As soon as the Huguang Township trial fraud case came out, it caused an uproar in the eyes of the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Originally, the case of fraud in the imperial examination, which is a major event for the state to promote talents, is enough to attract attention, not to mention such a bad internal and external collusion. And the place where it happened is in Huguang is even more interesting, as Zhang Juzheng's hometown, it is impossible not to be paid special attention to.

However, Zhang Juzheng was extremely low-key in this matter, no matter how the courtiers talked about the matter, he did not express his opinion, as if he was avoiding suspicion. Soon after, after several court discussions, the imperial court finally decided to send the left deputy of the Imperial Procuratorate, Yushi Zhongyu, to Huguang to find out everything.

In this regard, there was not much opposition from the top to the bottom of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and because Zhang Juzheng remained silent on this matter, he also won the praise of many people, saying that he was indeed a fair person. However, not everyone thinks this way, at least at this time, a few people sitting in a certain hall drinking tea have a different opinion.

"Zhang Taiyue is indeed very good, and he is also very accurate in this matter. While not involving himself, he found Zhong Yu, the most beneficial candidate for him, to go to Huguang to investigate the case. Now it has won a lot of praise, which is really clever! "The person who spoke was in his forties, with a long face and a slight beard, and his stature was not high.

"Why is this Zhong Yu also chosen by him? As far as I know, this Zhong Yushi is not his person. A small but stocky man couldn't help but ask.

"Zhong Yu, the deputy of the left and the imperial history of the capital, has been a scholar in Jiajing for 40 years, and has successively served as an official position in the Hanlin Academy, the official department in the middle of the matter, and the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and is upright. Back then, he also impeached Xu Jie, Gao Gong and other first assistants, and today's first assistant Zhang Juzheng was also impeached by him on the same day, this person should not be Zhang Taiyue's party. "The third man has a thin body, a narrow face, and a pair of triangular eyes that give people a cold and unapproachable meaning.

"I never said that Zhong Yu was a member of the Zhang Party." The first person smiled: "Brother Criminal, I remember the resume of my court officials clearly, which makes me admire it." ”

The criminal brother's face only twitched, and he thought he had laughed. And the other couldn't help but say: "In that case, why did Brother Zhang say that?" ”

Brother Zhang took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "This is where Zhang Taiyue is clever. Everyone is watching this matter so closely, if he sends his own people to investigate, how will the courtiers talk about it? Even if the facts of the case are finally clarified, I am afraid that everyone will say that there is a problem.

Since this is the case, Zhang Taiyue can only find an official who has nothing to do with him to run this trip. And Zheng Fang's recital has also been watched, and he clearly wants to make the fraud case bigger, which Zhang Taiyue does not want to see. It is necessary to find out the facts of the case as soon as possible so as not to spread and affect him, and to convince the courtiers that there are not many people who can use Zhang Taiyue, and this Zhong Yu is indeed the best choice.

In fact, he also understands that now the court seems to be under his full control, but there are not a few people like you and me, and he can't be cautious. Otherwise, in order to prevent the fire of the fraud case from burning on his body, Zhang Taiyue could have acted arbitrarily and sent someone to deal with it. ”

After he said this, the other two understood the problem, and nodded again and again: "Zhang Taiyue is indeed good, and he has done things so well in just a few days." ”

"In a short period of time? You're underestimating him too much. With Zhang Taiyue's intelligence, he was afraid that he would know that he had already made such a decision. Otherwise, how could he stand out among the many masters of the first emperor, and how could he easily bring down Gaoxin Zheng? We have to be his enemy, but we still have to be as careful as possible. Brother Zhang said solemnly.

When the other two heard him say this, their faces became more serious, and they nodded frequently. After that, Brother Xing said: "In this way, we can't catch him in this matter?" We can't do anything about it? ”

"We really can't get a hand in this. Zhong Yu will definitely judge impartially and will not help anyone. But that doesn't mean we can't do anything. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you remember what you came to me last month? At that time, I felt that the time had not yet come, so I told your people not to act rashly. Now, I think the time has come. It's just a case of fraud in the field that may not convict Hu Lin and others, but with that, the certainty is greater. As long as these people are driven out of Huguang, I can arrange for some reliable people to enter Zhang Taiyue's hometown and keep an eye on him from behind! Brother Zhang sighed again when he said this: "Now that the situation is like this, we can't fight him in the court, so we have to find another way." ”

The other two were also silent for a while, but soon, they showed determination again.

When Zhang Juzheng seemed to have mastered the overall situation of the imperial court and had no opponents, the undercurrent was already surging under the calm water, but he didn't know how powerful and destructive this undercurrent was.

Unlike the undercurrent in the capital, Huguang is really open.

Zheng Fang took advantage of the fraud case to regain some power, but he couldn't think that Hu Lin would squeeze out Hu Lin like he had before. Not to mention that the other party's identity is higher than him, even other officials who have nothing to do with this matter will not be able to defect to his side at this time.

And the result of this is that the only place where Zheng Fang can make a move now is the fraud case, and before the imperial court sent someone to arrive, he still held the initiative in the case. In order to bring this matter to Hu Lin, he interrogated the candidates who were taken down for several days. But in the end, I still didn't ask for anything too valuable.

At this time, Zheng Fang knew that there was not much time left for him, and in order to get more, he decided not to wait for the imperial court to come, and first attacked the families of those arrested candidates, which was what Yang Zhen wanted to see the most.

At this time, Yang Zhen has become a glorious messenger among the county officials of Jiangling County, Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang.

He thought that he would need to be assessed to do things in the county office, and he was fully prepared. Unexpectedly, the three of them only went to the county government and Wang Hai's cousin Zhao Qiao said, and as soon as the latter reported to the top, their identities were confirmed.

This was really beyond Yang Zhen's expectations, but at the same time, he also felt that there was a big gap between this county official and what he thought. In fact, there is not a small gap, it is a judgment of the clouds.

The civil servants of later generations are a profession that everyone yearns for, with good guarantees and high welfare, and some are still very idle. But this county government official is just the opposite, not to mention many things, many times it is even more thankless, the merit is above, but you have to carry it, and the income is even less pitiful.

Originally, if it was another county government, he could still rely on his identity to make some oil and water, which was also the acquiescence of the official. But this Jiangling County is a county attached to Guo, and the situation is different. There is a saying in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty: "Three lives are unfortunate, and the county is attached to Guo; Three lives do evil, attached to the provincial city of Guo; The evil is full of evil, attached to Guo Jingcheng. "Although it's a county order, why aren't they other people in the county government?

In Jiangling County, there are not only county officials, but also government offices, as well as Liao Wangfu and Zhangjia, which are much more powerful than county officials, and none of them can afford to be offended by a small seven-rank official, let alone these officials. Because of this, the officials of Jiangling County changed quickly, and they were always dissatisfied, which made Yang Zhen's three former gangsters with a bad reputation get involved.

However, because he knew that it was not easy to recruit a few people, the county commander Wu Yuan gave them a salary more than that of other places, which was five dollars a month. But after knowing that there was only such a small amount of money, Yang Zhen was speechless, he finally knew how hard it was to be a little person in this era, and what a huge sum of money he got when he went to Wuchang that day, which was the sum of almost a year of his first job.

Since he chose this job, Yang Zhen doesn't plan to give up casually, just less, he believes that with his own ability, he can always make achievements in this position.

And there are many benefits in the county office, at least the news is much better than at home. He had only been officially in the government for three days before he learned the good news that his brother could participate in the re-run township examination. Of course, all this will have to wait until the fraud case is closed. After learning the news, he immediately went home, so he finally persuaded Yang Chen to leave for Wuchang immediately.

Yang Chen saw that his brother was much more mature than before, and finally left with confidence. In fact, he is willing to miss the opportunity, you must know that after this time, he will have to wait for another three years.

A few days after Yang Chen left, another piece of news that Yang Zhen was happy to hear came out of the yamen -- Zheng Fang had sent someone to question Yao Boguang, the cheating Yao Boguang, and Yao Changsong, the father of Yao Shuguang's brother, and ordered Jingzhou Prefecture and Jiangling County to send people to guard Yao's house so that no one could escape.

This matter has no oil and water to fish, and it offends people, so the people of Jingzhou Mansion naturally don't want to mess with it, so they simply ordered Jiangling County to deal with it with full authority. This is also the sorrow of Fuguo County, whatever is difficult, the boss will push it on your head. Wu Zhixian had no choice but to ask the team leader Zhao Qiao to arrange manpower.

There are not many errands in the county office, and many of them are old fritters who let them see difficulties, either you have a headache or my stomach hurts, and they refuse to take this hot potato. In desperation, Zhao Qiao had to find Yang Zhen and the others and arrange this task for them.

"Cousin, if it's not my cousin, I won't take care of you, it's really ...... Hey, those people are more slippery than loaches, and they really can't move. You're new here, so I'm going to make you work hard this time. After arranging the task, Zhao Qiao said apologetically.

I didn't want the three of them to be unhappy at all, and Yang Zhen's eyes were even brighter: "Hey, I really did the right thing to do when I came to the county government on an errand this time." If someone else wants to do it, I'm going to snatch it! ”

"Huh?" Zhao Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that his cousin had asked him to check on people, and he immediately understood. But the uneasiness in his heart was a little heavier.