Chapter 119: The East Courtyard and the South Courtyard
"If He Xiang and Luo Jiang join forces, then there is really nothing to do. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Dong Qinghe sighed with emotion, the He family and the Luo family were not characters who could shake Taijing City with a word before, the Luo family was just mud legs, and now, with these two people, they can actually pull the two families to this point.
Therefore, although the first emperor said that there were many things to blame, he really understood this aspect when he weighed it. The contradiction between these two families is definitely not pretended. ”
Compared with her, Dong Qingdu has been dealing with the two families in Taijing City for so many years, and he can be sure of this matter.
"I don't know He Xianshu and Luo Zhao, who can be the queen?"
"I see it difficult, Chu Chen will not sit still." Dong Qingdu said, he can also be regarded as knowing Chu Chen.
"Except for the two of them, whoever ascends the throne will be pulled down, those with different surnames, princes, Hou Mansion or something, those who have power in Taijing City have been almost co-opted, and those who are not in Taijing City are probably really incapable of things in the palace."
Dong Qinghe used to think that these two families were very scary, but now that he knows more, he suddenly feels that he has been in contact with Luo Chen for so long, and he has not been exposed, and Luo Chen doesn't know how many times he has helped sweep the tail.
The results of the imperial examination will be announced in March, and the rankings will be announced, but the final top three candidates will be determined by the emperor, and generally unless the emperor particularly likes it, the change will not be too big. In April, there is the temple exam, and the temple exam is the last step to determine the final ranking of everyone.
The first of the top three is the world's famous champion, the eye of the list, and the flower, and the second class people have more to see the mood of the emperor, generally forty to fifty people, and the number of the top three is more.
But in general, the real Confucianism is unwilling to be among the top three among the disciples, and it is too ugly to say that he is from the same Jinshi.
The disciples of the real big families generally only look at the first and second grades, and would rather re-study for three years than the third grade.
Only some people who have come to this point purely for a name or hard work can also be done with Jinshi.
There was an incident in history, there was a prime minister who presided over the imperial examination of that year, and found a paper at the last moment, and the answer was not good, which belonged to the kind at the end.
Later, I learned that it was his quasi-son-in-law, and the prime minister meant that a fellow jinshi was not worthy of marrying his daughter, and asked this prospective son-in-law to make persistent efforts and perform well in the next imperial examination.
As a result, this prospective son-in-law won the top prize in the next imperial examination and married the prime minister's daughter, which was rumored to be a good story.
"When the results of the test papers come out and have not yet been announced, you can report Fan Ming's matter, the imperial examination is a major event in the government and politics, and you can't be sloppy."
"Okay."
Dong Qinghe knew that he was a person who took the world as his own responsibility, and he was also a real student, so he naturally would not object.
This year, Wang Chang is a member of the Dong family, in addition to him, there are many students who have been taken care of by the Dong family openly and secretly.
At least if they are admitted and become officials in the future, it can be regarded as a good fate with the Dong family, and in the place under their jurisdiction, the Dong family will be much more convenient to act, and there will be no unnecessary obstacles.
After the imperial examination, the students were relaxed, but the officials in the court were the busiest.
Because he was the person in charge of the examination room, Fan Ming could not participate in the review of the students' test papers, but this review was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and he had to personally check it every day after he was busy, and the requirements of the senior officials and Confucians inside were all met by him.
It's still a bit modest, this year's students will definitely be reused by the emperor, especially the better they get in the exam, the more in line with the emperor's ideas, and the easier it is to be regarded as a confidant.
According to He Xiang's orders, he also did some things to help, after all, He Xiang needed them to appease the emperor's heart, start from the emperor, and increase his own power.
The emperor didn't trust him, and what he had to do now was to let the emperor have his own people around him who had talked about politics, so that the emperor could accept his intentions.
As long as these two days have passed, and the results are out, he will be relieved, and He Xiang promised him that he will definitely be promoted this time.
In the past two days, the results of each of the four items have also come out, and the paper with the names has been opened, and all the names have been written together and handed over to the emperor.
The imperial history responsible for supervising here is Bao Yushi, a particularly upright person, promoted by the queen mother, extremely righteous, and has a particularly good reputation among the people, he did not join any party in the imperial court, and no one took the initiative to move him, and he came to supervise the imperial examination is also expected.
At this time, he received a message from his deputy.
"Really?"
Two thick eyebrows were raised, and a deep voice sounded.
"Don't dare to hide it."
Bao Yushi slapped on the table, "bang", this bastard, he didn't expect that there would be someone under his nose who would dare to make a mistake.
If such a person is really appreciated by the emperor, it will not be a disaster for Great Xia.
"Let's go, follow me to check."
"Yes."
In the room, the people who entered the Shike here were busy, and they were quite surprised to see Bao Yushi come in, didn't Lao Bao just go out?
"Old Bao, why are you here again?"
"Isn't there something wrong, this time there are two people named Yanagi Jiu and Tian Shili who passed the exam?"
"Don't say it, your news is quite accurate, you just knew it when it came out, and it's still the best two." One of the great Confucian especially admired his temperament, and the two had a good relationship.
The face of a sitting official from Zhongshu Province in the back changed, how could he just say that these two people, the matter was exposed?
"It's not that I'm in the right news, something happened, show me the files of these two people."
Without the slightest hesitation, he handed him the scroll, and as the imperial historian in charge here, he also had this power.
Bao Yushi took it and looked at it, it was indeed a rare masterpiece, and the wording was extremely cautious, without losing elegance, and the ideas expressed were extremely sophisticated, just like people who have experienced a lot of political affairs.
"Don't the styles of these two volumes feel similar?"
"It's all good articles." The adult in the middle book province in the back smiled, it is normal for good articles to have similarities, it can only be said that the two have the same point of view.
Bao Yushi glanced up at him, his eyes were piercing, and his expression was serious, as if he wanted to see through him, which made him feel a little weak.
"I received news that these two articles are suspected of plagiarism this time."
"What." Everyone was taken aback and took the two test papers and studied them carefully.
Although they didn't pick out these two papers, they nodded and agreed, and they still had to record them, and they couldn't escape responsibility.
will also cover the imperial history, maybe because of the merits and demerits, nothing to do.
"Old Bao, what's going on?"
"This is going to ask this Fuda from Zhongshu Province." Bao Yushi hates this kind of person the most, not only does he not seek politics in his position, but also uses his power to use his power for personal gain and meddle in this kind of national affairs.
Fu Yuan shuddered, Bao was famous for his boldness and integrity, not afraid of power, even officials of the same dynasty did not sell face, the most classic thing is that he sued another imperial historian.
"Master Fu, if I remember correctly, you found these two papers, and you said it."
Someone pointed it out directly, he didn't care, this kind of thing was revealed, and if you don't find one person to memorize it all, everyone will suffer.
"It's a good article I've seen." Fu Yuan nodded, "I just think both of these articles are good, don't you?" ”
Indeed, both of these articles are very good and are rare masterpieces.
"In that case, then I have to ask Lord Fu to take a good look at these two articles."
Bao Yushi slapped the scroll on the table and motioned for him to look, his tone full of anger.
Others looked at it carefully and said, "It's true that this view is too similar." ”
These two articles are as if they were written by a single person, and then polished and revised to become like this.
It's just that the wording has been retouched, and the thinking to express the main point is pretty much the same.
That's the main thing!
"This, Lord Fu."
Looking at each other, even though they were all big officials, they didn't dare to meddle in this matter, obviously this was not done by Fu Yuan alone, he did it with others, or he was just one of them.
"It's actually not difficult to speculate, the source of this article was not written by the student, who gave it to him, the real exam questions are decided by the saint before the exam, and the test papers are handed over to the examination institute in the morning, which means that only when everyone opens the test papers together, can we know the real exam questions."
"There is an internal response in the examination institute."
This is a great Confucian, and he hates those who break the rules the most, especially this time it can no longer be called rules.
Bao Yushi nodded, yes, according to the information he got, someone did do this.
"It's actually nothing, and the people who do it in the exam institute are even around."
There are only a few people who appear in the examination room and here, and among them, the most likely is Fan Ming.
"Master Fan Ming, why don't you explain it too." Bao Yushi turned around and saw Fan Ming, who heard that something had happened and rushed over, the fire burned on his body at once, and he originally wanted to hide behind and observe carefully.
"What's going on?"
Fan Ming was full, he just came, he didn't understand what was going on, whether it was what happened to Master Fu or something wrong with the test paper, he didn't know.
"Yes, Master Fan really doesn't know." Bao Yushi sneered, he was originally a person who was not afraid of heaven and earth, and at this time, he would not care about the feelings of his colleagues.
"This matter is involved, no one can escape, this imperial history has been ordered by the Holy Lord to supervise this matter, so as not to find out."
"That's how it should be." The officials who came from the Ming Jing side echoed it, they also reviewed the test papers, and they couldn't completely clear the suspicion, and it was possible for the saint to directly brand them with the same brand after getting angry.
"You've all read this article, so let's take a look at the others."
"Wait, I don't know which exam room these two adults are talking about?"
This is a person who came after him who hadn't yet read the article, Bao Yushi looked down at the article, "Nanyuan Zero Zero and Zero Zero Jiu." ”
"I'm ashamed to say that Xiaguan has a nephew who is the person in charge of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone of the Southern Courtyard, and he has mentioned it to Xiaguan, it seems that there are two rooms, and on the remaining paper inside, only three articles are neatly written."
Originally, he didn't take it to heart, after all, the candidates came from all over the world, maybe some people don't have the habit of writing trivial text organizations, but now when he heard someone say it, he seemed to understand it all at once.
Bao Yushi remembered that the paper in the exam must not be damaged or taken away, and his eyes lit up.
"Send someone and ask him, the paper can still be found."
"I already sent someone when I heard about it."
At this moment, Fan Ming's face had to be embarrassed, what kind of person was He Xiang looking for, he didn't know how to be serious about cheating.
And the person who cleaned up, what do you do with a cleaning concern about other people's articles.
"Bring people in."
Bao Yushi ordered, and it didn't take long for a person who looked like a guard to be brought up.
"Your Excellency."
"What is this?" Someone next to him asked, he was the person who presided over this exam, and he was counting at Mingsuan just now, so he rushed over.
"This is the guard of the examination institute that day."
"The examination institute is responsible for patrolling and managing the city defense and forbidden army, and the people who are guarding it inside are the people in the yamen, and this is the people in the yamen, which happened to be between the south and east courtyards at that time."
"If this is the case, you will tell the truth slowly."
Originally, they were all academics, and they had no experience in interrogating people, but this time, if they waited for the people from the yamen or the criminal department to come, the matter would not be able to hold on, and everyone would suffer.
It's better for them to sort everything out first, clean up the pests, and maybe the saint will open the net.
"That night, when the villain was guarding, I saw Lord Fan Ming coming from afar, and there was no one else around him, but the lord was originally in charge of the East Courtyard, and the minister didn't care much."
"When Lord Fan Ming arrived at the handover place of the two courtyards, the villain originally wanted to stop him, but the adult said that he heard the sound, and Lord Hu, who was in charge of the southern courtyard, had not yet come, and he was afraid that something would happen to the candidates, so he wanted to go and see. The villain was afraid that something was really wrong, so he followed him in, and the two sides looked over together, and there was nothing wrong. ”
"As a result, Lord Hu suffered from the wind and cold the next day, and early in the morning, because Lord Fan was considerate of him, he accompanied him to the southern courtyard to inspect."
"This is not a big piece of ironclad evidence, if not, then you are slandering the court officials." The one at the top spoke, he is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who is specifically responsible for this imperial examination.
"Not only that, but the villain later heard from the candidates of the Southern Courtyard that Master Fan Ming went to the Southern Courtyard twice and entered a lot of rooms."
Even if it is an official of the imperial court, he is not allowed to enter the examination room if there is no major event, Fan Ming went in, if it was to remind the students to wake up and tell them that it was time to sleep, it sounded understandable, but after hearing this, he always felt that he was trying to cover up.
"There are candidates opposite the two examination halls who said that Master Fan entered those two rooms twice, and even once he clearly saw that the two people were standing, and the lights were especially bright at night, but there was a faint snoring sound during the day the next day, it should be a cold at night."
How can I catch a cold at night, naturally I sleep without a quilt, what are you doing if you don't sleep, thinking? If you really have that perseverance, how can you sleep soundly during the day, shouldn't you hurry up and write articles?