Hu Xin lay on the ground, sweating like rain.
I can’t hide it anymore!
He confessed and admitted that he took the exam for someone else!
Bai Gui narrowed his eyes. No wonder Shu Liang was trusted by His Majesty. He had some real ability.
"Take the exam for me?"
Shu Liang's eyes flickered: "Make a list of your candidates. No one can be left out."
"Since this is a substitute test, your level of classics and meaning should be extremely high. There is no need to plagiarize."
"Then why are you using a cheat suit?"
Shu Liang found it difficult to understand.
"The sinner has nothing to hide, he really has nothing to hide!"
Hu Xin cried: "The sinner's level of Jingyi is average, and he cheats with his clothes every time!"
But Shu Liang felt something was wrong: "You were not included in the audition list last time. Who are you auditioning for?"
"The sinner took the provincial examination for someone else! This is the first time I have participated in the general examination!" Hu Xin confessed.
Shu Liang stared at him.
Hu Xin lowered his head and kept crying.
Bai Gui coughed lightly: "Eunuch Shu, it's time to report to Your Majesty."
"Not urgent!"
Shu Liang looked away and looked at Bai Gui: "There is something going on here."
"I ranked twenty-seventh in the foreign country examination. Do I need to use cheating clothes to take the local examination for someone else?"
"Since you make money by taking exams, your knowledge should be good, otherwise no one will hire you."
"And wearing cheating clothes, cheating blatantly."
"Are you insulting me in your head?"
"Tell me, who in this Gongyuan has something to do with you? Tell me!"
Hu Xin's expression changed sharply.
I’m really afraid of what will happen!
This Dongchang factory owner was so meticulous that he refused to let go of any detail.
A few words touched the secret deep in his heart.
However, no matter how big his backstage is, he is still not as big as the emperor. Of course he knows who is behind Dongchang.
"I would like to ask you another question, who is protecting you in this Gongyuan?"
Cheating with cheating clothes and not paying attention to the tour at all.
What does it mean?
The patrol was bribed.
But this morning, the palace suddenly issued an order for Dongchang to patrol the venue, which caused the cheating to get out of control, but Hu Xin, who had already entered the venue, did not know it.
That's why he openly cheated with his cheating clothes, because he knew that the tour would not be publicized.
Just copy it with great fanfare.
"No one protects the guilty, really!"
"Father, please believe the sinner. The sinner realizes his mistake."
"Please, father-in-law, punish the guilty!" Hu Xin kept kowtowing.
This actually aroused Shu Liang's interest.
Slowly squatting down: "You don't have to be afraid, point it out to me, is it him?"
He pointed at Bai Gui.
Bai Gui was so angry that his feelings for Shu Liang disappeared in an instant.
"How can I destroy my own future when I am a dignified minister?"
Bai Gui was furious: "Eunuch Shu, please don't spit on anyone!"
He, Bai Gui, is the examiner this year. All candidates must respect him as their teacher. This year's Jinshi are all his students.
The emperor is expanding his team.
How could he be stupid enough to help those scum cheat?
Have you forgotten Wang Wen’s example?
He, Bai Gui, is the one who inspires to be the prime minister!
"Hu Xin, in this Gongyuan, I and Shangshu Bai have the highest official ranks."
"Since it's not him, tell me who it is."
"I will spare your life."
Shu Liang pinched his chin: "If you don't know the truth, it won't be you alone who will die, but your entire clan!"
"Think it through!"
"Speak again!"
Hu Xin's body was shaking, and he wanted to cover it up.
But Shu Liang had a sharp eye, and he was just an ordinary student. He was only good at studying and not good at socializing and negotiating, so he was naturally seen through by others.
"It's the patrol officer Dai Ying!" Hu Xin said.
"Dai Ying?"
Shu Liang was unfamiliar with this name and looked up at Bai Gui.
Bai Gui has never heard of this name.
There is no such person among the scientific expedition officials this year.
"It seems you are dishonest?"
Shu Liang laughed: "If you don't say anything now, you will tell me everything when you go to Dongchang Prison."
"Sir, the sinner said everything! That person's name is indeed Dai Ying! His name is Dai Ying!" Hu Xin cried.
"Could it be a pseudonym?" Bai Gui asked.
"Hmph, a pseudonym is easy."
"I ordered all the patrol officers to be arrested."
"Let him see each one."
"It's obvious which one is Dai Ying."
Shu Liang stood up: "Shang Shu Bai, you should know very well how much the emperor attaches importance to the imperial examination."
"If something like this happens, everyone will suffer."
"There are some things that I need your cooperation with."
This is true.
Nowadays, the court is short of manpower, and the emperor attaches great importance to this imperial examination.
Bai Gui suppressed the disgust in his heart: "Please tell me."
Shu Liang whispered something in his ear.
Renshou Palace.
The new Renshou Palace was built according to the original plan. The only difference was that two small halls were built outside Renshou Gate for the Empress Dowager Sun to worship Buddha and Taoism.
Empress Dowager Sun was dressed in fine attire, looking graceful and luxurious.
"How cruel!"
"He is waiting for Yijia to beg him!"
Queen Mother Sun stood up slowly: "Expelling the Ai family's younger brothers, nephews, and nieces from the palace is punishing Sun Shaozong?"
"No!"
"This is punishing the Sun family!"
"Sun Shaozong is guilty, so you kill Sun Shaozong. Why bother implicate the Sun family?"
"Come here, take out the plain clothes of the Ai family and change them for the Ai family!"
"Holy Mother!" The serving maid knelt on the ground.
Queen Mother Sun looked at her sideways.
"Your Majesty asked everyone in the palace to watch the ceremony, slaves, slaves..." The palace lady sobbed, obviously scared.
They are all ladies, and it is already difficult enough for them to serve in the palace.
But I want to see something so bloody.
The emperor is really cruel.
But she didn't dare to say it. She was Luo Qi's granddaughter, her name was Luo Xiu'e, and she was not welcomed in the palace. It was the Empress Dowager Sun who protected her in every way, and she survived until now.
Naturally, she had to work hard for the Empress Dowager Sun.
"Get up and follow the Aijia to see the emperor." Empress Dowager Sun slowly walked towards the back hall.
The maids in her palace are the thorns in each palace, and she is responsible for controlling them.
She changed into plain clothes and wore her hair disheveled.
"Holy Mother, you are like this..." Luo Xiu'e wanted to say that this was rude.
"What are you afraid of?"
"The emperor is the son of the Ai family!"
"If a mother has disheveled hair, she can't see her son?"
Empress Dowager Sun said through clenched teeth.
This son, for being unfilial to his mother, should be sentenced to death!
Luo Xiu'e was lying on the ground, not daring to say a word.
"Xiu'e, get up."
Empress Dowager Sun was always more lenient towards Luo Xiu'e.
She was even tolerant to the maids in the palace, and her rewards were always generous.
Compared with the fussy Tang Guifei, Tang Guifei pales in comparison.
Naturally, he is more popular in the palace.
Don't look at these official ladies, they are often more powerful than the palace ladies who came from peasant families.
"Slave, thank the Holy Mother for your grace!"
Luo Xiu'e stood up and wanted to support Queen Mother Sun.
Queen Mother Sun doesn't need it.
He didn't even take the phoenix chariot, so he just walked to Qianqing Palace.
As soon as Empress Dowager Sun left Renshou Palace, the news reached Qianqing Palace.
"Are you trying to show me your power?"
"Ruin my reputation and let the world poke my spine and scold me for being unfilial!"
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "Huh, Feng Xiao, go and invite the Queen Mother to watch the ceremony."
"Your Majesty, the Holy Mother is dressed in plain clothes, as if attending a funeral. If you don't go to greet her, I'm afraid your reputation will be even worse."
Feng Xiao reported carefully.
He wanted to remonstrate, but he didn't dare to say it.
"Her brother died, isn't it just a funeral?"
Zhu Qiyu stopped smiling: "Should I go to greet her and then kneel down for her?"
"If I kill Zhang Jin, will I still have a reputation?"
"The decree was sent to seize the post of Sun Xianzong's Jinyiwei Tongzhi, to be whipped thirty times, and to be exiled to the Hetao."
This is a head-on confrontation.
Now that his reputation is bad, will the emperor still care about his reputation?
Do you treat me as a weakling?
Let me see who has the harder neck!
Feng Xiao didn't dare to persuade him.
He quickly left the palace to greet the Empress Dowager Sun: "Pass the Holy Spirit's oral instructions and invite the Holy Mother to go to Fengtian Hall to observe the ceremony."
Queen Mother Sun's face turned pale.
The emperor doesn't allow her to fight!
You killed my Sun family, are you still not allowed to mourn me?
What a domineering emperor!
"Holy Mother, the emperor is very angry. He just took away Sun Xianzong's position and sent him to the Lhetao."
Queen Mother Sun's face turned pale again.
As long as she goes forward, someone from the Sun family will be expelled from the capital.
As long as she dares to watch the ceremony, the emperor will kill the entire Sun family!
Look who has a stiff neck!
She couldn't help but stop: "Has the emperor even disappeared?"
"The Holy Mother."
Feng Xiao almost begged: "Your Majesty is so angry with Zhang Jin because he is so angry."
"You are the emperor's mother after all. How can mother and son have an overnight feud?"
"When the emperor calms down, he will naturally let the Sun family go."
"Please return to the palace!"
The emperor does not need to be famous.
But those who are slaves must consider the consequences.
There is a war at the border and the capital is empty. This is not the time for the emperor to be willful. At this time, he must be patient and not make mistakes.
Empress Dowager Sun's chest heaved: "Feng Xiao, go and tell the emperor that the Sun family is also his uncle!"
She turned back angrily.
"This slave obeys the Holy Mother's decree!" Feng Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, we didn't completely break up.
Nowadays, the world is in turmoil, there is a war on the border, and the defense in Beijing is empty. Especially in the palace and Mobei Palace, there must be no trouble.
The best solution is to hide a storm invisibly.
Feng Xiao trotted back to the palace.
"When did the Queen Mother become so easy to talk to?"
Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes: "Doesn't she just want to ruin my reputation and carry my reputation for eternity?"
"Zhang Jin angered me and made me admit my violent side to the world."
"Let the world see clearly that I am a tyrant."
"Then I will show you my cruelty!"
"Go and kill everyone who is related to Zhang Jin!"
Plop!
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"The tree of honors and ministers has deep roots, and each family is married to each other to form one body."
"If you express your anger at your in-laws, I'm afraid it will trigger a backlash from your ministers."
"These are troubled times. Please calm down, Your Majesty!"
That's right.
The ministers are married to each other and become one body.
Even the emperor was willing to marry the princess to his ministers to win over this group.
Originally, Zhu Qiyu had already shocked the ministers by killing Uncle Peng Cheng and Uncle Hui'an. If he continued to kill them, the title would become worthless.
The political implications of this incident are even greater and worse.
Zhang Jin is insignificant. If he dies, he will die, but he must not be enlarged.
"How come I have taken back the imperial power, but I am hampered in everything?"
Zhu Qiyu's face was full of dejection: "This can't be done, that can't be done, what does this mean as an emperor?"
"Honored ministers cannot be killed, and civil servants cannot be touched."
"Who can I turn my anger on?"
"You guys?"
No wonder the former emperors liked to kill eunuchs, because the emperor was incompetent and could only kill his close servants to vent his anger.
"If the emperor has anger in his heart, please kill me!" Feng Xiao kowtowed.
"fart!"
Zhu Qiyu was angry: "You are all loyal. If I kill you, wouldn't it mean that I am indiscriminate? Do you think I am really a coward?"
"Feng Xiao, why do you think I, the emperor, am becoming more and more cowardly?"
"No wonder the late emperor ignored government affairs and focused on having fun."
“It’s so tiring to manage in this world!”
Feng Xiaogan felt the same way: "As long as the emperor gives birth to a dragon heir, everything will be solved."
"yes!"
"In the past few years, I took medicine every day for the sake of my heir, but there was still no result."
"My biggest weakness is that I have no son!"
Zhu Qiyu was very decadent, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
I don’t have it, so why do you all have it?
But at this moment.
Qin Cheng knelt at the door and reported: "Your Majesty, Master Hu wants to see you."
"Xuan come in." Zhu Qiyu's face was cold.
If he doesn't kill people, he will feel bad.
Hu Xi came in cautiously and saw the murderous intent in the emperor's eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
Kneel down quickly and salute.
Zhu Qiyu didn't let him stand up. After a long time, he said, "Who is the old master interceding for?"
"I'm here to relieve your majesty's worries!" Hu Hu said softly.
Zhu Qiyu opened his eyelids: "Zhang Jin is right."
"I don't have a son. Sooner or later I will be alone."
"He's right. It's better to return the throne to the King of Mobei who has a son as soon as possible."
"Save me from being poked in the back by future generations, scolding me for occupying a magpie's nest."
"Are you right?"
Why are you here again?
Hu Xi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is in good health and will definitely give birth to a dragon heir."
"Can you guarantee that?"
Hu Bi's face was full of bitterness.
He came to bridge the gap in the hearts of the emperor and the officials.
Naturally, it must satisfy the emperor's wishes.
"I can guarantee that your majesty will give birth to a dragon heir!" What can Hu Xi say, dare he say anything?
Zhu Qiyu sneered twice.
"I am a doctor. I diagnose your Majesty's pulse every day. I know that your Majesty is in good health and as strong as an ox. There is nothing wrong with him."
Hu Xi picked up the good words.
"What's the use of being healthy? Without a son, it's my Achilles' heel."
"Just now the Queen Mother came to question me wearing plain clothes and disheveled hair."
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Old Master, let me tell you the truth."
"This is enough for me as the emperor. I am the home of the Ming Dynasty. I worry about the livelihood of the people in the world. I work hard and sleep well at night, so that I can be born early."
"But no one understands me. They only criticize me, insult me, and complain about me."
"I'm tired, so tired."
Zhu Qiyu closed his eyes again, full of exhaustion.
"You are not allowed to interfere in politics in the Fu Temple! This is the ancestral teaching of Taizu!"
Hu Xi said loudly: "Even if the Holy Mother is your majesty's legitimate mother and the queen mother of the world, you can't break the rules. Please punish the Sun family severely!"
He stood unequivocally on the emperor's side.
"My aunt is also a mother, I dare not bear the reputation of being unfilial!"
Zhu Qiyu was very aggrieved: "But Mr. Sun is surrounded by blessings and does not know how to be blessed."
"What does his family want that I haven't rewarded them with?"
"Sun Jizong is only Huichang Bo, but I made him a marquis and gave him a world certificate!"
"Do you think his family is worthy?"
"Are your military exploits really comparable to those of a Marquis?"
"Why don't you just rely on the Queen Mother!"
"As a son, I am extremely benevolent and righteous."
"But how did Sun Shaozong repay me?"
"He is in the palace, but he is having an affair outside the palace."
"What is he going to do?"
"Are you planning to usurp the throne?"
"Old Master, don't you think I should punish him?"
"Is killing him too light a punishment?"
"snort!"
"I just killed him, but before I touched the Sun family, the Queen Mother couldn't sit still."
"I am the concubine and the heir to the throne, and my aunt is my god. How can I dare to be disobedient?"
"Now the world will poke me in the back!"
"When the prince succeeds to the throne a hundred years from now, won't I be scolded by the history books of future generations?"
"Instead of being so tired, let's just step aside and make way for others."
Zhu Qiyu kept sighing: "Old Master, I've really had enough of this emperor."
"It's far less enjoyable than being King Tao."
"real."
Zhu Qiyu shed tears hypocritically.
Hu Xi understood that the emperor wanted to deal with the Sun family, but he didn't want to speak in person and ruin the relationship between relatives, so he let Hu Xi take the blame.
"Tomorrow, I will ask all the courtiers to submit a letter to severely punish the Sun family! Let the world be prosperous!" Hu Hu said loudly.
"The old lady cares about the country and the people, and she is worthy of being my right-hand man."
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "But Mr. Sun..."
"forget it."
"When the Queen Mother starts making trouble again, how will it end for me as my son?"
"Forget it!"
Hu Xi's eyes widened.
What do you mean, let us write a letter to depose the Queen Mother?
How dare you think!
It would be more satisfying if you just let the Queen Mother die suddenly.
But the emperor will not dirty his hands.
"Your Majesty, the old minister of Huichang Marquis will definitely give your Majesty an explanation!"
Hu Hui kept compromising.
Because the civil servants got an advantage, the emperor was so angry that he angered him, turned over the table, and killed all the civil servants who were secretly causing trouble. Wouldn't the emperor be able to take advantage of him then?
Now he is using your honor as a favor, and it is your honor that is the unlucky one. What does it have to do with civil servants?
It just so happened that the nobles were the emperor's base, which made the emperor feel uncomfortable.
This is also a small pit.
"Forget it, don't mention it."
"I ignored the feelings of relatives and dealt with Uncle Pengcheng and Uncle Hui'an with harsh laws. People in the world will definitely accuse me of being mean and ungrateful."
"Is the Imperial Grandmother underground scolding my unfilial grandson for being too ruthless?"
"I can do without this reputation, but I'm afraid I can't afford the reputation of being unfilial to the emperor's grandmother."
Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "My legal system comes from the late emperor, and the late emperor comes from Emperor Renzong. Tell me. How should I end it?"
Legality and reputation.
These are two of the four corners of the dragon chair where the emperor sat.
If the two corners collapse, his throne will not be stable.
"Your Majesty, does Tang Zong Songzu have a good reputation?"
"But thousands of years have passed, and future generations will only remember their glorious achievements!"
"How can the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, have a good reputation?"
Hu Xi said calmly: "What's the use of fame? It's just a mediocrity!"
"Taizu and Taizong killed people like hemp, now does anyone dare to scold them?"
"Your Majesty, you should focus on your achievements and government affairs. Your reputation is not important at all."
But the emperor didn't nod and didn't allow him to get up.
It means it didn't reach his heart.
The emperor wanted him to continue.
"Reputation is a double-edged sword."
Hu Bi gritted his teeth and said: "When your Majesty has a good reputation, he is restrained in doing things and cannot do his best. He must take his reputation into consideration;"
"Now that Your Majesty has a bad reputation, there is no need to worry about it. You can just do whatever you want."
"And your Majesty's legal system does come from the late emperor and Emperor Renzong, but it has nothing to do with the Zhang family."
"When it comes to distance and distance, you are the queen's grandson who shows sincerity and filial piety."
"Then Mr. Sun has enjoyed wealth for three generations, but now he has made a big mistake. It is time for him to die!"
"I would like to jointly submit a letter to Your Majesty, please kill the entire Zhang family!"
Hu Hui made a loud noise.
In order to relieve the emperor's heart, he did everything he could.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "Then I want to kill all Zhang Jin's in-laws, is that okay?"
"Can!"
Hu Hui has no nonsense.
Kill whoever you want! All veterans obey orders!
"Old Master! I only have you to make it this far! Only then do I know that time is not wasted!" Zhu Qiyu grabbed Hu Hui and helped him up.
It’s passed!
Hu Hui's forehead was covered with sweat, and his back was soaked.
He was really afraid that the emperor would become a complete tyrant and lead Ming to death.
"I was plotted by the Zhang family, bullied by the Sun family, and the Queen Mother laughed at my jokes."
"I thought I was really alone."
Zhu Qiyu said emotionally: "But I didn't expect that I still have a good minister and assistant like you by my side. I am satisfied!"
Does this mean that we really want to kill all Zhang Jin’s relatives?
The impact was too great!
Most of the honorable ministers have to go in.
"If those honorable ministers are loyal to Your Majesty, they should kill their wives to prove their loyalty!" Hu Xi went crazy.
In order to heal the rift in the emperor's heart, he even said such violent words.
Being written down by Qi Julang, his reputation was also ruined.
It will be recorded in history books as: a foolish king and a sycophantic minister, a match made in heaven.
Wife-murdering testimony?
Zhu Qiyu was shocked by Hu Hui: "Old Master, although I have a bad reputation, I am a good person."
Are you a good person?
How shameless are you?
Hu Bi was stunned, do you really want Xun Chen to kill his wife to prove his truth?
"That's all. Killing too many people makes me seem too mean and unkind."
Hu Hui breathed a sigh of relief at these words.
Not only did he want to kill his wife, but he also wanted to kill his son and husband. I don’t know how many honorable ministers would be affected by this incident.
"After a while, I can find an excuse to send them all to Hetao to guard the border, so as not to worry about it."
hiss!
Hu Hui gasped, you really hold a grudge.
It seems that Zhang Jin really scolded you.
In front of the emperor, scolding people for having no sons, and killing the emperor until the blood is shed, is a benevolent emperor forever.
"Old minister, I obey the order!" Hu Ming did not dare to disobey.
"Why is the old master so uncharacteristic today? I mean what I say?" Zhu Qiyu wondered.
"His Majesty is the emperor who has inherited great fortune from heaven. He can kill or put him free in a single thought. I dare not disobey His Majesty!"
"Hahaha!" Zhu Qiyu laughed proudly.
I am the emperor, but if I don’t have a son, I am still the emperor!
When we were having a great conversation.
Feng Xiao came in: "Go back to your Majesty, Eunuch Shu found out that the student was cheating!"
Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes and reached out to take the memorial.
After reading it, he handed it to Hu Xi.
"Thanks to Eunuch Shu's meticulousness, the story behind this Hu Xin will not be so simple."
Hu Hui's heart was filled with waves.
The rift in the emperor's heart had just been healed and the emperor returned to normal.
As a result, the civil servant opened the scar with his own hands and told the emperor, we all lied to you!
It’s over!
All previous efforts were in vain.
These fools even personally delivered the handle of the knife to the emperor and asked him to stab the civil servant to death!
Even fools would not believe that Zhang Jin's matter was not fueled by civil servants.
The emperor was filled with anger and could only endure for the time being in these troubled times.
Hu Hui helped the emperor calm down and finally made the emperor happy.
As a result, God sent pillows and forced the emperor to kill people.
"check!"
Zhu Qiyu said in a serious tone: "Get to the bottom of it!"
"No matter who it is, as long as they are involved, they will all be killed!"
"Those involved will be punished by the Nine Clans!"
"Leave it to Dongchang to investigate, Feng Xiao, go and deliver the order!"
This is not a case of cheating in the examination.
These are all the civil servants that Emperor Cha suspected!
Who arranged for Zhang Qi, who made rumors spread that the emperor had no children, and who criticized the emperor with words and writings?
Find them all!
Kill them all!
This is the emperor's deep intention.
"Your Majesty, no!"
Hu Xi knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be investigated. Find this Dai Ying first, and then investigate step by step."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and interrupted: "If we check step by step, we will just leave nothing in the end."
"That Hu Xin has participated in several provincial examinations in a row. Does the Zhejiang Examination Committee know?"
"I see, this Hu Xin cheating case was organized and premeditated. This group of people has committed crimes many times."
“I don’t know how many Jinshi scholars have gotten there by practicing favoritism and fraud!”
"There are even protective umbrellas on them. Grab them all and knock them down! Kill them all!"
"Old Master, you don't need to interfere in this matter."
"Leave it to Dongchang, and we will definitely get to the bottom of it."
Indeed, it is possible to get to the bottom of things.
But there are probably not many civil servants left!
The civil servant group is connected by being of the same year and from the same hometown, and gradually forms a party, and then a group, and gradually grows.
The emperor wanted to break the love of the same age and fundamentally break the civil servant group.
Let civil servants only become the emperor's lackeys.
Instead of forming a group to compete with the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is to select talents for the country, so you should be cautious." Hu Miao disagrees and absolutely cannot agree.
Let Dongchang dig the roots of civil servants.
Believe it or not, Dongchang can kill all the civil servants in the world!
When the time comes, civil servants will have nothing to do and can only behave like dogs.
All Yang Shiqi's efforts were in vain. Within a few decades, civil servants would not be able to develop.
Even if talks with the emperor broke down, he had to save the situation.
"Get talents for the country, hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed strangely: "He's just a patriot in prison. Is this old master really deceiving himself?"
"I have said it before, the imperial examination is not about recruiting talents for the country, but educating the world."
"Instead, they use the sentiment of family and country that 'excellence in learning leads to official service' and the temptation of fame and wealth from high-ranking officials and generous salaries to bribe the world's literati."
"To be precise, I am taming the literati as dogs."
"Be my dog!"
"It is true that when encountering a weak and bully monarch, civil servants will form a huge civil servant group, ride on the emperor's head to dominate and manipulate the imperial power."
"You are familiar with this..."
"So I don't need to explain it in detail, old lady."
That's right.
The imperial examination is nothing more than a prison for people with lofty ideals.
Hu Xi's face turned pale: "Your Majesty can't just learn power and control the ministers with the emperor's mentality. This will only make the ministers alienated and the Ming Dynasty collapse!"
The imperial examination is indeed tricky.
However, it cannot be said.
Civil servants want to save face. Why should civil servants fight against the imperial power?
Just because the emperor wanted to tame the civil servants and treat them like dogs!
The civil servants disagree. After more than ten years of hard work, who is willing to be the emperor's lackey?
Therefore, the civil servants began to bewitch the emperor and make him neglect government affairs. Then, little by little, they stole the imperial power from the emperor and turned him into a puppet.
This kind of struggle starts all the time.
It will never end.
Emperors and officials are always at odds.
However, the two are also unified. In front of their family and the world, they have unified interests and do not allow third-party forces to overturn the table and overthrow the dynasty.
So contradictory.
"I don't want to blaspheme the pure heart of our lofty ideals."
"So I asked Dongchang to investigate!"
"Get to the bottom of it!"
"Find out all those bastards and clean them out!"
"I hate those moths!"
"I hope that the Ming Dynasty will become pure and the people of the world will become pure!"
To put it bluntly, you want everyone in the world to become saints.
That is impossible. People's hearts are driven by profit, and greed, anger, and delusion will always linger in their hearts. No one can completely get rid of it. As long as selfishness is there, they will never be dedicated to serving the public good.
"Su Chuo, a famous official in the Western Wei Dynasty, once said that all officials in the world are corrupt. Why should we be afraid of corruption?"
"Those who fear are disloyal."
"Anyone who is disloyal will be a dissident. In the name of removing corrupt officials and excluding dissidents, we can have peace of mind internally and win the hearts of the people externally. Why not?"
"This is one of them."
"Secondly, if an official is corrupt, the king will know it. Once the king knows it, the official will be afraid. The more afraid the official is, the more loyal he will be. Therefore, getting rid of corrupt officials is the art of controlling officials."
Hu Hui borrows the past to chant the present.
Tell the emperor to use corrupt officials and kill corrupt officials.
Hu Hu did not dare to say the rest.
Because the officials of the Ming Dynasty took integrity as the assessment standard, he did not dare to advise the emperor not to use honest officials but only to use corrupt officials. That would make him the most sycophantic official in the history.
"The old master knows my heart well."
Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "Teach me the art of controlling officials."
"But I don't like the art of controlling officials. I hope that everyone will serve the public and be honest and honest people."
Hu Xi wanted to say the second half of Su Chuo's sentence.
But Shengsheng stopped talking.
Doesn’t the emperor understand? Don't you want to use power?
No, he was determined to clean up the civil servants.
He wants to completely tame civil servants into dogs.
In fact, even Taizu and Taizong failed to tame civil servants like dogs. No emperor in the Ming Dynasty did it, but the Tatars did well.
Plop!
Hu Xi knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "I am willing to risk my life to protect your majesty from giving birth to a dragon heir, who will definitely inherit the throne!"
Is this the son's throne in exchange for this purge?
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sinister.
Isn’t it natural for me to give birth to a son and let my son inherit the throne?
how?
Still want to make a deal with you?
How ridiculous.
Even the most basic inheritance of the throne has to be traded through political means, which is so sad.
It can be seen that there is indeed a force behind the civil servant group that can control the succession of the throne.
When I was pushed to the throne, it was this force that pushed me.
Zhu Qizhen was captured at that time.
There are two candidates to succeed the throne, King Xiang Zhu Zhanzhen and Zhu Qiyu.
He always thought that the reason for choosing him was that he was the son of the late emperor. If he succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother Sun would still be the Queen Mother of the Central Palace, and the Sun family would not be suppressed by the Zhang family.
Xun Chen supported Emperor Xuanzong, so he naturally supported Zhu Qiyu's ascension to the throne.
At that time, Zhu Qiyu was young, did not have a vassal, and lacked experience in governing local areas. Therefore, in the eyes of civil servants, he was easier to control.
Now it seems that the real reasons are none of these.
But the force behind it chose Zhu Qiyu.
"Then this imperial examination cheating case will be settled?" Zhu Qiyu was indeed tempted.
Zhu Jianji's death may not have been planned by the Empress Dowager Sun.
It is also related to the civil service group.
Because civil servants need an emperor who is easy to control, not an emperor who is ambitious.
At that time, Zhu Qiyu first ascended to Dabao. He worked hard to overcome the accumulated shortcomings and wanted to make some achievements.
After the Yi Chu incident, Zhu Jianji died violently. From then on, Zhu Qiyu ignored the government affairs and did not grasp the imperial power. He was completely stubborn.
That's why I survived for a few years.
Now that I think about it carefully, the biggest beneficiary of Zhu Jianji's death, besides Zhu Qizhen, is the civil service group.
Moreover, after Zhu Jianji died violently, nothing happened.
The original owner didn't check it at all.
How suspicious.
It means that the court officials did not allow the emperor to investigate, so the emperor could not investigate and could only treat it as a normal death. Then in the remaining few years, he gave birth to a son, but he could not get it for a long time.
Finally, in the loneliness, he was defeated and won.
All of this is due to the forces behind it, who just want to change the emperor to prove their existence.
"Your Majesty, please hand it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Supervision Department to investigate!"
That is to say, let the civil servants investigate themselves.
It's better not to check.
Hu Xi stopped pretending: "I guarantee that your majesty's biological son will inherit the throne, and your majesty will enjoy the incense of the Ancestral Temple forever!"
In other words, Zhu Qiyu’s tablet will not be kicked out of the Ancestral Temple.
Zhu Qiyu wanted to kill him!
Kill all civil servants!
This just shows that Hu Hui has a relationship with this force, and is even deeply involved. There may be clues from him.
Suddenly, Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Deal."
"Old minister, thank you for your grace!" Hu Hui kowtowed respectfully.
The rift that had just been healed was completely broken.
It can no longer be blocked.
Hu Xi's thoughts were all in vain.
Just because of the imperial examination fraud case, Hu Xi cursed Bai Gui. Why couldn't he handle this matter well?
But the lid must be closed.
Don't let Dongchang get involved.
If you want to check, you have to check it yourself, and control it within a limited range.
As long as the roots of civil servants continue, they can slowly prosper and grow. Once the roots are cut off, a group can no longer be formed.
Sooner or later, civil servants will become the emperor's lackeys. Studying hard in a cold window will turn into studying hard and being a dog.
How sad?
Those who read the books of sages are not ashamed of this way.
"Old Master, who are the forces behind you?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
Hu Xi, who was just about to get up, knelt on the ground with a thud.
Not a word.
The silence speaks.
It just shows that there is really a force behind the scenes that is controlling the situation.
He can even control the emperor's life and death.
Zhu Qiyu slowly knelt down and said, "The factory guards are all mine. If there is anything wrong with me, I will bloodbath the court and kill everyone. Do you hear me?"
It was over, and the emperor's suspicion was finally released.
He's going to kill someone!
"Your Majesty..." Hu Xi wanted to explain.
"I don't want to hear those lies."
"I'm just telling you, I am the emperor and I can kill whoever I want!"
Zhu Qiyu stared at him: "Unless I die, but before I die, I can let everyone be buried with him!"
Hu Xi's body trembled, and she raised her eyes cautiously, only to see the emperor's eyes filled with murderous intent.
Can't contain it anymore!
From this moment on, the emperor will trust no one.
He would kill at any time.
"Go and pass on the decree. Kill everyone related to Zhang Jin. No need to expand it! Just kill them all!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't bear it.
"Send an order to Shu Liang again to find Dai Ying and transfer him to the Supervision Department."
"Send an order to the imperial guards to strengthen patrols in the palace."
Hu Xi heard it, and the emperor began to guard against everyone.
"Old Master, please go back if you have nothing to do."
Zhu Qiyu's tone was cold: "I have sent an order to the patrol camp. From now on, all streets in Beijing will be managed by the patrol camp."
Hu Xi's expression changed.
The emperor was making a fuss about that street exclusively for civilian officials.
Is the patrol battalion responsible for surveillance?
Absolutely not!
Cao Jixiang, the commander of the patrol camp, was a remnant of the Mobei King. In order to survive, he tormented the temple in Beijing and was about to die.
There are more than 100,000 monks in Beijing who can't sleep when they hear Cao Jixiang's name.
Let such evil stars rule the streets.
What is this for?
After the emperor regained the imperial power, he reused factory guards and established Tiqi and patrol camps. Now he has built the West Factory.
Nothing could be seen before because the emperor rarely used it.
Now that the emperor has gone crazy, will he use fanzi to not only spy on the world, but also use fanzi to rectify the world?
Hu Xi shuddered.
This damn imperial examination cheating case has caused great harm to civil servants!
Outside the Gongyuan.
Shu Liang summoned all the patrol officers.
Let Hu Xin identify them one by one.
Hu Xin said that there is no such Dai Ying.
"Are you kidding me?"
Shu Liangpi smiled but said: "Take him to prison, have a taste of it, and then he will be honest!"
"you!"
"Stand here for me, don't move!"
The ranger shivered.
They are patrol officers drawn from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section (Supervision Department).
However, the censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have all been sent to the private sector. Now this group of people are all newly recruited from the local areas, and at most they can be regarded as acting censors.
"The sinner told the truth. There really is no such person!" Hu Xin didn't want to go to prison.
He had also heard of the name of the prison, but no one came out of the prison alive.
No, to be precise, once you go in, it will be difficult to die.
Hu Xin didn’t want to suffer.
Just as Shu Liang was about to speak, a message was sent through the hospital.
During the examination period, the Gongyuan was completely closed.
Opening it at this time was an act of desperation.
However, the courtyard door cannot be opened frequently, and Shu Liang cannot break the rules and use a buzzer to send messages.
"You guys stay here while I go in!"
Shu Lianghan entered the Gongyuan with a face on his face, glanced at the candidates in the examination booth, and then went to the court.
"Manufacturer!"
A sweaty fan said in a low voice: "Something happened again. There is a candidate who is foaming at the mouth and seems to be dying."
"That's all?"
Shu Liang frowned: "If you die, you will die. Even if you die, you have to wait three days before the door opens. No one is allowed to make exceptions."
"Mr. Factory, go check it out. The candidate's candle is missing."
"Um?"
Shu Liang glanced sideways: "All three are missing?"
"Yes, three candles take three days' worth."
"It can't burn out so quickly."
"I saw wax oil in the foam he spit out. It seems that he swallowed wax before the accident happened."
Na Fanzi describes the process in detail.
Shu Liang's expression changed: "Hurry and drag the person over, open his stomach, and check the candle!"
"I obey you!"
Dongchang Fanzi was quick with his actions and quickly dragged the person over, disembowelled him and took out the half-dissolved candle.
Shu Liang endured the smell and looked at it in the sunshine.
"Mr. Factory, there are words!"
Shu Liang also saw it, and it was indeed written.
Bai Gui came to inquire, and with him were several deputy examiners, Chen Ji, Hu Ao, and Li Xian.
"Shang Shu Bai, look!" Shu Liang held it up for Bai Gui to see.
"Why are there words on it?"
Bai Gui looked back sharply and asked: "Who sent this candle?"
"It was from the vice president." Chen Ji replied.
"Call someone here."
Bai Gui looked at the sun and said, "I can't see clearly what the word is."
"It was corroded by stomach water and no one can see clearly." Shu Liang picked up the remaining candle segments and there were writings on them.
It shows that this is not a word engraved randomly, but fraud.
The vice president's name is Yang Darong, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai.
Yang Darong has thick hands and feet, dark skin, and was born a farmer.
After passing the imperial examination, he stayed in the local area for several years.
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate was really short of people, he was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate as a censor.
"Did you send this candle?" Shu Liang asked him.
After Yang Darong saluted, he nodded and admitted: "It was given by my humble position."
"Are there any words on it?" Shu Liang asked.
"There's no handwriting, not a single one!" Yang Darong said firmly.
"Come and see."
Shu Liang asked him to read it, and Yang Darong opened his mouth in shock: "Why are there words?"
"I have to ask you, this candle passed through your hands." Shu Liang looked at him coldly.
Plop!
Yang Darong knelt on the ground: "My father-in-law, I am clear that my humble position is just to hand out candles, and I have definitely not participated in any fraud."
"Keep your voice down, what are you shouting for?"
Shu Liang was dissatisfied.
I am worried that his loud voice will affect the candidates' answers.
"I know this from my humble position." Yang Darong asked Bai Gui for help.
Bai Gui also doubted him: "Tell me, whose hands have these candles passed through?"
"Reply to Master Shangshu, from making to delivering this candle..."
"Just say it's in the Gongyuan." Bai Gui asked.
Yang Darong thought for a moment and then said: "The warehouse stewards, the men who carry the goods, the boys who distribute the goods..."
"Besides them, there are only menial jobs."
Yang Darong shouted: "But the humble duty never participated in the fraud. This candle didn't know who was changed."
Bai Gui looked at Shu Liang.
"Bengong see it by you."
Shu Liang raised his eyes: "Take a candle."
"If the two candles are the same, it means that it is produced in a batch."
"The test is to choose the talents, but the world's major affairs."
"Making candles is the official residence."
"As long as you check it, you can find out, and even who this candle is made, there is a basis for checking."
Shu Liang said slowly: "Yang Darong, Ben Gong gives you a chance, confessed by himself, this is the end of this matter."
"If you don't know the picture, enter the East Factory's prison, this father -in -law will not be able to discuss with you."
"Human job is wrong!" Yang Darong screamed.
But Dongchang Fanzi came to report: "Factory, a little sister who distributed the candle was 缢 但."
Shu Liang looked at Yang Darong: "Are you destroying evidence?"
"It's really not a humble job.
Yang Darong cried: "Humido has seen His Majesty. His Majesty appreciates humble duties.
"Although humble duties are poor, they also know the truth that poverty cannot be moved."
"More familiar with the law, knowing what is the crime of imperial examinations, how can you know the law and commit the law!"
"Ask the adults to learn!"
Yang Darong went to the end.
Shu Liang looked at Bai Gui.
Bai Gui shook his head. He thought it was not Yang Darong.
Yang Darong, who was born in a farmhouse, was favored by the emperor, and there was no need to destroy the future.
"All the little sister -in -law who distributed the candle concentrated."
Shu Liang's gaze flickered: "Go the candles that the self -raised little sister -in -law distributed from his hands will be checked again."
"Ben Gong wants to see, what secrets are hidden in the candle."
Dongchang Fanzi began to work.
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