On the seventh day of the first month of March, Li Dongyang officially wrote to Emperor Hongzhi, saying that Tang Yin and Xu Jing were not among the admissions, and asked the Son of Heaven to decide.

The day earlier, the transcript of the people's rumors about Shen Xi's involvement in the Ministry of Rites Examination Yuan Shen Xi was also presented to the Son of Heaven, as Xie Qian expected, the Son of Heaven had the intention of staying in the middle and not posting, after all, the examination has been released, and to deprive a trial Huiyuan, after the release of the list, it is obviously much more complicated than before the release of the list.

On the same day, Emperor Hongzhi sent Li Dongyang's recital to the Ministry of Rites for discretion.

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took "before and after reading the papers to get between, and checking the two Zhu volumes, whether there was a death or not before the trial, and the matter of the internal curtain, the department could not decide, please still move the original examiner, and play it by itself, don't be in vain, and discuss it horizontally", Emperor Hongzhi approved the imperial approval, and temporarily set the case as an unsolved case, Hua Yu, Tang Yin, and Xu Jing were sent to the Zhenfu Division.

The three of them went to prison, not because they were as good at talking as when Li Dongyang was admitted to the school Shen Xi, Lun Wenxu, and Sun Xu, but directly went to prison for torture, and as for Cheng Minzheng, the other party to the incident, he was not imprisoned for the time being, but he was still at home and kept in custody.

The imperial court issued an order to punish Tang Yin and Xu Jing, and the lifters applauded regardless of whether they knew the truth of the matter or not.

The literati are light, and those who can come to the capital to take the exam are already considered the best among the students, and they don't look down on others as famous as themselves. After Tang Yin and Xu Jing arrived in the capital, they made a huge movement, which can be described as incomparable, and they have long been jealous of the scholars, but now they are tragically imprisoned but "everyone is looking forward to it".

Only in the matter of Shen Xizhong's members, there are still many dissatisfied voices among the children.

It was also these candidates who kicked their noses and faces, because they created public opinion before, and they put world-famous Jiangnan talents like Tang Yin and Xu Jing in prison, thinking that as long as they continued to make noise, the imperial court would inevitably take action.

As a result, after the end of the Ministry of Rites' examination, most of the people did not leave the capital, but held a literary meeting in groups of three or five to criticize the improper use of personnel by the imperial court. Cheng Minzheng leaked the exam questions, so that some unscrupulous people profited.

Although the lifters did not dare to think that the imperial court would try the Ministry of Rites again, at least they would let Shen Xi, the Huiyuan, suffer, and they would not get any benefits. But you can't make others feel better.

Harming others and benefiting oneself is exactly what scholars like to do the most in these years.

And when the rumors outside intensified, Shen Xi continued to stay in the Dongsheng Inn and kept his door closed, and Yu Niang probably told him about the things outside. Let him know where he stands.

"It's a mediocrity not to attract envy." Shen Xi could only sigh like this in the end.

In fact, Shen Xi did not have a clear conscience, Tang Yin and Xu Jing really didn't get the exam questions in advance, but he knew it a long time ago and was well prepared, otherwise even if he was well-read, he wouldn't pay attention to such a cold book as "Retreat" and "Mo'an Collection", even if he wanted to read it, with the amount of books in the remote place of Tingzhou, he would not want to find it. Shen Xi won because he was a person with a heart.

As for what others think, he doesn't care too much. There is no real justice in this world, as if he was reincarnated as a human being, and he has been hundreds of years ahead of others' knowledge, and others have studied hard for decades, so why is he not a human being in two lives?

“…… In March, His Majesty Jiaxu and Fengtian Temple personally asked, if the thieves did not come in the next few days, Gongzi would just go to take the exam, and even Lord Liu said that he could not delay Shen Gongzi's future. ”

Yu Niang informed Shen Xi of the situation of the palace test.

The Jiaxu day in March of the twelfth year of Hongzhi is March 15. It has only been five days since the temple examination.

Shen Xi had long thought about stepping on the scenery of the Jinluan Palace in person, but now that he was on the cusp of the storm, he was worried about whether the next move of the imperial court would be due to the pressure of public opinion. Deprive him of his fame. If this is the case, let alone this time, it will be difficult to set foot in the Jinluan Hall again in the future.

Shen Xi even thought about a way out in the future.

Since the beginning of being reincarnated, Shen Xi has an idea, that is, to show his ambitions in the imperial examination, because of this era. Everything is inferior, only by reading can you be an official, you can be a great minister, and you can firmly control your destiny in your own hands.

But if he is deprived of the name of Huiyuan, it is likely that he will be assigned to a small official like Tang Yin and Xu Jing in the future, and he will not be allowed to participate in the examination for life, which will completely cut off his path to the imperial examination.

Shen Xi thought that if he encountered the same situation as Tang Yin, he might be ashamed to take office, and he didn't bother to be an unruly official who looked up to others.

There are three paths ahead:

The first is to continue to do business and make the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce bigger and stronger. But Shen Xi felt that since he had been admitted to the membership for a while, he might not have a peaceful state of mind if he went back to do business;

The second is to join the army, which is the best way, to put pen to paper, to make a difference in the field, and to take care of Liu Daxia, the future secretary of the military department, presumably when he is old, he can get a martial arts position of four or five grades. But there is a great risk in the middle, Shen Xi has been thin since he was a child, if he really tosses around the border for more than ten years, and then goes deep into the desert, grassland, or the southwest miasma to fight, it is estimated that his untimely death is expected;

The third way, like Tang Yin, never asks about political affairs, but in Daming, can he really jump out of this secular box?

Shen Xi was depressed, and with nothing to do before the palace exam, he couldn't help but think about more things.

Shen Xi even boldly imagined that if he really had no chance to get away with his career from now on, why not do it vigorously? However, if you want to build a ship and sail to explore the world, but you are reluctant to accompany the people around you, if you take advantage of King Ning's rebellion against the imperial court to stand on your own, you may not have such a strong appeal.

"If you are really born in any era, it is difficult to realize your ambitions." Shen Xi looked at the night sky, and could only think to himself.

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March 14th, is the twelfth year of Hongzhi has not been the day before the palace examination, on this day the emperor will appoint the palace examination to read the papers, the court and the central government to lead a high-ranking official, this day are edicted to enter the palace to see.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, the three cabinet scholars, needless to say, must be one of the officials who read the papers in this palace examination, in addition to the three of them, there are also Li Jie, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Jiao Fang, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and Wang Wei, young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu and bachelor of Hanlin Academy, all three of whom are Hanlin officials.

In addition, it is the prince and the prince and the secretary of the ministry of the secretary Tu Tu, the prince and the prince of the household department of the book Zhou Jing, the prince of the prince and the prince of the military department of the secretary Ma Wensheng, the prince of the criminal department of the book Bai Ang, the prince of the Ministry of work of the prince and the secretary of the Ministry of work Xu Guan, the prince of the young protection of the capital of the Zuodu Yushi Mingui, Dali Temple Qing Wang Shi.

Among the six Shangshu, only Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not attend, and he was replaced by Lang Yuan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of the political department.

Because the Ministry of Rites examination involved the questioning case, the faces of the ministers who met the audience were somewhat gloomy.

Before entering the palace, someone had discussed this matter in private. In the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven held court meetings, and most of the emperors discussed the pending matters in the cabinet recitals, and some of them were left in the middle and did not be issued, and the ministers needed to discuss and deal with them.

Of course, not every copy of the recital needs to be discussed, but at the moment Emperor Hongzhi obviously has a relatively difficult thing in his hands, that is, about this session of the Ministry of Rites examination, there are officials who play, and the public opinion of the scholars believes that the question case is related to Yuan Shenxi, the new Ministry of Rites and Rites.

Even if Shen Xi and Tang Yin are famous in the capital, it is impossible for the ministers of the court and the central government to know everything, but after Shen Xi was involved in the case and Emperor Hongzhi did not publish the manuscript for participating in Shen Xi's case, it was difficult for the minister to know.

Among the ministers who were about to be appointed as the palace examination officials, two of them had already known Shen Xi before, one was Zhou Jing, the secretary of the household department, and the other was Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, and they were all from Liu Daxia's channels, or they had seen Shen Xi in person, or had heard of Shen Xi.

As for Shen Xi, who is currently helping Liu Daxia track down the grain theft case in the treasury, the two of them are more or less aware of the situation.

Among the ministers who met with him, the lowest official rank was Yuan Shouzhi.

Yuan Shouzhi is a straightforward person, with a clean and honest nature, and a widow. Private banquets are not available. After returning home, like the common people, his honesty and frugality were recognized by future generations. Among the current ministers, he has a relatively good relationship with Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng.

At this time, Yuan Shouzhi was muttering in his heart, how can I, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, be the head of the Ministry of Ministers, and actually be the same as the Cabinet Auxiliary Minister, the Hanlin Scholar and the Seven Secretaries? When I met Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he was still good, why is he not seeing anyone now? Could it be that he is involved in the problem?

Yuan Shouzhi was a little worried in his heart, and when he entered the palace, he hurriedly inquired about the situation with Ma Wensheng and Zhou Jing, who were traveling with him.

"Two scholars, do you know why His Majesty wants to let the lower officials be the palace test paper officials?" As his name suggests, Yuan Shou Naoren is straightforward, and he asks questions directly.

Zhou Jing was slightly stunned, and then replied: "Xu Shangshu may have something else important." ”

Among the six ministers of the imperial court, the relationship is also divided and sparse, in addition to factions, it also involves the difference between the emperor's close ministers and foreign ministers.

Emperor Hongzhi is probably virtuous, and he can basically appoint people on the basis of merit, but it is not necessarily the case.

There are a lot of "ministers" in the Hongzhi Dynasty, and Emperor Hongzhi only favors Empress Zhang, and Zhang's relatives are naturally favored, but he said that this Xu Qiong, although not surnamed Zhang, has an in-law relationship with his relative Zhang, and his concubine is the sister of Empress Zhang, so Xu Qiong has always been estranged from those officials who are promoted on the right path in the imperial court, such as Ma Wensheng, Zhou Jing and others.

Ma Wensheng and Zhou Jing both started from being little officials, and they did practical things in the imperial court, but this Xu Qiong has not made much achievements since he became an official, but because he is the emperor's brother-in-law, he actually achieved the book of the Ministry of Rites.

Now that there is a question case, perhaps Emperor Hongzhi thinks that he is incompetent as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he even refuses to let him do it.

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PS: Fifth Update!

I suddenly found that many things can't be explained without explanation! Today, the Son of Heaven is desperate, and he has to finish this plot no matter what. Keep coding words and go too! (To be continued.) )