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This is not an ordinary case.

These people in the court, except for Zhu Changyuan, which of the rest is not a vested interest in the imperial examination, although the politics of the late Ming Dynasty are **, but the face is still needed, if you really dig out the people who dare to cheat in the scientific field.

Then, this person is at least cut off, or even executed!

"Minister!" Before Chongzhen could speak, Liu Zunxian suddenly came out, knelt on the ground, and presented a letter in his hand: "Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, impeached Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and colluded with Zhang Hanru, the master of Changshu County, to frame Qian Qianyi, the right attendant of the former Ministry of Rites, and the evidence is conclusive. ”

Wave after wave of unsettled, Shang Zhouzuo's performance over there has not yet reached the front of the palace, and here Liu Zunxian added another big crime to Wen Tiren: framing the minister.

Wen Tiren suddenly couldn't sit still, and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is wronged!" ”

Liu Zongzhou didn't give Wen Tiren a chance to defend himself, and came out of the queue for the third time, kneeling down and saying: "Your Majesty, the minister has also heard about this. It is rumored that Li Zhitian, the Jinke detective, spent 30,000 taels of silver to bribe the officials of the Ministry of Rites, which was bad for the science field, and he was an illiterate swinger. ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Chongzhen's gaze became unprecedentedly sharp, shooting at Wen Tiren, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Wen Aiqing, is there such a thing?" ”

Wen Tiren kowtowed and said slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know." ”

This answer seems to be a bit soy sauce, but it takes off the whole thing, whether there is it or not, don't ask me, I don't know.

However, how could Liu Zongzhou give up this opportunity to attack Wen Tiren, and snorted coldly: "Wen Pavilion Department don't rush to shirk it first, the old man remembers that all the test papers of the first and third Jinshi were all submitted by Your Excellency to the Imperial Palace, do you dare to say that you don't know anything about this matter?" ”

Wen Tiren has not yet spoken. Xue Guoguan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Lord Liu, don't spew blood. The rumors in the market can also be used as a basis for attacking the minister in the court, and it is really the first time that the lower official has seen it. ”

Jiang Fengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also questioned Liu Zongzhou: "Jun is a generation of Confucianism, how to be a woman's language." There are rumors in the poop, how can you win the trust? The exam papers are clear. Is it still a fake? ”

"Naturally, it was fake." Shang Zhouzuo said the second sentence, and after the second sentence was finished. The quarrel in the court fell silent, and he said: "The minister received the secret protection, and he did not stop. Li Zhitian was found yesterday evening and has been arrested in the ya. If you don't believe it, please ask Your Majesty to order him to be moved into the palace and enter the platform, whether he is a high eight bucket or a rich five cars. Try it and find out! ”

The court was suddenly silent, and Wen Tiren, his comrades, and those who wanted to defend him stopped talking.

Many officials simply took bribes. As for how talented this Li Zhitian is, only God knows. Some people who know the inside story only know that Li Zhitian's test paper was changed after the exam. The matter is further investigated, even Wen Tiren does not know.

Wen Tiren may not be involved in this matter, but he must not be able to escape it.

"Why don't you speak?" Chongzhen snorted coldly, waved his hand and said to Shang Zhouzuo: "Go, pass on my message, and summon the right person in front of Li Zhitian, the Jinke Tanhualang." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Shang Zhouzuo bowed and retreated.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen sighed, looked at the dead ministers below, stretched out his hand to summon Cao Huachun, and said, "I remember that the crown prince is nine years old this year, right?" ”

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Avoidance, the old slave remembers that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is exactly nine years old when he celebrates the New Year this year!" ”

"Yes. Time flies, and in a flash, I have been on the throne for ten years. Chongzhen slapped the table with one hand and said, "The prince is about to grow up." You go and call the prince over, and wait so that he can see and understand, my Ming Jinke Tanhua's literary style. ”

"The old slave obeys."

The platform is at the junction of the inner palace and the outer court, not far from the inner palace, Cao Huachun took advantage of the dawn to call the little prince Zhu Cihong, who had not yet woken up.

The crown prince walked into the court, a little scared, and Cao Huachun comforted him while finding a seat for him.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "The crown prince is in court for the first time, you should be humble and observe, you don't need to give a seat, just list at the end of the line, and stand behind Zhu Changyuan." ”

Cao Huachun led the prince to the end of the team and stood there.

"Hey, Official?" After seeing Zhu Changyuan, Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled mischievously, pulled his official uniform and whispered: "The official who can brag, you see that you are standing in the last row." ”

Zhu Changyuan smiled bitterly, other places can be no bigger or smaller with this little prince, but not here, even if the emperor can't see clearly from afar, but the surrounding officials can see it clearly.

"The minister greets His Royal Highness the Prince." I really saluted respectfully.

When everyone saw Zhu Changyuan bowing and kneeling like this, they couldn't help but kneel and said, "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Frightened, the little prince didn't know what to do, Nunu mouthed for a long time before saying, "Get up, you all get up." Then the people got up.

Chongzhen laughed and said, "The prince is young and ignorant, don't blame you!" ”

Not long after, Shang Zhouzuo also led Li Zhitian, who was also dressed in green clothes and trembling, into the platform hall.

Zhu Changyuan was also drunk, and secretly said that the distance to this palace was not close, why did Shang Zhouzuo get this goods in only twenty minutes, could it be tied up and placed outside the palace gate, just waiting for His Majesty to summon him?

Unfortunately, he really guessed correctly, this Li Zhitian has always been taken by Shang Zhouzuo and hidden in his sedan chair.

"Your Majesty, this is Jinke Tanhualang, Li Zhitian, the third place in the first class."

"Minister, Li Zhitian sees Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long live Long live!" Li Zhitian's body was trembling, and his voice was trembling.

Chongzhen hummed and waved at Cao Huachun, who handed over a piece of white paper.

"When I first read it, I was also shocked." Emperor Chongzhen took the piece of paper in his hand and stroked it, and said: "Liaodong and the people and thieves, we must appease one side, and then defeat the other side, this view is deeply in line with my opinion. ”

The article proposes to even negotiate peace with the advisers if possible, or take advantage of the thief army. Li Aiqing is really talented! ”

Li Zhitian listened to Emperor Chongzhen's words, not only was he happy, but his face was covered with a faint layer of worry, and said: "Your Majesty praises falsely, the minister just talks about things, and it is insulting to listen to it if it is not written well." ”

"No problem." Chongzhen waved his hand, and then said: "As for whether it is a false praise or not, I can't say for sure now. Suddenly, he shouted and said: "Li Zhitian, Zhou Zuo, the imperial historian of the Zuodu Dynasty, impeached you for bribing officials of the Ministry of Rites, deceived your superiors and subordinates to steal beams and change pillars, and obtained the name of this Tanhualang, are you guilty?" ”

"Minister, minister!" Li Zhitian trembled, although he has no literary talent and is a swinger, but since he can bribe the entire Ministry of Rites with the means to go through the sky, he is naturally not a fool.

After a moment of panic, he slowly calmed down his mind and said secretly: Admitting is also death, and if you don't admit it, there may be a glimmer of life. He kowtowed heavily on the ground, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare." Although Weichen is only a shallow learner, he will not do it like this, staining the face of the reader. ”

"Hmm!" Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly, looked at Liu Zongzhou, and said, "Liu Aiqing is a great Confucian in the world, and he is familiar with the classics of scripture and history. Ask a question first! ”

Liu Zongzhou is a great Confucian, and he is by no means a wasted name, not only has thousands of disciples all over the world, but he is also a popular candidate for the next cabinet elders.

However, since it is necessary to rectify the body and benevolence, it is impossible to show mercy and make some difficult problems to ask.

Not to mention Li Zhitian, even Wen Tiren may not be able to answer these questions. After everyone listened to his question, they all slandered Liu Zongzhou for being shameless.

Wen Tiren finally couldn't help but jump out and said, "Lord Liu, these questions are too out of the way, and the academic research is still inconclusive, how can you use them to embarrass a young man?" ”

Xue Guoguan also came out to speak.

Even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Liu Aiqing, you're in love!" ”

Liu Zongzhou said cheekily: "Weichen's crime, since Li Tanhua can't answer it, then the old minister will ask something simple." Well... After a moment's thought, he said, "Then let's take the couplet." ”

"Okay, please ask Lord Liu to ask the question." Although Li Zhitian's knowledge is not good, when it comes to couplets, there must still be a few, at least for him, the couplets are much better than others.

Liu Zongzhou pondered for a while, and came up with an uplink: born in the Ming Dynasty, the words east and west are the sun and the moon.

Okay, right, at first glance, many people think that it's good, this couplet is neither a palindrome, nor a ruthless couplet, and I think the most difficult part of this couplet is not to split the Ming into the words sun and moon?

However, when you are right, you will find that the biggest problem is not the composition of the sun and the moon in the Ming Dynasty, but the inconspicuous "two" character, which can be regarded as a big hole dug by Liu Zongzhou.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the Liao State sent envoys to the Central Plains, and Su Dongpo, a scholar of Hanlin, was ordered to entertain him. The Liao envoy sent out a couplet: "Three rays of sun, moon and star", asking Su Dongpo to come right. The Liao envoy believed that this was a vice-absolute.

Take a look.,Okay.,Just do it.,"Three lights, sun, moon and star" isn't it?,I'm right on the "Five Elements of Jinmu Water... "Well, you see, it's an absolute, and no one can say it strictly speaking.

And today, Liu Zongzhou came out with this pair, not to mention Li Zhitian, even if the Manchu Dynasty civil and military combined, it may take half a day to come out.

Gradually, many people in the court discovered the trap in this couplet, and couldn't help but secretly scold Liu Zongzhou for being shameless, it's easy to come up with such a couplet, why don't you try it again?

Like everyone else, when he first heard this pair, Zhu Changyuan also thought it was very simple, although he didn't understand the couplet, but he still understood it. But after pondering for a while, I realized that this couplet was so difficult that it could almost make people cry. (To be continued.) Read-only URL: