Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The final result of the promotion of the officials was that the county magistrate of Qi was not transferred to Beijing, but the county magistrate of Xia County was relocated to Shangxian County, and Linyi County, Shandong Province was transferred to Linyi as the magistrate.

The list was drawn up in late February and submitted to the sacred list by the official Shangshu Wan Shoufu. Wan An saw that there was no Cui Que in it, and didn't care too much. He didn't even know that Cui Que had taken a few days off due to illness. After returning, he only asked the butler to arrange for someone to go to Cui's house and inform him that he was not elected this time. It has to be pushed up next month.

Cui Que was sick with sunken cheeks, and the skin from his cheeks to his chest was flushed, but he had to be strong enough to deal with the people of thousands of families. When I came out to hear the news, I was angry again, and I couldn't sleep when I returned to the room. His wife did not wait on the sidelines either, leaving several young concubines and concubines who were usually too restrained to get close to their husbands to please the bedside.

He didn't notice anything at first, but after lying down for two or three days, his illness was almost healed and he didn't see his wife and sons by his side. He finally felt uncomfortable. Yin asked his concubine next to him: "Why isn't Madam? Where is Brother Heng?"

The concubine said gently and softly: "Not long after the master was ill, the wife went back to her natal house. Later, she often said that there was something to do and didn't ask us to disturb. The second brother still has to study and has no time to come."

Cui Que was suffering from liver qi damage. When he was flustered, he was furious when he heard these words: "What is in this family is more important than my master! I am busy in Yali for three more days, and I have to come back. Serving my parents, how can that woman in the backyard, a child who is studying can not serve me! The big evil barrier is separated by thousands of miles, I can't control him, can I still control him right in front of me! Go, Just say it's me, and ask your wife and second brother to come and serve you immediately!"

There was a fire in his chest "scratching" the ground, and he couldn't sit still when he was burning, pacing around the room waiting for his wife and children. But after waiting for a long time, only Madam Xu came, but his son did not come.

He was about to get angry, and Mrs. Xu sneered suddenly: "I didn't come to attend the sickness. It's no better than your concubine's diligence, but I cut the root of your heart disease for you. Is it possible that you want to look at that. Does the county magistrate promote our bookstore?"

Cui Que was taken aback, lowered his voice and asked, "What did you say?"

Mrs. Xu slowly said: "It is totally unreasonable that Qian'an County has coaxed Brother Xie's things to exchange for his eunuch. The master can bear it, and I can’t bear it either. Tomorrow is tomorrow, and it’s a bright future. No one cares about him? Brother Xie was only fifteen last year, a minor child, can he dedicate the family property to others? Even if he really thinks so, his father and mother are still alive, he is not qualified to deal with it!"

As soon as Cui Langzhong thought about it, he thought of what she was going to do, and blushed and asked: "What have you done? Do you want to say that we don't offer this library, and we are going home again? What a ignorant woman... What was given to him in Qian'an County was for the court! It passed the eyes of Wan Shoufu!"

Mrs. Xu lowered her head coldly, then raised her head again, with a kind and considerate Xianshu: "I am also an official lady, how can I do things like a shrew like a shrew? I don’t want this property, just to let people know that he robbed our yard in Qian’an County to sell himself a reputation. When he is gone, when others mention the library, they all remember it was your Cui Langzhong’s family donation. Out of the industry to encourage the people to learn?"

Cui Que was so angry that his face turned yellow, and he said angrily: "You should have taken care of the time and told him to dedicate the library to others, and now you make this one again... How can I go for a yard? Tell the pastoral guard in your hometown? Who can't lose me!"

A sharp light flashed in Mrs. Xu’s eyes, and after all, she said faintly: "Where is the master, I dare not work for the master to do anything. I have arranged for people to post from the door, and will prevent Qian'an County from ignorant children. The matter of defrauding the title deed was passed to Yu Shi. This matter is under the control of Yu Shi. His guilt and innocence have nothing to do with the master."

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Soon after the newly recommended list of officials came down, there were stories about the impeachment of Qi Sheng from Qian'an Zhixian County, defrauding the property of the next underachiever Ding Tongzi Cui Xie, and building a library in exchange for his eunuchs. The memorial stated that Cui Xie had not yet become a child. Although he was living in Qian'an, he was only temporarily leaving home for examinations and did not live away. The deed to the land should belong to his parents. Therefore, according to the Ming law, ‘the example of those who live together with humble children can’t help but respect the elder’s private use of the family’s property’, Cui Xie has no right to dispose of the house in his home privately.

By the way, the impeachment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was not rigorously tested, and Yongping's comments were not careful, so that such a person could be promoted. Please ask the emperor to question the three parties.

He talked about it, and the emperor Chenghua only replied the three words "know", and went to Qian'an with Yu Shi and Jin Yiwei to investigate the matter.

Cui Que, a parent who was also investigating the case, asked the Duchayuan to ask why a child of Cui Xie, who was a child, was alone in Qian'an and still had the deed of the house. The idea of ​​the father and son finally agreed. Cui Que also felt that the argument of expelling the protagonist was awkward, so he said: "The child has been studying since he was a child, and he should end the exam at this age, so I sent him back to the village for the exam. As for the land deed, the mother cherished his grandson and gave him the fortress."

Since Cui Xie's "Four Books Duo" was put into martial arts by Zhang Peng, Li Yu, the Yushi Yushi of Youdu, felt that their father and son had a reputation for being famous. But before Zhang Peng liked Cui Xie, he was not someone who said that a child was not, so he kept not mentioning it. Now that the Cui family made another joke about being cheated to donate to the college, they couldn't help but say to Geng Yu: "Cui Que wants to name the picture and can't give up small gains. He is not a person who can make great use of it."

Qi Sheng was impeached, and Geng Yu's face was dishonorable. He snorted slightly and asked Master Li what happened to the impeachment of Qian'an Prefecture. Although the impeachment of Yushi is a rumor, it is generally not. Before the prefect, let alone more than a month has passed since the pilgrimage plan, can you really find out what crime he was accused of, why didn't you come to impeach him when he picked up his articles?

Li Yu said: "There were also people who secretly posted posts to the princes of Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi, and did not name them. After all, the matter was related to the ministers of the DPRK and the newly promoted foreign officials of the officials, and they could not. Don't ask at all."

However, Jin Yiwei followed to investigate the matter, and the patrol officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was just a display. I hope this time Jin Yiwei is not sent to be too greedy and ruthless, otherwise that Qi Sheng...

Geng Yu shook his head secretly as the thin figure worried about the country and the people in "The Collected Works of Qi Zhiyuan" appeared in front of him.

Some people in the Ministry are concerned about this case, and Jin Yiwei is more concerned about it, after all, he wants to send someone to investigate the case. The case fell to Beizhen Fusi, and all ordered Zhu Ji to point people. Xie Ying took the initiative to say: "I have been to Qian'an, and I recognize Cui Que's son. I just have to bear the matter."

Zhu Ji stretched his hand and said: "I was just trying to call you! You are studying behind closed doors these days. You really want to become a scholar. You should also go for a run... You wouldn't have a library because of Qian'an. Read the book, right?"

Thousand households of Lu Xi smiled and said, "That's not just a library, it was also Cui Meiren's sweet boudoir! I wanted to see the place where Cui Meiren lived, but since Brother Xie is going to meet her acquaintance, Let you go."

Another member of the thousand households Yao Fu said: “Fine, I heard that Cui Meiren’s place has been changed to a library. There are no furnishings and nothing to look at. Brother Xie Xian helped me take a look at the library. It's not the same as the cover painting of the "Collection of Qi Zhiyuan's Official Documents"."

Xie Ying sat down deeply in the chair and smiled: "I will go there to see if there are any new and interesting books, and I will bring them back for you."

Zhu Yushi arranged a Ti ride to accompany him, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also selected a young patrol officer, Liu Zan, to go out of Beijing together with Jin Yi Wei Ti and rush to Qian'an.

When I arrived in Qian'an County, it was already early March.

The county magistrate Qi heard that Yushi and Jinyiwei patrolled the county and quickly took people to the city gate to meet him. Seeing that it was Xie Ying who had come to give Cui Xie a sacred decree, she felt more cordial, and quickly bowed to her, invited them back to the county government to stay, and asked them why they came to the county this time.

The inspector Yushi Liu Zan had read his book in Beijing, and looked at the handsome and handsome picture in the painting. In reality... the magistrate Qi, who was also very elegant in beard and figure, took a few glances and got out of the car. But he wanted to pretend not to care about such a seven-rank official, and said lightly: "I will wait for the imperial decree to investigate the case and return to the county office to declare the decree. Please lead the way, Lord Qi, and then call the county one. Cui Xie’s official children brought it."

Investigation? Cui Xie is young, and he grows up under his nose. What kind of imperial case can he mix with? Qi Sheng subconsciously defended his sentence: "That Cui Xie is a righteous citizen who has made a record of the imperial court, and he once donated the house to the county as a library. During the official inspection, Master Xian Li also praised him. But I don't know that he has any. What offense?"

Liu Zan chewed on his words, only to feel that the friendship was visible in them, and he didn't answer for a while. Xie Ying got off his horse and walked to the magistrate Qi and asked, "Is Cui Xie here? Your lord will ask someone to take him to the yamen. Master Liu and the officer have something to ask the lord, and ask him too."

County magistrate Qi felt more and more wrong, his body straightened, and pleaded for him: "He went to the mansion to take the exam. Forgive me, the two adults, the imperial examination is a matter of the court, no matter what happens, why not wait for Cui Xieyuan to come back?"

House exam?

Although Cui Langzhong said in the Metropolitan Procuratorate that he had sent his son back to the township for scientific examination, he did not mention that he had passed the county examination this year. Someone posted that Qi Sheng defrauded the Cui family's residence, does it have anything to do with Cui Xie's ability to go to the government?

Did Qi Sheng ask for it on the initiative, or did he give it for the county test or some other purpose?

He couldn't help asking: "Then where did Cui Xie take the exam?"

The county magistrate Qi proudly said: "The county exam is the number one. This child is a talented person, and he never forgets. I have never seen such a child prodigy! Last time I thanked Qianhu for giving him a prize, I personally After trying him, he didn't know how to write a essay at that time, and what he writes now is quite effective!"

A person who didn't know how to write a lot last year, got the first place in the county test this year? Did this kid dedicated another library to Qian'an County? Liu Zan was startled, his face heavier again.

Xie Ying has always been smiling, but his smile has always been so delicately on his face, no more, no more, no one can see through that smile.

Returning to the county office, Liu Zan unfolded the imperial edict, read the edict of the emperor, ordered Qi county order to wait for the crime temporarily, and asked people to bring Cui Xie back to testify. Qi Shenghe, Xian Cheng, Dian Shi, ShuBan Zaoli, and others all cried out injustices repeatedly, saying that the library was donated by Cui Xie, and that he himself had the greed to run the library, but the county magistrate looked at his poor family and couldn't bear it. Asked them to spend money to get them to the county.

Xie Ying stopped him and said softly: "Master Liu, although we were ordered by the emperor to investigate the case, the matter of national examinations is even more important. Adults are scholars, and they should know the science of your scholars. The test is not easy, why call him back at this time? We might as well ask an insider in the county to take a confession. If we are determined to investigate Cui Xie, we can find him in the house."

Liu Zan looked at the magistrate Qi, but in his heart he thought of his untouchable fame and fortune in the book, and endured the anger and depression of being deceived and said: "Don’t be in a hurry, or ask Master Qi to treat Cui Xie this year. Take out the papers for the county exam and ask the officer to look at them."

The county magistrate Qi also saw what he meant, his face sank as well, and he pressed his throat and said, "Does your lord suspect that the official dared to try fraud in the county?" His voice trembled slightly, but the figure under the blue shirt became more and more serious. Tall and straight, he said in a deep voice: "Take the first three papers of the Cui case, please comment on Mrs. Liu!"