Things have to start with a fire, on February 18, a place called Fuguiyuan in Shaanxi Lane was burned by a fire, the owner was burned alive, the young owner wore linen and filial piety, and complained everywhere, from Daxing County, Wanping Xian, to Shuntianfu, Dali Temple, Criminal Department, Inspectorate, and sent a complaint to the Imperial Court.

Without exception, these yamen did not accept any of them, and the good ones drove people out, and almost went directly to the board. Both of the young owner's legs were broken, and he could only crawl on the ground, and fell into the same situation as the beggar.

If nothing else, it won't be long before he is either beaten to death or starved to death.

It's just that there is no endless road, this day he crawled back to the broken temple where he lived, and there happened to be a sedan chair passing by, because he was hungry and had no strength, and he couldn't climb fast, and the housekeeper was angry, so he whipped him with a whip.

The screams alarmed the people in the sedan chair, and they hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and out of it came a middle-aged official in his early thirties, who was not tall or handsome, but was just a seventh-grade official.

He called the Shaodong family up and asked patiently, and the Shaodong family saw that he was an official after all, and a dead horse was a live horse doctor. cried and complained of grievances. After hearing this, the man didn't say anything, took the paper, asked the housekeeper to find a place to recuperate, and invited a doctor to treat him. promised the young owner that he would help him avenge his grievances.

Is this guy really confident, or is he bragging?

If you know this person's name, you won't think so, his name is Geng Xiangxiang, the word is in Lun, a native of Huguang Huang'an, a Jinshi of Jiajing for thirty-five years, he is Tang Yi's fellow student, but he is one of the few people in the Bingchen family who does not buy Tang Yi's account.

However, people have this capital, before the imperial examination, Geng Xiangxiang was a famous scholar, and he and his younger brother Geng Theorem ran a school together to accept apprentices. Absorbing the strengths of others, he is respected as Mr. Tiantai, and has a very high prestige in Shilin. Even a high-minded and arrogant person like Zhang Juzheng did not hesitate to break the corporal and humbly ask for advice.

Geng Xiang is now the imperial history again, and he investigates carefully. The facts of the case quickly became clear, and it was no one else who burned Fuguiyuan, but the general judge of Shuntianfu, named Wu Shao.

It is unreasonable for a mere six-rank official to commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and no one dares to take care of it!

Geng Xiang sensed that it must not be simple behind it, and continued to investigate, this Wu Shao's father turned out to be Wu Peng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the current dynasty.

Now Geng Xiang is more interested. He dug deep into Wu Shao's situation and found more and more things, which also shocked him more and more.

Wu Shao was a jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing, and after only two years of joining the office, he was promoted from a pedestrian to a general judge of Shuntianfu, and the speed was not fast.

In the general judgment, this guy does nonsense, and he doesn't pay attention. Drinking and having fun everywhere, I got a bunch of fox friends and dogs. rampant in the capital, relying on a heavenly official father, he will do whatever he wants, and live out of an evil young style.

When Geng Xiang saw this, he was even more suspicious, relying on Wu Shao's virtue. How can I get into the Jinshi?

Also check!

Soon he found out the reason, the main examination in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing was Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the deputy chief examiner was the Guozi priest at that time, and this person was named Dong Fen.

Who is Dong Fen, he is Wu Peng's son-in-law. Wu Shao's brother-in-law!

When things got here, Geng Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A small case of bullying the people, a big case of fraud in the imperial examination, Wu Peng, Dong Fen, Wu Shan, you are waiting for me!

Just two days before the cabinet members, Geng Xiang wrote a 10,000-word letter and sent it to the cabinet.

In the recital, Geng Xiang insisted that Wu Shao was admitted to the Jinshi by nepotism, his father Wu Peng was the culprit, and his brother-in-law Dong Fen was actually executed, and Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was guilty of asylum......

The impeachment of three high-ranking officials in one breath is beyond imagination.

Yan Dang was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and he used a lot of usual methods to deal with this kind of thing, such as blinding the saints, such as beating a rake, and framing and framing people......

But when it came to Geng Xiang, it didn't work.

First of all, this is a critical moment for Tingtui, and Jiajing can't be hidden at all, and secondly, the target of the attack is Wu Peng and others, not Yan Song's father and son. Jiajing will shelter the Yan family's father and son, but will not shelter the Yan party's dog. Moreover, Geng Xiang himself is a great Confucian, and attacking him will provoke a backlash from Shilin.

And the 38th year of Jiajing, this section is exactly the one used by the Yan Party to replenish blood, and it is indeed full of problems, and it cannot stand the test......

Yan Shifan brought all his friends and dogs, especially Wu Peng and Dong Fen, and even scolded a dog blood sprinkler.

But after scolding, the problem must be solved! Yan Shifan pondered for a long time, he couldn't do it hard, he had to make a procrastination trick and hand it over to the Three Law Divisions for investigation first, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate were all their people, so they dragged this period of limelight and talked about it......

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one.

Xu Ge has endured it for many years, and his skills have finally reached perfection, and the ruthlessness and subtlety of his shots are amazing.

Xu Wei said eloquently to the brothers: "Geng Xiang wrote a letter of impeachment at this time, even if he couldn't take down Wu Peng and Wu Shan and others, but the people of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't nominate a person suspected of cheating in the imperial examination into the cabinet and become a teacher of hundreds of officials, so Wu Shan couldn't catch up with the court push no matter what." ”

Cao Zichao also followed and praised: "Wu Shan is out of play, and there are not many people who can be pushed by the Yan Party, but the chess pieces in Xu Ge's old hand have all floated up, and the pig-like color has changed overnight!" ”

Tang Yi knew that Cao Zichao was talking about Zhao Zhenji.

The case in the southeast hurt Old Master Zhao a lot, and it was only thanks to Xu Jie's maneuvering that he kept his official position, but he was also transferred from the right attendant of the household department to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

The household department is in charge of the world's money and grain, and the Ministry of Rites is a well-known noble yamen.

Everyone thought that Zhao Zhenji was assigned, but the next thing was fun, first the left waiter Dong Fen was transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Officials, King Jing's master Yuan Wei took over as the right waiter, Zhao Zhenji moved a step forward and became the left waiter.

But there is no change in this point, because there is still a Shangshu Wu Mountain pressing on it!

But now, when you see the poor dagger, the situation is very different.

The Ming Dynasty ruled the country by etiquette, so in addition to the bachelors who entered the cabinet must be from Hanlin, most of the positions before entering the cabinet were the books of the Ministry of Rites, followed by the Ministry of Officials, and the rest of the household and military departments also had opportunities.

Now that Wu Shan has been impeached and is unable to participate in the court push, Zhao Zhenji, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly appeared.

The standard for entering the cabinet is more than three grades, in addition to Shangshu, the waiter is also okay, but this waiter is generally limited to the Ministry of Rites. In other words, Zhao Zhenji suddenly became a big favorite to enter the cabinet.

The half-ruined son suddenly became a pawn crossing the river and became a big cart.

Tang Yi secretly chewed Xu Jie's cleverness, and was also amazed. Zhao Zhenji is Jiang Gui's nature, old and strong. If he enters the cabinet, he will definitely not have Yan Song's good fruit to eat, and he and Xu Jie's master and apprentice will join forces and look down on him.

It seems that Xu Jiebu's bureau has not been a day or two, maybe he already knew about the fraud of the imperial examination, and deliberately led it but did not send it, and when he threw it out at this time, it was really a fatal blow.

With two Shangshu and a squire, there is still anyone left on the Yan Party's side who can compete with Zhao Zhenji, and the time is pressing, I am afraid that if I launch a candidate, I will not be able to obtain the approval of the neutral officials.

After all the calculations, Xu Jie's winning chance is very large, if Old Master Zhao successfully enters the cabinet, maybe the end of the Yan Party is really coming.

Tang Yi thought about it and always didn't believe it.

Three days flew by, Tang Yi got up early, Wang Yueying served him, put on his official uniform, and brought a small bowl of ginseng soup.

Speaking of which, it is not a good thing to participate in the court meeting, in front of the emperor, stand respectfully, do not make noise, cannot eat, cannot go to the toilet, otherwise there is the crime of being a slow king.

The young officials are good to say, like Tang Yi, if they drink some ginseng tea, they can get through, and those old ministers, even since last night, have not dared to drink water, for fear of leaking urine on the Golden Palace and becoming a laughing stock for the ages.

After picking up, Tang Yi pinched his daughter-in-law's nose, "Your man is going to cast a solemn vote, maybe my vote can decide the fate of a pavilion elder, proud?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Yueying blushed, leaned close to Tang Yi's ear, and whispered, "Brother, you are the best!" ”

Tang Yi smiled with satisfaction, got into the sedan chair, and rushed to the outside of the forbidden gate of Xiyuan early. As soon as he got off the sedan chair, he saw that the ministers were all talking, and he saw Tang Shunzhi at a glance, wasn't the teacher impeached, why did he come, Tang Yi hurriedly trotted in front of him.

"The disciple has seen the master."

Tang Shunzhi nodded slightly, he couldn't hide his pride, the apprentices were able to participate in the court push, it was really amazing. Everyone else cast envious glances.

At this time, Gao Huzi also came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing Chuan, a famous teacher and apprentice, it is really admirable!" ”

Tang Shunzhi also smiled and said: "Lord Gao, I heard that your rectification of the Guozijian has been quite effective, or in a few years, it will be all over the world!" ”

Gao Xianman said humbly: "How can those bunnies compare to Lord Tang? If I can pass a few exams, I will be satisfied. ”

said so, but everyone could see Gao Cheng's pride, and it was obvious that he was full of confidence.

After talking for a few words, they each stepped aside, waiting for today's protagonist to arrive. Just as he turned around, Tang Shunzhi said in a low voice: "Xu Huating sent someone to let me come yesterday, he is determined to win!" ”

Tang Yi nodded silently, he couldn't help but calculate, he and the teacher are two votes, if the killing is fierce, they may be the key minority, and they can turn things around, this feeling is really refreshing!

While he was thinking, the three sedan chairs were behind the front and back, and when he arrived at the forbidden door, a big white fat man came out of the last sedan chair, with only one eye, it was Yan Shifan, when he passed the second sedan chair, the people inside also walked out quickly, and Yan Shifan went to the first sedan chair with Yan Shifan, opened the sedan curtain with his own hands, and helped out the aging Yan Song.

"Hehe, the spirit of Ge Lao Longma, I just passed my eighty-first birthday, and I'm afraid I will have another eighty next year." Xu Jie's face was sincere, as if he was looking forward to Yan Song's long life.

Playing politics is really hypocritical! (To be continued.) )