In one day, the monthly pass has risen from more than 500 to more than 700, thank you for your support! Last night, I finally finished writing the end of the night palace that I had been entangled for a month, and I was finally able to let go of a big stone in my heart. In the last 14 hours today, I hope you can help cast your precious monthly ticket, and finally go crazy, at least three watches today!

In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, there was a lot of trouble in the examination fraud case, and the two lifters Tang Yin and Xu Jing, who were once famous in the local area, fell together, but this did not reduce the enthusiasm of the movers to take the exam. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, those who failed to take the list had to return to their hometowns to re-take the township examination before they could participate in the examination again, but now it has been changed to once the middle school can take the examination for life, and the number of people who will take the examination is naturally huge. This year, the number of examiners reached nearly 3,000, and the two examiners alone were naturally far from enough, and there were a full seventeen examiners from the Hanlin Academy. The chief examiner Zhang Yuanzhen is nearly seventy years old, and his spirit is not good, and Yang Tinghe, who is in the prime of life, has become the real backbone.

At the end of the examination on February 18, the ranking list had to be set on February 23, and the 17 same examiners plus the two examiners had to read thousands of papers, and no matter their energy or endurance, they were naturally extremely limited. Among them, those who have scribbled handwriting are left aside almost without saying a word, and those with neat handwriting and steady words will always take a few more looks. Even so, after reading a lot of recommendation papers sent by the examiner in the seventeenth room in the morning, Yang Tinghe was still a little tired, and after lunch at noon, the surname Suo stood in the courtyard with squinted eyes and basking in the sun, still reminiscing about a few papers in his heart.

The ranking of the examination can be said to be completely in the hands of the two examiners, although he has not yet opened the seal, and he does not know who is who, but he is still quite satisfied with the level of this imperial examination. At this moment, thinking of a few sentences that he admired when he watched Shi Jijie, he couldn't help but smile, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a soap subordinate dodging there.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Yang Tinghe frowning, Na Soap Li hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Hui, it's nothing, it's just that there are many people in this imperial examination, so there are many people waiting outside the Gongyuan to find out the news." There are many people with mixed mouths, and the noise is constant, and the small ones are afraid of disturbing the adults, so they come to take a look. ”

Yang Tinghe only won the top three in the palace examination that year, but now he is a scholar of Zuochunfang University and a bachelor of Hanlin, this is the first time he has served as the chief examiner of the general examination, and it is needless to say that he will be full of ambition for the teacher. Hearing this, he listened attentively, and sure enough, he heard the constant noise outside, and he was a little unhappy for a while: "Although it is like this every year, such a hustle and bustle has passed." Didn't Shuntianfu send a messenger to maintain it, why was he so negligent in his duties! ”

That soap Li didn't want to be embarrassed by others, however, the hustle and bustle outside was really too much, and he followed Yang Tinghe from Hanlin Academy to do things, knowing the temper of this adult, at this time he had to stubbornly snort: "My lord, this Shuntianfu messenger is gambling with people......

"What! How dare they be so bold! ”

Seeing Yang Tinghe's brown color, the soap Li hurriedly explained: "My lord, it's not those dice throwing and other gambling, it's that the various idlers who are waiting outside to find out the news in the past two days are a little boring, so they opened a gambling game of betting on whether they will pass the test or not, as well as the ranking, etc., that is, betting a penny to solve the boring trick." It's just that as soon as this gambling plate opened, there were more and more people betting and discussing, and there was an uproar as soon as they came and went, and even the servants of Shuntianfu joined in. It's just that although it is noisy, this order is okay......"

"You don't have to say it!"

For this soap Li who has been following him since he entered the Hanlin Academy, Yang Tinghe is naturally quite trusted, and he knows at this time that although this is true, there must be some untruths. He didn't dare to underestimate this little gambling scene, and after pondering for a while, he said: "In this way, you change your clothes and go outside to listen to what these people's gambling scenes are all about, and what they have said." ”

"But this tribute courtyard is surrounded by the brocade guards of Beizhen Fusi......"

"Ye Guang has always been fair, and the captain under him should not be a person who knows proportion, you go to meet their leader, tell me about the gambling scene, and then say that it is my dispatch, let them send a proper person to go with you!"

As Yang Tinghe expected, because there was no big case, this time Ye Guang actually ordered Li Yifeng to personally guard the Gongyuan. When he heard that Na Soap Li said about the gambling scene outside, Li Yifeng sent a general flag to follow Na Soap Li out to investigate.

The two men changed their clothes and went around in a big circle from the west side of the alley of Suimofang, and when they were about to reach the intersection of Gongyuan Street, they saw a hundred and eighty people gathered in a tea stall, and a large list was hanging at the door. The two looked at each other and squeezed into the crowd to take a look, but they saw that the one with the top name was scorched.

The two of them are in the ministry, and the other is in the Jinyi Guard, where would they not know where the scorched yellow is sacred, and immediately the soap Li stopped a person next to him with a smile on his face and asked: "This big brother, can you teach me what is going on with this list betting?" ”

"What's going on? Didn't you see it yourself? This is the most popular in this exam, and the people who are optimistic about it are those who are optimistic about it in order. It's also in vain to wait, so I don't know who came up with such a pastime. ”

"And who's in this scorched yellow?"

"I don't know it, do I? This Jiao Huang Zhong is the eldest son of Jiao Shilang of today's Ministry of Officials, and the biggest hit in this department! ”

Hearing this, the accompanying Jinyi Wei Zongqi couldn't help frowning, and hummed disappreciatively: "If the children of the official eunuchs are popular, the sons and nephews of so many old men in the court will not often fall first, how can there be such a row!" ”

"Tsk, don't you understand? If Jiao Huangzhong was just Jiao Shilang's son, and everyone came to inquire about the news for their own masters or family members, where would they all be optimistic about him? This Jiao Gongzi should have taken the exam before, but he once got a new book from the emperor, not to mention the son of the minister, who is a real minister, how many people are there? This emperor will give people new books for no reason, it is obviously impossible! It is clear that this branch has prepared this Jiao Gongzi, even if the ranking of the examination is not high, the top ten papers in this palace examination are routinely judged, and it is not easy to order a champion at that time? ”

This man is Lu Bi. His voice was so loud that everyone around him heard it for a while. There are those who know this one before and echo it loudly, and there are also those who don't know this one and ask questions, and the scene is three points louder than the head. More copper was thrown into the basket, shouting that he would bet on this Jiao Gongzi. Seeing this scene, the soap Li had no intention of asking again, but the general banner of Jinyi Wei asked the three or two people at the bottom of the list with great interest, and heard that all of them were famous talents from all over the world, etc., so he also threw a penny into it as if he was gambling on luck, and only after taking the piece of paper did he squeeze out of the crowd. The two of them didn't notice that as soon as they left, Lu Bi, who was like a river just now, explained the list loudly to the new people who squeezed in.

Two quarters of an hour later, they circled back to the Tribute Courtyard. Li Yifeng sent the soap to the tribute courtyard, and after listening to the report of the general banner, he couldn't help frowning thoughtfully, and then remembered the big imperial examination case in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. At that time, the emperor was furious and ordered Cheng Minzheng and others to be imprisoned, and Ye Guang took him to interrogate them one by one, and he knew the inside story best. Although everyone now knows that Cheng Minzheng was wronged, and Tang Yin and Xu Jing were even more wronged, so what? If you don't happen to be in the wrestling between this big guy, it's good to be able to escape with a surname.

And today's matter, how do you look at it, how can there be a conspiracy! But no matter what, this Jiao Gongzi is bound to be unlucky!

"Li Qianhu, but you want to send someone to disperse those people?"

"Dispersed? Now it's just a small gambling game, and after it is dispelled, the rumors will be more widespread, and there is no command from above, so why should I take precautions? Li Yifeng smiled, and then said casually, "Let's see if our two examiners have any moves, if not, then go and report to Lord Ye to decide." But if you want me to say, Lord Ye probably thinks that it is going to rain and the mother is going to get married, so let him go! As long as the main examination is fair, the rumors will be self-defeating. ”

As Li Yifeng expected, when Yang Tinghe heard that the soap was reporting the inside story of the gambling scene, his already frowning brows were even more twisted. Cheng Minzheng learned from the past, but at that time, Tang Yin and Xu Jing were only talented people with an inconspicuous family background, but now Jiao Huangzhong is the son of Jiao Fang, the servant of the ministry.

As a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Yang Tinghe is a serious lecturer in the East Palace, and he naturally knows a lot about these big and small things in the imperial court, and he is even more aware of the grievances between Jiao Fang and some bigwigs. Leng Leng ordered the soap to stop talking about this matter, so he went back to the house without saying a word, and saw that there were several recommendation papers stacked on the table, so he calmed down and carefully judged them one by one, and only went to find Zhang Yuanzhen that night.

In addition to thinking about the scenery of being in the cabinet ministry, most people's lifelong goal is to be able to preside over a term of meeting and try to be a teacher. Zhang Yuanzhen is old and in poor health, and he is already a little unbearable after the nine-day meeting, and almost all of the reading papers in these two days are presided over by Yang Tinghe. However, when he heard Yang Tinghe talk about external affairs, he was suddenly shocked.

"Shi Zhai, what do you think?"

"Gong Zhang, fortunately, I invited Jinyiwei to send someone to accompany me before, and this matter is not as good as the fraud case in the imperial examination back then. But now, there is only one way to calm things down, and that is to be wronged. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yuanzhen was silent, but did not object, Yang Tinghe said in an aggravated tone: "As for the other people on the betting list, if they are really recommended to win the papers, the ranking can be lowered, and only the scorched yellow must be dethroned!" You must know that Jiao Fang offended twice as many people as Cheng Minzheng did back then, and we have no friendship with him, so we don't have to make things out of control for him! ”

"The Outside World......

"As long as the apricot list that can be tried is posted, who can say anything?"

Speaking of this, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but flash four words in his heart - the father and son repay the debt, who let Jiao Fang offend people?

(To be continued)