At the Yushitai Yamen, Liu Rengui gritted his teeth bitterly while holding the information in his hand, "These people are so ruthless. In order to destroy the evidence, they actually assassinated the two people who were with Chief Cui that day. They died without any evidence? Mr. Liu, I’m afraid your case will be difficult.”
Scholar Liu Jinyuan smiled calmly, "It doesn't matter, it's just a ban on taking the exam for three years. At the worst, you can take the exam again after three years."
Liu Rengui said in surprise: "You are quite open-minded."
The scholar said seriously: "What Wan Sheng seeks is not fame and fortune. To obtain fame is to get ahead, but he also wants to contribute to the country. Seeing the darkness of the examination room and the officialdom, Wan Sheng has thought about giving up many times. Such an officialdom and such a way to get ahead are not worth it. Whatever."
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Without waiting for Liu Rengui to persuade, the scholar continued: "But after meeting Mr. Liu and seeing what the entire Yushitai did these days, I realized how difficult it is to truly contribute to the country. Running around for many days to complain is not Simply for personal imperial examination, I think I have found what I want."
What's the meaning? Liu Rengui was puzzled.
The scholar explained: "Being an official in the imperial examination is ultimately for a hope, a hope for scholars. If all the scholars in the world become officials and they are all filthy, what is the point of being an official? There is no hope for this world anymore. . Fortunately, I saw the hope of my pursuit in Yushitai. If I can be an official in the future, I am willing to be a good official who prays for the people like you."
"There are countless unjust cases in the world, and not all of them can be solved. We underestimated their ruthlessness, so we didn't lose unjustly. Fortunately, we just stopped taking the exam for three years, so it's okay."
Liu Rengui patted the scholar's shoulder happily, "You think so, which makes me feel ashamed. But this is also reality. It is difficult for an ordinary citizen to resist when being targeted by the examiner of the imperial examination. They killed two people. , from a disguised point of view, in fact, they have been given an explanation, and this is the price they paid. Unfortunately, it is not the one named Cui. "
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Liu Rengui suddenly thought of a way, "Those two people died suddenly at home. Their families said they died of illness and did not pursue any further investigation. But everyone knows that this is murder and silence, so... Hahaha, go, you go to Chang'an County to report the case. , just say that your witness was murdered. Once Chang'an County takes over the case, it will have reason to investigate. As long as evidence of murder is found, hahahaha, the man named Cui will not be able to escape. Maybe you will still have hope by then. "
After many days of delay, the results of the imperial examinations were released. The five surnames and Qi Wang proudly scolded Xiao Rui, "You are a grasshopper, but you still want to leverage our huge heritage?" More than 60% of the people in the officialdom are our people. Let alone control the imperial examination examination room, the entire court is under our control. Why do you fight with us?
Xiao Rui also received the news from Liu Rengui and learned about the whole incident. Moreover, this year's imperial examination list was still full of children from aristocratic families, and no one was from a poor family.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Rui sent someone out to spread a message.
The next day, all the poor candidates in Chang'an City who had been rejected came to the streets and shouted that it was unfair, that the imperial examination was fake, and that they opposed submitting papers!
A team of almost several thousand people marched along Zhuque Street to the gate of the Imperial City. Li Er was shocked, what happened?
"Your Majesty, there are thousands of rebels making trouble in the city..." The Imperial City Guard General came to report urgently.
"Rebellion? This is Chang'an City. Where did the rebellion come from? What's going on? Who is the other party?" Li Erhe asked.
"Well... I don't know, the general. Seeing how menacing they were, he immediately had the gate of the imperial city sealed. Now they are confronting the defenders. Judging from their clothes, they all seem to be scholars."
At this moment, the chamberlain Lao Gao received the information, "Your Majesty, these are the poor candidates taking part in the imperial examination this time. They are dissatisfied with the results of the imperial examination, and they also say that the examination results are cheating, and they are all clamoring for an explanation."
Hiss... Everyone knew about the surrender in the past, but they all kept silent. Who would have thought of uniting to fight against the imperial court? What happened today?
"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous. If they break through the defense line and rush into the imperial city, then... let's suppress it." The guard general said anxiously.
Li Er scolded: "Asshole, that's my candidate for studying in the Tang Dynasty, the future pillar. What do you want? Are you going to be massacred by the rebels? Stand down and restrain your troops. If you hurt a candidate, I will take you as a ask."
The general was so frightened that he hurried out to maintain order.
"Everyone, the incident happened suddenly. Do you have any good plans to deal with it?"
Wei Zheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, blocking is worse than sparing. Since these candidates are questioning the fairness of the imperial examination, they should be given an explanation. Let all the examiners from the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial College, and the imperial examination room who are responsible for the imperial examination come forward together. As long as they can prove There is no malpractice for favoritism in this imperial examination, so there will be no chaos among the candidates."
Someone from the Ministry of Rites stood up and retorted: "Doctor Wei, are you talking lightly? How many of these thousands of people can you tell who are sincerely questioning, rather than taking advantage of the chaos? I'm afraid 90% of them are unwilling to fail. , I took this opportunity to organize and threaten the court in order to obtain official status."
"That's right, I second the proposal. Your Majesty, this trend cannot last forever. If we compromise this time, then whenever something happens in the future, the people will organize to make trouble. Do we have to compromise on everything in the future?" Someone from the Criminal Department seconded the proposal.
Soon the entire court fell into a heated argument.
It was also the first time for Li Er to encounter such a situation. He always felt as if someone was organizing and inciting him behind the scenes. Who was it?
Suddenly, he thought of a figure, Xiao Rui? Why is this method so similar to Xiao Rui's method of inciting people to deal with Buddhism?
Does this soulless person have an eighty pound bone on the back of his head? You deal with Buddhism, what do you do with Lao Tzu? Want to disrupt the court and then plot to usurp the throne?
Li Er scolded the son-in-law five, six, seven or eight times in his heart, and then waved his hand to stop the debate in the court: "That's enough! According to Xuan Cheng, send someone to explain the proof first. Since they question the fairness of the imperial examination, then Just get rid of their doubts. Without a reason or evidence, it’s just provoking trouble, and it’s not too late to disperse them when the time comes.”
"By the way, in order to avoid conflicts, Yushitai is responsible for acting as a guarantee and mediating between the two sides. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment also have people on standby. If anyone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, follow Doctor Wei's command to arrest them."
This was the first demonstration in the Tang Dynasty, but not the first in ancient times. If gathering a team to ask for an explanation from the court and finally forcing the court to compromise are considered demonstrations, then the "Qing emperor side, punishing Chao Cuo" in the Han Dynasty also counts, and even raising troops to serve the king are also counted.
The only difference was that it was organized soldiers, but this time it was students.
