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As the only person in the whole drama who comes with BGM, Li Wei can be said to be the ceiling-level existence of the counterattack of the little people in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty".
There are many famous scenes about Li Wei in the play, and one of them is very discussable-leading soldiers to break into the examination room.
Why did Li Wei dare to surround and search the examination room without asking Yongzheng?
If you really think so, it can only mean that you still underestimate Li Wei's shrewdness.
The reason why he dared to search the examination room without Yongzheng's consent was not because he was bold enough and confident enough, not because the incident happened suddenly and he didn't have time to report, but because there was another reason!
Today's article will reveal the secret behind Li Wei's unauthorized raid of the examination room.
Exam questions leaked
For the first scientific expedition since he succeeded to the throne, Yongzheng attaches great importance to it.
First, at this time, he had just ascended the throne and was in a predicament where no one was available.
Therefore, Yongzheng set his sights on the Enke exam, preparing to select some talents who could be used by him.
Second, the fire that burned after ascending the throne - rectifying the deficit of the provincial treasury has become a joke, and the scientific expedition naturally cannot go wrong, otherwise he, the emperor's face, will really be lost to his grandmother's house.
What is terrible, before the imperial examination has started, the exam questions have already been bought and sold in restaurants.
And the first person to find out about this matter was Li Fu, the deputy chief examiner appointed by Yongzheng.
I heard that someone was selling his fame in the Burlun Building, and in order to find out the truth, Li Fu came to the Burren Building alone to drink. It didn't take long for the person who sold the exam questions to appear, so Li Fu spent 70 taels of silver to buy the so-called "exam questions".
As soon as the exam questions arrived, Li Fu rushed to the mansion of the third Yinzhi non-stop.
The reason why Li Fu went to the third child for the first time was because the stakes were so high that he needed to find a reliable and credible person to discuss countermeasures; On the other hand, it is for self-protection -
You must know that once the exam questions are really leaked, he, as the deputy examiner, will naturally become the object of suspicion. And if he can't find someone to sell the exam questions, the exam questions he bought in his hands are likely to become his "incriminating evidence", and at that time, he can't tell if he has a mouth.
In this case, he told the third child about it, which was not only equivalent to finding a certificate for himself in advance, but also indirectly tied up the third child, so as to ensure that when the East Window incident happened, there would be a prince to support him and help him take responsibility.
In the face of the "exam questions" brought by Li Fu, the attitude of the third child is very clear, and he will not move for the time being:
"Julai, you're right not to look at the exam questions here. Not only do you not want to see it, but I can't read it either. The emperor ascended the throne and was anxious to do two things. The first thing is to rectify the feedback deficit in the provinces, which was messed up from the beginning, and he is worried about it. There is another thing, that is, the Enke examination, which has not yet started, and you take this exam question from unknown sources to play to him, isn't it nothing to look for, adding fuel to the fire. Listen to me, pretend it's okay, and you'll be ready to be your assistant examiner. ”
The purpose of Li Fu's trip was to find a "backer" to support him and find a "witness" to take responsibility, and he didn't really plan to show Yongzheng immediately, so after listening to the words of the third child, he first expressed his approval, and then asked a key question:
"The prince is very worried, but what if the exam questions in this are really the questions of the current examination?"
This assumption, the third child does not believe.
In his opinion, if the exam questions were really leaked, how could they be so blatantly sold in restaurants, and it is likely that someone took the opportunity to make up stories to defraud candidates of their money.
Since the matter is likely to be unwarranted, then the statement does not involve responsibility, so the third child affirmed:
"If that's the case, when that day comes, you can only report it to the imperial court immediately."
On the day of the official start of the exam, when he found that the exam questions he bought were exactly the same as the exam questions handed over to them by Yongzheng, Li Fu immediately explained the situation to the chief examiner Zhang Tinglu and suggested that the exam be stopped immediately.
And Zhang Tinglu, who was weak-hearted, naturally would not agree with Li Fu's suggestion and insisted on continuing the exam. After the two argued to no avail, Zhang Tinglu assumed the identity of the main examiner and forced Li Fu.
In the face of Zhang Tinglu, who was bent on going his own way, Zhang Tinglu, who was at the level of an official university, and Li Fu, who had nothing to do, could only leave the examination room at the cost of temporarily resigning from the official body and go to find a "rescuer".
And the so-called "rescuer" is naturally the third child he has reported.
Search the examination room
Seeing Li Fu, who was supposed to stay in the Gongyuan, appear in his mansion, the third child immediately realized that it was the East Window incident.
As soon as the two entered the house, Li Fu went straight to the point:
"I was attacked by the prince, and the three exam questions are exactly the same. The most hateful and suspicious thing is that Zhang Tinglu actually did everything possible to conceal it and not report it. The prince's matter is not small. The most urgent thing is to quickly surround the Burren Building and seize the evidence, but I don't have the power to fight. ”
Things have come to this point, Li Fu has no way out, if he can't find evidence, not to mention that he can't come back from his resigned official body, it is likely that he will be charged with disrupting the imperial examination.
And after listening to Li Fu's words, the third intuition that has always followed the principle of more is better than less is big:
"Trouble, trouble. Li Fu, Li Fu, you are really going to trouble you. ”
However, Li Fu is his own person after all, and the third child can't watch Li Fu throw it in, besides, he is also an insider, and if the matter is really going to break out, he may also be unable to escape the blame, and he may not report it.
But he really didn't have the power to fight in his hands, and after thinking for a while, the third child had an idea and thought of a person-Li Wei.
Seeing that the third child asked him to find Li Wei, who couldn't read a single big word, Li Fu immediately showed a disdainful and questioning expression. As a Qingliu celebrity, Li Fu looked down on the uneducated Li Wei in his heart.
The third child knew Li Fu's thoughts, so he said bluntly:
"Put away your celebrity faction, this matter can only be done by him for you, and you can pass the test with the emperor."
There is a question involved here: why is this only Li Wei able to do this?
The reason is simple:
First, Li Wei is an outsider and has nothing to do with this matter, and Li Wei will not be suspected by Yongzheng of having another purpose;
Second, Li Wei is Yongzheng's cronies, and Yongzheng is the only one in the circle, what others dare not say, he dares to say, and he dares to offend those who others dare not offend.
Third, except for Li Wei, no one is willing to wade into this troubled water, nor does he dare to wade into this troubled water.
As for why the third child is sure that Li Wei will definitely help, the reason is also very clear - there are some things, I don't know it's okay, once I know it, I can't stay out of it.
The third child is like this, and so is Li Wei.
At the suggestion of the third child, Li Fu came to Li Wei's residence.
After learning of Li Fu's intention, Li Wei pointed out the loopholes in Li Fu's thoughts while picking his ears:
"Master Li, I don't think you're right...... Someone sells exam questions in Burren House, which may not have anything to do with Burlen House. This is one of them. Second, now that the exam has begun, who will he sell the exam questions for? Keep the handle and let the government search it? So even if we went to the Burren Building, we couldn't find any results. There is only one place to search for evidence. ”
Notice this detail of Li Wei's ears.
Li Wei did this, not really picking his ears, but suppressing Li Fu's arrogance. It is true that he respects scholars, but obviously Li Fu did not take him seriously, so he said in front of his subordinates that he couldn't write anything in big characters.
In this case, if Li Wei shows too much respect to Li Fu and holds it too respectfully, it will only make Li Fu look down on him even more. was despised by Li Fu, and it was not only his face that was lost, but also the face of Yongzheng behind him.
Li Fu originally came to the door with the idea of "a dead horse as a live horse doctor", but when he saw Li Wei opening his mouth, he hit the loopholes and key points, which made him have to re-examine Li Wei.
Therefore, he asked with a humble face:
"You mean the exam room?"
Li Wei replied:
"That's right, what is sold, what is bought. What did you buy it for? It must have been done well to copy it first, and only when you get to the examination room can you find out the evidence. ”
After listening to Li Wei's analysis, Li Fu completely lowered his posture:
"Shame, shame, ...... now"
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Li Wei was not ambiguous, and directly called his own soldiers and rushed to the examination room with Li Fu.
Under Li Wei's sideways, the fraud in the field and the leakage of exam questions were completely detonated.
And when he learned that the exam questions were leaked, Yongzheng was almost angry. Subsequently, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the Enke exam, Yongzheng appointed Li Fu as the main exam, and re-opened the exam.
The truth behind it
Why did Li Wei dare to surround the examination room without asking for instructions?
You know, in Zhang Tinglu's words, trespassing in the examination room is a capital offense, and once the leakage of the exam questions is exposed, it will become a big scandal after Yongzheng succeeds to the throne.
Some people may say that the incident happened in a hurry, and if Li Wei had reported first and then acted, he would have found no evidence after the exam was over.
But this problem is not unsolvable.
Li Weida can send someone to guard the exit of the examination room, block the scene, and let the candidates who have finished the exam stay inside temporarily, while reporting the matter to Yongzheng and waiting for Yongzheng's next instructions.
In this way, it is possible to ensure that evidence can be collected and to avoid the suspicion of self-assertion, which is the least risky way.
In this regard, it is impossible for a clever person like Li Wei to think of it.
From this point of view, Li Wei did not have time to report to Yongzheng, but he deliberately cut first and then played.
As for the reason, it is not that Li Wei is Yongzheng's henchman, so he dares to do whatever he wants, which is not in line with Li Wei's character and personality. You must know that Li Wei's implementation of the new policy was hindered later, and before deciding to go sideways, he specially wrote a letter to ask Yongzheng in advance.
This is enough to show that Li Wei is not a person who is pampered and arrogant and makes his own opinions.
And the reason why he wanted to cut first and then play this time was completely a manifestation of deep understanding of the holy will, and this is also Li Wei's strength.
The reason why I say this is very simple - once it is reported, it is equivalent to throwing the problem to Yongzheng.
When Li Fu found Li Wei, he would inevitably inform Li Wei of Zhang Tinglu's abnormal behavior. In other words, Li Wei knows that Zhang Tinglu has a high probability of having a problem.
And Zhang Tinglu was recommended by the eighth child, Long Keduo and the thirteenth child also expressed their support in public, and Zhang Tinglu is Zhang Tingyu's younger brother.
This means that if Li Wei reports the matter to Yongzheng first, it is equivalent to throwing the problem to Yongzheng-
ordered a thorough investigation and swept the faces of Zhang Tingyu, Lao Ba and others; It doesn't matter if the eighth child is old, but Zhang Tingyu's feelings, Yongzheng has to take care of it, and he still relies on Zhang Tingyu to escort him.
In the case that no evidence has been obtained, if Yongzheng orders a thorough investigation of Zhang Tinglu's examination room as the main exam, it will more or less make Zhang Tingyu feel distrusted, and even cold, even if the truth is found out later, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no estrangement between the two monarchs and ministers.
But if you don't investigate thoroughly, things have reached this point, and you can't give an explanation to the candidates in the world.
In this case, the benefits of Li Wei's first cut and then play are reflected.
Detonating this matter from below, Yongzheng will not face the above problems, he just needs to deal with it impartially.
In other words, Li Wei's move of cutting first and then playing seems to make Yongzheng fall into passivity, but in fact, he handed over the initiative to Yongzheng, and at the same time avoided the problem of Yongzheng being a villain.
This is the reason why Li Wei surrounded and searched the examination room without asking Yongzheng, and it is also the reason why Yongzheng did not blame Li Wei in the slightest.
Of course, there is a premise here, that is, Li Wei knows that with Yongzheng's character, he will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and will never cover up the matter in order to cover up the scandal, that is, according to this, Li Wei can judge the difficulties that Yongzheng may face once he reports.
To a certain extent, Li Wei's operation is comparable to Zhang Tingyu's actions back then.
In the workplace, it is a good habit to report everything to reduce the probability of making mistakes. But for some "masters", there is no absolute in everything, and things should be different from time to time, from situation to situation, according to the changes of time and situation, to make the best and most beneficial choice.
In addition, in fact, this incident also brought Li Wei an unexpected benefit-
Li Wei is illiterate, and many people look down on him, and at this time, he is about to become the governor of Jiangsu, and his task is to implement the new policy.
Even if Li Wei is Yongzheng's confidant, others will not dare to have a head-on conflict with him, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make small moves in private, and it is impossible for him to let Yongzheng help him out of everything.
As for the siege of the examination room, Li Wei can be said to be "famous in a fight", and dared to search the examination room without asking for the holy decree, and did not receive any punishment, which shows how much Yongzheng favors him, which is more conducive to Li Wei's subsequent implementation of the new policy and mixed officialdom.
In other words, Li Wei's move indirectly established himself and told everyone with practical actions - the master is going to eat, but the master is not a vegetarian.
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