The location of Shen Rui, Shen Jue and others is more than ten zhang away from the official road, and they can't help but be a little curious when they encounter such gossip.

Different from Shen Jue and Shen Quan, Shen Rui went out with Wang Shouren to socialize after the year, and he also heard a lot of gossip about the royal and ministerial gossip circulating in the officialdom of the capital.

Xu Qiong is the person of Jingtai in the second year, the leader of the early years of Yuan Shun, and has been in the office for more than 40 years in the year of Hongzhi, and has experienced three dynasties.

It is rumored that the 12-year imperial examination fraud case in Hongzhi was poked out by Xu Qiong.

In the official records of the Ming Dynasty, although it is indicated that there is only one person in a book, there is more than one person in each book

There are the titles of cabinet ministers, as well as various graces, plus the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, the maximum number of people is six.

Non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, non-Hanlin are not allowed to enter the cabinet, and the cabinet ministers must first enter the Ministry of Rites before entering the cabinet.

Xu Qiong's qualifications should have had the opportunity to enter the cabinet, but because of people's actions, he was despised by civil officials.

There is a gossip that has been widely circulated in the high-level of the capital, that is, in the last years of Chenghua, Xu Qiong, who was the priest of the prince of Nanjing, accepted a maiden as a concubine when he returned to Beijing to take up his post.

This is not unusual, but it is strange that the eldest daughter of this prisoner was chosen as the crown princess.

Although this gossip, Xu Qiong has never publicly admitted it. Before the death of Chang Guogong, Xu Qiong was always an official in Nanjing and did not return to Beijing.

However, after the death of Chang Guogong, Xu Qiong, who had been sitting on the cold bench in Nanjing for more than ten years, was indeed on the rise, from the squire to the Shangshu, and the prince Shaobao, as if he was about to enter the cabinet. Moreover, in several gifts from the Zhang family, Xu Qiong stood on the side of Jinshang and supported the resealing of the Zhang family.

In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the "imperial examination fraud case" occurred, and Cheng Minzheng, the chief examiner who was impeached and involved in the case, was unjustly imprisoned.

Later, news came out that Xu Qiong secretly instructed Zhonghua Chang to impeach the examiner for cheating in the imperial examination.

Cheng Minzheng is also from the list, but he is more than ten years younger than Xu Qiong, and he is a lot later in the imperial examination, but compared with Xu Qiong, who has not had a smooth career for many years, although he also has ups and downs, his life is much more proud

Cheng Minzheng was recommended to the court at the age of thirteen as a "prodigy", and was ordered to study in the Hanlin Academy, at the age of nineteen, at the age of nineteen, at the age of twenty-three, he was in the list, and he once spoke directly about the East Palace, and the current emperor has a teacher-student relationship.

In the first year of Hongzhi, Cheng Minzheng was slandered because of his upright personality, and Hongzhi was reinstated after five years of grievances, and he has been a close minister of the Son of Heaven since then. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and served as the vice president of the "Daming Huidian", and was in charge of the cabinet, which was already a prelude to entering the cabinet steadily.

Although Xu Qiong is a scholar, Cheng Minzheng is only the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and there is also a left attendant of the Ministry of Rites Wang Hua who is also in love with teachers and students today, but entering the cabinet does not pay attention to the grade of officials and the first to come.

According to the holy family at that time, it is not impossible for Cheng Minzheng to bypass Xu Qiong and Wang Hua and enter the cabinet directly.

Cheng Minzheng was born in the eunuch family, Cheng Minzheng came from the eunuch family, the ancestors of the family can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty, his father was the official to the Shangshu, he himself entered Beijing as a teenager and worshiped under a few Confucian celebrities as a student, the in-laws can not be said to be Manchu, nor is Xu Qiong comparable.

Although it is just a rumor that Xu Qiongyin harmed Cheng Minzheng, there is no wind and no waves. In addition, Xu Qiong is always acting in the interests of others, and has no literati backbone, no matter whether he did it or not, this basin will be deducted from him.

After Cheng Minzheng passed away, he now gave the gift department to the book. His eldest son, Cheng Jin, originally used his ancestral martial arts to grant Jinyiwei a hereditary hundred households, and after his father's death, he was promoted to Jinyiwei and deputy thousand households by his father's will; The youngest son, Cheng Tang, entered the country to study.

Although there were rumors later that Fu Han, the successor of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was involved, saying that he was worried about Cheng Minzheng's position, so that people harmed Cheng Minzheng, but who would believe it?

Fu Han is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, with outstanding virtue and praise for the world. Even if he didn't hold a substantive position in the six ministries before, he had already hung the title of Shangshu and acted as an adviser to the emperor.

Shangshu is worried about the official position of the squire, isn't it a big joke in the world?

By the time of this year's "Jingcha", the impeachment of Xu Qiong will not be in two copies; When it came to "Jingcha", it was not one or two things that the Ministry of Rites found out to be inappropriate.

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, can only "return to his hometown", and it is Fu Han, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who takes over his position as the secretary.

In the hearts of the emperor and the six departments and nine qing, who is loyal and who is traitorous has already been judged.

The replacement of the Ministry of Rites is later than that of the Criminal Department, it is after the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Qiong should have returned to his hometown, but I don't know if he has left his relatives in Beijing.

The brocade-clothed boy Guan Jianchangbo is called "second uncle", is it really Xu Qiong's son?

Looking at Jian Changbo's appearance, he obviously knew the young man, but he didn't have a good face.

After the young man called out "second uncle", Jian Changbo held the whip, and he didn't know what to say, so he ordered the young man to be dragged down left and right.

The young man looked frightened, but he did not continue to speak because he had already been gagged.

Next, Mrs. Changguotai's honor guard continued to move forward, gradually drifting away. The few brocade guards who dragged the boy were holding the board and "crackling" on the side of the road.

I don't know how many hits, but the brocade guards threw the boy there and roared away.

The crowd also came out of their retreats, pointing at the dying brocade-clothed boy who was beaten and pointed.

Shen Quan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's really scary, I really thought it was the prince's micro-service at first......

Shen Jue said: "This Jian Changbo really likes to beat people, Shen Zhu was like this last time, and now this young man is the same."

Shen Quandao: "I think Jian Changbo's temper is not as domineering as rumored...... Even if you ask someone to hit the board, you don't ask someone to hit it a few times......" he said, signaling to the side of the official road.

Everyone looked over, and saw the brocade-clothed young man staggering up, and a few small men came next to him and helped him.

This can still get up after being hit by the board, which shows that Jian Changbo is really merciful.

"Huh? That's not Cousin Yang......" Shen Jue said in surprise.

Shen Rui could see that the little fat man who appeared later was not someone else, it was Yang Zhongyan.

In the past, when there were many pedestrians on both sides of the official road, their brothers were still standing under the trees, but now most of the pedestrians have dispersed, and they are more conspicuous here.

When Shen Rui and the others recognized Yang Zhongyan, Yang Zhongyan obviously saw them too, said a few words to the young man in brocade, and trotted over.

Shen Rui and the others were not good at pestle, so they had to meet them.

"It is the second son of the second and third uncle's wife." Because Shen Quan had never seen Yang Zhongyan, Shen Jue told Shen Quan in a low voice.

Yang Zhongyan was sweating on his head, but he didn't care about wiping it, and looked at everyone with surprise on his face: "Cousin Rui, cousin Jue"

Shen Rui and Shen Jue, who also called "cousins", met him with courtesy, and Shen Rui introduced Shen Quan again.

"It turned out to be the third brother Quan......" Yang Zhongyan didn't see anything, so he called out along with Shen Rui's name.

Shen Quan saw that although he was not as fat as Shen Bao, he also had an amiable smile like a big Fu, and he couldn't help but feel good.

Seeing that the brocade-clothed young man was waiting not far away with the little maid, Shen Rui said, "Is there something wrong with Cousin Yang?" If you have something to do, you are busy first, and we are not outsiders."

Yang Zhongyan looked back at the brocade-clothed young man, his expression was a little entangled, and after a while, Fang explained in a low voice: "That's Xu Wu, the youngest son of Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Xu Shangshu Zhishi, Enyin's son was imprisoned, and Xu Wu was left in Beijing. The Xu family is my neighbor, and today Xu Shangshu returned to his hometown, and his father's yamen couldn't get out, so he asked his eldest brother to come and see me off. After sending people off, the eldest brother went back to the city first, Xu Wu heard someone mention that Mrs. Changguotai's boat had arrived, and he refused to leave anything, so he didn't pay attention to it, so he let him run over, which was really a headache...... It's a trouble, it's not good to introduce this trouble to the third brother and the two cousins, I'll send him back to the city first, and I won't pick up the second uncle with everyone......

Shen Rui and the others naturally had no objections, said goodbye to Yang Zhongyan, and watched him get into the carriage with the brocade-clothed young man and go away

Shen Jue said strangely: "Shangshu's son, Uncle Guan Guo, is called 'Second Uncle, where can it be discussed?" Isn't this brain broken? ”

The rumors about Xu Qiongna's concubine as a concubine of Changguo have spread widely in the officialdom of the capital, and Shen Jue and Shen Quan will always hear it one day, and Shen Rui has nothing to hide, so he told the gossip he heard.

Shen Quan was surprised: "I really didn't expect that this 'second uncle, it's not a random climbing, but what does Changguo Gong think?' Even if it is a maid in the outer room, she can't give someone away as a concubine, the queen's family actually came out to be the daughter of a concubine, what is this called? ”

Shen Jue was also surprised: "The queen's sister turned out to be a concubine ......"

Shen Rui said: "It's indeed incredible, but there are rumors that Mrs. Changguo has the style of Mrs. Fang......

Shen Jue thought for a while and said, "Even if Xu Shangshu was a concubine back then, it should be on the throne later...... You can't let the queen's own sister be a concubine all the time......"

Shen Quandao: "That may not look at the appearance of Jian Changbo, obviously he doesn't recognize this relative...... The queen is the son of heaven, what is it to have a concubine who is right? Is this to make the people of the world respect orthodoxy, or what? If this concubine of the Zhang family has been living in the side room, the rumors are just rumors, if they really come out to socialize, there will inevitably be similarities between the sisters, and the reputation of the queen mother and the Zhang family will not be ......"

Shen Rui nodded and said, "What Brother Quan said is exact. Although Xu Qiong lost his wife as early as the early years of Hongzhi, he never remarried, nor did he straighten his ......"

Shen Jue said: "The fifth prince of Xu just now, but he is determined to recognize the ...... of the foreign family How many times has this been a fuss, I wonder how the Zhang family will respond? ”

In other words, if you are a common person, you can not afford to kill yourself with a single meal of the authority of the emperor's relatives and relatives.

Xu Wu is the son of Shangshu, and Enyin stayed in Beijing to study in the country, and the Zhang family wants to kill him, and he really has to weigh it.

Today, he is a benevolent gentleman, and he treats the Zhang family so kindly. If the Zhang family is cold-blooded and ruthless, and the six relatives don't recognize it, how will they view the Zhang family today?