Shen Xi designed a plan for Xie Yun'er to revitalize the Xie family, that is, to open a pharmacy in the capital to sell dog skin plasters, but Xie Yun'er refused.

In Xie Yun'er's heart, she already owes Shen Xi a lot of personal favors, and she can no longer affect Shen Xi's career because of her nominal champion wife's business.

The matter of making and selling dog skin plasters is put aside for the time being, Shen Xi, as a Hanlin cultivator, has no time to find a store and contact the source of goods to run a business on weekdays.

Shen Xi still lives a life between his own small courtyard and the Hanlin Courtyard.

Because of the incident of the Yellow River these days, the whole court, including the Hanlin Academy, has a dead and gloomy atmosphere, colleagues don't talk much on weekdays, and they rarely talk about private matters outside of official affairs, and even the gossip about the court on weekdays is gone, and Shen Xi has a channel to get news from the DPRK and China.

However, there was one thing that was still spread to the Hanlin Academy, and became the focus of discussion in the Hanlin Temple's leisure.

The engineering department pleaded with several parties involved in the case of Lin Tingyu's letter to the Ministry of Rites, involving Tang Yin, Xu Jing, Cheng Minzheng and Hua Yu.

Lin Tingyu is completely different from Shang Heng in the matter, Wang Shou, who supervised the imperial history, and others to write a letter to strictly handle the people involved in the case, and he is also the first official to directly write to Emperor Hongzhi to intercede for the people involved in the case after the case was discovered.

From this point of view, it is not easy for Lin Tingyu to belong to it...... Could it be that even Emperor Hongzhi could see that there was a greasy problem, and the ministers of the court and the central government couldn't see it?

The reason why no one wrote a letter to intercede for the person involved is mainly because he knows that doing so will offend the manipulator behind the case, as for who it is, no one knows for the time being, but he dares to use such a big case to pull down Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who is expected to enter the cabinet, and the official position of the person behind it will not be low, and any plea may cause trouble.

According to Lin Tingyu's performance, there were six of the most suspicious papers in the Ministry of Rites examination, but they were not reviewed by Cheng Minzheng alone, but were admitted by the examiner and Cheng Minzheng in each room, and Tang and Xu were not among them. Moreover, Cheng Minzheng has always been known for his elegance and talent, and he has never been corrupt or bribe-taking, how could he collude with others in such a high-profile manner and ignore the laws and disciplines of the imperial court?

As for Hua Yu, even if what he did was not true, he did not care about his life and did his duty, and he should not be sent to prison for torture.

Tang Yin and Xu Jing were originally the sons of Juzi and the best scholars in the world, if they were sent to prison and tortured without evidence, it would make the scholars of the world doubt the Shengming of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, Lin Tingyu implored Emperor Hongzhi to be extrajudicial and forgiving, and put an end to the case that is still in doubt today.

When Lin Tingyu wrote to intercede for the people involved in the case, it happened that Cheng Minzheng also wrote to defend himself, but Cheng Minzheng did something that Emperor Hongzhi hated very much at this time, that is, "begging to return...... You suspect me of the problem, I should do it if I don't do it, right? I'll go home to live for the rest of my life, and I won't care about the big and small things in the court in the future!

It is not the first time that Cheng Minzheng has been framed, as early as the first year of Hongzhi, the imperial history Wei Zhang impeached him with ambiguous words, he was dismissed and returned to Nanshan to study, and it was not until the fifth year of Hongzhi that Zhaoxue was reinstated, and then he was reused. This time he was just angry, because in his mind, Emperor Hongzhi was just one of his "students".

When Shen Xi learned of this, he sighed a little in his heart: "The scholar is really pedantic, Emperor Hongzhi originally wanted to protect you, and left the impeachment book for more than ten days, and now you are using this trick to provoke, isn't this adding fuel to the fire and completely angering Emperor Hongzhi?" ”

Sure enough, less than two days after Cheng Minzheng's self-defense notebook was published, on April 27, Emperor Hongzhi issued an imperial decree, and Cheng Minzheng, as the focal point of the case, even high-ranking officials in the court and the central government could not bend the law for personal gain, and were severely tortured in prison.

Of course, behind this matter, there are Zuodu Yushi Min Gui and others to add fuel to the fire, in the past, just a few small people wrote that they would punish the offenders, etc., but at this time, even one of the Seven Qings, Zuodu Yushi, wrote a book, and it was impossible for Emperor Hongzhi to sit idly by. Cheng Minzheng was sent to Beizhen Fusi Prison.

The unlucky Cheng Minzheng will die soon!

Shen Xi sighed secretly: "This is really the character that determines fate, and the wind fanned by my butterfly still hasn't changed the direction of your fate after all...... Alas. ”

Cheng Minzheng was imprisoned, which is inevitable in the eyes of outsiders, after all, it has been two months since Hua Ying participated in the case of Cheng Minzheng's question, and even the official Hua Yu was convicted and imprisoned, and he Cheng Minzheng has no reason to get out of the matter.

But because Cheng Minzheng was imprisoned and Lin Tingyu wrote to him, there was a coincidence in time, and others only thought that Lin Tingyu was kind enough to do bad things, and as a result, Cheng Minzheng was harmed.

This Heavenly King Jiu pondered: "Now there are virtuous people in the court who have written to intercede for Bachelor Cheng, and we are both Confucian children, so we should play with all our feelings, so as to ask the Son of Heaven to be extraordinarily gracious." ”

Although Wang Jiusi made things difficult for Shen Xi because of his reverence for Li Dongyang, Shen Xi still admired this person's integrity and morality very much.

In the imperial court, everyone was afraid that the people involved in the case would not be able to hide in time, and Wang Jiusi actually took the initiative to ask the Hanlin officials to jointly write a letter in support of Lin Tingyu, and also classified Lin Tingyu as a "virtuous person in the court".

Shen Xi thought to himself that Lin Tingyu was more or less a virtuous official in history, but in Cheng Min's political case, he was obviously used as a gun.

The reason why Emperor Hongzhi couldn't make up his mind to punish Cheng Minzheng for a long time is actually another reason, that is, even if Cheng Minzheng has many close friends, he has no friends in the court, so that after the case was discovered, there was no one to intercede for Cheng Minzheng.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw it, how could a person who didn't form a party for personal gain be a traitor for a little profit? He doesn't worry about food or clothing, and he doesn't cultivate party henchmen, so what do he do after being greedy?

As soon as Lin Tingyu came out to speak, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized, it turns out that you Cheng Minzheng is pretending to be high, but there are still friends in the court to intercede for you. In this case, I have mistaken you for a moment, and it seems that I still need to interrogate you to see if I know anyone.

The case is getting more and more complicated, and many people are behind it, pushing Cheng Minzheng to his death step by step.

Wang Jiusi's proposal was not supported by his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy.

Cheng Minzheng used to be the leader of the Hanlin Academy, and seeing that he was about to enter the cabinet, he was afraid that he would not be able to reach out in the past, but now whoever is related to this case may suffer, and everyone Hanlin is not only a proud scholar, but also a court official who strictly abides by the golden mean.

Wang Jiusi wanted to find someone to write a joint book, but no one supported him except himself, and in the end even he gave up.

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Cheng Minzheng was finally imprisoned.

Xu Jing was scolded by the court and confessed countless times to bribe Cheng Minzheng with money, which obviously could not satisfy the people of Jinyiwei and the Sansi Yamen.

If you give Cheng Minzheng's servant a piece of gold ingot, you can set out the exam questions of the Ministry of Rites, where in the world is there such a cheap thing? said, how much benefit did Cheng Minzheng give, and if he didn't explain honestly, he would continue to serve the torture.

Xu Jing's intestines are repentant at this time!

I knew what I was doing when I went to Cheng Minzheng's house to be in the limelight? It's just a matter of going, and when you come out, you have to show off with people everywhere, and see that even the Hanlin Bachelor and the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites have personally met us, and they also gave us questions to do, do you have this treatment?

At this time, Xu Jing not only regretted going to Cheng Min's house, but also began to regret going to the capital to take the exam......

The family has millions of dollars, and it's good to be a lifter, so why do you have to be admitted to the Jinshi? Could it be that being admired in the local area, and the literati and Confucian scholars came to visit and ask for poetry and literature, isn't it also an elegant matter?

Why do you have to come to the capital, if you fail the Jinshi exam, you will be punished and served!

As for Tang Bohu, there is only one thought: Xu Jing'er harms me!

I am a high-minded Jiangnan talent, Tang Jieyuan, who is praised by everyone, and Xu Jingyou went to the capital to take the exam because of your family's great cause. As long as you grit your teeth, even if the court investigates in the end, it can only be found without evidence!

As a result, you are good, as soon as you are severely tortured, you start to open your mouth and talk nonsense, what bribes gold ingots, what leaks exam questions, if you want me to really get the exam questions, as for the "Four Sons Attainments" exam questions, I can't even answer the "Four Sons Attainments" exam questions? After the exam, I packed up the cover papers, and planned to go home and wait for another three years!

After Xu Jing's "honest confession", it was Tang Bohu who was most affected!

Xu Jingdu confessed to bribing the gold ingots to get the exam questions, and you Tang Bohu went with him, so you also have a share in the gold ingots, right? In addition to that gold ingot, what other gifts did you give to Cheng Minzheng? Don't say it, beat it again, torture it three times a day, and beat it until you say it!

Tang Bohu was indeed tortured in the first few days when he was escorted to Fusi in Beizhen, but he gritted his teeth and survived, and those prison officials saw that this kid had a hard mouth, and they were afraid that it would be difficult to explain if he beat people to death before the emperor closed the case, so they no longer used heavy punishment, and Tang Bohu finally saved a few days.

As a result, Xu Jing's confession, the prison officer on Tang Bohu's side suddenly felt a huge pressure on his shoulders...... It's all recruited over there, and Tang Bohu on my side is still holding on, which means that we haven't used enough torture, what should we do if we are held accountable by the court when we turn around?

Then he was tortured day and night, first by torture, and then by fatigue tactics, until he confessed.

In the end, Tang Bohu finally couldn't hold on, so he had to admit that I also took a piece of gold ingot to beg Cheng Minzheng.

When Tang Bohu recruited such a "significant" bribery fact, the prison officials could be regarded as letting him go, but at this time he was almost dead even half of his life, a suave Jiangnan genius, no longer heroic, like a lost dog, so that Tang Bohu had a feeling that life was worse than death.

Even if Tang Bohu and Xu Jing both confessed to bribery, Cheng Minzheng was not convinced, and Cheng Minzheng's willpower was obviously much higher than that of the two descendants.

Tang Yin and Xu Jing admit that bribery is not a crime to death, but he is different, if he admits to accepting bribes and leaking problems, not only will he be beheaded, but his family will also be sent to the army or belittled by the sectarian department, he has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he will not think about others but also think about his family.

After being imprisoned in April, Cheng Minzheng was subjected to torture in a period of more than a month, which is unimaginable to outsiders.

As a descendant, Shen Xi naturally knows Cheng Minzheng's final fate, and Shen Xi has some pity for Cheng Minzheng, who is a generation of Confucianism.

The people of the time praised "Cheng Minzheng is knowledgeable, and the article is the best Li Dongyang", both Confucian, Li Dongyang became an auxiliary minister of the cabinet and was relied on by Emperor Hongzhi, while Cheng Minzheng was framed and imprisoned, and finally ended up with a wrongful death.

This has not been tried by the Ministry of Science and Rites, which can be said to be a small stain on "Hongzhi Zhongxing", but because there is no public opinion in history, whether the question occurred or not, and who is the person behind Cheng Minzheng to death, is not known to historians.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" is attributed to Fu Han, but a Fu Han could not devise such a scheme at all. Shen Xi, as the party concerned, is now also in confusion.

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