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Zhao Junchen is a household servant, and Zhan Shanchang is a servant of the Ministry of Rites, so it stands to reason that after the early dynasty, he should go to their respective yamen to work. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

However, Zhao Junchen didn't care about these rules, Zhan Shan often didn't care about these rules, and the two of them, intentionally or unintentionally, ignored such rules.

When he arrived at the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to the main hall, and after the guests and hosts sat down, seeing Zhan Shanchang's anxious look, Zhao Junchen waved his hand, and the servants and maids of the Zhao Mansion all retreated.

For a while, in the main hall, only Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang, and Xu Qingyan were left.

That Zhan Shanchang glanced at Xu Qingyan, who was standing beside Zhao Junchen, and hesitated to know whether he should speak or not.

Seeing Zhan Shanchang's concerns, Zhao Junchen said with a smile: "Xu Qingyan is the chief follower of this official, and he has been by his side since he was a child, and there is nothing that this official can't let him know. ”

Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Xu Qingyan raised his head and snorted lightly, expressing his disdain for Zhan Shanchang's concerns.

On the other side, after Zhan Shanchang had no more outsiders, he knelt down in front of Zhao Junchen again, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you Lord Zhao for saving me today, if it weren't for Lord Zhao to help Xia Guan speak today, Your Majesty would have been bewitched by Bao Wenjie, I am afraid that Xia Guan would have been sent to prison for trial." The kindness of the adult, the lower official will never dare to forget, but please also ask the adult to save the lower official, this time the autumn fraud case, the lower official is really innocent. ”

Zhao Junchen wanted to help Zhan Shanchang up, but Zhan Shanchang's attitude was extremely resolute, just begging bitterly, but he didn't want to get up.

Zhao Junchen sighed and said, "Didn't this official already say it? You and I are both squires, how can you call yourself a subordinate official? And how can you speak when you are kneeling like this now? If there is anything, sit down and say it, so that it can be said more clearly, Lord Zhan can rest assured, no matter what happens, as long as the official is within his ability, he will definitely not stand idly by. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhan Shanchang hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up, but he didn't dare to sit down, so he stood beside Zhao Junchen with his body slightly down, looking like he was waiting for a reprimand.

Seeing Zhan Shanchang like this, Zhao Junchen shook his head, and no longer persuaded him, but just asked, "Tell me, what happened?" In the Qiufu Township Test in Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan Provinces, did there really happen a fraud case? Does it really concern you? ”

Zhan Shanchang hesitated for a moment, and finally replied with a bitter face: "Back to Lord Zhao, there was indeed fraud in the Qiufu Township Test in Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan Provinces, and it does have something to do with Xiaguan, but Xiaguan is really innocent!" ”

Zhao Junchen tasted the tea in his hand, but he didn't care, and said casually: "Oh? What's going on? Let's take it into detail. ”

The case of fraud in the imperial examination has always been hated by Emperor Deqing the most, so when Zhao Junchen learned that there was indeed fraud in the three provinces of Qiuqiu, and it was indeed related to Zhan Shanchang, he began to think about how to push this matter away, after all, he is now in an eventful autumn, and more is better than less.

Noticing the change in Zhao Junchen's attitude, Zhan Shanchang's expression became more and more panicked, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Zhao, do you know that these three provinces have already been targeted by Wen Ge Lao, Xia Guan turned out to be Wen Ge Lao's person, and this time Xia Guan was in charge of the three provinces Qiuqiu, and he also followed Wen Ge Lao's instructions, united the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the three provinces Xuezheng, and sold nearly half of the three provinces' quota for lifters, and received a total of 570,000 taels of bribes before and after, but these silver, Xia Guan only left 50,000 taels, and the rest of the silver, 220,000 is used to dot up and down, and the remaining 300,000 taels are all handed over to Wen Ge Lao, and everything the lower officials do is instigated by Wen Ge Lao, and the lower officials are innocent! ”

Zhan Shanchang was obviously the one who presided over the fraud, and he also accepted bribes, but he claimed to be innocent, and Zhao Junchen couldn't help but feel funny.

And the Wen Ge Lao that Zhan Shanchang said was Wen Guanliang, the second assistant of the dynasty, and his status and power in the court were second only to the first assistant Zhou Shangjing.

If you want to say that there is anyone more greedy for money than Zhao Junchen, then there is no doubt that it is Wen Guanliang.

It is rumored that Wen Guanliang's family fortune is now more than 10 million.

Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen nodded thoughtfully, and asked Zhan Shanchang: "In this case, when the fraud case happened, why didn't you go to Wen Ge Lao for help, but instead found this official here?" Wen Ge is an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, but he is much more capable than this official. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's question, Zhan Shanchang showed hatred on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "This time the matter of the three provinces in the autumn of the province, I thought it was hidden, but I didn't expect the candidates of the three provinces to be so tough, it actually made a big deal of it, at the beginning, Wen Guanliang also made some efforts to save the situation, but when this matter was learned by the prince's party, Wen Guanliang's old guy suddenly let go, and the lower official went to him to ask for countermeasures, he actually said that the fraud in the autumn of the three provinces was done by the lower officials alone, he didn't know at all, and persuaded the lower officials to surrender to His Majesty Xià to ask for guilt!" When he did this, he clearly wanted to sacrifice his subordinates to protect himself! Xia Guan asked himself, he was loyal to him in the past, but before and after the saddle, he didn't expect to fall into such a situation, how could it not be chilling? Lord Zhao, you have to make the decision for your subordinates. ”

Zhan Shanchang just called Wen Guanliang "Wen Ge Lao", but when it came to this, he already called him by his name.

Zhao Junchen frowned and asked, "Don't you have the slightest evidence to prove that this matter was masterminded by him?" That Wen Guanliang sacrificed himself to you so much, isn't he afraid that you will bite him back? ”

Zhan Shanchang smiled bitterly: "From beginning to end, although this matter originated from his instructions, but the mouth is in the ear, except for the lower officials, no one else knows, in the past, the lower officials were very loyal to him, and before and after the incident, he didn't dare to let others know, for fear that it would implicate him, but I didn't expect him to be so cold, hey......"

Hearing Zhan Shanchang say this, Zhao Junchen nodded sympathetically, but he also completely lost his mind of helping him.

Because this matter is not only troublesome, but it is more likely to offend the elder Wen Guanliang, just for a not very familiar Zhan Shanchang, it is not worth it at all.

If Wen Guanliang had obviously abandoned Zhan Shanchang, but Zhao Junchen hastily saved Zhan Shanchang, wouldn't that be tantamount to slapping Wen Guanliang in the face? Wen Guanliang will inevitably hate Zhao Junchen very much.

Although in Zhao Junchen's view, the reason why Wen Guanliang can have his current powerful position is not because of how powerful he is, but only because the first assistant Zhou Shangjing does not want to form a situation where his own family dominates the court, which will arouse the suspicion of Emperor Deqing, so he will deliberately reserve and tolerate Wen Guanliang.

But even so, Wen Guanliang's influence in the court is still much higher than Zhao Junchen's, and Zhao Junchen naturally won't offend him lightly.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Hey, Lord Zhan is also pitiful, but if Elder Wen Ge can't save Lord Zhan, how can this official save him?" Lord Wen is afraid that he has asked the wrong person. ”

While speaking, Zhao Junchen picked up the tea cup again, the meaning was very clear, and he served the tea to the guests.

Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Zhan Shanchang knelt down again, and said with a crying voice: "The lower officials used to charge for that Wen Guanliang, and the other elders in the cabinet have long been offended by the lower officials, and the prince's party hates the lower officials for being a corrupt official, Lord Zhao, now you are the only one who can save the lower officials, you have a holy family, and you can also listen to what your majesty says, you must be able to save the lower officials, Lord Zhao, at this time, you must pull down the lower officials." ”

Although Zhan Shanchang cried pitifully, Zhao Junchen remained silent and made up his mind to stand by and watch.

Zhan Shan saw Zhao Junchen like this, and hurriedly took out his hole cards: "The 300,000 taels of silver, Wen Guanliang has been returned to the lower officials, and the lower officials have also saved 200,000 taels of silver over the years, with a total of 500,000 taels of silver before and after, as long as the adults are willing to pull down the officials, the lower officials will immediately give this silver to the adults......"

Zhao Junchen is still quiet, some things cannot be solved by silver.

However, Zhan Shanchang still has a follow-up move, and continued: "Over the years, Xia Guan has been helping Wen Guan Liang to manage the Ministry of Rites, and nearly half of the people in the Ministry of Rites are pulled by Xia Guan, if the Xia Guan incident happens, these people are afraid that their lives will be difficult to protect, and now they are advancing and retreating together with Xia Guan, if the adults can pull down the officials, this half of the Ministry of Rites, from now on, only the adults will look ...... the head."

Zhao Junchen's expression moved, but he still didn't speak.

Half of the Ministry of Rites, the temptation is great, but it is still not worth it to be hostile to the second assistant Wen Guan Liang for this reason.

However, what Zhao Junchen didn't expect was that Zhan Shanchang could give him far more than that.

I saw Zhan Shanchang continue: "Also, the general envoy of the General Political Envoy Tong Huan Tong is not only a classmate of the lower officials, I have a friendship with him, and the friendship is very deep, he is also Wen Guanliang's person, and he is also a person of Wen Guanliang, and he is also chilled by what Wen Guanliang has done to the lower officials these days, if the adults are willing to help the lower officials survive this calamity, the lower officials are willing to persuade Tong Huan for the adults, let him worship the lower officials with the lower officials!" ”

Hearing Zhan Shanchang say this, Zhao Junchen slowly put down the teacup in his hand.

The role of the Ministry of Communication, this yamen, is much more important than the Ministry of Rites.

The General Political Envoy is commonly known as Yintai. Formerly known as Cha Ci, but now it has become the official office of the central management of the imperial court to manage the internal and external chapters and the refutation, and is responsible for cashiering the emperor's orders, communicating the situation, guarding the entry and exit of official documents, reporting the suggestions of the subjects of the Quartet, appealing for wrongs or suing for illegality, etc., although there is no real power, it is only a turnover of chapters, but it is extremely critical.

This yamen, once in his hands, will be of great help to Zhao Junchen, and it will be immeasurable.

For the sake of the political envoy and half of the Ministry of Rites, is it worth offending Wen Guanliang?

Zhao Junchen couldn't help but hesitate.

Yes, at this time, Zhao Junchen was just thinking about his own interests, as for whether there was fraud in the three provinces, and what would happen to those candidates who failed because of fraud, Zhao Junchen didn't think about it at all.

In Zhao Junchen's view, the so-called imperial examination cannot examine the true skills of the candidates at all, and the candidates who are officials through the imperial examination are only familiar with the Bagu article, even if they are selected, what can they do? More than fifty percent of the candidates will completely forget the words of the saint within five years of entering the officialdom and become one of the countless corrupt officials, and the remaining forty percent of the candidates will be eliminated by the officialdom for various reasons. Only less than half of the candidates can still uphold their duties and be a clean official, but most of them have an elm head, and they are honest, but there are very few who can do practical things.

In this case, whether there is fraud in the imperial examination and whether the candidates have grievances is not important at all in Zhao Junchen's view.

What matters is what kind of benefit you can get from it.

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