The evening drum sounded in the West Garden, and several palace gates slowly closed. The fully armed soldiers of the Imperial City seemed loyal to their duties. They guarded several palace gates, which completely isolated from the outside world.

As time comes to early autumn, the sky has gradually darkened, and many rooms have gradually lit up lights, especially the lights on the Wanshou Palace are very bright.

Li Chunfang hurried to Wuyi Hall alone, but did not head towards the main hall, but turned to a low row of wing rooms to the east.

The east wing is where they take turns to the West Garden officials, and Yuan Wei, the cabinet minister, also lives here. As for the west wing opposite, it is a place for idle staff or places to put things in, anyway, according to the customs of the officialdom, officials

I will never live in the west wing.

As for the chief minister, Xu Jie lived in the house built by Jiajing for Yan Song in the past. It was the emperor's kindness to stay in Yan Song in the West Garden for many years. However, the benefits of that house now fall on Xu Jie.

It's okay in this cool September. If it's summer, compared to this low east wing, the house of Xu Jie is simply a paradise.

Li Chunfang put her autumn clothes in her east wing room, and hurried to the house east of Wuyi Hall, and entered the room to see Xu Jie, who had just had dinner.

"Zi Shi, you are here, sit down!" Xu Jie looked in a good mood and raised his hand gently to Li Chunfang who came in.

The relationship between the two is extremely close. Xu Jie not only has always supported Li Chunfang, but has even regarded Li Chunfang as his successor. The smile on his face seems to come from the heart.

"Mr. Xie Yuanfu!" Li Chunfang responded with respect and sat down at the table.

The servant brought tea to the two of them. Xu Jie sat over and looked at Li Chunfang, then smiled and asked directly: "Zi Shi, are you in trouble?"

"It's really something! Lord Yuan Fu, I want to report to you about the fake journalism in Shuntian's provincial examination!" Li Chunfang nodded gently and responded truthfully.

Li Chunfang has always respected Xu Jie very much. Even though he is now a "just-geograph master", he never intended to bypass Xu Jie and report to the emperor in person, but reported to Xu Jie according to the rules.

"Okay!" Xu Jie took Li Chunfang's attention and raised the teacup with pleasure.

Li Chunfang told Lin Weiran's investigation results truthfully. In addition to the list of more than 50 people who were prosecuted in the provincial examination, he also took out a confession of Zhang Li's confession of his prosecutor.

The pulse of the matter was already clear, but in order to avoid the emergence of the thorns, or he didn't need to say anything, he did not tell the story of Wang Xilie trying his best to push Zhang Li to Jie Yuan.

"The truth was revealed so quickly. It must be Lin Ruoyu's actions?" Xu Jie put down the list and confession, looked up at Li Chunfang and asked seriously.

Li Chunfang did not hide, and he would not have such ability at all. He nodded honestly and said, "Yes, Mr. Lin has been staring at the Shuntian Provincial Examination! When the situation was just around the corner, he started to investigate. Now Zhang

Li and others were locked up in Shuntian Prefecture!”

Xu Jie picked up the teacup and took a sip. He found that Lin Junran was indeed not simple, so he made a decision and said, "Zi Shi, I will report this to the emperor in person?"

"In this way, I will be Lord Yuanfu!" Li Chunfang has always regarded Xu Jie as his respect, and never competed for these things with Xu Jie, just bowed.

Now that things are clear, Zhang Li admitted to the falsehood, but no matter who reported it to the emperor, the results of the handling should be similar.

Li Chunfang suddenly thought of Lin Weiran's words, and when he entered the palace gate, he saw Xu Yu and Wang Xilie, he added: "Mr. Yuanfu, our Ministry of Rites today discusses that we may not hold the relevant officials accountable, but we must remove Zhang Li and so on.

The fame of six new imperial examination candidates!”

The Ministry of Rites is full of talents, including Li Chunfang, a quasi-geek master, a demonic emperor who was rare in a century, and a future imperial teacher.

Xu Jie didn't know why Li Chunfang added this sentence, but replied with a smile: "Zi Shi, we should do our duty as a minister. As for how to deal with this matter, everything has to be decided by the emperor!"

Li Chunfang knew very well that this was indeed the case, but the emperor has always been a big shot and letting go of the small things, and has always been more inclined to Xu Jie's opinions on such small things.

But since Xu Jie said that, he would listen to it with utmost importance, and naturally he would not go against Xu Jie, so he responded respectfully.

It was just as he was talking that a little eunuch came out and informed them to go to Hongyingxintan.

As night fell, the lights in the entire Xiyuan had already lit up.

In the northeast corner, a new Hongying Altar was built in front of a new hall, and a Taoist fasting and worship activity was being held in front of the newly built Hongying Altar.

Many people in later generations mistakenly thought that after Xu Jie replaced Yan Song's position, they urged Emperor Jiajing to work hard to govern and strongly opposed Jiajing's behavior of practicing Taoist architecture again.

But the reality is not the case. A court where even the "Crown Prince" dared not report to Yu Jiajing, Xu Jie was just beautified by later generations.

Xu Jie was Yan Song's successor, but just the inheritance of power did not change much to this huge dynasty. He was essentially a politician.

Even the reason why the dynasty's vassals was reduced was that this dynasty could not afford this huge expense, and in order to prevent the recurrence of the Korean royal family from smashing Xi'an, the court was forced to make a change.

In order to save the people, it is better to say that it is to save money for Emperor Jiajing Xiuxuan.

As recorded in historical records, Hong Yingtan and other halls were completed. Xu Jie rewarded 50 taels of silver with big red python garments and silk. The Minister of Works Lei Liyin and his son went to the Imperial College for study. Zhu Xixiao, the Governor of the Jinyiwei, added 30 stones of rice in the year.

Li Dengyun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and others all increased their salaries.

Now that Hongying’s new altar is built, Jiajing decided to hold a seven-day fasting and worship activities as the new hall and the new altar are completed in the past.

The fasting and ritual activities were quite lively. Taoist priests were doing rituals in front of the sheds built, and everything seemed to be carried out in an orderly manner. What eunuchs should do, what the emperor should do, and what the officials should do, these things were already clear to each other.

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Jiajing, wearing a Taoist robe, wore a fragrant leaf crown on his head. After finishing the fasting and worship activities, he went to the temple next to him to rest, and the palace maids brought tea and pastries.

Xu Jie and Li Chunfang came in to meet the saint together. Xu Jie took the opportunity to report the matter: "Emperor, after the Shuntian provincial examination was released, the candidates who failed the exam made trouble in the capital these days and tore up the list posted in front of the Gongyuan gate. It is clear that the truth is true.

The Jie Yuanzhangli is a fake person!”

Jiajing's thoughts were all about Xiuxuan, and he was far less concerned about government affairs than in the early days. He was holding a piece of lotus cake, but he asked lightly: "What is a fake?"

Feng Bao has been with Jiajing tonight. He sighed sadly when he listened to Jiajing's question. Today's emperor is becoming less and less irrelevant, and he even has to ask Yu Xujie about this matter.

"If you come back to the emperor, some students from other places pretended to be students from Northern Zhili and directly participated in the Shuntian Provincial Examination!" Xu Jie did not make any mistakes, and he naturally answered the questions.

Huh?

Li Chunfang couldn't help but frown slightly, and turned her head in confusion to look at Xu Jie next to her.

Although this explanation is correct, the biggest harm of prosecutors is that candidates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang want to take advantage of loopholes in the provincial examination and seek fame and fame of Juren through improper behavior of "prosecutors".

Now Xu Jie's explanation focuses on the distinction between "outsiders" and "Northern Zhili students", and does not point out the harm of "fake journalism".

Jiajing put half a piece of lotus cake into his mouth, showing his lazy and negligent side, and said disapprovingly: "Foreign students are scholars, Northern Zhili students are scholars, and the whole world is scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

How come the saying of fake news?”

Li Chunfang opened her mouth, looking like she was about to stop talking.

Xu Jie hurriedly agreed: "The emperor said it! But this matter is not appropriate after all. Zhang Li even won Jie Yuan from Shuntian Provincial Examination in one fell swoop. Now the candidates who failed the exam are unsatisfied, and they have even begun to question Zhang Li.

The winner is caused by fraud!”

These words undoubtedly continued to induce Jiajing. After blurring the saying of fake journalism, they quickly led the problem to fraud, which quickly diverted the focus.

If it were in the past, it would be difficult for Jiajing to be "led by Xu Jie". However, now Jiajing is more obsessed with Xiu Xuan and feels from the bottom of his heart that this matter is irrelevant.

Jiajing took the teacup from the palace maid and took a sip. He became a little concerned about the fraud in the provincial examination. He squinted his eyes and asked lightly: "Is Jie Yuan in Zhangli High School involved in the joints?"

"After hearing about this, I transferred Zhang Li's test paper from the Hanlin Academy. Please check it out!" Xu Jie was quite experienced in doing things, so he immediately took out the test paper from his sleeve and presented it to him.

Li Chunfang has been in the officialdom for many years, so she is naturally not stupid. She is already standing next to her and watching Xu Jie perform quietly.

Feng Bao took the test paper from Xu Jie and respectfully delivered it to Jiajing, but Jiajing no longer wanted to waste time on it, but he handed the teacup back to the palace maid and his eyes fell directly on Xu Jie.

Xu Jie actually knew that Jiajing would not waste this time, but his attitude would still be revealed. He immediately talked: "I have already read Zhang Li's test paper, and this answer is very outstanding. This time there is a strategy for the discussion.

: Shun had five ministers and the world was ruled! Only Zhang Li said: Shunyuan was enough to govern the world, but he also obtained the five ministers, and the world was better governed! In contrast, the scholars only said that the five ministers had virtuous virtues but had forgotten Emperor Shun.

This is not absurd! Just like the emperor's wise and wise candle, even if there are no five wise ministers, the world will be able to be ruled. Zhang Li has been deeply taught by the saints, so the ministers think that he deserves his choice as Jie Yuan, and the fraud is purely slandered."

Feng Bao found that Jiajing had looked over, and was stunned at first, then he figured out the holy intention. He hurriedly took out the test paper of Zhang Li, found the article of strategy and submitted it to the emperor.

Jiajing saw that the article really said, "Shunyuan is enough to govern the world, but he has won the five ministers, and the world is better governed." He couldn't help but feel a lot of favor towards Zhang Li, but he came to a conclusion: "This boy is indeed a great talent." People, those candidates who failed the exam actually destroyed the list and slandered them, but they were just jealous!"

Li Chunfang knew that things had already developed in a bad direction, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to do with Zhang Li's fake business?" Xu Jie saw the opportunity and asked while the iron was hot.

Jiajing was still immersed in the words just now and immediately made a decision and said, "The whole world is my scholar in the Ming Dynasty. The fraud is nonsense, and the candidates ignore the trouble!"

"I obey the order!" Xu Jie's eyes flashed with joy, and he looked respectfully polite.

Although it is a big deal to borrow money, now that the emperor's golden mouth opens, even the most serious crime will disappear. In addition, the current prime minister's attitude is clear, this matter has become a foregone conclusion.

Li Chunfang saw everything that happened tonight, not only to see how Xu Jie played with power, but also to see how something was turned upside down.

The next day, when he returned to the Ministry of Rites, he said apologetically to Lin Xuran: "The emperor said that the promiscuous matter will not be investigated. Please let the Shuntian Prefecture Office release Zhang Li and other six people!"

"Is there really no room for this matter to turn around?" Lin Xuran seemed to be mentally prepared for this result, but looked at Li Chunfang and asked seriously.

Li Chunfang faced Lin Xuran's gaze and said, "The emperor's golden mouth has opened!" After a pause, he was worried that Lin Xuran would submit a memorial and advise, and added, "This matter involves a lot and there is no room for maneuver!"

His subtext is already very obvious. The so-called involvement is mainly involving Xu Yu, the Northern Zhili Examination Xu and Wang Xilie, the deputy examiner of Shuntian Provincial Examination. Xu Jie would not let these two proud students get this stain.

Lin Xuran sighed in his heart. Since the failure of the last time the Zongfan incident, he has also learned to give in, but things have not developed as he hoped.

If he fought now, not only would he not have much benefit, but he might also be attacked by Xu Jie, so it would be better to let the matter end with such a ridiculous result.

As the emperor's attitude became clear and there were no major differences among the officials, the group of candidates who caused trouble were destined to be unable to make up for the waves, and the matter slowly subsided.

"This treatment result is really disheartening!"

"It's really ridiculous for a fake man to win the title of the countryside with just one flattery article!"

"Haha, no one of the current cabinet masters or court ministers did not climb up with Qingci articles!"

...

Although the matter gradually subsided, it could not stop the mouths of so many people in the capital, but they expressed their opinions and soon extended to the current dynasty.

In fact, this is true. The standard of employment of this dynasty did not depend on the virtuousness of officials, but on the loyalty of officials to the emperor. This is true for all the officials below the chief minister.

This originally beautiful golden autumn September happened, but such a ridiculous thing happened.
Chapter completed!