for the imperial examination yesterday, so why did I get rid of the list today?"
"The provincial examination is held in various places, presided by the provincial government office, in the imperial capital, and the provincial examination is held by the imperial capital office. In other words, this provincial examination is your business.
Now that I have signed up, I want to take the imperial examination reasonably, but I have lost my qualifications for no reason. If this matter has nothing to do with the magistrate, then, isn’t it your problem with the prefect?”
Chen Xiao said, just looking at the prefect, thinking that after all, it was all about your office, so I would like to see what you two said.
Judge Zhou frowned slightly and glanced at the prefect.
The prefect still looked unchanged and said:
"The provincial examinations of the Imperial Capital are indeed under the supervision of our government. As for your qualification for the examination, I think there must be a reason. This will be investigated slowly for you, so I won't mention it for now.
Now, our government asks you, you insist that Zhou Tongzong erased your exam qualifications. Do you have evidence? If you can't come up with evidence, you are slandering the officials!"
The prefect began to lose its roots and scare Chen Xiao. However, Chen Xiao had a clear idea and said:
"The key point of the prefect is really strange. He said that he would not mention the question of my absence of qualification for the exam? If he didn't mention this, why did I come to the prefecture? Now that I have crossed the subject, I want to ask about my sins?
Then I would like to ask the Prime Minister, if you don’t investigate why my qualification for the exam is gone, how can you know that I wronged Judge Zhou Tong? The order and logic of the matter, you can’t be reversed, right?”
After hearing Chen Xiao's words, the people outside clarified the situation.
Just now, most of the people were indeed led by the prefect, and almost forgot the order. They were curious about how Chen Xiao proved that it was a judgment that erased his qualifications.
If you are really led to go astray, the point is that the exam qualification is inexplicably gone, and Chen Xiao has become a false accusation by officials.
Then I locked up Chen Xiao, and said something about the qualifications for the exam!
The prefect frowned slightly this time and found that Chen Xiao was not so easy to fool.
At this time, the judge sneered and said:
"You want to know why you have lost the qualification for the exam? Haha, you should ask the professor of the Ministry of Education. If he recommends you, you will be qualified. But later he felt that you may not be so outstanding, so he didn't want to recommend it. You will be disqualified, do you understand?"
Chen Xiao was stunned and thought, no, right? Mr. Bai seemed to be not that kind of person?
The prefect spoke lightly: "Chen Xiao, do you understand? The professor of the prefecture will not recommend you, so you are out of qualifications!
Now, the problem is very clear. As for you, it has been confirmed that it is a false accusation of the imperial court. Our government will let the professor of the prefecture go to your scholarship and be punished again."
Chen Xiao's face changed and he immediately said, "Mr. The prefect is really impatient. You said that the prefecture professor would not recommend me. What is the evidence? No matter what, the prefecture professor should come to the class and admit that there is indeed such a thing?"
"I really don't cry until I see the coffin. OK, I will satisfy you. Come and invite the professor of the prefecture!"
As he said, he looked at the prefect with confidence.
At this moment, Mr. Bai, a professor of the prefecture, came on his own, walked to the lobby, bowed to the prefecture and said:
"Mr. Prefect!"
Punishment Zhou Tong sneered: "Old Bai, just tell this scholar, is it because you don't recommend him or your official, who has erased his examination qualification?"
The prefect also looked at Mr. Bai and waited for Mr. Bai to confirm, he immediately asked Mr. Bai to remove Chen Xiao's fame and fortune.
Mr. Bai glanced at Prison Zhou, then raised his voice and said, "If you go back to the prefect, I have not withdrawn my recommendation to Chen Xiaoxiu."
The prefect and the prefect both sneered, and then the prefect said, "Since that's the case, then you... wait, what did you say?"
The prefect and the magistrate both reacted and stared at Mr. Bai.
Mr. Bai said: "The Xiaguan said that the Xiaguan did not withdraw his recommendation to Chen Xiao Xiucai. Moreover, after the Xiaguan learned that the person who deliberately erased Chen Xiao Xiucai's qualification for imperial examination was Judge Zhou Tong."
Punishment Zhou Tong stared at Mr. Bai, as if threatening Mr. Bai before reminding him.
Mr. Bai was not afraid at all.
Seeing that Punishment Zhou Tong put pressure on Mr. Bai, Chen Xiao sighed and said:
"Prime Minister Zhou Tong, you really are a rooster to hatch duck eggs. You have to do it if you are not your job. It's okay if you do something that is beyond your authority. The key is that you know that you are breaking the law. Why bother?"
After saying that, he said to the prefect: "My prefect, now, the situation is really clear, right?"
The prefect had a calm face and didn't know what to do for a moment.
After thinking about it, he said, "Even if your exam qualification is erased, there is not enough evidence to prove that it was done by Judge Zhou Tong?"
Chen Xiao curled his lips: "The prefect, you have to cover up with the judge Zhou Tong. You can say anything. What can we do?"
"Bastard!" The prefect was furious, but when he looked outside, the people were talking loudly, vaguely saying that he, the prefect, was protecting each other.
He knew that he could not continue, otherwise it would be detrimental to him.
So he looked at Zhou Tongzong and said, "Although there was a Confucian professor who testified, it was difficult for a person to make a truth. Therefore, whether Zhou Tongzong was guilty still needs to be investigated."
Chen Xiao knew that it was not that easy to defeat Zhou Tongzong, so he spoke: "What about my imperial examination qualification?"
The prefect said: "Let's talk about it when the investigation is clear."
Chen Xiao's face darkened. He didn't want him to take the imperial examination at all!
Fortunately, Mr. Bai, a professor of Confucianism, said: "The name is gone, and you will just go there. You are a scholar. If you have a county school teacher or a prefectural school professor, you can sign up again."
Chen Xiao was happy: "Thank you Mr. Bai!"
Looking at the prefect and the judge again, their faces became gloomy.
After leaving the house, he arrived at the Houya. The prefect said coldly to the magistrate:
"Don't worry, let him take the exam. When you review the test papers, just give him no pass."
Chapter completed!