Chapter 668: Repeatedly
Just when the cabinet finalized the ranking of this imperial examination, a major incident broke out in the capital again.
The angry scholars first rushed into the house of 'Erzhang', could not find anyone, beat the subordinates, and then rushed into the homes of the three Hanlin in groups.
The three Hanlin officials were caught off guard, two ran over the wall, one was blocked at home, and was almost beaten to death, but the officials of the Shuntian Mansion arrived in time to save half of their lives.
In the name of 'investigating the case', Shuntianfu placed people in the mansion, and only then did he escape the catastrophe.
The Criminal Department acted faster than Shuntianfu, quietly taking away the other two Hanlin, and at the same time, with great fanfare, the streets were full of 'Erzhang' who wanted to find the Fushe and those who might be involved in bribery, bribery, and fraud in the imperial examination.
On the one hand, the internal strife of the Fushe Society escalated, and the reactions of the young scholars were fierce, and on the other hand, the Criminal Department was shuttling around the capital to find people.
The list will be released tomorrow, and when this incident suddenly broke out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, the huge cabinet compound was even more lively than before, countless people surrounded and wanted to explain, and the internal officials were also unstable.
Thousands of people in the imperial examination, hundreds of people and the first to enter the office, and these people who have already entered the office are inextricably linked, if someone cheats and robs them of their position, this is a radish and a pit, the future of the bad guy is worse than that of killing parents, who will give up easily?
The capital is in trouble, and the cabinet compound is in trouble. The imperial examination has always been a major event of the country, and fraud is not uncommon, and every time there is an uproar.
The imperial examination is an important part of maintaining a national system, and it is related to the stability of the imperial court, and Zhu Cihong in the deep palace couldn't sit still, so he summoned Zhou Zheng, Li Juesi, and Sun Chuanting, picked up the emperor's shelf, and took this matter to lose his temper.
As long as Zhou Zheng's bottom line is not touched, Zhou Zheng is still willing to be harmonious with the monarch and ministers, listens carefully, and makes a review.
Li Juesi and Sun Chuanting hurriedly followed, promising to solve it as soon as possible and quell the criticism.
Zhu Cihong couldn't take an inch, and as soon as he vented, he waved his hand to drive people away. After all, in this imperial examination, he also quietly arranged people.
Zhou Zheng came out of the Qianqing Palace, and immediately smashed the cup in the class room, and called Zhang Sizhi, the secretary of the criminal department, and Liu Zongzhou, the waiter, to him.
Zhou Zheng looked at the two of them, with a cold face, and said in a deep voice: "Just now I was in the palace, and the emperor lost his temper, and asked me to immediately calm down the criticism and give an explanation to the subjects of the world." Now, I order the Criminal Department to check for me clearly before tomorrow's list, and if it is still not fair tomorrow, this official will take you to prison for questioning your guilt and appease the anger of the government and the opposition! ”
Zhang Sizhi and Liu Zongzhou hurriedly raised his hand and said, "The lower official receives the order." ”
The two of them glanced at each other, really worried, if the trouble continued outside, Zhou Zheng would really take the opportunity to send them to prison - to put the blame on the chaos, to eradicate dissidents, killing two birds with one stone.
Zhou Zhengyi waved his hand and drank them back.
Zhang Sizhi and Liu Zongzhou came out of Zhou Zheng's room, and both of them did not look good.
Zhang Sizhi is the planner of this matter, and the reason why it is not good is because he didn't expect to set himself on fire, and he had to clean up the mess for what he planned.
Liu Zongzhou is not good-looking, because he is also the invisible leader of the Restoration Society, and the Restoration Society suddenly became like this, he is not embarrassed by who is embarrassed?
And Qian Qianyi, Li Banghua's class room is silent, whoever jumps out at this time will ask for trouble.
What comes forward is to wipe your buttocks, and you have to use your hands, you have to mess with shit no matter what, and it will smell in ten or eight years!
Zhou Yanru didn't come forward, but just asked Fan Wenjing to tell the two: "Yuanfu's meaning is also to deal with it properly before tomorrow, and don't have more accidents." ”
Zhang Sizhi and Liu Zongzhou had no other way than to raise their hands and respond.
The two of them went out of the cabinet room, summoned the officials of the criminal department, tried the case and traced the case, and arrested people everywhere in the capital.
With the secret help of Jin Yiwei, 'Erzhang' was quickly found, and the backbone of the Restoration Society could not escape, and the Criminal Department arrested more than 40 people in one go.
The trial was unannounced overnight, and the trial was concluded before dawn.
Cabinet post, 'Erzhang' was imprisoned and cut off. More than 20 people, including Hou Fangyu, were resigned, forbidden to take the imperial examination, and never used it.
Sun Chuanting saw the opportunity and then issued an official document: The first article is to ban the resumption of the society and prohibit the association.
Article 2: For the scholars of the world, only two or three opportunities for the imperial examination will be given, and the age cannot exceed 30 years old.
The Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, etc. also issued documents one after another, giving an extremely severe response to this matter.
This night's capital was sleepless, the cabinet, the six ministries were furious, many people praised it, and they were angry.
And those who are worried are powerless to speak out, drowning in the chaos.
The government and the opposition and the uninvolved scholars rejoiced, and when these people were removed, more places were vacated, and they didn't know that these people themselves were not on the list.
Before the hour came, the imperial city was crowded with people, all waiting for the list.
As soon as the list came out, I don't know how many people celebrated.
Especially the three people of Yijia, Wei Zaode, Ge Shizhen, and Gao Eryan, they were hopeless for Yijia, where did they think that the champion, the top eye, and Tanhua would fall on their heads.
Wei Zaode, Ge Shizhen, and Gao Eryan were overjoyed to push away those enthusiastic people who wanted to marry them, and went to the Zhou Mansion to meet the 'teacher'.
This time, Enke's and the first scholars are all Zhou Zheng's 'disciples'.
Zhou Zheng was not there, but Zhou Fang was in the house and warmly entertained the three people, these three people are the first class of the new department, and the future is limitless.
As is customary, they are awarded the title of Gilis and entered the Hanlin Academy. The Ming Dynasty has always had an unspoken rule of 'non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet', of course, Zhou Zheng is a special exception.
Therefore, these three people are already candidates for cabinet ministers, and as long as there are no accidents, they will all become cabinet members!
Zhou Fang is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and in Zhou Zheng's eldest brother, Wei Dezao and the three have just entered the department, so they are naturally very humble.
Zhou Fang asked them about their attitude towards the change, and when they saw the unanimous support of the three of them, they encouraged them for a long time with a smile on their faces.
Outside, in the huge capital, with the release of the list, 'Erzhang' and others were arrested, the officials disbanded the Restoration Society strongly, and the association was abolished.
Those who originally returned to the society have put aside their relationship and avoided it like a plague.
The blazing temperature in the capital dropped sharply, and it did not continue to besiege the cabinet compound, and the capital seemed to have returned to its previous calm again.
The capital calmed down, but Nan Zhili did not.
All kinds of boycotts and rebellions have not stopped. However, taking advantage of the matter of the resumption of the society in the capital, the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigated and dealt with the old bottom of the resumption of the society, arrested dozens of unknown people, and confiscated six famous households.
Coupled with the aftermath of the 'reverse case', Jinyiwei took the opportunity to take down those thorns, which involved a lot of honorable ministers and famous families, which shocked a large number of people.