Soon, the emperor asked Huo Zhongtang and Huo Wenche, the eunuchs and sons, to set off on the road with the money and grain from the treasury.

In fact, everyone knows that the emperor publicly supported Gao Yue, and it was explicitly for him to use it in Funing Shuguan and other palaces, but in fact it was used by the military army and the military army of Yining.

Who told Gao Yue to be the emperor's "dear daughter"?

Dou Shen is afraid that there will be more misfortune.

What scared Dou Shen even more was that the emperor appointed the Marquis of Xiao Guo, and the Wei Wei Qing Ban Hong as the "Building Envoy". The palace supervisor and Zongzheng Li Qiyun (Li Qiyun is also a royal family member) also went to Funing together, saying that he would be responsible for building palaces and inns for Princess Deyang to get married.

"It's almost the same to build my tomb..." Dou Shen was like a frightened bird.

What if Ban Hong and Gao Yue are next to each other?

This is a very strong political signal!

The "Chang'an Dibao" was the first to smell the wind. Its host was Hu Xijin, a scholar from Jixian Academy of the Daming Palace. He was originally instructed by Dou Shen to fabricate the article "Gao Yue Ding Wuyi Ningjun's arbitrary and violent journey". Now he changed his course immediately and wrote a "Funning Qihou Two and Three Things" in a delicate style and rich content. It extracted the three fragments of Qihou "How did he continue to inspire and urge me to encourage and urge my Tang Yingzheng to successfully capture the strong Funing Qiang Village when the military food is exhausted", "How was Qihou magnanimous and kind, pardoned nearly 10,000 subjugated Dangxiang, and now he allowed him to live and work in the Wudinghe Yingtian", "How did Qihou be in Funing City, and he would do everything himself and be loyal to the Holy Lord's wishes" and the three fragments were connected into a text, full of admiration and praise for Gao Qihou.

As soon as this report was released, the public opinion in Chang'an City was once again in an uproar.

Some people privately mocked Mr. Hu, "He used a very skillful rudder to cross the Qutang Gorge against the wind, as if walking on flat ground." So the capital gave Hu Xijin a nickname, Hu Dadu.

In such a situation of reversal, the spring examination of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing began.

Previously, the emperor specially found Zheng Wei, the Minister of Rites, and asked him if he had noticed any outstanding talent when he had collected the provincial papers before?

Zheng Zhi was a little surprised because the emperor rarely asked about the Ministry of Rites before, but now that he had asked, he answered truthfully.

After hearing that Xingyuan Fengxiang's son occupied the majority, the emperor nodded and praised Zheng Zi's integrity in his heart. However, he didn't say much, but just reminded Zheng Zi: "Now, regarding Xifan and Dangxiang's border affairs, we can make an inquiries about this."

Zheng Zhi nodded.

In fact, since the provincial papers that time, Zheng Zhi was convinced that Han Yu was very worried about the Jinshi exam and wanted to be this mentor.

Several plum blossoms were quietly blooming in the corner of the Nangong Court of the Ministry of Rites. The snow in Chang'an was still everywhere. The east and west corridors were filled with sterns, and the sound of the pen touching the file was like spring eating mulberry leaves. Behind the curtain of the main hall, Zheng Zhi sat upright and looked straight without looking at him.

What he hadn't expected at this time was that this tribute ceremony would become the outbreak point of the showdown between forces from all sides.

Zheng Zhi's performance of the list was very fast. After reaching an agreement with Gao Ying, the Minister of Rites of the Ministry of Rites who was in Laitong, and Bao Fang, the Minister of the Taichang Temple, he drafted a list of light ink, and then hung out on the wall outside the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites.

Under the big tree by the wall, Han Yu and a group of people came to see the list early.

As a result, Han Yu's eyes were filled with fireworks. He clearly saw that the first one on the list was his name.

"I'm posing for the head, I'm posing for the head!" Han Yu jumped up happily and slapped hard.

This year, Zheng Zhi strictly controlled the ranks of Jinshi, and only 22 were the number of students in Taofen Academy. Among them, eight were also selected as Jinshi, including Xiao Yi's son Xiao Zixian, Wang Lu, the son of Wang Boqian, a merchant of Xingyuan Jiuting, Hong Xuan, a son of Fengxiang military officer, etc., and Han Yu had nine.

Although these people are not from aristocratic families, they all successfully won the title with the unified teaching of Taofen Academy, the unified teaching of classics and poetry and prints. This is not so much a victory for the nine individual talents, but rather a victory for the modern education model of Taofen Academy!

However, before Han Yu and others hugged each other and expressed their joy of celebration, the impeachment of powerful and powerful officials rushed to the Daming Palace like a heavy rain, and the target of the fire-raising attack was Zheng Zi, the head of the Chunying Examination.

The reason is very simple. Zheng Zhiquan won the Jinshi according to his talent and knowledge, which greatly violated the interests of this group of people.

Zheng Zhi was not taken care of by his children who studied in Chongwen and Hongwen Museums;

Zheng Zhi ignored the in-laws, clans or disciples of high-ranking court officials;

Zheng Zhi didn't even bother with the relatives praised by the local governor.

This is a taboo. This son-in-law named Zheng Zhi, former prime minister Zhang Yanshang, is so ignorant of the world!

Even so, Zheng Zhi still refused to surrender and insisted that my twenty-two candidates were all real talents and knowledgeable, and had a clear conscience.

The powerful people were even more angry.

Interpersonal networks are connected, and countless arrows that slander impeachment shot out from the open and dark. In the end, the emperor called Hanlin scholar Yu Gongyi, Li Jifu and Wei Gong to Penglai Hall, asking about the incident in the spring examination that was too big. What do you think?

"My memory and Gao Qihou had a bet relationship with each other before, so it is not convenient to speak out based on my position." Li Jifu expressed silence.

But Duke Wei suddenly said to the emperor: "Zheng Li is in charge of the spring examination, which seems to be too circumspect."

The emperor also nodded slowly, probably agreeing with Duke Vat's opinion.

As for the imperial examination, this is just a scholar who is a Qing official. Of course, who can be admitted to the people, of course, cannot be based on the meaning of the powerful, but they cannot be considered without considering their demands. Zheng Xi did this time a bit too stubborn and too decisive.

Seeing the emperor's expression, Yu Gongyi turned his eyes and took the opportunity to slander: "This year, Cewen is embarrassed. It is said that Qi Hou set up a mountain village in the west, and Zheng Lishi's Cewen happened to be a mountain village. This Cewen happened to be a specialty of Xingyuan and Fengxiang's students, so it is probably natural that other students have some resentment."

The emperor pretended to be surprised, "What if this is the case?"

Yu Gongyi said that the entire capital was dissatisfied with the tribute and tribute, and this was the root cause.

To put it bluntly, Zheng Zhi and Gao Yue colluded and deliberately sold the questions, which allowed Xingyuan and Fengxiang to take up a lot of money.

At this time, the emperor bent his knees slightly on the mat and said for a long time, "Send the envoy to hold Zheng Xi accountable."

After saying that, the emperor specifically said to Gongyi, "If you really want to overthrow the test, you can be appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat and replace civilization as the main secretary."

The Duke of the Soldiers looked pale, as if he hadn't expected that a word from him would cause such a result.

Yu Gongyi looked proud and immediately thanked him.

Li Jifu on one side had a plain face, and there was no attitude or clue.

In the "ice hall" of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Zhi lowered his eyes and listened to the interrogation sent by the emperor. In the end, he did not reveal that "the question was requested by the Holy Lord himself", but said directly, "There is no way to defend himself."

It means - let's do it.

The emperor, who finally got rewarded in the hall, sighed in his heart, "Sure enough, you are the best Hanlin scholar in civilization. Unfortunately, I have to offend you a little wronged this time."
Chapter completed!