Zhang Zhou heard Zhu Youji's attitude towards this matter.

What do you care about Tang Yin, can your interests alone be compared with the overall situation of the stability of the court? Sacrifice one of you and fulfill everyone, even if you have the fame of Jinshi, you can be deprived of it.

"Your Majesty, the minister's opinion is still upholding justice, if there is something, there is something, and if there is no evidence, justice should be returned."

Zhang Zhou had already made up his mind to help Tang Yin, and seeing that the emperor wanted to erase Tang Yin's fame at this time, it was also a reasonable reminder.

Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while and did not answer Zhang Zhou directly.

Dai Yi said: "Mr. Zhang, Tang Yin's fame is insignificant, if he is really talented, he will take the exam in the future, why do you want him to push him to the fame of Jinshi on the cusp?" ”

"That's not right." Zhu Youzhu said, "Bingkuan's situation is actually the same as Tang Yin's, I helped Bingkuan, and I should treat Tang Yin's affairs equally." ”

Dai Yi was stunned.

The emperor changed his mind so quickly, just because Zhang Zhou helped Tang Yin speak?

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Zhou again and said: "Bingkuan, Bao Tang Yin is okay, but what I think is, can the scholar's discussion be calmed down?" Will it intensify? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, what the scholars want is to vent their emotions, the court has checked and given them an explanation, this is already the grace of Your Majesty and the court, if there are still people who want to continue to mess around, then let them provide evidence, instead of blindly accommodating." Besides, Your Majesty still has Cheng Minzheng and hasn't asked in detail? He should always be asked to make it clear to the outside world. ”

"How?" Zhu Youzhu frowned.

Even Dai Yi and others didn't understand.

Relying on Cheng Minzheng to talk to the world, can he explain things clearly? Continue to talk about "you can't wronged me without evidence"?

"Your Majesty, in fact, this depends on Cheng Minzheng's own consciousness and whether he is willing to sacrifice his temporary officialdom future to calm down the discussion. As long as he takes a step back, those who are interested in targeting him will definitely not make more trouble. Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhu Youzhu nodded as if he understood or not: "That's to let him leave it for the time being." ”

The reason is obvious.

The reason why you Cheng Minzheng was attacked by so many people and came twice is because you are not in the same group as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, plus the emperor intends to cultivate you as the fourth person in the cabinet, and there are many people who covet your position as a bachelor of Hanlin, so they will continue to bombard you.

As long as you retreat, the people outside will naturally not discuss it when they see that the goal has been achieved.

It's not that Wenchen doesn't have the idea of killing you, but the key is that no one has evidence of your problem, and in the absence of evidence, it is enough to calm things down if you get the result of making you famous.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are people who want to be faced, as long as you are willing to give up your position, they may still help you.

Zhu Youzhu thought for a while and sighed: "I'm afraid that if he is allowed to become a scholar, the matter will not be so easy to settle, but since Bingkuan has said it, I always have to try." Because even if you check, you can't find a result, and the discussion is still endless. ”

The emperor's words actually represent his inner contradictions.

He wanted to sacrifice Tang Yin and Xu Jing together, but he felt that it might not make sense to do so, it was rare to have a staff member who could see through the overall situation and did not have to shy away from giving him advice as a literati, telling him that he should protect Tang Yin and sacrifice Cheng Minzheng's career, which was equivalent to helping him make a decision when he hesitated.

Neither choice is good, so it's better to listen to Zhang Zhou first.

Zhu Youzhi is very dependent on Zhang Zhouke in terms of inner tendencies, because he has benefited greatly from listening to Zhang Zhou several times before, and there is no reason to insist on going against Zhang Zhou this time.

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At the suggestion of Zhang Zhou, Zhu Youzhu decided to retain the identity of Tang Yin's tribute.

Seeing that it was about to be dusk, Zhu Youzhi still wanted to leave Zhang Zhou to eat in the palace, and Xiao Jing next to him asked: "Then Your Majesty, do you want to let the inner curtain fill in the list, or do you want to go to the court and discuss it?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Isn't that the end of the matter? What more to discuss? I'll inform you early tomorrow morning, fill in the list, and publish the list normally the day after tomorrow. ”

In this kind of matter, the emperor didn't bother to ask those civil officials.

I can't tell the question, the most annoying thing for the emperor is to talk to the civil officials, this is not when Zhu Youzhu first ascended the throne, everything depends on the civil ministers, recently his health has also improved, obviously tightened at the decision-making level, and gradually began to show the imperial power.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the minister to retire." Zhang Zhoudao.

"Bingkuan, in fact, I really want to talk to you more, but also, when you go back, you are a jinshi, and you have time to talk after entering the palace. In this way, when you leave the palace, talk to Xiao Jing, see how you can make Cheng Minzheng more interesting, in recent days, the number of requests to take him into custody has increased more and more, if he is so obsessed again, I am afraid that I can't help him if I want to! ”

Zhu Youzhi felt that it was a good thing to let Cheng Minzheng temporarily become a member of the public and avoid the limelight.

But he can't mention it, it should be Cheng Minzheng who takes the initiative to ask, but Cheng Minzheng is still pretending to be high there and feels that he is not wrong at all, even the emperor thinks that this Cheng Minzheng is a little stubborn, although you Cheng Minzheng was attacked without evidence, but to put it bluntly, it's not because you are a troublemaker?

If you cause trouble, you should be conscious, and quickly put things to rest, so that people can worry less.

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On the way out of the palace.

Zhang Zhou walked with Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing naturally asked Zhang Zhou's opinion more along the way in accordance with the holy will, and now he is no longer asking how to deal with Li Dongyang, but how to make Cheng Minzheng take the initiative to admit his mistake and retire.

“…… Mr. Zhang, in fact, the question of the Lianhui exam was decided by him and Li Gelao together. He didn't even participate in the reading of the papers, as long as the matter was announced to the public, it would still be more beneficial to him. But even if you want Cheng Minzheng to admit that there is a fault in this matter, it is difficult, he is not in the oil and salt. Or...... Receive him to Beizhen Fusi first? ”

Xiao Jing's meaning, we might as well suggest that Your Majesty send people to Beizhen Fusi.

Anyway, Your Majesty listened to you, and it didn't mean that you were going to torture Cheng Minzheng, just scare him or make him give in.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Why didn't Gonggong Xiao use Xu Jing as a breakthrough? ”

"Xu Jing?" Xiao Jing was puzzled.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "As far as I know, this Xu Jing is a famous rich kid in Jiangyin, and he is very generous, he can visit Master Cheng as soon as he arrives in Beijing, how do you guess he did it?" ”

"This ...... Mr. Zhang, you seem to have said that the subordinates in Mr. Cheng's family are not very careful, right? Xiao Jing seemed to find the context of the problem.

"This kind of visit to celebrities, without spending some money, how can you meet at will? At that time, there were a lot of people who went to Cheng's Mansion to deliver their prayers, and Master Cheng, as a Hanlin Bachelor, was usually very busy with official business, even if it was rare to return home, or take a day or two of respite, there were only a handful of people who had the opportunity to see him. ”

Zhang Zhou almost wanted to say that Xu Jing spent a lot of money to see Cheng Minzheng, so he used this as a breakthrough.

"And then?" Xiao Jing was still not sure what Zhang Zhou meant.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "With Xu Jing's confession, take it to Master Cheng to see, will Master Cheng still insist on it like now?" I don't know exactly what price Xu Jing paid, it still depends on the result of Xu Jing's self-confession. As for how to get him to confess...... I don't think that's what I should be asking, right? ”

Xiao Jing nodded.

Dongchang wants a person to be honest, so there are not many means?

"In my calculations, he has been detained for a few days, and he should not continue to be obsessed with giving him bonuses, buying papers, etc." Zhang Zhou gave the proposal.

Xiao Jing smiled and nodded, and said, "Xu Jing can make a name for himself over there, and it's probably easy for Master Cheng to say it, but Tang Yin ......"

"Tang Yin...... Hehe, in my opinion, he is just a poor scholar, following Xu Jing to swagger through the market, does he really have the confidence and strength? But he has not yet known himself, he wants to compare with this, and he wants to compare with that, if he is not so flamboyant, why would he fall into today's field? Zhang Zhou seemed to be attacking Tang Yin.

Xiao Jing thought to himself, in fact, you Zhang is not much better than Tang Yin.

When someone else wants to attack the problem, don't they cut you first?

Xiao Jing smiled: "Actually, there are many similarities between Mr. Zhang and Tang Yin, probably because of this, Mr. Zhang will help him, right?" ”

This time Xiao Jing saw it really, if it wasn't for Zhang Zhou speaking for Tang Yin just now, the emperor would have erased Tang Yin's name as a tribute, and whether Tang Yin would have had the opportunity to take the exam again in the future, this time, Tang Yin would have to encounter some inhuman treatment if he couldn't prove his innocence.

Zhang Zhou really did it, while scolding Tang Yin for not knowing each other, while helping Tang Yin get out of the sea of suffering.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "It's not because of this, who made him my junior brother who didn't pass through the door?" ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Jing would never have thought that Zhang Zhou would have such a tricky starting point.

The junior brother who has never passed through the door......

The relationship is because you once bet that Tang Yin lost and wanted to enter your division, so you will help Tang Yin?

Xiao Jing shook his head helplessly and sighed, he was still secretly thinking in his heart, this Mr. Zhang's thinking was really different from ordinary people.

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The next day, at noon, the court was discussed.

All the ministers are waiting for the progress of the emperor's examination with them, after all, the list will be released in the coming day, and it stands to reason that the work of filling in the list will be completed on the same day, and the errand of the inner curtain official will also be over.

Zhu Youzhu didn't mention a single word about the topic until the end of the court discussion, and even some officials came out to mention related matters, but Zhu Youzhu stopped them.

In the end, Liu Jian came out to inquire as the first assistant: "...... Your Majesty, I heard that the chief examiner of the inner curtain of the examination made a recital of the case, I don't know how to deal with the release of tomorrow's examination? ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Li Ge Lao has checked in the inner curtain, there are four questionable papers, but there are no people involved in the case, Cheng Minzheng has never participated in the marking of the papers, and no candidate has been selected from him. Dare to ask you, how else do you want me to check? ”

Cheng Minzheng did not write the question alone, Cheng Minzheng was put aside when the paper was marked, and no evidence was found about Zhang Zhou, Tang Yin and Xu Jing being involved in the question.

I asked if I had to continue to investigate this matter, was it a child's play with the law of the Ming Dynasty?

The civil officials present also had a headache.

The key is that Hua Chang and the scholars outside didn't know that the emperor could find another way to deprive Cheng Minzheng of his qualifications to read the papers, and it was rumored that Cheng Minzheng used the advance question to discuss with Tang Yin and them, and what code words were used to select these people...... also said that Cheng Minzheng chose a person to go up and collect how much silver......

It was said to be very evil, but now the first one has been denied.

In the case that Cheng Minzheng didn't even read the papers, Cheng Minzheng might at most have discussed with outsiders in advance about possible questions, but there are many evidence links required for this kind of accusation, and the exam papers are the same, how to determine whether a person accepts the question or not?

Even Li Dongyang, who is famous and good at resourcefulness, inspected the inner curtain for a long time, but did not arrest Tang Yin and others, which in itself shows that there is or is not such a problem, and it is difficult to determine from the evidence.

"Then Your Majesty, since Cheng Minzheng has no evidence of guilt, why did he deprive him of his qualification to take the main exam before the internal curtain reading began?"

It was Min Jue who came out to question it.

In this matter, Min Jue seems to be more active than anyone else, and it seems that the person who wants to put Cheng Minzheng to death the most is him Min Jue.

Zhu Youzhu replied coldly: "Why did I do this, don't you know it? ”

Min Jue was supposed to question the emperor, but he became questioned by the emperor.

Min Qi was almost about to say, of course we don't know, and then he found that Xie Qian was giving him a look and asked him not to say any more.

Many people actually understand that the emperor deprived Cheng Minzheng of his qualifications to read the papers in advance, in addition to the rumors that there were already rumors outside after the exam, but also because Cheng Minzheng had been involved in a ridiculous case when the main examination of the general examination had not been decided.

This is the second time.

And the last time it was Wenchen who proposed to strictly investigate Cheng Minzheng without any basis, and the initiator at that time was Li Dongyang, who was also the chief examiner of this examination.

Until now, many people have not understood why Li Dongyang targeted Cheng Minzheng without evidence that time.

Many people attacked Cheng Minzheng this time because they found "inspiration" from Li Dongyang's attack on Cheng Minzheng last time.

What they didn't know was that in the last question, Li Dongyang was shocked to ask the emperor to check because he was covered by a topic spread from the outside world, instead of specifically targeting Cheng Minzheng alone.

Many people will be mistaken, thinking that the cabinet wants to pull Cheng Minzheng down.

Zhu Youzhu said: "After the list is released tomorrow, if there is any more discussion, there must be evidence." I will continue to inquire about Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing, and if they selflessly teach and accept each other, I will return their innocence, and if there are some unseemly things, I will not tolerate them. ”

The Chancellor soon heard something different from before.

The emperor not only withdrew Zhang Zhou, but also seemed to have lost Tang Yin this time, does this mean...... Tang Yin's suspicion is also cleared?

(End of chapter)