Chapter 12: The Aftermath (I)
There was silence here, but now Zheng Fang suddenly raised his voice to speak, and immediately these words echoed in the air of the entire examination room, allowing almost all the candidates to hear it clearly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"You ......" Hu Lin's face changed again, and the halberd pointed at Zheng Fang's eyes full of resentment, but he found that it was too late. Because with Zheng Fang's words, many candidates have poked out of the examination room, and some of the bold ones have walked out of that square inch and come to the aisle.
In fact, after Zheng Fang broke into the examination room, he had already alarmed the surrounding candidates. They didn't know exactly what was going on, but they thought something was wrong. And after Yao Boguang was found to be cheating, the nearby candidates couldn't settle down to answer the questions, but they focused their attention here. Now Zheng Fang's words are even more direct to the things they are most concerned about, but how can the candidates continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb?
In the midst of an uproar, several entourages brought by Zheng Fang had already rushed into the examination room where the candidates had come out and searched carefully. And in this way, the situation is even more controlled by them, and more candidates come out, only waiting for someone to search before giving an explanation.
Looking at everything that happened in front of him, Hu Lin knew that this time he was completely out of control, and he couldn't make the fraud a big one. He just stared at Zheng Fang and said, "Good, good, good...... Zheng Daozhi, you are really a good means. You're not afraid of making things big and hard to clean up! ”
"Master Hu, if it weren't for your care in the past six months, how could I have done such a thing. Therefore if you really want to talk about it, you will still worship what you have given it. Looking at everything in front of him, Zheng Fang's heart was settled, and he couldn't help but spit out all the grievances of the past six months.
At this moment, Hu Lin couldn't help but regret a little, he shouldn't have pushed the other party so hard, there was really no room left, no wonder he didn't let go once he seized the opportunity. But what's the point of talking about it now?
During the confrontation between the two, the entourage had searched several more people, but no problems were found. At this time, Zheng Fang spoke again: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and help check!" The object of his order came when he heard the sound, and more and more officials, miscellaneous servants, and those soldiers in the examination room.
Under the momentum of Lord Zheng's rainbow, these people actually acted according to orders, and they didn't even consult Hu Lin, the governor and the chief examiner. Obviously, these people also understand one thing, and now it is Zheng Fang who has the righteousness in hand, and there will be no mistake in listening to his orders.
Hu Lin looked at this scene, and his heart was even more resentful, but he couldn't do anything about it. And what happened next made him even more frightened, but after a while, someone shouted: "There is a problem with this candidate!" ”……
"There are people cheating here, and the good guys dare to snatch the evidence!" ……
"Someone cheats here, too!" ……
"...... here" was accompanied by a report, and the candidates who cheated in the township examination room were also found out one by one, and after careful counting, there were as many as 27 people. Most of them, like the Yao brothers, were found to have hidden the answers under their seats. This is clearly a premeditated, organized act of fraud.
"How so? How so? At this time, Hu Lin didn't even feel angry, but was at a loss, muttering the same sentence, and he was also shocked by such a fact. As Zheng Fang said, this fraud is indeed the product of internal and external collusion, and there are still many people inside, and their status is not low.
Hu Lin's authorities are fascinated, and they can't think of the reason, but Zheng Fang on the side has already guessed a rough idea. Naturally, this matter could not have been done by Hu Lin, the chief examiner, and he had no reason to do so as a governor, but it had nothing to do with him. It is precisely because he tried his best to get the position of the chief examiner that some deputy examiners want to make some benefits for themselves while being blushing. Since you, Master Hu, don't follow the rules, then it is only natural for us to seek some benefits for ourselves, even if you are aware of it, you will turn a blind eye.
It is precisely because some people have such intentions that there will be such rampant fraud in this township examination, which has never been done at any other time. The so-called upward and downward effect, the so-called upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked.
To be honest, Zheng Fang was also surprised to see that so many people were found to be cheating, but he still quickly calmed down and bowed his hand to the many obviously angry candidates around him: "Candidates, today's incident is indeed sensational, and it has wronged you. But this is the case, the official can only give you a guarantee, the government will definitely find out the ins and outs of this matter, so that no one will slip through the net, and give you an explanation. As for this township test, since this is already the case, let's leave it for the time being, and after the official invites the court, let's retake it again at a later date! ”
These words once again caused a big uproar among the candidates, and those who consciously played well were even more opposed. But there are also those who are sober-minded, but they think that this is actually not bad. Once those cheaters who have been caught are still there, I am afraid that their grades will be high, which is still an improvement in the possibility of winning the competition after all. As for waiting for a period of time before taking the township test, it will inevitably have to suffer some hardships, and after ten years of cold windows, is it still this trembling?
But no matter what these candidates think, Zheng Fang, who is now in control of the overall situation, has no reason to change since he has given the order. The dragon gate was wide open again, but it let them go.
Shen Yan came to Zheng Fang at this time, and whispered: "Dong Weng, just think about it, I'm afraid there are more cheaters." There are also candidates who bought through the joint word, because this cheating is made in the article, but I am afraid that it will not be found out in a hurry. ”
"It's just a matter of checking this slowly, and now we have time. What's more, what if he can't find out, this time it's already sensational enough, and the court will definitely not spare him. Zheng Fang squinted his eyes at Hu Lin, who was staggering away, and said coldly.
A township test ended like a farce like this, but the aftermath and impact of this incident are far from being able to end so quickly.
On the day of the incident, Zheng Fang and Hu Lin, as well as some relevant officials with the right to perform the matter, had already released their recitals. They stated today's events from their own standpoints, but no matter how much such a big fraud case was covered up, it was impossible to cover up the past.
Presumably, it will not be long before the imperial court will send relevant personnel to find out everything. During this period of time, Zheng Fang seized the opportunity that the initiative was still in his own hands and interrogated a group of fraudulent candidates to see if he could get the answers he wanted from these people.
On the other hand, this incident was also spread by all the candidates, and even quickly spread to the prefectures and counties of Huguang, making the matter further ferment. However, all of this is beneficial to Zheng Fang, everyone thinks that this political envoy is willing to stand up for the candidates, and Governor Hu, who is the main exam, is really a good official who is impartial and straightforward for the country and the people. This is exactly what Zheng and Shen wanted to see before they acted.
The people talked a lot about this matter, but there was one thing that was ignored by everyone - how could Lord Zheng know that someone was cheating, he was not an official in the examination room.
At this time, the initiator of this fraud case, Yang Zhen, who was completely ignored, has returned to Jiangling County. Coming back with him was the news of the township test fraud case that came back from Wuchang City, which was much faster than his footsteps.
"I can't imagine that such a big thing was actually caused by Erlang, it's really hard to believe." In the courtyard of the Yang family, the Yang brothers gathered together with Ruan Tong and Wang Haizheng, and after listening to Yang Zhen talk about his experience in Wuchang, Wang Hai was full of admiration, and kept looking Yang Zhen up and down, as if he had just seen him for the first time.
Ruan Tong also echoed: "Yes, yes, this is a big thing that we don't dare to do, and we can't do it, if you talk about courage and ability, Erlang is indeed much better than us." ”
It was Yang Chen who also expressed his surprise: "Yes, Erlang, when you said that you were going to Wuchang, I was worried that you would get into trouble." I didn't expect you to really get things done, and in such a clever way. ”
Yang Zhen smiled: "It's just a coincidence, it's really nothing." To be honest, I was surprised to hear that there was such a big deal in the exam room. Unexpectedly, that Master Zheng really had the ability, not only entered the examination room and arrested people, but also arrested more people through this, so that it was difficult to recover this matter. So if you want to say that the real credit for this incident is still in him. ”
After saying that, he looked at Ruan Tong and the others again: "Ruan Wuwang San, don't divulge my relationship with this matter, otherwise those who are caught cheating won't be able to do anything to Lord Zheng, but they will definitely find us to be angry." ”
"Cheng, I must not tell the fifth person about this!" Ruan Tong and the others were full of promises, only to clap their chests. Seeing this, Yang Chen on the side looked at his brother with great relief, it seems that after this experience, he is indeed much more stable than before.
"By the way, have you heard, the Yao family's life is not easy now. Two days ago, the Mid-Autumn Festival, their family was also gloomy, and they didn't even have lanterns, so they would take this opportunity to show off for a while in previous years. Wang Hai suddenly thought of something and said excitedly.
"This one is natural. As long as the cheater who is caught in the imperial examination will not only be deprived of his fame, but will also be confiscated into the army. And this is still ordinary fraud, and it is so serious like this time, no one will believe it if they say that their family will not be implicated. Yang Chen, who knew the inside story, analyzed: "This Yao family will not be able to escape this time. Maybe those who came from Wuchang will be sent out, and their official documents will be delivered soon. ”
"Hey, that's retribution." Ruan Tong said gloatingly.
But Yang Zhen turned his gaze to a small room next to him, and said in a deep voice: "Come out!" ”
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