The memorial submitted by the aristocracy was ostensibly an impeachment against Du Hui and Yuan Zuzhi, but secretly an attempt to coerce the emperor into returning the administration of the imperial examinations to the Ministry of Personnel. This act had offended the emperor, offending the majesty of the imperial power and transforming the case of imperial examination fraud into a conflict between the aristocracy and the imperial power.
In comparison, the fate of Yuan Zuzhi and Du Hui seems insignificant.
Xu Jiang sighed, "Luckily, we have Hu Xu. Otherwise, Zhao Xiu's target this time would be Mr. Yuan."
Since Hu Xu won the first place in the imperial examination, it was not so easy for Zhao Xiu to falsely accuse Yuan Zu of leaking the questions. Zeng Zhui, a disciple of Du Hui, did not take part in the imperial examination this year, so it was difficult for him to prove himself, which gave Zhao Xiu an opportunity.
Mr. Du's experience can be said to be a matter of luck and timing.
Lou Yunchun secretly suppressed the untimely sourness in his heart, rubbed her hand, and reminded her again: "This matter is a foregone conclusion. No matter how much you worry, it will be useless. Just go back to the store and wait for news. Don't worry about the rest."
Xu Jiang thought for a moment, then told Lou Yunchun about her visit to the Mu Mansion today, "I... just went to the Mu Mansion."
Lou Yunchun stared at her, speechless for a moment.
Xu Jiang hurriedly said, "I was not able to enter the house, nor did I see the Mu family. Later, when I saw Master Mu coming back, I was afraid of being discovered by his spies, so I left."
It seemed that she didn't see anyone, and she felt very regretful.
Seeing that he was depressed, Xu Jiang quickly pulled his hand and assured him, "Don't worry, I won't go there again."
Looking at the situation today, even if you go there again, you won’t see anyone.
After a few words from her, Lou Yunchun's heart softened. He shook her hand vigorously and said in a deep voice, "Stay in the bookstore and wait for me to come back."
Xu Jiang nodded obediently, "I understand."
He said reluctantly, "I'm going in."
"Okay." Xu Jiang walked him to the door.
Lou Yunchun looked at her deeply before walking into the courtyard.
Only when Lou Yunchun's back disappeared through the door did Xu Jiang reluctantly look away.
Just as he was about to leave, he inadvertently met the eyes of two guards who were suppressing their excitement. Xu Jiang was stunned, and immediately ran away in a hurry, pulling the donkey, as if he had caught some burning charcoal.
The clouds have disappeared and the rain has stopped, the time is bright and clear.
Xu Jiang was ready. When Liang Mo arrived, she handed the bookshop over to him and rode her donkey towards Taikangfang.
Thinking about what Lou Yunchun had told her yesterday, she said to herself: I'm just going to take a look at the situation and I will never get involved.
When we arrived at Taikangfang, it was still the same street, the same restaurant, and the same group of people watching the fun.
Xu Jiang mixed in with the crowd and looked up with the others. She saw Zeng Zhui standing in the crowded corridor on the second floor with an imposing manner, like a divine soldier sent from heaven, holding a gong in his hand.
He raised his hand and knocked it, then started cursing:
"The traitor Zhao Xiu is a lackey of the Jisheng Book Bureau and a lackey of the aristocratic families! You have shattered your integrity to serve the powerful, abandoning your loyalty and righteousness to flatterers. You are a waste of your talent for poetry and literature, and ashamed to read the books of the sages. Such a scum from a humble background is despised by all the world!
Now you are using lies to sully the integrity of the Minister of Education, destroying your own reputation and undermining the fairness of the new system, attempting to overturn heaven and earth. Your evil heart should be punished by heaven! Your corrupt virtue should be destroyed by earth!
Erxi was the top scorer in the provincial examination, and now the third place in the new examination. Your poems, books, examination papers and articles have all been verified. But now you use the excuse of being stupid to falsely accuse Du Siye of missing questions. This is like attacking each other with false accusations and selling one's reputation to contradict another.
I am Zeng Zhui from Shu, who won the top prize in the provincial examination and was a favorite student of Du Siye. I had a chance of passing the imperial examination, but because I had the ambition to win the top prize, I became Du Siye's disciple and devoted myself to studying.
I remember the teachings of the Dean: learning should be used to establish virtue, to seek the great way one must first establish oneself, and to cultivate great virtue will bring endless blessings and happiness.
How could such a good teacher and loyal minister be someone who is partial and corrupt?
Moreover, you are a student of Mu Cong, you have your own master, and we are not related or close friends. You have come to my house so many times, always uninvited, your shamelessness is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
You falsely accuse my teacher of favoritism and omitting questions. May I ask whose favoritism you are favoring? As the saying goes, there is a difference between close and distant relatives. I have a half-student here, and you choose you over me? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?
You have deceived the clear heavens and humiliated the humble scholars below. You are a great disgrace to the people of Tongcheng! Your relatives in Tongcheng are so ashamed of your talent and achievements because of your evil heart. You are ashamed of heaven, earth and ancestors. How can you still have the dignity to live in this world?
Bang——
As another gong sounded, Xu Jiang raised her arms and shouted, "Well done! Such an unkind, unjust, sinister and cunning person deserves this scolding!"
Lou Yunchun's instructions had been thrown out of her mind at this moment.
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