Zhou Zhaoyan kept staring at Wen Tiren, and seeing that he never said anything, he became more and more confident.

He raised his head and looked like a leader, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wen, I have been studying hard for more than ten years in order to pass the imperial examination and honor my ancestors, but now I am blocked by corrupt officials. As the Minister of Rites and the Chief Examiner of the current examination, shouldn't you say something?"

"Please also ask Lord Wen to answer us!"

"Yes, if Lord Wen doesn't answer, I will jointly sign tens of thousands of words to see if the adults in the cabinet are really blind!"

"I believe that the adults in the court always have upright ministers and will not be in a mess!"

"Master Wen, can you have already agreed? Please say something to Lord Wen!"

More and more scholars gathered, with more than 300 people, blocking the streets on both sides tightly, and the crowd was excited.

Wen Tiren just stood there, with his hands behind his back and his stomach thrust without saying a word. He let the crowd roaring and thundering, and he remained motionless.

The matter here naturally alarmed all aspects of the capital. After all, the case of "Wei Zhongxian's rebellion" has not yet ended, and Bei Zhili has always been in a relatively nervous state.

Zhang Wenda was the Minister of Justice. At this moment, listening to Liao Changyong's report, his expression suddenly subsided.

The current tone of the Ming Dynasty court is "stability". Although this "stability" is often broken by the emperor's willful behavior, it is still necessary.

Once the 'ban' is released, the scholars will inevitably have a turbulent relationship. The storm must be quite large. The cabinet has decided to 'no matter', but if the angry scholars beat the Minister of Rites in public and the examiner of the current department, the cabinet will not do anything. Once the cabinet intervenes, a little bias will cause even greater storms!

The most troublesome thing about scholars in the world is. They can kill people with just one mouth or one pen, let alone so many people, which is more related!

Liao Changyong has been promoted to the Minister of Justice. He looked at Zhang Wenda's expression and guessed that he was in a dilemma. He took a step closer and whispered: "Sir, why don't we send someone to protect Lord Wen and rescue him, and ignore anything else?"

Zhang Wenda snorted coldly, looked up at the outside, and said, "No matter what we do at this time, it will add fuel to the fire. Not to mention that we cannot send people, nor can others. Even if Wen Tiren is really beaten, the cabinet will suppress the matter and make big things small..."

Liao Changyong frowned and said, "Sir, if this is the case, what majesty does our Ministry of Justice have in the cabinet? What if these people are more demanding? I'm afraid it's even harder to deal with it at that time. Our Ministry of Justice will be held accountable first."

Zhang Wenda naturally knew that he was thinking expressionlessly.

He actually knew very well that the emperor today did not like him, and the root cause was that in the third year of the Tianqi period, the emperor asked him to be the chief minister of the Prince Hui's mansion, and he used his tricks to escape from the capital. The reason why he could still ascend to a high position and be a supporting minister was just a way for the emperor to show goodwill to the Shilin in Jiangnan. If he showed his flaws, he would definitely be kicked back to his hometown without hesitation.

However, he had his arrogance, and in government affairs, he did not agree with Zhu Xu's ups and downs and drastic moves. The reason why the scholars caused trouble was that Zhu Xu was too impatient in reform and did not understand the way of being gentle.

He had the same thoughts as Bi Ziyan and others, which was to stop Zhu Xu from "indiscriminately" as much as possible, stabilize the court's principles, and control the situation. Of course, they supported the "New Policy". It was a consensus that the Ming Dynasty needed to be purged, and the "Zhongming Daming" was the firm goal of all of them!

Huairou, Zhang Wenda understood that he had some means to deal with these scholars, but now it was not a revelation. During the Wanli period, he had too many things. Not to mention the cabinet, the Ministry of Justice could not control them completely. Many things were drawn on a "red line", and few people dared to step on the world.

Zhang Wenda pondered for a long time and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on him. Don't show up if there is nothing to do. If the scholars want to take action and save people later, you must never come forward first, you must not act roughly at the scholars, and you cannot give them a handle, do you know?"

Liao Changyong raised his hand and said, "Sir, obey the order!"

It is not only Zhang Wenda who is concerned about Wen Tiren, but Chen Qiyu from Shuntian Mansion also has a headache. I don’t know what to do?

Bi Ziyan, Sun Chengzong, King Jing and others were watching, but no one moved. They also knew that this was a ball of fire, and any action could be fire cooking oil, burning to the whole world!

Wen Tiren stood there without saying a word.

The scholars became more and more angry and gathered around him. The angry saliva could already spray on his face, but he still remained motionless, looking calm and calm with a mountain falling before him.

Wen Tiren's guard walked over quietly and whispered in his ear: "Sir, I'll take you out..."

Wen Tiren held his hands behind his back, his expression remained unchanged, and there was still no word.

The guard understood and quietly retreated.

Zhou Zhaoyan and Wen Tiren had been confronting each other for almost a stick of incense. He was spraying too much saliva and was a little tired. He looked ugly and could not suppress his anger. He said angrily: "Master Wen, do you think we will retreat if you don't say anything? If you don't speak today, we will never give up! We will never allow the imperial examination to be carried out with favoritism and fraud. We will definitely fight to the end..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw someone walking behind Wen Tiren.

It doesn't matter when he sees it. It's not just one or two people walking, but one after another, and the speed is decreasing.

He frowned and turned to look, and found that the number of people behind him was decreasing. Some people in the clothes of the housekeeper approached these people, muttered and said something, and then the person who was talked down, hesitated for a while, and left quietly.

More and more of these "housekeepers" came from both sides, and they all spoke in a low voice, making a fuss, and more began to leave.

But there were still people who were not persuaded, and their voices were sonorous and powerful, echoing in the alleys.

"I won't leave! Go back and tell my father that even if he is dismissed from office, I will fight to the end and have a bright world in the imperial examination!"

"You go back and tell Uncle Qin that one person does things and one person is responsible for it. The court is so dark that it is so dark. How can those who read the books of sages be indifferent!"

"If I don't go back, I will implicate my relatives? Humph, so what! I believe that evil will not suppress justice, these treacherous ministers will not have a good ending, and they cannot always cover up the sky with one hand!"

Zhou Zhaoyan felt very helpful when he heard this, and his eyes turned to Wen Tiren and said indifferently: "Mr. Wen, you threaten Shizi's family. I will definitely report this to the Ming court and make it public to the world. Let me see if the court doesn't even want the last face, but I will just pull off the fig leaf and admit that the Jinke is selling official positions and titles..."

"Sorry Brother Zhou..."

"Brother Zhou is sorry..."

"That, I'll leave first..."

“…Brother Zhou, you go too…”

"Brother Zhou, let's forget it..."

Before Zhou Zhao finished speaking, several people said weakly, and quickly turned around and disappeared into the alley.

Not long after, only a dozen people were left in the alley, each of whom was resentful and looked at Wen Tiren with cold eyes.

"Sir." The guard behind Wen Tiren handed him a document.

Wen Tiren took the document, glanced at it, and said lightly: "Zhou Zhaoyan, a native of Tongcheng, whose father was three years old, his mother remarried at the age of six years old, and he stayed in the house of his uncle Zhou Yanwei. He failed the provincial examination at the age of fifteen, and his wife committed suicide by jumping into a well at the age of sixteen, and his uncle died of illness. You inherited the family property. The following year, my aunt died of illness. There was a brothel and two gambling houses. At the age of twenty-one, he bought the chief examiner of the provincial examination and was admitted to the imperial examination. He was not allowed to enter the county magistrate, so he came to participate in the imperial examination... Is this official wrong?"

Zhou Zhaoyan's face had already changed. At this moment, it was so gloomy and terrifying. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Wen has really put a lot of effort into it. Even if it is true, so what?"

Wen Tiren ignored him and turned to Zhou Zhaoyan's right side and said, "Qian Dazhen, a native of Yangzhou, has been known as a child prodigy since childhood. In the sixth year of Tianqi, he was jealous of others in Qingxiangyuan, beat and injured people's lives, and saved their lives with money. He should have been exiled to guard the border, why are you here now?"

Qian Dashan is 25 years old this year, and looks gentle. When he heard Wen Tiren's words, he was sweating in cold sweat and his expression was terrible.

Wen Tiren's eyes turned to Zhou Zhaoyan's left and said, "Zhao Fu, from Han Dan, is a remnant of the Donglin Party. He has long been banned from the imperial examination and entered the officialdom. You are also on the banned list..."

"Han Guangyuan, you were originally a soldier from Liaodong. In the sixth year of Tianqi, you hid in the pass..."

"Chu Jiangyou, your Chu family has been a businessman for generations. Your father colluded with Jiannu in the early Chongzhen period to smuggle contraband. He was a fugitive. You should know where he was..."

Wen Tiren almost named the people present one by one. The family backgrounds and past are extremely detailed, and the details are scary.

These people lowered their heads, their eyes flashed, and their bodies shook.

It was so terrible that the court actually checked everything about them clearly!

Even Zhou Zhaoyan was trembling at this moment, and cold sweat kept coming out of his head.

He has done too many shameful things and has beheaded ten times!

I'm afraid that people will know, and I'm afraid that people will investigate!

Wen Tiren stood up again and said indifferently: "Do you still need me to continue talking?"

Everyone looked stern, and suddenly Qian Dashan knelt down with a thud and said loudly: "Please forgive me, Lord Wen, the students will never dare to do it again. Please Lord Wen bypass me this time..."

"Ah, Lord Wen, please spare me. I will never dare to do it again. We will never participate in these things..."

"Mr. Wen, Mr. Wen... they were all encouraged by Zhou Zhaoyan. He connected with us before the ban came out. He said that someone behind us won the first place..."

"I sued that Zhou Zhaoyan bribed the officials of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department and also collected 1,000 taels of silver each of us. Please give us a lighter punishment..."

In a blink of an eye, everyone except Zhou Zhaoyan knelt on the ground, shouting loudly, and exposing each other.

Zhou Zhaoyan's eyes turned around these people, extremely vicious, and he hated him gritting his teeth.

Wen Tiren's eyes were indifferent and he looked towards Zhou Zhaoyan.

Zhou Zhaoyan's expression changed slightly, his eyes flashed quickly. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and knelt down slowly, and said in a hard voice: "Please forgive me, Lord Wen, the student is reckless."

Wen Tiren didn't say anything, turned around indifferently and got into the sedan chair.

The sedan quickly lifted up and walked forward.

The group of people blocking the road quickly moved away, all of whom were afraid and staring at Wen Tiren's sedan chair with flickering eyes, feeling uneasy and fearless.

Not long after, everyone who should know the news will know.
Chapter completed!