Chapter 359: Three birds with one arrow
A sudden storm suddenly disrupted the peace in the Forbidden City.
When the four cabinet masters saw the news, they were all shocked. Just looking at this revelation, there was no strong evidence to some extent, but even if it was just a matter of fact, it was definitely not a joke.
So the four cabinet ministers quickly met. After a while, the anxious Zhu Houzhao summoned the four cabinet masters in the cabinet.
"What's going on? Why did it become a corruption case? What does this mean? Can you punish people just because of a one-sided statement from a friend of mine? After the exam, the list is released...I..." Zhu Houzhao's face fell down and began to complain.
He was really annoyed, and it was awesome, but why did he suddenly change?
Moreover, the goal of this case is to point directly at Ye Chunqiu. This is his junior brother. Could it be that he would be escorted to the capital?
Seeing the four pavilions showing their voices, even Xie Qian, who was always excited, seemed to be cautious, Zhu Houzhao said a little discouraged: "Masters, why do you say it, do you believe in the true words of him?"
Since Your Majesty had already asked, Liu Jian had to answer. He looked heavy, as if he had already made every sentence: "Your Majesty, the key to the problem is not this side, but there may be a fraud in the Nanban. Even if... this is just in case, if the court ignores it, once the news reaches Nanjing, the candidates will inevitably be in an uproar. In addition, talent is a national ceremony and involves the major affairs of the rise and fall of the country. Therefore... whether this person is one-sided or nonsense, the court must investigate it to the end."
Zhu Houzhao's face fell down and snorted coldly.
Li Dongyang and Xie Qian didn't say anything.
Only Jiao Fang smiled slightly and said, "But... according to my opinion, although He Mao and Ye Chunqiu are in charge of this matter, Ye Chunqiu is just a small candidate after all. According to my opinion, Ye Chunqiu doesn't need to investigate, just thoroughly investigate He Mao."
His words came out, and he was very concerned about Zhu Houzhao's appetite. Zhu Houzhao's face calmed down and he muttered in his heart, "Oh, it turns out that it's just a check on He Mao, that's irrelevant. It's right. Ye Chunqiu is just a candidate. He can have any corruption cases. If there are any corruption cases, he will be the examiner. He looked at Jiao Fang deeply. Master Jiao is still very sensible. I won my heart."
Li Dongyang, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but look at Jiao Fang with a smile, and his face slightly darkened.
Obviously... Jiao Fang was impatient to investigate thoroughly. He deliberately ignored Ye Chunqiu first, obviously in order to reduce the psychological burden on His Majesty and reduce the resistance to thorough investigation, so that this thorough investigation will be acquiesced by the palace; however... Obviously Jiao Fang played a text game. Although he deliberately ignored Ye Chunqiu, in fact, since He Mao cheated, there must be a target of fraud. As long as He Mao fell out, how could it not affect Ye Chunqiu? It was just a matter of time. Now this statement clearly made the emperor happy.
But Zhu Houzhao felt trembling in his spirit: "Since all the masters said they had to investigate thoroughly, I also deeply believe that since this is a major event, the court cannot remain indifferent. Well, send the imperial envoy to the court immediately. Oh, order the Censorate to send a censor to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei to handle the work together! Just do this, you have to hurry up and not delay the palace examination."
This matter is a bit strange. Whether it is Liu Jian or Li Dongyang, Xie Qian felt like a mirror, but... it is not easy to interfere in this matter. As Liu Jin himself said, this matter is very important and talent is a national ceremony, and what is involved is the rise and fall of the country. No one can be careless.
"Abide by the order."
All the ministers agreed.
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Silijian.
Liu Jin sat leisurely on the rocking chair. Although the sun was everywhere outside, because the long hall was deep and the inside was particularly deep, there was no light here. One side of Liu Jin's face was blocked by the shadows, and only a little light shone on his other face. This half of his face showed a hint of grimness and ferociousness.
Since he moved to the Forbidden City from the Zhan Shi Mansion, the emperor is still the same emperor, but Liu Jin is no longer just the companion who is with the prince day and night. The open and hidden arrows here are countless times more open and hidden arrows than the Zhan Shi Mansion. He struggled step by step, and got to this point. Just by following His Majesty's leader, I am afraid he will die long ago without a place to bury him.
He lay in a rocking chair, letting the rocking chair sway slowly, his eyes looking at the beams of the room. The shadowless paintings covered the beams of the beams and pillars. His godson Liu Huan knelt beside the chair and looked like he was leaning down.
"Oh... I was so angry with Ye Chunqiu, and we... were also kind-hearted..." He grinned and looked particularly arrogant.
"But what's the point? We don't care about He Mao's affairs. He Mao is an old fox. He hehe... He is smart. He rides on our heads and goes up step by step. Tsk tsk... It's amazing... Oh, let's continue to talk about Ye Chunqiu... We don't blame He Mao's affairs. We have a wrongdoing. We have a debt and we have a master. Although we have no bottom, we have no brains. We are just a scholar. It happens to be a coincidence and he doesn't have the ability."
"But... he really deserves to die now. He has won the holy favor... Have we ever held grudges? We are so broad-minded, how could we care about a child? But... he actually worshipped Wang Hua as his teacher. Who is Wang Hua? Hehe, I think we admired him very much at the beginning. His knowledge is very good. We like to write poems with such people, study the Three Kingdoms, and kindly want to invite him, and also help him, but he doesn't appreciate his face.
It's okay to give us a face, but it's actually a joke. Of course we have to drive him out. Now, he has taken over a proud student and still wants to let him come to the capital? Oh, when he comes to the capital, everyone in the world knows that his disciple lives freely in this capital. If we don't deal with him, Wang Hua, and can only stare at him. If so, who will we become in the eyes of the world? He has become a fool who can be bullied, or a clown?"
Liu Jin smiled coldly and continued, "Hey... Son, learn a little bit. This is called killing three birds with one stone. Let's solve one He Mao. Let's see if anyone dares to use us as their stepping stone and then solve one Ye Chunqiu, so as not to avoid this guy coming to the capital. We don't like him anymore. I'm upset. In the end, even Wang Hua... was angry. His disciple was hurt, and I guess he felt very uncomfortable."
Chapter completed!