With this official coat, the guards of the Tang Dynasty are not so difficult to do, from words to actions, they are no longer as strong as they were just now, but they have become indifferent, allowing the people to gather to make trouble, they ignore it, and all the people who come to make trouble can come, but they can't leave if they want to.

Fortunately, the capital of the Tang Dynasty is in a temperate climate, even though it is late autumn now, but the temperature has been very high, and the people will only feel unwell when they stay here for a night, and there will be no danger to their lives, but this move has also increased the resentment of the people.

It seems that tomorrow this group of talented people, if they want to solve this matter, it will definitely not be an easy task..This night in front of the imperial city gate is still lively., there are countless people who can't stay and want to go back, but the spears of the guards will force them back, and gradually five influential people appear among the people, and everyone regards them as the backbone, and the five of them persuade each other, so there is no physical conflict with the guards.

But the people's dissatisfaction has become higher and higher, and now even if Yang Guang is willing to return the money to them, they must not be willing to accept it, and they must all want to ask for an explanation for their unfair treatment. The night was long, and neither the commoners nor the nobles had any intention of sleeping tonight.

The next day, today's weather is a little gloomy, thick cumulus clouds, heavy like a towering mountain, the pressure of people's breathing has become heavy, it is already dawn, but in this sunless weather it is like early morning, people are drowsy, the people on the street are sleepy-eyed, yawning, taking swaying steps, towards the most lively place in the capital of the Tang Dynasty now.

In front of the gate of the imperial city, at this time, many people shrunk themselves into a ball, or leaned on each other, getting the slightest warmth from each other's bodies. Some of them are hungry, they have been freezing outside for a night, and the calories in their bodies are insufficient, plus they are trapped here, they can't move, they have no water, they don't have food, not to mention how uncomfortable it is, and the only reason to support them to hold on is anger.

It can be said that each of them is an active volcano now, and even if they don't touch them, they are all at risk of exploding, not to mention that someone will reason with them and persuade them to go back, and the difficulty of this challenge has risen to another level.

Soon the people who came to participate in the competition arrived one after another, and they entered through the side door and went straight to the main hall. Because of the limited time, we can't let them go to the experiment one by one, not to mention some unrealistic, just the time is not enough, so they will be arranged together, in the form of exam papers, the solution, written on paper.

It is personally selected by the emperor, and finally the best and most feasible one is selected to be executed. Each contestant had a night of deliberation and a plan for the general goal. In order to solve this trouble as soon as possible, Yang Guang came to the main hall early, but fortunately, everyone was on time and arrived.

Yang Guang stood on a high place and took a look, there was no vacancy. Even Liu Heng, who was seriously injured a few days ago, and Qin Shan were also present..Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction.,Don't talk nonsense.,Said directly:"Today is Wenbi.The topic is that group of Diao people.,You have to write a feasible plan within a pillar of incense and hand it to me."

Whoever is the best, the most feasible, who is the first, in today's world, only the rule of culture can calm the world, and the rule of force can only fight the country, and you will have to face the rule of law in the future. Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I hope you can cherish this opportunity, and now the competition has officially begun!"

With his loud announcement, the two inner eunuchs came forward with a large incense burner, and a golden incense stick was inserted on the incense burner, which could be burned for at least half an hour.

Time passed minute by minute, and Feng Xiaotian was among them, but the purpose of his trip had been achieved, whether it was the promotion and sales of medicines, or the accumulation of personal fame, the windfall was the sharing of intelligence with Liangguo, each of which was greatly beyond his expectations.

Therefore, he didn't care too much about this competition, but no matter what he said, he took so much money from others. It's better to write something symbolically., thinking about it., he thought of the crowd outside, as if it had been a long time since water and rice came in.

Now I am afraid that it is useless to say anything to them, so my mind moved, and I wrote: "First of all, the people take food as the sky, and the people wait all night, and the water and rice have not entered, so they must be in an abnormal mood and unable to communicate, so we should first build porridge shops and canteens, and let the people eat and drink enough, with this step, the people's mood will inevitably change greatly."

Then, the snake cannot be without a leader, and among this group of people, there will inevitably be one or several leading troublemakers, find them out first, appease them well, and then let them reply to the court's meaning, which is easier for the people to accept than themselves.

After that, most of the people will choose to make trouble, and it must be because they have borrowed a huge amount of usurious goods. This loan is enough to ruin the family, and most of the loans are arranged by the state, so it can be announced by the state, the bet is only in cash, and the loan gambling will be cancelled and will not be exemplified under serious warnings.

After that, the law was used to restrain the people, and the people were given certain warnings of force, focusing on the importance of national law, so that all the people knew the law and understood the law.

In the end, those leaders were arranged to appease the people, and made a certain warning to show that they and others had chosen to trust the country and not make trouble again. Some of them took some people, and they were all unassertive, and when they saw the leader resigned themselves to their orders and left, the rest would naturally choose to leave, so that the matter would be resolved. ”

Looking back, it was still early, some people were still writing angrily, and some were already writing like him, just waiting for the results. Anyway, they had so much time to think last night, not for long. Most of the people have already finished, Yang Guang and Fang Qiao looked at the time, it was almost up, and they asked those who had already completed to hand in the papers and leave, and Yang Guang would personally announce the results in a while.

The people went to the side hall collectively to wait for the results, and the answer was mostly two factions, one was for the king's power, advocating the use of violence to control violence, believing that this group of people ignored the law and despised the emperor's grace, and should be severely punished, not only everyone should be flogged. Moreover, it is necessary to pay a large amount of money for disturbing the peace, so as to warn the people of the world and make them clearly aware that the majesty of the heavenly family cannot be violated!

Most of the people who hold this idea are the children of the nobility who do not know the suffering of the people, and they are born superior to others, so they naturally do not care about the life or death of the people.

Yang Guang just shook his head after seeing it, he was a little angry yesterday to put down his cruel words, but he was not a tyrant, with such a heavy hand, I am afraid that the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty will oppose it, and his bad reputation will be completely confirmed.

At present, the people of various countries are still there, and he just wants to do this, but he doesn't dare! On the other side is the pro-people faction that favors the common people.

He advocated that the people should be noble and the monarch was light, and believed that the Son of Heaven should take the interests of the people of the world as the first consideration. It is already a great mistake to openly open a gambling game, and now it is necessary to condone others to cheat, and it is reasonable to return the money, so as to disturb the people's hearts and win a reputation for generosity and benevolence.

Most of those who put forward such opinions are poor students, they are all low-level people in society, and they can best understand the hardships of low-class people, so they pay more attention to the lives of the people, and some even ask Yang Guang to reduce taxes to appease the people. This is undoubtedly demoting his face to a very low position, and the face of the Heavenly Family is worthless in their eyes, of course this method is impossible to pass!

There are a few good ones to choose from, one is Qin Shan, who advocates letting the people repay the loan in installments, so that their pressure will be reduced, and they can also make a lot of money for the country.

The other one is Liu Heng's, he advocates ignoring them, letting them starve, freezing, and within three days.

However, Fang Qiao is very opposed to this, so doing so is undoubtedly looking for death, although the people will temporarily choose to give in, but from then on the rebound will inevitably be greater, which is extremely unfavorable for long-term peace and stability!

He admired Feng Xiaotian's opinion very much, but after Yang Guang hesitated for a while, he still wanted to try Qin Shan's method first, if it was useful, then he could still make a lot of money, if he used Feng Xiaotian's method, he would lose at least one-third of his income, this is not a small amount of money, there is also interest and so on, if he wants to give it all up, he is really a little careful.

Soon the specific summons was drafted, and Fang Qiao still insisted on using Feng Xiaotian's method, but Yang Guang rarely did not listen to his opinion, and decided to go his own way, so he found a foreign minister to go out and announce the decree.

After the man received the order, he went out with the will, but he had just arrived, and before he could speak, he was surrounded by a crowd of people, who kept talking and kept talking, so that he could only force the people to be quiet by means of the guards.

One of them took the initiative to stand up and say, "We have been waiting for the night, what's the matter? Your Majesty finally saw us?"

The man did not dare to reply, and first read out the holy decree to himself, which roughly meant the following: "1. Gambling is an individual behavior, and if you are willing to gamble and lose, you should not attribute the mistake to the state.

Second, the state has its own laws, and this kind of troublemaking behavior of the people has seriously affected the face of the country and provoked the authority of the state, so it is specially punished that you will be here for one night as a warning.

Third, the state has an understanding of everyone's difficulties, so it has implemented a set of policies, that is, you can repay the loan in installments, repay a little bit every month, and the interest is subject to the principal, when will the repayment be settled, when will the interest be canceled, and the fourth ......

Fourthly, he could not say any more, because the anger of the people had been completely ignited, and everyone picked up the items that could be thrown in their hands and threw them at him, and the foreign minister who smashed them was holding his head, but no one noticed it, and a tricky smile appeared on the corner of his mouth at this time.

It turned out that he was also involved in gambling and owed a large amount of usury, and if this plan was really implemented, then he would not be able to pay off the money even if he did not eat or drink for three hundred years, so he originally had many ways to relieve the excitement of the people. Even if it doesn't work, it won't cause turmoil or chaos.

But he deliberately used this most cold and emotionless method to stimulate everyone, so as to achieve his own goals. Not only him, but most of the ministers of the DPRK and China participated in the gambling., and when he came, many ministers came to visit him, but the tone was not so much a visit, but it was more like a begging, and even the high-spirited boss who saw him on weekdays had to be accompanied by a smile and a look of slander, which made him feel bad.

Cool is cool, things must be done, otherwise he will be equal, and at the same time offended the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, after himself, let alone gain a foothold in the court, it is difficult to say whether he can survive tomorrow, seeing that his task has been successfully completed, he deliberately found a place where no one was, messed up his hair, smeared his face with mud, dressed a little miserable, and then went back to his life.

I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to cry by then, so I wiped it from the corner of my eyes with saliva, do you want to do enough drama. Then, when he was still about 20 meters away from the main hall, he began to cry loudly, "Your Majesty! Weichen is guilty! Failing to fulfill Your Majesty's trust is really a crime that deserves death! Those people are cruel and cruel, and they don't know the emperor's grace. As a result, the ministers were humiliated by them and made them scarred, and asked Your Majesty to find another way to appease the people."

On his side, there was a handful of snot and a handful of tears, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began to intercede for him collectively, asking His Majesty for forgiveness, and the angry Yang Guanghao hung the table.

Fang Qiao on the side, at a glance, saw through their tricks, but he didn't say a word, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were involved., you can't arrest them all to punish the crime, if the big court, you can't just rely on him and Yang Guang to govern, so sometimes open one eye, close one eye, it's also helpless.

And he also predicted that no matter how the matter was resolved in the end, Datang would face a major crisis, and he only hoped that by then, the matter would not be too serious. Otherwise, he would have died a hundred deaths.

After Yang Guang took a few deep breaths, he turned his head and asked Fang Qiao: "Prime Minister, things have developed to this point, do you think it should be solved as expected?"

Fang Qiao came back to his senses and said: "Your Majesty, let's try Feng Xiaotian's method, although we will charge a little less, but it's better to be angry, the anger and resentment of the heavens, the minister believes that after this incident, the domestic atmosphere will definitely change greatly, and the people will definitely not gamble easily." ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but curse: nonsense, they all vomited blood, and there was no cash, even if they wanted to gamble, they had no money.

After Yang Guang heard this, he looked at the courtiers below, and everyone had no opinion, so they could only reluctantly nod in agreement. Seeing him finally nod, these civil and military ministers below were relieved, and this time they changed to another person to re-appease.

With the failure just now, the next person to go can't help but feel a little apprehensive, and he can be regarded as lucky, and with the emotional venting just now, the people are now a lot more stable, and they are all starved and weak, and they don't have the heart to quarrel.

At this time, something that made the people excited happened, and from the imperial city was transported, cartloads of fragrant buns and hot porridge, which were more attractive to the hungry and panicked people than ten thousand taels of gold.

Under the threat of food, everyone has become obedient and sensible baby., everyone after getting the food, they all began to gobble, this night of hunger and cold, but they deeply realized the value of food.

The minister on the side didn't say a word, just quietly watched the people eat. After a long time, everyone began to smile contentedly, and everyone sat down on the ground, enjoying the satisfaction that the food brought them, and seeing that everyone had almost eaten, the minister began to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, here is a special envoy sent by the emperor, who is specially responsible for this matter. ”

The crowd began to riot again, and after a while, five middle-aged men in ordinary clothes came out, they were all relatively learned people, and everyone was more convinced of them on weekdays, so the five of them were invited into the imperial city, an inconspicuous small side hall.

Inside, several people were excited and scared, excited because with their identity, I am afraid that they will not have the opportunity to enter here in this life, but today they are in.

This sacred palace is full of beautiful scenery, and they are dizzy and lingering, as if they want to see these beautiful scenery in their eyes, put it close to their hearts, and then take it away.

But at the same time, they are also afraid, afraid that they will not be arrested and secretly killed because they take the lead in making trouble, and believe that as long as they have their own heads as an example, the rest of the people will be honest and obedient, and as they go farther and farther, this uneasy mood becomes stronger and stronger, and finally they arrive.

This is a small side hall, no flat forehead, only a simple table in the room, and a few chairs, it seems that it should be a place to wait for the palace guards and rest temporarily. After the minister invited people in, he ordered tea and refreshments to be served, and then said with a smile: "You are polite, Huang Wei in Xia, the current waiter of the Ministry of Rites, several people elected by the people, must have good knowledge, so I won't go around the bush in the next place, please tell me about your conditions first."

If the request is reasonable, then there is no other thing to say, if not, we can also have a good discussion, then please now. “

Then he drank the tea by himself, with an absent-minded look, his expression made the five of them nervous, because they didn't know where the other party's bottom line was, and if they mentioned it too much, they were afraid that they would worry about their lives.

After thinking about it, they still stubbornly decided that even if they did not seek justice for the people, they would have to find a way out for themselves! Whether they would live a good life in the future or beg along the streets would depend on this time.

Finally, one person took the lead and said: "In Xia Wangpan, I have read for a few years, and I am a showman, and I am really forced to come here today.

Huang Wei immediately waved his hand and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

Seeing that the other party had no intention of being angry, Wang Pan's courage also increased, and he stood up straight and said: "Then I can say that the villain has been studying since he was a child, and he has studied the laws of the Tang Dynasty, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is not allowed to openly cheat in the national competition, such as using bows and crossbows, disposable spirit stones, elixirs, etc..This will damage the fairness and justice of the competition., and damage the power of the Tang Dynasty. And the referee didn't control him, but let him do whatever he wanted, all of which was unreasonable.

What is even more excessive is that after the fact, instead of severely punishing the fraudster, the state recognized his victory, which is completely contrary to the laws and regulations of the state, and is an extremely unjust performance! Countless people believe in the state and trust the state, and only then will they entrust their money to the state.

But the country's approach is really chilling, we did not see fairness and justice at the conference, but saw countless shady and dark box operations, we also protested because of this, and hope that the state will severely punish the fraudsters, cancel Qinshan's qualifications, unconditionally return the gambling money to change the results of the game, and let the people get back the benefits they deserve. ”

"Oh~?" Hearing this, Huang Wei asked a question: "Do you mean to let the country announce the elimination of Qinshan's qualification for the competition, and change it to Feng Xiaotiansheng, and finally return the gambling money and the due compensation to you?"

"As it should be," the five of them said at the same time.

"Hehe......" Huang Wei let out a disdainful sneer, and at the same time secretly said, "What about you dreaming?" But he still hesitated, didn't say anything, just shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is simply impossible!. It can be said that this victory is to build momentum for him, and this matter is decided by the emperor himself, and there is absolutely no possibility of any change in his victory, so this request of yours will not work at all. ”

Hearing him say this, the five of them immediately panicked, and then said: "Then let's not gamble, just return the principal to us." ”

Huang Wei said again: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, tell you, our bottom condition is to help you pay off all the arrears, and you will not pay back any cash, and you must find a way to persuade the general public to accept this condition." “

"How can this be?.This absolutely not works!." When the five of them heard this, they immediately objected.

But Huang Wei said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, listen to me, you are all talented, you want to enter the court as an official, but unfortunately the background is not enough, and you have no way out, the formal examination, if there is no one in the court to recommend you, I am afraid that even if you write the article well, you will not have the opportunity to send it to the emperor."

So you can only wait in Beijing, looking forward to the day when you can be nominated for the gold list and glorify your ancestors. But you must have tried for many years depending on your age, but the result is still the same as before, so I worked hard to save a sum of money and wanted to take the opportunity of the conference to win.

At the very least, you can give some gifts to the examiner to give yourself more opportunities, but it backfired, and your last hope was in vain, so you were resentful, you were unwilling, and you relied on your knowledge to organize a group of ignorant civilians to help you make trouble.

It turns out that you are very successful., and I also believe that you must have been forced to a dead end, so you will make this decision., and now you have created a golden opportunity for yourself. As long as you can help the court settle this matter, then you will be remembered by the emperor and by the civil and military officials, and I can tell you very responsibly that with this merit, you want to become an official in the court, it is easy, and it can even be said to be a smooth progress.

Since then, your life is no longer ordinary, how about it, are you still interested in this condition?"

Indeed, as Huang Wei said, they are the kind of depressed poor scholars who want to get ahead but have no chance. This opportunity may be the dividing ridge of their destinies.

However, one of them still hesitated and said: "We are not entrusted by the people, and if we think about ourselves so much, are we not losing the trust of the people?

His words made the remaining four people blush for a while, but Huang Wei retorted: "This is not true, let me ask you, what is a master? If you want to be an official and want to get ahead, don't you just want to become a master? Now in this world, if you want to become a master, who doesn't need to use some means, and besides, you did not deceive everyone, but helped them fight for it, and forgave their debts.

When the time comes, you can completely compensate them and be a good official who is loved by all the people, but if you give up this opportunity, then you can only be a small citizen in the market for the rest of your life, even if you fight for more benefits for them, how many days will the people remember you? ”

The eyes of the five people changed for a while, and finally they all became firm, people are not for themselves, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. Besides, what he said was right, when he was out of breath, wouldn't it be the end of going back to help them? The five of them were all in their hearts, comforting themselves silently.

After that, the five of them and Huang Wei discussed together how to use a reasonable reason to persuade the people to accept. After more than an hour of deliberation, they finally came up with a rough proposal.

However, this explanation is difficult for the public to accept, and the next thing depends on the ability of these five people., how much development they can have in the future depends on whether they can successfully settle this matter today. At that time, the official will cooperate with them and work together to complete this lie, but the official will not come forward. Everything has to be said by the five of them, and this is also a heavy insurance, in case the matter is revealed, the people are angry again, and the official can shirk the responsibility, blaming all the fault on the five of them, and he is the one who does not know the situation., and plans for the next follow-up plan.

In this way, the five of them, with a nervous heart, returned to the crowd, each found some people who were familiar with him, and began to coax the public. The five people were divided into five groups, and they thought that this time it would be difficult, but the plan went surprisingly smoothly, and everyone easily accepted it.

Their explanation was that Qin Shan didn't cheat, he just used a secret method that would temporarily increase his strength. However, this kind of secret method is similar and crazy, which will make people lose their minds, so what he took was a medicine that could keep him awake, in order not to harm Feng Gongzi's life.

And when they entered the palace just now, they went to see it with their own eyes, and there was a doctor to testify, but he still took the pill, which was considered a foul. Therefore for you to punish him, he will pay all the arrears of the general public, as well as interest.

As for the cash, he didn't pay it back, no matter what, he won the final victory, out of fairness, but also to persuade the general public to quit gambling, but also to correct the royal face. This is the biggest bottom line they can fight for.

After hearing this, the people could only smile bitterly and shake their heads, this is fine., it is better than being in debt, besides, the cold of last night, but they were deeply impressed, they didn't want to suffer anymore, they disbanded and went home on their own, and the guards also made way for them, and a farce ended.

The people are quite satisfied, the five people are also satisfied, and the officials behind the scenes are even more relieved, and finally the matter has been resolved.