The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1048 Impeachment

Facts have proved that there is never a shortage of smart people in this world.

The garrison guards sent out to check the private guards of large households went extremely smoothly. The "reasonable" gentry family not only did not face difficulties, but also actively cooperated, so that the matter that originally took more than a month to complete was completed in three to five days.

Sheng Yuan looked at the two reports in his hands and tapped the table in deep thought: "The results given by General Rong and the inner court guards are actually the same. It's interesting. It's really interesting."

Anyu was playing chess with himself on the side. Hearing this, he wrinkled his nose: "It is extremely unlikely that the two of them will join forces, so... what are you going to do?"

"All the non-compliant people will be confiscated, and then we will make full use of manpower to centrally loan the servants of these families to build the city... Since the wealthy families in Zezhou Prefecture are well informed, I think they will definitely support their guards to use practical actions to benefit the people of the city. Yes." Sheng Yuan put down the paper with a calm expression and made the arrangement as a matter of course. .

"Well, Sister Yuan, you really don't treat them as outsiders!" Anyu's mouth twitched.

His sister Yuan is looking for work for those unstable factors!

Sheng Yuan shrugged: "My time here is limited after all. After all, the development and construction of Zezhou Mansion depends on the Zezhou people who live here. After careful calculation, I am an outsider here!"

She didn't intend to compete with the other party, so she simply tried her best to see how these people would react, so as to prepare for the ending later.

"Huh? By the way, Sister Yuan, why do you think of checking up on the people who qualified for the provincial examination from Zezhou Prefecture in the second year of Yanping?" Anyu suddenly changed the subject when he saw the pile of organized files on the corner of the table.

"In the past few days, we have read the records of Zezhou Prefecture, old records of prefectures and counties, old official school affairs, Zezhou Prefecture annals, and all previous Enke examination records... even the person who supervised the examination at that time has never From professors to academic administration to teaching edicts, all relevant records were reviewed, and there were only a few sentences mentioning the incident.

One: "Nine lawbreakers were investigated, six were expelled, and three were banned from taking exams for life"; the other was "Participating in the sale of exam questions, regardless of whether they are true or false, all based on the truth, dealt with according to the law to set an example, and should be extended for two years Enke's rural examination serves as a lesson. "

Thinking that dozens of people had searched for these two vague words overnight, Sheng Yuan felt helpless.

"Although it's not stated clearly, it's probably Chu Yan and the others. It's just that the number of people doesn't match up!" An Yu scratched his head, "Fifty-six and nine, that's too big of a difference... Let's forget it, and there are The question is, nine people were punished, but eight stayed in their original places. Will the poor one be deprived of his honors, or will he retain the title of scholar but be banned from taking exams for life? "

He muttered a lot, but it made Sheng Yuan's head buzz.

"The information about the relevant characters is unclear, and their whereabouts are uncertain. There is a huge sea of ​​people. How difficult is it to investigate in detail? Instead of doing useless work, we should think about it from another way." Sheng Yuan rubbed his forehead and said, "Luo knows the possibility of lying. Not big, so let’s make a hypothesis for the time being. If the qualifications of fifty-six scholars were indeed canceled for the current scientific examination... What is the purpose of such a strange move? "

Anyu rolled his eyes, thought carefully for a few seconds, and then said casually: "Is it to make way for people who can't get the exam qualifications?"

Sheng Yuan took out a stack of yellowed paper from the old file and handed it to him: "This is the record of the qualification examination of the Zezhou Prefectural Government School at that time. There were sixty-two people difference between them, and fifty-six of them were He was qualified to participate in the provincial examination. "

"Ah this..." Anyu put down the chess piece, walked over quickly, took the paper and took a closer look. There were three so-called records, one was the list of those who participated in the qualification examination, and the other was the list of those who had obtained the qualifications for the provincial examination. transcript, and the remaining transcript is the record of actual registration for the provincial examination.

Judging from the last record, things were just as Sheng Yuan said, there were six students who should have obtained the advanced qualifications without reference.

"Can these six people still be found?"

"We have asked people to check, but it is very likely that they are not in Zezhou Mansion." Sheng Yuan did not intend to focus on this, "Actually... it is not important whether we can find these six people. What is important is that these six people are not here." The lack of reference provided us with a possibility, that is, those fifty-six reference persons are of great investigative value. "Their information is quite complete," An Yu saw Sheng Yuan handing over another book. , opened it and saw that it was the information filled in by these fifty-six people when they signed up for the provincial examination.

"Let's follow the clues for the time being. Maybe we will get surprising results. Maybe we are overthinking."

Sheng Yuan sighed. What she didn't say was that if she couldn't find a breakthrough from these fifty-six people, I'm afraid this matter would become an unsolved case.

After that, no one will bother to verify it.

"Miss! Miss! The maid came to report that Chu Zhi, inexplicably, went on a hunger strike!"

Xiaoyao received the notice and hurried in from outside.

"But wasn't she fine the past two days?" Sheng Yuan was a little surprised.

If she really wanted to go on a hunger strike, what had she been doing in the past two days?

"Are you going to see her?"

Just as Sheng Yuan was about to speak, she saw Chengdong appear in front of the window again and handed a piece of paper to Anyu.

"I'm going to see..."

She turned her attention away from Anyu, intending to check on Chu Zhi to see what the girl was doing, but before she could finish her words, she heard An Yu jump up angrily and raise his hand to shake the paper until it crackled. He made a loud noise and shouted angrily at her: "Sister Yuan, those old men from the Metropolitan Procuratorate are really bullying me!"

"???" Several question marks were slowly played above Sheng Yuan's head, "What excuse are they going to use to impeach me this time?"

"Those well-fed officials said that we were buying Ruan Zhi's grains in large quantities, collecting grains excessively, and transporting countless grains. As a result, Ruan Zhi Guizhou's head could not eat enough due to lack of food, and a large number of people were like haggard trees, making it difficult to survive."

Anyu laughed angrily: "Look at the excuses these people have come up with, it's totally illogical!"

Although Sheng Yuan had long been familiar with Yan Guan's criticism, she really didn't expect that this group of people would find such a strange angle to impeach.

"What's wrong, Ruan Zhi's people have also become Da Chu's responsibility?"

Sheng Yuan sneered and looked sideways at Xiaoyao: "Ask the doctor we brought over to take a look at Chu Zhi. After I write a letter to Jingli, I can go over to see her."

Xiaoyao quickly did as he was told, and after she retreated, Anyu sat next to Shengyuan, helping her sharpen ink while scolding the officials: "Whether the people of Ruan Zhi are bad or good, what does it have to do with us! We have nothing to do with it. It’s not like they’re being greedy, so leave them alone! Their monarchs don’t care about selling food to make money, so why are they forcing themselves on us?”