The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

According to the usual practice, Chunwei is presided over by the Ministry of Rites and supervised by Yushitai.Among them, the Minister of Rites and Doctor Yushi are the main examiners, and the assistant examiners are Minister of Rites and Zhongcheng Yushi.Jia Jing is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also qualified to be the deputy chief examiner. However, his son Jia Zhen used the exam in the second year of Yonghe as a reference. This year, his nephew Jia Hu wanted to take the exam again, so he avoided suspicion and quit. Relevant preparatory work, not as the deputy chief examiner.At that time, Jia Jing still felt a little regretful, but now that the rumors are spreading, he realizes that he is lucky.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the aristocratic family gradually declined, and the imperial examination became the only way to become an official besides the yin seal.Chunwei is the last step of the scientific examination, and it is also a crucial step. It is related to whether Juzi can embark on the road of becoming an official. Its importance and difficulty are self-evident.

Spring is held every three years, and more than ten thousand candidates take the exam. Even if you are talented and educated, if you are a little careless, you may fail the exam. After all, there are too many masters, and no one is sure of victory.As a result, some unskilled students practiced fraud and bribery in order to pass Chunwei.In their view, even a very talented person may fail the Chunwei exam in his lifetime, so it is better to take the risk.If you are lucky, you will be rich and honored for a lifetime. If you don't try it, you will only be lost to everyone. It is really not reconciled.

Therefore, some things are always prone to happen in the past Chunwei, let alone the Chunwei fraud case in the eighth year of Yuanchang.

At that time, Situ Yan was still young, but he still remembers how the Supreme Emperor was furious when he heard the news.At that time, both the Minister of Rites and the doctor Yushi were executed because of the Chunwei scandal. I don’t know how many people were bleeding, and how many sons were ruined in their lives. Just thinking about it makes people shudder.

Now, less than 30 years have passed since the Chunwei fraud case back then, and some people have forgotten that the corpses were scattered all over the field and blood flowed like rivers. How could Situ Yan not be angry, and how could he not be thoroughly investigated.The Chunwei fraud case is not handled well, but it will chill the hearts of scholars all over the world, and the consequences are too serious.

Although there is no clear evidence pointing to one of the four chief examiners and deputy chief examiners, in order to avoid suspicion, they were temporarily put under control by Situ Yan's order. It piled up on Jia Jing's body.

When Jia Hu heard the gossip at first, he didn't take it seriously, and didn't even think about it. It's not that he hasn't experienced Chunwei, which year it wasn't rumors flying around. In fact, it's all nonsense. Once the dust has settled, there will be no more waves.

Unexpectedly, the situation this year is actually a little different. Two days after the examination ended, someone circulated privately that there was a Beijing candidate named Bai and a Jiangnan candidate named Zhu who bribed the chief examiner before the exam and got the test questions. So it will definitely be on the list.There were rumors like this in Chunwei in previous years, but none of them could be true. I didn't want to release the list this year, and someone with good deeds found the names of the so-called candidates surnamed Bai and candidates surnamed Zhu.One is Bai Shenliang, and the other is Zhu Zefei, but it doesn't matter if the names match, who knows if someone is talking nonsense.

What is unexpected is that both Bai Shenliang and Zhu Zefei are somewhat related to Ji Zhen, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the Bai family is an official, and the Zhu family is in business. Pen bribe silver.What's even more coincidental is that before this year's exam, Bai Shenliang failed the ranking once, and Zhu Zefei failed the ranking twice, both of which were relatively far away from the ranking.And this year, Bai Shenliang passed more than 100 exams, and Zhu Zefei even passed 77 exams, making rapid progress. It is from this time that the rumors will become more and more fierce.

Soon, Bai Shenliang and Zhu Zefei were sent for questioning by the Ministry of Punishment. Both of them shouted for injustice, saying that they were wronged.Whether they were wronged or not, the Ministry of Criminal Justice still needs to conduct further investigations, but Wang was dumbfounded when he heard that Bai Shenliang was related to the Chunwei scandal.

Ever since Jia Zhu left, Mrs. Wang had placed high hopes on Yuan Chun's marriage. Unexpectedly, several accidents happened at home, which disrupted her plan.It was so easy to regain his freedom by proclaiming his marriage to Yuan Chun, and because Jia Zheng was dismissed from office, he encountered obstacles everywhere, so he found Bai Shenliang only after lowering his requirements.

Unexpectedly, before Mrs. Wang was happy for a few days, Bai Shenliang would be in big trouble.At any rate, the Wang family came from a family of officials, even if they were illiterate, they knew what the Chunwei fraud case meant.So many people died in the incident in the eighth year of Yuanchang, who dares to say that all of them are guilty, and many of them were implicated.Bai Shenliang and Zhu Zefei were directly named by someone. If it is verified, they will not be able to escape by ransacking their homes and beheaded. It will be proved that they were framed by others. With such a reputation, their future future will also be ruined. The matter of entering the court as an official.

The marriage between Yuan Chun and Bai Shenliang is still at the stage of verbal negotiation. Even if something happened to the Bai family, it would not be involved in the Jia family, but Yuan Chun is a woman, and the Wang family must not come to ask if they are interested in the Bai family. There must be someone in the middle who knows everything.

Regardless of the outcome of the Bai family, as long as the news of Yuan Chun and Bai Shenliang's marriage negotiation gets out, her future will most likely be over.Whenever Wang thought of this, she would feel anxious like ants on a hot pot. She didn't even know whether it was better to hope that the Bai family was fine or not.

The one who was more anxious than Mrs. Wang was Mrs. Zhang. His son took part in the general examination and did well in the test. It was about to take the imperial examination, but there was a problem in the general test.According to Zhang's understanding, the eight-year general examination in Yuanchang was a re-examination. Although the body is not afraid of the shadow slanting, who can guarantee that the examination is in the best condition every time.Leaving aside the candidates who were involved in the fraud case, among the remaining innocent people, those who most hope to retake the exam must be those who did not perform well and are one step away from being on the list, but how many of those who have already made the list can be happy Take the test again.

Naturally, Jia Hu was no exception. He had to retake the college entrance examination a year later, not to mention the general exam.After the big exam, people will inevitably relax. Even if there is still the palace exam waiting ahead, it will be difficult to return to the state before the exam in a short period of time. Therefore, when Jia Hu received a letter from Situ Jing, he asked him to review it with peace of mind and wait for it. When I retake the exam, my whole body is not well.Who the hell are the bastards who caused such a thing during his exams? He is obviously relieved, and he has to go back to the Gongyuan for nine days. Just thinking about it makes him feel uncomfortable.

Afraid of distracting Jia Hu, Situ Jing did not tell him about the investigation of the Chunwei fraud case.I really don’t know if I don’t check it. I’m shocked when I check it. The whole process is more complicated than the rumors outside.In the beginning, Situ Jing didn't doubt Bai Shenliang and Zhu Zefei, which cheater was so thoughtless, and it was widely known before the exam, and it seemed that he was framed.Sure enough, Shuntian Mansion soon found out the source of the rumors, it was actually spread by people under Prince Zhongjing, and the target he wanted to attack was obviously Prince Zhongxiao.

Ji Zhen, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites who is suspected of leaking the test questions, is the uncle and cousin of Princess Zhongxiao. He has always been very close to Prince Zhongxiao.At this point in the investigation of the matter, it was basically clear, but Situ Jing still felt that something was wrong, and the time for this incident was wrong.If the reigning Emperor is still the Supreme Emperor, it is normal for Situ Che to attack Situ Ye. If one is knocked down, one will die. If Situ Yan unfortunately dies, he will be the eldest son, and his chances of inheriting the throne will be greatly increased.

Now, Situ Yan has been enthroned for the fifth year, the crown prince has already entered the court on business, and the eldest grandson is also growing up healthily. There is no need for their brothers to kill each other. If they continue to fight for the throne, they will not be any closer to them.Situ Che also thought of this, without saying a word, he ran to Situ Yan to complain, saying that he had been framed by someone, and that he behaved well, so what's the point of spreading rumors that are not good for the fifth child.Situ Ye refused to sit still, so he came to cry and complained, saying that Ji Zhen was an upright person and would never do such a thing as cheating.

Situ Yan's head got dizzy from the quarrel between his two younger brothers, so he had to tell them to calm down and say that they would continue to investigate.At this time, Zhu Zefei died suddenly in prison, which made the direction of the matter even more confusing. Could it be that he was really innocent and was just framed.

After Zhu Zefei died, Situ Jing immediately strengthened his protection for Bai Shenliang. Who was behind the trick? He must find out. He dared to use Chun Wei as a trap. He thought his life was too long, but that's all. Situ Jing didn't tell Jia Hu yet.

Before Bai Shenliang's accident, although the Bai family's marriage was not pleasant to hear, it was still very good inside, so Shi Taijun didn't say much, and let the Wang family go.When Bai Shenliang was detained, Shi Taijun saw that Wang's nose was not a nose, and his mouth was not a mouth.

What's the matter with this woman, she doesn't like the good marriage that Mrs. Zhang found, and she is not willing to agree with Mrs. Jia's youngest son to marry Yuanchun. She insists on finding a better one by herself. It's a housefill for someone, and he's involved in such a complicated case.

All of a sudden, the entire West Mansion fell into a deep depression.At the beginning of April, Lin Ruhai sent a letter from Yangzhou, saying that Jia Min gave birth to a son last month, and both mother and child were safe.Shi Taijun, Mrs. Zhang and others were all happy for Jia Min, and the atmosphere at home improved slightly.

At this time, the investigation of the Chunwei fraud case also made new progress. It turned out that the mastermind behind the scenes was neither Situ Che nor Situ Ye, but Situ Zheng.That's right, it's the Situ Zheng in Yin Mei's life. He was sent by the Supreme Emperor to guard the mausoleum of the Taizu Emperor earlier, and his performance in the past few years has been quite regular.Seeing that he kept his own place, the Supreme Emperor felt a little soft-hearted, and thought that if he left someday, he would tell Situ Yan before leaving, and let him find a fief at random, and send this useless brother there. Can't see too much fighting and killing.

Unexpectedly, Situ Zheng is not a person willing to be ordinary, he and Yin Meiren failed to plan for the throne, so they turned to add trouble to Situ Yan.

The reason why Situ Zheng did this was not to make a comeback for himself. He knew in his heart that he would not have such a chance. To spare his life was the kindness of his father to him. He was unwilling to accept such an ending, so he planned carefully This big play.