Chapter two hundred and eighty sixth petition to arrest
"Don't! Don't look for trouble in this storm!" Zhu Pang wondered if Gu Chengyu had spent all his wealth and bribed those officials, right?
Gu Chengyu put down his pen and rolled his eyes at him angrily. This guy must have forgotten the purpose of his visit again.
"Is this what you're here to ask?" He washed his hands in the copper basin, then returned to the desk and looked at the calligraphy he had practiced early in the morning.
I saw that the fonts were a little more scattered than before, but a little more sharp. It seemed that he was not immune to vulgarity, and his character was easily affected. If he wanted to be calm about honor and disgrace, he still needed to practice a lot.
"I said, are you still in the mood to practice calligraphy now?" Zhu Pang was so impressed by Gu Chengyu that the knife was hanging above his head. This man was not in a hurry.
"It's useless to be anxious. Can you and I have any control over this matter? Tell me! What news are you here to send?"
Gu Chengyu was very grateful for Zhu Pang's concern about this matter. Didn't Zhu Pang inquire about these things just for him? In the past, he would not care about these things.
Zhu Pang frowned, with a gloomy look on his face, "Where is the news? Dali Temple has not come out with anything from the interrogation, and people have been asked to verify the evidence. My father said that Mr. Wan and the others may not be able to escape this time.
He was robbed, and the evidence was very sufficient, including the locations where the bandits fled and the gold and silver intercepted each time."
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. Did the eldest prince kick his own account book over? Otherwise, why is it so detailed? Sometimes the truth can be mixed with falsehoods to make people believe it is true. Then most of the locations may be true.
However, Hu Maoshen had to worry about these problems. He only focused on the imperial examination fraud case.
"Is there any progress in the trial fraud case?" Gu Chengyu asked casually. He knew that Zhu Pang's father could not talk about everything in the house.
"I didn't listen to what my father said. I just said that I haven't confessed yet. However, my father said that within two or three days, I'm afraid there will be results. Those two people won't be able to survive that long, after all, they are old."
Gu Chengyu nodded. He had already given most of the evidence to Hu Maoshen, and the rest was just a matter of following the clues.
If he hasn't found out in two days, he will be too useless, and he will not be able to achieve the position of left deputy censor, let alone be respected by the emperor.
Kuang Zhaoying went to the imperial study room before going to court. He planned to put the first 100 candidates in prison and search the candidates' homes. However, he considered that some of them were from aristocratic families, so he could not mention it at the court meeting, otherwise he would have to
Cause public outrage.
There were many children from aristocratic families participating in the examination, and there were also many children from officials, some of whom were direct descendants. If those colleagues knew that it was him who suggested it, they might skin him.
In fact, when some candidates are arrested, it is just a formality and they will let them go after being kept for two hours. Some may even rule out suspicion during the inspection. This depends on the candidate's background.
No matter how much Kuang Zhaoying wanted to achieve political success, there was no way he would offend those aristocratic families. Besides, the sons of aristocratic families were taught strictly and would never cheat. Because once they were discovered, it would inevitably bring harm to the family, and the family would not allow them to do this.
"Your Majesty! Lord Kuang, please see me!" De'an put on Ming's dragon robe for the Emperor and was about to tie the robe when the voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside.
The emperor frowned. There was going to be a morning court meeting soon. Is there anything that couldn't be discussed at the court meeting? He thought about it, but then he thought about it and changed his mind. Could it be that there was new progress in the fraud case and the bandit case?
"Xuan!" De'an quickly speeded up and arranged the emperor's robes, and then stood aside respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Kuang Zhaoying, respectfully greets you!" Kuang Zhaoying fell to the ground as soon as he entered the royal study.
"Let's get up! But has there been any progress in the case?" The emperor took a sip of tea and refreshed himself. Recently, he has become more and more depressed. The last time the elixir failed again, but this time, with money, the medicinal materials can be gathered together.
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Thinking of this, his mood suddenly improved a bit, and he became kind to Kuang Zhaoying who disturbed him early in the morning.
"Your Majesty! Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing refuse to plead guilty. Wei Chen wants to start from other places. Since they do not admit to cheating, the person who bribed them must be the candidates for this examination."
As Kuang Zhaoying spoke, he glanced at the emperor's reaction from the corner of his eye. When he saw the emperor nodded, he continued: "But if I want them to identify me, I don't know how long it will take. So I asked the emperor to rank this exam among the top ones."
Hundreds of candidates will be imprisoned in the prison first, and will be released after being verified by the ministers. Please ask the Emperor for permission!"
When the emperor heard this, he immediately frowned, "A hundred? No! These are all my disciples, and I can't let them feel cold."
Although he is the emperor, he still has to consider the complicated family relationships in the capital. There are many children of aristocratic families participating in this conference. If he is imprisoned, his Palace of Supreme Harmony will be overthrown by these ministers.
Yan Guan would not let him go, even he dared to take part in those stubborn old men.
Kuang Zhaoying scolded his mother in his heart, he knew that the emperor was an old fox. The emperor sounded nice, but was he actually afraid that those aristocratic families would make trouble?
However, he also knew that there were too many people, and the emperor would not be able to agree. He thought about it, and since he failed the test questions or cheated in the examination room, he must be ranked first.
"If your Majesty thinks that one hundred is too many, then arrest the first twenty. Maybe the bribers are among these people, and there must be a lot of them! We will slowly investigate the other ministers. As long as we find a few, we are not afraid of two
Your Excellency will not confess."
If they find a few, it will be useless for Wan Xuenian and the others to carry them to death. They are not afraid of not recruiting the rest, they just want to make those people happy for a few more days!
The emperor hesitated and said, "De'an, bring me the list of rankings for this examination."
"Yes! I will go right now." The list has been submitted a long time ago. In fact, the emperor did not need to see the exam results in previous years. Only this time the situation is special, so the emperor came to the list yesterday.
Yesterday was busy with government affairs, so I didn't have time to read it. The emperor took the list and read it from top to bottom.
The name of the first member was Gu Chengyu, and Min Feng was ranked second. Huh? The emperor looked at it carefully and found that only one of the top five members was from a noble family.
The first place's name still looks familiar. Let's look at the candidate's place of origin and resume. Is it him?
"Gu Chengyu was the person who assisted Chiang Shilang in launching the experimental field?" Seeing his place of origin, the emperor finally understood why this name looked so familiar.
"Back to the emperor, it is this person." De'an stepped forward quickly to reply.
Although he is illiterate, he has a good memory! The emperor recited Gu Chengyu's name twice a few years ago, and he remembered it deeply. If De'an had no redeeming qualities, he would not be able to achieve the position of general manager.
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The emperor did not like the eunuchs around him to be literate, lest the eunuchs peek at the memorials and interfere with the government affairs.