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But the premise is that the matter must be made big. The bigger the matter is, whether Yang Jian will use the opportunity to kill people afterwards or weaken the power of the powerful family, it will go more smoothly.
As for these scholars who were being used, their integrity as scholars was completely inspired. At this time, the poor scholars who were still in the capital, if they did not join them in the sit-in, they would probably die of shame. Now they are in "Xu Jingzong"
Under the provocation of "I have no fear of death, I just want to leave my name in history, why should I be afraid of being attacked by swords and axes."
They believed that the court was too unfair to their group, so they wanted to fight for the power of being an official for themselves. However, they did not understand that all power belonged to the emperor and the wealthy families. Only the emperor gave you the share, and you had no right to ask him for it.
Ask for.
Sure enough, before he saw Yang Jian, the eunuch Bai Shi secretly sent him the latest news. His Majesty ordered more than a thousand scholars to disperse. The latter refused to listen and wanted to wait for an explanation from the court. Zhao Shuliang directly ordered them to disperse by force. On the spot
There was a conflict, and three poor people were killed on the spot, and more than ten people from poor families were injured. They were eventually driven away, and Xu Jingzong, who was the leader of the trouble, was nowhere to be found.
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In the East Palace, Prince Yang Guang was furious like his father Yang Jian, because it was his aide Xu Jingzong who was leading the trouble.
"Come here, bring this daring and reckless person like Xu Jingzong back to you. You want to see his body before you die, and you want to see him alive." Yang Guang gritted his teeth and roared.
"Wait a minute!" Among the seven or eight staff members nearby, the new staff member Zhang Jike suddenly came out and shouted loudly.
When Yang Guang heard that someone dared to disobey him, murderous intent loomed on his face. He turned around and saw that it was Zhang Jike. His expression softened slightly and he shouted: "Zhang Jike, what do you have to say?"
Zhang Jike bowed and cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, this matter is very strange."
Yang Guang's heart moved and he said: "What's so strange?"
Zhang Jike looked incomprehensible and said solemnly: "Your Highness, there is only one person in the entire capital and even the entire world who can plot His Highness, the eldest prince, Gao Ying, Wang Junlin and Zhou Chengyan."
Yang Guang's body was shaken, he stood up suddenly, and said: "You mean this is arranged by my father..."
Zhang Jike said categorically: "Yes, only Your Majesty can make Xu Jingzong hide it from His Highness."
Upon hearing this, Yang Guang basically believed Zhang Jike's statement. His face changed, and he sat down on the soft couch, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "What is the purpose of my father doing this?"
Zhang Jike's eyes flashed and he said: "His Majesty has been doing what he wants to do."
Yang Guang's eyes lit up and he said: "You are saying that my father's purpose is still to weaken and attack various noble families."
Zhang Jike hesitated for a moment and said, "Perhaps Your Majesty also has the intention to give His Highness and the First Prince a slap in the face."
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Wang Junlin walked into the back hall of Guanwen Palace. The atmosphere inside was very depressing. The maids, eunuchs and guards were all kicked out by Yang Jian.
Only Yang Jian was sitting on the high throne, his face covered by the crown of heaven, and there was no trace of happiness or anger.
"I have come to pay homage to Your Majesty." He lay down obediently and asked for forgiveness. This is the treatment of a guilty minister. Who would be a good person and kowtow?
Yang Jian's sneer was like a crow circling low in the sky. At a certain moment, the sneer suddenly stopped and he shouted: "Wang Junlin, you are so brave. The last time you provoked tens of thousands of people to destroy the Changping Prince's Mansion and kill Prince Changping, I
You have not been punished, but now you dare to incite thousands of poor people to sit quietly in front of the imperial city and put pressure on me. You thought you pushed out one of the prince's staff, but I didn't know it was you who did it.
Do you still think that I can’t kill you, a minister with ulterior motives?”
Yang Jian's look and words were murderous, but Wang Junlin was completely relieved after hearing this. Yang Jian's reaction was as expected. In other words, as the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian did not disappoint him.
"Your Majesty, everything I do is in compliance with Your Majesty's will." Wang Junlin said loudly and confidently, with a look of grievance on his face.
Yang Jian looked at Wang Junlin. He thought that Wang Junlin would beg for mercy, explain, or deny, but he never thought that Wang Junlin would say this. He couldn't help but laugh angrily: "Tell me, when did I ask you to do such a thing?
.If you can’t explain clearly, I will have your head chopped off today.”
Wang Junlin said: "Your Majesty, I was summoned to the capital from the bitter cold border in the northwest. On the first day I met with Your Majesty, Your Majesty made me the founding lord and the general of Zhenyuan. At that time, Your Majesty also told me that I would become a sharp sword in your Majesty's hands.
Although Your Majesty did not clearly say where I am going with this sword, I do know where Your Majesty's troubles lie, so everything I have done in the past two months since I came to the capital is to get rid of His Majesty's troubles.
The same goes for what you do.”
Yang Jian's eyes flashed and he looked deeply at Wang Junlin. After a while, he said: "You want to create opportunities for me, but when you made this plan, why didn't you tell me first."
Wang Junlin looked around and saw that there was no one in the hall, so he said: "Because there are disloyal people around your majesty, I am afraid that the news will be leaked and the thieves will be prepared. Not only will the success be defeated, but also the thieves will backlash strongly."
Yang Jian was silent for a long time. Of course he knew who Wang Junlin was talking about. He could even feel that Wang Junlin was hinting that he was not decisive enough in killing and was too nostalgic about old feelings. Wang Qiurui of Changping had saved his life before, and the governor of Hou Guanfu
Du Luoge saved his life, and it wasn't that these two people were not loyal to him, it was just that they had too many ideas of their own.
"Are you selfish in trying to protect those thirteen poor men?" Yang Jian suddenly asked after an unknown amount of time.
Wang Junlin replied calmly: "Except for one of them who said a word to me, I still don't know the thirteen of them, so how can I talk about selfishness? Moreover, I can guarantee that the thirteen of them are all truly talented and learned people.
I think our Sui Dynasty really needs officials from poor families right now."
Yang Jian was shocked. Wang Junlin's last words suddenly hit his heart. This made him believe that Wang Junlin was different from those officials who came from aristocratic families. He only thought about the court and the country and was a true pure minister.
With this judgment, Yang Jian looked at Wang Junlin again, his expression became much gentler, but he truly appreciated and liked him in his heart. Of course, he also believed what Wang Junlin said just now. At the same time, he finally made a decision in his heart,
Murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, please convict me." Wang Junlin suddenly said solemnly with a faint smile on his face.
Yang Jian took a deep look at Wang Junlin and said, "Okay! I will fulfill your wish."
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The candidates who had just finished the palace examination were sent out of the palace. No one mentioned their rankings in the palace examination, which made many people confused. But when they left the palace and learned what happened in front of the imperial city today, one by one
They were extremely shocked, and then extremely angry. Because in this way, there were great variables in whether they would be included in the list. Among them were thirteen people from poor families such as Fang Qiao and Wei Yunqi. However, while they were depressed,
The mood is a little more inexplicably complicated.
The book of ten thousand words clearly stated that Gao Ying, the chief examiner, Zhou Chengyan, the deputy examiner, and Wang Junlin, the chief supervisor, took the lead in engaging in malpractice for personal gain. It was mentioned in the book that Wang Junlin used power for personal gain and accepted money and materials from thirteen people including Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi, etc.
He used his position to help thirteen people in high school. And these thirteen people were the thirteen poor people.
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"What a Marquis of Qin'an, what a poisonous general of Zhenyuan. He calculated everyone and killed two birds with one stone. Although I already thought highly of him, it turned out that I still underestimated him in the end." A carriage calmly left the imperial city, guarding
After seeing the token in the hand of the eunuch driving the carriage, the soldiers at the Imperial City Gate let him go without checking the inside of the carriage.
The person sitting in the carriage was Gao Ying, and the person who just spoke was also Gao Ying. Sitting opposite Gao Ying was Qiu Fu, the only survivor of the royal family of Changping, the eldest son of Qiu Rui.
After the Changping Palace was destroyed by nearly 10,000 people, Prince Yang Guang, with the intention of eradicating the roots, decisively sent two masters of the Sky Breaking Period to lead a group of killers to chase Qiu Fu. Qiu Fu sensed the danger and with the help of Gao Ying
Qiu Fu hid in the imperial city. No one expected Qiu Fu to be hiding in the imperial city.
"Mr. Gao, I forgive this junior for being stupid and failing to see why Wang Junlin, a thief, killed two birds with one stone in this matter." Qiu Fu pondered for a while and humbly asked Gao Ying for advice.
Gao Ying's face was a little pale, and he sighed and said: "Wang Junlin cleverly used Xu Jingzong, a fool, to take the blame for him and exposed the imperial examination fraud to the world. The biggest advantage is that through this matter, he completely gained His Majesty's appreciation and became a
Because the biggest beneficiary of this matter is His Majesty. Secondly, those thirteen scholars from poor families are all rare talents. If I am not mistaken, Your Majesty will reuse these thirteen scholars from poor families.
This undoubtedly gives Wang Junlin thirteen more capable helpers in the court. Of course, the premise is that these thirteen lucky boys can still survive after this incident."
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The thirteen scholars from poor families who passed the examination of the Ministry of Rites were isolated from other scholars from poor families, and the scholars from noble families were full of hostility and disdain towards them, so they naturally gathered together to keep warm.
Not long after leaving the palace, the thirteen people stayed in the same inn, the Taiping Inn where Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi, and Liu Ziming had stayed before.
At this time, these thirteen people were sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, drinking wine. From time to time, someone would secretly sigh or curse in a low voice.
At this time, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the inn. The three of them stood up out of curiosity. They heard someone shouting ecstatically outside: "Your Majesty has decreed that Gao Ying, the Taichang Qing, will be the chief examiner, and Zhou Chengyan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, will be the deputy examiner. Qin'anhou Wangjun is here."
Seize your position and go to jail!”
Boom! Autumn thunder sounded in the sky over Kyoto, and a burst of fresh autumn rain fell on the candidates inside and outside the inn.
Sparse raindrops fell around the inn. Along with the raindrops, spring thunder sounded from time to time. After the candidates in the entire capital heard the news, all the candidates who had not passed the exam before fell into joy and excitement.
Fang Qiao and other thirteen scholars in the Taiping Inn fell into a strange silence.
PS: This chapter was written while dozing off and holding my thighs. I was really sleepy——I haven’t slept well during this period. I just want to ask for your support and encouragement————