Chapter 374: The Examiner's Troubles

"Yes, it's not good for them to make trouble, we just need to compensate for the loss, and this matter will be turned into a small matter." Shen Tan patted his thigh and said.

Lin Jue smiled silently, and Shen Tan frowned again: "But Lin Gongzi, this is a lot of silver." If you really compensate according to the price, you will get at least 30,000 taels of silver. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "For me, this is actually just spending money to buy equipment, which is my original intention." I can still get 30,000 taels of silver. As long as I do this safely, I won't leave any hidden dangers. Moreover, this can also make this batch of equipment justifiably shipped out, if we don't do this, even if we get this batch of things in Hangzhou, how to transport them out of the city is still a big problem. ”

Shen Tan raised his tall finger and praised sincerely: "Lin Gongzi is Lin Gongzi, he is really resourceful, and this method seems to be the best way at present." ”

Lin Jue said: "Commander Shen thinks that he can achieve it well, but there are a few things I want to remind you. First, the person who proposed to transport this batch of old equipment to the capital cannot be you, it must be the little prince or the prince and the ordnance department, so that after the matter comes out, you will get out of business. So, this reason for taking away the equipment is very important. Second, the person you're shipping must be the person you trust the most. You don't have to tell them about it, as long as you don't talk nonsense even if they have doubts afterwards. It depends on Commander Shen's ability. Third, the route of transportation must be taken by land, not by water. Otherwise, things won't work. These three points must be achieved, and every detail is related to success or failure, so it cannot be taken lightly. ”

Shen Tan swallowed and nodded at the foam: "It's still thoughtful and thoughtful, the second and third points are not a problem, I will personally escort them, which is easy to control." I, Shen Tan, think that I am not bad at being a man, but I also have a group of brothers who are dead to me. Even if they doubt it afterwards, they won't say anything. But the first one is not easy. How to get the prince and the little prince to take the initiative to ask for these materials to be transported away? These little things usually the prince and the little prince don't care about at all. Also, when they found out about it afterwards, it was still hard to explain? ”

Lin Jue said: "There is no need to explain the explanation, just hide it at both ends." The money that got the compensation over there was naturally silent. The prince is hiding it here, they think that the things have arrived safely, and they will not bother to ask about it. If it is really leaked, you can also prevaricate by worrying about being punished, and you only say that you are worried about punishment, so you borrow money to fill the hole. With your status and identity in the palace, the prince and the little prince will not do anything to you. However, the reason you said asked the prince or the little prince to take the initiative to feel that this batch of armor materials must be sent to the capital is not easy to do. I have a solution here.,But I don't know if it can be done.。。 ”

"Lin Gongzi, please speak." Shen Tan hurriedly asked.

Lin Jue said: "If you tell the little prince or the prince, then you heard that Yan Zhengsu is strictly investigating the origin of the military supplies that Hai Dongqing has hoarded on the island." Let's just say that there are rumors that some of the equipment is flowing from the palace, and Yan Zhengsu is secretly investigating the matter. I think that the prince and the little prince must have attached great importance to this news after hearing it. They will surely ask you about the management of the armor of the treasury. You tell them that although the management of the treasury is strict, it is not possible to organize people to sell old equipment for profit. Because the Ordnance Department is not strict in making a register and checking the number, sometimes it is normal to miss the number. If you tell them that there are still 800 sets of old equipment left in the warehouse, they will definitely send away the 800 sets of old equipment and materials. ”

Shen Tan was stunned and said, "This is it?" ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Eight or nine are not far from ten, I think they should immediately contact the Weapons Department and ask for this batch of armor materials to be transported." ”

Shen Tan smacked his lips and said, "I don't understand." ”

Lin Jue smiled: "It's very simple, according to the rules, these more than 800 sets of old equipment should be transported to the Ordnance Division, right?" Staying in the palace warehouse is not a proper thing. When the prince and the little prince learned that Yan Zhengsu was secretly investigating the matter, and there were rumors that the equipment of those bandits might be leaked from the palace, the prince and the little prince must rectify the storage of equipment, and will ask you to strictly control the entry and exit of military materials. Why? Because they don't want to be entangled by solemnity. Yan Zhifu is an unsympathetic person, if he learns that the management of military equipment and materials in the palace does not comply with the rules of the imperial court, it will not be a good thing. The prince and the little prince absolutely do not want this to happen, and they must solve it in advance and leave no handle. ”

Shen Tan opened his mouth wide and was speechless. What Lin Gongzi was thinking about in his head, he had never thought of it. When you think about it, that's really the case. The prince and the little prince never wanted to get into trouble in this matter.

"This is to deceive the prince and the little prince, I haven't done this for so many years. Deceive and conceal them from beginning to end. Shen Tan smacked his lips and sighed.

Lin Jue smiled: "There is really no way, I can only grieve Commander Shen." Of course, again, I don't want to force Commander Shen to do this. I just want this to work out. Of course, if Commander Shen was willing to set fire to the treasury of the palace so that there was no place to put these things, he would have a good reason to send away this batch of equipment. However, there are so many houses in the palace, and the place is so big, I am afraid that I will have to burn down a large number of houses. ”

Shen Tan almost fell to the ground, what kind of bad idea is this, he actually wants to set fire to the treasury of the palace, is this crazy?

"It's just a joke, it's just a joke. The atmosphere is too tense, ease it, hahaha. Lin Jue laughed, and Shen Tan rolled his eyes.

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A large mansion on the east side of the Gongyuan in Hangzhou's Beicheng is busy. Several of the chief and deputy examiners in charge of the autumn examination sat next to the long case, and on the table were stacks of small mountains of exam papers. More than a dozen clerical servants were busy coming and going, moving stacks of exam papers around, and they were very busy.

It's been nearly twenty days since the hospital was locked. All the officials and clerks who took the examination and graded the papers have been trapped in this courtyard for more than 20 days. In the past 20 days, they have not been able to go out, have no contact with outsiders, and have no contact with the outside world. The official in charge of this examination was a squire sent by the Imperial Court Rites Department, and the four deputy examiners were several academic officials from Liangzhejiang Road. The rest of the people are all clerical and miscellaneous servants specially equipped for this autumn examination, and they are all officials and clerks from all over the country.

Due to the large number of people for the autumn examination, it was already time to decide the list of admitted personnel and prepare for the release of the list in more than 20 days. But at this time this year, there are still nearly 2,000 exam papers piled up on the long cases of several examiners. This is the result of several rounds of screening by five examiners day and night.

At this time, the choice of any exam paper will determine the fate of a candidate, and the progress urges them to speed up, and the list will be announced within three days, so the next screening must remove at least half of the candidates, which is an extremely careful process. Therefore, today's screening will be very cruel.

Hu Yongpei, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was in his forties, with a thin face. As an official who was sent to such an important place as Liangzhe Road to preside over the Autumn Examination, he knew that his responsibility was enormous. Liangzhejiang Road has always been the most selected place for the imperial court, and the number of candidates and the high quality are incomparable in other places. Therefore, being sent here to preside over the big exam shows that Hu Yongpei's status in the Ministry of Rites is also very important.

But Hu Yongpei has been very troubled in the past few days, because before coming to Hangzhou, someone greeted him and told him that a candidate named Lin Jue in Hangzhou must win this time, and he needs to find a way to operate. The person who greeted him was Wu Chunlai, the head of the political affairs hall, and Hu Yongpei understood that Wu Chunlai's words could not be violated, although he said that in terms of official rank, he was not below Wu Chunlai. But who is Wu Chunlai? He is a celebrity next to Prime Minister Lu. Lu Zai is relatively serious about him, deliberately cultivated, Wu Chunlai is very hopeful that he will be promoted to one of the governors in the near future, this person is not comparable to himself. Hu Yongpei really wanted to become the head of the Ministry of Rites, and he also took the path of Wu Chunlai. So now that Wu Chunlai has made this request, he can't help but do it.

However, cheating in the imperial examination is the biggest taboo in this dynasty. Hu Yongpei, who was in the Ministry of Rites, naturally knew that this matter was not trivial, and he would lose his head and raid his house. Hu Yonghao presided over the compilation of the document that the Ministry of Rites sent a propaganda group to various places to preach the case of cheating in the imperial examination, and he naturally knew that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, because of the fraud in the imperial examination, how many people lost their heads, and how many people copied their homes and fell into bad luck. Therefore, Hu Yongpei was worried in his heart.

Because of this, during the autumn exam, he did not dare to act rashly. Indeed, he had checked the number of the candidate named Lin Jue, and he had also gone to the front of the T-shaped No. 138 house to take a special look at the appearance of the young man named Lin Jue. Originally, in order to successfully admit Lin Jue, he had to find an opportunity to hint that Lin Jue wrote an article on the exam paper as a mark that he could recognize when he marked the paper, and then admit him. But during the exam, he never found a chance to talk to the person named Lin Jue.

During the three-day night of the autumn exam, he once went to Lin Jue's house as an inspector, intending to take advantage of the late night to quietly explain to Lin Jue. But what annoyed him was that Lin Jue actually fell asleep at night, and when he got closer, he listened to Zhengxiang, who always snored like thunder. Other candidates are all thinking hard about answering questions in the middle of the night, but this person is good, he goes to bed as soon as it gets dark, so that he has no chance.