Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Before the results of the examination of the imperial examination files came out, a Yangzhou scholar who was interrogated confessed.

According to the scholar, the students in Yangzhou did not really buy the titles, but bought the books from a Bai Xiaosheng.This Bai Xiaosheng is quite well-known among the local students in Yangzhou, and he has always been doing business with magic sticks, but three years ago he somehow started to predict this year's exam questions.Earlier, no one really took it seriously, but he was able to hit all the questions in the last Chunwei Children's Examination and the Township Examination, which made him famous. Hugging and looting.

However, during the state examination and the national examination, Bai Xiaosheng made a miscalculation, which disappointed many students. They only thought that he got lucky by chance before.

Unexpectedly, this year's provincial examination was won by him again, some local students in Yangzhou bought his book with the mentality that talking about it is better than nothing, and wrote a policy essay on it when preparing for the exam.

Some who are persistent still deliberate and discuss with teachers and friends.

They never thought that Bai Xiaosheng had really won the national exam this year!

Many people who didn't pay attention to it before were beating their chests with regret, but they all kept silent.The people who passed the exam naturally kept silent about the suspicion that their titles on the gold list were opportunistic, while the talented scholars who failed the exam all took this secret as a treasure, looking forward to the next autumn high school with Bai Xiaosheng's secret treasure, for fear that others would hear it. This news preempts them.

After the scholar's publication, although the reputation of Yangzhou literati was damaged, it is normal to guess and bet on the imperial examination questions over the years. It is not good in morality, but it has not yet touched the law.

A day later, the Ministry of Punishment and the Imperial Academy also presented the results of reviewing the files.There are indeed a few Yangzhou students who have the same ideas, but the level of their articles is uneven, and only a few of them have almost the same remarks.

After interrogation, it can be confirmed that the two have a close relationship and have been studying and composing essays together. Before that, they had pondered over the exam questions that Bai Xiaosheng predicted one by one, and there were two almost identical essays.When checking the papers, the two articles were staggered, and the Zhongzheng official didn't notice it, so it didn't arouse suspicion at the beginning.

Emperor Zhenyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the imperial envoy to go to Yangzhou to arrest Bai Xiaosheng and visit Yangzhou to find out the facts.

The suspicion of fraud was alleviated, and Yangzhou Jinshi and Xiucai were released. Although they were confined in the Zhegui Inn, they were no longer interrogated harshly.Except for Su Yi, the number one scholar in the dynasty.

Cheng Wen's blood letter report, if it is true, then Su Yi is the real fraud!

Misappropriating other people's articles and destroying other people's files to cover up the fact of bribery to cover up the fact of fraud is no longer a matter of morality, but a taboo in the imperial examination room.

No one would have thought that the number one scholar who had been walking along the long street that day, would be crushed into the dust in less than a month!

At the same time, Su Yi is the grandson of Li Tao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs. His charges have not yet been determined. Li Shangshu has been summoned by the emperor twice and three times to reprimand him, and once the court scolded him for being incompetent in managing the family!

After hearing this, Old Hou Ye happily drank two taels of liquor.

He is not a face-saving person, he has always been bold and reckless in order to make himself happy. Hearing that Li Tao was unlucky, he waited outside the palace in a very unmannered manner. I can't even speak.

The Marquis of Zhenbei won a big victory. Once he reported the hatred on the day of the Xiannong Sacrificial Ceremony, when his grandson came back from Guozi school, he even pulled him to explain in detail how ugly Li Laoer's face was, and how narrow-minded he was gloating. Nothing is hidden.

Zhu Dingbei twitched the corners of his mouth, and thought to himself, that's all, as long as his old man's old man is happy.

"But to be honest, I don't think this matter has anything to do with Old Ghost Li. This old fox wouldn't do such a stupid thing to seek death, but he didn't expect that his grandson, tsk tsk, is as stupid as a pig!"

Old Hou Ye let out a sigh of relief, and refilled himself a bowl of wine.

Zhu Dingbei knocked on the table, and said with a half-smile: "It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is short of cash recently."

Upon hearing the words, Old Hou Ye hurriedly put down the wine bowl that reached to his mouth, and asked, "Did grandson say that the emperor is going to attack Li Laogui?"

Zhu Dingbei shook his head, "As long as Li Tao doesn't make big mistakes, his position is not easy to move. But his son-in-law, it's not so easy."

"The Su family in Yangzhou will definitely be convicted if the number one scholar is charged. It is common sense to confiscate the gold and silver in his house and put it into the treasury. Could it be that His Majesty is warning Old Ghost Li not to make trouble in secret?"

Zhu Dingbei affirmed what the old Marquis said, and added: "Su Yi's charges will still be judged by the Holy Trial. Cheng Wen said that he conspired to take his own fame, but there is no real evidence for it. It's not that Su Yi has no room for recovery. After all, he is not the first person to make similar articles with others, he and Cheng Wen went out of Yangzhou together, and they study together all day, so there are many things that can be changed."

"But if His Majesty wants to convict him, no one dares to say anything. As for the multiple crimes, Li Shangshu can fight for it. If he is reluctant to part with this grandson, maybe..." Zhu Dingbei nodded with great interest. The corner of the forehead curled up, and he said: "The Luo Jing Kong family also has to shed a layer of skin."

If Li Tao wanted to save the Su family in Yangzhou, he had to show some sincerity, didn't he?

Guozixue.

Lou Anning said: "I never thought that Bai Xiaosheng would be so powerful! I heard that he used to be a fortune teller, and he knew all about fortune and misfortune. I don't know if he gave himself a divination."

Zhu Dingbei squinted his eyes in disbelief, and said with a smile: "I guess, he must have packed his bag and fled for his life."

"Ah, really?"

Lou Anning and Qin Xi spoke in unison.

Jia Jiaming couldn't help laughing, and explained: "Those who dare to bet on the questions and who can guess right one after another must be familiar with current affairs and understand people's hearts. If the national examination releases the rankings, those Yangzhou students who are on the rankings, if one out of ten bought His book, as long as he has a little brain, he knows that he will retreat bravely."

What's more, that Bai Xiaosheng must be a treacherous person. At this time, he has gone somewhere to hide his name to avoid disaster.

Lou Ankang nodded, "That's exactly the reason."

Qin Xi put aside this mysterious Bai Xiaosheng, and talked about the number one scholar who was still in the prison: "I heard that the Fang family retired, do you think the number one scholar has no chance to stand up again?"

It's extremely ironic to be called "Zhuangyuanlang" at this time.

One month later, Su Yi became the number one scholar with unparalleled glory. Not only was he appointed as a fifth-rank Hanlin scholar, but he was also recruited by the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War as his son-in-law.

Who would have thought that in such an unpredictable world, in a short period of time, he has become the disgrace of a literati despised by everyone, and even the Fang family went to the door to withdraw their marriage regardless of the face of the Minister of the Household Department.I heard that those betrothal gifts were not even returned to Li's residence, but were thrown out of the door by Fang Shilang, claiming that this person had insulted the Fang family's Qingming.

Lou Anning rolled her eyes to the sky, "Isn't this obvious? Even if he gets away with it, his reputation will be bad. Don't even expect to get promoted and get rich."

Zhu Dingbei snorted: "Old Li's hands are too long, so don't blame others for cutting off his limbs."

Jia Jiaming was surprised: "What does Changsheng mean by that?"

Zhu Dingbei paused for a moment, and then said indifferently: "When the Qiang people's petition for peace was sent in April, there was an unsightly chief of the Ministry of War who was the chief peace officer of the court. Haven't you forgotten?" Seeing a few people nodding, he continued: "The tortoise king is Li Laogui's niece and brother-in-law. Once he died, Li Tao sent Su Yi to the house of the Minister of the Ministry of War to marry him. This is not to make His Majesty unhappy. ?"

Several people suddenly realized.

After school this day, Zhu Dingbei and Ning Heng went together.

He went to Changxinhou's Mansion for an acupuncture treatment to get rid of the stagnation in his body - he is in good health now, but he took the medicine for too long before, and the medicine was three-point poisonous, so he should get rid of it in time.Tomorrow, Xiumu and the others will make an appointment at Changxinhou's Mansion, and he will save the time spent traveling back and forth by staying overnight.

On the carriage, Zhu Dingbei told Ning Heng what he had guessed about the old Marquis yesterday. Ning Heng looked surprised, and then he leaned into Zhu Dingbei's ear and said, "Your Majesty has made a secret decree to order the Ning family to take over all of the Su family's affairs." It should be a business."

Zhu Dingbei was surprised that the emperor would feed this piece of fat into the mouth of the Ning family, but he thought this should be the custom of the royal family and the Ning family, so he didn't ask further, but asked: "Then the Kong family...?"

"Forty percent of the family fortune, at least."

Zhu Dingbei's guess is correct, the house raid is a matter of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but for a rich merchant family like the Su family, the royal family will definitely not let the way of making money be ruined, but when the family wealth is confiscated, the money on the account will be seized and rushed into the treasury However, if these transactions continue, the amount of money invested may be even greater than the confiscated silver taels. Of course, the royal family is willing to do this kind of errand.

To save the life of the second daughter's family with the property of the Kong family, whether Li Tao wants to do it or not, the emperor has already made a choice for him.

Zhu Dingbei laughed, "It seems that Old Ghost Li will die of heartache this time."

He had said long ago that Mr. Li had two sons-in-law of wealthy businessmen who were incomparably wealthy, and he would be slaughtered by the emperor sooner or later.It's just that I didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Your Majesty... have you urgently needed money recently?"

This is exactly what Zhu Dingbei hadn't figured out. If it wasn't for the need to spend money, with Emperor Zhenyuan's temperament that could not tolerate sand, Su Yi's family would have been severely punished for the crime of cheating in the imperial examinations, and he would not delay Li Tao Mediate or... lure him into the bait.But he thought about it, the treasury was full, what did the emperor want to do instead of taking it from the treasury, but digging out his family's money to make things happen?

Ning Heng tapped his lips, shook his head, indicating that this is not the place to talk.

At night, when Zhu Dingbei came back from the acupuncture procedure, Ning Heng said in a low voice when he was lying on the bed drowsy: "I heard that His Majesty came in and asked someone to secretly take in many orphans with good health..."

Zhu Dingbei suddenly opened his eyes.

Before he finished speaking, he already understood the deep meaning of his words.

Ning Heng saw his complexion suddenly changed, he didn't know how to be happy because of his intelligence or worried about his precocious intelligence.

Zhu Dingbei whispered in a low voice: "The royal family has always had fine-armored secret guards, adding these people now is to enter the army...isn't it?"

After the acupuncture, the doctor untied Zhu Dingbei's hair and massaged it carefully on his head, so that Ning Heng's fingers easily inserted into his hard hair, and he stroked it soothingly, saying: "Your Majesty is not only targeting Zhu Dingbei. Home."

"I know."

Zhu Dingbei's eyes were heavy, and he didn't speak for a long time afterwards.Ning Heng knew that he was worried about this, but this kind of matter cannot be untied with a few words of persuasion, so he didn't say any more unnecessary words.

With his forehead resting on his elbow, Zhu Dingbei suddenly said in a muffled voice, "Why are you telling me this, aren't you afraid?"

Ning Heng paused with his fingers, then gently rubbed his head, and said in a low voice: "The descendants of the Ning family are fearless. This is the ancestral precept passed down by the Empress Dowager Zhao, and I just follow her elder's order That's all."

Zhu Dingbei chuckled lightly, took his hand off, turned over and sighed, "Go to sleep."

Soldiers come to block.

He couldn't stop the emperor from wanting to cultivate his own troops, so he could only deal with it calmly.Anyway, it will take at least ten years for the old emperor to cultivate those little devils, and by then...

It depends on who's method is tougher.