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Chapter 281 Exam Fraud Case

This time Prince De came back, and the emperor had no intention of letting him go back.

After the old emperor and the old prince, two brothers who fought openly and secretly, passed away one after another, the emperor relented and let the uncles choose to live in the fiefdom or return to the capital.

While the old concubine was still there, Prince An returned to Beijing to settle down and took over the post of clan leader.

Xie Yuanfang and the emperor are cousins. Moreover, due to their friendship since childhood and their understanding of each other, the emperor has no taboos about him.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xie Yuanfang began to repair Prince De's Mansion, preparing to take his mother back to Beijing to live with Yilan and her son.

Knowing that she would settle in Kyoto, Princess Danyang felt happy.He bounces around in Prince De's mansion every day, like a happy magpie.

There was no one to take care of the child. Since Yilan was not in Kyoto, Xie Yuanfeng had to leave Chunxi to Shen Congxi's wife first, thinking that Shen Huiyin could also be Xie Chunxi's companion.

Shen Congxi joined the cabinet two years ago, and was appointed Governor Tongzhi and Bachelor of Wuyingdian.When the eldest prince turned five, he was granted the title of Crown Prince, and Shen Congxi was granted the title of Crown Prince and Tutor.

Although he doesn't need to teach the prince to read in person, he has to evaluate the prince's learning progress and quality every quarter, and also comment on the prince's answers.

"There are few children in the palace. It is better to call all the enlightened children over three years old into the palace, so that Yunhui can have more friends." Haitang said to Xie Ruitang.There are no concubines in the harem, and the emperor now only has this one child, so he is indeed lonely.

Yunhui goes to school every day. Now that she is pregnant with her second child, she has even less time to spend with Yunhui.Xie Ruitang cleaned up the mess in the court every day, and had no time to spend with the young prince.

The two couples discussed it, and the next day they published a list of admissions to Wenhua Palace Palace School, so that ministers of second rank and above, and boys aged three to six years old, could go to the palace to study.In addition to Sun Huaixin, three other children also entered the palace.

When Princess Danyang saw it, girls could not sign up for the palace academy!She quit and insisted on going to the Queen for comment.

"Queen, why can't women enter the palace to study?"

"I also want to know the answer. Maybe they think that the world belongs to men. Men only need to be knowledgeable, but women don't need to know so much." The Queen said helplessly.

"But all children are raised by their mothers. If the mother is uneducated, the child will be stupid and stupid. They will not learn again until they are enlightened at the age of three. If the mother is also educated, wouldn't the child benefit more?"

The queen learned what Chunxi said to the emperor, and both of them lamented that girls are really wise early. Yunhuan only knows how to play, but Chunxi is already thinking about educating the next generation!
The emperor ordered people to separate a row of seats with gauze curtains in the school, so that Xie Chunxi, Shen Huiyin and two other ministers' girls could listen to the lectures inside through the gauze curtains.

Xie Yuanzhu also breathed a sigh of relief. It was better to be with her peers than to always think about going to the old guard Ling.But he didn't expect that Chunxi would go to the palace to go to school just to see Guard Ling often.

However, the emperor could no longer care about his children's admission to school, because he was encountering a difficult matter: a fraud case had been committed in the capital city, involving [-] candidates, and Mr. Chen Ge was directly in the main hall. Referenced by Zhan Shikunyu in James Mansion. "Your Majesty, there is something fishy about this examination! The three questions in the "Examination Policy Questions" asked by the examiner Zhan Shifu Kun Yu were too biased, and only two candidates could write the correct answers. Currently Hundreds of candidates jointly signed a letter to accuse James Kun of leaking the questions. The two candidates who wrote the correct answers were suspected of bribing the examiner!"

The rural examination, the general examination, and the imperial examination are the only ways for a commoner scholar to lead to the palace of the ruler.Although in the end the emperor appointed only a few people who passed the palace examination, the people have always worried about injustice rather than being few.Cheating in the general examination is not only a matter for the candidates, but also a major matter related to social fairness.

Kun Yu hurriedly stepped forward to argue: "Wei Chen is wronged! Although the two candidates visited Wei Chen's house before the exam, Wei Chen did not reveal the examination questions. Moreover...these two candidates came to Beijing after He has always acted in a high-profile manner and visited the residences of many adults, so he is not just a minor official!"

Shen An came out and raised his hands to the emperor and said: "Those two candidates have indeed been to Wei Chen's house, because they have listened to my lectures, and they can be regarded as teachers and students. But Wei Chen didn't know that this meeting Of course, there is no way to leak the test questions. From their mouths, I can tell that they are from the same hometown as Kunzhanshi and they are very familiar with each other!"

Sure enough, the emperor became angry when he heard this: "Where are the Jin Yiwei? Take down Kun Yu and the two suspects and give them a good trial!"

Hou Zhengxiong got the order and tied up Kun Yu on the spot. He also sent Jin Yiwei to the inn and tied the two prisoners directly into prison.

During lunch, Shen Congxi quietly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, one of these two candidates is named Tang Ning. His literary talent, calligraphy and painting are well-known in the Celestial Dynasty. Although he is a businessman, he has a proud character."

"Since he is a talented person, how could he be involved in such a scandalous fraud case if he doesn't seek fame?" The emperor asked puzzledly.

Shen Congxi shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. His accomplice seems to be a playboy. There may have been a misunderstanding. It's not surprising that Tang Ning was implicated."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Hmph! Likes flock together, and those who are close to ink are black. If he cheats with the party, he must be involved. I hate such fraudsters the most!"

Shen Congxi stood up suddenly, saluted the emperor and said, "Although I don't know those two men, I know very well that the king's words are the same for the other's life. Don't you know what the Jin Yiwei's methods are? Beat him up and make a move. , it should not be the result you want. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "I understand."

Poor Kun Yu, Tang Ning, and Xu Jing, three scholars with delicate skin and tender flesh, have entered the prison of Jin Yiwei. How can they not be recruited?Soon, the three of them pressed their fingerprints and handed over the confession to the emperor's case.

The emperor took a look and saw that the three of them had unanimous confessions and confessed to bribery and fraud.What is this if it's not a result of submission?The emperor folded up the confession and said: "Cheating in the examination can not help but discredit the scholars, and it is also related to the credibility of the court. At this time, I belong to the Ministry of Rites, Wen Cunzhi, I order you to reexamine, I want the truth!"

Wen Cunzhi took people to the Jinyiwei Prison.After a few more days of fussing, the Ministry of Rites sent a new confession.

This time, different from Jin Yiwei's, the three of them all read the confession in unison, but they each insisted on their own words, making it difficult to distinguish the authenticity.

The emperor really has a headache.Thousands of people gathered in the capital. They held speeches every day and complained bitterly about the lack of faith and injustice of the court.Three people were arrested here, and after a few days, these specious confessions were obtained.

How can this be explained to the people?
(End of this chapter)