Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 237 When will the examination start again? Candidates for the examiner

The warmth between father and son lasted for a while, and Cai Jing suddenly remembered that there was still something to do.

"There is no longer any delay, you follow me to the Song Mansion and the Han Mansion."

Cai Jing sighed leisurely, looked at Cai You and said, "Since the imperial decree came down yesterday, you haven't been there yet, have you?"

Cai You's face darkened, he lowered his head and said, "My son is ashamed..."

"It's okay."

Cai Jing waved his hand: "Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun are also going there today, and you will go with me."

"Yes, father." Cai You immediately bowed his head in response.

The two sat in the sedan chair and came to the Song Mansion first. This side was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and ordinary people couldn't get in at all, and the people inside couldn't get out.

"grown ups."

Gao Xun and Deng Xunwu had been waiting outside the street for a long time, and seeing Cai Jing's sedan chair, they rushed up to join them.

Waiting for Cai Jing was only one of the reasons. In fact, without Cai Jing leading them, they would not be able to enter the mansion at all.

"stop!"

The soldiers guarding the door hastily stopped the group of people. If it wasn't for the official robes Cai Jing and the others were wearing, they might have chased them away by cursing.

Cai Jing frowned and walked forward slowly: "Go and report to your commander, and just say that Cai Jing is here to visit."

The soldier guarding the gate was startled, subconsciously took half a step back, swallowed his saliva when he recovered, and stepped back cautiously: "Yes, my lord, I'll go report now."

After speaking, he ran in quickly.

Cai Jing and the others waited at the door for a while, when they saw a man in armor who looked like a commander running over quickly, and saluted Cai Jing from a long distance away.

"I will meet Master Cai at the end!"

Many military generals can not dump civilian officials, but the Ministry of War is an exception.

A military officer who offended the Ministry of War usually has no good fruit to eat, and Cai Jing is the Shangshu Pushe who is in charge of the Ministry of War, the immediate boss of the Ministry of War, and this is also a god who must not be neglected.

"No need to be polite."

Cai Jing waved his hand: "Now the matters in the Song Mansion have been checked, right?"

"The inventory is over."

The general wiped the sweat from his brow, and replied: "The last general and the brothers below have been busy all night, and just now they have almost finished counting the things in the house."

"it is good."

Cai Jing nodded: "Since everything has been counted, there is no need for such martial law anymore. I want to go in with the two servants to visit my former colleagues."

Only then did the general notice that Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun were following behind.

Although the lineup is huge and luxurious, the general wiped off his sweat and said with some hesitation: "My lord..."

"Although we have finished counting the belongings and servants in the house, we haven't reported it to the imperial court..."

"Just report it to the officer."

Cai Jing looked at the military officer expressionlessly.

"Yes... Your Excellency!" The military officer finally couldn't bear the pressure in his eyes, and led Cai Jing and his party into the gate.

Although he successfully achieved his goal, Cai Jing still frowned tightly, without any joy in his brows.

Before the examination starts, a mere military officer would never dare to disagree with him, Cai Jing.

But now this kind of martial arts school dares to talk back to him in public. If it was in the past, Cai Jing felt that such a thing would never happen.

Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun, who were walking behind Cai Jing, also had different expressions, but neither of them dared to say anything, so as not to bump into Master Cai's anger.

Along the way, the Song Mansion, which was familiar to several people, is now full of soldiers patrolling and guarding.

Confiscating a house is also a delicate matter. It is necessary to separate the male master, female master, male servant, and maidservant in the house, and there must be no confusion.

With the help of the soldiers, Cai Jing and others soon arrived at the place where the male master was being held.

"Lord Cai..."

As soon as they entered the door, everyone heard a mournful cry.

Several people turned their heads to look and found that Song Qiaonian was wearing a simple Ge Qing robe, with a haggard face, looking at this side with tears in his eyes.

"Immortals..."

Cai Jing was also stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, the corners of his eyes were already moist.

"Master Taishan..." As for Cai You, tears welled up in his eyes, and he ran over with sobs.

Looking at this scene, Cai Jing let out a long sigh of relief.

But he didn't go up to greet Song Qiaonian, but turned his head to look at the general who was following him, his expression became serious: "Commander Zhou, you are too slow in doing things!"

"what?"

Zhou Fa didn't know before the incident, but Cai Jing actually knew his name, and he was suddenly called out by him at this moment, so he couldn't help being surprised.

Cai Jing continued to reprimand severely: "The edict of the imperial court should be completed as soon as possible, not delayed again and again!"

"The last general..."

Zhou Fa was very wronged. The imperial decree issued yesterday is almost finished today. Can this be called delaying again and again?
It's just that he couldn't argue with Cai Jing, so he could only bow his head silently and admit his mistake: "Yes, my lord, I'm an official..."

"If you know your mistakes, you must correct them!"

Cai Jing reprimanded unceremoniously: "Now that the property here has been counted and reported to the court, then the case should be closed as soon as possible without further delay."

"Yes, my lord."

This time Zhou Fa didn't even dare to hesitate, so he agreed directly.

One is because since he knew that Cai Jing knew his name, he started to be cowardly.The second is because... he is a small deputy commander, is he worthy of shooting seriously with a minister?

Whatever he said was fine, anyway, the difference in status between the two was too great, no one would blame him afterwards.

Only then did Cai Jing's face soften slightly, and he nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Master Cai..."

Song Qiaonian looked at the soldiers who were gradually withdrawing from his house, and at the empty mansion, the huge gap in his heart almost made him suffocate.

Now not only are those belongings gone, even this mansion doesn't belong to him anymore.

The Song family had to move out within the stipulated time, and then all of them were repatriated to their original places, and they were not allowed to stay in the capital.

Thinking of all this, Song Qiaonian couldn't help feeling sad.

Cai Jing looked at him, sighed faintly, leaned over and took Song Qiaonian's hand: "Xianmin, I'm sorry for you."

"grown ups……"

With tears in his eyes, Song Qiaonian looked up at Cai Jing, as if he was asking if things had turned around, and if they could turn the situation around?

Cai Jiang looked at him silently, then pursed his lips and shook his head.

As soon as Song Qiaonian collapsed, if Cai You hadn't supported him, he might have collapsed on the ground.

"Ah~"

Cai Jing sighed, and said to Cai You: "Send your father-in-law back to the mansion and arrange a place to live."

"Go to the Han Mansion again for my father, and take your uncle and the others over."

"Yes, father." Cai You answered with a choked voice, then helped Song Qiaonian and walked out...

On the other side, Zheng Mansion.

There are several Zheng mansions in the capital, but if you say it without any prefix or suffix.That basically means that there is only one Zheng residence.

Xingyang Zheng Mansion.

The mansion here was built by the Xingyang Zheng family in the capital. It does not belong to anyone but their family. Any member of the Xingyang Zheng family or the Zheng royal family can live here temporarily after they come to the capital.

As for those family members who have official positions in the capital, most of them will not live here, but go to find new places by themselves.

In the magnificent backyard of Zheng's mansion, Zheng Guan was stuffing the food on the table into his mouth with big mouthfuls. His mouth, face, and even neck were all covered with oil.

Across the table, Yan Zhenqing's food was better than his, but not much better.

Sitting on the side, Li Gan looked at them looking like reincarnated starved ghosts, and asked curiously: "Can't you buy food in the Gongyuan? Why are you still suffering like this?"

"You do not know……"

While tearing off half of the roast chicken and stuffing it into his mouth, Zheng Guan replied vaguely to Li Gan: "As far as the smell in the Gongyuan is concerned, even if you put delicacies from mountains and seas on your face, you won't be able to eat."

The smell in Gongyuan?
Li Gan nodded half-understood. Although he didn't go to the tribute courtyard at the time, he could figure it out just by imagining that tens of thousands of candidates couldn't take a bath, and the daily excrement might not be cleaned up in time. How could it be any better?

"I didn't expect that I would suffer so much this time..."

Zheng Guan straightened his neck, swallowed the meat in his mouth forcefully, and was finally able to free his mouth: "When I think about that examination room now, I feel uncomfortable."

I was really shocked when I said that.

Yan Zhenqing recalled all the things in the Gongyuan, and his face was heavy, and he couldn't help sighing, as if that place had left a big shadow on him.

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Li Qian couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry about missing them, I guess you will be able to go back soon."

what?
Zheng Guan was startled, and the chicken bone in his hand fell onto the table, and the meat in his mouth was no longer fragrant: "I have to go in again? Haven't you been out for a few days?"

Yan Zhenqing also looked at Li with a frown, as if doubting the authenticity of his words.

"Will definitely be going back soon."

Li Gan said very firmly: "It's almost April now. If you look at it in previous years, the results of the exam will come out, but now it's the same as if you didn't take the exam. It has been delayed too much."

"As long as the imperial court still wants to continue the trial, it will definitely not delay."

Zheng Guan and Yan Zhenqing looked at each other, they both felt that Li Gan's words were very reasonable, and both of them looked bitter.

Zheng Guan seemed to have thought of something suddenly, he didn't even eat the meal, he directly picked up the silk cloth beside him and wiped his mouth, looked at Li Gan nervously and asked: "Cai Jing will be the chief examiner for this exam, right?" ?”

During the test before, he jumped out at the entrance of the examination room and took the lead in angering Song Qiaonian. This matter must not be hidden for long. With Cai Jing's ability, he might have known it by now.

Under such circumstances, even if He Shen explained it clearly for him, it would probably be useless. He was almost the one who was destined to be dethroned.

"It won't be him."

Li Gan shook his head and said, "There was such a big mess in the test this time, how could Cai Jing still be the chief examiner safe and sound?"

"Really?"

Zheng Guan is happy, as long as it is not Cai Jing, as long as he is not deliberately targeted at him, he will have the confidence to pass the exam.

Yan Zhenqing thought for a moment, frowned and asked, "Who do you think the imperial court will arrange as the chief examiner for this test?"

The position of the chief examiner is very important. I believe that thousands of candidates are paying close attention to this matter at this moment.

"Arrange who..."

Zheng Guan pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "Could it be Prime Minister Qin? Now he is the only prime minister in the capital, who should he be?"

Yan Zhenqing shook his head lightly, as if he didn't quite agree: "Xingyang is not far from the capital, what if the imperial court summons Prime Minister Yan and your lord back?"

"This……"

I have to say that Yan Zhenqing's guess is also very reasonable. After all, it is impossible for the chief examiner of the previous exam to be the chief examiner of the two exams, right?
The two looked at each other but couldn't find an answer, so they turned their gazes to Li Gan who was at the side.

"I do not know either."

Li Gan laughed in surprise: "I'm not a god, how could I know everything?"

do not know?
The two looked at each other in surprise, and felt that this was normal.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be too weird if Li Gan knew everything?

~~
At the same time, Cai Jing, Gao Xun, and Deng Xunwu, who had left the Song Mansion, got into another sedan chair and rushed towards the Han Mansion.

"grown ups……"

On the sedan chair, Deng Xunwu and Cai Jing reported everything that happened in recent days.

Although Cai Jing had already heard about it from his family yesterday, but from Deng Xunwu's point of view today, it is obviously a different feeling.

"Let the question..."

As he listened, Cai Jing clenched his fists.

According to what Deng Xunwu said, the turmoil of leaking the question had already spread when he first entered the Gongyuan.

"You just ignored it?"

Cai Jing looked at Deng Xunwu coldly. Anyone with a little bit of political sense should know that this kind of news must not be allowed to pass on.

"Not so, my lord."

Deng Xunwu hastily explained: "Xiaguan and Mr. Gao originally wanted to follow your wishes and join forces with the other servants of the Sixth Department to deal with the accident, but who would have thought that another rumor would spread at that time!"

Cai Jing frowned, another rumor?

Why is this style of acting so familiar, so deja vu?

"At that time, officials in the court and China were rumored that the deputy examiner who we had been arguing with the emperor and Zhongshu Province for so many days had already been designated as Han Shilang, especially in the six departments..."

Cai Jing's pupils shrank!
Could it be him?Wang Mang? ?

Cai Jing's guess is also well-founded, because from the beginning to the end, he only told Wang Mang about this matter to an outsider.

But this doesn't seem right. If Wang Mang really leaked the news, why did he help Cai Dang before?
If he had spread the news earlier, the hearts of the six servants would have been fluctuating, and the competition for the deputy examiner would not have been so smooth...

This rumor also seems to have been fabricated by the emperor to vent his anger after losing the position of deputy examiner.

After all, he has such a previous record...

After thinking about it, Cai Jing still felt that there were two possibilities for this matter, either Wang Mang's plan was too big and he had been forbearing all the time.Or the emperor just guessed the truth of the matter by blindly hitting a dead mouse...

Deng Xunwu continued to explain: "...my lord, at that time the lower officials and Mr. Gao thought about it, but still felt that the most important thing was to calm the rumors in the court."

"Yeah." Cai Jing nodded, even if he was there at the time, he would have done the same.

Even the rumors in the scholarly community don't have that much influence on the officials. On the contrary, it is the negative news in the officialdom that makes them overturn.

"But how can someone interfere with it!"

Deng Xunwu gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, the investigation of the lower officials found that the news first came from Guan Peng, the left servant of the household department, and later there was Su Ling, who also spread the news everywhere!"

(End of this chapter)