"According to the order!"
Zhu Yijun then looked at Zhang Jingxiu and asked, "In the provincial examination of Yingtian Mansion, did Jin Yiwei discover anything?"
"I am about to start a memorial to Your Majesty!"
"Jinyiwei has just received a tip-off that the Qianhu Zengsan Province stationed in Yingtian has indeed instigated a township housing examination officer, and learned that there is indeed fraud in the Yingtianfu Township Examination!"
"Now that the memorial has been sent and the court has been asked to investigate it strictly, there may indeed be fraud in the Yingtian Township Examination."
Zhang Jingxiu cupped his hands and replied.
After Zhang Jingxiu said this, Shen Shixing and others all looked horrified.
Zhu Yijun laughed: "I knew it would be like this."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun continued with a serious face: "I believe what they say for now, but the press officers and everyone in the press offices must be controlled first. It cannot be ruled out that there is no collusion between bureaucrats and right-wing officials." , send an imperial envoy to this matter, who do you think is appropriate?"
"Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Yue, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who is very good at detecting treachery when he was recruited in the past."
At this time, Liu Ying said rhythmically.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "That's not appropriate. Let the civil servants investigate cases involving civil servants. Even if I believe it, the poor people in the world are not willing to believe it. We have to send a shrewd martial artist!"
Zhu Yijun said, "Let Marquis Tieling go."
"Your Majesty, my son can only go into battle to kill the enemy. I may not be able to handle fraud in the examination room!"
Li Chengliang shuddered suddenly and hurriedly stepped forward to preface.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Chengliang deeply.
Li Chengliang trembled again, and had to change his words quickly: "However, if Your Majesty really wants to use my son as an imperial envoy, I think he can do his best to handle the errand. After all, although my son can only go into battle to kill the enemy, he is also thoughtful." He is meticulous, and he is also good at accepting people's opinions. Because he was taught by Xu Wenchang, he also has many powerful literati and counselors who have participated in the war against Japan. It is not difficult to come and help him solve the case."
"I value his loyalty more, but as you said, it doesn't matter whether he is good at investigating cases or not, as long as he recruits counselors who are good at investigating cases."
Zhu Yijun said, "In addition, if according to what Ying Tianfu said, this matter is related to the fraud in the examination room and the powerful people behind it, then it means that the powerful people in Jiangnan are still very unruly and have a very bad atmosphere. It’s not good, even very bad, to use such cruel methods.”
"I just want to ask, is this still a place where culture and education thrive?!"
After Zhu Yijun said this, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and other Jiangnan bureaucrats couldn't help but lower their heads.
"deliver an imperial order!"
"Since this matter is related to the powerful officials from Jiangnan, in the 17th year of Wanli's academic and joint examinations, the children of Jiangnan officials will no longer be chosen!"
"If this matter is not clearly investigated, then in three years' time the Yingtian Township Examination and the General Examination will not select the children of officials from Jiangnan, in order to relieve the resentment of the poor people in Jiangnan and dispel the reactionary trend in Jiangnan!"
Zhu Yijun said.
Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Xu Guo were shocked after hearing this.
Shen Shixing directly knelt on the ground and said in pain: "The officials in my hometown have let your Majesty down, and I am ashamed of the imperial court. But this is not the case for all. Please be kind to your Majesty and don't implicate all the officials in Jiangnan!"
Wang Xijue also crawled to the ground.
then.
Wang Xijue even gritted his teeth and said: "I would like to call on the officials in my hometown to dedicate their fields to the common people and relieve the grievances of the poor people for the imperial court!"
Shen Shixing glanced at Wang Xijue in surprise: "I am the same!"
"Everyone, get up."
Zhu Yijun said something.
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue stood up.
Zhu Yijun said at this time: "Since this is the fault of the officials in Jiangnan, the fault is that the place is uneasy and the country's favor is in vain, then it cannot just be borne by a single family of yours. This is an unfair act."
"As the saying goes, if the group does evil, blame the group, and if the individual does evil, blame the individual."
"But governing a country is like holding a scale. If you want to keep the scales steady, your heart should be like a mirror, and you should clearly distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong."
"And you two have made great contributions to the country, especially the recent stabilization of the price of silver coins. You two have contributed a lot. Therefore, I should not blame you for the mistakes of Jiangnan officials. It seems that you are Serving as an official for Jiangnan officials, not for the imperial court, will undoubtedly betray your loyalty."
"Therefore, according to the decree, the cabinet ministers Shen family and Wang family will be exempted from this punishment due to their merits, and the children of the three families can still be admitted."
Zhu Yijun said.
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were startled, and then they both held their hands in gratitude.
In fact, they don't really care about the interests of the entire Jiangnan officialdom, and the reason why they were so excited to pay their respects just now is essentially because it also involves the interests of their own family.
Zhu Yijun understood their thoughts and made a special decree.
Then, Shen Shixing and others were very cooperative and did not stop him.
"Why did you suddenly change your story just now?"
After the ruling ministers left the palace, the new Minister of War and Assistant Minister of Rongzheng Yin Zhengmao couldn't help but ask Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang wiped the cold sweat from his head and said with a smile: "Jiangnan Haoyou should not let his dog be bombarded."
Yin Zhengmao smiled and said: "That's not the case. It's just that Gong Yue is less afraid of offending others than before. It's really awe-inspiring."
Li Chengliang smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I'm not afraid, it's just that I'm more afraid."
As he spoke, Li Chengliang pointed in the direction of the Xiyuan Imperial Palace and said: "Since he came to the throne, he has gained so much martial virtue and cultivated so many new martial arts. If he is willing, like Taizu, he can kill tens of thousands of people in one major case. It’s no problem, aren’t you afraid?”
"fear!"
"Everyone in the world is afraid of it, but unfortunately, the powerful right-wingers in the world are not afraid of the people, and that is why what is happening today."
"When Taizu killed people like rivers of blood and was not afraid of bullying the people like ants, he still found it difficult to stop this matter. It can be seen that it has been difficult for officials not to bully the people since ancient times!"
Yin Zhengmao sighed as he spoke.
…
Back to the topic.
After the poor scholars who failed in the rural examination in Yingtian were killed on the way back from the governor's office, the situation did not calm down as the officials in Jiangnan expected, even if Min Shouzheng actually included almost all the poor scholars in the supplementary list. .
Because Zhu Yijun had already sent people to the local areas in advance to organize scholars and common people to launch a movement to denounce injustice.
Therefore, not long after this incident, more Hanshi were organized to continue to pay homage to these slaughtered Hanshi and expressed their intention to strike.
"When things are unfair, they will cry. Gentlemen such as Chen and Lu cannot die in vain. We will make them pay with blood. If the court does not rigorously find out the murderer for one day, we will not go to school for one day!"
Li Zhi, who came to Jiangnan, personally paid homage to the slaughtered Hanshi on this day.
And Ge Zisheng, a student of Xingming Academy who came with him, was originally the younger brother of Ge Ziming, a general who died in the anti-Japanese war. Now he is the backbone of the Jinyiwei. He is still involved in the organization of this event as a student, and during the memorial ceremony, Put forward his own opinion.
The Hanshis responded one after another.
Lou Yi, a member of the health department, responded: "Striking classes is not enough, we have to launch a strike by the traders and craftsmen who sympathize with us!"
As a result, Governor Sun Quan soon learned of the matter and asked Du Ruojia: "What, everyone is on strike, and some are going on strike?"
Du Ruojia nodded: "Do you think we should deploy troops to directly suppress it?"
(End of chapter)
