"How does it feel?" Wang Shouren asked after pouring wine for Xie Zhi.

It's not been a day or two since I got acquainted with Wang Shouren, and I can't talk about anything, so I don't need to play that trick in front of him.

Xie Zhi told the truth and replied: "It feels good, such a type of question, in fact, the key is to see how the examiner behaves, if it is a flatterer, you will definitely like that kind of article, there must be many people in the Spring Festival who started from this aspect." ”

These are all truths.

Then, Xie Zhi said: "However, I think that Your Majesty is asking such a question to seek some good strategies for governing the country among these scholars, right?" ”

After Wang Shouren drank wine, he replied: "Your Majesty is not a person who is good at great achievements, there should be such a meaning, the next strategy is to start from the Liaodong problem, the little prince of Tatar and the fire sieve department have long disturbed the border, the border people are miserable, this problem has to have a way to solve it, on top of this problem, in the next thought that the army is a permanent law, I heard that the Liaodong General Army has been on the fold a few days ago, and the Duoyan Department also has a bad heart, although the Duoyan Department is weak, but if it is combined with the Tatar Department, then my Liaodong land will be more passive. ”

What Wang Shouren's policy is talking about is really a deep-rooted and stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Emperor Hongzhi was not a belligerent person, and as long as the Tatar Ministry did not invade the customs, it would be difficult for Emperor Hongzhi to make up his mind to go out of the customs to conquer.

Besides, the people who read the papers are a group of civil servants.

What these ministers like is how to govern the country and secure the people, and most people are reluctant to send troops unless they have to.

However, the cost of sending troops is too much, and it is really impossible to send troops unless it is absolutely necessary.

After Wang Shouren introduced his strategy, Xie Zhi replied: "What Brother Shouren's strategy says is indeed a problem in the Ming Dynasty, but it is not necessarily what the examiner likes. ”

Wang Shouren poured the wine and replied: "Whether you can go to high school is not something that you care about, what you think in your heart, what you write, so that you can study in vain." ”

Wang Shouren speaks elegantly and has a lofty heart, which is really not comparable to ordinary people.

Xie Zhi saluted Wang Shouren and replied: "Brother Shouren has a gap in his heart, he really admires it, and he starts with enriching the people and strengthening the country." ”

Wang Shouren smiled and replied: "Remember that you said that after high school, you will start from the governance of a small county, and don't forget to take it with you then." ”

Xie Zhi didn't expect that Wang Shouren would still remember this matter.

"Remember, it's just..."

Wang Shouren interrupted the second half of Xie Zhi's sentence and said: "Don't just do it, you still remember what you said, so it's decided, no matter whether a certain person can go to high school in the end, and what the ranking is, I am willing to govern a small county with you." ”

Since Wang Shouren is so insistent on this matter, Xie Zhizi also welcomes it.

With Wang Shouren's help, it is simply like a tiger with wings.

Just as Xie Zhi and Wang Shouren were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, a voice next to him said quite loudly: "I heard a news from my fellow villagers that Xu Jing, a wealthy man in Jiangyin, bribed the main examiner to get the exam questions. ”

"True or false?"

A person next to him continued: "I saw it with my own eyes, Xu Jing really went to Cheng Minzheng's mansion. ”

Cheng Minzheng is the chief examiner this time.

Another person then said: "It's not just Xu Jing, it seems that Tang Yin also went to visit, a few days ago, Tang Yin also read the article he discussed with Cheng Minzheng around." ”

After this issue was discussed, more and more scholars gathered.

A person in the distance asked in a loud voice, "Then Tang Yin is the Xie Yuan of Ying Tianfu, right?" ”

Someone in the crowd replied: "That's right, it's Xie Yuan in the eleventh year of Hongzhi." ”

Fraud is an injustice to other scholars, and a large group of scholars gather around and shout indignantly.

"I'm afraid that this Tang Xie Yuan is not worried that he can't do such a dirty thing compared to Xie Yuan of Shuntian Mansion, right?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the court has to have an explanation for this matter. ”

......

Xie Zhi and Wang Shouren, who were eating in the corner, listened very clearly to the issues discussed by the group of scholars.

Xie Zhi was really helpless in his heart, when he was in the autumn, it was rumored that the chief examiner Wu Kuan cheated for him, and in the spring of the year, it was rumored that the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng was Tang Yin, and Xu Jing was cheating.

Why can't he participate in the imperial examination so well, why does there be so many things every time?

Wang Shouren was holding a wine glass, full of disdain: "This time the main examiner Cheng Minzheng is the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he has good knowledge in the article, and he is known as a clean and honest person, how can he do something wrong?" Tang Yin, Xu Jing, and I also knew each other in the next place, and the two of them were not treacherous people who cheated tricks, how could they do such a thing? Listening to the wind is rain, and there are such rumors just by hearing the wind, can you ever think about the reputation of the person he slandered? ”

Xie Zhi finally remembered that Tang Yin in the historical record was really involved in the imperial examination fraud case, so he was cut off from his scholar status and demoted to a minor official of the Zhejiang Domain.

Tang Yin was ashamed to take office, and after returning to his hometown, his husband and wife fell out of harmony, divorced his wife, and finally had Peach Blossom Nunnery.

Some of the poems and paintings that have been handed down in later generations are all from after the imperial examination fraud case.

The group of scholars was indignant at the contemplation of this, and they thought that they were administering justice.

In fact, they didn't know that their actions were meant to ruin other people's lives.

After Tang Yin was implicated, at least he had attainments in poetry and painting.

Xu Jing, who was implicated, never had a chance to refer to it again for the rest of his life, and Cheng Minzheng died of depression.

Xie Zhi drank the wine and replied: "There are always some people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they say irresponsible words based on their own speculations, and this news may have spread among the scholars, and the court will definitely deal with it." ”

Although Xie Zhi didn't know much about this matter, he guessed correctly.

In the Gongyuan, Cheng Min was busy with a group of examiners for the examination papers of the Chunqiu scholars, and when he was recording, he heard a few errand servants chatting about the matter in the latrine.

Without doing any research, he directly wrote an excerpt on the impeachment of Cheng Minzheng.

By the time the fold was submitted to the Cabinet, it was almost evening.

In the cabinet, Xie Qian, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang finished disposing of the day's excerpts, classified them in order of importance or not, and instructed the scribes to send them to the warm pavilion.

Just as he was about to take a breath, a scribe sent Hua Chang's excerpts.

"Gong Xie, the Ministry of Rites handed another fold to Shi Huachang."

Xie Qian and others are extremely dedicated, and the excerpts of the day will definitely be reviewed on the same day, and there will never be delays and mistakes.

Xie Qian took the fold from the scribe's hand, opened it and took a look, and was quite surprised.

Liu Jian, who was on the side, saw the change on Xie Qian's face and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Without waiting for Xie Qian to answer, he took the fold from his hand, only glanced at the contents on it, and handed it to Li Dongyang casually.

After sending away the scribe who sent the excerpt, he said: "The spring festival is over, whether this matter is true or not, it is not a trivial matter, and it must be reported as soon as possible." ”

After Li Dongyang looked at the excerpt, he also did not object, and said: "When it is officially recorded, whether this matter is true or not, it is a long-term strategy to deal with it as soon as possible, let's go, let's go to Your Majesty together to report this matter, if such a thing happens, the three of us will not be allowed to discuss it privately, and we will discuss it again when we get to Your Majesty." ”

This matter really needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, and the sooner it is handled, the better.

When Xie Qian and the others went to the warm pavilion together, Mu Bin and Xiao Jing were already there.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was quite ugly, and after Xie Qian and the other three walked to salute, he still reluctantly pulled up a smile and asked, "What's the matter with the three Qing families?" ”

Li Dongyang took out the fold in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has impeached Cheng Minzheng for Xu Jing, and Tang Yin leaked the exam questions in advance. ”

After listening to Li Dongyang's report, Emperor Hongzhi's smile suddenly sank to the freezing point, and without waiting for the little eunuch to come and take the fold in Li Dongyang's hand, he got up directly and took the fold, and after glancing at it, he slapped it on the imperial case, and said with a cold face: "Commander Mu, you will briefly talk to several Qing families about the news that Jinyiwei has discovered." ”

Emperor Hongzhi had a decree, but Mu Bin didn't say much, and directly told the rumors among the scholars that the Jinyi Wei detectives had discovered.