Shen Yi's current handle, or the handle he can grasp, is the only one.
When he took the county examination in Jiangdu, five boys were friends with each other. The candidate Yan Mingli who was friends with him cheated. Then Fan Dongcheng took the evidence and went to the Jiangdu County Yamen Li room to report Yan Mingli to the county magistrate.
At that time, as long as Yan Mingli was found guilty of cheating, the results of the other four people who were friends with him would all be invalidated. Although they would not be banned from taking the exams for life, it would still take an extra year or two.
However, this matter was suppressed by Zhang Jian, the then magistrate of Jiangdu.
Later, two big bosses from Ganquan Academy came forward and reached a compromise with the Fan family. Fan Shilang even came to apologize in person and brought Fan Dongcheng to Jiankang.
This matter has already passed.
But there are hidden dangers in this matter. After all, Yan Mingli did indeed cheat, and the Fan family still has evidence of his cheating. If this matter is brought up again...
Shen Yi will definitely be investigated by the Ministry of Rites.
Although it won't deprive you of your fame, it will probably be affected.
The people who were most affected were not Shen Yi, but Zhang Jian and Ganquan Academy.
If the Fan family wants to mention this matter again, then their focus will definitely not be on Yan Mingli's fraud, but on the group of people from Ganquan Academy who, knowingly knowing that Yan Mingli was fraudulent, colluded with Gan Quan Zhang Jian, the magistrate of Jiangdu, who was affiliated with the academy, deceived his superiors and suppressed this matter!
Once this matter is exposed, Zhang Jian's official reputation will be greatly affected, and the reputation of Ganquan Academy will also be severely damaged.
After all, for scholars, scientific examinations are the most sacred and untouchable things. Ganquan Academy's behavior has been suspected of manipulating scientific examinations.
No matter who it is, once someone wants to mention this matter again, they will completely stand against the entire Ganquan Academy.
But just like Shen Yi said.
The two sides have already fallen out.
Now that we've broken our skin, we don't care whether we offend or not.
If this matter is really exposed, there will definitely be a censor who will consult Shen Yi, Zhang Jian, and even the entire Ganquan Academy.
Among these targets, Shen Yi himself will probably be the least affected.
After staying in the room of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance for almost two sticks of incense, Shen Yi said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he cupped his hands to Zhao Shilang and said: "Uncle, wait until later today, and my nephew will go to the house to disturb you again."
He lowered his head and said: "Waiting for the news from Jiangdu, if things are indeed as my nephew suspected, we may be able to take advantage first..."
Zhao Shangshu nodded silently.
"If this is really the case, it is not directed at you, Shen Ziheng."
He said slowly: "This is aimed at our academy and Prime Minister Zhang."
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Jiangdu City.
In the Jiangdu County Government Office, the county magistrate, who had just finished handling the autumn plowing affairs, found a lounge chair and lay down in the backyard of the County Government Office.
At this time, the autumn air was crisp, and the cool autumn wind blew on him, which was very pleasant.
A little girl of seventeen or eighteen years old moved a chair and sat next to him, tapping his legs gently.
This is his concubine in Jiangduna, who takes care of his daily life.
The concubine's voice was very sweet. She beat her legs and said softly: "Master, are you going to be transferred next year?"
By next year, Zhang Jian will have served in Jiangdu for three years. With his family background, he naturally does not have to endure two terms. He only needs one term, and he will most likely be promoted.
"That's about it."
Zhang Xianzun closed his eyes and said lazily: "I will probably return to Jiankang by then."
When he came to Jiangdu to take up the post, he came to Jiangdu on the one hand to put out the fire, and on the other hand he came to Jiangdu to improve his rank.
When he was in the capital, he had just become a Jinshi, and he was an eighth-grade Beijing official. According to the convention, Beijing officials who were transferred from outside would be promoted to two or three grades, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Jiangdu.
The magistrate of Jiangdu is the seventh rank.
With the connections of the Zhang family, if he returns to Jiankang next year, not only will his grade not be lowered, but he may be given a capital official from the sixth grade or even the sixth grade.
After all, there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials.
Leaving aside his grandfather who was the Prime Minister, his personal teacher was the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance who had just been promoted to Dajiuqing!
The concubine glanced at Zhang Jian cautiously, lowered her head, and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Master, do you think we should go back to Jiankang next year and give the old man a great-grandson?"
Zhang Xianzun opened his eyes, glanced at her, and smiled: "Xiao Nizi is very thoughtful, why are you so obsessed with her in broad daylight?"
The concubine blushed and said: "No way, sir, don't talk nonsense..."
While the two people were talking privately, a servant of the Zhang family hurried over, holding a letter in his hand, and handed it to Zhang Jian with both hands: "Master, a letter from Jiankang..."
Zhang Jian sat up from the chair and reached out to take the letter.
He only glanced at the envelope and frowned.
Because the writing on the envelope is a bit sloppy.
Obviously I wrote it in a hurry.
It was sent by Shen Yi.
Zhang Xianzun opened the letter and found two pages inside. After reading it from beginning to end, his expression changed.
The county magistrate stood up, ignored the beautiful concubine beside him, and went straight to the ceremonial room of Jiangdu County Government Office.
At this time, there was no one in the ceremony room. Zhang Xianzun rummaged in the ceremony room for a while, but did not find what he was looking for. He sat in the ceremony room, stretched out his hand to rub his temples, and said in a deep voice:
"Go to Mo County Cheng and ask Wang Jiaoyu to invite him!"
Several government officials immediately responded, and not long after, they invited the county magistrate and the person in charge of education to come over.
At this moment, Zhang Xianzun looked a little complicated. He looked at the two middle-aged men standing in front of him, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.
"Moxian Cheng."
The county magistrate bowed his head respectfully: "I'm here."
"Wang Jiaoyu."
The edict also lowered his head and saluted: "I am here."
The county magistrate said in a faint tone: "Has anyone been looking for you recently?"
The two people looked at each other, both of them confused: "Your Excellency, we come into contact with many people on a daily basis. May I ask who you are talking about?"
"In the fifth year of Hongde, when I first took office, I presided over the Jiangdu County Examination. At that time, someone came to the ceremony room and came to Wang Jiaoyu to accuse the scholar Yan Ming of cheating on etiquette."
Zhang Jian stared at Wang Jiaoyu and said in a hoarse voice: "Does Wang Jiaoyu still remember this matter?"
Hearing that something was wrong with Zhang Jian's tone, Wang Jiaoyu was frightened and stuttered: "Go back to the county, sir... I remember that this matter was a misunderstanding, and Yan Mingli did not cheat..."
Zhang Jian turned to look at the county magistrate again.
The county magistrate seemed to understand something. He stepped forward and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't remember this matter."
"Whether you remember it or not."
The county magistrate said quietly: "This matter must be kept in your heart. No matter who asks you or in what form, you can't tell it."
"If one day, someone makes a fuss about this matter, this county can escape unscathed, but you two will not be so lucky."
Both of them were a little surprised.
The county examination is originally presided over by the county magistrate, and the county magistrate can decide all matters in the county examination. Who would be so boring and make a fuss about such a trivial matter?
However, when their leader said this, the two of them nodded immediately: "I understand."
Zhang Jian told them a few words and returned to his study. Feeling uneasy, he called for the scholar he had brought from Jiankang and said in a deep voice: "Go and check. The scholar named Yan Mingli lives now.
Where?"
"yes."
The book boy nodded immediately and went down to ask someone to investigate. The results were obtained in the evening and he came back and reported to Zhang Jian.
"Sir, this strict etiquette..."
The book boy lowered his head and said.
"In the second half of the fifth year of Hongde's reign, he had already moved away and no longer lived in Jiangdu..."