Han Xiufeng returned to the capital, and went to the secret fold of asking for peace and a secret fold that he had seen and heard during his trip to Tianjin, and rushed to Jixian Yuan to see the secret fold of Huang Zonghan, the governor of Liangguang, and He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, this month, as well as the emperor's secret edict on Yiwu, and by the way, to find out the news of the case in the lower branch.

It turned out that Su Shun, who seemed to be wrong, listened to Su Shun's pen post left in Jixian Yuan and said that Su Shun was busy supervising the payment of taxes and silver by the provincial feudal divisions these days, and was busy cleaning up the deficit of the household department over the years, and raising salaries for the more than 10,000 Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers stationed in Gyeonggi and Tianjin.

As for the Guangdong side, Tuanlian fought a few battles with the foreigners, and as before, many soldiers were killed and wounded, but the city of Guangzhou was still in the hands of the foreigners.

In contrast, Gui Liang, the minister of the Qin Mission, who had arrived in Shanghai and was negotiating the terms of trade with the consuls of Britain, Buddhism, Miao, and Russia, and He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, were much more valuable.

They reported that the Yi chieftain not only suspected that the Guangdong regiment's brave attack on the city of Guangzhou was instigated by Huang Zonghan, the governor of Liangguang, but even took out a notice stamped with the seal of the Qinchaguan to reward the Yi soldiers.

Figuring out the general situation of Liangguang and Liangjiang, Han Xiufeng did not rush back to Nanyuan, but wrote a letter to Jixiang, who was on an errand in the Foreign Affairs Office, and asked him to help transfer it to Wen Xiang, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and then went straight to the Chongqing Hall.

Unexpectedly, not only Ji Yunfei was in the hall, but also Wu Zhaoling, a bachelor, was there, and the two of them were more concerned about the case than Han Xiufeng, and they were sitting in the flower hall drinking tea and chatting, while waiting for the news of Wu Fuxiang in the matter.

"Zhixing, you are back, do you know that something big happened to Shuntianxiang this time?"

"I've heard a few, but I don't know exactly what's going on." Han Xiufeng sat down, took the tea that the shopkeeper had just made, and asked puzzledly: "Brother Songsheng, Brother Bowen, you two are not the same examiners, and there are not many candidates for the Shuntianxiang exam this time, why are you two so nervous?" ”

"There are few of our fellow villagers among the candidates who took the exam this time, and Bowen and I are not the same examiners, but I have the same year and colleagues as Bowen!"

Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Ji Yunfei said worriedly: "Zou Shilin, Zhong Xiu, Zhou Shishan, Tu Juegang, Xu Tong, Pu An...... One is counted as one, and all of them have been dismissed, and when the case is clarified, they will have to be handed over to the ministry. ”

He is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and most of the people who were selected as the same examiner this time are Hanlin officials, and several of them are the same as him, Han Xiufeng suddenly reacted: "It turns out that you two are worried about those colleagues of the Hanlin Academy. ”

"How else can we be in such a hurry?" Ji Yunfei asked rhetorically, and continued: "This time there is a big trouble, not only Bai Zhongtang was dismissed, but Lord Zhu and Master Cheng were temporarily dismissed, and Prince Suiyi, Prince Zheng and Chen Fuen were carefully studied (the meaning of interrogation), I heard that even the supervisors of the monitoring and inspection, the supervision and examination, the promotion and the search were all dismissed and interrogated!" ”

"You two are waiting for Wu Fuxiang, so Wu Fuxiang is investigating this case with Prince Yi?"

"He doesn't investigate cases, he specializes in supervision."

Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful appearance, Wu Zhaoling added: "The emperor ordered Prince Yi, Prince Zheng, Chen Fuen, and Quan Qing to thoroughly investigate with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials. Wu Fuxiang is in the middle of the matter, and he can't stay out of such a big case, so he has to supervise the whole process. ”

"I see." Han Xiufeng nodded, thought about it and couldn't help asking, "Brother Songsheng, I heard that this fire was lit by Meng Chuanjin?" ”

How could he not know what Han Xiufeng really wanted to ask, put down the teacup and explained: "Zhixing, you must have received some gossip, but this matter really has nothing to do with Lord Sushun, and this fire was not lit by Meng Chuanjin, he just poured some oil on the fire." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"As far as I know, this matter came from the Shunjun Palace."

"Kyung? What does this have to do with Wang Qingen of Shuncheng County? Han Xiufeng was confused.

"Listen to me, on the day of the release, Shundi happened to sing for the Dafu Jinshou Birthday team, but the most important role in this team was not there, and it was passed on three times. finally got the word, and found that the play was so drunk that it couldn't be sung anymore. King Shunjun was furious and asked him if he had eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall in a little play, and dared to resist the rumor repeatedly, and asked him if there was Shundi in his eyes. ”

Wu Zhaoling took a sip of tea, and then said: "That actor was frightened, and hurriedly begged for mercy, saying that he didn't dare to resist the rumor if he borrowed a few guts, and the reason why he didn't come for a long time was because his friend was moved, he rushed to congratulate him, he was not at home, and he didn't know that King Shunjun was summoned." What kind of friends can he have in a play, and he can still be moved, King Shunjun felt very strange, and asked him what his friend's surname was and what he did for a living.

As a result, the drama said that his friend in the middle of the game was called Ping Ling, who was a cameo at first, and now he is also making money. The king of Shunjun was suspicious, and asked him if his friend was singing, and the actor said yes. The title of the gold list is a beautiful thing, and King Shunjun didn't care about it, so he told the guests who went to eat and drink, apologized to the guests, just as a joke and talked about it casually, but there were too many guests that day, and the matter spread. ”

Ji Yunfei added with a bitter face: "Early the next morning, this matter spread all over Sijiu City, and everyone was in an uproar, and it was rumored that 'Youling also has to be a high and high leader'!" ”

Wu Zhaoling put down the teacup and said with a bitter face: "And this Pingling is a Manchurian, and Manchu is strictly forbidden to sing on stage!" ”

"So Meng Chuanjin Shangshu impeached Bai Zhongtang, Lord Zhu and Master Cheng?"

"So he can only add fuel to the fire."

Ji Yunfei couldn't help but say: "Zhixing, Meng Chuanjin, you have been taught, young and vigorous, seeing the wind is rain." He did the same thing the last time you investigated the Nanyuan private reclamation case. ”

"Lord Su Shun doesn't know?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

Wu Zhaoling confirmed: "Lord Su Shun is very important to him, thinking that he is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, but he is only heavy. As far as I know, Lord Sushun never asked him to discuss anything, or instructed him to impeach anyone. ”

Thinking that compared to Chen Fuen, Cao Yuying, Jiao Youying and others, Meng Chuanjin's qualifications are really shallow, Han Xiufeng realized that Wu Zhaoling's words should not be false. And Su Shun should have never regarded Meng Chuanjin as a cronie, saying that it sounds good, but he just thinks that Meng Chuanjin's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and to say that it is difficult to say that Meng Chuanjin is a mad dog who catches and bites whom, anyway, it is all corrupt officials and mediocre officials.

But this kind of thing can't be explained, and there is no way to explain it.

Han Xiufeng really didn't know what to say, so he simply changed the topic: "Brother Songsheng, I don't listen to dramas much on weekdays, and I don't know the rules of the Beijing opera troupe. ”

"Isn't someone rewarding someone for singing and singing well, and someone throws money on stage? Xiao Jiao'er depends on this to make a living. The famous character is different, the class owner will wrap the famous horn and say how much money will be given in a year, and the reward of the ticket holders will not belong to the famous corner, but to the class owner. ”

"According to what you say, that young man sings okay."

"It is said that he sings with a clear eye, but yesterday I heard that his family is good, but he just likes to play tickets, and he can only be regarded as a ticket friend, not a play."

"How is the article doing, and does he have any knowledge?"

"It is said that there is a little ink in his stomach, and he is not illiterate."

Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked: "If it's just an ordinary age, it's just that, but I heard that more than 50 test papers were grinded later!" ”

"Greasy?" Wu Zhaoling subconsciously glanced at Ji Yunfei, then looked at Han Xiufeng and said meaningfully: "Zhixing, you haven't been an examiner, so you don't know much about things in the examination room. There may be errors or errors in some test papers, but many of them are caused by hasty transcription and not necessarily fraud. ”

"In previous years, too?"

"Yes, and not a lot, just ...... It's just that these years have not been as strict as before, and the big difference has passed with one eye and one eye closed. ”

As he was talking, Wu Fuxiang arrived in the middle of the matter, and the three of them hurriedly got up to greet each other.

Wu Fuxiang knew that Wu Zhaoling and Ji Yunfei were very anxious, so he exchanged a few words with Han Xiufeng, and then sat down and got down to business.

"The two princes and Lord Chen interrogated for a few days, and finally understood, Pingling confessed that he had sung on stage, but he didn't know anything about the inconsistency of Zhu Juan's ink scroll, and he could see that he couldn't figure out what was going on."

"What the hell is going on then?" Ji Yunfei asked eagerly.

"That's because when Zou Shilin, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, was reading the papers, he mistakenly thought that the mistakes on the Pingling Zhu scrolls were caused by clerical errors in transcription, and he actually helped correct them out of kindness. Although he didn't recognize Ping Ling at all. It is even more impossible to accept the benefits of the same age, but according to the rules, not only will the people of the same age be dismissed, but he will also be suspended from the three subjects of the township examination, and he, the same examiner, will also be dismissed, and even the chief examiner will have to be fined for one year. ”

"It turned out that I did something wrong with good intentions," Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and asked again: "What about the other fifty or so test papers?" ”

Wu Fuxiang thought that this matter was not so simple, and it was likely to find out Bai Ye's head, but he didn't expect to find out a bunch of other things after checking and checking, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The rest have their own reasons, such as the mistake that the candidate Zhu Dachun should have raised his head but did not lift it up, which was changed by the examiner Zhong Xiu after the list was released."

For example, if there are inappropriate words and sentences in the papers of candidates Guo Shouchang and Desheng, they were changed by the same examiner Tu Juegang on their behalf; The same examiner Zhou Shijiao helped the examinee Jing Ying to correct the poor words in the poem, and the examiner Bao Yingming and the same examiners Tu Juegang and Xu Tong also helped the examinees Pan Guanbao, Li Rulian, and Wu Xinjian to wash and correct the test papers.

The most unbelievable thing is that Han Zongwen and other four candidates took the lead in rewriting the word 'Ma Cheng' in the poem because they listened to people chanting in the examination room and were endowed with 'Ten Thousand Poles of Smoke and Rain and Green Recruitment', and got the word 'Cheng' in the poem; ”

Thinking that these had little to do with Bai Ye, at most it was just an oversight, Han Xiufeng breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Are those revisions and corrections intentional, or do you mistakenly think that they are caused by transcription errors?" ”

"Investigating," Wu Fuxiang looked back at Ji Yunfei and said meaningfully: "Brother Bowen, even if they are all like Zou Shilin who helped Ping Ling change the Zhu scroll, they just mistakenly thought that the error was caused by a transcription error, and they revised it out of good intentions, but according to the rules, they still have to be investigated, and at the lightest is dismissed." ”

Without waiting for Ji Yunfei to speak, Han Xiufeng asked again: "What about Bai Zhongtang?" ”

Wu Fuxiang smiled bitterly: "As for Bai Zhongtang, Zhu Fengbiao, and Cheng Tinggui, they should be dismissed and fined for one year and nine months of registration. ”

"What the examiner did, he actually lost the official in such a daze!" Han Xiufeng heard what he wanted to know, and felt that he should send a letter to Su Shun, so he simply got up and said: "Three, I just came back from an errand in Tianjin, and I haven't had time to go back to Nanyuan, there is a big mess over there, so I can only sue for a crime and go first." ”

"Okay, go back, I know you're busy."

"Zhixing, I'll send you."

"Brother Bowen, don't send it, stay." Han Xiufeng was still a little uneasy when he thought about it, and arched his hand again: "Brother Bowen, Brother Songsheng, I know that you two attach great importance to love and righteousness, but those colleagues of the two of you are doing a big deal this time, and this is not something that can be helped if you want to." ”

"We know, we're just helping to get in."

"That's good, farewell."

(End of chapter)