Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

Kangxi secretly paid attention to Jia Zhu, so he marked his paper one or two with Zhu Zhu, then pulled it out from the many papers, and put it aside alone.

After looking down a few test papers, some of them were full of meaning and empty, and some were too extreme to make people frown. Kangxi felt that it was boring, so he put down the pen.

Seeing this, Li Dequan quickly persuaded Kangxi to take a rest earlier, Kangxi who still felt a little sleepy nodded at this time, and drove to the bedroom from the study.

At this time, the moon was already in the sky, and the little eunuchs in charge of the study all dozed off waiting outside the hall. Seeing that the master had finally left the study, the three entered the study swiftly, sorted out the test papers on the table, and took them away. A teacup with half a cup of tea left.

One of them took a sneak peek at the paper that Kangxi had drawn out alone, and secretly wrote down Jia Zhu's name, but the sleepy-eyed other two didn't pay attention.

Five days later, the empress dowager's phoenix body was in disarray, and Kangxi moved back to the palace. The prince greeted him personally outside the palace gate. After Kangxi praised the prince in front of the officials, he summoned several important officials to discuss state affairs in Qianqing Palace.

On April 11th, as soon as the results of the palace examination came out, everyone in Jia's mansion rejoiced. Jia Zhu won No. [-] in the second class. Since Jia Zheng left, Rongguo Mansion, which had been quiet since Jia Zheng's departure, once again boiled over. People who came to congratulate him There was an endless stream of people, and Jia Zhu had to entertain the guests while preparing for the second exam.

According to the rules, second-class and third-class Jinshi had to take another exam in order to be admitted to the Imperial Academy.

At this juncture, news came out that Shen Jiutu, the censor of Zuodu, participated in a discount before the announcement, saying that after Jia Zhu entered the Imperial Academy as a tribute student, instead of being grateful for the emperor's kindness, he repeatedly talked about government affairs. It is really a rebellion with ulterior motives.

When such a big crime was brought down, Jia's mansion, who had been happy just now, was stunned. Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she was about to cry. Li Wan over there was already in tears, and Jia Zhu herself was also stunned.

Discuss government affairs indiscriminately?After he was warned by Jia Zheng, he never mentioned such extremely sensitive matters. He even found excuses to slip away every time other Gongsheng students spoke out. How could he be labeled such a big hat?

Although Jia Mu was also anxious, she was much calmer than Mrs. Wang and Li Wan. Now Jia Zheng was not at home. Send someone to call the two of them over.

Originally thought that the two of them also had official titles and had many friends and colleagues in the court, so they should be able to think of something, but when the two of them came to Jiamu, they both hesitated and didn't know what to say.

When such a thing happened, Jia Zhen was afraid that it would harm herself, so she thought about it a long time ago. This Jia Zhu belongs to the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Zhen belongs to the Ningguo Mansion. It's clear and white, why bother to go through this muddy water!

And Jia She is used to drinking and drinking, those friends are also friends of wine and meat, and the staff under the door are also flattering people. When they heard about Jia Zhu, they all avoided it. Who can come up with an idea? Jia Amnesty wanted to help, but he racked his brains and couldn't come up with an idea.

Seeing the two of them like this, Jia Mu was even more annoyed, and drove them back. Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang, "Your brother and sister-in-law have asked, is there any way?"

Mrs. Wang hurried to the palace after hearing this. After Mrs. Wang left, Jia Zhu pondered for a while, looked at the tearful daughter-in-law Li Wan, and said to Mrs. Jia: "Old lady, I want to discuss with my father-in-law. fan."

Jia Mu's eyes lit up: "That's right, how could I forget your father-in-law, go!"

Li Wan also wanted to follow, but was persuaded by Jia Zhu, and Jia's mother also let her rest assured to raise the baby, so she gave up.

Jia Zhu rushed to Li Shouzhong's house in a hurry. When the Li family saw Jia Zhu coming, they quickly let him in. Jia Zhu went in to take a look, but saw that Li Shouzhong's face was as heavy as water, but he was not frowning. color.

"Father-in-law." After Jia Zhu saluted, Li Shouzhong let him sit on a chair and ordered his servants to serve tea.

"You don't need to panic about the matter of the censor's participation. This matter is very strange. I'm afraid it's a blessing or a curse." Seeing Jia Zhu's brows furrowed, Li Shouzhong knew that he must be anxious about being played by the censor.

"Please tell my father-in-law clearly." Jia Zhu was taken aback and asked hastily.

"Historically, there have been quite a few candidates for the No. [-] pick, but the censor pays attention to one of the eleventh place in the top two. Isn't this abnormal?" Li Shouzhong twirled his beard and smiled.

Jia Zhu was taken aback for a moment, that's right, he was in a hurry and didn't consider this matter carefully.As the saying goes, a gun hits the first-class bird, but he didn't even enter the first-class forest. How could he be so unlucky?

"Furthermore, talking about government affairs indiscriminately sounds appalling, but it is groundless. Even if Zhao Shenqiao played Dai Mingshi, and there is a copy of "Nanshan Ji" as evidence, what evidence does he have for Shen Jiutu?" Li Shouzhong rarely showed a sarcastic sneer.

When Jia Zhu heard it, his heart suddenly became brighter, but he still didn't understand a little: "I have never met Shen Jiutu, let alone have any grudges, why does he slander me?"

"I'm afraid only Shen Jiutu knows the reason for this!" This is also what Li Shouzhong couldn't figure out.

At this time, Jia Zhu had already calmed down, and he mentioned to Li Shouzhong about the Hanlin in the Palace of Baohe. Li Shouzhong told him not to be impatient, and safety was the top priority.

After Jia Zhu nodded in agreement, she got up and said goodbye and went back to the house. She went to Jia Mu's room to say hello. At this time, Mrs. Wang had also returned, her face still anxious. Before returning home, I will take you to your uncle's place to talk about it tomorrow morning."

Jia Zhu smiled, and said what his father-in-law said about finding the key to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. After hearing this, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang felt more at ease, and Mrs. Wang's face softened a bit when she looked at her daughter-in-law Li Wan. , Li Wan also had a relieved expression on his face.

The next day, Mrs. Wang found a mistake and transferred a maid from Jia Zhu's room to the stove.

As Li Shouzhong had expected, Kangxi's expression immediately changed when he saw the report of impeachment, and he immediately summoned Shen Jiutu to Qianqing Palace for questioning.

Before Shen Jiutu arrived at His Highness, Kangxi raised his hand and threw the booklet in front of Shen Jiutu, snorted coldly and said, "Shen Jiutu, you are so courageous! I think you are the one with ulterior motives!"

Jia Zhu's examination papers are still fresh in Kangxi's memory, and Kangxi likes that calmness very much. At this moment, he was not happy when he saw the examination papers, but after thinking about it, the palace examination scholars gathered in the capital, and among them there are quite talented ones. He had heard of it all, but Jia Zhu was not among them. If he hadn't investigated Jia Zheng, he wouldn't have any impression of Jia Zhu's name. How could this censor focus on Jia Zhu?

Thinking of Jia Zheng, Kangxi immediately thought of Hongxi, and then thought of the prince. Once the conspiracy theory spread, Kangxi immediately felt that it was Yu Shi who was talking about the prince!

Okay, did you see that I went to recuperate and ordered the prince to supervise the country, some people are dissatisfied and want to kill chickens and monkeys?How bold!

The more Kangxi thought about it, the more it happened, and he scolded Shen Jiutu severely. Shen Jiutu was dumbfounded when he heard that the prince was involved.

He is really wronged!At this moment, Shen Jiutu didn't care about other things, and told the whole story in one go.

It turned out that Shen Jiutu had a very good personal relationship with Liu Xiu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials. Liu Xiu's son, Liu Tianbing, was a proud and talented master.

This Liu Xiu knew his son's nature well, and fearing that he would stumble this time, he spent money to arrange for a father-in-law in the palace to secretly see if Long Live Lord had any favorite candidates. It so happened that on that day, Kangxi saw Jia Zhu's The paper was very happy, so he took it out and put it beside Liu Tianbing's paper. The little eunuch who was tidying up the palace that day saw it and reported it to the father-in-law.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he became anxious, thinking that the little-known Jia Zhu was Kangxi's favorite champion, and immediately approached Shen Jiutu to discuss countermeasures. One copy was published, so Shen Jiutu also wanted to follow Zhao Shenqiao's example and participate in Dai Mingshi, so he specially handed in the booklet the day before the list was released.

Shen Jiutu originally wanted to make Kangxi angry with Jia Zhu when he saw Zhezi, and removed him from the ranking, so that Liu Tianbing became the champion in one fell swoop!

Who would have thought that when Kangxi just returned to the palace, he spent more time discussing state affairs with the ministers, so he saved the papers of Yushi’s impeachment until the end. When Kangxi saw the papers, the rank of Jinshi had already been announced .Jia Zhu was actually No. [-] in the second class. Shen Jiutu knew that something was wrong at the time, but he still had a little luck in his heart. He thought that Kangxi loved talents, so he only took Jia Zhu's place and relegated him to the second class.

But this fluke completely vanished at this moment.

After Kangxi listened to Shen Jiutu's explanation, his nose was almost crooked. That afternoon, Kangxi cheated a eunuch in charge, three junior eunuchs, Liu Xiu, the servant of the Ministry of officials, and Shen Jiutu, the censor of Zuodu, who were tried by the Ministry of punishment. For misbehavior, he went to the second place in the list, and Jia Zhu was handpicked as the second place in the top two list of Jinshi in the 51st year of Kangxi.

This is really a world of ice and fire. People in Jia's mansion don't know how to treat this matter. This really fulfills Li Shouzhong's saying "it's a blessing, not a curse"!

Kangxi also re-examined the case of Dai Mingshi because of this matter, and summoned several academicians from the Imperial Academy.

Although Dai Mingshi is very lonely and innocent, and he has offended almost all the academicians of the Hanlin Academy, but he is straightforward and talented, and these academicians love and hate him. That day he was conspired against by the censor's staff, and Kangxi was extremely furious. This involved the sensitive issue of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. The scholars of the Imperial Academy were all Hanchens. No one wanted to offend Kangxi on this issue, although he felt sorry for it. Dai Mingshi is a talented person, but he also chose to be wise and protect himself.

At this time, these spirits noticed that Kangxi's attitude towards Dai Mingshi's case had changed, and they tried to save the country one after another.

University scholar Chen Tingjing said: "Tomorrow is the emperor's [-]th birthday celebration, and Enke will be added as usual. This Dai Mingshi has been an official for many years, his talent and learning are prominent, and he has quite a lot of political achievements. The ministers are afraid, and the hearts of the scholars are chilled."

These words said that Kangxi was lost in his heart. Kangxi pondered for a while, and then let the scholars all kneel down, and then wrote a sealed letter and sent it to Hongxi, asking him to secretly visit the people in the south of the Yangtze River and tell Dai Mingshi about it. case attitude.

Kangxi's secret document arrived on the same day as Jia Zhu's family letter to Jia Zheng. At this time, Hongxi and Jia Zheng had entered Zhenjiang Mansion along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Hongxi didn't know what happened in Beijing, and was a little dazed after reading Kangxi's secret papers: "The case of Dai Mingshi, Huang Mafa, was extremely furious. This time, he asked me to visit Jiangnan scholars unannounced. Do you want to catch Dai Mingshi in one go? Party, won’t you be able to frighten the world’s scholars?”

But Jia Zheng had read Jia Zhu's family letter at this time, and immediately shook his head when he heard Hongxi say this: "I'm afraid it's the opposite, look at this." Jia Zheng handed the family letter to Hongxi.

Hong Xi wondered why Jia Zheng had to show him the family letter, but after reading it, he understood everything.

Hongxi is very good at observing the heart of the emperor. Since Kangxi no longer wants to severely punish the case of Dai Mingshi, but there is another step missing, it is best to take advantage of the heart of the people. That's it, Hong Xi immediately ordered the boat to dock at the pier temporarily, and went ashore with Jia Zheng.

At this time, two young men dressed as scholars were walking hurriedly with excited expressions on their faces. When they passed by Jia Zheng and Hong Xi, one of them said, "This imperial envoy is really jealous and happy!"

When Jia Zheng and Hong Xi heard this, they were taken aback for a moment. Hong Xi just wanted to ask the two to ask for clarification, but Jia Zheng grabbed his sleeves.

"No hurry, let's follow the two of them first and see where they are going."