When the emperor agreed, Zhang Zhou and Yang Tinghe were the main examiners of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, which was equivalent to saying that a certain compromise had been made on this matter.

In Zhu Youji's original idea, the one who can cooperate with Zhang Zhou must be the person who can cooperate with Zhang Zhou in handling court affairs in the future, and the best choice is Wang Wei, but considering that Yang Tinghe has been absent from the court for nearly two and a half years, it cannot be said which side he stands close to, so he agreed to this matter.

In order to let Zhang Zhou know the importance of cultivating party henchmen, after the matter was settled, Zhu Youzhu also summoned Zhang Zhou to the palace alone for a face-to-face lecture.

"Bingkuan, the questions are up to you, you don't have to be taboo, nominally there are two examiners, but in fact, you can call the shots."

"When reading the papers, choose the articles that you think are pertinent, and see their strategy for governing the country from the articles, you have been able to elect so many capable ministers without contacting some people before, I believe that this time there are articles as a reference, and you can also select a lot of good materials for governing the country."

"The inner curtain errand is more hard, you may not be used to it, you can take someone in to take care of the living, as long as you don't go out of the inner curtain casually, in addition to the need for you to do it yourself, other times including when grading, you can also be done by others first, you are only responsible for reading some selected articles."

"As for Yang Shi's side, I will let someone inform him, he is also an old man in the Hanlin Academy, I believe he also understands the rules."

Zhu Youji's care for Zhang Zhou is not inconsiderate.

Afraid that Zhang Zhou would not adapt to this closed environment of presiding over the exam, he specially allowed Zhang Zhou to bring people into the inner curtain, but he did not let these people contact with the outside world, which is equivalent to saying that it was okay for Zhang Zhou to bring his family inside.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, the minister is also from a candidate's background, and these are actually adaptable." I'm afraid that I will live up to His Majesty's high expectations. ”

"Bingkuan, don't be presumptuous, don't I know your abilities? Even if none of the ones you choose are good, that's fine. Maybe people who are not strong in skills rely on you more, and it is enough for me to have you to assist in the government, as long as they can listen to your orders and get things done. I don't need much skill from them. ”

Zhu Youzhi is very free and easy.

Selecting talents for the country, even if you choose a group of wrecks to come out, I am not to blame.

What I want is for them to be your comrades, to be able to do your bidding, so that I will be satisfied.

These words made Xiao Jing, Chen Kuan and others next to them feel very uncomfortable when they heard it.

Where is this trust, it is simply blind obedience.

When he became the emperor, he almost gave up the country to him, but in addition, he really had never seen this kind of monarchy and courtiers.

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Li Zhang was responsible for sending Zhang Zhou out of the palace, and Li Zhang also had to greet Yang Tinghe, who was about to return to the city, and Li Zhang would go to Yang Tinghe to "give advice".

"Grandpa, do you understand? Your Majesty asked you to bring people in, as long as it does not affect your daytime questions and marking. ”

Li Zhang's face was still flat.

But when he said it, it seemed to be flattering.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This doesn't seem to be in line with the rules. It's not good to be impeached. ”

Li Zhang said: "Actually, it's not like that, as long as the people in the curtain have no contact with the outside world, even if it is the previous examiner, they will bring one or two small guys in to make a move, after all, the environment inside is ...... It's not as simple as the outside, in terms of eating and drinking. We'll also find someone to help you arrange it to make sure you're inside...... I can be relieved and don't have to be distracted by things other than talent selection. ”

This means that you not only have to bring someone in with tea and water, but also bring in the cook, maid or something, and take the examination room as your home, as for the strange eyes of outsiders, you don't have to care at all.

Zhang Zhou smiled and nodded: "Then thank Gonggong Li for his kindness." ”

"You have to hurry up and make arrangements, you will enter the inner curtain tomorrow, if you have anything too late to prepare, just let me know, and someone will send it to you."

Li Zhang can also be said to be "considerate".

"Don't bother."

Zhang Zhou smiled and refused.

I'm just on a business trip for a few days, and I'm not out of the city gate in the capital, and I really need to prepare so many things for food and shelter inside?

When I was mining and running in the mountains, I didn't complain.

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Li Zhang and Zhang Zhou said goodbye in front of the palace gate.

Here Zhang Zhou wants to go back to the house first, and he will preside over the township test in the coming day, and he will take a vacation first and deal with family affairs first.

Li Zhang was at the gate of the palace, watching Zhang Zhou's carriage leave from a distance, and his face was a little lighter.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mu Bin, immediately appeared behind him.

"What?" Li Zhang was not so restrained in front of Mu Bin, but looked very stern.

Mu Bin said: "If you go back to your father-in-law, the people involved in the Yongping Mansion have been escorted to the capital, because Cai Guogong has not yet made a choice between the families involved in the case, and only two families in front of him are sure to be excluded from the case, and the rest are ...... The edict was not enough, so it was first arranged in the cell of the criminal department, and people had already been sent to greet them, and no one from the criminal department was allowed to interrogate. ”

"What about Dali Temple?" Li Zhang asked.

"Dali Temple only sent a prisoner to come over to cooperate, about the case of the edict, the people of Dali Temple don't want to pay attention to it, after all, in the court, Your Majesty has already set the tone, and Dali Temple is not easy to change anything."

Mu Bin said, and then beckoned a hundred households to come over and handed over a more detailed case file to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang did not shy away from the occasion, so he opened the book directly at the gate of the palace, which seemed to be a careful study, but in fact, it was just a glance and ten lines.

"There are still a lot of people involved in the case, as you said before, leave 50,000 taels of silver...... It is not so practical, and the rest can go directly to the inner mansion, and Cai Guogong has not made arrangements for this matter. Mu Bin said.

Li Zhang said: "Cai Guogong is busy with official business, how can he have so much mind to care about these trivial matters? Speaking for you Jinyi Wei in the court before, he is worthy of you! In this way, didn't it be said before that there are two that must be checked? ”

"Yes." Mu Bin said, "One family is surnamed Zhao, and one family is surnamed Xiang." ”

"Just these two families, since they can't hide, then let's take them first, use all kinds of punishments first, at least make sure that they are involved in the case, and betray the country, how can they punish the three clans, and also kill the prestige of this group of people, don't let them think that Cai Guogong is easy to speak, and he is ready to pardon them!"

Li Zhang had a murderous aura on his face.

Mu Bin said: "Do you want to ask Cai Guogong first?" ”

Li Zhang shook his head and said: "Cai Guogong will enter the township examination tomorrow to preside over the township examination, that is a major event in the selection of talents, after entering the question, from the end of the township examination, and then to the marking of the Zhang Bang Lu Ming banquet, at least half a month before and after, do you let Cai Guogong preside over the examination in it, while taking care of these trivial things?" ”

"No, I can't." Mu Bin said, "I also heard that there is a coal mine in Datong, and there is a little contradiction between the government and the gentry below, do you want to mention it to Your Majesty?" ”

"There will be a new uncle over there, and Jinyiwei didn't send anyone to go, what do you care?" Li Zhang was a little impatient.

Mu Bin said: "I heard that Xinjian Bo has not been in Datong recently, he has been in Maoerzhuang and Weininghai these places, this time the border patrol war, Xinjian Bo has always deliberately lowered his figure, and if something happens in Datong Town, I am afraid that it will affect his use of troops." ”

"Take care of the things at hand, the use of troops in the northwest has nothing to do with you. Do as we say. ”

"Yes!"

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After Mu Bin was ordered, he hurriedly returned to Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, and called back Guo Ang, who was running errands outside.

"Your Excellency." Guo Ang saw Mu Bin sitting in the public court, and hurriedly went over to give a salute.

Mu Bin said: "How is it going?" ”

Guo Ang said: "The people who were escorted to Beijing one after another, a total of 12 families, more than 300 people, those side branches have not been counted, involving the matter of Tongfan and the attack on Jinyiwei, among which there are not only men, but even female dependents have also been put in women's prisons, only those over 60 years old and under 8 years old, temporarily exempted from being confined in Yongping Mansion." ”

Mu Bin beckoned: "Bring me the roster of prisoners of the Zhao family and the Xiang family." ”

"Yes."

Guo Ang hurriedly asked people to bring a few files over.

After Guo Ang presented it to Mu Bin, he stood next to him and waited for instructions.

Mu Bin looked around, frowned, and said, "What's going on with these few?" ”

"Dead."

Guo Ang said, "The old man of the Xiang family, when he heard that the matter was irreparable, he hung his neck in prison, and when he found it, he was already cold. There were also two women with a good temperament who threw themselves into the well when they went out to let out the wind. ”

"Smack!"

Mu Bin slapped the table and said, "Who are you fooling?" It's good, so many people are watching, can you still find a short time? Don't you think I don't know what's going on. ”

Guo Ang's face was a little evasive, and he looked very embarrassed: "It was Shou Ninghou who sent someone to say hello and pick up the two women, and reported that they were thrown into the well." In fact, they themselves knew about this, saying that they wanted to ask Shou Ninghou for help in this way. ”

Mu Bin sneered: "Shou Ninghou is good at talking now?" If Gonggong Li and Cai Guogong know about it and investigate it, how can they say about it? ”

"This ......"

Guo Ang looked embarrassed.

Mu Bin asked again: "Over there in Yongping Mansion, how many people are still moving their upper and lower joints in the capital?" But have they sent people to find out their whereabouts? ”

Guo Ang said: "There are a lot of people, all of them have contact with these people, and they are all made of silver in advance, it is said that Cai Guogong's side of the door is not working, and they are all seeking to go to you and Li Gonggong's side...... I just want to go to Shouninghou, because Jian Changbo is not in Beijing, and no one asks for it. In addition, I heard that there are also people from Changningbo's side who go to give gifts......"

When Mu Bin heard this, his face was still very bad.

"My lord, do you have to wait for Cai Guogong to give a hint before this case can proceed?" Guo Ang asked.

"No, Gonggong Li has already called over, let the people of these two families be tortured and interrogated first, and the case will be confirmed, as for the people next to him, whether they want to be pardoned depends on Cai Guogong's decision. These two ...... There is no escape. Mu Bin said.

Guo Ang said: "It's not that adults don't know, the torture has been used from the first day they were caught, but the evidence link is still not clear enough. I didn't find that they had any connection with Zhang Yu, the former governor of Liaodong. ”

Mu Bin said sharply: "If there is no evidence, we have to find evidence!" Do you still use others to teach this kind of thing? ”

Guo Ang said: "Also, I heard that a family surnamed Huang is a distant relative of Cai Guogong, and he is also involved in the case, is it ......?"

"What relatives?" Mu Bin frowned.

Yongping Mansion also ran out of Zhang Zhou's relatives? And is it still involved in the case? Is there such a coincidence?

"Most of them are Pan's relatives, very far away, maybe they don't even know about Cai Guogong himself, but do you want to inform them first, lest Cai Guogong know about it later, and be angry with the people of Jinyiwei?" Guo Ang is also very careful in doing things now.

He also seems to know that Zhang Zhou is now Jinyiwei's real boss.

What Mu Bin and Li Zhang, it is more about listening to Zhang Zhou's opinions to do things.

"Tomorrow, Cai Guogong will go to the Tribute Academy to preside over the big competition, how can he have this work? Since there may be relatives, don't move this house first, and don't go to prison first, anyway, there are houses in the city, so keep people in the circle and watch them closely. ”

"Yes."

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Zhang Zhou went home to pack his things and prepare to preside over the exam.

The house here is also very busy, after all, Zhang Zhou has not been back to Beijing for a few days, and suddenly has to "go on a business trip", although the road is close, but he can't go home, and Jiang Pingyu is presiding over the house to clean up for Zhang Zhou.

And Zhang Zhou teased the child in the backyard.

Suisui is seven years old, and she is considered a "big girl", and Zhang Lin is already very stable in walking, and has his mother's genetics.

As for Zhang Jun......

Recently, I have been studying at a boarding private school, and I am not usually at home.

It was also requested by Zhang Zhou to give this kid a "lesson", so as not to uncover the tiles in the house at home.

"You don't have to pack so much, just bring a baggage, and Mingshan will go in with me, and she will take care of me, you don't have to worry."

Zhang Zhou smiled and said to Jiang Pingyu, who was busy.

Since it is possible to bring his entourage into the inner curtain, Zhang Zhou must have brought Wang Mingshan first, and it is not a vase to bring it in, it is a personal brocade guard to protect it...... And it's still the kind that protects day and night, and can still talk usually, so that Zhang Zhou can find some family atmosphere from a cute half-grown girl to a mature woman who is already a mother.

Zhang Zhou is heartfelt.

"Master, outside Master Liu came in to spread the word, saying that Master Jiang came in person."

The summer solstice came in and passed through.

Now there are more than a dozen maids in Zhang Zhou's house, Xia Zhi came from Nanjing, and he was reluctant to enter Beijing at first, but now he has come over, and he is already the foreman of the maid in the house.

Zhang Zhou also knew that Xia Zhi and Liu Gui were also eyebrows, but now Liu Gui has a "high vision", and he doesn't seem to want to marry much, just looking for fun.

Poor Xia Zhi has been waiting to marry Liu Gui as the main house.

"Got it."

Zhang Zhou put down his hand in advance and came out to see Jiang Dezhong.

When Jiang Dezhong saw Zhang Zhou, his old face was a little wrinkled, looking like laughing or crying.

"Old Taishan, I haven't seen you for a few months, why do you think you are a lot younger?" Zhang Zhou actually wanted to say that you are a lot older.

Jiang Dezhong said: "Bingkuan, you are smiling, how can there be Qingjian, in fact, it is an old dragon clock." It's not a personal matter, let me tell you...... said that your mother's father, that is, your grandfather, has a daughter of a sister's family who married into Yongping Mansion, isn't this also related to this case, you should call her...... Cousin...... found me and wanted to make peace with me, but I didn't ...... Here it comes! (End of chapter)