Xu Jing is in the courtyard of the capital.

On this day, Xu Jing hurriedly came back from the outside and went to the inner house to meet Tang Yin, who was reviewing his homework.

"Bohu, don't be in a hurry to prepare for the exam, I'll show you something good, I found the exam questions for this year's conference from outside......"

Xu Jing was excited.

He took out a paper envelope from his bosom and took out two more pages from it, on which were densely written with words.

Tang Yin put down his pen and frowned: "The examiners haven't decided yet, where are the exam questions?" ”

Xu Jing said: "You don't know this, right?" I got this exam question back through the door, and after you read the question, you will know that it is not fake. ”

As he spoke, Xu Jing presented the title to Tang Yin.

The more Tang Yin looked, the more his brows furrowed.

"How?" Xu Jing said with a smile.

Tang Yin said with a worried face: "But from the idea of the question, there is also the rigor of the question, especially the examination questions of the historical policy and the current affairs policy...... It shows its level. ”

Tang Yin is knowledgeable.

Maybe the titles of the Four Books and the Five Classics are all from the original text, there is nothing to say, but it also talks about an idea, and the policy project is the most reflective of the level of the questioner.

"Bohu, don't talk about anything else first, you look at this question, I have read it carefully, but I can't understand it, do you know what it means?"

As he spoke, Xu Jing pointed to one of the questions and asked.

Tang Yin looked over and frowned: "Isn't this very clear?" ”

Xu Jingdao: "It's the last sentence, 'There are those who are engaged in "Primary School" and "University", and those who are private and are suspected of being old', who is this talking about? ”

Among the questions of the four sons' attainments, the knowledge of the last son was also a paragraph that made Tang Yin hate for life in the 12th year of Hongzhi's examination.

After reading it, Tang Yin shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"You don't even know? Seemingly...... The person who wrote the question is not simple. Xu Jing admired.

It seemed that he was very proud that he had received such an exam question.

Tang Yin asked eagerly, "Where did it come from?" ”

Xu Jing said with a smile: "It is said that it is from Hanlin Cheng, do you believe it?" Someone is spreading it like this, and very few people have seen this question, do you think that everyone can get the question? Looks like we're going to try it this time. ”

Tang Yin frowned deeply and said: "Now I can't be sure who the main examiner is, there is such an examination question flowing out, can the imperial court not ask?" And how can such topics not be leaked again? I don't think you should be happy too early, I'm afraid that someone is deliberately deceiving, but it's just a fake name of Master Cheng! ”

"We'll see. Bohu, didn't you lose in the Jiangnan Township Test in the hands of Zhang Bingkuan? This is the best opportunity, the topic is here, you take it back to study, if the research is good, next year's spring high school Dingjia, no problem! ”

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……

This exam question is only circulating in a small circle.

But in the end, the matter was not hidden from the imperial historian, and the official who had science and technology did not take it seriously when he found out that there was a topic circulating among the people.

There are also many cases of charging questions before the exam, but soon some people found that this so-called "question" was very neat, and it was so neat that it was unbelievable.

Zhu Youzhu heard that there were leaked questions in the folk examination, and he thought it was ridiculous.

I haven't even decided who the examiner is, and I haven't decided who will answer the question. Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey?

Zhang Chaoyong argued in the court: "This topic, the neatness of the question, is obviously from the hand of the Hanlin Academy, and there are also rumors that this question was originally made by Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the question was specially given to some people who had visited him in private, so as to use it for the next year's meeting." Please also ask Your Majesty to inquire in the court! ”

Cheng Minzheng on the side was also stunned.

When have I leaked a question to someone? Let's talk a little more nonsense, can't we?

Cheng Minzheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, this is nonsense, please check it out!" ”

It was a great dynasty that day, and the people in the Fengtian Hall were talking about it, and it sounded ridiculous, but it seemed to have stirred up a thousand waves among the civil officials, and many people still felt that this suspicion was "justified".

Zhu Youzhu looked at the three cabinet members and asked, "How many cabinet elders, what do you think?" ”

At this time, Zhu Youji's purpose is actually to let the three members of the cabinet come out to set the tone, don't spread this kind of rumor anymore, don't say that I didn't decide Cheng Minzheng to be the main exam, even if it's decided, can you find out the clues of this kind of thing?

Besides, it is clear that there are two people in the main exam, and I have mentioned earlier that I want to choose one in the cabinet.

Cheng Minzheng said that he would take whatever he wanted to test?

But it was Li Dongyang who was secretly surprised after hearing about the questions of this exam, because to a large extent...... In the 12th year of Hongzhi's examination, he was also the main exam, that is to say, some of these questions were written by him.

What books he has been reading recently and what he has felt will be reflected in the questions of the next year's exam.

However, some of the questions, like roundworms in his stomach, could be accurately hit, which made Li Dongyang suspicious...... Could it be that someone in his own family leaked the books he usually reads, and even leaked the pages of the four books and five classics he read, where he paused......

Otherwise, how could he have so accurately grasped that concern in his heart?

But Li Dongyang was also puzzled.

The problem is that His Majesty didn't say that I should be the main examiner, although among the three cabinet members, I am the most popular for the main exam, and it is estimated that the other two will not rob me.

But the questioner, how did you get to know my inner thoughts?

Terrible!

With many questions, it is impossible for Li Dongyang to stand idly by and watch this matter directly.

He came out to speak on behalf of the cabinet and said: "Your Majesty, the examination is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's selection, and we should put an end to the rumors of the people's questions to set the record straight." ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This kind of unintentional thing, you Li Dongyang actually think that you should investigate, and you have to set the record straight?

He couldn't help but glance at Cheng Minzheng, and couldn't help but think of Zhang Zhou's words before, and sighed in his heart.

It seems that Bingkuan is right, no one should choose Cheng Minzheng as the main examiner this time, because of his background and experience, as well as his faction in the Hanlin Academy, it will be very unfavorable to him......

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, seemed to have a different opinion on this, and he came out and said: "The theory of the question is just groundless, and the main exam has not been decided, why are there such rumors?" If the imperial court has to investigate thoroughly because of some chasing after the wind and shadows, then where is the majesty of the imperial court? ”

Xu Qiong came out to tell the facts and reason.

But because Xu Qiong herself is Queen Zhang's in-law, Queen Zhang's half-sister, but Xu Qiong's concubine, and Queen Zhang was elected as the crown princess back then, and Xu Qiong operated behind it.

This also makes Xu Qiong in the eyes of orthodox civil officials, he is a person who relies on the relationship between the people and the people, and when Xu Qiong replaced Ni Yue as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the emperor intended to send the prestigious Ni Yue to Nanjing as the secretary to make room for Xu Qiong, which made him a public enemy-like figure among ordinary scholars.

When he came out to speak to Cheng Minzheng, he would naturally be perceived as colluding and covering up.

Zhang Chaoyong said: "Xu Butang, if there is no such thing, why should you be afraid of investigation? As long as you send someone to read the books that Master Cheng usually reads, as well as the Mobao in his home, is it not clear? ”

Cheng Minzheng was so angry that he almost jumped on the spot and asked: "Just because the people say that this is the topic I wrote, I want to go to my house to investigate, but tomorrow someone will say that this is a topic made by others, so I will go to someone else's house to search?" Is there still a royal law for this? ”

Cheng Minzheng was angry, not because people framed him for leaking the topic.

It's because it's a myth.

I didn't even think about being the main exam, even if it was me, I wouldn't have written the questions in advance, how afraid of death is this, I would actually write the questions out for others to know?

Such a clumsy method of planting, it is okay to talk about it by those people in the market, you are all the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and you actually believe this kind of nonsense, and you even took it to the most sacred court of the Ming Dynasty to say, you still have such a bully?

"Elder Liu Ge, what do you think?"

Zhu Youzhu could only ask for help and looked at Liu Jian.

He hoped that Liu Jian would come out and say something fair and completely dispel the idea of others investigating Cheng Minzheng.

The emperor also didn't want to be led by the nose by this group of civil officials, but the question was ...... Now it seems that the civil officials have the intention of putting Cheng Minzheng to death.

Liu Jian said: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister has no opinion. ”

Liu Jian didn't say he agreed, nor did he say he didn't agree, which means that it can be checked or not.

Even he was inclined to look it up.

Since there is none, what are you afraid of? Let someone go to your house to see if it is really the book you usually read, whether it is the topic you wrote, isn't it over?

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he was also angry in his heart.

He said: "Dongchang! ”

"Yes." Xiao Jing's face was embarrassed.

Others can't see the emperor's anger, how can they, who accompany the emperor every day, not see it?

Zhu Youzhu said with a straight face: "Send someone to Cheng Bachelor's Mansion to take a look, as well as the place where he is on duty in the public office, and return after checking." ”

"Yes!"

It is equivalent to saying that the emperor, under the pressure of civil officials, listened to this nonsense and really wanted to verify it.

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Cheng Minzheng was left in the palace and was not allowed to leave the palace, so he could only wait at the noon gate first.

Dongchang will send people to Chengfu and Hanlin Yuan non-stop.

Zhu Youzhi had a gloomy face, returned to the Qianqing Palace, and when he sat down, he directly threw a few books in front of him to the ground!

"Your Majesty is angry." Dai Yi went to pick up the music and persuaded at the same time.

Zhu Youzhu said angrily: "Bingkuan is not wrong at all, Cheng Keqin is just because he usually gets closer to the scholar, he will be considered to be suspected of having a question, and I really shouldn't have asked him to be the main examiner of this examination in front of others!" ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhu regretted it a little.

His appreciation for Cheng Minzheng is usually not hidden, which is what he feels has harmed Cheng Minzheng.

The more the emperor admires a person, the easier it is to kill a person.

Cheng Minzheng, as the speaker of the East Palace when he was the prince, is also his mentor in his heart, and it is recognized that Cheng Minzheng is the most knowledgeable in the Hanlin Academy, and the article is quaint for Li Dongyang.

Cheng Minzheng is so highly educated, and he is often deeply interested in terms of edicts, if I want to bring my own teacher, do I have to go through the permission of others?

(End of chapter)