high official

Chapter 538
"You talk first." Zhu Di looked at Ji Gang and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I was in prison yesterday and found that the exam questions given by Mr. Liang were exactly the same as the entrained texts obtained by the agent of Jin Yiwei who was the incarnation of inspecting soldiers." Ji Gang said calmly: "This means that the exam questions were leaked in advance. In order to maintain the dignity of the imperial court's talent selection ceremony, the minister had to seal off the examination room and search again. However, during the search and inspection, the minister's subordinates were blocked by the chief examiner Liang and the examiners. For some unknown purpose, they did not allow the minister to After carrying out a search and inspection, after being flatly rejected by the minister, Liang Qian sent Wang Xian out of the Gongyuan regardless of the strictness of the examination, and rescued soldiers from Yangwuhou and others, and attacked the Gongyuan, making the whole court test materials a mess. I don't know how many people were injured in the conflict."

"But I didn't give in to them, and my subordinates resisted the pressure and insisted on completing the search," Ji Gang said righteously: "Sure enough, 54 candidates with hidden characters were found, and the content of the cheat sheet was all three topics. The same gun text!"

"Liang Qian, that bastard!" Zhu Di was furious, and shouted angrily, "I'm going to cut him into pieces!" After a while, he said to Ji Gang: "Go on."

"Yes." Ji Gang said: "Then in the ensuing interrogation, I got such a confession from a candidate named Hu Zhong." He took out a confession from his sleeve and presented it to the emperor. : "The emperor please take a look."

Huang He took it, bowed his waist and presented it to the emperor, Zhu Di read it quickly, his face was several times uglier than before, threw the confession on Hu Guang, and scolded angrily: "It's really a tiger father without dogs!"

Hu Guang was so frightened that his old face turned pale, so he quickly picked up the confession and read it, and suddenly his wits disappeared, and he was speechless for a long time.

"You, a pig and a dog, are you repaying my trust like this?" Zhu Di angrily walked down the imperial steps and stared at Hu Guang.

"Your Majesty..." After all, Mr. Hu Ge is also an old fighter who came from the Jianwen Dynasty. He has so much combat experience. He was just shocked by his son's confession just now... He never expected that Hu Zhong would sell the exam questions without telling himself. I have searched through the history books and have never seen such a cheating thing.

But at the moment of life and death, there is no room for him to be weak.Mr. Hu Ge knows very well the truth of being lenient when confessing, being punished in prison, and being strict when resisting, and returning home for the New Year.Of course, if an emperor like Zhu Di is on the table, he may not survive if he refuses to confess, but in order not to implicate more fellow Jiangxi Party members, he must also fight to the end!

Gritting his teeth and biting the tip of his tongue, Hu Guang finally regained his senses, and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor knows that there are some lax teaching, but he is never allowed to commit crimes, and it is impossible to disclose the exam questions to him, let alone the minister is not The chief examiner, I still don't know what the exam questions look like in this subject!"

Zhu Di thought so too, and Hu Guang didn't participate in the exam, so how could he know the exam questions in advance?With a calm face, he said: "Then does your son have a deep hatred with you? Why did he frame you?"

"Quuzi should have been forced." Hu Guang said hastily, "Just now I heard from Wang Zhenfu that he was brutally tortured to extort a confession in the Gong Yuan... How can a frail scholar like Quanzi, who has no strength to restrain a chicken, be able to do so?" Can you stand it?"

"Oh, is that so?" Zhu Di frowned, looked at Ji Gang and said, "Hu Zong is also a human being, how can he be tortured?"

"Based on the situation I saw, there should be no torture. I don't believe that the emperor can order someone to examine the wounds." Ji Gang said calmly.

"That's Wang Xian's nonsense?" Zhu Di looked at Wang Xian again and said.

"How dare a humble minister?" Wang Xian hurriedly straightened up and said, "At that time, Mr. Hu's screams spread throughout the entire Gongyuan, which was heard by everyone present at that time." No injury does not mean that he has not been tortured, at least I know more than a dozen cruel criminal laws, which will not bring trauma to the victim."

"Hmph, let's not talk about bullshit, let's talk about yourself first!" Zhu Di snorted and said, "What kind of crazy have you gone to ask for help at Marquis Yangwu's house? Why don't you go back to the Zhenfu Division and transfer your own soldiers?" ?”

Hearing what the emperor said, Wang Xian knew that he had done the right thing... The emperor was very satisfied that he did not transfer the soldiers of the Fusi last night.Naturally, he put gold on his face unceremoniously and said: "I ask the emperor to take back these words. Beizhen Fusi and Jinyiwei are the emperor's pro-army, and they are definitely not the personal soldiers of any minister. Since the emperor will not abandon him, I will be in charge of the north. The Zhenfusi must not disappoint the trust of the emperor, no matter what happens, he will never mobilize a single soldier unless he is called!"

These words were naturally extremely harsh to Ji Gang, because he had long regarded the Jinyiwei as his own private property, so he hated Wang Xian so much for taking away the Beizhen Fusi.But the same words fell into Zhu Di's ears, but it felt like eating iced watermelon in summer, which was refreshing.However, one of the basic requirements of being an emperor is not to show emotions, Zhu Di still said with a cold face: "The wolves in the east mountain cannibalize people, and the wolves in the west mountain cannibalize people equally. If you go to Xue Lu's house to transfer troops, it is also a capital offense!"

"Your majesty, let me know." Wang Xian and Xue Lu had already discussed their speech yesterday, and the responsibility this time is entirely borne by Xue Houye, "Yesterday, I came out of the Gongyuan in a moment of anger, and I originally wanted to beat the Dengwen drum. But he was afraid that the emperor would be passive by beating the drum, and he would have nothing to do for a while, so he walked to the door of Lord Xuehou's house without knowing it. Thinking of this old man who was well-informed, he wanted to ask him for advice. Hearing that Dudu Ji was playing tricks on the court, he was furious and immediately gathered several servants and asked them to go to the palace with me to fight the fire... At that time, time was running out, and I didn't think too much about it, so I went back to the court in such a reckless manner. Convicted of the crime, I implore the emperor to punish..."

The emperor was no stranger to these remarks, and Xue Lu had said it once before when he met him.However, although the transfer of family members to the Gongyuan was a bit of a mess, it was not as taboo to the emperor as the transfer of regular troops. In addition, he had already scolded Xue Lu before, so the emperor did not bother with this matter anymore, but said with a dark face: "How to punish?" You, wait until the Ministry has discussed it. You just said that the reason why you left the Tribute Court to ask for help was because Ji Gang used power to frame you and extract confessions by torture? You must know that framing a Shangguan is a third-class crime!"

"I will never dare to make a false accusation. I have a basis for what I say." Wang Xian hurriedly said loudly: "First of all, the appointment of the inspector is very strange. The conflict between the minister and Ji Dudu is well known. The governor is not a man with a big heart, but he pushes the minister to take up this beautiful post, which makes people doubt his motives!"

"It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know a good heart!" Ji Gang said angrily: "I just want to ease the relationship with you, so I let you be the inspector. I wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with you during the examination." Said He gave an example: "Did you forget that when you were searching, Master Liang was going to expel you from the Gongyuan, who helped you out?"

"Of course it's Mr. Ji, the lower officials haven't forgotten." Wang Xian said blankly: "This is also the second doubtful point. Mr. Ji should have seen clearly how the lower officials searched at that time. All candidates were ordered to take off their clothes. They were not allowed to take off their belts, and they were not even allowed to leave their underwear. Moreover, all the examination instruments and items they carried were also disassembled for inspection. Then you will believe that the search and inspection is too sufficient, and there will never be any major omissions." He raised his voice and said: "However, Lord Ji's subordinates searched all over five thousand candidates in just two sticks of incense, and from them Fifty candidates were found!"

"Furthermore, the tapes of those examinees are not so hidden, but pocket books, vests full of words, and paper balls hidden in the test basket... These things are so conspicuous, I don't believe that the inspecting soldiers can't see them, Because I personally offered a reward to them, and if I found someone who was carrying them, I would reward them with five taels of silver! I believe they will definitely stare, and it is impossible to miss such a conspicuous thing!"

Zhu Di felt that what Wang Xian said was quite reasonable, so he turned to look at Ji Gang.Dudu Ji sneered and said: "That's because you treated them differently. My informant in the inspection team said that it is true that you ordered people to strictly inspect candidates from other provinces! But for the cases in Zhejiang and Jiangxi My son, you’ve turned the corner!" He gave Wang Xian a look of 'you can't help me', and said with a sneer: "Now Wang Zhenfu knows why I can quickly find out from the five thousand examples. Fifty entrainers, right? Because I am looking for candidates according to their hometowns!"

"Your Majesty Ji is born out of nothing again. He dares to talk nonsense in front of the emperor all day long. Not to mention that he is unprecedented, he is also unique in this world." Wang Xian also sneered and said: "You might as well invite your informant out and ask him where I am. When did you say such a thing to him? I dare to swear in front of the emperor, if I say it, I will be hacked into pieces, and my descendants will be slaves and prostitutes! Does Ji Dudu dare?"

"This..." People in this era still attach great importance to oaths. Ji Gang couldn't help but change his face when he saw that this kid forced himself to swear such a poisonous oath, but he didn't dare to hesitate in front of the emperor, so he could only say in a muffled voice. : "I have a clear conscience, why don't you dare?"

"Your Majesty Ji is so courageous, but let me remind you that people are doing what the sky is watching, and God will accept you if you break your oath!" Wang Xian grinned grimly, ignored the pale-faced Ji Gang, and said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, I will never accept you!" I said that I asked my subordinates to be lenient with Zhejiang Jiangxi Juziwang, not to mention that the day before I was admitted to the Gongyuan, I just had a conflict with Jiangxi Juzi, beat that bully in the restaurant, and sent him to the prison of Yingtian Mansion. Because of Dudu Ji's framing, I and Mr. Hu Ge's Liangzi are settled. Why should I let them go? If I don't drive them all out of the Tribute Court, I'm already enforcing the law impartially!"

"You were just acting, to cover up the ulterior relationship between the two of you!" Ji Gang protested.

"That's just superfluous." Wang Xian glanced at Ji Gang coldly, and said with disdain, "I'm not that mentally handicapped yet."

(End of this chapter)