Spring when three and a half months, crazy victory ten years ago. 81 Swastika ¤ Net--、. , 8'1-z-'.-c, o'm today on the ninth day of March, it should be the day of the world's lifting people will try the spring of the year, the candidates who have always been eligible to participate in the examination, only the people who are lifted in the township examination, and Tang Bohu, one of the four talents in Wuzhong, as the first Xie Yuan of the township examination, is naturally also eligible to participate in the examination.

The Ministry of Rites has always been solely responsible for the Spring Examination, and the chief examiner of this examination is Li Dongyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

This Ministry of Rites Shangshu should have been Xu Qiong, and the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites should have been Zhang Yiling. Recently, some people in the court often ridicule this Xu Qiong, saying that Xu Qiong's concubine is Zhang Luan's daughter, so Xu Qiong is attached to Zhang Junfang to climb to the position of the Ministry of Rites, but Xu Qiong is a hard bone, every time I hear this, my heart is unhappy, and over time, I finally couldn't bear it, so I resigned and returned to my hometown.

As for Zhang Yiling, he has been the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites for about ten years, because of Xu Qiong's resignation, Zhang Junfang is somewhat unwilling to let the position of the Ministry of Rites fall into the hands of others, so he always wants to call Gao Lu and Zhang Yiling one of the substitutes, she thinks so, instead of choosing Gao Lu, it is better to choose Zhang Yiling, in the end he is still the Zhang family. But Zhang Yiling is the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and there is no reason to be directly elected as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

But Zhang Junfang made a way, although Zhang Yiling could not be directly promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the capital, but he was also transferred to Nanjing, and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.

The test was held in the Gongyuan in the southeast of the inner city of the capital, and it was divided into three sessions, one on three days, the first one was on the ninth day of the first month, the second was on the twelfteenth, and the third was on the fifteenth.

This time, the examiners Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng asked questions that were quite strange, and Liu Jingxiu's "Retreat from Fasting" was a question, even if they were knowledgeable and Confucian, they might not be able to answer it.

Historically, I have been able to try. In order to prevent candidates from bribing the examiner, the imperial court has set up a sealing line. March 12 is the day when the first examination ends, so it stands to reason. Because of the place included in the sealing line, the candidate's name has been covered by rice paste, because the examiner must not know who this paper is, and this time the examiner Cheng Minzheng turned it over at will after receiving the paper. Seeing the two excellent answers, he was pleasantly surprised: "These two must be Tang Yin and Xu Jing." ”

Although Cheng Minzheng said this quietly, there were many candidates present who heard it, the so-called human words are terrifying, one will pass ten, ten will pass hundreds, and everyone will know about it. Not only that, but this matter also reached the ears of the people in the capital, and rumors spread for a while. It is rumored that Tang Yin, a talented man in Jiangnan, colluded with Xu Jing, a wealthy son in Jiangyin, to bribe the examiner Cheng Minzheng to obtain exam questions with a lot of money; It is also rumored that this time the champion of Jinke is none other than Tang Jieyuan.

Because of Cheng Minzheng's unintentional words, he not only ruined the future of Tang Yin and Xu Jing, but also ruined his career. But fortunately, he knew that he shouldn't say this, so when he read the papers, he deliberately did not include the papers of Tang Yin and Xu Jing among the admittators. Bayi Chinese No◎ Net? 、-、.-8-1'z、、.-c-o-m-But this is the water that is spilled. How can there be any reason to take it back, not to mention that this matter has already spread all over the capital.

Fu Han, a fellow candidate from Tang Yin, walked with him all the way. Hearing that it was rumored that Tang Yin would definitely be the champion of Jinke this time, I couldn't help but be jealous. Under the suspicion for a while, he took advantage of Tang Yin's drunkenness to inquire about the matter, thinking that it was drunk and spitting out the truth, Tang Yin was naturally open-mouthed unconsciously, and said directly to him: "Liang Chu, the chief examiner of the township examination." He appreciated me a lot and took me to visit Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Although Tang Yin didn't directly tell him whether he had bribed Cheng Minzheng, in Fu Han's ears, whether this was a bribe or not, but this was a bribe, not to mention that the test was imminent, and it was taboo to visit the examiner!

Fu Han was jealous of Tang Yin's talent, and now there are rumors that he will be the champion of Jinke, so he is naturally even more tasteful, so he filed a complaint on this matter and sued Zhonghua Chang in the sixth department.

Hua Chang, as a spokesman of the Sixth Branch, heard about this and hurriedly impeached Cheng Minzheng, bluntly saying that Cheng Minzheng accepted bribes from Tang Yin, a genius in Suzhou, and Xu Jing, a genius in Jiangyin, and cheated on the exam questions.

Zhu Youzhi heard about this, even if he believed in Cheng Minzheng's character, he was also hindered by the pressure of the six branch officials, so he had to summon Cheng Minzheng to inquire about the matter.

At this time, Zhu Youzhu was still in the Qianqing Palace, and Cheng Minzheng saluted and said, "Old minister, participate in Your Majesty." ”

Although Zhu Youzhi had a little doubt in his heart, he respected Cheng Minzheng as his teacher, so he also called him to get up and asked directly: "Recently, rumors have spread in the capital, and it is rumored that Suzhou Xie Yuan Tang Yin colluded with Jiangyin to raise Xu Jing to bribe Mr. and buy a lot of money, I don't know if this matter is true or false?" ”

Although Cheng Minzheng was stunned when he heard this, before he came, he had already guessed the purpose of Zhu Youji's summons for him, and he was not so surprised, not to mention that when he read the papers, the files of Tang Yin and Xu Jing had been eliminated, and they were not included in the admission of people, and he relied on this, which was enough to get rid of the crime, so he defended: "Your Majesty, the old minister is sitting up straight, this matter is a rumor, it is not enough to believe it, I hope Your Majesty will see it!" ”

Zhu Youzhu did not doubt, but believed it, and was about to tell Cheng Minzheng to retreat, but the guards suddenly entered the hall and said, "Your Majesty, Li Dongyang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, asks to see you." ”

When Li Dongyang heard that Zhu Youzhi summoned Cheng Minzheng, he knew that he must have been because of the malpractice, so he hurried into the palace, only to get Zhu Youji's permission to summon him, and as soon as he entered the palace, he was anxious to excuse Cheng Minzheng, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister can prove Cheng Minzheng's innocence." ”

Hearing Li Dongyang's words, Zhu Youzhu was suspicious, he just summoned Cheng Minzheng to ask at will, why Li Dongyang was so anxious, and as soon as he came in, he was in a hurry to exonerate Cheng Minzheng. Although he had doubts in his heart, he never expressed it, and still patiently listened to Li Dongyang's explanation, nodded lightly, and said, "Sir, you say." Swastika? Novel? Net'-'."

Li Dongyang said: "If Cheng Minzheng really accepted bribes, Tang Yin and Xu Jing would definitely be included in the admission of Tang Yin and Xu Jing when he read the papers, but Lao Chen deliberately looked at it, and among the people he admitted, there were no Tang Yin and Xu Jing.

Li Dongyang's words alone are enough to prove Cheng Minzheng's innocence, and it is true, even if Zhu Youzhi doubts in his heart, he can't say anything.

If it was too late today, Zhu Youzhi would want to go back to Kunning Palace.

At that time, the Tian family also happened to go to the Wenhua Hall to pick up Zhu Houzhao back. At this time, Zhang Junyu was still discussing Zhu Houzhao with Nan Su in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and when she heard Zhu Houzhao talking in the palace, she ordered Nan Su to summon him.

Zhu Houzhao is a child in the end, and when he came to Zhang Junyu, he didn't wait for her to ask him anything, so he said: "Queen Mother, Erchen has learned a lot of things in Wenhua Hall today, does the Queen Mother want to hear it?" ”

Zhang Junfang was not in a hurry to talk to him, so he smiled and said, "Of course I want to." Let's talk about it after the same mother. ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed "hehe", approached Zhang Junyu, grabbed her hand, and wrote a flat "曰" on the palm of his hand. Then he looked up at Zhang Junyu, and said quite proudly: "Mr. said, this word is read '曰', not 'day', and the queen mother used to teach her sons to be wrong." ”

Zhang Junfang listened to these words. Seeing Zhu Houzhao smiling proudly, he couldn't bear to poke him, but he also broke his palm, wrote the word "day" on it, and then said: "Zhao'er, this is the word that the queen mother taught you before." This character is indeed pronounced 'day', not '曰', and the word that was written just now. Read 'say'. ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, Zhang Junyu said: "Zhao'er, don't you have a show, these two words are different?" ”

"Different?" Zhu Houzhao was stunned and asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Zhang Junfang couldn't help but sneer, and said: "The word 'day' is quite high, and the word '曰' is quite flat. ”

Zhu Houzhao can be regarded as a little clear, he said: "Oh, if you see a higher one in the future, you will study 'day'." If you see a little flat, read 'Said', Queen Mother, is the son right? ”

Zhang Junyu raised his hand and gently stroked Zhu Houzhao's head. Wen Wan smiled: "Zhao'er is so smart. ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly said mischievously: "Queen Mother, is the son more intelligent than his father?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Junfang withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Zhao'er is simply very smart compared to his father. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled happily, and Zhang Junyu suddenly put away his smile. stared at him quite seriously and asked, "Zhao'er, how old are you now?" ”

"Zhao'er is nine years old," Zhu Houzhao replied directly without thinking.

Zhang Junyu nodded and said, "Zhao'er is nine years old, shouldn't I move to Duanben Palace alone?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned at this time, paused before reacting, and asked, "Does the queen mother want to rush Zhao'er away?" Is Zhao'er doing something wrong, the queen mother told Zhao'er, Zhao'er must change. ”

Zhang Junfang shook his head and said, "Zhao'er didn't do anything wrong, but you are now nine years old, and it's time to move to Duanben Palace alone." ”

Zhu Houzhao had tears in his eyes, but he was a man, Zhang Junfang had warned him that men don't flick when they have tears, even if they hurt, they must not shed tears, otherwise it will make people laugh, in order not to let the tears fall, he leaned back slightly, took a long breath, and then looked at Zhang Junfang and asked: "Queen Mother, why should Zhao'er move to Duanben Palace alone when she is nine years old?" ”

"Zhao'er is the prince, and after the prince leaves the cabinet to study, he should move to the East Palace, which is the rule of all dynasties."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he didn't say anything anymore, nodded and hurriedly turned around and walked out of the house, not that he didn't want to continue asking, but this matter couldn't be changed, not to mention that his tears were almost unbearable, he didn't want to shed tears in front of Zhang Junyu.

Nan Xu looked at Zhu Houzhao and hurriedly ran out, and couldn't help but feel distressed, and replied to Zhang Junyu: "Niangniang, the prince is afraid that he will run out and secretly wipe his tears." ”

Zhang Junwei was also quite helpless in his heart, and said: "Let him be, you can't get used to him too much." ”

She didn't want Zhu Houzhao to move to Duanben Palace alone at such a young age, but this was the rule of all dynasties, and Zhang Junfang was helpless, only complaining that he was the prince and the prince.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao should have moved over as early as last year, but Zhang Junfang said that he was still young, and he was afraid that he couldn't do without her, and he would definitely not adapt to moving to Duanben Palace alone, and she herself was always reluctant to him, so she selfishly postponed it for a long time.

When Zhu Houzhao ran out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, it happened that Zhu Youzhi had also arrived, and when he saw him raising his hand to wipe his tears from a distance, he ran away quickly, Zhu Youzhi was naturally a little surprised, and he followed. At this time, Zhu Houzhao hid in the house and shed tears, Zhu Youzhu pushed the door into the house, Zhu Houzhao noticed that someone was coming, and quickly turned his back to wipe away his tears.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao like this, Zhu Youji was even more surprised, so he asked, "Why is Zhao'er crying?" ”

Zhu Houzhao has a strong personality, so he naturally doesn't want to admit that he cried, he said: "The son didn't cry, and the father was dazzled." ”

"Father is so young," Zhu Youzhu said deliberately, and said: "Where will you see dazzling eyes." ”

Zhu Youzhi is indeed young, but Zhang Junzhu will always joke with Zhu Houzhao in private, Zhu Houzhao heard Zhu Youzhu say this, he couldn't help laughing, Zhu Youzhu saw him laughing, so he approached him, pulled him to sit beside him, and asked with a pleasant face: "Zhao'er told his father, what happened to Fang Cai?" ”

"Father," Zhu Houzhao said: "Why is it that when you become a prince, after you leave the pavilion to study, you must leave your mother and move to Duanben Palace alone?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhu was stunned and said, "Zhao'er is crying for this?" ”

Hearing the word "crying", Zhu Houzhao hurriedly shook his head and said, "Erchen didn't cry, Erchen just wasn't very happy." ”

"Okay, good," Zhu Youzhu also catered to him: "Zhao'er didn't cry, Zhao'er didn't cry." ”

"Father, you haven't answered your son's question yet," Zhu Hou looked at him with blank eyes.

Zhu Youzhu just remembered, and replied: "Zhao'er is the prince, if you want to be the emperor in the future, you should be precocious than ordinary children, and you should learn to be independent earlier than them, you are now nine years old, you should leave your father and mother." ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhi say this, although Zhu Houzhao didn't want to accept it in his heart, he didn't ask more.

He knew that as a crown prince, it should be like this, and there was no way to do it.

Just thinking about it, Zhu Youzhu suddenly said: "Zhao'er, if you don't want to, then it's better to stay in Kunning Palace." ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said firmly: "No, Zhao'er doesn't want his father and mother to bother. ”

"Okay," Zhu Youzhu smiled not very pleased, and talked with Zhu Houzhao for a long time, before leaving his room, and was about to go to Dongnuan Pavilion to find Zhang Junyu, who knew that he had just walked to the main hall, and before he could step in, he heard Mu Bin shout "Your Majesty", he followed the prestige, and saw Mu Bin in such a hurry, so he frowned slightly, and asked, "What is the matter in a panic?" ”

Mu Bin waited for Zhu Youzhi to walk to Zhu Youzhi before he stopped, and without a moment's rest, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now there are many rumors in Suzhou Township that Yuan Tang Yin and Jiangyin raised people Xu Jing to bribe Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, to get the exam questions, and the court did not respond to this matter. ”

"What!" Zhu Youzhu was shocked and said, "There is such a thing?!" ”

Mu Bin didn't nod in response, but still gave up his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter should not be taken lightly anymore!" (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )