Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 91 Zhang Chonghui blackmailed the old man with a knife: Do you want to join the army?
  The lobby of the Ministry of Justice.

This 'small meeting' lasted for half a day and was not over yet.

But those officials who came to join in the fun did not disperse. Almost all of them stayed outside the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, gathering in twos and threes, discussing something.

It is worth mentioning that when these people were discussing, almost all their eyes were on Zhang Chonghui.

At this moment, Zhang Chonghui, who had his 'free body', not only was not in a hurry to leave this place, he even seemed to be very interested in it.

In particular, he squeezed into the discussion crowd without being noticed, trying to join these people's discussion topics.

The 'human spirits' present naturally did not dare to interact with Zhang Chonghui, a criminal with a 'famous' reputation, and they all avoided Zhang Chonghui like the god of plague.

Then there was a scene where wherever Zhang Chonghui went, the crowd would automatically disperse.

"Hey, don't run away. I just want to hear what you are talking about."

Zhang Chonghui stretched out his hand to try to retain the officials who were avoiding him, but it was of no use.

"Oh, you adults are serious. What are you hiding from? I don't know how to eat people."

Zhang Chonghui shook his head and sighed, as if he was helpless, and finally said in confusion:

"It's strange. Isn't there a disciple of my grandfather among you?"

As soon as these words came out, some people in the crowd began to look unnatural. These were naturally Zhang Juzheng's disciples, but they did not come out to 'claim' such a 'disgraceful' identity.

Zhang Chonghui glanced at the group of officials wearing 'animal' robes one by one, seeming to be looking for something.

He knew that most of those who looked guilty were Zhang Juzheng's disciples, but he did not focus on these guilty people as he said.

Because Zhang Chonghui knows very well that not everyone is 'Yu Shenxing'.

After looking around for a while, Zhang Chonghui finally locked the 'target'.

This 'target' is an old man with a good appearance and a very 'kind' appearance.

As for why this person is called 'kind', just look at this moment, this old man who is already in his sixties is actually being criticized in public by his 'young student' who is less than forty years old.

Apart from Zhang Juzheng, probably not many people were scolded by students in public.

Mr. Zhang Juzheng has a bad temper. If he is scolded by a student, he will simply tell him to go home. For details, please refer to Yu Shenxing back then.

However, at this time, the old man didn't even look the slightest bit angry when he was scolded by the 'students' in public.

Not only was he not angry, he actually listened to his 'student's' accusations with a smile on his face, and nodded in response from time to time:

"Well, my life, what you said makes sense, but it was my improper thinking and inappropriate words and deeds."

Zhang Chonghui didn't know who this old man was, and he didn't care who he was. He only knew that he saw this sentence under the old man's hypocritical face:

"I really want to join the 'ministry'!"

With a certain 'purpose' in mind, Zhang Chonghui walked up to the 'teacher and student' pair and joined in the fun.

Perhaps the 'teacher and student' pair were too invested in communicating with each other, or perhaps they were simply not afraid of the negative impact Zhang Chonghui, the criminal, would have on them.

Therefore, the two people just glanced at Zhang Chonghui lightly, and then fell back into the dispute with each other.

Needless to say, everyone guessed who the teacher-student pair was, they were the two 'discordant' people mentioned earlier.

The old man in his sixties was Shen Yiguan, and the man who was not yet forty years old was Shen Yiguan's disciple, Guo Zhengyu.

Guo Zhengyu was a second-class Jinshi in the eleventh year of Wanli. When he first entered the Hanlin Academy and was selected as a Shujishi, Shen Yiguan happened to be in the position of teaching Shujishi in the Hanlin Academy.

So, regardless of whether you like it or not, Guo Zhengyu has to call Shen Yiguan teacher. When he was away from home, people would always introduce him as "Shen Yiguan's disciple".

The reason why Guo Zhengyu is still blaming Shen Yiguan is because of Shen Yiguan's casual "sigh" not long ago.

At first, not many people cared about the content of the conversation between the two men, because everyone was focused on the 'trial' matter.

Now that the trial has stopped, everyone has no more 'fun' to watch, so they can only find new ones.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the teacher-student pair Shen Yiguan and Guo Zhengyu suddenly had an inexplicable quarrel.

Is this new fun coming?
  "Master Shen, what on earth are you pretending to be? You were not like this just now!"

Guo Zhengyu gritted his teeth and accused Shen Yiguan. He seemed to be too excited.

When faced with his excitement, Shen always smiled without getting angry, and even said humbly:

"Blessed life, I know you are excited, but please don't get excited yet. As your teacher, I know you have always had problems with me. I know I have shortcomings, and I am working hard to correct them.

But now, there are so many people here. If you have any objections to me, can we go back to the Hanlin Academy and discuss it slowly? I am already sixty this year, so you can save some face for me and don’t let my colleagues make fun of me..."

Shen Yiyuan's tone was both humble and embarrassing, and combined with his white beard and hair, it gave people a sense of "a child from a southern village bullying me because I am old and weak."

However, such a 'poor' 'old man' did not arouse the 'care' in Guo Zhengyu's heart. On the contrary, he became more and more angry, cursing and even wanting to take action.

Ever since, this scene fell into the eyes of everyone, and it became a "rude student" because of the "loyal teacher"'s unintentional words. He was so angry that it was not enough to insult the teacher in public, and even wanted to beat the teacher in public!

Finally, some people couldn't stand this scene of 'a man silently crying and a woman crying'.

And these people who couldn't stand it were naturally colleagues who had a close relationship with Shen Yiguan and were both from Zhejiang. They accused Guo Zhengyu one after another, saying:

"Master Guo, Master Shen is your teacher after all, how can you be so rude?"

"And Mr. Shen didn't say anything. Just because of an unintentional remark, why do you make such a fuss and hold on to it?"

"Thanks to Mr. Shen's kindness and magnanimity, I won't argue with you. If I were Mr. Shen, I would definitely tell the Holy One about your Guo Meiming for disrespecting your elders!"

"No! I really can't see such disrespect and rebellion against Tiangang. I'm going to go back and write a memorial now, and submit a copy of it to the Holy One, Guo Zhengyu!"

"..."

For a time, there were more and more doubts about Guo Zhengyu.

As a 'victim', Shen Yiguan even came forward to plead for Guo Zhengyu:
  "You guys don't want to... The reason why Meiming accuses me is because I really haven't done well in some aspects.

Even if he really did something wrong, it was because I, the teacher, did not teach him well.

If you all want to impeach the Holy Father, just impeach me as a teacher. Anyway, I am old and thick-skinned, and I don’t care about this..."

Shen's consistent "humbleness" is really touching, and many veterans with tears in their eyes have even become wet.

His eyes were filled with emotion: "Jianwu, why are you so loyal? People are so kind and can be bullied..."

Shen Yiguan just sighed helplessly and said: "Oh... who made me just a top-level Jinshi? Most of the students in the Hanlin Academy are first- and second-level Jinshi. It is understandable that they look down on me, an old man who is a top-level scholar... …”

As soon as these words came out, everyone became more 'sympathetic' to Shen Yiguan's experience.

However, the 'sympathy' this time was not to sympathize with Shen Yiguan for being 'bullied' by students, but to sympathize with Shen Yiguan's low 'ranking' as a Jinshi.

As Shen Yiguan himself said, most of the officials present with slightly higher official positions were born as first- or second-level Jinshi.

But Shen Yiguan, who is already sixty years old this year, was only the top three Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. Moreover, his ranking was ranked behind the 136th place in the top three.

In fact, as long as you can get Jinshi, you will be like a dragon or a phoenix among people.

However, in the Hanlin Academy where talents gather, Shen Yiguan, the 136th "last" Jinshi in the top three, can be said to be a very "embarrassing" existence.

This has to be mentioned, a new convention initiated by Emperor Baozong, that is: non-Jinshi will not be admitted to the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin will not be admitted to the cabinet.

Therefore, if you want to 'enter the ministry', you must first enter the Hanlin Academy.

If you want to enter the Hanlin Academy, you either have to be in the top three of the first class like Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. In this way, you can be directly recommended to the Hanlin Academy and become a editor and editor of the Hanlin Academy.

In addition, if you want to enter the Hanlin Academy, you must be selected as a "Shujishi". Shujishi are usually young and talented people selected from among the second- and third-grade Jinshi.

For example, Zhang Juzheng was born as a Shujishi, so Shujishi was also called "the Prime Minister" by many people.

Wanting to become a Shujishi is actually not difficult for 'young' people who can pass the Jinshi exam.

However, the problem was that when Shen Yiguan became a Jinshi, he was already thirty-seven or eighty-eight years old and was about to enter his fourth year.

To say that I am old is not really old. To say young is not really young.

At this time, it is often necessary to fight for 'face'.

It's really a matter of face. It's a very cruel fact. Being an official in the Ming Dynasty really depends on face.

He is so handsome that he can really be eaten.

Back then, Shen Yiguan, who was nearly forty years old, was not really 'eye-catching' among the young and upright Jinshi.

In other words, Shen Yiguan back then was very likely not even able to be selected as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy.

However, Shen Guanguan still had some luck. In addition, he was kind, smooth, sweet-tongued and good at talking, so he was successfully selected as a Shujishi and stayed in the Hanlin Academy as he wished.

However, progress is not that easy.

Shen Yiguan, who had finally managed to stay in the Hanlin Academy, just wanted to take one step at a time, steadily and steadily, on the road to 'entering the ministry'.

Therefore, when "Zhang Juzheng seized his love", Shen Yiguan did not stand up to impeach and attack Zhang Juzheng like most officials who "fought for loyalty and filial piety".

However, God played a big joke on him.

Shen Yiguan, who was obsessed with "obscene growth", unexpectedly made Mr. Zhang Juzheng think that Shen Yiguan was satirizing his own unfilial piety because of some unintentional "loyalty and filial piety" remarks.

It's good now. During the ten years when Zhang Juzheng was in power, Shen Yiguan, who wanted to make progress, was in a state of 'idle' for a long time because of his unintentional remarks...

Shen Guangyuan is very unwilling because he really wants to make progress!
  For a moment, almost everyone outside the lobby of the Criminal Department gathered around Shen Yiguan and Guo Zhengyu.

Some comforted Shen Yiguan, while others angrily scolded Guo Zhengyu.

Of course, more people are still on the sidelines and just want to watch the show.

After Shen Yiguan made his touching remarks about being considerate of students, the dissatisfaction of everyone present with Guo Zhengyu could be said to have reached its peak!

For a time, everyone criticized Guo Zhengyu even more. Some people even pointed directly at Guo Zhengyu's nose and yelled that he had no conscience!
  Faced with so many accusations and abuses, Guo Zhengyu showed no sign of repentance. He glared angrily at Shen Yiguan and cursed:
  "Pretend it, pretend it! Just pretend it! Pretend it so that everyone believes your hypocrisy! Pretend it so that they are all fooled by you! Let fools like you be blinded by you and exclude dissidents. Pull the villain into trouble!"

The more Guo Zhengyu scolded, the more excited he became, and his clenched fists seemed to be about to hit the other person's face at any time!
  Seeing that Guo Zhengyu was so excited, everyone was about to take action, and they hurriedly rushed forward. Some came to start a fight, and some came to join in the fun.

For a moment, the scene was extremely chaotic. A group of big men were crowded together. In the chaos, I didn’t know whether they were pulling people in or pushing people!

……

In the lobby of the Criminal Department.

The leaders of the three legal departments, as well as the cabinet and the six ministries are in a meeting.

The situation was already so bad that they were exhausted, but now there was such a loud argument outside the lobby that they could not continue the meeting.

Shen Li was the first to step out of the lobby, and when he came to the arguing crowd, he shouted:
  "Everyone, be quiet! This is the lobby of the Ministry of Justice! It's not a vegetable market! How unbecoming are you guys making such a noise!"

Shen Li's voice is still somewhat useful, but it is not very useful. After all, he is just a minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Finally, Lu Guangzu, who was the official minister, came out and said something

"Hurry back to your respective offices!" After that, the crowd who joined in the fun finally dispersed.

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes. Guo Zhengyu, who was so anxious that he almost hit someone, didn't really want to leave. He looked back at Shen Li, as if he had something to say to him.

Shen Li saw that Guo Zhengyu had something to say, but he used his eyes to signal the other person to leave first.

Guo Zhengyu had no choice but to hold his breath and leave first.

But before leaving, Guo Zhengyu said something specifically to Zhang Chonghui, who had been standing nearby to join in the fun: "Why don't you leave quickly? Be careful, you won't be able to leave even if you want to!"

Guo Zhengyu's words seemed to be a warning to Zhang Chonghui, but they were also more like a reminder to Zhang Chonghui.

Perhaps it was because they were both from Huguang, or maybe it was because in the chaos just now, when someone wanted to push Guo Zhengyu out, Zhang Chonghui was the only one in the crowd who helped him.

All in all, after Guo Zhengyu took a few steps and found that Zhang Chonghui had not followed him, he looked back.

I just wanted to urge the other party to leave quickly, so as not to be taken to the Ministry of Punishments and imprisoned later. But before the words were spoken, Guo Zhengyu saw Zhang Chonghui being stopped by Yu Shenxing.

"Forget it." Guo Zhengyu ignored the matter and turned to leave after sighing.

……

"Master Yu, you are the judge, and I am the one being judged. It seems that we shouldn't be talking in private, right?"

Zhang Chonghui, who was stopped by Yu Shenxing, shouted these words at the top of his lungs as if he was afraid that others wouldn't hear him.

Now, anyone nearby with ears could hear it.

Yu Shenxing was so anxious that he almost vomited blood. Originally, he wanted to ask Zhang Juzheng privately... Oh no! Originally, he wanted to ask Zhang Chonghui privately what he wanted to do!

It was good this time, Zhang Chonghui shouted out so loudly that he couldn't even ask!
  Yu Shenxing had no choice. Now there were countless colleagues around him staring at him, so he could only watch Zhang Chonghui leave here, but he did not dare to catch up and ask anything, and he could not catch up...

……

Zhang Chonghui walked out of the Criminal Department Yamen in such a swagger. With his excellent eyes, he had already seen the figures following him furtively.

However. Zhang Chonghui looked as if he didn't notice it. When he turned around, he himself was following someone.

……

After coming out of the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, Shen Guanyi returned to the Hanlin Academy with the comfort of his colleagues.

Through this 'tragic' incident, Shen Guangyuan successfully attracted the sympathy and comfort of a large number of colleagues and superiors.

Shen Yiguan seemed to be 'very touched'. While thanking the colleagues who comforted him, he also asked very carefully about the place of origin of these colleagues.

In the end, Shen Guanyi only remembered the names of his colleagues who were also from Zhejiang.

As for those who are not from Zhejiang...

He was consistent in thinking that he did not need the comfort and sympathy of these 'outsiders'!
  Just when Shen Guangyuan was excited about getting another wave of fellow villagers today, a man found him with a knife.

"Zhang...Zhang Chonghui?" Looking at the young man holding the knife in front of him, Shen Yiguan, who was coming out of the brothel alone, was stunned. He stammered in a panic:
  "You...you you! What...are you looking for me for? First...put down the knife first! Let's talk carefully if we have something to say!"

Shen Guanyuan didn't quite understand that he and Zhang Chonghui had no grievances, so why did the other party use a knife to block him in the alley on his way home secretly?

Just when Shen Guanyi guessed that Zhang Chonghui wanted to 'blackmail' him, Zhang Chonghui asked him a somewhat inexplicable question!

"Do you want to progress?"

"Ah...ah? You...what did you say?"

"I said, do you want to 'join the ministry'?"

"Wha...what?"

"If you want to join the club, I can help you."

　So cold, so cold...

　　Don't keep books, bosses...

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)