On May 16, the day after the attack occurred, not only did the people in the Sixth Branch Corridor learn the news early, but the Qing and noble officials of the Hanlin Yuan and the James Mansion, as well as the large and small officials of the Sixth Yamen, Taichang Temple, Tongzheng Division, Zongren Mansion, Jinyi Guard, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, also got the rumor of the attack almost the moment they came to the Yamen.

Not to mention the outer city of Yanjing, only the inner city with a circumference of forty-five miles, if someone rides a fast horse along the main street to loudly announce the assassin's entry into the East Palace, if it is notified in all the squares and markets in the inner city, I am afraid that I will not be able to run for a day and a night, but the rumors or rumors are not only long legs but also scuds, and the scud is not fast enough, it should be winged.

These ordinary people, not only imagine the emperor's happy life of a fried dough stick in his left hand and a piece of baked cake in his right hand on the Jinluan Palace, but also according to the Tang legend, the Song Dynasty, and even the kind of heroes and heroes, fairies and ghosts in the Zhiwei novels to speculate on the palace battle, they said, Zheng Guifei ordered Zheng Guotai, the uncle of the country, to invite thirty-six heroes from Shuibo Liangshan to invite thirty-six heroes from the imperial city to the Houzai Gate all the way into the palace Donghua Gate, these outlaws are all strange in appearance, can fly the eaves and walk the wall, and the swords, guns, swords, halberds and eighteen kinds of weapons in their hands, kill the palace city guards are defeated and retreated, and the corpses are everywhere, These Zheng clan members rushed into the East Palace, fortunately, there are also masters among the eunuchs in the East Palace, and they have practiced the Sunflower Treasure Book or something, and the prince is the prince, the future lord of all peoples, and he has the protection of the Antarctic Immortals, Yellow Turban Warriors, and Liuding Liujia in the sky, so he escaped by luck, but the blood flowed in the East Palace, and most of the eunuchs and Gong'e died......

Rumors and rumors are mixed, and various versions are different, but the common point is that it is Zheng Guifei's party that breaks into the East Palace with the intention of murdering the prince, and the rumors that Zheng Guifei wants to abolish the prince and Lifu King are not a day or two, from the dispute between the country, the three kings and the seal, the demon book case to the current attack case, the soil for rumors to breed is extremely fertile, so the rumors about the attack case are only spread in the inner city in the morning, and they will be extended to the outer city in the afternoon, and the two counties of Daxing and Wanping are also spreading, and they have speculated that Zheng Guifei is making trouble behind the scenes, and the Confucian orthodoxy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The eldest son Zhu Changluo is justified as the prince, Zheng Guifei and King Fu's vain attempt to usurp the throne is a disaster for the country and the people, and the spearhead of all kinds of discussions in the capital is directed at Zheng Guifei and Zheng Guo's uncle.

Of course, the mood of the small people in the market could not immediately affect the attitude of the Wanli Emperor towards the attack case, the key is that the performance of the various Taiwan officials flew to the cabinet like snowflakes, and several people gave the matter and the imperial history several times a day, and urged the criminal who broke into the East Palace to be handed over to the criminal department for interrogation, the criminal department, the Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the judicial trial departments stipulated by the Daming law, and such major cases must be tried by the three law divisions in order to serve the public. The Qi party led by Qi Shijiao also demanded that the palace guards be held accountable and give the prince a proper defense, as for the Zheng party, at first they wanted to remain quiet and keep calm, but soon found that the spearhead was directed at them, they were very wronged, maybe they had thought about doing this but after all, they didn't do anything, such a basin suddenly buckled up, who can stand those gossips in the capital, so they also asked for a thorough investigation, since the party dispute, Donglin and the three parties have never been so consistent.

The first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant Wu Daonan naturally had to obey the will of the people, and submitted the song to the court, and the handling opinions of the vote were also required to be tried by the three law divisions, and the Wanli Emperor was able to suppress the crown prince Zhu Changluo not to pursue the case, but he had no choice but to Taiyuan Guan He, and in view of the rumors in Beijing, on the third day after the attack on the case, that is, on May 18, the Wanli Emperor finally ordered the case to be tried by the three law divisions, and the criminal Zhang Cha was transferred to the prison of the Criminal Department. and Liu Tingyuan, the imperial historian of the first trial of the case, was ordered to investigate and handle the case, and the case attracted much attention, and the hundreds of officials in the court and the sergeants in Beijing were all waiting for the results of the second trial.

The safety of the East Palace has aroused strong concern among the gentry and the people, which is exactly the effect that Zhang Yuan expected, this is to warn Zheng Guifei and his party, let them see the people's backs, don't see that the prince is not favored by the emperor, but since the title of the prince has been decided, the foundation of the prince is not something that the Zheng family can shake, the battle for the country has been for decades, Huang Yanjing has to give in to the ancestral system and foreign ministers, and what storms can others make, so it is better to dispel wishful thinking as soon as possible.

Although the results of the second trial have not yet come out, but around the attack case, Donglin and the three parties are planning to attack each other, many officials are plotting, running, Zhang Principle is outside the wind circle, every day still to the Hanlin Academy to sit in the hall, study the newspaper, take notes, from the past years of the newspaper to study the late Ming Dynasty political and economic problems, in the evening back to the East Fourth Archway in addition to reading a book is to write a letter, the news of his palace to win the championship has been transmitted to Jiangnan in early April, the vast majority of hundreds of members of the Han Society are in Jiangnan, this time the Han Society has ten people on the gold list title, Zhang Yuan, Wen Zhenmeng is the top two in the first class, the members of the Jiangnan Han Society are extremely excited to hear the news, other literary societies in the north and south of the river are overshadowed, the wind of association prevails in Jiangnan, the first literary society in Jiangnan is the first literary society of the Ming Dynasty, after the Bingchen Branch will be examined, the Han Society has established the status of the first literary society of the Ming Dynasty, in March last year, the head of the Han Society branch of each county and the vice president of the Han Society of the Longshan Society were set up in March last year, and the members of the Han Society of the counties and counties of the county gathered, and there were a large number of children, talents and even people who wanted to join the Han Society, in order to be able to join the Han Society, There are people who treat and give gifts, and there are people who have a relationship with each other, and they simply think that they will be famous if they enter the Han Society.

Therefore, since the day of the shooting, Zhang Yuan has received dozens of letters from the Chongwenmen Wai Civil Information Bureau, some of which are congratulatory letters written by members of the Han Society, and more are letters written by scholars who want to join the Han Society. This made Zhang Yuan feel a headache, this is the tiredness of fame, he really doesn't have so much energy to deal with these people, but Zhang Sheshou has always been approachable, in order to leave a good impression on the scholars, of course, you can't throw aside the letters written by people thousands of miles away, in addition to the letters from the members of the Han Society must be replied to, the letters of these admirers must also be replied to, and everyone's eight-strand anthology or poetry collection must be read so many articles, so that it is easy to write a reply, this workload is quite large-

The summer night was hot, Mu Zhenzhen helped Zhang Yuan grind ink and paper and play a fan, looking at Zhang Yuan's pen constantly waving and busy, Mu Zhenzhen was ashamed that she couldn't help the young master, she just knew how to read, Mu Zhen really thought: "If the young grandmother or Wei Gu is here, she will definitely be able to help a lot, and some unimportant letters don't need to be written by the young master——"

From this, Mu Zhenzhen remembered the letter received by the young master a few days ago, the young master pondered for a long time under the lamp, and the reply letter was also very long, she did not peek at the young master's letter, but it was inevitable that she would look at it twice when serving tea and water to the young master, she knew that the young master's letter was written to Miss Yingzi, the king of Huiji, she knew more about the affairs between the young master and Miss Yingzi than others, but at this time she could only sigh for Miss Yingzi, Miss Yingzi and the young master are destined but it is difficult to become a family, if you talk about learning, Miss Yingzi should be stronger than the young grandmother and Wei Gu, Miss Yingzi's talent is admired by the young master, and she used to help the young master comment on outdated anthologies......

"Really, why are you stunned?"

Zhang Yuan knocked on the celadon tea cup with the pen stick, and there was a crisp sound of "ding".

Mu Zhenzhen came back to his senses and said: "It's very hard for the maid to see the young master's reply, it would be nice if the young grandmother was by the young master's side, but it's almost over, in a few months, the young grandmother and they will enter Beijing." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I'm afraid I don't have time to help me, she can't be idle with Zhang Hongchuan, Zhang Hongjian will be half a year old when she enters Beijing, how annoying children are." ”

"At that time, it was lively, the young grandmother had no time to take care of the little boy, and there was also a micro aunt." Mu Zhenzhen smiled and got up to clean up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase, it was late at night, and he was going to rest.

Zhang Yuan moved his wrists and knuckles, did a self-treatment of the cervical spine, and said: "Wang Xiuwei is now mainly helping my sister manage the Shengmei firm, I am afraid that I will not be able to come to the capital this year, in fact, what I want most now is Zong Yishan to help me, and I promised to help Zong Yishan change his birth and let him participate in the imperial examination, now there are two ways, one is to enter the foreign business register, I have seen this lawsuit in the Di newspaper, some children of people who have been doing business in other places for a long time have entered the local household registration and participated in the local scientific examination, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the local scholars, However, the final judgment was that a non-local business can participate in the local imperial examination, of course, this must be more than ten years of residence to be eligible; Another way is to become a military household, and military households can also participate in the imperial examination, but it is not easy. ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Yes, if it is found out, the young master will also be in trouble." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Now that the Songjiang Dong clan has collapsed, this is good for Brother Yishan, and there may be trouble in the future when he participates in the scientific examination, but it is a pity that Brother Yishan's talent and learning are succumbed to the township, I must find a way to help him." Xin said: "I am not a person who follows the rules, Zong Yishan is not a big crime even if the incident happens, let alone I can't be held accountable, Zhao Mingyang was only punished by removing his reputation and not being able to participate in the imperial examination for the rest of his life, but Shen Tonghe was in the army, and the officials still have pity for those who have real talents, that Zhao Mingyang is really a pity, this person is extraordinary, see if there is an opportunity to invite Zhao Mingyang to me as a staff member in the future." ”

(To be continued)