Li Zhi, the acting prince of Qin Wenyuan, was the on-site examiner. On the day of the exam, this guy did something unexpected by the imperial invigilator. He made hundreds of his bodyguards wear standard khaki military uniforms, military caps, breeches, and polished feet.
He wears black leather boots, a uniform saber hangs from his waist, and his white-gloved hand holds a uniform red cherry spear.
The Qin family's personal guards were dressed in such attire and stood solemnly outside the examination room with a majestic attitude. They had already attracted loud cheers from the people of Chang'an City who were watching the exams of many Confucian students from a distance. The young people who like the military were all very envious of these "
The personal guards of the "Prince of Qi's Mansion", as well as officials and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, seeing the Qin family's army in such formations, all thought that the Qin family was so powerful.
At the entrance to the examination room, two men in military uniforms guarded the announcement with white letters on a black background.
But I saw this notice on the announcement:
"Anyone who disrupts the discipline of the examination room, whoever uses his power to bully, whoever commits fraud will be disqualified from the examination, expelled from the examination room, and expelled from the examination, as soon as he is discovered. Those who gather to cause trouble will be whipped or beheaded in public. Those who have nothing to do with the examination will not be allowed to do so.
Those who enter the examination room and do not listen to the advice will be jailed at the least, or exiled to the army at the worst."
For a moment, the atmosphere inside and outside the examination room was solemn.
Not far from the examination room, where the carriages and horses were parked, Marquis Wu of Chang'an City maintained order. This examination was so rigorous that in previous years, many of the rich families, nobles, gentry and other children in the capital who thought I was the best in the world finally saw what they saw today.
It's called rules.
Qin Wenyuan was sitting in a high position in the main hall of the examination room. He was wearing a prince's robe embroidered with unicorns. He had a unicorn head with teeth and claws on his chest, which looked like a lion and a dragon, making him look very majestic and noble.
Today's exam is titled "Four Books and Five Classics, Poems, Songs and Rhapsody". It requires candidates to express themselves freely without being restricted by the form. They can write beautiful articles including poems, lyrics and scriptures. The main purpose is to assess the candidates' cultural level, cultivation and other comprehensive qualities.
Just when the invigilator distributed the papers to each candidate's desk, and when the candidates entered and listened to the bell to start answering papers, there was a noise and commotion outside the examination room.
Qin Wenyuan frowned, leaned over and told the invigilators to continue to do the same, so that the candidates could enter the venue in an orderly manner, and then shouted loudly.
"Who is making the noise outside!"
Zhou Cang heard the prince's call and entered the examination room to report.
"Report to your lord, there are people from the Luo Yi tribe of King Yan outside the examination room who do not abide by the rules of the examination room, bully the poor candidates, and gather to cause trouble."
"Put out the troublemakers and whip them to show the public. Today I am the King of Heaven, so I must follow the rules of the examination room set by this king."
"Got the order!"
Zhou Cang quickly left the examination room and said to the three young masters with red lips and white teeth who were surrounded by dozens of personal guards and the guards behind them.
"No matter how powerful you are, a certain family dares to use its power to bully the poor students. It is against the regulations of the examination room to gather a crowd to cause trouble. Sons, please take these three down and whip them to show the public."
Just when a dozen personal guards were about to take action, the laughter of "Jiejie" came from behind the three young masters.
"If you dare to touch my young master, don't blame me for being ruthless. Those who know how to do it will let my young master enter the examination room first. How can these untouchables go ahead of the noble children?"
"Really! A certain family doesn't know what to do with you today. Take it down."
After hearing the leader's military order, several personal guards had already let go of their hands and feet to deal with the guards of the three young masters, and several personal guards had already begun to arrest the three young masters.
But I heard one of the young masters shouting loudly.
"Others are afraid of you, the Qin family's personal guards, but we, the Luo family, are not afraid. Come on, let's see how I kill you."
Following the words, the young master was seen using his hands and feet to use the Luo family's boxing techniques to fight against the Xu family's personal guards. However, the Qin family's personal guards all had Xu Tian personally teach him the fighting skills of capturing prisoners in the previous life's army. The exquisite moves actually surpassed the Luo family's boxing techniques.
You are truly going to meet a great talent.
The many guards who fought against the guards were outnumbered and had already been captured by the Qin family's guards. Only the young master named Luo was still struggling to resist.
Zhou Cang took action and quickly arrested Young Master Luo. Together with the other two young masters who were frightened, they were tied to pillars erected outside the examination room and loudly ordered the guards.
"These three people were disqualified from taking the exam. Each of them was whipped thirty miles away in public. The servants and guards they captured were dragged away to a distance and beaten with sticks. A certain family did not believe that they could not conquer these villains who thought they were superior to others.
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All the personal guards agreed in a loud voice, and dozens of personal guards took the servants who had caused trouble with their young master like chickens to a place slightly far away from the examination room for disposal.
Outside the examination room, many Confucian scholars and young men in bright and luxurious clothes entered the examination room in an orderly manner. They looked at the three young men tied to the pillars struggling and were angry. They were secretly glad that they did not make trouble with the young masters of the Luo family and others, while the poor children
But he secretly made up his mind because of Prince Qi's style of not being afraid of the powerful. God will take care of him and he will be ranked among the top officials. In the future, he will be an official like Prince Qi who makes decisions for the people.
But it turned out that it was these three aristocratic families. The noble sons relied on their family background and secretly resented being the same candidates as the poor children and being dissatisfied with having to line up to enter the examination room in an orderly manner. The grandson of King Luo Yi of Yan had been sought after since he was a child. How could he endure this?
He was so arrogant that he actually disdained the examination rules set by Qin Wenyuan and ordered his guards to push away the poor students lined up in front of him and threaten him with violence.
Naturally, many poor Confucian scholars dared to get angry but did not dare to speak out.
The Qin family's guards discovered the commotion here, and stepped forward to interrogate them before they learned the cause of the commotion. Most of these wolf-like guards were from poor backgrounds, and they hated bullying others the most. At this time, they could not care about the identity of the troublemakers.
, Dare to challenge the power of our prince, even the king of heaven and relatives of the emperor have to say something today.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Luo ignored the Qin family's bodyguards, and together with other young men from two aristocratic families in Chang'an City, they made a big fuss outside the examination room. At this time, he finally reaped the evil consequences he had sown.
Just when the three guards were holding long whips and were about to whip the young master who was tied to the pillar, Qin Qiong and his son Qin Huaiyu rushed over and shouted loudly at the guards who were about to whip him.
"Wait a minute! How dare you do this to a certain nephew? Knowing that he is the direct grandson of King Yan Luo Yi, aren't you afraid of King Yan's questioning?"
Seeing that it was Qin Qiong who was blocking the way, Zhou Cang stepped forward and said politely.
"General Qin is polite. There was a notice in the examination room today, asking the Confucian students participating in the examination to act according to the rules of the examination room. Those who violate the rules of the examination room shall be punished. These three young masters do not know the benefits and do not take the rules seriously because of their family background. A certain family
The prince has an order, and anyone who violates it, regardless of status, even if he is a relative of the emperor, must abide by it. I hope General Qin will give him convenience so that Zhou can carry out the prince's military order."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Qin Qiong listened to Zhou Cang's words and looked at the huge notice board outside the examination room. She also secretly hated her nephew for not living up to expectations, and was thinking about how to do better.
When this happened, I heard my nephew cry out sadly.
"Uncle, hurry up and save your nephew!"
This call naturally aroused the weakness in Qin Qiong's heart. He thought that his cousin Luo Cheng was such a hero, but his son was so humiliated today. It was impossible to say that a certain family had to protect their nephew today even though they had a reputation of being domineering.
The man ordered his son Qin Huaiyu to guard his nephew here, and spoke to Zhou Cang with a serious face.
"General Zhou, please wait until Qin meets your prince."
At that time, the other two elders of the young master's family must have heard about the arrest of their own young master, and hurriedly led a dozen men in fine clothes to the outside of the examination room. However, they turned out to be confidants sent by the imperial concubine Wei Guifei and the eldest son Heng'an's family.
Seeing their young master tied to the pillar, before seeing Xu Tian, they all said angrily in a pretentious manner.
"Hurry up and release my young master, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Zhou Cang didn't have time to reply to Qin Qiong and was furious when he heard this.
"Really! Listen to the order and persuade those who are disobedient to leave. Those who don't listen to the advice will be killed!"
"Got the order!"
Amidst the loud promises, dozens of personal guards held spears in their hands and formed a battle formation, pressing step by step against the elders and dozens of men sent by the Wei family and the Changsun family.
Just when the situation outside the examination room was getting a little tense, the bell rang in the examination room, and the answering questions for the Tang Dynasty Imperial Examination officially began.
Qin Wenyuan stood up and scanned the examination room. He saw that the examination room was in order and only heard the sound of paper being turned and ink being rubbed. He smiled with satisfaction and went out to see how the troublemakers were being dealt with outside the examination room.
When they left the examination room, they saw the scene of the guards driving away dozens of strong men with spears. Farewell to Qin Qiong, Qin Huaiyu seemed to be protecting the young master who was tied to the pillar. Qin Wenyuan frowned and said to Zhou Cang first.
"Pass on this king's order, Wugan people must leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise, they will be killed without mercy!"
Having said this, Qin Wenyuan spoke to Qin Qiong, Qin Huaiyu and his son again.
"I don't know what General Qin and his son have in mind here. I have been ordered to supervise the examination of Confucian scholars in the Tang Dynasty. If General Qin and his son have nothing to do, please leave this place to avoid being criticized by the world and damaging the reputation of the Qin family."
Qin Qiong saw that Qin Wenyuan was obviously asking questions knowingly, and although he was polite and courteous, he was still irritating, so he said with a powerful look on his face.
"Prince Qin, could you please let me go for the sake of my face? Now this nephew has been disqualified from taking the exam. It seems that this punishment has already established the prince's authority. There is no need to whip such a cruel person in public!"
"General Qin's words are wrong! I disdain to establish authority on these unknown boys. They have not been qualified since ancient times. If there are no rules, there will be no radius. General Qin is also the leader of the army. He should know that those who disobey military orders should be killed.
Reason, I have already set the rules in the examination room, but there are always people who don't take it seriously. No wonder I am unkind. Today, I have given the general face. How should I convince the public in the future? Please teach me, the general.
, Alas! In fact, there is no need for General Qin to protect his shortcomings like this. I think it is good for these dandy boys who think that I am the best in the world to learn some lessons. At least let them know that there is justice in the world, and they will act accordingly in the future.
If they have such scruples, will the general still intercede on their behalf?"
Qin Wenyuan's kind words and persuasion were all because Qin Qiong and Qin Huaiyu had interacted with the Xu family. Although he had some resentment towards Qin Qiong, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and even a deified elder, he still respected Qin Qiong and did not want to interact with him.
It completely broke my face.
Qin Huaiyu listened to Xu Tian's words, but he actually recognized this former friend in his heart.
After returning to Chang'an City from the Qin family army, although he did not have much interaction with Qin Wenyuan, Qin Huaiyu always regarded Qin Wenyuan as his friend. With the current situation, Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but feel upset.
"On one side are friends and on the other side are relatives. According to logic, I really shouldn't be involved in such nonsense. How can my father leave his late cousin's only son alone? It's really a dilemma!"
Qin Huaiyu frowned and thought, and Qin Qiong talked to Qin Wenyuan again.
"Prince Qin, does he know that among these three young masters, there is the second son of Qin's cousin Luo Cheng. This son's father Luo Cheng and his brother Luo Tong both made great military exploits with the Tang Dynasty and both sacrificed their lives for the country. Can the prince commemorate the great contributions of his father and brother?
Open the net and bring this bad son back to Mrs. Luo for strict discipline."
Listening to Qin Qiong's talk about the origins of the Luo family's young masters, Qin Wenyuan seems to be unable to do things right for the sake of his deceased ancestors, even if the sons of such meritorious ministers make countless mistakes. Life is often like this.
So helpless, we act from a righteous standpoint, but we have to worry about people's well-intentioned notions of right and wrong. This is the contradiction between the law being intolerable and the law being nothing more than human feelings!
After hearing the words, Qin Wenyuan pondered for a while, already thinking about it in his heart, and said loudly to the many people who were watching.
"The young master of the Luo family has been blessed by the contributions of his father and brother in the Tang Dynasty. Today, my king is extraordinarily tolerant of the law. He will only disqualify this son from taking the exam, spare his punishment, and send General Qin to bring him back for strict discipline."
Qin Qiong didn't say anything after hearing this. To achieve this result, he thought that Qin Wenyuan also gave the Qin and Luo families a huge favor. If he raised the exam again, he would be a little overreaching. At that time, Qin Wenyuan would be disgusted. I am afraid that things will not go well today.
Qin Huaiyu finally relaxed his mood. The father and son bowed their hands and said goodbye to Xu Tian. They took the young master of the Luo family and left in panic when many people pointed at them.
After the father and son took the people away, Qin Wenyuan actually stood in front of everyone and continued to speak.
"This king is not strict in enforcing the law. He should be whipped three times to set the rules and carry out the execution himself in Zhou Cang's hands."
These words were so frightening that Zhou Cang and many of his guards immediately knelt down, and the people watching also shouted.
"Your Majesty's strict conduct makes us, the common people, admire you. You must not use your precious body to take the punishment for others. Please take back your life!"
The two young masters who were still tied to the pillar were scared to death. They thought that Xu Tiangui, as the prince, could even set an example and accept a whipping for setting the rules. However, the Wei family and the eldest grandson family did not have military merits like the Luo family. What should this do?
Yes, I regret that I offended this evil god because of the hatred between the family and Qin Wenyuan!
Qin Wenyuan smiled and waved to signal the people to get up, and shouted to Zhou Cang again.
"implement!"
Zhou Cang had no choice but to hit his master three times with the long whip. He dropped the long whip and knelt down with tears in his eyes to beg the prince for punishment.
Qin Wenyuan helped Zhou Cang up and pointed at the two young masters tied to the pillars to the execution guards.
"Let these two be released after giving them ten lashes each!"
The family members of the two young masters who were driven away by their guards but still refused to leave, saw Prince Xu doing this, and actually admired them very much in their hearts. Although they were servants, their ancestors were all servants of the family, but there were also some
A passionate man, he naturally understands and disdains the achievements of the children of aristocratic families, but reality forces him to do something against his will.
Hearing the two young masters being whipped, the shrill screams mixed with the sound of the whips screaming in the wind when the whips were drawn, the guards and servants of the two families were all trembling with fear, but the people watching cheered.
"Your Majesty is so virtuous that you, the common people like us, dare to stand up straight and be human beings. You should be worshiped by us."