Even if he had already predicted this outcome in his heart, Yang Zhen still felt a lot of surprise after Hu Ge, who rushed back to report the news, said what happened in the prison, and Yan Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said the conclusion of the matter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a while, he smiled helplessly: "After all, I still underestimated Zhang Juzheng's ability." Just by understatement, he solved the troubles that might have been inflicted on him, and he was able to let the dignified criminal department Shangshu cover it up for him, and he was really clever in his means! ”

"My lord, is this really Zhang Juzheng instructing that Li Ye to do this?" Several subordinates heard the meaning of his words, and immediately asked with some annoyance.

"Even if it wasn't completely instructed by him, it was with his permission that Li Ye dared to do such a thing. Moreover, the test questions were drawn up by Zhang Juzheng and the emperor together, and only from him could the questions be easily obtained. Even if Li Ye is an official of the Ministry of Rites, it is difficult for him to get the test questions unknowingly without his approval. Yang Zhen said his opinion indifferently.

"Since that's the case, let's talk about it, I don't believe that the world will really be deceived by him!" Cai Yingyang proposed in a muffled voice. And his statement has also been supported by many brothers, and no one wants to see his own adults suffer such a big loss.

But Yang Zhen showed a helpless smile again: "If this is useful, I will naturally not deny you." For now, though, it's not going to work. We don't have any substantive evidence in our hands to indicate that everything is Li Ye instructed by Zhang Juzheng, and now that even the only person is dead, there is no proof of death. ”

"Then Li Ye's death is not enough to show that Zhang Juzheng has a ghost in his heart? No matter how much the Criminal Department tries to cover it up, there is one thing they can't deny, that is, Li Ye died after he sent someone to see him, isn't this enough to show that they are thieves and kill people? Xia Kai also said what he meant.

"It's useless." It was not Yang Zhen who said this, but Shen Yan: "They can say that it was precisely because of Qin Gang's words that Li Ye was so ashamed that he was ashamed of himself, and then he had the idea of self-destruction." And in this way, it highlights that he Zhang Juzheng is just coming, and only sending one person to meet a criminal can make the other party commit suicide in shame. ”

"This ...... It's clearly reversing black and white! It is said that our Jinyiwei likes to confuse right and wrong, but now it seems that it is these sanctimonious officials who are really used to doing these things! When it comes to insidious and changeable, we are still far inferior to them! "It's Song Guang, who can't bear it anymore at this time.

"That's where they come in. As long as they give the impression of how upright they are, no matter how many dirty things they do behind their backs, ordinary people will only worship them highly. So this time, we really lost unjustly. Yang Zhen looked at the brothers, and slowed down his voice again: "But to be honest, we didn't fail this time, at least we were not completely caught in by them, but they saw through their conspiracy in time, and also eliminated Li Ye, who Zhang Juzheng relied on as his arm, so it was them who suffered." ”

"This is true, presumably Zhang Juzheng must be very uncomfortable at this time, and he has to get rid of his henchmen in order to protect himself. Also, after seeing Li Ye's fate, it is difficult to say whether other people around him will also have different thoughts. Shen Yan also echoed the authentic words.

Hearing the two of them say this, the hearts of the brothers calmed down a little, and they finally saw a smile on their faces: "But it's still cheaper for them, if the matter is further dignified, even if it can't really do anything to him, it can greatly ruin his reputation Zhang Taiyue, but now it can only be like this." ”

"Actually, have you thought about it, this may be the best for us." Yang Zhen suddenly said solemnly.

This sentence, let alone the brothers, even Shen Yan was stunned when he heard it: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Think about it, if we really blindly investigate the matter of this meeting, then we will really be openly enemies of Zhang Juzheng and the huge civilian forces behind him. As a result, we are in a very bad situation. And now, it is still possible to maintain a certain balance, so that Zhang Juzheng can't completely tear his face to fight us, isn't this a good thing for us? ”

"The adults really see it a lot farther than me, and I admire it." Shen Yan was the first to react, and nodded in agreement. Some of the others understand, and some don't, but since their own adults have said so, they can't object or complain anymore, even if they still muttered in their hearts, it's not good to say it anymore.

"Okay, after today, even if this incident is completely over, everyone will look ahead, as for how to fight back, there will definitely be opportunities in the future." Yang Zhen finally put an end to the matter.

"Yes!" The psychology of the subordinates has been relaxed a little, and they cheered up and agreed at that time.

After everyone left, the indifferent smile on Yang Zhen's face disappeared, and a few rays of light shot out of his eyes. Although he said so, his heart was still full of strong hostility towards Zhang Juzheng - Okay, I haven't made a move against you yet, but you made the first move. Then let's ride a donkey and read the record book and see, and see who can have the last laugh.

At least the current Zhang Ju can't laugh at all. Even though he knew that Li Ye was dead and could no longer pose any threat to himself, the uneasiness and unhappiness in his heart still could not be completely eliminated.

And after truthfully reporting the news of the Criminal Department, Qin Gang stood aside silently very familiarly, not daring to make the slightest sound to disturb the elder pavilion.

After a long period of silence, Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "Do you think I'm too ruthless this time?" actually asked you to force Li Yesheng to death in prison. ”

Seeing that Ge Lao suddenly spoke, Qin Gang hurriedly gathered his spirit to deal with it: "Ge Lao is serious, everything is Li Ye's fault first, if he hadn't done such a thing, how could Ge Lao ......"

Hearing him defend himself like this, the wry smile on Zhang Juzheng's face became thicker: "There are no outsiders here, why do you want to say such a lie?" He did get my approval for this meeting. ”

"The elder of the pavilion misunderstood, what the lower official was referring to was not this, but the fact that he was taken by someone. If it weren't for his lack of thought, how could he have ended up like this if he was too nervous afterwards and exposed such a big flaw? Qin Gang immediately explained.

There was some truth in his words, which made Zhang Juzheng's guilt a little better. Although this battle in the officialdom does not seem to have the swords and swords of the battlefield, and the flesh and blood are flying, the tragedy is sometimes greater than that of the latter. If a decision is wrong, the result is that the whole family will suffer, and even other officials close to him. Therefore, if you want to survive in the capital, you must be absolutely careful, and you must not show the slightest flaw.

And Li Ye ended up like this because of his low eyesight and low master. If he really wants to talk about it, he can only blame himself. After thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng's face looked a little better: "Although he said so, he came to this point for me after all, so you can do your best to do a little bit of what he is after." and his family, if he dies this time, a lot of this blame will fall on them, so you can help take care of it. ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands." Qin Gang hurriedly agreed. With their abilities, they may not be able to exonerate Li Ye's family, but they can protect them to the greatest extent, and it will be easy to take them out of exile after the rumors are not so tight.

"Go down, I'm a little tired, too. Let's hope this is the end of it. Zhang Juzheng waved his hand a little weakly, and Qin Gang retreated in response, and gently closed the door for him.

In fact, logically speaking, there is such a big fraud case in this meeting, and the imperial court must investigate it to the end, even if Li Ye has died in prison, it will not stop there.

But this time, things really began to die down as Yang Zhen expected and Zhang Juzheng expected. Not only did the Criminal Department not send anyone to conduct further investigations, but even the Imperial Historians in the Kedao Yamen seemed to be blind and deaf, and did not make any comments on this matter, nor did they see that they were impeached by the Criminal Department for failing to supervise them.

As for the criminal department, they only asked the court for a crime, and punished the guards in a few prisons, so they didn't have much to do, and then sent Li Ye to the palace for the closing statement that he had already confessed his guilt and committed suicide in fear of crime.

This time, even the emperor had no intention of pursuing it further, and after reading the song, he returned it to the cabinet and handed it over to the cabinet for final decision.

In this regard, this case of cheating in the test, which caused a lot of sensation at that time, came to a complete end with the death of Li Ye, leaving only some folk legends.

And with the reopening of the Enke Society, people's attention was refocused on this talent ceremony, and this incident was even less remembered and completely over.

It's just that this case has one more official who died in vain, and a group of poor family members who were implicated and were about to be sent to the northwest.

But at this time, no one would know that with the end of this tentative confrontation, the head-to-head duel between Yang Zhen and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the current dynasty, has just begun......