marquis of jingan

Shen Yi's current handle, or the handle that can be grasped, is the only one.

Back then when he took the county exam in Jiangdu, the five boys made friends with each other, and Yan Mingli, the candidate who made friends with him, cheated. Then Fan Dongcheng took the evidence and went to the Jiangdu county government office to report Yan Mingli to the county magistrate.

At that time, as long as Yan Mingli was found guilty of cheating, the other four people who had a relationship with him would all have their test scores invalidated. Although they would not be banned from the exam for life, it would still delay them for a year or two.

But this matter was suppressed by Zhang Jian, the county magistrate of Jiangdu at that time.

Later, two big men from Ganquan Academy came forward one after another and reached a compromise with the Fan family. Fan Shilang even came to the door to apologize in person, and brought Fan Dongcheng to Jiankang.

This matter has already passed.

But there are hidden dangers in this matter. After all, Yan Mingli did cheat at the beginning, and the Fan family still has evidence of his cheating. If this matter is brought up again...

Shen Yi will definitely be investigated by the Ministry of Rites.

Although it will not deprive them of fame, it will probably be affected.

It was not Shen Yi who was most affected, but Zhang Jian and Ganquan Academy.

If the Fan family wants to bring up this matter again, then their focus will definitely not be on Yan Mingli's fraud, but on a group of people from Ganquan Academy. Zhang Jian, the county magistrate of Jiangdu from the academy's branch, deceived his superiors and concealed it from his subordinates, and suppressed this matter!

Once this matter is exposed, Zhang Jian's official reputation will be greatly affected, and the reputation of Ganquan Academy will also be severely damaged.

After all, for scholars, the scientific examination is the most sacred and untouchable thing. The behavior of Ganquan Academy has been suspected of manipulating the scientific examination.

And no matter who it is, once someone wants to bring up this matter again, they will completely stand on the opposite side of the entire Ganquan Academy.

But as Shen Yi said.

The two sides have already torn skins.

Now that he has already torn his face, he doesn't care whether he offends or not.

If this matter is really exposed, there will definitely be Shen Yi, a censor, who will refer to Zhang Jian, and even sue the entire Ganquan Academy.

Among these goals, Shen Yi himself will probably be the least affected one.

After staying in the class of Hubu Shangshu for almost two sticks of incense, Shen Yi bid farewell and left. Before leaving, he cupped his hands to Zhao Shilang and said: "Master, wait until later today, and my nephew will go home to bother you."

He bowed his head and said, "Wait for the news from Jiangdu, if things are indeed as my nephew guessed, maybe we can act first..."

Zhao Shangshu nodded silently.

"If there is such a thing, it is not aimed at you, Shen Ziheng."

He said slowly, "This is aimed at my academy, at Prime Minister Zhang."

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Jiangdu City.

In the Jiangdu County Yamen, the county lord who had just finished handling the autumn plowing affairs found a recliner and lay down in the backyard of the county Yamen.

At this time, the autumn air is crisp, and the cool autumn wind blows on him, which is very pleasant.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl moved a chair to sit next to him, and lightly beat his legs.

This is his concubine's room in Jiangduna, which takes care of his daily life on weekdays.

The concubine's voice was very sweet, while beating her legs, she said softly: "Master, you will be transferred next year, right?"

By next year, Zhang Jian will have served in Jiangdu for three years. Given his family background, naturally he doesn't need to endure two terms. He only needs one term, and there is a high probability that he will be promoted.

"Almost."

Zhang Xianzun closed his eyes and said lazily: "I will probably return to Jiankang by then."

When he first came to Jiangdu to take office, on the one hand, he came to Jiangdu to fight fires, and on the other hand, he came to Jiangdu to raise his rank.

When he was in the capital, he had just graduated as a Jinshi not long ago. He was a Beijing official from the eighth rank. According to the usual practice, a Beijing official would be promoted to two or three ranks, so he took the post of Jiangdu county magistrate justifiably.

The county magistrate of Jiangdu is the seventh rank.

With the Zhang family's connections, when he returns to Jiankang next year, not only will he not be downgraded, but he may be given a sixth-rank or even a sixth-rank Beijing official.

After all, there are people in the court who are good at being officials.

Leaving aside his prime minister grandfather, his pro-teacher is the Hubu Shangshu who has just been promoted to Dajiuqing!

The concubine glanced at Zhang Jian cautiously, lowered her head, and looked a little embarrassed: "Master, you said that we will go back to Jiankang next year, and take a great-grandson back for the old man, okay?"

Zhang Xianzun opened his eyes, glanced at her, and smiled: "Little Nizi has a lot of eyes, why, in broad daylight, is she tempted?"

The concubine blushed and said, "No way, master, don't talk nonsense..."

While the two were talking privately, a member of the Zhang family hurried over, holding a letter in his hand, and handing it to Zhang Jian: "Master, a letter from Jiankang..."

Zhang Jian sat up from the chair and reached out to take the letter.

He only glanced at the envelope and frowned.

Because the handwriting on the envelope is a bit scribbled.

Obviously written in a hurry.

It was sent by Shen Yi.

Zhang Xianzun opened the letter, there were two pages inside, after he read it from beginning to end, his face changed.

The county lord got up, ignored the beautiful concubine beside him, and went straight to the ceremony room of the Jiangdu county government.

At this moment, there was no one in the ceremony room. Zhang Xianzun rummaged through the ceremony room for a while, but couldn't find what he was looking for. He sat in the ceremony room, stretched out his hands and rubbed his temples, and said in a deep voice: "Go to Mo County Prime Minister to find him, Wang Jiaoyu invites you here!"

Several yamen servants responded immediately, and not long after, they invited the county magistrate's magistrate and the education supervisor over.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzun looked a little complicated. He looked at the two middle-aged men standing in front of him, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.

"Mo County Prime Minister."

The county magistrate bowed his head respectfully: "The lower official is here."

"Wang Jiaoyu."

Jiaoyu also bowed his head and saluted: "The next official is here."

The county lord said in a low tone, "Has anyone looked for you recently?"

The two looked at each other, both a little puzzled: "Xianzun, I have a lot of people in daily contact with me, may I ask who you are talking about?"

"In the fifth year of Hongde, when I first took office, I presided over the Jiangdu County Examination. At that time, someone came to the ceremony room and asked Wang Jiaoyu to sue the scholar Yan Mingli for cheating."

Zhang Jian stared at Wang Jiaoyu with a hoarse voice: "Does Wang Jiaoyu still remember this matter?"

Hearing that something was wrong in Zhang Jian's tone, Wang Jiaoyu stuttered in fright: "Return to the county lord, my lord... I remember it, this matter was a misunderstanding, and Yan Mingli did not cheat..."

Zhang Jian turned to look at the county magistrate again.

The county magistrate seemed to understand something, stepped forward and bowed his head and said: "Master Xian, I don't remember this matter anymore."

"Whether you remember it or not."

The county gentleman said quietly: "This matter must be rotten in the heart, no matter who asks you, and in what form, you can't say it."

"If one day, someone makes a fuss about this matter, the county can get out of it, and the two of you will not be so lucky."

Both of them were a little surprised.

The county examination was originally presided over by the county venerable, and the county lord could decide everything about the county examination. Who would be so boring and make a fuss about such trivial matters?

But after their leader said so, the two nodded immediately: "Your official understands."

Zhang Jian explained a few words to them, and went back to his study, feeling uneasy, so he found the book boy he had brought from Jiankang, and said in a deep voice: "Go and check, that scholar named Yan Mingli lives now. Where?"

"Yes."

The book boy nodded immediately, and went down to be investigated by someone. It was only in the evening that there was no result, and he came back to report to Zhang Jian.

"My lord, this Yan Mingli..."

The bookboy bowed his head.

"In the second half of Hongde's fifth year, he has already moved away and is no longer living in Jiangdu..."