The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 96
It started when Zhang Tingyu and others went to Jiangning.

Ye Chaocheng was followed by people sent by Ye Yuanwai, and he also bought a house in Jiangning.

The two brothers Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Tinglu were in the house that Gu Huaishu bought at the beginning.

Everyone is getting acquainted with the scholars in Jiangning, and Ye Chaocheng is naturally with Zhang Tingyu and the others.

But no one thought that Ye Chaocheng, who was arrogant and reckless, came here three years ago, so he was quite familiar with it, but when he went to Qinhuai for a flower boat tour, the chief examiners of the rural examination bumped into each other.

At that time, Ye Chaocheng didn't know Zhao Zifang at all, and only had time to pay a visit to several fellow examiners.

The two had a quarrel on the spot. It turned out that Zhao Zifang fell in love with Su Wanwan, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, and Ye Chaocheng also fell in love with Su Wanwan when he was young.In comparison, Ye Chaocheng is naturally more pleasing to the eye.Su Wanwan has no shortage of guests to enter the scene, and she actually chose Ye Chaocheng, who she likes more.

The two ignored Zhao Zifang and went directly to spend the Spring Festival in secret.

At that time, Ye Chaocheng came back to brag with Zhang Tingyu, but Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Tinglu didn't think much about it.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the examination room, Ye Chaocheng's expression changed in shock when he saw the chief examiner.

How Ye Chaocheng finished the paper later, Zhang Tingyu and others naturally don't know.

As soon as he left the examination room, Ye Chaocheng smiled and said that he would definitely fail this year.

Brothers Zhang Tingyu and Zhang Tinglu knew that they would fail the exam, but they didn't expect that Ye Chaocheng would be so unconfident. I don't know how many people wailed after leaving the examination room every year, so they didn't care about Ye Chaocheng's strangeness.

It was so commonplace that when the news came that Ye Chaocheng committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, Zhang Tingyu and others did not expect it at all.

Looking back and thinking about it carefully, I only understood what was going on after asking his servants.

Now that the results of the provincial examination have not yet been released, the person will die first, and things will become serious.

Now it's the end of August, and I'm afraid it will have to wait until September when the list is released, but I don't know if Zhao Zifang can hold it...

After listening to them explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly, Gu Huaishu still had some doubts: "Will this matter implicate Zhao Zifang?"

"Visiting Qinhuai is not a big deal, and recruiting prostitutes is not a big deal. The important thing is that there are no more people now. Ye Chaocheng was also a little famous in Jiangning at that time. Ye Yuanwai knows this matter must not let it go. Zhao Zifang is also self-inflicted. The results of the township examination are released, and there is still a good show to watch."

Zhang Tingyu said it casually, and when he caught a glimpse of Zhang Tinglu who was still beside him, he suddenly realized that he shouldn't analyze so much.

He smiled at Zhang Tinglu: "Third brother, let's go back as soon as the list is released. I think the child in the womb of the third brother and sister should also be born. You are going to be a father."

Counting the days, I am afraid that she is already in labor.

Zhang Tinglu nodded, and also smiled: "Second brother, Tinglu can't wait to release the list, take a short rest, and go back after returning to Longmian Mountain to pay homage to the ancestors."

After tossing back and forth, Zhang Tinglu was also flustered with exhaustion.

After all, his child was about to be born, so it was normal to be anxious now.

Seeing that he was an immature boy, as if he hadn't grown up, and now he is going to be a father...

Gu Huaishu looked back at him, only feeling quite emotional.

Zhang Tingyu hugged her from behind: "If you envy others, why don't you give birth to one yourself..."

After all, there is no news about Gu Huaishu's stomach, and it's not that he hasn't consulted a doctor, and he said it's all right. Zhang Tingyu even looked at himself, and the doctor said the same thing: "No problem, both of you are fine."

But the child just won't come.

Gu Huaishu often said that having a child is a matter of fate.

Why is their fate with their children so late?
Zhang Tingyu said: "Everyone says that a man with a hard fate can restrain his wife and son...I don't have any children now, it's because of the fate of the evil spirit, so the heavens don't show mercy?"

"...you're talking nonsense again."

Zhang Tinglu had already left, Gu Huaishou only reached out to cover his lips: "What have you been thinking about all day long? Do you listen to the nonsense your mother said and the nonsense of the Taoists?"

Every time Zhang Tingyu mentions the word "fate is hard", Gu Huaishu becomes very disgusted with Wu Shi.

No one in the world has ever belittled his own son like this. Little Zhang Tingyu grew up listening to these two words, and kept acting as if nothing had happened. Who knows what's going on in his heart?
Gu Huaixiu's heart ached, she pursed her lips and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Tingyu squeezed her fingers and kissed her lightly: "I'm just talking about it, don't take it seriously."

Yutang Jinmen, lying wolf in power.

He was not timid, the so-called hard life was just a momentary joke and emotion.

Seeing Gu Huaixiu's distressed expression, he was happy: "You are too timid, you were scared by me immediately."

"Who will scare you or not?"

Gu Huaishu almost spat at him, but ended up kissing him instead.

The couple didn't see each other for a while, they talked for a while in the room, and got stuck together for a while, then they got busy preparing dinner for Zhang Tingyu and the others.

The next day, Zhang Tinglu was sent away, and the days became leisurely.

Ye Yuan's family had already fallen out, Ye Yuan hired several large boats, settled the family, and came overnight to kowtow three times to Zhang Tingyu.

Although they have been neighbors for many years and don't move around very much, after all, they have been neighbors for so many years. For the sake of Ye Chaocheng, who is also taking the exam, he is asked to take care of his family.

Now Ye Yuanwai has only one young son, Ye Yuancheng, who is only 13 years old, and there is only one wife and the widow left by the elders in the family.

The eldest son went away for no reason, and had to go to Jiangning to collect the body.

He said goodbye to Zhang Tingyu and left overnight.

Ye Yuanwai brought a big drama to Jiang Ning's big screen.

Zhang Tingyu only watched the show behind, adding fuel to the flames.

Over there, there is only one Wu Sidao who can be used now, and there is only one Luo Xuanwen besides that.

But Zhang Tingyu didn't dare to use it too much, just wait and see the changes.

It's not a trivial matter for a scholar to die for no reason, especially since this scholar also passed the provincial examination last year.

After Ye Yuanwai went there, he began to sue the officials, and it was Zhao Zifang who sued.

Now Zhao Zifang is still the chief examiner of the rural examination, how can she stand such pressure?
Zhao Zifang argued that he had never met Ye Chaocheng, and that Ye Chaocheng threw himself into the river and had nothing to do with him.

At present, no one in Jiangning is investigating Zhao Zifang, only rumors are flooding the city.

Things continued until the day when the rankings were released, and then an interesting scene appeared.

No one expected that Ye Chaocheng would be No. 60 when the results of the provincial examination were released. The whole Jiangning was shocked!
As the chief examiner of the township examination, if Zhao Zifang really had a grudge against Ye Chaocheng, how could he have rated Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet as No. 60?

You know, Ye Chaocheng is no longer a scholar, but a candidate!

How expensive were Juren in the Qing Dynasty?

When rushing to the test, go to the capital along the waterway, no matter what gates you pass, the court officials are not allowed to open them, but if there are people on board, they must open the gates to let them pass.

Things got serious in an instant. It is a strange story that the person who died was not a scholar, but became a juren after death!

This time, everyone said that Zhao Zifang must not have lied, but Zhang Tingyu from Tongcheng directly wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to Wu Sidao who was still in Jiangning.

At that time, he just put his arms around Gu Huaixiu and said: "Zhao Zifang is self-defeating, this time he is bound to fall."

Every year in the township examination, all the candidates' answer sheets must be engraved into "Xin Ke Taboo Mo" and passed on to the township. There were no problems at first, but this time there were problems when it was passed on.

During the imperial examination, the chief examiner has to grade each answer sheet, circle it and write comments, and each candidate's answer sheet can be taken back.

Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet was taken back, and others' answer sheets were also taken back.

But Zhao Zifang's comments on Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet were all praises, but in fact, Ye Chaocheng's essay was mediocre, it could only be said to be quite satisfactory, and there was nothing special about it.

Then, a more interesting scene appeared.

At some point in the streets and alleys, a handwritten answer sheet of the third son of the Zhang family began to be circulated.

Everyone asks, whose answer sheet is this?

Some people say that it was the answer sheet of the third son of Zhang Yingda's family at that time.

Another question: What is the place in the Jiangning Township Examination this year?
Someone answered again, after the top [-]!
Hey, after a hundred?

Don't be joking, this judge, such a beautiful and excellent answer sheet, you actually say it's one of the top [-]?Isn't that what it means to be defeated?Tease us too!

Some people didn't believe in evil, and checked the names one by one on the list, but they really couldn't find the word "Zhang Tinglu".

This is a big deal. Such an answer sheet has been criticized everywhere. It’s not good here, it’s not good there, so what do you think is good, Zhao Zifang?Do you think Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet is good?

You agree, but we candidates don't agree either!
From this, it immediately became a quarrel.

Tell me about you, it’s fine to kill a candidate, it’s not us who are killing someone, it’s fine if Ye Chaocheng recruits prostitutes with you, we don’t care.Everyone sweeps the snow before their own doors, but you rated Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet as No. 60 three, Mr. Ren San is such a beautiful answer sheet, why did you mess with you and fail?
Ye Yuanwai took advantage of the situation and tossed away, calling for grievances everywhere.

The son is already dead, so what's the use of being a juror?

What's more, Ye Chaocheng clearly used his fame to deceive people!
Did Ye Chaocheng's answer sheet have this level to be selected for the election?Obviously not.

If Zhao Zifang did this, he had a guilty conscience!
As the matter progressed to the end of September, Zhang Ying was already involved.

Zhang Ying's family, who is an official in the capital, has two sons who participated in the Jiangning Township Examination this year, but both sons failed the exam.Someone poked the conflict between Zhang Ying and Zhao Zifang again, and the entire Jiangnan scholar community exploded.

Those who could have served as the chief examiner were all great Confucian scholars of the dynasty. Zhao Zifang herself was also well-educated and highly talented. However, the boat capsized in the gutter, and a little Ye Chaocheng was involved, and then she went to collapse bit by bit.

Ye Chaocheng, when the results of the township examination were released, the answer sheet of the third son of the Zhang family appeared, and then Ye Yuanwai complained, and someone exposed his grievances with Zhang Ying...

One thing after another, just like a calculation.

Zhang Ying in the imperial court finally issued a paper to impeach Zhao Zifang, and never mentioned the matter of her two sons, only saying that Zhao Zifang recruited prostitutes in Qinhuai to force Ye Xiucai to death, and randomly broke the book, causing chaos among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, which is an unforgivable crime.

Zhang Ying has always been honest and honest. No one would think that Zhang Ying was attacking political opponents. It can only be said that Zhao Zifang was unlucky and the meeting happened at the right time.

The Jiangning Township Examination Ye Chaocheng case became the largest case in the Jiangnan Township Examination this year.

Zhao Zifang, Zhang Ying's mortal enemy, is put in prison and will be executed in the autumn. Ye Chaocheng retains the honor of juren.

As for the two brothers of the Zhang family, Mr. Kangxi asked, "Zhang Ying, what about your two sons?"

Zhang Ying replied: "After three years, I will take the exam."

He is an old god saying that the exam will be taken after three years.

How many three years are there in life?

After the incident, everyone knew that the third son of the Zhang family was a talented person.

But someone also copied that answer sheet and questioned Zhang Tinglu, so Zhang Tinglu shook her head: "This answer sheet is not from me."

In other words, the answer sheet that caused the big incident was not the third son of the Zhang family?
Isn't this a big oolong?

People curiously asked around, but they didn't know who made the answer sheet. They tried hundreds of answer sheets for the Jiangning Township Examination, but found nothing. This answer sheet seemed to come out of nowhere.

Having said that, didn't the Zhang family have two sons who participated in the provincial examination?
How come I only heard of one, but there is another one?

There is one more...

Sitting at his home in Tongcheng, he read the letter Zhang Tingzan sent from Beijing, which relayed what Zhang Ying had said to the emperor at that time.

He pinched the corner of the letter paper and remained silent for a long time.

Gu Huaishu brought tea: "It's also thanks to your quick thinking, you wrote another answer sheet, and planted it on your third younger brother to make him famous for nothing. I heard that the old lady in the capital was so happy... ...but you, who are unknown, why bother to make wedding dresses for others?"

The test paper was written by Zhang Tingyu, and it was not done in the test room, but it was forged afterwards.

Zhang Tingyu took the tea, lifted the lid of the tea with a smile, and said: "A man must show his sharpness, and he must not show his sharpness. He should not reveal it when he should, and he must not reveal it when he should. Knowledge is still great... Think again Three years."

Now Kangxi is 32 years old, what will happen three years later?
Zhang Tingyu didn't know, and neither did Gu Huaixiu.

(End of this chapter)