The examination is a central examination held by the imperial court, and the candidates are raised by the provinces, and those who are admitted are called tributes, and the tributes will become jinshi after passing the palace examination.

It can be said that the examination is the last pass of the imperial examination, because as long as there is no problem with the tribute, after passing the palace examination, they will obtain the fame of the jinshi, but the ranking is different.

It is precisely because the examination is stuck in the ladder to become a jinshi, so the chief examiner of the examination has always been the focus of competition for people from all walks of life, especially in the Chongzhen Dynasty, in order to control the government, the remnants of the eunuch party have been dominating the position of the chief examiner of the examination, in order to eliminate dissidents, so that the entire court is filled with their protégés.

Like Wen Tiren, in history, Chongzhen for four years, Chongzhen for seven years, Chongzhen for ten years, and three consecutive examinations, he was the chief examiner, and he didn't know how many dissidents he had "excluded".

Three terms is nine years, and the Chongzhen Dynasty has only seventeen years in total, and most of the time, the world's talents are almost destroyed by his hands.

This time, I can't say anything to make him this examiner!

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Bin immediately returned to Chongxing Temple, closed the door, and seriously considered how to make Wen Tiren, a treacherous villain, unable to be the examiner.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there were actually only two examiners who could take the exam.

This time, in order to win over the Restoration Society, Zhou Yanru will definitely compete for the position of chief examiner, because almost all the members of the Restoration Society are promoted at this time, and there are few Jinshi at all, and they are building momentum to support Zhou Yanru to succeed him as the first assistant of the cabinet, and it is also so that Zhou Yanru can pull them in during the examination.

Zhou Yanru doesn't have to worry about this, he said bluntly, he is a nerd with low emotional intelligence, at most he is a corpse vegetarian meal, the real harm to people, I haven't seen him do much, at least in terms of the imperial examination, he is at most biased towards Jiangnan candidates, and it is impossible to bring up some treacherous villains.

Besides, he is the first assistant of the cabinet, or the champion, it is unrealistic to want to take his position as the chief examiner, even if it is Wen Tiren, he will not want to squeeze him down at this time.

Zhou Yanru's seat as the chief examiner is occupied, and the remaining seat is the focus of contention.

So, why was Wen Tiren able to take the remaining seat?

First of all, it is naturally because Chongzhen trusts him;

secondly, because he has many henchmen and many people who elected him;

Finally, and most importantly, few people dare to disagree with him at this time.

There are many people who recommend him, but there are few who oppose him, and Chongzhen trusts him, so he can naturally get the position of chief examiner.

Chongzhen is a very stubborn person, once he trusts a person, it is difficult to dispel his trust, in the past two years, the courtiers have been unsuccessful in impeaching Wen Tiren, and it seems impossible to make Chongzhen suspicious of Wen Tiren in a short period of time.

There are many henchmen in the Wen Tiren court, and it seems that it is not possible to cut them off one by one in a day or two.

Thinking about it, the best thing Zhang Bin could think of was to let people go against him.

This contradictory tune can't be like those people who impeached him in the past, rushing up, all mouths, and reprimanding him for his evil deeds, because Chongzhen doesn't like this tune, he has been misled by Wen Tiren, thinking that everyone wants to kill Wen Tiren and make him a loner.

How to sing this counter-tune?

Zhang Bin couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in the early dynasty last time, when the champion Lang Wen Zhenmeng reprimanded Wen Tiren with righteousness.

At that time, Wen Tiren was speechless by Wen Zhenmeng, and he pretended to be a bodhisattva there.

Chongzhen didn't seem to show any disgust, and in the end he agreed to Wen Zhenmeng's proposal, and ordered Min Hongxue and Min Mengde to be tortured, forced out of the same party, and then executed by Ling Chi, forcing Wen Tiren to kill him.

This is a very successful example, how to replicate this example, Zhang Bin pondered again.

First of all, we have to find a reason to come out, this reason must not make Chongzhen disgusted, and it must make Wen Tiren speechless.

There are three ready-made heads, secretly marrying prostitutes as concubines, marrying more than one, accepting bribes many times, and using the power in their hands to seize people's property, which is said to have been verified and are all true.

Fortunately, this time it's not to overturn Wen Tiren, it's just that he can't be the examiner of the exam, this reason doesn't need to be too big, like accepting bribes and taking away people's property, just forget it, if you really use these two things to talk to Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren will not be speechless even if it is unreasonable, he must try his best to quibble, because these are all illegal, and if they are confirmed, they will be punished.

Secretly marrying a prostitute as a concubine, marrying more than one, this reason is just right, marrying a prostitute as a concubine is not a crime at this time, it's just that the reputation is not very good, the reputation is not good, and it seems a little too much to say if you want to be the examiner.

Wen Tiren is shameless, and he probably won't argue with others in the court about this kind of ugly thing, because it's too embarrassing.

He is very shameless, but it is all behind his back, if he really wants to fight in front of the civil and military officials with no face and no skin, he is afraid that he will not be able to afford to lose this person, and it is estimated that in the end he can only pretend to be a bodhisattva.

After having a reason, someone has to jump out to reprimand Wen Tiren, such a person is already difficult to find in the court, because those who jump out and are tough with Wen Tiren are basically cleaned up by him.

It is definitely not possible to let yourself be on the top, because the real people above the court are Xu Guangqi and Bi Maoliang, these two people, not to mention that they can't afford to sacrifice, even if they are willing to sacrifice, they may not be too warm.

It's not okay to let Huang Chenghao go up, this thing has been said a long time ago, he doesn't dare to be tough with Wen Tiren, even if he is forced to go up, he may not be too strong with Wen Tiren.

Thinking about it, Wen Zhenmeng is the most suitable.

Wen Tiren looked at Wen Zhenmeng's resentful eyes, others didn't pay attention, but Zhang Bin happened to see it.

Wen Zhenmeng is estimated to be hopeless, Wen Tiren will clean him up sooner or later, it is better to let him exert his "residual heat" before he is cleaned up.

In the end, the ministers still need to echo it, which is difficult to say, not difficult to say, under normal circumstances, the ministers will naturally not agree, but when everyone thinks that Wen Tiren is shameless in this matter, someone will jump out and echo it.

Zhang Bin carefully planned for nearly an hour, and finally planned everything, and then started to act.

Just after noon that day, in a dilapidated printing workshop in the white paper workshop in the southwest corner of the outer city, Zaolin Er Lane, the shopkeeper Hu Laosan was dozing off in a rocking chair, and a man with a black face suddenly broke in, slapped it on the code word table, and shouted: "What about the shopkeeper, you still can't print things?" ”

Hu Laosan jumped up from the rocking chair in fright, he originally wanted to get angry, but when he saw the big black body, he was coaxed, the tiger's back was bearish, it was estimated that he couldn't get up with a punch, he couldn't afford to provoke, and he endured it.

He put on a smiling face, nodded and said, "Guest officer, what do you want to print?" ”

The black-faced man scolded: "You don't care what I want to print, a foot wide paper, one piece, print 100,000 copies, how long will it take for you to print it?" ”

One foot wide paper, one piece, printed 100,000 copies, how do you feel that this product is to be printed in the newspaper?

Forget about the Di Bao, although the private printing of the Di Bao is a bit unruly, but in order to make money, he can also ignore the rules.

However, look at this fierce and vicious product, don't print it and don't give money, Hu Laosan said stubbornly: "Uncle, what style do you want to print, the style is different, the price is different, you don't ask the price, let me count the time for you, after all, it is not the money to invite someone to print." ”

This is how they are in a small workshop, they usually have a shopkeeper, and they don't invite anyone else, because they can't afford to raise it at all.

Only when they receive a business, they will ask someone to help according to the size of the business.

When the black-faced man heard this, he directly took out a silver ingot of ten taels and patted it on the code desk, and said angrily: "I'm afraid that I won't have any money to give, uncle!" ”

When Hu Laosan saw the silver, his eyes suddenly lit up, and it was easy to talk about money, so he immediately asked with a smile: "Uncle, do you need a special word, this inscription also needs to be counted as money." ”

The black-faced man said impatiently: "You can use whatever words you have, there are no requirements." ”

Hu Laosan then asked with a smile: "Then what paper do you want to use?" Jiangxi cotton paper is the most expensive, 100 pieces of 5 cents, Changshan Cambodian paper is the second, 100 pieces of 4 cents, almost even seven pieces of paper 100 pieces of 3 cents, the worst rough edge paper 100 pieces of 2 cents. ”

The black-faced man still said impatiently: "What are you talking about, just use the worst rough-edged paper." ”

Hu Laosan still smiled and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, just calculate according to the rough-edged paper, 100,000 sheets is twenty taels, and the ink money and wages add up to twenty taels for you, a total of forty taels." ”

The black-faced man took out three silver ingots from his arms, patted them on the code desk, and shouted angrily: "You pickled goods, the uncle asked you how long it would take to print, what do you do with a piece of silver, and you are afraid that the uncle will not be able to do without your silver?" ”

Hu Laosan looked at the four ingots of silver, his face turned into a chrysanthemum smile, he nodded again and again and said: "Uncle forgiveness, uncle forgiveness, 100,000 copies, ten days, how about it?" ”

When the black-faced man heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and scolded: "Donkey ball, I'll come to you in ten days, I won't print it myself, I said, how long will it take to print it at the earliest." ”

This posture is to beat people, Hu Laosan's frightened face changed, and he shook his hand again and again: "Uncle, you are angry, angry, five days, five days, okay?" ”

The black-faced man bullied Hu Laosan and shouted, "No, Uncle will want it tomorrow morning." ”

Hu Laosan was so frightened that he hid back, and said with a sad face: "Uncle, it can't be done, if it will be printed tomorrow morning, I have to invite a room of people, and I have to borrow a word block, borrow a table, forty taels, and the villain will have to lose money!" ”

When the black-faced man heard this, he took out two more ingots of silver, slapped them on the table, and shouted: "If you want money, you said it earlier, is it enough?" ”

Hu Laosan looked at the silver on the table, and then looked at the belly of this black-faced man, for a long time, this guy turned out to be not a big-bellied man, his stomach was full of silver!

Seeing that he was silent, the black-faced man took out two ingots of silver and slapped them on the table, and shouted angrily: "How much silver, what are you talking about, why are you stunned there, be careful that I beat you." ”

In fact, Hu Laosan said that it was a lie to lose money, forty taels to invite so many people just didn't make much money, at this time it's eighty taels, naturally enough, just earn forty taels, he can make so much money in a year, and when the business is good, although this black big man is fierce, he is happy to give money.

He nodded again and again and said, "Enough, enough, it's eighty taels, and I'll print it out for you tomorrow morning." ”

The black-faced man nodded and said, "It's pretty much the same." ”

After that, he directly took out a stack of manuscript paper from his arms, threw it to Hu Laosan, and then said in a rough voice: "Just press this seal." ”

Hu Laosan picked up the manuscript paper and looked at it, his face changed slightly, and what was written on it turned out to be the affair of Wen Tiren, the head of the court!

However, he was not so frightened that he threw away the paper, a small workshop like him, forbidden books dare to print, this little thing did not scare him, but he looked at Wen Tiren's affair with great interest.

This Wen Tiren is also shameless, he is lustful and romantic, lingering in the Qinglou, and the Qinglou woman is like glue, lingering, these are just that, later, he even wants to marry the Qinglou prostitute home!

He first fell in love with the famous purple pear flower of the Qinglou, and wanted to take it home as a concubine, but the family did not agree, so he married him back, and as a result, his wife was angry to death.

Later, he fell in love with the name of the Qinglou Ji Cai Ling'er, and wanted to take it home as a concubine, but the family still disagreed, and he married him back, and as a result, his father was angry to death.

Later, he fell in love with Qiu Yueyun, the name of the Qinglou, and wanted to take it home as a concubine, but the family still disagreed, so he married him back, and as a result, he was angry with his wife.

Hu Laosan was dumbfounded, is this the first assistant of the dynasty, this guy is simply lustful, but he didn't want his own life, but he his family to death!

Of course, these are made up by Zhang Bin, except for the names of the three Qinglou names are true, there is no way to verify other things, it can only be said that it is a coincidence that his wife died soon after he accepted the first one, his father died soon after he accepted the second one, and his wife died soon after he accepted the third.

At this time, he is almost sixty, his father and mother should all die normally, only his wife may be angry with him.

However, what does it matter about these, Zhang Bin is deliberately slandering Wen Tiren, anyway, if he wants to be in power, he has to get him down, there is no hope now, so let's talk about his reputation first!

That night, as soon as the sky was dark, Zhan Shifu's right Chunfang, Wen Zhenmeng, the champion of the Renxu Branch, was reading at night in the study of the mansion, and two black shadows suddenly appeared under the window outside his study.

The two black shadows cooperated quite tacitly, only to see one of the black shadows stand up with his waist bent, dip his fingers in some saliva, lightly poke two holes in the window, and look carefully into the study, while the other black shadow leaned against the wall and looked around carefully.

Soon, the black shadow on the window squatted down quickly, made a normal gesture, and then looked around cautiously with his back against his back, while the other black shadow took out a crossbow and stood up carefully, leaned over the small hole that had just been opened to carefully look at Wen Zhenmeng's position, and then raised his crossbow and aimed it at Wen Zhenmeng's back through the window.

Wen Zhenmeng in the study didn't know anything about it, and was still reading the book there carefully.

Suddenly, with a "whoosh", a crossbow bolt flew over his head, and with a "snap" it was nailed to the window bar opposite him!

He was taken aback, turned around and shouted angrily, "What man! ”

No one answered him at all, and the two men in black had already climbed over the fence along the reserved rope and walked away.

Seeing that there was no movement behind him, he wiped his cold sweat and looked back at the crossbow arrow on the window railing, and there was a thick bundle of paper tied to the crossbow arrow!

He quickly stood up, pulled out the crossbow arrow with all his might, removed the paper tied to it, and opened it to look closely.

Looking, watching, his face gradually showed a strange look, he seemed to see something ridiculous.