On the official road from the capital to Baoding Prefecture, Liangchen was sitting leisurely in a big cart, resting his head on a bag, holding a dog-tail grass in his mouth, and holding a book in his hand, reading attentively.

After finishing the seal of the Sili official post, Liangchen said goodbye to Song Xiance, rushed to Fucheng Gate to find a big car dealer, bought a ticket and went straight to Baoding.

The reason why he did not return to Hejian Prefecture and fled to Baoding was because Xiong Tingbi's friend, Huang Yanshi, the censor of Beizhizhi, was in Baoding.

The censorship only takes the small exam every year, and the provincial examination is sent by the two Kyoto Censorates, and there is no permanent yamen.

Because this year's Beizhi Primary School Examination was first opened, Huang Yanshi is now offering the academic examination in Baoding. The academic examination is also called the Admiral (Court), so people generally call it the Admiral, and the examinations they are responsible for are also called the "Court Examination".

The Ming Dynasty had the thirteen provinces, and the two capitals in the north and south were also called the north and south Zhili, but it was not a single province. The prefectures in the north and south Zhili, like the Zhili Prefectures and the thirteen provinces, were directly under the jurisdiction of the six ministries.

Nanzhili is the rule of Nanjing and its nearby prefectures and Zhili Prefectures; Beizhi is the general name of the capital and its nearby prefectures and Zhili Prefectures.

The general scope of Northern Zhili is equivalent to later capital cities, Tianjin, most of Hebei, Henan, and a small part of Shandong.

Although Shuntian Prefecture belongs to Northern Zhili, both the minor exams and the provincial exams are carried out independently and are specifically responsible by the Ministry of Rites.

Xiong Tingbi forgot to tell the good minister Huang Yanshi that day, and it was Song Xiance who reminded him, otherwise the good minister would have to find someone to be dizzy.

Baoding is more than 300 miles away from the capital, Hejian Prefecture is in the south of the capital, and Baoding is in the southwest of the capital, which means that the good ministers have to seize the time, otherwise they will be exhausted after going back and forth.

Liangchen was riding in the cart, and there were not many people on him, including six people, one of the old men took their grandson back home, two men working in Beijing, and the other one was an old woman.

"What book did you read by little brother? You're so fascinated?" A guy working in Beijing couldn't help but be curious when he saw Liangchen keeping the book in his hand in his hand.

"Isn't it on the cover?" Another guy knew the words and glanced at him and told his companions that he was reading the "Doctor of the Mean" in the Four Books and Five Classics.

"At first glance, I am a scholar. If you work hard, you will definitely make a fortune in the future." The old man next to him praised Liangchen a few words, and then whispered to his grandson that he would learn from the younger brother, study hard, and be on the list of gold in the future, so that he would be able to honor his ancestors.

"The exam is about to be held. I'm just holding a slap in the face of battle, don't laugh at my father-in-law." Liangchen smiled at the old man, then picked up the book and continued reading.

Perhaps when he read it out of context, he couldn't help but scold the shameless author, and then he couldn't help but dip his fingers and quickly opened the second page. The more he read it, the more fascinated he became.

This chapter is exactly the "Sister Li Ping made a secret appointment on the wall and had a private look at Yingchun's gap."

There is no golden house in the book, nor is there a beautiful face like jade in the book, only the clever golden lotus and the wonderful bottle.

As scholars, as long as they have books, they are all children of sages.

It is said that one should turn a blind eye to foreign affairs and only read the books of sages.

...

After five days of bumpy road, the car finally arrived at Baoding Prefecture.

As soon as he got off the car, Liangchen asked someone where the Censor's Office was.

There is no General Administration and Envoy in Northern Zhili, but there is an Inspector and Envoy in the Censorate and Envoy in the Du Command, and the Yamen is in Baoding.

Usually, after the Censor of the Tixue School came down, he either lived in the Censorate or the prefectures of each prefecture.

Most of the time, I live in the Censorate. The reason is that the Censorate is the local supervision agency of the Censorate. The Censor does not live in his own yamen branch, so where does it live?

After finding out where the Censorate was, Liangchen walked over because he was not far away.

When he arrived outside the yamen, his guards came forward to stop him and asked him what was wrong. If there was any grievance, he could hit the drum in front of the door, and officials inside came out to receive him.

The good minister hurriedly said that he was here to ask for a visit to the censor.

"Please see the Censor of Tixue?" The guard looked at Liangchen and waved his hand impatiently, "The Admiral had already spoken on the day he stayed. No one saw him, so you go."

Of course, Liangchen couldn't leave and said anxiously: "Please send me a message for me. I have something to ask for the Admiral."

"Who is here to find the Admiral, who is not interested?" The guards' official business would not be soft-hearted just because Liangchen was a young man.

"Please help from brother."

Liangchen thought, and took out two pieces of broken silver and handed it to the guard. The guard looked around and accepted it without hesitation.

"Please help me hand this post to the Admiral. He will definitely meet me when he sees this post." Liangchen said as he handed Xiong Tingbi's famous post to the guard.

The guard took it and looked at it, nodded, and told Liangchen to wait here, and he went in and handed him the post.

The good minister hurriedly thanked him repeatedly and waited outside the yamen.

………

In the procuratorate, Huang Yanshi, the censor of Beizhizhi, had a close conversation with his friend Ying Zhen, who had just arrived yesterday, a member of the party and an official who served as a member of the household department.

"Last year, if it weren't for the secret disclosure, Ye Xianggao'an would be able to join the cabinet as a supplement. Now the cabinet is dominated by him, and our three parties are blocked by him. If there is no longer any movement, the Beijing inspection will be defeated in the next year."

Guan Ying was shocked and was very angry when he thought of the secret disclosure.

In July last year, the emperor ordered Wang Xijue, the former assistant of the family, to enter the chief assistant of the cabinet. However, Wang Xijue considered that the party struggles in the court had begun and he was old and weak, so he refused the emperor's request to enter the cabinet and asked his family to secretly reveal it to the capital.

When Wang Mian passed by Huai'an, he stayed at the Cao Transport Governor Li Sancai was secretly revealed by Li Sancai. Li Sancai was originally planning to tamper with the scriptures to anger the censors, but then he secretly revealed that he was the chief writer of Wang Shimin, a famous calligrapher, the grandson of Wang Xijue, and had to copy the full text.

As a result, before the secret disclosure arrived in the capital, the Donglin Party members and the Kedao censors in Nanjing had already handed in one copy. The secret disclosure said that "the emperor kept all the memorials in the chapters and despised them, just like the sound of birds and birds that did not enter the ears" aroused the public outrage of the Kedao censors.

After Wang Xijue's secret exposure arrived in Beijing, the Donglin Party members immediately acted, and caught the Zhejiang Party off guard with intentionality and unintentionality. Seeing that the Zhejiang Party was defeated and Donglin could successfully enter the cabinet, Emperor Wanli in the palace saw through the tricks of the Donglin Party members and kept all their memorials, so that they could not do what they wanted.

The Donglin Party refused to give up and continued to launch impeachment. Faced with the Donglin Party's step-by-step advance, the first assistant Zhu Geng finally died of illness in Guichou in November. The second assistant Li Tingji stayed in the door and then moved to the Zhenwu Temple in the Yanxiang Institute, dismissed all the servants, showing his determination to leave.

Now, Li Tingji still lives in the temple, and he wrote a resignation letter every day. No matter how many people sent to persuade him, he would never leave. Over time, he was called the "Miao Zhu Pavilion Master".

However, Li Tingji was already discouraged and unwilling to go out. The Donglin Party members judged the gentleman with the heart of villains. They were afraid that Emperor Wanli did not approve Li Tingji's resignation, which allowed Li Tingji to come back. Therefore, they kept making moves privately and wrote memorials to impeach Li Tingji every now and then, and they must completely let him go out.

"Before I came, I heard that Ye Xianggao was about to come forward and ask His Majesty to allow Li Tingji to return home, and then they would propose to add additional cabinet ministers."

Guan Yingzhen was quite worried because if the emperor approved Ye Xianggao's request and Li Tingji returned home, then Ye Xianggao was the only one left in the cabinet, both the chief minister and the only assistant.

Huang Yanshi frowned slightly: "Who do they want to push into the cabinet?"

"Who else except Fengyang?" Guan Yingzhen sneered.

Huang Yanshi nodded: "He is the only one who is qualified in the Donglin."

The one they said refers to Li Sancai, the governor of Fengyang.

This person was from Tongzhou, Shuntian. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Wanli. He was in the same year as Zhao Nanxing, a member of Donglin. Later, he served as the doctor of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and had close friends with Wei Yunzhen and Zou Yuanbiao, a member of Donglin. He was the right assistant censor and governor of the Caoyun and governor of Fengyang. He also had close friends with Gu Xiancheng, a member of the Donglin Party who taught in Wuxi. He was a member of the Donglin Party.

"If this person enters the cabinet, it will be a disaster for our three parties." Guan Yingzhen said hatefully.

Huang Yanshi thought more about it, and he said: "The cabinet ministers must be able to recommend it. With my three parties here, he may not be able to do it."

Guan Ying shook his head and said, "You don't know yet. Song Yihan from the Censorate submitted a memorial to recommend that the addition of officials from Hanlin should not be used exclusively for officials from Hanlin origin, but should also be appointed. It is also said that the premiere of the cabinet was all southerners, so it is recommended that more northerners enter the cabinet. The intention was that Li Sancai."

"There is still this?" Huang Yanshi also felt it was difficult. "Li Sancai is quite talented, good at using power, and is also good at winning over people. He has been pacifying the Huai River for thirteen years and has made friends all over the world. If he joins the cabinet and joins Ye Xianggao, it is unlikely that our three parties will have a foothold."

Guan Yingzhen said: "I came from the capital this time to discuss this matter with you and see how I can break Donglin's conspiracy."

Huang Yanshi thought for a moment and said, "Donglin wanted Li Sancai to enter the cabinet, so we cut off their idea, so that Li Sancai could not enter the cabinet."

Guan Yingzhen was excited: "How to break it?"

Huang Yanshi chuckled: "Li Sancai has been a foreign official for more than ten years, so how can he not have any bad deeds in greed and abuse of power?"

"I know, after returning to Beijing, I initiated a public agreement to impeach him."

"If you can't catch wind and shadow, you must send someone to Fengyang to investigate and grasp his greed and dirty traces. This will make you more likely to win." Huang Yanshi took a sip of tea, "When we finish the exam, we will return to Beijing to report our lives and put some effort into it."

"With you, a powerful general, will have a great chance of winning."

"By the way, I heard that Xiong Feibai is causing trouble again?"

"You don't know his temper."

"Xiong Feibai has great talents. Whether our Chu Party can revive depends on him. We must not let him lose money."

"How can I not know about this?"

When Huang Yanshi saw that the tea on the table was cold, he asked him to serve tea outside, but someone said outside: "Admiral, there is a young man outside asking for a visit."

"What boy?" Huang Yanshi was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "I don't recognize anyone here, I don't see you."

The people outside hesitated for a while and said, "The person who came here holds Xiong Tingbi's famous letter."

"oh?"

"Let him in!"
Chapter completed!