Chen Tongwen regretted it at this time and felt that he should not have thought of threatening people like Min Shouzheng in the first place, but should have informed the court directly.
But it was too late for Chen Tongwen to regret at this time. He vomited blood and died, fell to the ground, and then helplessly watched his house collapse in the fire, and helplessly watched his killer walk away.
Chen Zhongyong, the son of Chen Tongwen, who came back the next morning with an ink scroll in his arms because he went to tell him about it all night, and several of his classmates who failed the exam knew that there was fraud in the provincial examination. When he came back, he only saw that his home had become a rubble field. He also saw his father lying dead on the ground.
Chen Zhongyong was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and left, gritting his teeth, and only entered an inn.
"Dad! Mom!"
And after he checked in and entered his room, he burst into tears.
After he calmed down, Chen Zhongyong took out a pen and paper, started writing a whistleblower book, and dropped the whistleblower book into the whistleblower box at the post station in a neighboring county.
After he returned from neighboring counties, several classmates who had failed the exam found him.
A student named Lu Zhende asked Chen Zhongyong: "Brother Zimei, do you know what's going on in your family?"
Chen Zhongyong pretended to be shocked after hearing this: "What happened to my family?"
Joanne Lu replied: "Your house was burned down by the fire and not even a scrap of paper was left. Your father was even killed on the spot!"
Chen Zhongyong hurriedly ran towards his home, then knelt on the ground and cried again: "Who wants to kill my father?! Woo hoo!"
"My condolences, brother Zimei!"
"In my opinion, this should be related to your father knowing about the fraud in the provincial examination."
"Yes, it must be because of this. The people behind this are so despicable! It seems that something is wrong with this provincial examination."
Lu Zhende comforted Chen Zhongyong at this time, and then said.
"That's right! The country has been raising scholars for more than two hundred years, and we can't just let them ruin the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony! We have to report this to the Fu Yuan."
Another member, Wang Zhen, also started to appeal.
Chen Zhongyong stood up and said with tears: "It's not enough for us alone. We have to mobilize all the failed candidates who are still in Nandu, so that everyone can take action together and denounce injustice! Why has the national talent promotion ceremony become the official ceremony?" It is a tool for the clan to control the power of the government. If this continues, how will the country be regarded as a country, and how should the people be regarded as the people?!"
Chen Zhongyong is a genius who took the exam after passing the provincial examination just after passing the provincial examination after the reform of the subordinate official system this year. He originally wanted to directly pass the examination and become a candidate within one year, but he could not accept it because of the examination. He had to wait two years because of the fraud, not to mention that he knew that once his father died, he would probably silence him because of the officials who had cheated in the examination room and found out that he knew about it, so he simply wanted to He became high-profile and seemed to want to compete with the bureaucrats who committed fraud in the examination room.
"Brother Zimei is right!"
"The national talent promotion ceremony cannot be a tool for noble families to monopolize the advancement of gentlemen in the world!"
"We must fight! We must fight for our country!"
Jeanne Lu echoed.
Wang Zhen also followed: "You should fight for justice for your country!"
In recent years, more and more common people have been studying, and there have been a lot more Hanshis. However, the number of Hanshis who are middle-ranking students still accounts for a small proportion, especially the number of middle-ranking scholars and Jinshis.
If Zhu Yijun had not repeatedly issued decrees to increase the number of candidates and scholars, these lower-level scholars would still blame the emperor for not recruiting more wise men.
However, Zhu Yijun had repeatedly issued decrees to increase the number of candidates and Jinshi, so all the poor scholars in the world knew about it. Naturally, they could not vent their grievances about their failure in the examinations to the court. Most of all, they blamed themselves for not being good enough or working hard enough, and even thought that It was caused by the expansion of student enrollment, so many poor people still feel that they should be content. After all, if it weren't for the expansion of enrollment, they wouldn't even be able to pass the entrance examination.
But now it was revealed that it was because of the fraud in the examination room and because the famous officials were deliberately monopolizing the road to advancement, which made me, a humble scholar, feel depressed. These poor scholars instantly turned their blame for themselves into a blame for the famous officials.
After all, it is human nature to evade one's own responsibilities and not to admit that one is not good enough. As long as one can blame external factors for one's failure, one will definitely blame external factors for one's failure.
As a result, many poor scholars were organized.
The suspected fraud in the Yingtian Township Examination has become known to more and more people.
Min Shouzheng panicked when he learned about this, and couldn't help but ask Yang Yingkui: "What's going on? Hasn't Chen Tongwen already dealt with it and his whole family has been burned?"
Yang Yingkui said: "It's probably something that slipped through the net. There's nothing we can do about it. The incident happened suddenly and we couldn't bury the secrets in advance, so it's inevitable that it won't be dealt with completely."
"What can we do?"
"If the higher-ups really find out that we are secretly communicating in the scientific examination, I'm afraid the guilt will be heavy."
Min Shouzheng said worriedly.
Yang Yingkui said: "Why should you worry? As long as we don't admit it, the court can't do anything to him. Is the article unqualified, or is there really bribery? None! Naturally, no evidence can be found!"
"As for judging the quality of something based on the number of certain words or sentences that appear, it is pure nonsense! Who can prove it?"
Min Shouzheng said: "Having said that, if His Majesty wants to force justice for those who fail, what will we do?"
"Unless Your Majesty wants to offend all the official clans in the world."
"I'm afraid that if he just has this intention, Shen Shixing and other new parties will have to persuade him to abide by the rules."
Yang Yingkui continued to comfort Min Shouzheng at this time, and said with a cold face: "However, these troublemaking poor men have to be dealt with. I hope the massage department can be stronger."
"Yes, don't make such a big fuss. When the time comes, His Majesty won't be able to compromise even if he wants to because he can't offend the official master too much."
Min Shouzheng said.
In fact, Chen Zhongyong and other poor people who failed the provincial examination had already come to the governor's office and found Yingtian Governor Sun Qin. When he learned about this, he was furious and promised Chen Zhongyong and other poor people: "Don't worry, I will definitely do it for you." Maintain justice and report the matter to the court."
Chen Zhongyong and others were very grateful.
But as soon as Chen Zhongyong and other humble scholars left the governor's office, they found that the streets in front and behind them were suddenly deserted. The bustling shops in the past were also closed. There were no boats on the river, only the patter of winter. The rain flew over from the river and hit people's cheeks, which was very cold and biting.
"How is this going?"
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Soon, they heard the sound of drawing swords, and saw a large number of masked strong men holding sharp swords, walking out of the alleys on both sides, with murderous intent in their eyes, walking towards these poor men.
"What are they going to do?"
"It's like a dead soldier secretly raised by a wealthy family, who specializes in taking human lives. Otherwise, he wouldn't have a fierce look in his eyes after seeing us scholars."
"what should we do?"
These poor men began to panic.
And not long after, these masked strong men came towards these cold warriors with sharp blades, slashing at anyone they saw.
"ah!"
Soon there were screams.
Lu Zhende, a scholar who came with Chen Zhongyong, was first stabbed by a masked man running from behind. Suddenly, he felt the coldness on his back and screamed "Ah", and then fell to the ground. He fell to the ground and said with a painful look on his face: "It hurts!"
Seeing this, Chen Zhongyong used his strength and hurriedly ran to the river and jumped into the river first.
But before the other Han soldiers had time to jump, they were stopped by many strong men with swords who rushed over.
"ah!"
Then, Han Shi Wang Zhen was also slashed, and his intestines fell out.
Chen Zhongyong turned around and saw this scene, but he had no time to say anything and just dived into the water. At that time, a strong man had already jumped into the water to chase Guo Lai.
At this time, the massacre continued on the shore.
Yihanshi had already knelt down to beg for mercy, but he was stabbed several times by these killers, and many transparent holes appeared all over his body.
Phew!
These people killed the poor people when they saw them, and soon all the poor people were slaughtered.
"I don't know awe, do you really think that just because you study, you are as valuable as a famous official?"
Inspector Du Ruojia was standing in an attic incognito with Governor Sun Qin at this time. He looked at this scene and said something.
Sun Qin also sneered: "This is the consequence of having a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper!"
"These people only think that it is not easy for them to study hard for a lifetime, but they forget that it is not easy for a family of officials to run a family business for generations. It is only through generations of hard work that they have become as powerful as they are today. How can they give up power just because of an exam? ?”
"These pedantic, stubborn and poor men cry out for justice, but they never know what true justice is!"
(End of chapter)
