Zhang Zhou heard Zhu Youtang's attitude towards this matter.
What do you care about Tang Yin? Can your personal interests be compared with the overall stability of the court? If you are sacrificed to help everyone, even the Jinshi title you have will be deprived of you.
"Your Majesty, my opinion is still to uphold justice. What is there is what is there. If there is no evidence, justice should be returned."
Zhang Zhou has already made up his mind to help. Tang Yin, seeing that the emperor wanted to erase Tang Yin's reputation at this time, was also a reasonable reminder.
Zhu Youtang was silent for a moment and did not answer Zhang Zhou directly.
Dai Yize said, "Mr. Zhang, Tang Yin's reputation is insignificant. If he is really talented, he will just take the exam in the future. Why should he be on the cusp of the storm and push him to become a Jinshi?"
"No." Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan's situation is actually the same as that of Tang Yin. I helped Bingkuan, so I should treat Tang Yin equally."
Dai Yi was startled. .
The emperor changed his mind so quickly just because Zhang Zhou spoke for Tang Yin
Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou again and said, "Bingkuan, I can protect Tang Yin, but what I want is that Shi Can the discussion of the disciples be calmed down? Will it get more intense?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty, what the scholars want is to vent their emotions. The imperial court investigated and gave them an explanation. This is the grace of your majesty and the imperial court. If If there are still people who want to continue to mess around, let them provide evidence instead of blindly accommodating. Besides, if your majesty still has Cheng Minzheng, you should let him explain clearly to the outside world."
"How to say it." Zhu Youtang frowned.
Even Dai Yi and others don’t understand.
Relying on Cheng Minzheng to talk to the world, he can make things clear and continue to talk about "you can't accuse me unjustly if there is no evidence"
"Your Majesty, in fact, this depends on Cheng Minzheng himself It depends on whether he is willing to sacrifice his temporary official career to calm the discussion. As long as he takes a step back, those who are interested in him will definitely not make things more difficult for him." Zhang Zhou said.
Zhu Youtang nodded and said, "That is to let him become an official for the time being."
The reason is obvious.
The reason why you, Cheng Minzheng, have been criticized by so many people and come here twice is because you are not in the same group as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and the emperor intends to cultivate you to be the number one in the cabinet. Four people, as well as many people who covet your position as Hanlin Bachelor, will continue to bombard you.
As long as you retreat, people outside will see that your goal has been achieved, and they will naturally stop talking.
It’s not that the civil servants have no intention of killing you, but the key point is that no one has evidence of your accusation. Without evidence, getting the result that allows you to become an official is enough to put the matter to rest.
People like Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are shameless people. As long as you are willing to give up your position, they may even help you.
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and sighed, "I'm afraid that if he becomes an official, things won't be settled that easily. But since you said it, Bingkuan, I always have to try. BecauseEven if we check, we can't find any results, and the discussions are still endless. ”
The emperor’s words actually represent his inner conflict.
He wanted to sacrifice Tang Yin and Xu Jing together, but he felt that it might not be meaningful to do so. It was rare to do so now. There was an aide who could see the overall situation and gave him advice without having to hide his identity as a scholar. He told him that Tang Yin should be preserved at the expense of Cheng Minzheng's career, which was equivalent to helping him make a decision when he was hesitant.
Two. None of these options are good, so it is better to listen to Zhang Zhou first.
In terms of inner tendencies, Zhu Youtang is very dependent on Zhang Zhou, because he has listened to Zhang Zhou several times before. It is a great benefit that there is no reason to insist on going against Zhang Zhou this time.
On Zhang Zhou's suggestion, Zhu Youtang decided to retain his status as a tribute scholar of Tang Yin.
It was about to happen. At dusk, Zhu Youtang still wanted to keep Zhang Zhou in the palace for dinner. Xiao Jing, who was standing next to him, asked, "Your Majesty, do you want the inner curtain to fill in the list, or do you want to discuss the matter with the court?"
Zhu Youtang said, "If this is the case, what else should we discuss? I will inform you tomorrow morning and fill in the results. The results will be released as normal the day after tomorrow." ”
In this matter, the emperor was too lazy to ask the civil servants.
The emperor’s biggest annoyance was to argue with the civil servants when he couldn’t explain the unexplained questions. When Zhu Youtang first came to the throne, he relied on civil servants for everything. Recently, his health has improved, and he has obviously tightened up on the decision-making level, and gradually began to demonstrate his imperial power.
"Your Majesty, that minister should also resign. . "Zhang Zhoudao.
"Bingkuan, actually I really want to talk to you more, but again, you will be a Jinshi later and you will have plenty of time to chat after entering the palace. In this way, when you leave the palace, talk to Xiao Jing and see how you can make Cheng Minzheng more sensible. In recent days, there have been more and more memorials requesting his detention. If he continues to be so stubborn, I'm afraid I won't be able to help him even if I want to. "
Zhu Youtang felt that it would be a good thing for Cheng Minzheng to temporarily stay in office and avoid the limelight.
But he couldn't raise it. Cheng Minzheng should take the initiative to request it, but Cheng Minzheng Now you are still pretending to be arrogant and feel that you are not wrong at all. Even the emperor thinks that Cheng Minzheng is a bit stubborn. Although you, Cheng Minzheng, have been criticized without any basis, to put it bluntly, it is not because you are a troublemaker
The troublemaker should be wise and settle things quickly so that people can worry less.
Zhang Zhou walked with Xiao Jing. Naturally, I followed the Holy Will and asked Zhang Zhou for his opinions along the way. Now I was no longer asking about how the inner curtain officer should deal with Li Dongyang, but how to get Cheng Minzheng to take the initiative to admit his mistake and retire.
"Mr. Zhang, In fact, he and Mr. Li Ge discussed the questions for the joint examination together. He didn't even participate in the marking. As long as the matter was announced to the outside world, it would be more beneficial to him. But it was difficult to get Cheng Minzheng to admit that he was at fault in this matter. Why don't we send him to Beizhen Fusi first?"
What Xiao Jing means, we might as well suggest to His Majesty that he should be sent toJust take it to Beizhen Fusi.
Anyway, Your Majesty listens to you, and it doesn’t mean that you want to torture Cheng Minzheng, just scare him or make him surrender.
Zhang Zhou said, "Why didn't Eunuch Xiao use Xu Jing as a breakthrough?"
"Xu Jing" Xiao Jing was puzzled.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "As far as I know, this Xu Jing is a well-known rich man in Jiangyin. He is very generous. As soon as he arrives in the capital, he can visit Bachelor Cheng. Guess how he did it?"
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"Mr. Zhang, you seem to have said that the servants in Bachelor Cheng's family are not very behaved, right?" Xiao Jing seemed to have found the context of the problem.
“How can we meet celebrities casually without spending any money? There were many people who came to Cheng’s Mansion to deliver invitations. As a Hanlin scholar, Bachelor Cheng was usually very busy with official duties, so even if it was rare, There are only a handful of people who have the chance to see him when they return home or take a rest for a day or two. Xu Jing must have abilities beyond his reputation to allow Bachelor Cheng to meet him unexpectedly."
Zhang Zhou almost wanted to say that Xu Jing had paid a lot of money to meet Cheng Minzheng, so this was his breakthrough.
"Then what?" Xiao Jing was still not sure what Zhang Zhou meant.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "With Xu Jing's confession, let's show it to Bachelor Cheng. Will Bachelor Cheng still be as persistent as he is now? I don't know exactly what price Xu Jing paid. It still depends on the outcome of Xu Jing’s confession. As for how to get him to confess, I don’t think it’s my responsibility.”
Xiao Jing nodded.
If Dongchang wants a person to confess honestly, there are not many ways to do it.
"According to my calculations, he will be detained for a few days. I will give him a gift and buy some documents." "Like that, he probably won't continue to be obsessed with it," Zhang Zhou suggested.
Xiao Jing nodded with a smile and said, "Xu Jing's side can make a name for himself, and perhaps Bachelor Cheng's side is also good, but Tang Yin"
"Tang Yin, haha, in my opinion , he is just a poor scholar, following Xu Jing through the streets, does he really have the confidence and strength? But he still has no self-awareness. He has to compare with this, and he has to compare with that. If he hadn't been so flamboyant, how could he have done it? We will end up where we are today." Zhang Zhou seemed to be criticizing Tang Yin.
Xiao Jing thought to himself, in fact, you Zhang is not much better than Tang Yin.
When others want to attack you, why not attack you first?
Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Actually, there are many similarities between Mr. Zhang and Tang Yin. It's probably the same Because of this, Mr. Zhang will help him."
This time Xiao Jing really saw it. If Zhang Zhou hadn't spoken for Tang Yin just now, the emperor would have wiped Tang Yin's name as a tribute. Go, it's still a matter of debate whether Tang Yin will have the chance to take the National Examination again in the future. In this case, if Tang Yin can't prove his innocence, he will encounter some inhuman treatment.
Zhang Zhou really did it. While scolding Tang Yin for being ignorant, he helped Tang Yin escape from the sea of misery.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "It's not because of this. Who makes him my junior brother who has never passed the exam?"”
“Ah”
Xiao Jing would never have thought that Zhang Zhou would have such a tricky starting point.
A junior brother who has never been successful
The relationship is only because you made a bet and said that Tang Yin would enter your school if he lost, so you would help Tang Yin
Xiao Jing shook his head helplessly and sighed, he was still thinking secretly, this Mr. Zhang's thinking was indeed different from that of ordinary people.
The next day there was a meeting at Meridian Gate.
All the ministers were waiting for the emperor to discuss the progress of the proposal. The list will be released the next day, so it is reasonable to say that filling in the list will be completed that day, and the errands of the inner curtain officer will also be completed.
But Zhu Youtang still did not mention it until the end of the court meeting. Any words related to vendetta, or even any commentator coming out to mention related matters, were stopped by Zhu Youtang.
Finally, Liu Jian came out as the chief assistant and asked, "Your Majesty, I heard. The examiner in the inner room of the examination has made a report on the case, and I don’t know how to deal with the release of the results for tomorrow’s examination."
Zhu Youtang said, "Mr. Li Ge checked the inner room, and there were four worthy ones. There was no one involved in the suspected papers, and Cheng Minzheng never participated in the marking. No candidate was selected from him. Just because he had written the questions in advance, the questions were also written by him and Li. What came out of Mr. Ge's deliberations is evidenced by Mr. Li Ge's memorial. I dare to ask you, how do you want me to check?"
Cheng Minzheng did not come up with the question alone. Cheng Minzheng was left aside during the marking process. In the end, no relevant information was found about Zhang Zhou, Tang Yin and Xu Jing. The evidence involved.
To continue to investigate this matter is to make fun of the Ming Dynasty
The civil servants present also had a headache.
The key is that Hua Chang and the outside scholars did not know at all that the emperor could find another way to deprive Cheng Minzheng of his qualifications during the discussion. People outside spread rumors about how Cheng Minzheng used the exam questions in advance and discussed with Tang Yin and others what to use. The code was used to select these people, and they also said that Cheng Minzheng would charge as much money as he wanted to select someone.
The story was very strange, but now the first one has been rejected.
Now. Since Cheng Minzheng hasn't even read the test paper, it's fair to say that Cheng Minzheng may have discussed the possible questions with outsiders in advance, but this kind of accusation requires a lot of evidence. The test papers are all the same, so how can you be sure? Does a person accept the vend question or not?
Even the famous Li Dongyang, who was good at ingenuity, inspected the inner curtains for a long time and did not catch Tang Yin and others. This in itself shows that this kind of vend question is possible. No, it is difficult to determine based on the evidence.
"Then, since Cheng Minzheng is not guilty of the test papers, why do you want to deprive him of the qualification to take the examination before the examination begins?"
The one who came out to question was Min Gui.
In this matter, Min Gui seemed to be more active than anyone else. It seemed that the person who wanted to put Cheng Minzheng to death the most was him.
Zhu Youtang replied coldly, “Why did I do this?Isn't it clear?"
Min Gui wanted to question the emperor, but instead he was questioned by the emperor.
Min Gui almost said, of course we don't know, but then he found out that Xie Qian was Give him a wink and tell him to stop talking.
Many people also understood that the emperor deprived Cheng Minzheng of his qualification to grade the exam in advance, not only because there were rumors outside after the exam, but also because of the reason. When the examiner of the general examination has not yet been decided, Cheng Minzheng has been involved in a ridiculous question.
This is the second time.
The last time it was civil servants. Without any basis, he proposed a strict investigation of Cheng Minzheng, and the instigator at that time was Li Dongyang, who was also the examiner of this examination.
Many people still do not understand why Li Dongyang was there that time. Targeting Cheng Minzheng without any evidence.
Many people are attacking Cheng Minzheng this time because they found "inspiration" from Li Dongyang's attack on Cheng Minzheng last time.
They don't know. Yes, in the last question, Li Dongyang asked the emperor to investigate because he was frightened by the topic spread in his mind, instead of specifically targeting Cheng Minzheng.
Many people mistakenly think that the cabinet wants to pull Cheng Minzheng down.
Zhu Youtang said, "If there is another discussion after the results are released tomorrow, there must be evidence." I will continue to interrogate Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing. If they communicate with each other selflessly, I will clear their names. If there are some shameful things, I will never tolerate them. ”
The minister soon heard something different from before.
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