Xiao Jing couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
I secretly think that you are a hedgehog, others only look for soft persimmons to pinch, but you are the one who hits the target.
"Mr. Zhang, when you enter the court, There are many reasons why we cannot avoid meeting each other. With your pure character, those officials will definitely put aside their doubts about you and live in harmony with you."
Xiao Jing. It seems that he is very optimistic about Zhang Zhou becoming a serious official.
In his eyes, Zhang Zhou was very principled and very similar to those civil servants.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Being in harmony can't form a party. Joining the DPRK is just to assist in the affairs of the DPRK. What does it matter whether we live in harmony with them or not? The entertainment between colleagues is still too cumbersome for me." "
"Thank you very much. We are waiting in the Qianqing Palace. I guess it won't be long before His Majesty comes back."
Xiao Jing stopped talking about this topic with Zhang Zhou.
It doesn’t matter whether Zhang Zhou gets along with civil officials or not, as long as he doesn’t get along too much with internal officials, that is the easiest thing to criticize.
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Now Zhang Zhou gets along with the internal officials much better than those courtiers.
When Zhu Youtang returned to the gate of Qianqing Palace, he directly called Zhang Zhou and entered the palace together.
"Bingkuan, let me make everything clear. It has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to take it to heart anymore. As for Cheng Minzheng, Tang Yin and Xu Jing, I will also send people to investigate, which may take some time. ”
Zhu Youtang may have wanted to protect Cheng Minzheng before, but compared to Zhang Zhou, Cheng Minzheng became a marginal figure in his eyes who could be protected or not.
Zhu Youtang was actually satisfied that Zhang Zhou could distance himself from this matter.
"Earlier, you were in tit-for-tat with Mr. Xie Ge in the court, or you didn't understand him as a person. He had no intention of ridiculing you. On the contrary, he paid great attention to the promotion of young people. Mr. Xie Ge was a good example to others. His style."
Zhu Youtang even wanted to say a few words for Xie Qian to tell Zhang Zhou not to take it too seriously.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Your Majesty is serious. What I said to Mr. Xie Ge was purely to clarify my position and had no intention of taking any aim."
"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded with a smile. "I believe that Mr. Yi Xiege's city government will not take it seriously. However, for the first time you went to court and argued with others, you were able to be neither humble nor arrogant. It really surprised me that you were able to be on the spot without causing chaos. , has the potential to do great things."
"Your Majesty, please give me love."
"Bingkuan, what do you think of this problem? I haven't asked you about your specific response before. The main thing is to keep you out of the matter. Now you can tell me about it. After all, you can predict everything beforehand. I guess you have your own predictions about the outcome of this matter."
Zhu Youtang had previously been determined to help Zhang Zhou clear his grievances. Seeing that his wish was almost fulfilled now, he began to discuss the matter with Zhang Zhou in detail.
This is also why Zhang Zhou mentioned the vend title in the three hexagrams at the beginning of the year.
Only to arouse the emperor's curiosity and letThe emperor felt that he had some insights and opinions on this matter, so the emperor would ask for his opinions in private. This was the same purpose as his prediction of Zhang Yanling and Jianchangwei earthquake.
If he had not participated in it through prophecy in advance, after the incident, the emperor would have asked the ministers for their opinions. After all, those people were professional politicians who received salaries to do things.
How could the emperor listen to him on such a major matter?
Zhang Zhou said, "I feel that Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing are not unjust in this matter."
"Oh, how can I tell you?" Zhu Youtang's interest increased a bit.
This kind of statement is different when talking to ministers. Ministers generally do not use a dialectical perspective to analyze things from two sides. When talking to the emperor, they always fix a position and then reason.
Zhang Zhou's discussion was not as formal as court discussions. It was a private inquiry anyway, so he could say whatever he wanted.
"Cheng Minzheng did not participate in reading the examination papers, but only composed the questions. Whether to take or not take that examination paper is the decision of other examiners. The suspicion that he cheated behind the scenes can be eliminated. ."
"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded, "But the key lies in the vending title spread by the outside world."
Zhang Zhou said, "I'm afraid that the vending title will come to an end." It is difficult to find any evidence, because after Cheng Minzheng was confirmed to be the examiner, he never saw anyone again. Could it be that he knew in advance that he was going to be the examiner, and also made up the hypothesis of the topic to inform others. What benefits would it have to him?"
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and nodded again.
Dai Yida next to him said, "If everything goes as Mr. Zhang said, it would be easy to handle. I'm afraid the scholars outside don't think so. They are sure that there is a problem, so tell them these principles. It doesn’t make sense.”
Zhang Zhou said, “Your Majesty, this involves what I said. He, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were not unjust in this matter. After arriving in the capital, Xu Jing took Tang Yin to visit. As I know, the cost of meeting Cheng Minzheng is quite high."
"Just some arrangements may cost money, and Tang Yin does not have such a fortune, so he must pay for it. Everything was done by Xu Jinglai, but Cheng Minzheng knew that he was the candidate for the next spring examination, but he still didn't avoid suspicion. This is his fault."
Zhu Youtang sighed, "I actually think so too. Speaking of which, if Cheng Minzheng hadn't gone to see those people, would there have been any rumors about the scandal? Others would have been unable to find a way to do anything."
Zhang Zhou smiled.
The emperor just said that Cheng Minzheng was an egg with cracks.
"But Your Majesty, it is not against the law for Ming ministers to meet civil servants, and Cheng Minzheng is not the only one doing this, isn't it?" Zhang Zhou asked a question.
The emperor was silent this time.
Nowadays, everyone is finding fault with Cheng Minzheng, but his fault may not even be considered as the fault of others.
Li Dongyang, another examiner in this examination, saw more scholars than Cheng Minzheng, and every time he evaluated the talents and learning of these scholars, he also gave himThey judged Li Dongyang's status, or used it to encourage him, and even did it more openly than Cheng Minzheng, but no one attacked Li Dongyang's issue.
The difference in treatment is so big.
To put it bluntly, Cheng Minzheng is just a soft persimmon
As a cabinet minister, Li Dongyang is still the second assistant. Maybe when Liu Jian retires, he Li Dongyang will be the first assistant. Civil servants criticize Li Dongyang How risky is it? Those scholars also have to worry about becoming officials in the court in the future. If they offend Li Dongyang, their career will be bleak. They don’t need to think about getting official posts in Beijing. They can directly go to Nanjing or local posts. Go up and look for official vacancies.
"From my perspective, Cheng Minzheng still suffered from poor official communication. In other words, someone was trying to punish him, but he himself was ignorant."
Zhang Zhou said his opinion.
Dai Yi, Xiao Jing and others next to them were holding their breath and concentrating.
Except for Zhang Zhou, no one else could openly talk about the factional views of the DPRK and Chinese civil servants.
This also reflects the difference between Zhang Zhou and others. As the emperor’s personal advisor, if everything was analyzed quite satisfactorily, then why would the emperor ask him?
" Cheng Minzheng, alas"
Zhu Youtang was filled with emotion when he mentioned this person.
Because the emperor also regretted telling others that he admired Cheng Minzheng very much and wanted to promote Cheng Minzheng to the cabinet, and also regretted his insistence on arranging Cheng Minzheng to be the examiner of the examination.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Minzheng is actually more suitable for studying than for being an official. Of course, this is the opinion of my family. If he can wake up in time after experiencing this, take the initiative to resign, and stay in the capital to start classes As a disciple, the ministers will visit him frequently to inquire about academic matters." Zhang Zhou smiled and proposed a vision for the future.
Let Cheng Minzheng become an official.
As a punishment for him, Cheng Minzheng was not allowed to leave the capital. Instead, he was allowed to stay in the capital to study, and Zhang Zhou also said that he would be an auditor.
Zhang Zhou was actually speaking for Cheng Minzheng.
The emperor also tended to protect Cheng Minzheng. The emperor also did not want Cheng Minzheng to be thrown into jail and tortured, and his reputation was ruined. .
Zhu Youtang said, "I have already announced in the court that I will investigate this matter thoroughly. The courtiers will probably not give up easily."
The emperor knew those civil servants very well. They were the best at urinating and adding insult to injury. Historically, the emperor also imprisoned Hua Chang, Tang Yin and Xu Jing first. Cheng Minzheng was not imprisoned until more than ten days later. The emperor even responded to the memorial to impeach Cheng Minzheng. To leave something in doubt is to hesitate.
In the end, he was coerced by civil servants, and Cheng Min had to be thrown into the imperial prison. Then Cheng Minzheng was treated inhumanely there. In the end, although there was no evidence to prove that Cheng Minzheng participated in the issue, it was also because Cheng Minzheng accepted He was dismissed from his post after receiving the gold coins given by Xu Jing. He died of the trauma of torture within a few days after being released from prison.
"Your MajestyI have a plan. You can ask him to write something about the wrong things he has done in the past six months without avoiding suspicion, and then take this thing to confront Hua Chang or the candidate who is taking the exam. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs can also Listen and judge right from wrong. ”
What Zhang Zhou has to do is actually to get Cheng Minzheng to “please plead guilty” as soon as possible.
Plead guilty to the crime of accepting gold coins and to plead guilty to talking about the test with Xu Jing. This is how Cheng Minzheng can be guaranteed. A life is actually protecting Tang Yin's future.
Zhang Zhou wants to say, Lao Cheng, I can only help you so much.
Who makes you not a mainstream civil servant?
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Dai Yi asked, "Mr. Zhang, is it possible for Bachelor Cheng to admit his mistake? This is almost equivalent to admitting guilt. "
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "If he denies it, you can remind him and tell him what he did wrong. Your Majesty will point it out. It is poking his weakness. If he denies it, it will be his own destruction. "
"Tip" Zhu Youtang smiled and waved his hand, "Bingkuan, thank you for thinking about it. It seems that you have long been able to calculate where his faults are, and you have also thought of how to remind him to make him confess his mistakes."
Zhang Zhou said, "I just want to remind him to associate with scholars. He also asked his disciples to set the threshold for meeting each other. ”
Zhu Youtang nodded slightly and said, “Okay, it’s up to you to decide how to prompt.” I accept it. But I don’t quite understand why you want to help him.”
“Your Majesty, is this help?” Zhang Zhou pretended to be surprised.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, “Bing Kuan, this is not your temperament. I can tell that although you are asking him to admit his mistake, the fundamental purpose is to prevent him from going to jail.
Zhang Zhou smiled shamefully and said, "Your Majesty has seen through this. It seems that I am really not suitable to be a civil servant with a city government." In fact, I want to help him not only to clear my suspicion earlier, but also because I don't want to escalate the situation and embarrass His Majesty and the court. At the same time, I also feel that Cheng Minzheng is a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the political arena does not need him, the academic world also needs him. Tang Yin is also a talent that can be developed, and I still owe him Jieyuan. ”
Zhang Zhou has also thought about this issue.
He has already been involved in it, so he should try his best to avoid suspicion. What role should he play in the case?
But if this is ignored, Cheng Minzheng will die, and Xu Jing and Tang Yin will not be able to take the national examination again in their lives. There will be no potential political ministers in history, but there will be a topical figure Tang Bohu who is both a poet and a painter, allowing history to continue. It is not impossible to develop according to the original direction.
But Zhang Zhou also feels that it is not because of his own appearance that the Ming Dynasty can be more exciting.
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