Chapter 437: Dark Clouds Overcome the City
The palace examination will be held in a few days.
Compared to the imperial examination, the palace examination is not a lot of pressure for Chinese juren. After all, the palace examination will no longer be dismissed, it is just a ranking examination. If you have to say that there is pressure, there is one thing: by then, the Chinese juren will write articles under the eyes of the emperor and the people in the temple. If you have poor psychological quality, you may not be able to write anything.
Jia Huan had nothing to worry about his psychological quality, but a few days before the exam, he was still at home carefully studying the recent court newspaper - asking Mr. Zheng to get it. The emperor used his strategy to win the scholars. The palace examination exam included two strategies.
Although Huiyuan will not fall out of ten, he still has to strive for it if he can compete for the best.
You should know that there are differences among the top ten. Three Dingjia can directly become Hanlin. The seven behind will participate in the selection of Shujishi. Shujishi only has three years of term, and if he does not develop well, he will have to leave the Hanlin Academy.
Furthermore, among the Three Tripods, the top scholar was directly awarded the editor of the Hanlin Academy who was a sixth-grade student, while the second and Tanhua were a seventh-grade editor.
At this stage, any advantage at the starting line (starting) is what Jia Huan needs.
Jia Huan was buried in his home in the house, guessing questions before the exam, and writing questions, the undercurrent under the lake became more and more surging. Like a bloodthirsty beast, about to reveal its sharp and ferocious fangs.
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After the first month of the year, the Ministry of Rites was the Ministry of Rites. Recently, Emperor Yongzhi has been in the imperial city and has not lived in the Daming Palace, which he likes.
On the evening of the 18th, after Emperor Yongzhi handled government affairs in Wenhua Hall, he took the eunuch Xu Yan, the eunuch in charge, to the residence of Concubine Wu of Jingren Palace. A group of eunuchs followed him.
In Emperor Yongzhi's harem, the one who was most favored at this time was Concubine Jia. Previously, the deceased queen was the deceased concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu who gave birth to King Yan. However, the emperor would not go to Concubine Jia's Fengzao Palace every day.
In Jingren's palace, Concubine Wu and others faced Emperor Yongzhi. After recounting the ceremony, Concubine Wu smiled and wrote and painted in front of the palace's desk.
Concubine Wu was only in her twenties at this time, and her silk-like black hair was tied into a beautiful bun, with a jade-like face, delicate features like carvings, wearing a blue and white gown and long skirt. She had an elegant bookish look. She was a beautiful woman with outstanding charm.
No wonder he was favored by Emperor Yongzhi before Jia Yuanchun.
The bright beauty was smiling in front of her eyes. Emperor Yongzhi had been tired for a day and suddenly felt in a good mood. He casually drew two strokes and chatted with Concubine Wu.
While grinding ink, Concubine Wu answered, and suddenly smiled and said, "I have a happy event. I forgot to tell Your Majesty. Jia Huan, the younger brother of Yuanchun's sister, heard that she was overjoyed a few days ago and gave her a lot of things back. Alas... My younger brother is not half as good as Jia Huiyuan. I want to ask Your Majesty to reward him with a top scholar, but I have no chance."
Emperor Yongzhi was a middle-aged man named forty-three. He was always pampered and had a fat and white figure. At this time, he raised his head and laughed. Then, he hugged Concubine Wu's slender waist in a doting manner and said, "When the younger brother of his beloved concubine becomes a Chinese juren, I will order him to be the top scholar..."
Concubine Wu quickly chuckled and said, "I am just a joke. The National Talent Ceremony is not something I can argue with..."
After Virtue Wu applied eye medicine to Jia Yuanchun, he immediately acted coquettishly in the emperor's arms.
Emperor Yongzhi coaxed Concubine Wu, a trace of light flashed in his eyes.
The most favored imperial concubine in the palace, there was an uncle who worked in the Military Affairs Office in the outside court, and another brother who was the top scholar...
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The night shrouded the sky, like thick ink soaking.
In the inner city of the capital, Zhao Junbo, the home of the West Road Censor, was in the home of Zhao Junbo, the censor of the West Road. It was already late at night and the lights were still on in the study.
Zhao Junbo was writing a memorial to go to court tomorrow without adding dots. This was a memorial to impeach the Minister of Rites Fang Wang and his disciple Jia Huan, revealing the exam questions.
The more I write, the more excited I feel.
He was once the county magistrate of Wanping County in the capital, and Jia Huan was the county test student he had appointed. He was familiar with Jia Huan's teacher Zhang Anbo, and with Jia Huan's old friend Mr. Longjiang, and with Rongguo Mansion.
However, this is not the reason to prevent him from impeaching Fang Wang and Jia Huan. He was able to become a popular celebrity in the current guild from being a "one call and a hundred responses" by impeaching the dynasty. In the past two or three years, there have been many nobles and civil servants who have fallen to him in the past.
This is his way of becoming an official.
Although he is just a seventh-rank censor now, he has a great influence. Moreover, when the censor of the Kedao was promoted to the seventh-level official position, he is often promoted to the seventh-level official position.
After a long time, after writing the memorial, Zhao Junbo blew dry the ink marks and showed a smile on his face. As soon as he played this, it was another achievement of his achievements.
I couldn't help but think of what Yin Yanxin, the right edict of the Zhan Shifu, said to him after the dynasty today: "Brother Zhao is full of a pure and upright person, can he tolerate such dirty and dirty things? How can the country's talent ceremony to tolerate such things as leaking questions? There was a matter of Tang Bohu in the Ming Dynasty, and his insight was not far away."
Zhao Junbo smiled.
The official position of the Zhanshifu in this dynasty was used to confess to the promotion of ministers, but he was also responsible for the education of the prince.
The Tang Bohu's imperial examination fraud case... Is it just abolishing a Nanzhili Jieyuan and a talented man? He followed up with the ranks, but there was also Cheng Minzheng, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites who was expected to enter the cabinet.
Of course, no matter what the big guys think or make arrangements, he just needs to get his "benefits".
The censor can be heard and reported. Not to mention, dozens of failed scholars have already come to the Ministry of Rites to ask for an explanation today.
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On the morning of March 19, the emperor and the temple officials discussed affairs in Wenhua Hall. Zhao Junbo, the censor of the West Road, impeached the Minister of Rites Fang Wang to reveal the title of the Minister of Rites to Jia Huan, the Huiyuan of the current department, and asked the court to thoroughly investigate the matter.
Although Fang Wang was the Minister of Rites, his main position was to compile books and did not usually participate in discussions in Wenhua Hall. Instead, he was mostly in the Hanlin Academy. The person who replaced Fang Wang to discuss matters was Peng Shie, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
The main master is not here, and Zhao Junbo's impeachment seems to be a shot in the air, but who are the people discussing matters in Wenhua Palace?
The Grand Secretary, Nine Ministers, Ministers of various departments, Criminals, Superb Honored and Hanlin Ci ministers. Almost in an instant, everyone realized that a storm was coming. Many people were shocked.
Zhao Junbo was a famous "cannon" in the court. Whenever he impeached, he would definitely set off a "giant wave". As a censor without factions, he was often pushed to the forefront of open struggle by all parties, as a wind and signal of public opinion.
In the Wenhua Palace, people from all sides immediately quarreled and debated. Zhao Jingshi reported the news and had no evidence. The chief examiner of the examination at the meeting, Mr. Liu, said: He did not know that there was any leak of the question. The opinions on whether to investigate or not were stalemate.
Emperor Yongzhi did not make a statement on the spot, but said, "I understand," and kept the memorial to the end.
Keeping the memorial is to leave it in the palace without responding or handling it. This is the emperor's unique magical skill. It can be an attitude of agreement, or it can be an attitude of disagreement. It depends on the ministers' speculation about the emperor's intentions. As the saying goes, the wonderful use lies in one's heart!
Emperor Yongzhi ascended the throne for thirteen years, and he was very good at playing this trick.
After the court dispersed that morning, news came out, and China and foreign countries were shaking.
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After coming out of Wenhua Palace, King Beijing Shuirong looked anxious, and he was not in a hurry to discuss with first-class Boniu Jizong, Wang Ziteng and others. In front of everyone, he needed to avoid suspicion. Who dared to openly form cliques? Even if it is recognized, he should avoid it.
When he left Donghuamen, Shui Rong called his own Changsui and said in a hurry: "Go to the Tongzheng Department to notify the Zheng Master of Jia's family. The Shan--Xi Dao Censor Zhao Junbo impeached Jia Huan and colluded with Grandma Fang to cheat. Go quickly."
"Yes, Prince." Chang Sui responded and ran away.
Shui Rong stood by the carriage, looking at his long back, frowning. Jia Huan and Jia Ziyu, the Huiyuan, were not only from the Jia family, but also from the Jia Shi Wang and Xue family. The noble faction and group of the four kings and eight men were also very happy to see Jia Huan win the top scorer. It is true that Jia Huan was taking the civil servant route, but his surname was Jia. This was enough.
However, now, someone wants to cut off his career - the Tang Bohu imperial examination fraud case in the Ming Dynasty. How could Prince Shui not know? It is obvious that as long as the verdict is verified, even if there is no need to be verified, as long as the court handles it according to this idea, Jia Huan's career in this life will be ruined. He was demoted to a remote area to be a minor official, and with the stigma of fraud, what future will there be in the career?
Shui Rong had just said a few words to Jia Huan in Wenhua Palace, but the noble group had limited say in the imperial examination. He gave Song Tianguan from the Ministry of Personnel a sentence and said: "You are not good to speak out about the imperial examination."
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Following the road in the palace, Wang Ziteng's expression was calm, but his heart was heavy.
He told his wife at home that Jia Huan could not win the imperial examination. This caused a series of misjudgments among the four families of Jia Shi, Wang and Xue. The next morning, he slapped Jia Huan's score (Huiyuan) in the face. He was very embarrassed.
He did make a deal with Jia Huan's future with Grand Secretary Xie. He allowed the newly "conquered" Hanlin Academy attendant Cai Yi to become a daily lecturer.
However, this does not mean that he is willing to see Jia Huan, who has become the first emperor, cut off his career, and cannot tolerate others' wanton attacks on Jia Huan. Who in the court does not know that Jia Huan is his nephew?
However, the situation in front of us is indeed chaotic and hazy. Who is instructing Zhao Junbo to come forward to impeach?
Prince Teng flipped through the official documents on the case in the veranda room, picked up a memorial, and went to the room of Grand Secretary Xie of Wenyuan Pavilion to the west.
Wenyuan Pavilion is located at the northern end of the courtyard of the Military Academy. The doors and windows face south. The width of the five rooms is six public rooms. The room with the best light is the room of the court leader, the Military Academy Minister, and the Chief Minister of the Grand Secretary Xie.
The Secretariat outside informed him, Xie Xuan asked Prince Teng to come in, and said nothing, without saying anything, waved his hand, and said calmly: "This matter is not what I do." It is true that he wanted to suppress Jia Huan, but if others pass the exam with their skills, he will not slander him. He has this political style for thirteen years in charge of the empire center.
As the prime minister of the court, he spoke out in a blunt manner in the face of his subordinates.
Prince Teng was stunned, then smiled bitterly and saluted, "Xie Zheng Gong told me." Although the Grand Secretary Xie was eliminated, the pressure in his heart suddenly increased. The unknown is often fearful. A military commander of the first rank, Zhang Jing, is far from fearing factional struggles.
Grand Secretary Xie said again: "Let memorials be put here."
Wang Ziteng nodded and said goodbye and left. He was in a heavy mood. His nephew offended Grand Secretary Xie because of the Chen family in Jinling. He wanted to ask Grand Secretary Xie for help, but he couldn't speak. It seemed that he had to suffer this loss.
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The news of such "explosive" in Wenhua Hall spread throughout the court in a very short time: the Military Affairs Office, the Six Ministry and Five Temples, the Censorate, the Tongzheng Department, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College, the Six Departments, the Shuntian Prefecture and other Beijing government offices, the Five Army Governor's Office, the Jingying, the Prince and the Prince and the Grand Priest, and were discussing a lot.
There are those who laugh and abuse, those who worry, and those who seek doubt. In this battle is about to begin and temporarily obscure, there is no doubt that there are two people who are storm points: Fang Wang and Jia Huan.
Peng Shie, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, returned to the Ministry of Rites in a sedan chair, with a calm expression.
The familiar doctor, Yuanwailang, and the head of the army came to inquire about the news. Mr. Peng sent him back and said, "Our Ministry of Rites presided over the examination, so we should examine it. But we did not interrogate the truth of our Shangshu. You are waiting for the results of the court's handling."
Such fair words made the officials of the Ministry of Rites extinguish no matter what thoughts they had.
In the afternoon, an old official ran in with a panic look on his face and reported: "Mr. Peng, hundreds of failed scholars came outside. If you want to try fraud, you will ask for an explanation."
Peng Shie said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of morality is so panic?" He stood up and "Let's go."
The old official was a little confused. There were dozens of failed scholars coming yesterday, and he came quietly to report. Lord Peng didn't see him. Why did hundreds of failed scholars coming today? Lord Peng walked out without hesitation?
Chapter completed!