Yang Cong thought the matter was over, and Wu Tang, Chen Wenjie, and Song Yingkui were all thrown into the government jail. Isn’t it over?

Of course, this matter is not over yet, because Li Yuezhong did not convict Chen Wenjie and others, he only said "wait for the end."

The evidence is so conclusive. He is not convicted, so what are you waiting for?

What he is waiting for is the result of consultations between all parties, or in other words, he must combine the opinions of all parties and then find a proper way to deal with it.

This matter is not that simple. There are too many forces involved. He has to take into account all opinions from the Chen family of Longxi behind Chen Wenjie, the Yangming lineage behind Xu Jie, and even the Gu family of Nanzhili behind Gu Kejiu.

He is not the kind of naughty young man who has just entered the officialdom, and he knows how to fight hard. Nowadays, if you don’t have any background, the more you rush, the faster you die. Only by taking one step, watching one step, moving forward carefully can you stay in the officialdom and move on.

He actually has no background. The reason why he has been able to reach this point is mainly because of his good luck. He was assigned to the six departments of Beijing from the beginning, and his starting point was already higher than others.

Moreover, he has always been cautious and has not offended anyone. In addition, he is steady in his work and takes the overall situation into consideration, and is highly appreciated by his superiors, so he has gained this opportunity to supervise the government.

The trial of this government fraud case reflects his steadfast work and taking into account the overall situation. If he is unstable and does not "consider the overall situation", he can convict Wu Tang, Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui once the ironclad evidence of the 500 taels of silver is presented.

If they were convicted according to the laws of the court, Wu Tang and Chen Wenjie would have to be imprisoned in prison for at least a few years to teach them some lessons. As for Song Yingkui, dismissal from office and removal from office would be considered light.

However, in this way, he offended the Chen family of Longxi, and he might have taken revenge on him. Of course, he would not do such a stupid thing.

Moreover, once this corruption is identified, it will be a huge stain for him, and it will be difficult for him to get promoted after he goes back.

Therefore, he did not pronounce the verdict on the spot. Moreover, after he retired, he ordered the post station to pass the trial of the Quanzhou Prefecture fraud case to Zhangzhou and directly send it to the Chen family in Longxi.

What he meant is that your eldest young master had committed a crime. What do you think of? Send someone to negotiate quickly.

The fast horse flying delivery means that the post station uses fast horses to transmit information. The speed is not as fast as 800 miles. However, it can be transmitted about four or five hundred miles a day. Longxi County, Zhangzhou Prefecture is only more than 200 miles away from Quanzhou Prefecture City, and it can be called back and forth in a day.

Of course, he didn't just ask the Chen family of Longxi to negotiate, but also wanted to consult the opinions of these people in Quanzhou Fucheng.

After he arrived at Chengtian Temple to live, he ordered people to invite three related officials, Gu Kejiu, Zhao Yan and Xu Jie.

Gu Kejiu is the fourth-rank magistrate and the chief examiner of the prefecture examination, Zhao Yan is the assistant of the fifth-rank magistrate and the supervisor of the prefecture examination, and Xu Jie is the sixth-rank magistrate. The prefecture examination has nothing to do with Xu Jie. In theory, he should talk to Gu Kejiu first, and he should also find Zhao Yan first to find out, but the first one he looked for was Xu Jie, who had the lowest official rank.

He knew that although Xu Jie's official rank was low, he was the most important among the three. If Xu Jie had not supported him by Yangming, how could Gu Kejiu and Zhao Yan dare to compete with the wealthy maritime merchants?

Therefore, Xu Jie's opinion is the most important. As long as Xu Jie agrees here, the other two will be able to deal with it.

Xu Jie also knew that this scholar-official master wanted to calm down the situation. After all, the corruption case of the imperial examination was too involved. If he really reported this, this scholar-official master would also be implicated.

He actually didn't plan to kill Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui. Many times, the battle in the officialdom was not for the death, but for the benefit. As long as he could obtain enough benefits, his enemies could shake hands and make peace, not to mention that he had no grudge against Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui.

Therefore, after being invited to Li Yuezhong's temporary study, he did not act in anger and pursue the situation to the end, but bowed calmly: "The lower official met with the academician, and I don't know what to explain to the advisor to recruit the lower official."

Li Yuezhong quickly got up and invited Xu Jie to the guest seat, and ordered someone to take Xiangming, then smiled and said, "You are polite, Lord Xu. I want to ask Master Xu what his opinion is on the handling of the fraud case in the mansion."

He didn't dare to act like a big shot in front of Xu Jie, and he might have rushed to him at any time.

Xu Jie did not act as a big shot in front of Li Yuezhong. He pretended to be a humble person and said, "What do you think of the subordinate officials? You can handle it impartially, and you don't have to worry about the subordinate officials."

This means that he didn't want to pursue it, but it doesn't mean that he really has no objection. As for what his opinion is, it depends on whether Li Yuezhong is a human being.

Li Yuezhong said knowingly: "Mr. Xu, you are a little too modest. You are old Xingming. Speaking of this case, I am not good at determining the case. For example, what do you think Song Yingkui should deal with this case?"

Xu Jie still pretended to be humble and said, "How dare the lower officials point fingers in front of the adults? However, there is something that the lower officials want to be honest and ask the upper officials for help."

Li Yuezhong now fully understood what Xu Jie meant, and it would be okay not to pursue this matter, but Longxi Chen had to pay some price.

This relationship is good, just don't pursue it. As for what price the Chen family in Longxi pays, it's easy to discuss. He asked quickly: "Mr. Xu is out of here. If you have anything, just say it."

When Xu Jie heard this, he pretended to be embarrassed and said, "That's right. I have a fellow disciple named Wang Dong, who was also a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing. His career was quite unsatisfactory. He had been an official in the capital for several years and had only become a Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple. Moreover, he had been back home for more than two years. He was waiting to re-officially. If possible, please give me some advice."

Damn, I was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing and became the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple who was a fifth-ranked rank, and it was still said that his career was not smooth!

I, he, is the Jinshi who was a sixteenth year in Zhengde? I have been in the middle of the 16th year of Zhengde? I have been in the middle of the fifth grade. What did I say?

Li Yuezhong couldn't help but whisper a few words in his heart, but nodded on the surface and said, "Well, this is easy to say. I will give you a reply in a few days."

He knew that Xu Jie meant that Wang Dong would make up for Song Yingkui's shortcomings. It would be normal for the Beijing officials to be transferred to the local area and to be promoted to two small levels. However, I just don't know if Chen family in Longxi would let go.

Immediately afterwards, he took the initiative to mention Yang Cong's compensation issue, and Xu Jie had agreed.

Next, Gu Kejiu had nothing to say. He was the chief examiner of the office. Of course, he didn't want this corruption case to be caused by it. It would be better to turn big things into small things, but it would be better if it was small things.

Next, Zhao Yan had nothing to say. This time, it would be good that he could escape. As for asking Chen, Longxi to compensate him, he didn't have the courage.

Finally, Li Yuezhong "discussed" with the people sent by the Chen family of Longxi for a while, and the solution was decided.

Song Yingkui resigned because he was ill. The two sides worked together to push Wang Dong, the former Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, to the position of the left senator of the Fujian Provincial Government.

Chen Wenjie, compensation of 10,000 taels of silver was considered an apology to Yang Cong.

As for Wu Tang, the official test was subject to private copying and cancellation of the scores, and no longer allowed to participate in the imperial examination. This is the personal behavior of the candidate and has nothing to do with the examiner, so it is nothing.

This court case was settled in this way. Xu Jie, Gu Kejiu, Li Yuezhong and others were all happy. After all, the imperial examination case had too much impact, and it would be best to suppress it. Moreover, Chen, the Longxi family, also admitted that they had fallen into trouble. What else could they force?
Chapter completed!