Chapter 1688

Officials from the Jixia Academy were imprisoned.

These people were all royalists, firmly standing on the Emperor's side, with the main task of singing the opposite tune to the Secretariat and attacking the arrogant momentum of Xie Changling's party.

Xie Changling endured them for a long time, and took the opportunity to pull them out in one breath.

Zhao Jichong was shocked, and after the shock, he was furious, uniting with his allies to throw Xie Changling's students into the Heavenly Prison.

Chen Guanlou:...

The Heavenly Prison is really lively!

Lively is good!

The more prisoners, the better.

Even if one person only collects 600 taels, it is a large sum of income. Even the prison guards' food has returned to the level before the epidemic.

Xie Changling's student, also a top scholar, the top scholar from a few years ago, during Emperor Jian Shi's time.

The top scholar's name was Tan Zhang, who originally served in the Hanlin Academy. Two years ago, he was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. According to the plan, in two years, he would be sent to a local area to practice for ten years before returning to the capital to be promoted step by step.

Who would have thought that before he could wait for a promotion, he waited for the crazy attack of the royalists led by Zhao Jichong.

Being in the Ministry of Revenue, his butt was not clean, and it was easy to be caught by others.

In the blink of an eye, he fell from a promising reserve talent of the Secretariat to a prisoner.

Originally intended to be sent to the Imperial Prison

Xie Changling intervened and sent him to the Heavenly Prison, and the Ministry of Revenue investigated his case.

This was the only thing worth comforting.

Chen Guanlou had a good impression of scholars, especially top scholars with very good brains, who were all academic gods and existed that needed to be looked up to back then.

Being named a top scholar, besides good articles and good learning, one also had to look decent.

Tan Zhang, as a top scholar, had an extraordinary appearance, not as good as his teacher Xie Changling, but not much worse.

"Minister Tan, are you used to being in prison?" Chen Guanlou looked him up and down, tall, with a very strong spirit, looking like he had a lot of confidence and was not afraid of difficulties. Young, not yet thirty.

As expected of a top scholar, he didn't show any panic even in prison.

"Many thanks to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen for your concern, I can still adapt."

"It's good that you can adapt. I have some friendship with your teacher Minister Xie. For his sake, I definitely won't make things difficult for you. However, you also have to follow the rules in the prison, don't make a scene. We respect each other, you are good, I am good, everyone is good. Do you agree?"

Tan Zhang nodded, indicating agreement, "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, don't worry, I won't make a scene, I will try my best to cooperate."

"That's great. Your family has already paid the money, you can put forward any normal requirements. By the way, curious to ask, how did you become a disciple of Minister Xie? I read your file, you and Minister Xie are not from the same place, quite far away."

"To tell you the truth, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I once submitted an article I wrote to Minister Xie. I didn't have much hope, but I didn't expect Minister Xie to cherish talent and personally comment on my article. Later, I had the honor to be a disciple of Minister Xie."

Speaking of this, Tan Zhang looked proud. It seemed that being a disciple of Xie Changling was even more proud than being a top scholar.

Being a disciple in this day and age is a big deal.

Master, master, equivalent to half a father. Glory and loss together!

If one day the master and disciple turn against each other, no matter the reason, the person who suffers criticism must be the disciple.

This is like a son not supporting his father, no matter the reason, even if the father is not a thing, causing the family to be restless and causing disasters everywhere, the person who suffers criticism is the son.

This is the ethics of the three principles and five virtues, the hierarchy of superiors and inferiors, the ruler and the subject, the father and the son!

Only discuss hierarchy, not right or wrong.

"Your article must have been written very well!" Chen Guanlou praised.

Tan Zhang was humble, "Thanks to everyone's recognition, I did my best."

The implication was that others were trash, only worthy of setting off the atmosphere and highlighting his talent.

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You people who are good at reading, your brains are all good. Those obscure articles, do you understand them at a glance, can you do them at a glance?"

"It's okay! Still need to spend some time." Tan Zhang tried his best to appear humble.

Unfortunately, his humility fell into the eyes of a poor student, which was clearly showing off.

Chen Guanlou was not jealous of people who were good at reading, he only admired them.

"You are a disciple of Minister Xie, do you want to follow Minister Xie's footsteps, and in the future, you will also be a general and a minister, and be a big shot in the Secretariat?"

"I am now in prison, I don't know the road ahead. I dare not think about the future." Tan Zhang didn't dare to speak big words casually, trying his best to restrain his arrogant momentum.

Although he had the idea of entering the Secretariat, he also had the confidence and strength.

However, the official road was not easy to walk, there were too many uncertainties.

A top scholar every three years.

So many top scholars, now only Xie Changling sits firmly in the position of Left Minister.

There are many risks on the official road, no one can guarantee to avoid all the storms. Things are done in secret, don't speak big words casually, show ambitions! He felt his heartbeat, thinking that he still lacked practice, and when he talked about political ambitions, he couldn't help but be excited.

Not good, not good!

Easy to be seen through.

This imprisonment might be to temper himself.

He would definitely seize this opportunity and strive to realize the Dao in the Heavenly Prison!

Chen Guanlou didn't expect that a casual sentence of "realizing the Dao in the Heavenly Prison" back then would take root in the hearts of some officials. They regarded sitting in prison as a double tempering of spirit and body, honing their will.

When he walked out of the Heavenly Prison, he would definitely be a brand new him.

"Minister Tan is too humble. Your teacher is Minister Xie, he will definitely protect you, and your official career will be smooth!"

Tan Zhang didn't dare to answer this sentence, "Minister Xie is busy with official duties and can't take care of my small matter. Besides, my case is still under investigation, I believe there will be a day when the truth comes out."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled, "The neighbors are all new prisoners, it might be a bit noisy. If you are not used to it, just endure it. Don't make a scene with them. They all come from the Jixia Academy, and they are best at arguing."

"I listen to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I won't argue with them."

Tan Zhang is not a censor, nor is he hot-blooded and impulsive.

He has entered the officialdom for several years, dare not say he has been tempered, but he also knows how to avoid harm. Arguing with officials from the Jixia Academy in the prison cell is of no help. It might even leave a handle.

If someone reports it, it will be another charge.

Chen Guanlou didn't deliberately arrange Tan Zhang in the middle of the officials from the Jixia Academy.

That rainstorm in summer not only flooded the prison cells, brought the epidemic, but also destroyed many prison cells.

These prison cells all need to be reinforced and cannot be lived in for the time being.

The money is not in place, and the Ministry of Works is delaying, so the reinforcement of the prison cells can only be delayed again and again.

That's how the yamen handles things, dragging if they can.

Chen Guanlou told the prison guards to keep an eye on it.

"Don't let them make trouble. If they really make a scene, don't be polite, clean up what should be cleaned up, don't be polite."

Returning to the ground, he drank a cup of tea in one breath and complained to Medical Official Mu: "That Tan Zhang, like his teacher Minister Xie, is calm in the face of danger, and is a person with confidence. His mouth is also tight, talked for a long time, not a single useful word. If Xie Changling can land safely, his future is limitless."