Before the matter of the tribute courtyard was passed on, the emperor's urgent call was first transmitted to the ministries, and the ministers did not know why, and they thought it was Yanbian in an emergency, and they rushed to the Zhenghe Palace.

The ministers entered the hall one after another, all standing respectfully in the ranks, and everyone had the idea that there was a person kneeling in the center of the hall, that person had a blue nose and swollen face and looked very embarrassed, but I don't know who it was, but next to that person stood Liao Weizhang.

This situation makes people speculate, I don't know what the situation is, everyone is silent, just standing in their positions and waiting, and after a while, Xin Zhongqiao also walked into the hall with the two ministers.

Soon, all the important officials from the DPRK and China arrived, and Zhuang Yan said: "I urgently summoned you here because of this year's examination, and the Ministry of Rites did not sponsor it effectively, and there was a big disturbance in the Gongyuan and even beating the examiner. ”

As soon as these words fell, they suddenly stirred up a thousand waves, and the ministers all chattered and discussed, their faces were all shocked and incredulous, and then looked at the kneeling people on the ground, and they really looked like a bit of a book of etiquette.

This kind of thing is unprecedented, not to mention beating up the officials of the imperial court, this is a matter that will lose their heads, and those people are crazy? They still don't know what the truth of the matter is, so they can only whisper guesses to each other.

Xin Zhongqiao glanced at Qiu Wanao with a smile, although the latter was silent on his face, he also knew that it was just pretending.

The Ministry of Rites is to listen to Qiu Wanao's dispatch, and even most of the time, it is Qiu Wanao who gives his will to several departments, and then the scholars follow his intentions to make folds. The excerpt was summarized by the general political envoy and sent to the celebrant to be submitted to the emperor, that is, after a glance, it had to be sent back to the Wenyuan Pavilion for drafting, and finally sent to the emperor for approval.

It seems that the steps are all done in a proper manner, but in fact, Qiu Wanao is already in charge, Qiu Wanao's power is dominant, and the emperor is helpless.

In the past, Xin Zhongqiao still had three engineering departments to confront him, but now it's okay, Uncle Wu of the Criminal Department didn't listen to him at the beginning, and then the military department was also replaced, and now he has only one Ministry of Engineering on hand who still listens to him, but he can no longer compete with Qiu Wanao.

In the current situation, the Ministry of Rites seems to have no good fruit to eat, Xin Zhongqiao swept away the depression and depression of the previous period, and was very happy in his heart.

However, while being happy, he couldn't help but observe Zhuang Yan's face, he wasn't sure if all this was the little emperor's means at the moment, but before An Yan was collectively attacked by the ministers and said that it was Zhuang Yan's means.

Although the old horsemen who were about to defect did not tell the truth, he knew that they must have been caught by the little emperor.

First a bear cang, then a riot, and now it is finally his turn to be in the Ministry of Rites, Xin Zhongqiao has some hope that it is really the means of the little emperor, he is now not as powerful as before, and he is suppressed by Qiu Wanao everywhere in the court, and the fire in his heart has long been unbearable, and he is very happy to see Qiu Wanao also hit once.

He Changxu suddenly spoke, only to see him cry and say: "Your Majesty, the old minister is not doing well, and the old minister deserves to die." The old minister failed to appease those who fell off the list, making them resentful, so they gathered to attack the examiners, and the old minister was willing to accept the punishment.

It's just that these people are stubborn and radical, they have damaged the face of the court, and the old minister implored the emperor to give an order to curb rumors and clarify the truth, so as not to let the people spread the face of the court with false rumors. ”

Liao Weizhang sneered: "I'm afraid it's not the imperial court that is disgraced, but the book of your Ministry of Rites is disgraced." As the chief examiner of this examination, you personally selected several fellow exams, but you chose a corrupt and perverted the law, which angered the people, made a big fuss in the tribute court, and was beaten. ”

He Changxu immediately retorted angrily: "Lord Liao, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, you keep claiming that you are making trouble and making people innocent, what is your intention? Could it be that this making trouble has something to do with you?"

Liao Weizhang flicked his sleeves and said to Zhuang Yan: "Your Majesty, Weichen just heard that there were people making trouble, so he led his troops to arrest them, but he didn't want to have hundreds of people, but fortunately the prison cells in Jingzhao Mansion were big enough, so Weichen arrested them all and interrogated more than ten people who were the main troublemakers.

It turned out that Liu Gan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was corrupt for personal gain, and sold the tribute quota to the local magnates, and even the sons of the Beijing officials. ”

He Changxu knelt on the ground, although his knee was already hurting, he couldn't take out a little bit of his mind at this time, Liao Weizhang heard what he said just now, Liu Gan, the servant of the ministry, this is ----

He glanced at Qiu Wanao quietly, the latter just lowered his head slightly, he didn't know what to do, and he couldn't answer for a while.

Zhuang Yan's face finally became a little gloomy, "Jing Zhaoyin's words can be evidenced, if there is no evidence, this article alone is to slander the imperial court officials, and I can immediately put you in prison." ”

Liao Weizhang immediately bowed his hand and said: "The emperor is clear, Weichen doesn't dare to have half a lie, those more than ten people have confessed, signed and drawn, and there is a middle one among them, claiming that he is dissatisfied with the corruption of court officials, so he joined the ranks of troublemakers."

Your Majesty, although these people are eager to be the first, they don't even want their lives for this matter, what they do is to lose their heads.

Why are more than 100 people so brave and fearless? Wei Chen thought that what they said was not necessarily false, otherwise how could they be willing to risk their lives to gather a crowd to make trouble.

Weichen also took the Yuan Sun Laishi, he is the son of Sun Suyang, the political envoy of Panyu, and people say that his father spent 50,000 taels to buy the quota of Huiyuan, this kind of thing has no wind and no waves, so Weichen took it down, just waiting for the words to pry out of his mouth, it can be proved. ”

The ministers began to whisper again, this thing has a nose and an eye, and it doesn't look like a fake.

He Changxu was also a little flustered at this time, he frequently looked at Qiu Wanao's face, wanting to see a little hint from the latter's face for him to deal with the moment.

It's just that before he could take a few more looks, he heard Zhuang Yan above say angrily: "The imperial examination is used by all dynasties to select capable people with lofty ideals, and this matter is related to the foundation of a court, and there is such a ridiculous thing to sell tribute quotas----?"

"The minister is here. Uncle Wu and Dou Guan stood up one after another.

"Criminal Department, I order you to try this case immediately, Dali Temple assists in handling the case, and within ten days, this matter will definitely be investigated. In addition, the people are the future pillars of the imperial court, and they are not allowed to be tortured, and if there are courtiers involved in the case during the handling of the case, I will allow you to try them first and then play. ”

"The ministers obeyed. Uncle Wu and Dou Guan responded in unison, and then retreated.