Yan Baiwei said thoughtfully: "If my second uncle hadn't happened to be here today, I would have suspected it was his handiwork... But looking at it now, could it be Lao Qi?"
Tang Shijin nodded: "It's not impossible. We know that when Ma Jiancai came, he had been with Lao Qi for a long time, and he must have done a lot of things. But whoever it is, why did he do this?"
Yan Baiwei smiled and said: "The people in the south of the Yangtze River are grateful to you and spontaneously worship you. They may be thinking of ready-made peaches. If you don't pick them, they won't be picked... And when the god worship sect reaches a large scale, they can do whatever they want."
Dirty water is poured on your head, but you still can't understand such a simple thing?"
Tang Shijin thought the same thing: "Then today is a coincidence, we can nip the danger in the bud."
Yan Baiwei said: "What are you going to do?"
Tang Shijin said, "Don't worry, wait and find out who is behind the scenes."
The next day Yan Baiwei went to preside over the palace examination, but among the students, he saw the young man from yesterday.
The young man's name is Zhang Fu, whose courtesy name is Wuji, and he comes from a poor family. Wang Wei is actually his child bride, and the two are not yet married.
But the two were childhood sweethearts who grew up together. He never thought of breaking the engagement. Both of their parents were dead and they had no other relatives, so he convinced her to take her with him when he came to the capital to take the examination.
Come here and prepare to stay here temporarily.
Zhang Wuji was really surprised when he saw that the person from yesterday was actually the emperor, but he quickly calmed down and lowered his head to answer.
The palace examination lasted only one day, and he stopped holding the lamp. After it came out, Zhang Wuji gathered his thoughts again and thought about what happened yesterday... He remembered it well. Although it was just a glance, he also remembered that there was a female disguised woman beside Yan Baiwei at that time.
A woman dressed as a man, so is she Tang Shijin?
Just when he thought of this, someone suddenly said to him from a distance: "Brother Zhang."
Zhang Wuji looked up and saw a man he didn't recognize. His heart skipped a beat at first, but then he calmed down, said something to the person next to him, and walked over to him.
That man was Yan Liu's subordinate, and he said bluntly: "Have you ever heard of the God Worship Cult?"
Zhang Wuji said anxiously: "I've heard that my fiancée knows something about this."
The man said: "Are you willing to investigate this matter?"
Zhang Wuji's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Xiaosheng is willing to do his best."
The man nodded and left.
After hearing the report, Tang Shijin nodded: "He seems to be a smart man. Do you want to use him?"
Yan Baiwei played with her son in her arms, and said extremely generously: "I don't need it this time, I'll give it to you!" while giving her the information he found.
Tang Shijin saw that this man and his fiancée had been doing business and were doing well, so he nodded: "Okay, let's take a look. How is his ranking?"
Yan Baiwei said: "I have gone through it hastily, and it is almost the same as a second-class Jinshi."
Tang Shijin said: "When I mentioned my surname Zhang, I remembered Zhang Yingwen again. How about I transfer him here together?"
Yan Baiwei said: "Okay, after the Shaanzhou Weaving Department is completed, I plan to transfer the accounts of the Jiangning Weaving Department back to the Finance Pavilion. How much money can the inner government yamen use now? Just make up and make up, anyway, you are indispensable.
Just follow your son."
Tang Shijin said: "That's okay. Since you are stingy with them, they can't write an article to scold you."
While the two couples were chatting, Zhang Wuji had already left the city as quickly as possible and went to the small courtyard where he was temporarily staying.
He is not a scholar who studies behind closed doors. He and his fiancée are dependent on each other, have seen the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and understand the world.
He has no background in the capital. Even if he is lucky enough to be on the list, he may not be able to enter the Hanlin Academy. He may just be a low-level official, or go to a remote place to be a county magistrate and magistrate... But if he can seize this opportunity
, then the result will definitely be very different.
He suppressed his surging heart and closed his eyes to think. Wang Wei came in twice, but he remained motionless.
She was about to go out again when Zhang Wuji suddenly grabbed her hand: "Weiwei, let me tell you something."
The two had been dependent on each other since childhood, and he rarely hid anything from her, so he kept talking to her.
Early the next morning, Wang Wei went out with a basket.
They had moved here years ago and already had familiar church members. Wang Wei walked around quickly and conveyed only one message: "The God-Worship Cult meets at XX on Youshi."
I have to say that this move is really bold and careful.
Because he received the "instructions" in the palace, he first confirmed that the God-Worship Cult was not created by Tang Shijin.
Then, Tang Shijin must want to know the specific situation and whether this sect gathered spontaneously or was created by someone with ulterior motives.
Based on his previous understanding, he was inclined to believe that this was done by someone with ulterior motives.
So, no matter whether this person is in the capital or in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, at least there must be key figures in the God Worship Sect in a core place like the capital. Then as soon as the news of this "gathering" comes out, they are most likely not
Like ordinary believers, they really go to that place to attend the meeting, but more likely, they come to see Wang Wei to see who is pretending to give orders.
So he can see the people behind the scenes as quickly as possible.
Of course, this was risky, so Zhang Wuji hid Wang Wei in advance. In this way, the other party would not dare to kill him easily for fear of being exposed, and it would be easier for him to show off his eloquence and make tricks.
Things went very smoothly. That night, he met the person behind the scenes and the two chatted for half an hour.
The palace examination usually takes two days to mark the papers and the third day to release the results, so Zhang Wuji actually only has two days to check. Yan Baiwei originally just wanted to see how capable this person was and what method he would use to check... and did not expect to get the results.
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But he took risks and got the results in just one day.
So before the results were released, he quietly came to the palace.
Tang Shijin became interested and met him in person. Zhang Wuji said in a very calm manner: "I have now determined that this sect has a leader. According to the official's guess, the leader should be His Highness the Seventh Prince."
Yo! Boy, are you so brave? You dare to say anything!
Tang Shijin said calmly: "Oh?"
Zhang Wuji said calmly: "The purpose of setting up such a sect is obviously to discredit the prince's reputation at the right time, so this is definitely not seeking revenge, because if it is seeking revenge, it would be too light. And the prince is responsible for the country's wealth.
It is of no use to the country to smear the reputation of the prince, so it should not be a struggle for power between the court and the central government. The person in charge will only be someone who can benefit from this matter. The prince is a person close to the emperor, so the real goal of this person should be
It is the Emperor, so it can only be one of His Highnesses who took action. Now...if anyone dares to harbor such rebellious intentions, it is only the Seventh and Eighth Highnesses who are beside the Supreme Emperor."
Tang Shijin said: "Then why is he the seventh prince?"