It wasn't until this incident that Yang Zhen learned from Zhang Siwei that he also remembered this rule in the examination room at the last moment, so he immediately sent someone over to "expell" Yang Zhen from the Tribute Academy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It stands to reason that once the Gongyuan is closed and the examination is opened, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and even several chief examiners and deputy chief examiners do not have this power. However, there is an exception, that is, anyone who is found to be cheating in the examination room will be expelled from the examination room and taken down by the officers and soldiers outside, and will be severely punished after the examination.

Zhang Siwei ignored this point because he was nervous before. It wasn't until Yang Zhen left that he calmed down a little and thought of such a workaround, anyway, the rules didn't say that the examiner couldn't drive away other officials who assisted him, so he used this power to expel Yang Zhen from the examination room and let him leave smoothly under the pretext of expelling him.

Many things in officialdom are like this, which seem to be incompatible, but in fact, there are hidden loopholes, as long as you look for them carefully, you can naturally find a way smoothly.

Of course, Yang Zhen, who walked out of the Tribute Courtyard at this moment, didn't know the reason, and he didn't have the heart to think about the reason, he was just thinking about solving the problem in front of him as soon as possible. However, now he has two choices, one is to return to the Zhenfu Division and discuss with others before making the next decision, and the other is to go directly to the palace to see the emperor and explain what happened.

After a little weighing, Yang Zhen chose the latter without hesitation. Because he thought that when he came out of the examination room, he would probably alarm those guys who were planning to harm him in a short time, and if he was a little slower, he would definitely give them time to react, which would not be so beneficial to him. Moreover, after all, this time the matter was too big, even he didn't dare to make too much of his own opinions, so he could only leave it to the emperor to deal with.

The last point is to see that the current time is the early dynasty, presumably at this time to rush to explain the matter, and still kill those designers by surprise.

After making up his mind, Yang Zhen didn't delay any longer, and immediately ran quickly in the direction of the palace. But before he could run two steps, a greeting came from behind him: "Your Excellency, ......"

Yang Zhen was stunned when he heard the sound, and when he turned around, he saw Song Guang and a few other subordinates leading the horses over, and immediately looked happy, and he didn't say anything to them, took the reins, turned over and got on the horse, and after whipping it violently, he quickly galloped towards the palace.

However, Yang Zhen obviously still ignored one detail, that is, now his identity is no longer the Qincha when he returned to Beijing from Jiangnan before, if the emperor and his ministers were still in the early dynasty at this time, he would not be able to enter the palace at all. The rules in the palace have always been strict, so naturally it is impossible to break them for him.

But fortunately, Yang Zhen's luck this time was indeed not bad, when he hurriedly drove his horse to the front of the palace, he saw a large group of officials walking out of it slowly with steady steps, obviously the early dynasty had just ended.

Among them, Zhong Yu, who has always had a good relationship with Yang Zhen, soon saw him standing on the side, and was immediately stunned, and couldn't help but want to go up and ask what happened. Zhong Yu knew that Yang Zhen was in charge of the trial supervision field this time, and when he saw him appear here at this time, he would naturally be full of doubts.

But Yang Zhen didn't want to talk to him at this time, after all, he didn't dare to guarantee whether it would be a blessing or a curse after today, so he naturally didn't want to affect this friend, so he shook his head at him. Zhong Yu is also a clever person, seeing him like this, although the doubts in his heart are even worse, he did not come back, but turned his steps, followed the others to the sedan chair that stopped on the side, and got in.

It's just that during this delay, many officials saw Yang Zhen, and everyone immediately whispered with some suspicion. Although not everyone knew that Yang Zhen should not appear here now, the word that he knew the inside story quickly aroused everyone's attention.

Yang Zhen didn't pay much attention to this. Maybe for the people, officials are so sacred and unattainable, but when it comes to them, in fact, these officials of different ranks are no different from ordinary people, they want to chew their tongues, just let them go.

Jumping off the horse with an indifferent face, Yang Zhen took off the jade waist card he had been wearing around his waist, and handed it directly to the forbidden army on duty outside the palace gate: "Please also give a message to Your Majesty, Yang Zhen, the secretary of the brocade guard, asks to see." ”

Generally speaking, it is up to the emperor to decide what courtiers he wants to meet, and there is almost no way for foreign ministers to take the initiative to ask to see the emperor. This is also the reason why the previous Jiajing Emperor and the historical Wanli were able to see officials for decades. But of course, there are exceptions, such as cabinet ministers, who, as the emperor's most trusted and most relied on officials, can take the initiative to seek the emperor's advice. In addition, even some courtiers who are trusted by the emperor may also have such favor, and Yang Zhen belongs to the latter.

The general of the forbidden army guarding the palace gate was quite familiar with Yang Zhenna, and he didn't know that he was in charge of the examination room at the moment, so he just smiled, said hello, and asked his subordinates to take his waist card into the palace.

After Yang Zhen waited at the palace gate for half an hour, the forbidden army turned back, hugged his fist at Yang Zhen and said, "Yang Yanshi, please!" ”

......Seeing that he was able to enter the palace smoothly, Yang Zhen was a little relieved, at least he had a good start. After greeting a few familiar soldiers of the Forbidden Army, he strode into the palace with his head held high. After walking along the palace corridor that he had gradually become familiar with, he saw a familiar little yellow door waiting there with the emperor, and when he saw him, he showed that he was here to lead the way, and took Yang Zhen inside.

Everything went smoothly, and after another while, Yang Zhen finally saw the same surprised little emperor Wanli in the side hall of the Taihe Palace. As soon as he saw Yang Zhen coming, he couldn't help but say, "Yang Qing, why did you come out of the Gongyuan?" What the hell is going on? ”

Wanli, who had just finished the early dynasty just now, wanted to take a break, but heard that Yang Zhen was asking to see him outside, which made the little emperor surprised and uneasy. Because he remembered that Yang Zhen was in the prison meeting, if something serious didn't happen, it would be impossible to run out of there at all. So he didn't have any delay, so he asked someone to bring Yang Zhen over.

Yang Zhen first greeted the emperor according to the rules, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to ask for sin." ”

"Please? What did you do? Could it be that there was a conflict with Zhang Siwei? The Emperor asked a little strangely.

"That's not it, it's because something big happened this time." Yang Zhen said that he no longer went around in circles, while taking out the evidence of the test questions he was carrying and handing it to Sun Hai on the side to present to the Son of Heaven, while at the same time giving a general overview of the serious situation that Jin Yiwei found that someone was stealing and selling the test questions.

Hearing this, Wanli's whole face suddenly became gloomy, and even his body trembled a little with anger unconsciously. Although he was not very old, he also knew the importance of the imperial examination to the country, which was the foundation for the normal operation of the entire imperial court. Now, how can someone not make him angry when someone does such a thing in the Enko exam after his wedding?

Because of this, Wanli ignored one point - since Yang Zhen was in the examination room, how did he know about the changes in the outside world? Now in addition to anger, there is only anxiety in his mind, this has been taking the exam for more than a day, and now it is revealed that someone is cheating, but how to end it?

Once the matter spreads, those who refer to it will naturally refuse to take a break, even ordinary officials and ordinary people will definitely be very dissatisfied with the imperial court. And all this, I'm afraid that a lot of it will fall on his emperor's head.

As soon as he thought of this, Wanli only felt a headache. After a while, he could only turn his gaze for help to Yang Zhen: "Yang Qing, you say, what should we do?" ”

In this regard, Yang Zhen had already communicated with Zhang Siwei a little, and immediately said: "Now the plan, in order to prevent things from deteriorating further, the only way to stop this meeting is to stop this meeting first." As far as the officials guessed, the leakage of the test questions this time was not for someone's personal gain, but for the poisonous scheme set up against the officials in the examination room. ”

"What does that mean?" The Emperor was stunned again, and his eyes narrowed.

Yang Zhen didn't hide it, so he told his speculation: "This test question was circulated after Lord Zhang and his ministers just entered the Tribute Academy. In other words, they did it because we had no way of knowing what was going on outside. Also, according to the people under the minister, those who sold the exam questions were all in a gang, and it was obvious that someone was behind the scenes, so they dared to do such a thing! ”

When the emperor heard this, Long Yan was immediately furious, and slapped his palm on the imperial case: "How can this be true, dare to use the country's talent ceremony as a means to vent personal anger, what kind of person dares to do such a heart-wrenching thing!" ”

"This ...... It's hard to guess. Of course, Yang Zhen has the object of suspicion, but it is naturally difficult to say at this time.

After a pause, Yang Zhen reminded again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority now is to stop this meeting first, otherwise once the matter becomes big, the court will be completely passive." This is the purpose of his rush to enter the palace today, as for how to find out the person who framed him, it is a matter of first clearing himself out.

But this time, Wanli seemed a little hesitant. After all, he is still young, he is not enough in terms of responsibility, and the matter is too big, so it is a little difficult to make a decision for a while.

At this time, the attendant guarding the outside of the hall suddenly whispered outside the door: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ge Lao asks to see you." ”

"Master Zhang? How did he get here? The emperor couldn't help but mutter, as if he was suspiciously happy.

And Yang Zhen, after hearing that Zhang Juzheng was coming, he was also nervous, this is the biggest suspect in his heart, he came at this time, did he know that the situation had changed, and he was a thief?