As Zhu Hao expected.

The method used by Yang Tinghe was to find someone to prove that no one had opened the seal in advance, and to check the contents of several controversial examination papers and the examiner's comments.

In order to prove his innocence, Yang Tinghe also specially asked people to find out Yang Dian's paper, so that people could see the content of the paper and the examiner's comments attached to it.

Yang Dian is a bit of a profligate, but he should still be able to learn, and he writes articles...... It is not necessary to work hard to achieve something, sometimes it is necessary to talk about talent, the Yang family has Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen, the world-famous father and son talents, Yang Dian is familiar with it, and it is not far from it.

The representatives of the gentry who were witnesses of the famous Confucian scholars in the capital also spoke highly of Yang Dan's article.

It doesn't matter if it's well written.

The important thing is to give the head of the court a face.

There are Jinyi guards standing beside them, even if the representatives of the scholars who came to witness as bystanders did not dare to make trouble casually, now the first assistant took the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department to personally inspect it, and the face was enough, especially the people of the Jinyi Guard stood beside them, and the rules were established, not to prevent you from protesting, but to have evidence to protest.

Now that even the paper is in front of you, and the article is recognized as good, if you don't say that these candidates can write such an essay because they know the exam questions in advance, then ask you...... Where's the evidence? Take it out and take a look!

The representatives of the scholars at the scene were holding their stomachs, and now even the first assistant of the cabinet has come forward, and there are many means, even if there are doubts, who dares to say it in public?

Suspicious of a long life?

Do you still have to take the next general examination?

But how do we go back and talk to those who protested together?

When you come here, you were bought by the imperial court and silenced?

It's hard to do!

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Yang Tinghe promised to give the results in one day, and sure enough, it only took one day.

By the morning of the next day, Yang Tinghe had formed a file of all the investigations and reported them to Zhu Si in detail.

Zhu Si said with a smile: "With Yang Ge Lao coming out, it really gets twice the result with half the effort, the person who investigated the case before is not capable of it, it can only be said that he does not have the prestige and strength of Yang Ge Lao."

praised Yang Tinghe's ability in public, but in fact, he was also saying that Zhu Mingyang and Tang Yin were two bastards before.

Such a simple case can't be solved, isn't it a shame for the court?

Lin Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out, and this time his tone was much calmer, and he directly suggested: "Your Majesty, since this matter has been ascertained and it is indeed a fictitious matter, please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to announce the results to the world, and if there are any more people picking quarrels and provoking trouble, they should be brought to justice."

"It makes sense."

Zhu Si bowed his head and said, "In my opinion, if this matter is brought forward by the Jinyi Guard or the Criminal Department, I am afraid that it will arouse the rebellious psychology of the scholars, or let the people of Shuntianfu come forward to post a notice...... What do you think?"

Lin Jun has no opinion.

The other ministers present also had no opinion.

And so it was settled.

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It seems that Yang Tinghe took the initiative to share the emperor's worries and personally went out to solve a crisis of confidence in the Beijing test.

At the beginning, many people felt that the emperor was behind the scenes, but in terms of results, the emperor made a lot of efforts to quell the rumors.

So much so that now that the matter is over, no one in the court and China doubts that this matter has anything to do with the new emperor.

It is true that the previous incident hit Yang Tinghe's reputation, but it cannot be said that the new emperor is the beneficiary, that is, the new emperor sent someone to do it.

If it was really the new emperor's doing, then just muddy the waters and do nothing, why help Yang Tinghe? Isn't this helping political opponents resolve the crisis? In the end, it also made the folk scholars feel that the new emperor favored Yang Tinghe, and hated it together with the new emperor?

Is this any benefit to the new emperor?

In the eyes of many people, the emperor's move really has the style of the Ming monarch and the holy lord.

When the matter was over, Yang Tinghe walked out of the Fengtian Palace, stopped and exhaled a long breath, and a group of people had gathered around to congratulate him.

Zhu Mingyang also had a bitter face, and stepped forward to admit his mistake to Yang Tinghe sincerely: "It's because you are incompetent, you can't quell the rumors in time, and you have to bother Zhongtang to go out in person."

Yang Tinghe nodded: "It's okay, you've done your best."

Zhu Mingyang looked very regretful.

This time the matter was not done well, leaving a huge hidden danger for his future promotion, and even a group of ordinary scholars could not deal with it, and it also caused a large-scale protest action such as the Wailing Temple, which involved Yang Tinghe, the first assistant...... If a person like you doesn't transfer to a local place to be a petty official, I'm really sorry for those who work hard.

Jiang Mian said with a smile: "This time, in fact, it is more about the mediation of cabinet members, and it has nothing to do with the rights and wrongs of others."

This can be regarded as excusing Zhu Mingyang.

Zhu Mingyang arched his hand, thanked Jiang Mian for his help, and buried his head lower.

Jiang Mian looked at Yang Tinghe again: "It seems that Your Majesty is sincerely helping."

From Jiang Mian's point of view, some of the previous speculations about the emperor are really the heart of a villain.

But in Yang Tinghe's opinion, things are really not that simple.

The emperor was not involved from beginning to end?

Didn't get a stab in the back?

Then why did he take the initiative to summon him and talk about quelling the rumors, and pretended to ask him to send someone to investigate with Tang Yin? Could it be that the previous crying temple incident was not caused by the court's concern?

At that time, Yang Tinghe felt that he was being used by the little emperor, and he was still angry in front of his son, but now that the results are out, he found that he had misunderstood the little emperor?

Yang Tinghe's political thinking is ultimately much higher than Jiang Mian's.

This does not involve the problem of the authorities, it is precisely because Yang Tinghe is the authority that he previously felt the anger of being tricked by the emperor, and now that the results are out, everyone believes that the emperor is benevolent and righteous, and he feels that there is a problem.

Because in this matter, the person who suffers the most has to count him Yang Tinghe.

The little emperor seems to be partial all the time, but isn't he still using him?

It's just that it's much more clever than the emperor simply harming him, stabbing you in the back first, and then bandaging your wounds, which makes people feel that the emperor is benevolent and righteous......

This scheming and means is something that a young man who has just been the emperor for less than two years, but is only seventeen years old, can do?

The more he thought about it, the deeper Yang Tinghe's brows furrowed.

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In any case, the meeting test turmoil is over, and the next step is to determine the time and process of the temple test.

Because this is the first official exam after Zhu Si ascended the throne......

In the previous session, after all, Zhu Si only presided over a palace examination, but this time Zhu Sicai can be regarded as a session from selection to use, so the court attaches great importance to it.

I thought that for one reason, this was also the first time that Yang Tinghe took the examination and the palace examination after he took full control.

There was a huge turmoil before, wasn't it because of the decline in his reputation in the court, and many of the admitted tributes were his Yang Tinghe's people?

It can be said that without Yang Tinghe in charge, those scholars would not make trouble.

Without the decline of Yang Tinghe's prestige, the scholars would not dare to make trouble.

Yang Tinghe keenly felt that it was precisely because his influence in the court was not as good as before, it had only been two years, and the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers had reached the point of being known in the streets, coupled with the talent shown by the new emperor in governing Yang Tinghe repeatedly crushed him, which led to the current situation.

Yang Tinghe could feel a breath of his own breath in the sunrise and twilight West Mountain.

"Father, I have been to the people to investigate in the past few days, and there are indeed a lot fewer people talking about this matter, and now some people have come out to defend my father, saying that this time is caused by the villain's attack behind his back and the relationship between His Majesty and his father......

Yang Shen, as Yang Tinghe's pawn arranged in the court, needs to investigate the reaction of the scholar at this time, so it is naturally better for Yang Shen to go out in person.

As for Yang Dan, he is now busy preparing for the palace exam.

Yang Tinghe nodded: "That's good."

In the study, Yang Tinghe held many letters written by officials from other places.

According to the general principle, even as the first and auxiliary ministers, he should not have private contacts with the officials below, but this is a means for Yang Tinghe to consolidate the relationship between the court, but all powerful ministers need to establish their own party politics, and it is essential to establish a stable communication channel with the officials below.

Yang Shen said, "That father, what role did you play in this matter? He...... Is it really secretly plotting and fueling the trouble?"

Yang Tinghe lowered his head and continued to read the letter, and said casually: "This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to think about it."

It was precisely because Yang Shen couldn't figure it out that he came to his father for verification.

He clearly remembered that his father seemed to think that the new emperor was the initiator of this matter, why now, the outside world is now starting to talk one-sidedly about the emperor's favoritism towards Yang Tinghe?

Shouldn't the emperor take a step back and wait to watch the fire from the other side to watch the excitement?

In this matter, it seems that the emperor is also a victim, and in order to help Yang Tinghe, he was targeted by the scholars.

"Father, I'm about to start the spring lecture, and I ask not to enter the palace in the future." Yang Shen said.

When Yang Tinghe heard this, he couldn't help but look up at his son, frowned and asked, "Why?"

Yang Shen said: "I don't think I'm talented, so I should let those bachelors go more, and I should devote myself to research."

Yang Tinghe originally wanted to use Yang Shen to exert influence on the little emperor, but he didn't dare to rely more on Li Tingxiang and Feng Xi, who were scholars and lecturers, after all, people's hearts were separated from their stomachs.

But it may have frustrated Yang Shen in some things, so that Yang Shen was not highly motivated to do things, and now he is even retreating in front of him.

"I'll talk about this later, I still have other things to do for the father."

Yang Tinghe frowned, "You have to remember, you are the son of the Yang family, you can't do things willfully, otherwise, just like your younger brother, even if you are admitted to the Jinshi, a little thing will cause criticism." Let's go down."

Yang Tinghe did not directly comfort his son.

It's more to warn Yang Shen not to mess around.

A bear boy, you are not very old, your temper is not small, you were indifferent to you before, you are going to rebel?

Do you really treat yourself as a dish?

If you don't cover your father, you're a fart.

In a family with strong feudal etiquette, the father is often like this, not to enlighten his son, but to use his authority to force his son to develop on the path he planned.

Because no successful father feels that his son is better than himself.

But the times are constantly improving.

After the muscles on Yang Shen's face twitched slightly, he bowed and retired.

The distance between him and his father's heart has become farther and farther away.