Seeing that Jinyiwei was about to come in and get people, Zhang Zhouxin said What is the situation?

Didn't you say that today is to let the two parties confront each other on the spot, make court arguments, clear my suspicions and settle the matter at the same time? I haven't said a word, I haven't been given a chance to perform, why did you finish it for me, Your Majesty?

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say."

The Jinyi guards had already gone to the palace, and Zhang Zhou suddenly gave up his hand and asked loudly.

The scene was a little out of control, Wenchen's side felt that the emperor's approach was very arbitrary, and Wuxun's side was also discussing it in private, but at this time, Zhang Zhou spoke, and the scene suddenly quieted down.

It's not that Zhang Zhou's voice is loud, or how imposing he is, can calm the scene.

But everyone remembered that today's protagonist should be Zhang Zhou, this kid was just a "legendary character" before, and his name was unknown, and Wu Xun felt that this was an unfathomable "half-immortal".

In addition, Zhang Zhou took the initiative to ask for a performance and strive as a non-court official, so others naturally wanted to hear what he had to say.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Zhang Qingjia, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Zhou didn't care about the narrow gaze of others, as if there were no others at the scene, straightened his waist and asked: "Your Majesty, the minister has some opinions on this case, and I want to discuss it with Hua. ”

Including the emperor, the monarchs and ministers present were a little incomprehensible to Zhang Zhou's behavior.

The emperor has negotiated the matter for you, Hua Chang is about to be imprisoned in Jinyi, and even interrogated, why do you still have an opinion?

Zhang Zhou actually had to say this.

Relying on the emperor's generous statement alone, he wanted to calm the public opinion of the government and the opposition, and it was obvious that the emperor was a little taken for granted.

It may be that Zhu Youzhu was eager to protect him and clear his grievances for him, forgetting how to arrange it in advance, and he was going to take Hua Chang directly to ask for the guilt.

In Zhang Zhou's view, this is useless except that it will intensify the contradictions.

In the next step, there is no need for those scholars to go to the temple to cry, it is estimated that other officials will hit the pillar with their heads and play the trick of death. For the sake of the so-called solar terms, the so-called Qingliu civil officials played with their lives, but nine cows couldn't pull it back.

"Say!"

When Zhu Youzhu saw Zhang Zhou's stubborn attitude, he probably realized that he might have been a little upset just now, and he was also glad that Zhang Zhou poured a basin of cold water on him to calm him down.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Zhang Zhou got the emperor's permission, he finally had room for him to play, and turned to look at Hua Chang, whose official hat was already soaked.

With a seemingly absent smile on his face, Zhang Zhou asked: "Hua Zhishi, under the name Zhang Zhou, the word Bingkuan, Nanzhi is a person from Tianfu, he was born in Nan Yonggong, and he is a candidate for this examination. ”

“……”

Hua Chang glared at Zhang Zhou.

Tell me who you are?

The ministers in the hall didn't know what Zhang Zhou was going to do, but seeing Zhang Zhou's slightly arrogant look, they were somewhat prejudiced.

This kid clearly saw the emperor's favoritism towards him, and he was showing off his might!

But the ministers can't help it, they also know that if anyone has the ability of this kid, can get a glimpse of the heavens, and save the princess, then they will also get the emperor's trust, and they can also walk sideways here today.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Hua Zhishi, you played the impeachment, saying that Hanlin Cheng was involved in the issue, I don't have anything to say about this, because I have never met with Cheng Bachelor......"

"If you say you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it?" Hua Chang also suddenly became angry.

You're a kid who is self-explanatory.

You haven't met Cheng Min Zheng, but you can't explain it clearly with your mouth.

Zhang Zhou shrugged: "If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it, if you want to say that I have seen it, there must be someone to show physical evidence, right?" I didn't set foot in Master Cheng's house, I didn't deliver a post, and I didn't visit the Hanlin Academy, so you don't think that there is any other way for us to meet each other, so we can avoid the eyes of the world, right? ”

Hua Chang was speechless for a while.

First of all, no matter who Zhang Zhou is, at least Cheng Minzheng is a celebrity on his side.

When a celebrity meets someone, he always has to show some signs, and he is exactly as Zhang Zhou said...... There is no evidence as to whether they met or not.

Xiao Jing walked out at this time and said: "This point, Dongchang can provide evidence, since Zhang Gongsheng entered Beijing, he has never left the sight of Jinyiwei, who he has seen and who has not seen anyone, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are also clear." It is true that he did not pay homage to the Bachelor of Process. ”

This was originally only told to Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Xu Qiong.

Now everyone in the court knows that the treatment Zhang Zhou received after entering Beijing is completely different from those ordinary candidates.

You're numb claws, aren't you?

Hua Chang said: "Then how do you know him...... Is it through other means to get the question......"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Hua Zhishi, let's talk about something more meaningful, such as what you participated in, I have discussed with others the exam questions of this meeting...... That's what you say, right? When, where, and with whom did I talk about it? It's better for you to tell me who it is, and it's better to testify in person. ”

Hua Changxin said, you kid was deaf just now, right? I didn't hear what I said, a witness or something, I'll find it for you when I get back, but I don't have it now!

"Zhang, don't be complacent, you are criticized, is it groundless? Who do you think you've met and known to others? ”

Hua Chang gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Zhou is still a little "impressed" by Hua Chang, and until now, this product can still make threats, just like the truth.

He wanted to say, if you are a little harder and bite your lip to bleed, maybe I will believe that I have talked to people about the exam questions.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Then I have to say another thing, after I arrived in Beijing, I was too busy, and I really never met any candidate in the same subject in private, and I appeared among the scholars several times, and they all appeared in public, and there were people who could testify, and I didn't talk to anyone about anything related to the exam questions." ”

Xiao Jing said again: "On this point, Dongchang can also testify to it. ”

Hua Chang almost wanted to jump high on the spot.

Why is there a matter of your surname Xiao Gelding in everything? Can you die if you say less?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Even if I find someone to frame him, saying that I have mentioned exam questions to him, I want to hear how he is false." If you want people to confess without evidence or evidence, I'm afraid it's not realistic, right? ”

Hua Chang's face was flushed with anger.

But he couldn't say a word.

He didn't have any evidence in the first place, the 12-year Hongzhi case in history was just a gossip chasing after the wind, if it wasn't for Hua Chang to stab it, this kind of criticism would not have caused any climate, but it was such a thing that buried the future of Cheng Minzheng, Xu Jing and Tang Yin, and even made Cheng Minzheng lose his life.

In history, Hua Chang was also convicted and released because of this.

It can be said that he was not wronged.

Xie Qian saw that Hua Chang had been suppressed by Zhang Zhou's momentum, he walked out and said with a smile: "Zhang Gongsheng, since you arrived in Beijing, you haven't seen any scholars in private?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Xie Ge is always there, right? ”

Xie Qian was stunned, this kid actually knows me?

Zhang Zhou didn't know him, but he had secretly heard Xie Qian's voice in the Qianqing Palace, and as soon as Xie Lao'er spoke, Zhang Zhou could recognize it.

"Xie Gelao's question is very good, it is true that he has never met anyone in private, but it is not that he has never seen anyone."

"The second son who has seen the Guozi Jian Lin sacrificial wine, Zhu Feng, the son of Chengguo Gong, and Jinyiwei are present. There was also a person who wanted to have academic arguments with me many times, named Tang Yin. ”

"But I didn't meet him in private, because I thought that what I was doing would definitely attract a lot of doubts, and if I met with someone in private, I was afraid that there would be some misunderstanding. Therefore, it is better to prepare for the exam alone than to see outsiders. ”

Zhang Zhou looked very calm.

He also speaks at a gentle pace.

Xie Qian immediately thought that the emperor had said last night that Zhang Zhou had just arrived in the capital, and he told the emperor that Cheng Minzheng likes to meet with scholars and is easy to be criticized, so the emperor arranged for Zhang Zhou to be Cheng Minzheng as a personal tutor, but Zhang Zhou did not agree, and even avoided meeting anyone.

This kid had long expected that there might be today's play.

Originally, Xie Qian only regarded Zhang Zhou as a sharp-toothed reader, but after listening to Zhang Zhou's words and correlating with the emperor's words, he immediately realized that Zhang Zhou was not an ordinary lifter, let alone an ordinary young man who did not understand the world.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Hua is a matter, but the only thing that I have contact with Cheng Minzheng, Tang Yin, and Xu Jing is that before this examination, I had visited the teacher, and I had met Tang Yin at that time. ”

Hua Chang seemed to grasp the life-saving straw and said, "That is the exam question that you have secretly discussed. ”

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, give you a sack and you will drill into it? Give you a pit and you'll jump down?

At your level, who are you impeaching?

Rotten Confucian, you are!

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said: "On the contrary, there was no private discussion with Tang Yin, what was said at that time, many Jiangnan scholars heard it very clearly, and after finishing speaking, they withdrew and did not say a word to others, if you don't believe it, you can ask the people present that day." ”

"You ......" Hua Changden realized that he might have fallen into a trap.

Zhang Zhoudao: "At that time, what I agreed with Tang Yin was a gambling contract, the so-called knowledge is not set outside the field, and the difference between Xie Yuan and Yayuan in the Jiangnan examination room is not so big. But he insisted on competing, so I made an appointment with him to win or lose in the examination, and if I won him, I would let him join my teacher. If my test score is not as good as his, and I don't pass this exam, I will no longer take the exam from now on, and I will accept the tribute and release the official! ”

"Huh?"

The bet has only been circulated on a small scale.

There were all important ministers of the court, as well as princes and nobles, how could they know about such a trivial matter?

Now that Zhang Zhou said it, they knew that there was still this one.

Zhang Zhou actually made a "heavy bet" with Tang Yin, Zhang Zhou said that he was not a Jinshi in this subject, so he would not take the exam again? Of course, there is another premise, that is, Tang Yin must be successful.

How confident is that?

Of course, it is understandable that Jiangnan Township tried to solve the yuan, and it is understandable that he is so confident and arrogant.

Zhang Zhou continued: "I don't know if Xu Jing and Tang Yin have anything to do with Cheng Bachelor, or what they have talked about. But since I have such a gambling contract with Tang Yin, it is equivalent to an opponent, and the so-called private discussion of exam questions is not valid, right? ”

"If I didn't learn about the exam questions from Tang Yin, then I should have found a way for me to get the questions, whether someone sent me a message, or someone to inform me, there must always be a witness or physical evidence on the letter, otherwise I shouldn't use hearsay as evidence to attack me. This is not just aimed at me, it can even be said to ignore the laws of the Great Ming! ”

……

……

Zhang Zhou can be said to be arguing on the basis of reason and talking eloquently.

When he finished, the scene was quiet.

It seems that everyone wants to know how Hua Chang is going to argue with Zhang Zhou, and some people want to know whether Hua Chang can really find human and physical evidence.

Previously, they also thought that Zhang Zhou was the first brother of officialdom, maybe using some mental pressure methods or something would make Zhang Zhou reveal his flaws, and even in the absence of incriminating evidence, Zhang Zhou's true form would be revealed.

Now they know.

It turned out that a Taoist official like Hua Chang was not the king of the court, and his eloquence was simply vulnerable in front of Zhang Zhou.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that what Zhang Gongsheng said is reasonable." At this time, a person from Wuxun's side came out, it was the British Gong Zhang Mao, and he said in a very strong voice, "If you are wronged by unwarranted criticism, it is for the disrespect of the law of the Ming Dynasty, and please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to calm down the discussion and return Zhang Gongsheng to a clean slate." ”

"Yes!"

Wu Xun seemed to be very supportive of Zhang Mao, and echoed the voice.

The civil servant took a look.

Okay, you reckless people, you really see the wind and rudder, don't you?

It can be seen that His Majesty is very fond of this Zhang Zhou, and he saw that Hua Chang's momentum was suppressed, and then he came out to support Zhang Zhou?

You wallgrass!

Suddenly, the contradiction between Zhang Zhou and Hua Chang became the contradiction between Wenchen and Wu Xun.

Zhu Youzhu saw that this was wrong, and he didn't care what others came out to say, and said loudly: "Hua Chang, what else do you have to say?" ”

Hua Chang trembled with anger, probably thinking that he had a hundred mouths, but he was speechless on this matter.

Zhu Youzhu said: "I have asked Dongchang to check, Xu Jing and Tang Yin did visit Cheng Minzheng, but it was before the main exam last year. Their affairs are to be investigated separately. ”

"But you should also hear what Zhang Qing's family said, if anyone thinks that he is involved in the issue, show evidence. I will let Dongchang strictly inspect the evidence, and I will neither wronged anyone, nor will I turn a blind eye to it! ”

There is Zhang Zhou's words to make a base.

The emperor's tone was softer than before, but his heart was more bottomed than before.

This is not relying on the emperor's prestige to suppress things, but relying on reason.

The scene relied on Zhang Zhou's unruly appearance and eloquence on the basis of Zhang Zhou's reasoning.

He also wanted to remind the Wenchen present that he didn't think that if he found some far-fetched physical evidence, or found someone as a witness, he could get Zhang Zhou into the case again.

Just ask those scholars, who dares to come out and find trouble?

Liu Jian walked out and said, "Then Your Majesty, does this case still need to be investigated?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Order, Li Dongyang, the secretary of the Prince Shaobao's Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, re-examined the candidates' files in the inner curtain of the Gongyuan, and Tang Yin and Xu Jing were temporarily detained in the Fusi of Beizhen to prepare for the exam. Hua Chang ...... Taken into custody together! ”

(End of chapter)