After talking about the guarantee, Magistrate Li examined Xu He's classic articles.
Through this period of mutual discussion between Xu He and Xie Liangcai, his articles have become much more advanced than before.
In particular, I have a deeper understanding and more proficiency in some practices of eight-legged essay.
Xie Kun sighed: "With your current writing skills, even if you are not the first in the county examination, you will definitely pass the road examination!"
As a teacher, County Magistrate Li, of course, still has to be assertive. He said to Xu He with a tigerish face: "Thank you, Master, for making you feel relieved. But as a teacher, I feel that your understanding of the meaning of the scriptures is still a little shallow. Don't do it just because of one or two words of praise." And relax the requirements on myself.”
Xie Kun has a free and easy temperament, and when he hears his friend's pretentiousness, his eyes almost roll up to the sky.
Fortunately, Xu He was born in a government agency later in life, so he was very cautious in what he said and did. Just by looking at his expression, you could tell that he did not regard the teacher's words as clichés or empty talk, and he obviously listened to them.
Li Zhijie rarely saw a young man like him so mature, and he loved this disciple even more.
After talking about Xu He, Li Zhijie turned to Xie Kun and said, "Brother Ziyu, today the Salt Inspector came to my Hailing to investigate the matter of Yinggen. Could it be that this matter is really related to Xue Tongzhi?"
Xie Kun sneered: "The prefect of Yangzhou is your senior brother, and all your teachers are the first assistant Qin Yan, and the salt inspector of Lianghuai River is the envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the territory of the second assistant Xia Yangqiu, Xia Yang Qiu is also Xue Tongzhi's tutor, what do you think is the reason for this trip to inspect the salt censor?"
Li Zhijie was surprised when he heard this: "Xue Tongzhi is Xia Cifu's student?"
Xie Kun nodded.
Xu He looked at Xie Kun again. The network of relationships in the court was complicated, but Xie Kun was like Men Qing'er. When he had the opportunity to find out the details of his uncle, he always felt that the other person was no ordinary celebrity.
How can a famous person who offended his chief minister still live such a prosperous life?
Li Zhijie pondered: "I recently heard from a letter from the same year in Beijing that the Chief Fu of Qin has been very close to the King of Qi recently, and Xia Cifu is the teacher of His Highness the Crown Prince. Both parties are at odds with each other. Even when the cabinet was on duty, The two ministers never discuss matters face to face, and when there is a memorial that needs to be discussed together by the ministers, the two ministers also pass the message through the cabinet!"
Xie Kun twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he was disdainful of the two most powerful civil servant leaders in the Wei Dynasty.
"Our Majesty has recently become confused in practicing Taoism. He is planning to build Ziyang Palace in the palace. It is said that in order to please His Majesty, King Qi asked his disciples to raise money, and he was very anxious to ask for money!" Xie Kun took a sip of tea, as if he didn't mean it. road.
"Hiss!" Li Zhijie suddenly said in shock, "Brother Ziyu means..."
He didn't dare to say any more when he was halfway through speaking.
Xu He felt a little foggy when he first heard it, but he soon clarified his thoughts.
We can learn a few information points from Xie Kun: "The current Wei Dynasty has at least two princes, one is the prince and the other is the king of Qi. Originally, there was a prince, and the country already had a prince. As the vassal king, the king of Qi He should have been granted vassal status early on, but for some reason he is still staying in the capital and is not restless at all."
"The second point is that the emperor seems to be obsessed with Taoism. In order to cater to the emperor, King Qi is in urgent need of money!"
"Thirdly, the first assistant Qin Yan is a member of the King of Qi, or an ally of the King of Qi. If the King of Qi is short of money, he will definitely turn to Qin Yan. Qin Yan will naturally put the pressure on the students who are local officials. Will Prefect Zhou also get a hint from the teacher to help him get money?"
Thinking of this, Xu He suddenly said: "Is Ge Yunpan, the salt transport branch's student, a student of the first assistant?"
Ge Yunpan was the fat old man who came to Hailing with Prefect Zhou that day. Xu He later learned that his surname was Ge.
Xie Kun looked at Xu He with a smile, and then said: "Ge Youli is not Qin Yan's student. He has a distant cousin who married Qin Yan's son Qin Que and became a concubine!"
After Xu He heard this, his back felt cold: "Could it be that there was another reason why the laboratory was burned that day!"
Xie Kun hit his other hand with his fan, laughed loudly, pointed at Xu He and said to Li Zhijie: "You are a very interesting disciple!"
Li Zhijie turned to Xu He and said, "What did you think of?"
Xu He sorted out his thoughts and replied: "Teacher, I still remember that day outside the city, my uncle once introduced me to Xue Tongzhi!"
"Xue Tongzhi was impeached for some trivial matters. It was natural for him to be demoted for his crime, but after being demoted he was given the job of transportation judge. This is a bit strange."
"What a coincidence. As soon as Xue Tongzhi arrived at the laboratory, his lead was burned. What a coincidence!"
"If I guess correctly, on the day when the bandits attacked the batch inspection office, the official signature for Xue Tongzhi's demotion to transportation judge arrived at Yangzhou Prefecture."
Li Zhijie and Xie Kun looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.
"You're right!" Li Zhijie nodded, his expression as if he was taking a test for school.
Xu He sighed: "Prefect Zhou should have received this official signature document a long time ago. He has been waiting for Xue Tongzhi to take out the signature document when he couldn't wait any longer and went to the inspection office for inspection!"
Li Zhijie frowned and asked, "Can you tell me directly what their ultimate goal is?"
Xu He didn't give in anymore: "The thieves' purpose is not to attack Hailing or to attack the batch inspection office to rob tax money. Their real purpose is to draw roots! Burning the draws is their ultimate goal!"
Li Zhijie was shocked when he heard this and looked at Xu He in disbelief.
In his opinion, Magistrate Zhou was the one who wanted to follow Xue Tongzhi's [Monkey Urgency] to deal with the second assistant Xia Yangqiu.
But the student himself thought of another level.
Xu He continued: "Xue Tongzhi also has his own source of information in the capital. He knows that he was a blessing in disguise and got the fat job of fortune telling. He must have been lax and spread it to the ears of people with ulterior motives. Those people knew that Xue Tongzhi would go there on that day. Baoba batch inspection office, so he and the thieves burned down the lead and put the blame on Xue Tongzhi!"
"That's ridiculous, how could Zhou Futai know the thief?" Li Zhijie was furious.
Xu He did not panic, he calmly analyzed: "Teacher, how do you explain that after the thieves robbed the treasury from Taixing and went north through densely populated places such as Jiangdu and Gaoyou Prefecture, there must be no movement at the Futai Yamen? "
"You, are you saying that Zhou Futai actually let that group of thieves go?"
Xu He nodded: "Even when the thieves conquered Taixing County, there were internal forces working together!"
Xu He's words not only shocked Li Zhijie, but also Xie Kun fell into deep thought.
"Taixing County is where Zhou Futai gave the thief a name. After the thief got the benefit, he unexpectedly went north, then went around in a circle, turned back, and pretended to attack Hailing County. In fact, he broke open the batch laboratory and burned down the pipeline. root!"
"Why did they burn the lead..." Li Zhijie stopped mid-sentence, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead!
