Tang Bohu Marries Qiuxiang

Chapter 209 The Imperial Examination Situation (27)

At Cheng Minzheng's home in Beijing, Cheng Minzheng opened the door angrily and said to his wife Li Ying, "Are you using the relationship of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

Li Ying, who was over forty years old, put down her needlework and stood up and said: "You are also the right servant of the Ministry of Rituals. How can His Majesty say that you are dismissed? You have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, and you have worked hard. In the end, you have achieved great fame. If you don't say it, it's gone!"

"You don't care about this matter!" Cheng Minzheng said, holding back the anger in his chest, "Why do you meddle in the court affairs, a woman?"

"A matter in the court?" Cheng Minzheng was angry, and Li Ying was also angry and said: "This is about you, Cheng Minzheng! You are my husband, and your matter concerns our whole family!"

"A woman's opinion!" Cheng Minzheng scolded angrily.

Whoa!
All the pots and pans in the house were overturned by Li Ying and smashed to the ground. Li Ying said loudly: "Cheng Minzheng! I married you because you have a reputation and you can become an official in the court! Now you want to be a commoner ?”

"Did you fall in love with my priest skin?" Cheng Minzheng scolded again.

Li Ying: "I don't want you to be dismissed for no reason! I don't want you to be so useless!"

Snapped!
Cheng Minzheng slapped her on the face, "Did you transfer the people from the Sanfa Division Yamen and Six Gates?"

"You dare to hit me? How can I be a woman? Six doors?" Li Ying looked at the other party angrily and said, "Of course I can't mobilize the six doors, but don't forget, my father is a former university student. Scholar Li Xian! In this officialdom, no one would sell my Li family a penny."

"Tell them to stop immediately!" Cheng Minzheng warned Li Ying: "Otherwise, let's not live this day!"

Cheng Minzheng left her home angrily. Li Ying's eyes were full of confusion, and she sat on the ground weakly. She couldn't understand why her husband was like this and what happened.

Li Ying wiped away her tears, chased out of the house and shouted loudly to Cheng Minzheng's voice, "I only want an explanation, why not!"

Cheng Minzheng walked on the street alone, he let out a long breath at the shouts behind him.

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Zhu You looked at the crowd and said, "I heard that people from the Sanfa Division also intervened in this matter?"

The people present were silent, Zhu Youtang said again: "Send me the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

He Ding left in a hurry to pass on others.

An hour later, Huang Zong, the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came in a hurry, bowed to Zhu Youtang and said, "My lord, Huang Zong, the left capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, pays his respects to His Majesty."

"What are the six doors looking for recently?" Zhu Youtang asked.

When the matter was mentioned here, Tang Bohu knelt on the ground and pricked up his ears. The move of the six doors was very sensitive to him. Zhu Youtang did not want to spread the leak of the imperial examination questions. The matter has been killed at the source, and the Hanlin Academy has also re-drafted the topic.

The Imperial Examination in Ming Dynasty represents the selection of officials, and it is also a way for poor students to stand up. The vast majority of people in Ming Dynasty are students from poor families. The candidates must complement each other, which is what the imperial examination should look like.

Zhu Youtang doesn't want to lose the popular support, but the students should also get the fairness they deserve. If there is a discrepancy in these two aspects, it will chill the hearts of the students, and it will also make Zhu Youtang lose the popular support, and it will become a scandal in the imperial examination. Tang Bohu thought to himself, to put it bluntly, His Majesty is a person who wants to save face.

Huang Zong heard His Majesty's question and replied: "My Majesty, the investigation of the six doors is nothing more than a rumor."

"What kind of gossip?" Zhu Youtang stared at the other party.

Huang Zong lowered his head and replied, "This matter is related to the dismissal of Lord Cheng Minzheng."

Cheng Minzheng?Tang Bohu quietly glanced at Huang Zong, and it turned out that Cheng Minzheng started to check the six doors.

The Hall of Qianqing was very quiet. Since Huang Zong walked in, everyone was listening, and no one dared to take a breath. Even Zhu Houzhao could feel that the atmosphere was not right.

"Is there any clue?" Zhu Youtang had a lot of taste in his eyes, watching Huang Zong's face without any change.

Huang Zong said slowly, "Your Majesty, according to the investigations of the Six Doors these days! The bookboy in Master Cheng Minzheng's home disappeared unexpectedly. His Excellency Cheng Minzheng kept silent about this, and the Six Doors found out that the bookboy had an affair with a man named Xu before he disappeared. The students of classics have had contact."

Others didn't notice that Tang Bohu's eyes became colder and colder as Huang Zong went on.

Huang Zong went on to say: "Xu Jing was named by the owner of a tea house in the capital, and according to the confession, but the little book boy in the family of Xu Jing and Cheng Minzheng was taken away by Tang Bohu and Tang Qianhu, it seems that something has been committed. .”

"Tang Bohu, may I ask you this?" Zhu Youtang asked in a low voice.

The corners of Tang Bohu's eyes twitched fiercely when he heard the words.

In the Qianqing Palace, there are more than ten people including Li Dongyang, Minister of the Household Department Lin Jiang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Feng Qi, Commander of Jinyiwei Mou Bin, Admiral of the East Factory He Ding, and Zhu Houzhao. After Zhu Youtang finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on On Tang Bohu.

The atmosphere was silent, and everyone was waiting for Tang Bohu's answer.

"Tang Bohu! I'm asking you something." Zhu Youtang said loudly.

"Your Majesty!" Tang Bohu touched his nose and said, "Those two guys were indeed captured by the humble officials."

"Why arrest them!" Zhu Youtang lowered his tone again and again.

"Humble position... minister..." Tang Bohu organized his words for a long time, and said under the eyes of everyone: "Those two guys don't give money for visiting the brothel, and they come to prostitute the overlord's chicken."

"You don't pay for brothels?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise: "What a bastard, how come such bastards appear in such a bright and sunny day!"

Overlord chicken? !

Ministers: "..."

"Tang Qianhu's remark is inappropriate!" Huang Zong said, "According to some clues investigated by the Six Doors, these two people are involved in the leakage of the imperial examination questions!"

"How do I know? Anyway, Jin Yiwei found out that these two guys don't pay for visiting brothels." Tang Bohu simply broke the jar.

"Your Majesty!" Huang Zong said, "Your Majesty, please allow the six sects to conduct a thorough investigation! It's about the imperial examination!"

Zhu Youtang went on to say: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the matter of the imperial examination has not been considered trivial. If the real matter involves leaking questions in the imperial examination, I will definitely not lighten it!"

"Is your Majesty's resignation to the official position of Mr. Cheng Minzheng related to the leakage of the imperial examination questions, or is it because your Majesty knew about it a long time ago." Huang Zong said again.

He Ding's eyes flashed with murderous intent when he heard Huang Zong's words. How dare this Huang Zong question the current emperor!Suppressing his anger, He Ding explained: "Master Huang has another reason for this matter."

(End of this chapter)