The two bookboys said that someone outside the window said at night that they would write down whatever the masters of the Imperial College had written in the past few days, and then stuffed it through the crack in the back door of Li's house, and gave each of them two hundred taels of silver.
They thought it was people who had not been admitted to the Imperial Academy who wanted to study, and they didn't know it was a test question.
Zhu Bai frowned slightly: This feeling seems familiar.
It's similar to what the unlucky commander of the Central City Army and Horses Division Lan Tian said.
It feels like someone is framing Li Shanchang.
The key point is that Li Shanchang is already covered in shit, so he cares about this little more...
He felt it all, and it was impossible for Lao Zhu not to notice it.
Lao Zhu didn't believe what they said, "I didn't know it was a test question."
If it's true, this kind of person is damn stupid.
He waved his hand and said to Erhu: "Condemn them with the crime of theft and send them to Northern Xinjiang. Pull them down."
The murder was too loud, and the matter had to be handled in a low-key manner.
Anyway, distribution is not as comfortable as death.
Lao Zhu called six more examiners in: "Deng Zhen, this time, although you have not engaged in malpractice for personal gain, but since you know that Li Shanchang has this intention, you should report it early. You should not participate in this imperial examination." It’s time to set the questions and mark the papers. We won’t hold the six of you responsible this time, but if something similar happens again, we won’t be lenient.”
The six examiners knelt down to express their gratitude.
Lao Zhu added: "Liu Bowen, you fill in for Deng Zhen and assist Chen Nanbin to continue to complete the grading and admission of the provincial examination. The top three in the provincial examination must obtain the consent of more than four of the remaining five. After you select the top ten papers, , bring it to us to see."
The five adults resealed the box of answer sheets and took them away.
Only then did Lao Zhu call Li Shanchang in.
At this time, only Zhu Bai and Zhu Biao were left in the imperial study.
Li Shanchang heard clearly from the side and knelt down when he came in: "I was wronged. I don't know why someone would frame me."
Lao Zhu looked at him steadily, with tangled determination in his eyes: "Baishi, I said before. As long as it is not a crime of rebellion, we will not argue with you, but you can't stay in the court anymore, go home and retire. "
Li Shanchang suddenly understood: In fact, it doesn't matter whether this matter is true or false.
The important thing is that Hu Weiyong is very good as Zuo Cheng. He looks very honest and loyal, speaks well, is capable and loyal to Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu no longer needs Li Shanchang's "reinforcement".
This time, he really wanted to say goodbye to the center of power forever.
Li Shanchang prostrated on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu said: "You have helped us a lot, do you have any last request?"
Li Shanchang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if there is only one person named Hu Weiyong, for fear that he will become dominant, I suggest that Wang Guangyang be appointed as the Prime Minister on the right. And make the right as the prime minister, so as to balance Hu Weiyong's power and observe him for a few years. If Hu Weiyong is not loyal, Second, it is too late for the emperor to promote him."
Zhu Bai secretly sighed: In fact, Li Shanchang is really not stupid. It was absolutely the wisest thing for him to choose to say this at this time. Hu Weiyong was promoted by Li Shanchang. If Hu Weiyong is not guarded against, Hu Weiyong will implicate Li Shanchang and implicate him if he makes a mistake. And if Lao Zhu still has feelings for Li Shanchang, Lao Zhu will not treat him badly even if Li Shanchang himself does not ask for it.
If the holy grace is gone, if Li Shanchang asks Lao Zhu for anything, he will not only get it, but it will also make Lao Zhu even more disgusted, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Lao Zhu was very surprised and moved.
He did not expect that this old man who had been cunning and taking advantage of him for half his life would make his last request to make suggestions for government affairs and to think about him.
Looking back at those years, Li Shanchang also proposed many good strategies and gave him great support.
Otherwise, he would not praise Li Shan for being better than him, just like Xiao He was better than Liu Bang.
Lao Zhu was silent for a moment and nodded: "Okay, we will adopt your final opinion. You can go home and retire in peace."
Li Shanchang kowtowed heavily: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, take care and don't work too hard."
Then he stood up and walked out, never looking back.
Lao Zhu looked at his back with a hint of sadness and reluctance in his heart.
Zhu Bai knew that Lao Zhu was using the topic to clear the way for Zhu Biao.
After all, Zhu Biao has handled the government affairs well in the past six months, and the matter of succession should be slowly put on the agenda.
Zhu Biao also understood. He saluted Old Zhu and whispered, "Thank you, Father."
Lao Zhu nodded slightly: "Yes."
Lao Zhu's expression looked particularly old, which made Zhu Bai feel like there was a stone in his heart.
He forced a smile and said: "Father, there is no need to be angry. Even if these papers are not picked up by the ministers in the end, they will not pass the provincial examination. They are really poorly written."
Lao Zhu glanced at him: "Haha, a person like this can write better than you. Do you have an excuse to ask?"
Zhu Bai said with a bitter face: "You don't expose your shortcomings when you scold others. I still want to comfort my father."
Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing: "You traitor. You have made a contribution this time. Fortunately, the leaked questions in the provincial examination were discovered this time. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome if the leaked questions were not discovered until later in the test." ”
Zhu Biao also raised his hand to Zhu Bai: "Thank you, twelfth brother."
Lao Zhu Ni tilted his head at Zhu Bai: "Tell me, how can you tell something strange about them with just a few drops of ink in your stomach?"
Zhu Bai sighed: "Oh, it's typical for them to copy the answers correctly even if they copy them. Isn't that the same as when I was being inspected by my master?"
Lao Zhu laughed: "You deserve it, who told you not to study hard?"
Zhu Biao said: "Ah, by the way, I asked the political secretaries of each city to make the atlas. Now it has been handed in and is waiting for inspection, correction and summary."
Zhu Bai immediately said: "Hey, Father, you promised me to make a simplified version of the atlas."
Lao Zhu sneered: "As soon as you make money, you run more aggressively than anyone else."
Zhu Bai said: "My son needs a few people from his father."
Lao Zhu: "Don't think about it, we still want to ask you for someone."
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Li Shanzhang retired and returned to his hometown.
Lao Zhu is right.
Just like last time, there was not even a false attempt to persuade him to stay.
However, Lao Zhu rewarded Li Shanchang with a lot of gold and silver and fields in his hometown, which was considered worthy of Li Shanchang.
At the same time, Lao Zhu appointed Wang Guangyang, who participated in the politics of Guangdong, as the right prime minister. If the Zhongshu Province could not make a decision on something, Wang Guangyang would make the decision.
It is equivalent to adding another person on top of Hu Weiyong.
Lao Zhu announced that Deng Zhen would be removed from the list of examiners for the imperial examination, and he also established a Hanlin Academy to be responsible for and manage the imperial examination. The Hanlin Academy has a chief examiner and a deputy examiner. The chief examiner is responsible for setting questions and marking papers, and the deputy examiner is responsible for supervising the behavior of the chief examiner and preventing the chief examiner from cheating.
The appointment and transfer of examiners must be approved by Lao Zhu to ensure the fairness and authority of the examiners.
This move is telling everyone: from now on, the imperial examination will definitely continue to be held.
These two events were great joys for Liu Bowen and the others.
So after the court broke up, Liu Bowen and other officials celebrated.
There was no smile on Zhu Bai's face.
