Imperial Exam Daily

Zhang Qi, the scholar who went to inquire about the facts, also came to report back in a few days. The scholar returned to the house that day, and he was a low-key person who sold his questions. Several people were in high spirits. The scholar pretended to compliment him and approached him. I met an adult, the magistrate of Bisang County.

"That night, a few people were very attentive to the county magistrate. After a few glasses of wine, the county magistrate was also flattered and happy. Then he made a promise to everyone that if he could come up with 500 taels of silver, he would be able to learn one or two questions in the exam. If Don’t worry, you can wait until the results of the township examination are announced before making a decision.”

"Several people promised to go back to raise money. The person who sold the test questions trusted the county magistrate very much. He revealed in his words that he bought the previous test questions from the county magistrate." Zhang Qi was extremely angry: "The county magistrate saw that Xiaosheng was shabby. During the time, I often drank with three candidates from wealthy families, rarely talked with Xiaosheng, and even made fun of Xiaosheng, saying that Xiaosheng bought exam questions with the county magistrate, but Xiaosheng was ten taels of silver less."

Yang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly: "This group of people are really daring!"

He didn't know much about the magistrate of Huaisang County. If he was in the capital, the small officials who were as big as sesame seeds and mung beans might know a thing or two, but the small officials in this place really don't know.Being an official in a remote place does have many advantages. It is really not easy to be caught for corruption and bribery.

"Don't worry, I will definitely investigate thoroughly."

Reassuring the scholar, Yang Ye sent him back first to keep an eye on the few people, and immediately sent Liu Meng to secretly investigate the county magistrate Huaisang.

Two days later, the results of the provincial examination were released, and Yang Ye went to look at the names on the list. According to the scholar, several people were on the list, but the rankings were not the most outstanding, and they were all in the tenth to thirtyth place. In between, but Zhang Qi's is much inferior, already in the ranks of hanging tails.

There are as many as thousands of people in the township examination, and the other few people are already in an excellent ranking in this ranking. If a few people really cheated in the exam, they are still a little bit of cheating. They didn't cheat directly to the top three. It must be exposed on the cusp of the storm.

It was precisely because of their proficiency that Yang Ye couldn't help but wonder if they had cheated in the previous exams.

For this reason, Yang Ye sent people to their household registration places to inquire about their performance in the school.

According to the information obtained by Liu Meng, several scholars should intend to strengthen the officials of Beijing and Central China, so they want to get backing, but the provincial examination has not released the results before, and no officials are willing to talk to them. It is extremely difficult for the top three to gain the favor of the Beijing officials if they do not have the means to do so.

Yang Ye seized this point and pretended to attract people, so he asked Zhang Qi to lead the way and bring a few people to him.

"The four of them heard that the adults were very happy to see them and were willing to come. They also learned that Xiaosheng knew the Beijing officials, and their attitude towards Xiaosheng was much better."

Yang Ye asked: "Have you made it clear that the official wants to bring two disciples, and there are many scholars who come to vote for us?"

"Xiaosheng said it according to the adults. He didn't directly say that the adults wanted to see the four of them. He accidentally said that he knew the adults during the conversation. When a few people didn't believe it, he showed the tokens of the adults. The candidates who sold the questions were very good. I begged Xiaosheng to bring them to see the adults, Xiaosheng pretended to be difficult, and the three rich young masters returned Xiaosheng 20 taels of silver."

"You did a good job. Go back and tell them that if you want to see me, you need to prepare generous gifts. At that time, I will hold a banquet in the restaurant to entertain them." Yang Ye chuckled, "Do you know how to explain it tactfully?"

The scholar responded: "The niche has grown-ups ordering it, so I know how to lure them into the set."

At night, in order to show his image as a corrupt official, Yang Ye booked a private room in the best restaurant in the provincial capital. It was just now that the list was released, and there were quite a few people in the restaurant. According to the routine of making a lot of money every businessman, the price of the restaurant went up. Some outrageous.

When the invigilator was approaching, in order to let him go home early, Axi didn’t give much money before he left. Of course, even if it wasn’t much, he felt sorry for his wife. There were still 200 taels of silver invoices, so he didn’t spend too much money on his own. Even if most of Ji Chong's expenses were on his own head when he came, it was more than enough.

It's just that his grandfather is really wicked, he kindly reimbursed his expenses, the benefits were not discussed, and he made Ji Chong think that he was rich, so he exploited him again when he left, saying what about men If he has money, he will turn bad, fearing that he will not be watching, so he stays in the provincial capital to spend time and drink under the pretense of investigating the case.

Now he seriously doubts whether Ah Xi was taught by Ji Chong.

With such layers of exploitation, he was already a little cash-strapped. He wanted to lend some money to Liu Meng, but the big boss took out all his pockets, and his situation was not much better than his own. A few scholars were skeptical, but they gritted their teeth and settled for the private room. If there is another banquet, he will have to sleep on the street for the next few days.

When he was weighing whether it would be better to sleep on the street or reduce the efficiency of handling the case, the shopkeeper of the restaurant stared at him intentionally or unintentionally, and Yang Ye was wondering if the boss found it difficult, when he heard the boss say: "Sir, do you know Yang Ye?" boss?"

Yang Ye was puzzled, and asked tentatively, "Which Boss Yang? But Yang Cheng from Wenyang County?"

"Ouch!" The boss hastily made a gesture of invitation respectfully: "Master Yang! Please go upstairs to invite me."

"How do you know me?"

He came out in plain clothes.

The boss smiled: "When I went to Wenyang County to do business, I negotiated several deals with Boss Yang. I knew that Boss Yang had a brother who was an official in the capital. Although Caomin visited several times, he never saw him. Mr. Yang, I just saw that Mr. Yang's face is somewhat similar to Boss Yang's, and his age is also about the same, so I boldly asked a few questions, unexpectedly, I am really an adult."

"There are so many small shops of Caomin in Wenyang County that Boss Yang takes care of them. Now that Mr. Yang is visiting the shop in person, Caomin will be the host to thank you."

"How can this be done?" Yang Ye said seriously.

"Your Excellency, you must not be polite. Caomin knows that your Excellency is an official appointed by the imperial court. It is very inconvenient. But aside from your official position, you are Boss Yang's younger brother. Now that you are in the provincial capital, how can Caomin not be the host? If it weren't for the fact that your lord is busy with business, the grass-roots people should invite you to sit in the cold house."

Yang Ye said: "In this way, it is not easy to please the boss's kindness. Instead of writing a letter to my brother, I have to ask my brother to thank the boss. I am busy with official duties and cannot entertain the boss in Wenyang County, so I have to entrust my elder brother gone."

"Your Excellency is very polite, this is the honor of the grassroots."

Yang Ye spoke in a serious official tone, but he was flattered in his heart. Unexpectedly, the businessman his elder brother met had already spread to neighboring provinces. The important thing is that he could help him at the critical moment. It's hard work, if he knows this, he will be happy too.

It was just dark, and a few scholars really came, but only the three rich young masters came, and the poor ones did not come. Zhang Qi said that he was buying a title and met with the county magistrate Huaisang, and he owed a debt for a long time. The debt in the butt, I really can't pay for it now, and the scholar feels very frustrated about it.

Yang Ye put on a face, and the three scholars hurriedly brought up the generous gifts they had prepared. He squinted and opened the gift boxes one by one. Among them were high-quality porcelain and antique tea sets. It was really a generous gift, he was noncommittal, and winked with the accompanying attendant, and the attendant put away the things.

Seeing that the gift was accepted, the scholar saw that there was something going on, Zhang Qi poured wine for Yang Ye: "My lord, these three are friends of the student. I have admired my lord for a long time, so I specially came to visit my lord today."

Yang Ye put on an official air: "There are many people who come to visit during the day, and I have no time to see you. Today, I have some fate with the three of you, so I just have time."

"Your Excellency is busy with business, it is a student's blessing to see you."

"Look at the three of you, you are a good-looking talent. If you can show your strengths in the test, I would like to give you a hand."

The three of them showed excitement when they heard the words: "Don't worry, my lord, the students will definitely shine in the general examination."

"Oh? I see that your results in the township examination are not bad, but they are not very good. How can you get a result that satisfies you?"

"My lord, students have their own channels!"

A scholar was outspoken, and the atmosphere on the table froze for a moment. The scholar was tugged at the hem of his clothes by his colleagues, and the other scholar said: "My lord, the student means that he will study hard for the exam. At that time, he got good grades in the exam." .”

Yang Ye had a half-smile, "Empty talk has no basis, I can't just choose the three of you rashly, I have to test you in terms of knowledge."

The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Zhang Qidao: "Master Yang is also from the imperial examination, so naturally he has requirements for everyone's knowledge. Besides, being able to get advice from an adult is a blessing that others cannot ask for."

"If you don't want to, that's fine. I won't force you."

"It is a great honor for a student to be taught by an adult!"

Yang Ye suppressed the smile in his eyes, and gave the three scholars the questions he had prepared early in the morning. He looked at the questions of the imperial examination, and the questions he gave were all similar to the questions of the scientific examination. If the three scholars If they are really capable, their answers should be about the same as the test papers, and they will not be wronged. If they do not answer well, it will be evidence of fraud!

However, as expected, an hour later, he looked at the answers of several people, and it was a complete mess. The answers to the questions seemed to be written by scholars, but they did not match the rankings in the rural examination.

He put away the answer sheet, suddenly changed his face, and said sharply: "Arrest these three people who cheated in the rural examination!"

Before the three scholars could react, they saw a few soldiers rushing into the room, and it was already too late when even they detained them and realized what happened.

"Zhang Qi, you actually reported on us! You will die!"

"You guys cheated in the township exams and harmed the fairness of the imperial exams. You should be the ones who die!"

"let me go!"

The guard slapped the loud scholar on the back of the head with his palm, and he passed out.

Two days later, Liu Meng came back from the county seat, and found out that the reputation of the scholars who sell questions in Huaisang County is not good, and the academic performance in the school is also mediocre, in a tepid state, but the family business is quite large in Huaisang County. Relying on the family business, he is like a playboy in the county.

Having obtained double evidence, the scholar could not deny it. Before he was sentenced, he was so afraid that he confessed to the magistrate of Huaisang County. Yang Ye contacted the prefect of the provincial capital and went to Huaisang County to arrest the magistrate. Xue Yinsheng was alarmed by such an ordeal.

There have long been rumors in the city that the test questions for the township examination were leaked. Yang Ye noticed that someone was investigating secretly, but he did not suppress the rumors. He knew that he was investigating the case, so he would definitely stop him from it, but no one suppressed the rumors, which meant that it had nothing to do with Xue Yinsheng, and even fanned the flames, so the matter was interesting.

Huaisang County is not far from the provincial capital, the magistrate brought someone to show up, the magistrate of Huaisang county quickly brought the law to justice, Yang Ye met the county magistrate in the cell of the government office.

Potbellied and greasy, according to the magistrate, when he was caught, he was spending time with his concubine at home. The county magistrate wanted to deny the crime, but he stopped talking when the scholar was thrown into the cell.

Xue Yinsheng came after hearing the news: "I thought Mr. Yang had already returned, and he never thought that he was still busy with the imperial examination. Now that these criminals have been arrested, they must have a good interrogation, otherwise, this official is really shameless." Return to Beijing to meet the emperor."

"Naturally, Master Xue has to take care of this matter."

Yang Ye interrogated the county magistrate overnight. The fat man who had been pampered for many years was so frightened that he lost half his life just by seeing the torture tools. Yes, the exam questions are sold to scholars by lower officials."

"Of course I know it's you, but if you are an official, you will think that you have supernatural powers to get the test questions in the capital?"

"Continue to torture!"

The fat man cried and wailed: "It's Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun's exam questions for the little official."

Yang Ye's eyes froze. Who else could possibly get the test questions in Beijing, Mr. Sun? Naturally, it was Sun Liaoran's father.

Sun Cheng is not a member of the Imperial Academy. As for how he got the test questions for the township examination, it is easy to know that this matter has something to do with the Song family. No one knows that Sun Cheng and Song Tingyou are in collusion.

The result is self-evident, after receiving the confessions from several people, he can pack up and return to Beijing. Leaving the Song family was entirely up to the emperor's will. Of course, he wanted to take this opportunity to completely eradicate the Song family.

The battle here is so big, there must have been rumors in the capital, and the Song family will definitely take precautions. If he can take precautions, he can also expand the attack.

The emperor asked him and Xue Yinsheng to escort the prisoner back to Beijing. The journey was long, so Yang Ye gave up the horse he was riding to Zhang Tiehu, and squeezed himself into Xue Yinsheng's carriage.

"The carriages back to Beijing are limited. Your Excellency, you don't mind if your servant rides with you?"

"Of course I don't mind."

After Xue Yinsheng answered a word, he closed his eyes and rested his mind. After a while, seeing that Yang Ye was also very quiet, he opened his eyes again: "How are Zixiang and Zheqin recently?"

"General Ji is back, Ah Xi and Que Zhe are very happy. How can it be bad."

Xue Yinsheng heard the words but did not reply.

Yang Ye lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked at the prison car outside: "The turmoil in the Bata tribe has just subsided, and the incident of cheating in the imperial examination is really a headache. I'm afraid the emperor will be worried."

"The emperor has such a capable minister as Mr. Yang, so he probably won't be much relieved."

"Hey, all the petty officials can do are trivial things. Master Xue is the real minister who can share the worries of the emperor. If it is not for Princess Heding, how can the border affairs be properly resolved? In the end, Master Xue understands righteousness "Yang Ye said with emotion: "It's a pity that the Bata tribe has high mountains and far rivers, and the wind and sand are heavy. It's hard for a weak woman, Princess Ding, to leave her hometown, and the customs of the foreign tribe are different from this dynasty. I heard that the Bata tribe is for the prosperity of men. , you are not allowed to marry a younger brother, you can only marry a woman, if a woman can't give birth to a man within three years, she will be discarded, and I don't know if the rumors are true or not."

Seeing that Xue Yinsheng's expression had changed, Yang Ye quickly said: "Look at what the officer is saying, Mr. Xue, please don't take it to heart, the officer is just listening to rumors."

Xue Yinsheng remained silent, Yang Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, if he didn't open the wound and sprinkle some salt on it, it would surely make people heal the scar and forget the pain.

Two days later, a group of people walked to the post house, pressing the prison cart, moving very slowly, and extremely tossing people. When they arrived at the post house, everyone felt very tired.

Yang Ye asked everyone to have a good night's rest, and strive to rush to the capital in one breath.

At night, he soaked his feet in hot water, but he slept very comfortably.

"My lord, my lord! Open the door!"

In his sleepy eyes, Yang Ye heard a noise. He got up from the bed and found that it was still dim outside. He opened the door. Zhang Tiehu stood at the door with an anxious expression on his face. He regained consciousness: "What's wrong?"

"Someone is here to take the prisoner away!"

Yang Ye's eyes changed, and he hurried out of the room: "What's going on now?"

"Master Liu is very skilled, those gangsters were beaten away before they even got close to the prisoner."

"No one caught?"

"Master Liu didn't chase him out, because he was afraid that there would be a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Besides, the two adults are still here, so protecting your safety is the most important thing."

Yang Ye's expression was complicated, at this moment Xue Yinsheng opened the door slowly and stuck his head out, also with a sleepy face: "What happened?"

Zhang Tiehu recounted the matter again, Xue Yinsheng said: "Someone is so bold as to try to rob the prisoner, it seems that we have to speed up our trip back to Beijing!"

Yang Ye saw that Xue Yinsheng's exposed upper body was fully dressed, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then let's go immediately."

A group of people hurried back to Beijing, the schedule accelerated, and two days later, they finally rushed back to the capital. The day they entered the capital was already noon, and without any delay, Dali Temple directly took the prisoner there, and Yang Ye and Xue Yinsheng went to report to Emperor Jiwen together.

Emperor Ji Wen was already very annoyed by the leakage of the imperial examination questions, and he was even more furious when he knew that there were officials trying to make money for it. Seeing the charges of the county magistrate Huaisang, someone intended to rob the prisoner on the way back, so he immediately ordered Sun Cheng to be detained for severe interrogation. , the degree of decisiveness was beyond Yang Ye's expectation.

In this way, Yang Ye saved a lot of tongues, and the turmoil was calmed down for the time being. As for the results of the interrogation, it will take some time. Yang Ye went to Dali Temple and dirty the money given by several scholars. And after entrusting some criminal evidence to Dali Temple, he went down to his own mansion, which was already full of dust.

"Big Daddy!"

Axi was waiting for him on the main street of the capital with a quilt. As soon as Yang Ye came out of the gate of the Forbidden City, he saw two people, one big and one young, within two steps. After nearly two months of separation, Yang Ye walked up He hugged Ah Xi: "Is everything okay at home?"

"Everything is fine, I still need a letter from my aunt, saying that Uncle Xing has passed the provincial examination."

Seeing Ah Xi's smiling face, Yang Ye was in a good mood: "It's so good."

The two hugged for a long time, and the quilt standing on one side raised his neck and looked at the two: "Daddy, I want the quilt too, I want to hug!"

Yang Ye lowered his head and watched the little boy raised his hands and hopped on his feet. He pinched the little boy's face: "How did you get so tanned? Didn't Daddy still look white when he left, didn't he?" Being naughty at home again."

Axi smiled and said: "Grandpa returned to Beijing to pick up the quilt and live in the general's mansion for a few days. The general's mansion is bigger, the quilt is easy to move, he always likes to run in the garden, and he also goes to watch grandpa practice martial arts. The sun a few days ago It's poisonous, but it's a bit tanned."

Yang Ye knelt down and picked up the child, wrapped his quilt around his neck, and kissed his son's face: "It's better to be a little darker, because you don't have much heroism in the first place, if you are as white as your little daddy, others will be as white as you are." Think of it as a little brother."

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