On the seventh day of the third month, Li Dongyang formally wrote a letter to Emperor Hongzhi, saying that Tang Yin and Xu Jing were not included in the admission list, and the emperor asked the emperor to decide.●⌒,

The previous day, the folk memorial on the incident of the Ministry of Rites' examination and the news of the matter of Chenxi's sales case was also submitted to the emperor. As Xie Qian expected, the emperor wanted to stay and not send it. After all, the examination has been released, and one examination has to be deprived of the examination and the examination has been released. After the examination, it is obviously much more complicated than before the examination.

On that day, Emperor Hongzhi submitted Li Dongyang to the Ministry of Rites for handling as appropriate.

Xu Qiong, Minister of Rites, submitted a memorial to "there are no more than a few words to check the red papers of the two people, and the matter of death or not, the department has no way to decide whether they are inside the curtain. Please still move the original examiner to report it and report it to separate the right and wrong, and to calm the discussion." Emperor Hongzhi made the case and temporarily set it a secret case. Hua Sheng, Tang Yin and Xu Jing were sent to the Pacification Department.

The three of them were imprisoned, not as easy to talk when Li Dongyang was taking the school entrance exams, Chen Xi, Lun Wenxu, and Sun Xu, but were directly imprisoned and questioned. As for the other person involved in the incident, Cheng Minzheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was not yet imprisoned, but was still idle at home and kept in charge of residence.

The court issued an order to punish Tang Yin and Xu Jing. Regardless of whether the disciples learned the truth or not, they all applauded.

Those who are inferior to each other and who can come to the capital for the exam are already considered the best among students. They don’t think that others are more famous than themselves. After Tang Yin and Xu Jing arrived in the capital, they made such a big noise, which was very popular. They have long been jealous of the scholars, and now they have been tragically imprisoned and are "that everyone wants to return."

Only when it comes to the members of Chenxi, there are still many dissatisfaction among the students.

It was also these candidates who took the exam to be arrogant because they created public opinion before that, Tang Yin and Xu Jing, who were famous all over the world, were imprisoned, thinking that as long as they continued to clamor, the court would definitely take action.

Therefore, after the Ministry of Rites' Examination, most of the candidates did not leave the capital, but held literary meetings in groups of three or five to criticize the court for improper employment of people. Cheng Minzheng leaked the exam questions, which made some candidates who were ill-gotten to make profits.

Although the disciples dare not imagine that the court would try again the Ministry of Rites, at least they would have to let Chen Xi, the Huiyuan, suffer, and they would not get any benefits themselves. But they should not let others live a good life.

To harm others but not to benefit oneself is what scholars like to do the most these days.

As the outside world became more and more intense, Chen Xi continued to stay in Dongsheng Inn and stayed in a closed door. Yu Niang told him about the outside world about the matter and let him know his situation.

"It's a mediocre person not to attract jealousy." Chen Xi could only sigh like this in the end.

In fact, Chen Xi did not have a clear conscience. Tang Yin and Xu Jing did not get the test questions in advance, but he had known it for a long time and was well prepared. Otherwise, even if he read a lot of books, he would not pay attention to reading such remote books as "Tu Zhai Ji" and "Mo'an Collection". Even if he wanted to read it, he would not have thought of finding it with the collection of books in remote places in Tingzhou. Chen Xi won because he was a person who was interested.

As for what others think, he doesn't care much. There is no real justice in this world, just like he is a human being in another life, and has been ahead of others' knowledge for hundreds of years. Others have been studying hard for decades, so why is he a human being in two lifetimes?

".........Monday, Your Majesty Jiaxu and Fengtian Palace personally asked, if the thief does not come again in the past few days, the young master will just go to take the exam. Even Lord Liu said that Mr. Chen's future cannot be delayed."

Yu Niang informed Chen Xi of the palace examination.

The Jiaxu day in March of the 12th year of Hongzhi is March 15th. Now it is only five days before the palace examination.

Chen Xi had long thought about the glory of stepping on the Golden Palace himself, but now he is at the forefront of the storm, but he is worried about whether the court's next move will deprive him of Huiyuan due to public opinion pressure. If so, it will be difficult for him to set foot in the Golden Palace again this time.

Chen Xi even thought about a future way out.

Since he became a human being, Chen Xi had an idea, which was to go to the imperial examination and achieve his ambitions, because in this era, everything was inferior, only by studying, only by studying can one become an official, as a minister, and one can firmly hold his destiny in his own hands.

But if he was deprived of the name of Huiyuan, he would probably be assigned a minor official like Tang Yin and Xu Jing's future fate and would not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for life, which would completely cut off his path to the imperial examination.

Chen Xi thought that if he encountered the same situation as Tang Yin, he might be ashamed to take office. He would not bother to be a poor minor official who relied on others.

There are three ways in front of you:

The first is to continue doing business and make the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce bigger and stronger. But Chen Xi feels that since he passed the membership exam for a while, he may not have a peaceful mood when he goes back to do business;

The second is to join the army. This was the best way to join the army. If you want to join the army, you will make a difference on the battlefield. With the care of the future Minister of War Liu Daxia, you will probably be able to get a fourth or fifth-rank military position when you are old. But there is a huge risk. Chen Xi has been thin since he was a child. If he really struggled in the border for more than ten years, and then went deep into the desert, grassland, or a miasma-filled place in the southwest, it would be expected to die young;

The third road, like Tang Yin, is devoted to mountains and rivers and never cared about political affairs, but in the Ming Dynasty, can he really break out of this worldly rules and regulations?

Chen Xi was in a depressed mood, and he had nothing to do before the palace examination, so he couldn't help but think more about things.

Chen Xi even boldly imagined that if he really had no chance of his career from now on, why not do a big fight? But if he wanted to build a ship and explore the world, he would not be able to bear the people around him. If he took advantage of the rise of King Ning to rebel against the court and establish himself on the mountain, he might not have such a strong appeal.

"It's really hard to realize the ambitions in any era you were born in." Chen Xi could only think of himself in regretful thinking.

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March 14th, the day before the 12th year of Hongzhi, Jiwei, the emperor will appoint a palace examination reading officer and a senior official in the court who led a department and a yamen. On this day, he was ordered to go to the palace to see him.

Needless to say, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, three cabinet ministers, must be one of the examinees. In addition to the three of them, there are also Li Jie, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the attendant of Hanlin Academy, Jiao Fang, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the attendant of Hanlin Academy, and Wang Jiao Jiao, the attendant of Zhanshi Mansion and the attendant of Hanlin Academy. These three are Hanlin officials.

In addition, there are Tu Fu, the Minister of Personnel of the Crown Prince, Zhou Jing, the Minister of Revenue of the Crown Prince, Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War of the Crown Prince, Bai Ang, the Minister of Justice of the Crown Prince, Xu Guan, the Minister of Works of the Crown Prince, Min Gui, the Crown Prince, and Wang Shi, the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Among the six ministers, only the Minister of Rites Xu Qiong avoided suspicion and did not attend. The one who replaced him was Yuan Shouzhi, the Left Minister of Rites.

Because this Ministry of Rites' Examination involved a case of selling the subject, the ministers' faces were somewhat gloomy when they met.

Before entering the palace, someone had discussed this matter privately. In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor held court meetings, and most of the emperor discussed the matters that had not been decided in the cabinet. Some of them were left to the Central Committee and did not issue, which needed to be discussed by the ministers.

Of course, not every memorial to be left behind needs to be discussed, but now Emperor Hongzhi obviously has a relatively difficult thing, which is about the fact that a censor made a memorial in this Ministry of Rites Examination. The public opinion of the scholars believed that the case of the sales of the question was affair with the new Ministry of Rites Examination.

Even if Chen Xi and Tang Yin were fighting in the capital and were famous, the ministers in the court could not know them all. However, after Shen Xi was involved in the case of selling the goods, Emperor Hongzhi's report on the case of participating in the case of selling the goods was left to the end, it was difficult for the ministers to not know whether they wanted to know.

Among the ministers who are about to be appointed as the palace examination review officer, two of them have known Chen Xi before, one is Zhou Jing, the Minister of Revenue, and the other is Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War. They have both seen Chen Xi through Liu Daxia's channels, or have heard of Chen Xi personally.

As for Chen Xi, who is currently helping Liu Daxia investigate the treasury of grain theft, the two of them are somewhat aware of the situation.

Among the ministers who met with him, Yuan Shouzhi had the lowest official position.

Yuan Shouzhi was a man with a simple and honest personality and few friends. He did not participate in any private banquet. After returning home, he was just like a commoner, and his integrity and frugality were recognized by later generations. Among the current ministers, he had a relatively harmonious relationship with Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng.

At this moment, Yuan Shouzhi was wondering, "What kind of virtue is the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I, as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I am the Minister of the Cabinet, the Hanlin Academy and the Seven Ministers, as well as the Palace Examination Reading Officers? When I met Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, he was fine, but why didn't he see anyone now? Could he be involved in the case of selling the papers?

Yuan Shouzhi was a little worried. While entering the palace, he quickly followed Ma Wensheng and Zhou Jing to inquire about the situation.

"Two Ministers, can you tell why Your Majesty wants the lower officials to be the palace examination review officer?" Yuan Shouzhi was as famous as his name, and he was straightforward and asked directly if he had any questions.

Zhou Jing was a little stunned and then replied: "Shangshu Xu may have something important to do."

Among the six ministers of the court, the relationship was also divided into closeness and distant places. In addition to factions, it also involved the differences between the emperor's close ministers and external ministers.

Emperor Hongzhi was generally considered wise and could basically be appointed based on the meritorious person, but it was not the case.

There were a large number of "sentence officials" in the Hongzhi Dynasty. In addition, Emperor Hongzhi only favored Empress Zhang, and Zhang's relatives were naturally favored. However, Xu Qiong, although his surname was not Zhang, had a marriage relationship with his relative Zhang. His concubine was Empress Zhang's sister. Therefore, Xu Qiong was always alienated from those officials who were promoted on the right path in the court, such as Ma Wensheng, Zhou Jing and others.

Ma Wensheng and Zhou Jing both started to fight from minor officials little by little, and did practical things in the court, but Xu Qiong did not make much achievements since he became an official, but because he was the emperor's brother-in-law, he actually became the Minister of Rites.

The case of selling the papers is now happening. Perhaps Emperor Hongzhi felt that he, the Minister of Rites, was incompetent, and even the palace examination review officer did not allow him to do it.

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ps: The fifth update!

Suddenly I found that many things were not allowed to be explained! Today, the emperor was working hard, no matter what, he had to finish writing this plot. Continue to write! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!