Chapter 119

A few days after an Changqing's birthday party, it was late February, the time for the entrance examination.

Xiao Zhige ordered the imperial censor doctor and Taichang Siqing to be the main examiners. The examination was conducted in Yejing Gongyuan, which required three tests. The first test will be held on February 25, and then every three days. The last test will be finished on March 1.

As early as before and after the Spring Festival, the inns in Yejing were filled with Ju Zi from all over the country.

After Xiao Zhige ascended the throne, he exempted taxes and dismissed corrupt officials. Every state and county practiced benevolent government to make a living. As a result, the popular sentiment of the royal family of Daye recovered a lot. Many talented people who were frustrated by the turbid officialdom revived their blood and ambition and rushed to participate in the Enke. This year's number of Enke candidates for the examination is much more than that of the first few years before. According to the examination papers sent by various places, there are many outstanding students among them.

Because Zhou Helan also participated in the imperial examination this time, an Changqing paid more attention to Enke. After the separation of the dynasty, he and Shaoqing of Taichang temple still said with emotion: "now you can see Ju Zi in scholar's robe in the streets and alleys of Yejing."

Shaoqing of Taichang Temple sighed: "I haven't seen such a lively scene in those years."

Looking out from the elegant room of the restaurant, they found that half of the lobby of the restaurant were Ju Zi, and most of them were young people. They gathered together and talked about how to talk first, but it was another kind of lively scene.

With these ambitious students, Daye has become more and more prosperous year by year.

An Changqing said: "yesterday, Taichang Temple minister told me that there were too many Ju Zi who came to Beijing for the exam. The inns were full, and there were many shy Ju Zi who had nowhere to live. He discussed with me that the good hall should be temporarily vacant to accommodate these Ju Zi who had nowhere to live."

A few years ago, Daye was in a bad situation. People were poor and weak all over the country. Nowadays, although many poor families have enough money to go to Beijing for exams, in order to save some money, they even sleep at the gate of Gongyuan in the evening, waiting for Gongyuan to put their cards into the exam room on the 24th.

There are many such poor candidates. Taichang Siqing saw them by chance and worried that they would not be able to bear to fall ill in the examination room when the exam started. So he talked about this matter with an Changqing and tried to find a way out. Now the ministers who can still be entrusted with important tasks are not mediocre, but Xiao Zhige is not a mild tempered monarch. The relationship between the monarchs and ministers still needs to be improved, and the officials should start It's inevitable that we can't let things go. They used to go to an Changqing to find out about things like this. If King Yan had no objection, he could have raised it at the court meeting.

This matter was discussed by the temple yesterday, and it will be mentioned in the court in the future. Just today, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple invited him to drink, and an Changqing answered the question: "I'll go there to say hello and send some rice from the rice shop under my name. You first order people to settle you down. As for the fold, we can make it up later. Your majesty is in favor of it

Shaoqing of Taichang Temple offered him a glass of wine and said with a smile: "thank you, Lord. I'll ask someone to do it well. There are still two or three days to go, so that they can live better and prepare well for the exam. "

After that, even if he told an Changqing about the crime, he would go back to the official office to write an official document and ask someone to make a public announcement.

But as soon as he opened the door of Yajian, he heard a noise outside. Ju Zi, who was originally talking about the strategy of governing the country, didn't know when they started to quarrel. Vaguely mixed with the words of "king of geese", "Fox" and "taking care of human relations".

Shao Qing of Taichang Temple glanced at Yajian, carefully closed the door and approached the noisy place. He just understood what these Ju Zi were making.

It turned out that several Yanzhou Ju Zi and Bingzhou Ju Zi quarreled. Today, when the emperor was king, the fiefdom was in Yanzhou. During his term of office, Yanzhou was well governed. Therefore, these Juzi of Yanzhou were proud of it. It is also mentioned when talking with other Ju Zi. Just mentioning the emperor can't avoid the wild goose king, especially in those days when an Changqing was in Yanzhou, he sent food and grass thousands of miles away, defended the city against Beidi with his officers and soldiers, later made irrigation tube cars, and formulated various policies to benefit the people No matter Yanzhou soldiers or ordinary people, they all support him very much.

Just this time, when several Yanzhou Juzi talked about the emperor's and yanwang's early deeds in Yanzhou, two Juzi from Bingzhou mocked unconvincingly that "it's just to serve people with color and seduce the master with Fox".

This can be regarded as poking a hornet's nest. In the lobby of this restaurant, other people can hear a sentence clearly. What's more, there are many people who are curious about what Juzi said about Yanzhou.

As soon as these two Juzi's words were finished, some of Juzi in the surrounding counties of Yejing were not convinced and angrily got up and accused them of being "white eyed wolves". The first to mention a few Yanzhou Juzi are also angry, speak more vulgar, first a few emperors and yanwang renzheng, and finally impolitely scolded them as "holding up the bowl to eat meat, put down the chopsticks to curse their mother.".

It has been half a year since the new emperor ascended the throne. At the beginning, some people complained that he didn't accept the imperial concubine's decision to favor the wild goose King alone. However, since the wild goose King took part in politics and made it more beneficial to the people, the saying that "the fox seduced the Lord" gradually disappeared. In the past six months, even the blind can see that the emperor attaches great importance to love and is the king of true love. And the wild goose king didn't leave a handle for the censor to grasp, and what he did was blameless. Even the officials in the court were gradually convinced of him. Few people have talked about what happened between them. On the contrary, more and more people have praised the folk drama.Now suddenly hear this "Fox bewitches the Lord" saying, people can not have fried pot.

Not only the beginning of a few Yanzhou Juzi, even many Yejing people also follow the blame. Two states Juzi did not expect a sentence to lead to so many people accused, but also angry and embarrassed: "if it is not foxy, how do you protect him? A man who goes in and out of the harem indistinctly doesn't serve people with lust? Besides, we didn't say that. The people in Bingzhou all said that. If you don't agree, you'd better go to Bingzhou to find someone to argue with. At the moment, it's just bullying us both with the help of a large number of people! "

When they finished, another Juzi couldn't help refuting: "what they said is not wrong, and what you said about tax free charity Hall We haven't seen it before. On the contrary, many new names have been added to it, saying that your majesty is going to build a palace for King Yan. "

The lobby of the restaurant is very noisy. The more Shaoqing of Taichang Temple listens to it, the more she feels that something is wrong. Her brows are tight and she will turn around to find an Changqing. But before he went to look for someone, a clear voice came from behind: "Bingzhou will increase taxes, and build a palace for yanwang? Is this really the case? "

The noisy hall was quiet for a while, and people subconsciously looked at the source of the voice. A tall and handsome young man came out of Yajian slowly. Although he was only wearing an inexpensive white robe and had no unnecessary ornaments, he was not an ordinary person. Some people in the lobby recognized an Changqing, but they didn't dare to make a sound when they saw that his eyes were frozen.

An Changqing had heard the noise outside and thought that something had happened. But she didn't want to hear the words of Ju Zi. He went up to the man who had just spoken and repeated, "what you just said is the truth? If you talk falsely, I'm afraid it will affect your future. "

That state raises son to be photographed for his imposing manner, temporarily stupefied ground to have no voice. But Ju Zi, who was helped by his words, said: "he's right. The officers and soldiers who collected taxes there also said so. He said that his Majesty was fascinated by beauty and wanted to pay more taxes to build a palace..." Ju Zi was red eyed when he said: "my family is poor. All the money my parents have saved for me has been forced to go. Now the silver for the exam is borrowed by the whole village. If you don't believe it, you can go to other states to prove it! "

An Changqing's brow slightly frowned. No wonder these Juzi were so angry. He softened his face and explained to him, "from the beginning of your Majesty's accession to the throne, he ordered that the land tax be exempted for three years, and that no additional tax has ever been imposed. It's nonsense to levy more taxes and build a palace. I'll tell your majesty about it and send someone to Bingzhou to verify it. "

Ju Zi didn't expect that he would report his words to your Majesty in three or two sentences. He was a little scared and hesitated: "who are you?"

An Changqing did not see anger between his eyes and eyebrows. He said gently, "I'm an, and my name is Changqing. It's the wild goose king you just talked about."

There was a lot of whispering around. Many Ju Zi had never seen Wang Zhenrong before. At this time, he wanted to draw a portrait on the spot so that he could boast to others. Only those Juezi turned white for a moment, and their lips trembled. They didn't know what to do.

Just now their words can be said to be rebellious, even if the wild goose king is angry, they are enough.

But without waiting for them to admit their mistakes and beg for mercy, an Changqing said, "the future will be the HKCEE. Taichang Siqing cherishes his talents and specially plays. Please spare part of the good halls inside and outside Yejing for your students. Today, people will step up their efforts. As the examination is coming, you should prepare for it. Don't get into trouble and miss your studies. "

Then he looked at the three stupefied Ju Zi and said in a warm voice, "the imperial court will investigate the matter of Bingzhou. If it really happens, the imperial court will give you justice. You just have to prepare for the exam now. "

After that, all the people in the hall arched their hands and left with Shaoqing of Taichang temple.

After he left, the voice of the discussion burst out. Many Ju Zi, who first saw the wild goose king for the first time, were shocked: "I can't imagine that the wild goose king is so elegant Those stories didn't write about the elegant demeanor of the wild goose king! "

All the people talked about it one by one, and there was a poor man named Ju Zi. When he talked about the good house, he was very happy. The three states looked at each other, and they all saw the happiness in each other's eyes. Unexpectedly, the wild goose king didn't mean to investigate.

They looked at the bustling crowd and tried to find out that there was no tax in other states and counties, and the only one to increase the tax was Bingzhou! After hearing what they said about Bingzhou, Ju Zi didn't sympathize with a few people. Instead, he shared a common hatred with them and scolded officials of Bingzhou.

And Bingzhou Juzi's words soon spread to Xiao Zhige's ears.

Bingzhou is a remote place adjacent to xidun. Xun, the general of Ningyuan and the son of Lezheng, the national teacher of Dazhu, was the commander of Bingzhou. It was only half a year since Xiao Zhige ascended the throne. He didn't plan to attack them so soon, but he didn't expect that the other party was so arrogant that he dared to levy taxes in the name of building the imperial palace. What makes him more intolerable is that they dare to discredit an Changqing so blatantly. Obviously, I didn't pay attention to him.

"I'll send someone to Bingzhou to make a secret investigation first. If it is found out to be true, it will not be forgiven." Xiao Zhige's face was as deep as water: "in addition, he ordered Cai Xuan to take people to surround the Shifu. They were not allowed to send any news outside until the matter was found out."In order to appease people, an Changqing had to appear today. This has both advantages and disadvantages. The drawback is that we can't hide the fact of Bingzhou now. If Shi Lezheng gets the news, he may be trying to spread the news to Bingzhou

suddenly, Shi Le became a turtle in the urn. He was so angry that he didn't tell the news. In the first two days, he sent out several folded letters, but they were all stopped. Seeing this, Chu Anliang, who had always been good friends with him, contacted three or two generals, and together accused Xiao Zhige tearfully at the court meeting. For a few rumors, he chilled the old minister's heart

some people are afraid that it will affect themselves this time, so they beat around the Bush to find out the attitude of Xia HOUSHANG and Shen Tu Bo. It's a pity that these two people don't keep their hands. Now they are at home, enjoying their grandchildren every day, and going to the barracks again from time to time. They have a very comfortable life, as if they don't know what's going on in the court

in this way, ten days later, the fifth day of March. An urgent express came from Bingzhou. Xiao Zhige was furious when he saw it. He immediately sent Qi Wei, a loyal general, to Bingzhou with Shaoqing of Dali temple to capture the criminal master Xun. However, the heavy guards of the master's office were not removed. All the officials who wanted to speak for him were silent, and no one dared to speak rashly

throughout March, the rising sun was full of storm, and the generals were even more frightened. When he was accused of being a teacher of Xun, he was also involved in a series of corruption of local officials. Xiao Zhige was furious and ordered Dali temple to investigate thoroughly. Since then, the prelude of rectifying local military affairs began