The new science and technology jinshi wore red and rode through the streets, it was a lively scene once every three years in the imperial capital of Yongchang, where thousands of people looked at the champion in the empty alley, and the sound of firecrackers and cheers sounded together. May is the time when the flowers are in full bloom, and the colorful petals from the hands of the high-rise ladies to the new kojinshi in the middle of the street, dyeing the road in a colorful color, and the fragrance lasts for a long time.

Champion Bao Liming rode a high-headed horse, wearing red silk flowers and walking in the front, life was proud, looking at the shy and timid, half-hidden pink face behind the windows on both sides, Bao Liming was annoyed, but unfortunately he had already married, otherwise it would not be a good thing in the world to marry the daughter of a powerful man on the opportunity of high school, maybe the Son of Heaven saw that it was important to recruit himself as a concubine, and that was the real winner in life.

Fan Zhichang, who is really expected to become a colt, is on his left side, the horse is half a cut behind, and he is both happy and a little regretful to get the spot, especially when it is rumored that he was originally the champion, because of his age, he was taken second, even if his father and Jiang Shi were relieved, Fan Zhichang always felt depressed in his heart, and the second child was not happy.

More than 300 new science and technology scholars were beaming, and they were able to stand out from nearly 10,000 people, and they were greeted with a bright future, and they really embarked on the road to green clouds. Huazhou scholars accounted for 19, which was the largest number of people in the calendar and the first, and for a time Huazhou scenery once again became a hot topic in Beijing.

The guide led the horse team past the Jin'an Fang, and did not let the noise enter the Fang. Jin'an Fang is in the southeast corner of Yong'an City, Mingpu Temple occupies half of Jin'an Fang, is the Dazheng Royal Zen Temple. Jiang Anyi dismounted in the square in front of the temple, followed the flow of people into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, burned incense to worship the Buddha, and gave sincerely.

Stopped a little novice, Jiang Anyi reported his name, and asked to see Master Hongxin. Xiao Shami had obviously heard Jiang Anyi's name, and he clasped his hands together and saluted: "Master Jiang, please come with the poor monk." ”

The more he walked in, the quieter it became, the sound of the bell was quiet and washed away the light dust, Jiang Anyi felt that his dust was gone, and his worries were forgotten. Walking to the right side of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and walking into the quiet courtyard of the corner gate, Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "Little master, isn't this the place where Master Guangming's meditation room is?" ”

"Exactly," the little novice replied, looking back, "Master Hongxin also lives here now. ”

The Zen door was open, and Master Hongxin and Master Guangming were sitting opposite each other in the room, sipping tea. Seeing Jiang Anyi saluting in front of the door, Master Hongxin smiled and said, "Anyi is here, sit down." ”

The spring breeze is natural, like an old friend. Waiting for Jiang Anyi to sit down on the futon, Master Hongxin poured tea for him, the brown and green color was translucent, it was Anlong tea.

"This is this year's new tea, the poor monk brought it from Texas, Anyi is running around and working hard, I'm afraid I haven't eaten this tea for a while, you might as well taste it." Master Hongxin is quite profound.

The tea is slightly bitter and then sweet, and the familiar taste is slowly reminiscent in the mouth. None of the three people in the house made a sound, the incense sticks curled, the light fragrance was fragrant, there was a light breeze and birds outside the house, the heart was quiet, everything he saw and heard was a beautiful scenery, it was a small elm in front of him that was not painted, and it became simple and lovely in Jiang Anyi's eyes.

Master Guangming slowly twisted the Buddha beads and looked at Jiang Anyi, who had not seen him for three years, Jiang Anyi had a short beard, a little more weighty, and his eyebrows were full of brilliance, which meant that happy events were added; Look closely at the eyebrows, the main dispute continues, the evil qi directly invades the scar on the right eyebrow, and the red light looms, the main has a disaster of blood light, or the sign of spring on the dead wood, and it is auspicious in danger.

If you see through it, you can't say it, otherwise there will be twists and turns, Master Guangming slowly spoke: "Anyi has been full of happy events during this time, but you must also beware of whether Tai Ji is born or not, be careful." ”

Jiang Anyi asked, Master Guangming closed his eyes and stopped making a sound. Jiang Anyi had to look at Master Hongxin, who had not seen him for several years, and had a few wrinkles on his forehead, sitting upright like Zhong Baoxiang solemnly, with a bright and wise gaze.

"Born from the heart, the situation changes with the heart, as long as the heart is upright, why be persistent

Foreign objects are illusory. Master Hongxin recited in harmony: "All things are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such." ”

Jiang Anyi is familiar with the "Diamond Sutra" and the "Prajna Heart Sutra", and naturally knows that the scriptures recited by Master Hongxin are from the "Diamond Sutra", which is to persuade him not to be obsessed with physiognomy, and everything is according to fate. He replied: "Don't live in the phase, if you don't move." ”

Master Hongxin nodded, and the scriptures that Jiang Anyi said were also from the "Diamond Sutra", indicating that there is no attachment in the heart when facing the world.

The three of them still sat quietly and drank tea, the breeze came again, and the fragrance of flowers was the same.

The street is happy and lively, the temple is peaceful and peaceful, but the Dali Temple is a bleak wind and cold rain. The case of fraud in the imperial examination was tried in Dali Temple, and the Son of Heaven ordered the dragon guard and the secret guard to co-organize, and Huang Shengchou had a few gray hairs. The facts of the case are very simple, the ten people in the complaint have stated all the malpractices in the lobby, these people have not been in the officialdom, do not know the seriousness of the matter, and do not know that some things should not be said directly in the court.

The more Huang Sheng listened, the more bitter his face became, the cheating case in the field was a hot coal, and if the trial was good, he could not be promoted, and if the trial was not good, he would offend both the Son of Heaven and the ministers, not to mention that Long Wei and the secret guard were ordered to send a famous town to listen to the hall, and the words fell into the ears of these eagles and dogs, and I am afraid that countless incidents would arise.

Ma Suizhen insisted that he was not strict in his review and did not show favoritism; He Yingjie was a pure literati, and when he saw that the court was already frightened, he was recruited with a little intimidation, and the secret guard sent someone to raid his home, and the silver tickets collected were put together with the list of forty-six people, and they were served in one pot. With the list, not only did the seven people who were imprisoned be inescapable, but also two people who had the audacity to stand up, including He Yingjie, a total of 10 officials who were found to have engaged in favoritism, 123 people who had cheated on the subject, eight officials who had been sealed, copied, and searched in the Gongyuan were also found, and 1.76 million taels of bribes were confiscated, and the facts of the case were clear.

On the sixth day of the fifth month, Huang Sheng reported the case in the Zichen Palace, and Shi Fangzhen, the son of heaven, issued an order to pass on the two phases, the six Shangshu, the nine Qingzheng, the dragon guard and the dark guard to come to discuss the matter. Knocking on Huang Sheng's recital, Shi Fangzhen roared: "Eighteen officials have favoritism, and there are more than 100 people who have cheated on the test, 1.76 million taels of silver, this is what you call the prosperous world." My treasury is empty, and I have to sell the manor to get by, and these rich people's two million manories are afraid that they will not be able to buy it, and the examiner will sell tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the silver in the treasury is greedy by these silverfish. Han Zhi and Feng Zhong, you took this list, let me check it, do these people have any other violations of law and discipline, and ask them where their money came from? ”

Chen Chengji and Kong Province glanced at each other, and stood up together and said: "Long live and think twice, confiscating family property and fearing the rise of a big prison, the world is unstable, and the people's hearts are floating." ”

The other courtiers chimed in. More than 160 years after the founding of the Great Zheng Dynasty, during the reign of Suzong, the disaster of the party strife rose in prison, successively killed 57 ministers, confiscated family property, caused the court to shake, the political situation was unstable, Emperor Zhao succeeded to the throne greedy for pleasure, caused the rebellion of Yuan Tianjiao, shook the foundation of Da Zheng, and the antecedent was in the Xingda Prison to punish the minister. As a lesson from the past, the courtiers were inexplicably frightened by the actions of the Son of Heaven, and finally there was a resurgence of Zhongxing and a big prison due to the fraud case in the imperial examination, and Da Zheng was afraid that it would be difficult to recover from a serious injury.

Seeing that the ministers were opposed, Shi Fangzhen calmed down a little and said: "The corrupt ministers must be severely punished to set an example, and those candidates who cheat will be removed from the meritorious service, and they will not be allowed to participate in the examination within ten years, and the bribes confiscated will be handed over to the state treasury." As for how to deal with it, the government hall will report to me after the discussion. ”

The imperial examination came to an end, Jiang Anyi entered the palace to bid farewell to the Son of Heaven, the two wives in the family were about to give birth, and they had to go back quickly. The Son of Heaven was in the imperial study, Chen Chengji and Kong Shengxing and others reported on the handling of the fraud case in the department, and when they heard that Jiang Anyi asked to see him, they let people in to listen together.

“…… Ma Sui

The real examiner has the responsibility of negligence and neglect of government, and will be reduced by one level and fined for two years. Chen Chengji read to the proposed charter.

Shi Fangzhen frowned slightly, Ma Suizhen bothered to teach Shi Chongjie for the prince of Chu'an, he was going to promote him to be the prime minister, but it was delayed because of this fraud case, although this punishment was slightly light, but it was in line with his heart, Shi Fangzhen nodded and said: "Yes." ”

"He Yingjie, as the deputy chief examiner, accepted bribes of 138,000 taels, allowed 46 fraudsters and ranked, and was deeply responsible, demoted officials to the people, and confiscated family property."

Shi Fangzhen said angrily: "This branch will be bad in his hands, and the disposal is too light, in addition to degrading the officials to the people, he will be punished with forty rods, and his family will be exiled to Qianzhou, and three generations will not be allowed to return to his hometown." ”

This punishment is not light, Chen Chengji's heart sank, He Yingjie was punished like this, and the next officials were afraid that it would be difficult to pass the test.

"Sun Guangming, as a fellow examiner, accepted 240,000 taels of bribes, admitted 18 candidates for personal gain, and planned to demote officials to the people, take heavy responsibility for 80 rods, and serve before exile in the army."

As soon as Chen Chengji finished reading, Shi Fangzhen said: "It's too light, you are too indulgent, the officials who seal the mi, copy it, and search and inspect it will all be beheaded, and those who hire more than 10 candidates for personal gain will be beheaded, and the other examiners will be demoted according to the number of favoritism, cane blame, and fined, and those who favor more than five people will be punished and assigned to serve in front of the Zhenbei City Army; Fraudulent acts will be stripped of their fame and will never be hired. In the future, if there is a case of malpractice in the imperial examination, it will be punished with a third-degree punishment according to this case. ”

Chen Chengji looked at the charter in his hand, and it was difficult for the Son of Heaven to persuade under his anger, so he had to bow down and receive the order. Jiang Anyi's heart was dark, it seems that in the future, he should pay attention to not interfering in the township test, otherwise he will be responsible for causing trouble.

Kong Province asked: "Long live, how should the ten leaders be punished?" ”

Shi Fangzhen hesitated, these ten people out of righteous indignation for the world to raise grievances, there is no big fault, but their kneeling at the palace door and knocking on the Dengwen drum is suspected of persecuting the Son of Heaven, and they have set a bad example for the people, and everyone else will follow suit in the future, so don't the Dengwen drum be knocked out, and the Son of Heaven and the ministers should not be tired of running for their lives.

Kong Xing was very sympathetic to these moves, and seeing that the Son of Heaven did not open his voice, he said softly: "These ten people are indignant, and although they act recklessly, they are excusable. ”

The punishment of Lu Jiagu was found to be entrained, and it is estimated that the demotion penalty is inevitable, and the key to delaying for two years is to leave a bad impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and it is already difficult to reuse it. Lu Jialin was already planning to break the jar, and before being dismissed, he spoke freely, and when he heard that Kong Youxiang wanted to let go of the complaint easily, he immediately objected: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate." The court set up Dali Temple, Tongkuang Submission and even Jingzhao Mansion can accept grievances, and these people have to kneel at the palace door, knock on the drum to make the world know, clearly intentionally create public opinion to coerce the Son of Heaven, and their hearts can be punished. Long live the heavy punishment for the corrupt ministers, and you can't indulge these crazy creatures with favoritism. ”

Chen Chengji said: "The minister seconded the proposal, there are no rules, there is no circle, and these actions should not be indulged to make them feel lucky." The minister thought that they could be cured of the crime of insolence, and they were on the border, and they were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for ten years. ”

"Quasi-play."

The names of the ten crazy students in Beijing are well known, especially Ma Yuanxiang is the Xie Yuan of Huazhou, and the beautiful Wenfu is not inferior to Wei Youcheng. Jiang Anyi had a conversation with him, and knew that this person was not only good at writing, but also had excellent knowledge, although he was arrogant, he was a talented person, and he did not hide his flaws, and he wanted to come to the other nine people to be similar.

The Son of Heaven wants to send these ten people to the border, it is better to recruit Huazhou, Huazhou is the most lacking in talents, Jiang Anyi bowed and said: "Long live, Huazhou uses the border land, it is better to send these crazy births to Huazhou, the minister wants to use them to serve the country, and it is not in vain what they have learned." ”

"Quasi-play."

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