After a few polite words, Jiang Wanli turned to the topic and said: "Zhao Tongpan, someone actually sold the questions in this imperial examination. This matter is of great importance. Please Tongpan catch the person who committed the crime as soon as possible to avoid serious consequences."
"Is this happening?"
Zhao Lifu was very surprised, Jiang Wanli nodded, and then asked Zhang Rong to explain the whole story.
It turned out that Zhang Rong was escorting a prostitute in Xiaofan Tower today and accidentally met a businessman. He claimed that he could buy the questions for the imperial examination, but it would cost 3,000 guan.
In order to prove that the goods were genuine and not deceitful, the merchant said that he could pay one thousand guan first and pay off the remaining 2,000 guan after high school.
After hearing this, Zhao Lifu frowned and said to Zhang Rong: "Such things are not necessarily true. Maybe his purpose is to defraud you of a thousand dollars. When he gets the money, he will give you a few random questions and then run away.
, where are you going to find it?”
Zhang Rong shook his head and said: "No, no, the student is so easy to deceive. The student was invited by him and went to his mansion to play. He knows where he lives. If he is really a liar, he can escape and the monk can't escape."
When the students of the temple discovered all this, they were deeply worried about the imperial court, so they came together with Brother Jiang to sue the officials, expose it, and ask the magistrate to treat it carefully."
Zhao Lifu looked troubled and said: "This matter is not trivial. You go back to the inn and wait until I and the Governor Chen Shijun report it before we deal with it."
Jiang Wanli and Zhang Rong nodded in agreement and finally left.
After leaving the government office, Jiang Wanli and Zhang Rong returned to the inn together. Unexpectedly, at the corner of an alley, a carriage suddenly stopped in front of them. One person got off the carriage, and it was the merchant who wanted to sell the imperial examination questions.
Zhang Rong was shocked, "It's you."
When Jiang Wanli heard this, he immediately guessed the identity of the visitor. He subconsciously took a step back, his eyes were sharp, and he used his palm as a knife to be cautious.
The Jiang family has a deep academic background, and many of the children in the family are talented in literature and martial arts. Jiang Wanli has a great literary talent, but his martial arts is not bad, and he is not timid at all in fighting.
The merchant laughed twice and said to Zhang Rong: "Brother Zhang, I treat you with sincerity, why do you want to report it to the government? Do you think I am someone easy to bully for doing this?"
Zhang Rong was frightened and subconsciously wanted to run away. Unexpectedly, four or five people rushed out from all directions, surrounded him, and looked at him fiercely. He was so frightened that his face turned pale.
In panic, Zhang Rong pointed to Jiang Wanli and said to the merchant: "He asked me to report him. If you want to blame, blame him. It's none of my business."
Jiang Wanli was furious, looked at Zhang Rong angrily, and said: "Brother Zhang, I didn't expect you to be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If I had known this, why should I waste time and effort to befriend you?"
"This, this, this,,,Brother Jiang, you and I are close friends, and it is a gentleman's duty to take care of a friend. If you are in danger today, please bear with me a little more. In the future, when I am in high school and prosperous, I will definitely not forget you."
"snort."
Jiang Wanli snorted coldly, ignored him, turned around, raised his hand to the merchant and said: "Student Jiang Wanli, uncle Jiang Gong is the military envoy of Lizhou Road, and his second brother Jiang Wanzai is the official new army."
Manager Du, if something happens to the students, you will be in trouble. I will leave today, and you will stop selling imperial examination questions. You and I will have nothing to do with each other from now on, what do you think?"
The merchant was overjoyed and said, "I have exactly what I mean."
With that said, the merchant looked at Zhang Rong again, "What about him?"
Jiang Wanli looked indifferent, "The student is not familiar with him."
"well."
The merchant's face was filled with joy, and he immediately ordered people to move out of the way to allow Jiang Wanli to leave safely, while Zhang Rong was forcibly taken away.
Although Zhang Rong kept company with Jiang Wanli, Jiang Wanli just pretended not to hear and left.
Zhang Rong was eventually taken away, but the merchants did not kill him. After all, he was a civil servant and had a certain status. If he killed him, he was afraid that the government would pursue him, which would be very troublesome.
However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided. In the end, Zhang Rong was taken to the brothel and drugged.
When it was time for the imperial examination, Zhang Rong was released. He was already walking and holding on to the wall. He had deep black circles under his eyes and his whole body felt weak. He collapsed as soon as he reached the examination hall. He was laughed at by everyone and became a laughing stock.
But Jiang Wanli was writing furiously in the examination hall at this time. As soon as he looked at each question, he started to answer it without thinking. This calmness, calmness and confidence were very eye-catching among the students, and soon attracted attention.
The examiner Zeng Conglong paid attention.
Zeng Conglong was even more surprised to learn that he was Jiang Wanzai's elder brother and remembered his name firmly.
Funing Hall, study room.
Zhao Yun is listening to Zhang Chu's report.
After Zhang Chu's previous warnings and punishments from Zhao Yun, he is now much more prudent in his work. Now, Zhang Chu also learned about the imperial examination and the issue of people selling questions. He immediately launched an investigation and finally arrested all of them.
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However, after interrogation, it was found that they did not know the topic at all, but made it up out of thin air. Their purpose was to defraud the students of the thousand dollars paid in advance. To this end, they did not hesitate to rent a large mansion to show their strength.
Zhao Yun looked at the list of those arrested and said with satisfaction, "Well done. All these people have been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for conviction."
After saying that, Zhao Yun raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Chu and said: "Zhang Chu, the Imperial City Division has played a big role in the implementation of the new law, and I am very satisfied. After you go back, choose a relative from the family, and I will release him to the county.
As an official."
Zhang Chu was overjoyed and was so excited that he knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, your majesty, thank you, your majesty."
After thanking him twice, Zhang Chu started crying like a child.
The ancients attached great importance to family ties. As long as they became successful, most of them would find ways to attract their relatives so that they could also benefit from it.
Zhang Chu is an eunuch and is destined to have no descendants in this life. For this reason, he can only expect warmth from his relatives and friends, and he naturally wants to take care of his relatives, let them enjoy the benefits he brings, and satisfy his sense of accomplishment.
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Now Zhao Yun gave him such an opportunity, he could recommend his brothers' children to be officials, thus satisfying his desire to take care of and support his relatives, so that they would not be wronged because of him.
Zhao Yun knew that Zhang Chu was also a poor man, so he raised his hand to support him and said: "Get up, we are master and servant. As long as you do your job well, I will never let you down, and I will definitely not let you end up without end."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand. I understand everything. I will listen to Your Majesty all my life."
Zhang Chu thanked him profusely and finally left with tears in his eyes.
The imperial examination will soon be over. There are 273 high school Jinshi students in total, plus about thirty reserved Jinshi places. The number of Jinshi admitted this time will reach 300, which has also provided Zhao Yun with a large number of talents.