。 > staff was still a little worried, and asked in a low voice: "Gao Xiang, it is a big matter, if it is a fact, it can certainly remove a big obstacle for the prince." %Net can be ...... Before the test starts, it is unknown whether the question is true or false. If it's not true, lead the troops to storm the examination room, I'm afraid that you will also ...... the high minister"

He didn't dare to imagine it anymore.

Gao Gong also looked awe-inspired, and he didn't think of the scene last night.

Yesterday happened to be the day of the lecture at Yuwangfu, and it stands to reason that this class will be scheduled in the afternoon. Gao Gong has to go to court in the morning, and he has to deal with cabinet affairs in the morning, and he can only spare time in the afternoon. It's a pity that Xu Jie's affairs were taken to preside over the examination at this time, and the affairs of the cabinet were all pressed on several other cabinet members at once, and they were unwilling to let the Yan family father and son cover the sky with one hand, so they had to take over the affairs of the Xu Pavilion.

After a busy day, I hurriedly went to the palace in the evening to talk about a piece of "Mao's Poems", and then went home hungry.

The Ming Dynasty had its own system, and foreign ministers were not allowed to eat and stay in the palace. Poor Gao Gong is already strong, but he is not hungry compared to ordinary people. I couldn't stand it on the road, so I changed into civilian clothes in a sedan chair and went to a restaurant called "Qishui Legacy" on the street.

After entering the restaurant, I saw that there were still many people in the restaurant, all of whom were scholars in Confucian robes, and they seemed to be all people who came to take the exam.

The roll call was about to be called at dawn, and these people were still eating and drinking here, probably to relax

At the same time, the heart is also happy.

Under the leadership of Xiao Er, he found a secluded corner, ordered two plates of vegetarian dishes, asked for a pot of rice wine and two bowls of rice, and ate them with his staff.

Although Gao Gong was born burly and had a fiery personality, he was also born in Shujishi, and naturally had a bookish atmosphere on his body. Moreover, he has been in a high position for many years, and at first glance he is a top man with a rich fortune.

Not long after he sat down, he attracted the attention of a fortune teller.

Xiangshi had the intention of earning the silver of the high arch, so he leaned over with a shy face and said something such as: "I see that the old man's heavenly court is full of square circles, and it is the ・・・・・・ of great wealth and nobility".

Gao Gong was tired enough, and he didn't like it in his heart, so his face sank. The staff member saw that Xiangye's face was ugly, so he threw a piece of broken silver over: "Hurry up, hurry up, my lord doesn't believe this, don't disturb him to eat." ”

It's good that the staff didn't throw this ingot of silver, but this throw caused an accident.

It turned out that Gao Gong had been an official for so many years. But he is not the kind of clean official with clean sleeves in the traditional sense, in fact, if you really don't take any mustard, as clear as a puddle of water, the imperial embassy is the most suitable place for you to go, and that place is full of complaints and poor people who only have lice left, not the cabinet.

The main task of connecting and communicating is overall planning and coordination. The so-called prime minister can support the boat in his belly, and he must be able to tolerate what is not tolerated. To put it bluntly, it is a paster who must maintain the situation. People who are too extreme and too yin are not suitable for this.

Every summer and winter, the governors of all provinces have ice and charcoal to offer, do you accept or not? If you don't accept it, you will take the governors and governors as outsiders, and now in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the party is the same and different, and if you are not careful, you will be misunderstood.

Generally speaking, there are rules for this Bing Jing and Tan Jing, and they generally fluctuate up and down the number of three thousand taels. Too little, that's disrespectful, too much, there's a suspicion of bribery.

Therefore, in the winter and summer seasons of dozens of provinces in the Ming Dynasty, even if the cabinet members are honest, they have more than 100,000 taels.

Besides, Gao Gong is not the kind of master who does not understand the world, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth from a cabinet minister for a while.

On weekdays, the amount of food and clothing is quite large.

Even if his staff casually rewarded people with tips, they would be about one or two when they made a move. ..., before, it was enough for a poor family to eat for half a year.

Seeing that Gao Gong's entourage was so generous, the Xiangshi saw that he was speaking elegantly again, thinking that he was a lifter who had come to the capital to take the exam, and immediately moved his heart, so he leaned over and asked him with a strange face if he had come to participate in the examination and whether he wanted to buy joints.

He also said that he was supported by a noble person in the capital and got the exam questions of this exam, and if the lord was interested, he was willing to give away this great wealth with both hands.

The staff was immediately furious and wanted to drive people out.

He has seen a lot of this kind of liar, and every time during the exam, the streets are all over the place. Either selling exam questions or cheating tools, back then, there were also yamen who caught it a few times. didn't catch anyone, and when I asked, I knew that it was a liar.

When these guys sell this so-called joint, the asking price is not ruthless, most of them are ten taels or twenty taels, and they evaporate from the world immediately after they get their hands on it. And after the candidates know that they have been deceived, they will not be anxious and desperate because they can't admit it.

This kind of thing has been seen a lot, and the candidates don't take it seriously, but there are still many new recruits in the examination room who entered Beijing from remote provinces.

Seeing that the staff was angry, the minister was about to leave. But at this time, the high-arched ghost asked him how much he wanted and what joints he had passed.

The reason why Gao Gong asked this question was purely with the intention of understanding local public opinion. After being a cabinet member for a long time, I feel a little out of touch with the market work.

But he didn't want the Xiangshi to quote a sky-high price, saying that he wanted five thousand taels.

This price was quite shocking in the Ming Dynasty, quite between five million and ten million in later generations, enough to buy a large mansion in the capital, enough for ordinary people to plant for a lifetime without eating or drinking. If you are in a remote and poor area, you can be regarded as a big landowner.

This person's appetite was so great that Gao Gong was taken aback, and he was a little suspicious in his heart at the moment, and asked in a deep voice: "I can take out five thousand taels." But if you take the money and run away, and the exam questions are wrong, where will I go to find you? ”

Xiangshi smiled: "This matter is also easy, with so much money, it is better to be cautious." If the lord is willing, you can write an IOU to me first, and it will be written that Jiajing 40 years of spring and new science and technology Jinshi owe me 500 taels of silver, and I will give you the exam questions soon. When the time comes, if the topic is correct, you will definitely be a high school jinshi, and the younger one will come over with an IOU to collect money. ”

"But if the topic is not right, the master will fall into the first place, and naturally he will not be able to become a jinshi, and this slip will naturally be invalid, so you should be at ease, master."

Gao Gong was stunned: "There is also this kind of saying, even if I write a note, but the title you gave is not right, I have to prepare a model essay and recite it, wouldn't it be in vain, but it will delay the review." Or, you simply play tricks on me, harming others and yourself. ”

Xiangshi snorted, pretended to be insulted, and said in a low voice: "Master, you really don't believe me, the villain really has nothing to say." However, this topic flowed out of King Jing's mansion, and the little one had a relative who happened to be the prince's side. In the first half of the year, the prince was impeached by the imperial envoy for occupying the land of the people in the Hubei domain, and not only returned the land, but also lost two seasons of crops, and pasted the prince's body into it. Now, his old man has no money in his hands, and his heart is panicking, so he took the opportunity of serving by his side to memorize the exam questions and prepare to sell some pocket money to subsidize it. ”

Hearing King Jing's name, Gao Gong and his staff glanced at each other, and at the same time changed color, but they had some faith in their hearts.

First of all, it is a little unusual for this Xiangshi to know that King Jing has embezzled the land of the people in Hubei. Because this matter is related to the royal decency, the local officials did not dare to take care of it, and after receiving the report from the people, they handed it over directly to Zongzheng Mansion, and Zongzheng Mansion also knew that Jiajing liked this child the most in his heart, so he deliberately pressed it not to do it, and later the imperial envoys poked this matter out.

In the end, the emperor simply let King Jing retreat to compensate for the matter, and ordered the officials who handled it to keep it a secret strictly, and not to discuss it or report it to the palace. Therefore, only a few officials knew about it. ..., but today, this kind of thing related to royal decency actually came from the mouth of an obscene-looking physicist, which has to make people wonder.

Moreover, this person knew that King Jing could enter and leave the palace at will, which shocked Gao Gong's heart.

Could it be that the subject in his hand is true?

Now, the questions are locked in the golden cabinet of the emperor's house, and if the exam questions are really leaked, only King Jing has the ability to steal them out of the palace.

Gao Gong is the teacher of King Yu, and the reason why he was sent by Jiajing to give lectures in the palace is actually the team reserved for the prince to ascend the throne in the future.

King Jing has caused a lot of turmoil over the years, and he has contacted the Yan Party to form an alliance with each other, and is eyeing the position of the prince.

At the beginning, Jiajing still had some restrictions on King Jing, and even drove him to Hubei to take up the domain. But as an auxiliary minister by the emperor's side, Gao Gong knew that Jiajing had always liked this little son. And, as the emperor grew older and his health deteriorated, he became more and more fond of the feeling that his children and grandchildren were by his side.

During the Chinese New Year, King Jing returned to the capital, and he had to rely on the situation as before, which made Gao Gong feel pressured.

As a political enemy of King Yu, a single Yan Dang or King Jing is nothing at all. King Jing's power is weak, and he has useless talents in his hands. And the Yan Party has power, but there is no righteousness in hand, and if they want to be removed in the future, it will be a matter of holy decree.

But if these two forces are united, there must be talents, there will be power, and there will be righteousness, King Jing and King Yu are both princes, and they are qualified to be princes.

If the exam questions bought this time are true, you can get rid of King Jing in one fell swoop.

Even if he suffered no loss under the protection of the emperor, he had to roll back to Hubei under the pressure of public opinion.

If the title is fake・・・・・・ no, it should be true, it must be true, otherwise, this Xiangshi would not be so sure and offer such a large price.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong pretended to be a bargain and said that the money was too expensive.

Xiangshi said with a smile: "Master, you don't want to think about it, if you want to get an official position in the Ministry of Officials, you don't know how many years it will take, and if you throw it out, if you are lucky, you can only get a county from the seventh grade." As long as he wins the Jinshi, he will immediately be a court official of the seventh grade. Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. After three years of knowing the county, how can you get 30,000 or 40,000 taels. Five thousand taels of silver, you can pay back in one year. ”