Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The emperor Chenghua's face sank like water, and from between his teeth, he squeezed out a word "say" that was cold because of his anger.

Kneeling on the ground, the **** squatted his head heavily: "The slave servant Zhou Bo, served in the Ji Chou Day in October. On that day, Li Xueshi, Liu and Yang, the two Yushi Yushi, played together the eunuchs Liang Fang and Wei Xinger. The news of the selection of concubines in the Qinggong was secretly passed on, causing chaos in private marriages, and blackmailing the wealthy female households in the capital. At that time, because Nangong Yang Niangniang was ill, the emperor personally visited him and had no time to read, so the servants and maids would pay memorials. Put away for approval..."

With his head low, he dared not look at the emperor, but the two chief eunuchs quietly observed the expression of the eunuch. The more he saw the emperor's anger, the more secretly he stunned, and he urged the **** Zhou to say: "What's the matter if you hesitate! I can't tell you who entered the side hall and changed the memorial!"

The emperor spoke with difficulty, but he also gave a cold "hum" to express his dissatisfaction.

The **** Zhou prostrated himself: "When the slaves were combing the memorials, I saw three adults playing the chaos in Beijing, and I felt sorrowful. After I went back, I sighed with my fellow Li Gong. But I didn’t want Li Gong to take advantage of Yang Lao two days later. The empress passed away, and when she was in grief and trouble, she went to the Wenhua Hall to modify the taboo text, and then used words to induce the slave and maid to read the memorial again, so that the slave and maid had missed the taboo text before..."

The anger that Emperor Chenghua had held for so long finally turned into an anger and burst out of his lungs: "Why don't you report it in the morning!"

"The slave and maid **** it! The slave was a little suspicious at the time, but the three adults pleaded guilty after they were sent to prison, and the slave thought it was a clerical error by the adults, and didn't think much about it."

The **** Zhou repeatedly kowtowed his head, blindly confessing his mistakes: "I only heard that the adults were still in prison after the case was closed. They were not released in ten days, and doubts gradually grew in their hearts. With the sage’s knowledge, if someone didn’t do bad things, how could ministers stay for long? What about the imprisonment? Until recently, the slave and maid accidentally discovered that there were more treasures outside the palace in his house, and realized that it was him..."

The emperor glanced at him, then Eunuch Tan shouted sharply: "What treasure? Say it!"

Zhou Po said affirmatively: "It must be something outside the palace. Li Gong has not received many rewards. The servants are kind to him. He knows everything that the sage and the empress give, but the servants passed by his window the day before yesterday. He was playing with an enamel bottle. He noticed it a little, so he hurriedly put it away, saying only that the slave and maidservant looked wrong, and he rubbed the porcelain bottle commonly used in the palace."

The emperor shouted angrily: "Why, no one knew!"

The **** of Zhou made a five-pointed decision, and the two chief eunuchs of Qin Gao also knelt down and pleaded guilty: "They are slaves and maidservants who are not strict with their subordinates, please take responsibility. This fact is horrible. Someone dares to change the minister in the strict place of imprisonment. Song Shu! I don’t know who pushed his hand behind him, and the victim asked the foreign minister to trouble him for many days. Wan Niangniang was also sad for worrying about the two nobles. The servants are willing to do their best to find out this matter for your majesty."

The emperor Chenghua cursed "confused" and turned his head not to see him. This time around, I saw the scroll on the table—the painting was still offered by Xie Ying.

Looking at this picture, the emperor thought of Xie Ying's wisdom like Zhuge Kongming in the new "Pipa Ji". Compared with the eunuchs in the palace who were so confused that they didn’t know that someone had acted privately, Xie Ying hadn’t found out the memorial and asked someone to change it earlier, but even the writer recognized it on the spot, which seems to blame him. .

Since he is not to blame for the past, from the investigation of the case, his strategy, diligence, and loyalty will definitely help Dongchang handle this case.

When the emperor thought of this riveting, he couldn't help looking at the painting seriously. Seeing the end of the picture scroll, I saw the empty paper next to the note, and wanted to call Li Dongyang to inscribe the painting. I was a little embarrassed. I didn’t want to see him at this time, so he simply turned his sleeves and ordered the **** to put the picture away first, and ordered Tan Chang declared the decree.

"Call Xie Ying, Dongchang, help with this case!"

Eunuch Tan personally went to the East Factory and the imprison to declare the decree, and ordered the admiral of the East Factory Eunuch Luo Xiang to send someone to arrest people and copy the house, and then asked Xie Ying to go to the East Factory to help the Eunuch Luo with the trial.

Xie Ying had already prepared, and after receiving the order, he took out the pre-prepared files and handwriting identification documents from the case, and prepared to go to the East Factory. After preparing his things, he ordered the school lieutenant to find the experts who used to identify the handwriting for him who copied the ancient calligraphy and paintings to prepare the Dongchang summons.

Zhu Ji looked at his methodical preparations and sighed: "I wanted to persuade you not to be too expensive a few days ago, so as not to anger the emperor. I didn't expect this to really make you toss a result. "

He recalled the tragic situation of Jin Yiwei like a hawk and dog when Wang Zhi and Shang Ming were in power. Looking at the affectionate attitude of Eunuch Tan to Xie Ying this time, he also felt a sense of pride and patted him on the shoulder: " Do it well and ask the emperor and the factory owner to see our Jin Yiwei's ability!"

Xie Ying replied, "Don't worry, adults, you will surely do a good job when you are an official, and earn your face for the adults."

He packed up his things and handed them to the accompanying school lieutenant, and accompanied Zhu Ji to the bottom of the prison, accompanied by **** Tan, and released the three of Li Dongyang.

At that time, the three of them were composing poems in prison in a lively and lively manner. There were glasses and plates of wine and vegetables on the table, not as if they were in jail, but as if a few friends went to a feast in some famous building. Eunuch Tan looked at the door and smiled and said to Zhu Ji: "The three adults really have a great skill in nurturing qi. If they are like others and locked in a prison, they will scare themselves into a ghost. Where else can they drink and laugh? ?"

Zhu Ji laughed and said: "When the guilty person arrives in our imprisonment, he can't sleep day and night, eat and drink, and fear that he will be tried out of life guilt; these three adults are framed by others, and their hearts are open and open. What is terrible? "

He personally took the key to open the door, asked the three of them to come out and congratulated them with a smile: "The three adults are finally innocent and can leave the town fusi and return to their homes."

When Li, Yang, and Liu heard the word "innocent", their eyes suddenly glared, and they asked: "How can we say that we have gained innocence? The characters on the memorial notes are really not our mistakes, but teaching people to correct them? "

Eunuch Tan nodded and said, "It was someone who changed the memorial privately. However, the three adults could not remember the words in their memorials, and did not strive to the end, but easily pleaded guilty. As a result, this big case of someone tampering with the memorial did not show any signs until today , And almost let the culprit get away with it, and the three adults can’t be said to have no fault at all."

The emperor turned his anger and settled them for a crime of oversight. Although they no longer need to go to jail, they have to pay three months of their salary.

The three of Li Dongyang often recalled the text in the memorial, but they also felt that there were some problems. But because there was no evidence, the case was settled a long time ago, so I just waited for being released from prison, and didn't think about reversing the case. But I don't want them to think of a small case to be resolved, turned into a big case shaking the emperor!

The three of them bowed their heads and pleaded guilty, and got up and asked Mr. Tan, "Who did the case? Can I wait to testify?"

Tan Gongyi said: "This is a matter of the inner court, and we have a thorough investigation by Dongchang and Jinyiwei. The three adults proceed with caution and remember to check the notes carefully before the performance. If there is no mistake today, it is a blessing for the adults and the court. A blessing."

He declared the decree, released the people, and then returned to the palace to pay the decree. Xie Ying received the imperial decree for handling the case, and did not dare to stay too much, and went to the East Factory with the **** Tan's motorcade.

Zhu Ji ordered people to pack up their things and invited them to drink a pot of tea. By the way, they showed their merits: "We also have doubts in our minds when the three adults played a trick and committed a taboo at the same time. Xie Zhenfu even asked someone to verify the handwriting. , I want to return your innocence. It’s just that we have no purpose and cannot investigate what happened after the memorial was submitted. On that day, the three adults pleaded guilty and closed the case again, and they were willing to pay the silver rod. The truth of this case has not been revealed until today..."

Li Dongyang also sighed: "We didn't think about it that day. Although we had some doubts in our minds, we felt that the case was closed, so we didn't retract the confession."

It is also that they distrust Jin Yiwei too much. If you noticed that there was a mistake, you would tell Xie Ying and ask him to help track it down. I am afraid that the person who changed the memorial will be caught long ago.

The three of them were a little bit regretful, and could only use tea instead of wine, toast to Xie Ying to find out the big case as soon as possible, and return the inner court and the court to a bright future.

Zhu Ji accompanied them to a few sips of tea and said some self-proclaimed good things. Before it was early, he ordered people to send them clothes, supplies, pen and ink manuscripts, and personally sent the three of them out.

At the gate of Fusi in Dezhen, there was already an open canopy carriage behind. In front of the coachman's seat stood a thin and handsome young scholar who was dressed in a large blue straight body, and was happily walking towards the town. From the inside of the secretary.

Li Dongyang and Liu Zan recognized him at a glance, and there were surprises in their hearts.

The imprisonment is always dark and dark, and the halls and courtyards of the Secretary of the Zhenfu also seem to be filled with grievances from countless unjust cases, which makes people feel depressed. It wasn't until they saw the sunshine outside Zhenfu Simen and Cui Xie's face that was as bright as radiant light without any grief, that they really felt like returning to the world from the dark prison.

Cui Xie first saluted Teacher Li and the two Yushi, and then thanked Zhu Tongzhi for taking care of the three in prison.

Zhu Ji treated him very kindly, nodded and said, "Sure enough, Xueshi Li, Yushi Liu and Yushi Yang are not hungry and thin in prison, right? People in our town Fusi also admire gentlemen with vigor, and you will take care of them if you ask. These days, you come to deliver food sooner or later, and it’s very hard. You can finally save trouble in the future."

Cui Xie smiled and said: "The teacher and the two adults are so healthy, and they are all taken care of by Master Tongzhi, Master Xie, and officials. The students have nothing to return. I thank the adults here first."

Zhu Ji smiled, and said goodbye to Li Dongyang, and turned back to Beizhen Fusi. Cui Xie watched him in, then turned around and asked whether the two adults, Liu and Yang, were going to hire a sedan to go home, or go to Li's house by car together.

The people from these two families hadn't had time to get the news. It was a coincidence that he was here-he just came to deliver the food, and when he left, he saw the sedan chair from the palace coming towards Zhenfusi. He thought it might be Xie Ying and Gao Gonggong. His plan was successful, and the three adults were about to be released from prison, so they asked the coachman to wait at the door, and as expected, he asked him to wait for someone.

Liu Zan said, "These days, brother Yang and I have taken care of you a lot. I should have sat down and talked. Unfortunately, my wife and children are still worried about me at this moment. Wherever we can sit. We will have the opportunity to meet in the future. See you in time."

Yang Yingning was also anxious to go home, and agreed to go to Li's house another day.

Cui Xie asked the coachman to go to the tea shed next to him, and spent some money to ask the guy to hire a sedan to take them off, and when they left, he asked Li Dongyang to get in the car and go home.

When the car drove out of the street, he pressed his throat and asked, "Is the teacher not tortured in prison? The teacher, his mother, the fourth uncle's family, and the junior brother are all thinking about it day and night at home. I have been comforting them that we have met in prison. Xie Zhen takes care of him. The teacher will not suffer, so they can feel more at ease."

Teacher Li smiled and comforted: "After entering, I hit a board. Fortunately, the town caressers were our acquaintances. We took care of some of them. They didn't break the flesh, but the skin was broken. There were wine and meat inside. , It will be fine for a few days."

Cui Xie said in surprise: "Still beaten? Didn't Brother Xie plead guilty when you went in, didn't you get tortured?"

Li Dongyang said indifferently: "You always have to suffer a few kills when you go in, where you can not eat a little bit. The three of us have made plans to be unable to come out, but we have never been tortured later, and you will bring in wine and food. The jailer is also obedient, and life is already wonderful."

He remembered that he was particularly relaxed in the prison before, and the treatment was completely different from what he had heard. He couldn't help asking: "Xie Zhenfu has put a lot of effort into the matter of the three of us. I and him are just general friends. Yu Shi often impeaches Jin Yiwei, what do you ask him for?"

Cui Xie quickly raised his face and shook his head, and said with a serious face: "The disciple didn't do anything. It was Master Xie who admired the teacher and the two princes, and he has been working hard to rescue you in order to save the honorable gentleman for the court. Master Xie is a benevolent and righteous person. , After the case is closed, I will ask the sage to release you from prison every day. It is obvious to all the public. If the teacher does not believe it, you can ask others..."

Li Dongyang glanced at him suspiciously.

But after all, he is a straight man with complete wives and children. He didn't think his students could have any improper relationship with men. After pondering for a while, he said, "After all, there are good men and righteous men in Jinyiwei. The atmosphere of Fusi is better than before. It can be seen that we did not make up the wrong person in the play at the beginning-either we made up the play and praised him as a righteous person, and he himself loves to rely on it..."

He thought of the back and couldn’t help sighing deeply: “If Jin Yiwei is a person like Xie Ying who knows shame and loyalty; if even the eunuchs can use this method to persuade them to do good; if it’s a holy... Reappearing the rule of Yao and Shun?"