The tone is set, and the next thing is easy. Send an old and steady official to the noon gate to read the holy decree, explain the policy of the imperial court, and disperse the lifters. Next, those who should be arrested are arrested, and those who should be imprisoned are imprisoned.

The orthodox emperor immediately issued an edict: the examiners of the 18th room of the Ministry of Rites and the 18th room of the Spring Department were dismissed, and the candidates Yang Chengzong, Zhang Lin, He Mengchun, Xu Yuanhua and others were quickly arrested and interrogated in detail by the officers of the Criminal Department.

There was such a big thing, Zhengtong had already sent eunuchs to invite the cabinet scholars to come over to discuss, and Chen Xun, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, lived closest to the Forbidden City, so he was also the first to arrive. The orthodox immediately proclaimed him, and the scholar Chen Xun personally wrote the holy decree with a stroke of the pen.

The eunuch of the celebrant took the holy decree to the criminal department and passed the decree without mentioning it.

Chen Xun deserves to be a scholar of Wenhua Palace, and he himself is also very prestigious among the scholars. Orthodoxy immediately assigned him to go to the noon gate to appease Juzi. Chen Xun is also an old treacherous and cunning person, knowing that the fraud case in the field of science and technology this time, in fact, involves the dispute between the prince and King Zhao, he has now entered the cabinet, he is a member of the first product, a very popular minister, even if he has the merit of support, there is no room for promotion, and Chen Xun is sixty-nine years old this year, and his life is rare for seventy years, he is preparing to return to his hometown for another two years, and he is naturally more reluctant to be involved in the lawsuit between the prince and King Zhao.

But today is the right time, the emperor's order has been given, and he has to bite the bullet even if he doesn't want to. I couldn't help but secretly cry out in my heart that I was unlucky, if a certain prince hated him because of this incident, it would really outweigh the losses.

He is also an old treacherous and cunning person, and he had an idea as soon as his mind changed, "This matter is related to the stability of the country, the people's hearts are back, the emperor has an order, and the old minister does not dare to shirk." The old minister suggested that it would be more convincing to ask a prince to come forward with the old minister to appease the students, the old minister on behalf of the cabinet, and the prince on behalf of the royal family, and negotiate with the scholars! ”

Whether the prince comes forward or King Zhao comes forward, Chen Xun will be reduced to a supporting role at that time, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, naturally there is a prince or King Zhao in the top cylinder, and he will not have to bear all the responsibility.

The orthodox emperor nodded frequently when he heard this: "What Aiqing said is very good, the three of you, who wants to follow Chen Aiqing on a trip?" ”

As he asked, his eyes fell on the prince.

He is the crown prince, so naturally the prince should come forward first!

The prince's face changed, he was already ashamed, standing in the Wenhua Hall at this moment, separated from the noon gate by a long distance, he could hear the crying outside, which was very amazing. Orthodoxy does not agree to forcibly suppress it by force, and if it goes out, it will definitely have a face-to-face dialogue with the lifters, if it is in case they go crazy for a while...... He still spared his life, how could he be willing to take such a big risk.

He also knew that the eyes of the people in the room fell on him, but he pretended not to know, and the eyes of the orthodox emperor couldn't help but flash a trace of disappointment.

The orthodox emperor himself was a coward, and when he heard the sound of waves outside, he sat on the dragon chair, and his heart was a little hairy. However, the more timid people are, the more they appreciate the bold. The orthodox emperor raised his eyes and saw Ye Minyu and Ye Minzhao brothers, Ye Minyu was as calm as a constant face and did not change his color, Ye Minzhao even had a faint smile on his face, obviously he didn't take it as a matter of making trouble outside.

Scholars are useless, it is okay to ask them to write articles and scold people with a pen, and they really roll up their arms and sleeves to stage a full martial arts, they really don't have that ability. What is there to be afraid of!

Orthodoxy immediately felt a pang of comfort in his heart. The eldest son is not successful, and there are finally two more successful.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Ye Minyu's mouth hooked up a mocking arc, and he took a step forward and said, "Erchen is willing to go with Lord Chen, and he is willing to share his father's worries!" ”

The orthodox emperor had a satisfied look on his face. Wen Yan said: "Okay, good! Your filial piety has been revealed! Take a few more brocade guards out of the road, and be sure to pay attention to your own safety. ”

Ye Minyu agreed, and didn't take it seriously. When he defended Beijing back then, he dared to take the lead in the charge in the face of the abrupt barbarians and Jurchen cavalry, how could he take these powerless scholars in his eyes.

Ye Minzhao watched Ye Minyu take Chen Xunlong out of the Wenhua Hall in a hurry, and felt that the prince was obviously relieved. I couldn't help but laugh in my heart that the prince was stupid.

This idiot, coming forward at this time, can sell well in front of his father. What's more important is that as long as this matter is dealt with well, it can establish a good image of fairness and strictness among the scholars, and it is self-evident that it will be of great help to win the heir, this idiot obviously has such a good opportunity, but he doesn't know how to grasp it, and he will give it to the opponent, which is really stupid.

Ye Minyu took Chen Xun out of Zuoshun Gate, and Chen Jia arranged a team of brocade guards to protect them according to the emperor's orders.

In front of the noon gate is a large square, now it is a mess, thousands of people gather here, plus only more than their number, not less than their number of inner palace guards, brocade guards, black pressure pressure a large area, all the lifters are emotional, there are those who scold, there are those who cry, in short, there are people who are boiling, a boil. The soldiers did not get the order, they did not dare to attack the lifters, but just bluffed with weapons, at first these scholars were still a little scared, after a long time, they also understood, and their courage gradually increased, and some people even began to use the Four Books and Five Classics to brainwash these soldiers, regardless of whether they could understand it or not.

Ye Minyu had just arrived in the square when someone found out. "Someone in the palace is here!"

His attendant eunuch was very clever, and immediately shouted: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, the fourth son of the emperor, has arrived!" "Master Chen, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, has arrived!"

"His Royal Highness King Zhao! It's His Royal Highness King Zhao! ”

"Chen Ge Lao!"

"His Royal Highness King Zhao and Elder Chen Ge want to call the shots for us!"

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Ye Minyu's bravery during the defense of Beijing not only allowed him to establish prestige in the army, but also had an excellent reputation among the people. Most of these readers have heard of Ye Minyu's deeds, and they all have a good impression of him.

The crowd of black pressure rushed up, and Chen Xun's face changed, these people rushed up all of a sudden, and Ye Minyu could be trampled by one person and one foot.

He couldn't help but be anxious, and shouted loudly: "Protect the prince!" Then he shouted to the excited lifters: "Everyone has something to say, don't be impulsive!" ”

Jinyi Wei immediately came out with swords and guns, lined up in a row, and the rain of guns and swords formed a human wall, separating the crowd from Ye Minyu. After all, everyone didn't dare to touch the swords of the brocade guards with their flesh and blood, and immediately stopped, Ye Minyu couldn't see the slightest nervousness in his expression, and Chen Xun couldn't help but secretly admire.

Ye Minyu waved his hand, and the guards quickly set up a high platform, and Ye Minyu went up to the high platform. Chen Xun saw that he took the initiative to take responsibility, and he was happy not to get involved with him, but Ye Minyu still asked someone to help Old Man Chen get on the high platform.

Ye Minyu first made a circle in the direction of everyone, which was regarded as a greeting, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Ye Minyu, the fourth son of the emperor, King Zhao. Today, I have been ordered by the emperor to meet you. Emperor Shengming, what happened to you, his old man already knows everything, the emperor is also deeply disgusted by the fraud in the field, and has passed down the holy decree to jail Jiang Zheng, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites involved in this case, and the examiner of the 18th room, Yang Chengzong, Zhang Lin and others involved in this case will also be arrested soon! When the time comes, the interrogation will be strict, and you will definitely be given a satisfactory explanation! ”

He was full of energy, and his voice was loud, and everyone could hear it clearly. Even if you can't hear it, you can talk to each other, one to ten, ten to hundred, and soon everyone will know.

Everyone came here to make trouble, but with a wave of righteous indignation, and now that things have come to such a result, everyone is also relieved. There was an immediate commotion in the crowd.

After saying these words, Ye Minwen's face sank: "Everyone is a well-educated person, and you can understand some words if you don't say it." Even this king is deeply sympathetic to what happened to you, but this king has to say that what you have done today is very inappropriate. If you have any dissatisfaction or opinions, you can write a note and send it to the General Administration, and the General Administration Department will naturally report your opinions to the emperor for knowing. There are also divisions and yamen in the trial and adjudication of cases, each performing its own duties, and the law is based on the law, so how can you interfere casually? But you gather people to make trouble before the noon gate, so offending the face of heaven, like forcing the palace, but where do you want to put the court and the emperor? ”

Ye Minyu's expression was grim, and he said slowly: "According to what you did today, even if you are all arrested and thrown into prison, it is not considered to have wronged you!" ”

Everyone was full of enthusiasm, and they were bewitched to come to make trouble, no one thought that the problem was so serious, and everyone was even more uproar!

Ye Minyu saw that the effect had arrived, so he continued to talk eloquently: "Fortunately, my emperor is generous and benevolent, and you are just a first-time offender, and they are all pillars of the country, so I don't care about you." You wait for me to listen to what I say, retreat quickly, and the emperor will not hold you responsible! Don't make a mistake! If you are still obsessed with it and do not regret it......" he snorted, and then added; "You must know that the family has family rules, and the country has national laws, and when the time comes, the emperor will spare you, and the national law will not tolerate you!"

These words were both soft and hard, and everyone listened to them in unison.

Everyone was inevitably worried in their hearts, but the literati all had a good face, and there was no first person to take the lead in going out, and everyone was afraid that being the first person to eat crabs would poke people in the backbone, and they were a little hesitant for a while.

I heard someone shouting in the crowd: "I wonder if what the prince of Lu Dao said just now is true?" Is it true that the examiner who was arrested for bribing and selling exam questions was arrested? Why has the rumor spread in Beijing for so long, and the emperor also sent the criminal department to investigate, saying that the world is as black as a crow, so how can we trust the court anymore? ”

Ye Minyu said loudly: "What you said is not unreasonable, but the investigation of the case must always have all the human and material evidence, and the wicked cannot be allowed to escape the sanctions of the national law, nor can it be called a good person who has been wronged!" If there is no conclusive evidence, the emperor will condemn the minister, so wouldn't everyone in the court be in danger. Your worries are all known to the king, the emperor has made up his mind this time to investigate the shortcomings of the scientific examination, if there is really that bold and reckless, do not take the national law and the emperor's constitution as a thing, and dare to leak the question and accept bribes, I, Ye Minyu, will be the first not to let them go, I will put the words here today, this case will be reviewed in the future, if anyone of you is not satisfied, just look for me Ye Minyu! When the time comes, I will open the door of the palace and personally ask you for your guilt! Thousands of people here can testify to my words! ”

Ye Minyu and the lifters asked and answered, and in a nutshell, Chen Xun and Chen Ge were speechless for a while. Ye Minyu has a high status, and it is one thing for the lifters to listen to him and believe in him, and it is also a big reason why he dares to act and is very infectious.

In the Wenhua Palace, the emperor was a little absent-minded. It has been half an hour since Ye Minyu came out, and the noise outside has gradually become quiet from the noise at the beginning, and it seems that the situation is slowly under control, although the emperor knows this, he is still a little anxiously waiting for news.

At this time, a little eunuch ran in with a happy face: "Your Majesty, the troublemakers outside, after listening to the words of our prince, they have all dispersed!" ”

Orthodoxy stood up with a happy face: "Really? ”

The eunuch hurriedly said: "How dare the little one deceive the emperor!" ”

"Did the lifters and the guards clash, and were there any casualties?"

The little eunuch replied loudly, "No! The lifters were convinced by the rebuttal of His Royal Highness King Zhao and Lord Chen, and when they left, they knelt down and kowtowed, saying that the emperor was wise! ”

Orthodoxy heard this, and his whole body was as comfortable as eating a bowl of ice drink in the summer: "Okay, good! He couldn't help but stroke his palm and smile: "The emperor has made a great contribution this time, and when he comes back, I will definitely reward him heavily!" ”

The prince quietly calculated the time, and it was only half an hour. I knew that Lu Dao was so simple, it was better to come forward and take this credit myself, why bother asking Ye Minyu to be so showy in front of his father. He couldn't help but have a faint regret in his heart.

At this time, the Yang Mansion was also in a state of turmoil. Last night, Jiang Zheng's house was burned, and the Tenglong Inn where Zhang Lin lived was also smashed.

I heard that the lifters gathered at the noon gate, shook the door and cried, and the eldest man only felt a chill in his back after listening to the reports of his family in the study: "Crazy, crazy!" These people are all crazy! ”

Originally, his son would try to take a second place, but he saw that the criminal department checked it again, but he didn't get the exact evidence, and he was still complacent in his heart thinking that his son had nothing to do now. He is only seventeen years old, and he will be admitted to the Shuji Academy for a few years in the future, and with the old man's connections and resources in the court, he will mix for decades, and he will be a good old scholar in the future.

In this way, the Yang family can continue to be rich for at least three generations. He was still a little complacent, but he didn't expect things to go beyond his imagination.

Remembering that when Chengzong learned that he had won the second place in the exam, he was not happy, but his face was pale, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, he was not as good as his son to see things.

At this moment, someone came in to report that Ye Yichen had sent the little guy next to him, Chengying, to see the third young master. The eldest lord was a little unhappy in his heart.

The eldest lord also knew that a noble son-in-law like Ye Yichen could not restrain him with an ordinary relationship between Weng and his son-in-law. Obviously, Ye Yichen didn't pay much attention to him. But if there is something at this time, he went directly to Chengzong after himself, which still made the eldest master unhappy.

If you are not happy, you will not be happy, but he did not dare to delay the things that Ye Yichen ordered, and immediately ordered the steward to take Chengying to see Chengzong.

In Chengzong's study, Chengzu is talking to Chengzong.

"So, the lifters outside the noon gate have dispersed?" Seongjong asked. There was such a big movement in the gate, and the nobles of the wealthy families in Beijing sent people to inquire around, and Chengzu listened to the words of the second master, and did not dare to go out casually in this cusp, so he also sent a personal servant to inquire.

"I heard that the emperor sent His Royal Highness King Zhao and Chen Xun Chen Ge, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, to come forward, the students were originally emotional, but they didn't know what His Royal Highness King Zhao said to them, and then they all dispersed! My little servant didn't dare to go in, so he could only watch from the outside, so I inquired about it. "As he grew older, the two of them studied together, and as soon as they took a pediatric examination, the relationship between Chengzu and this younger brother became better and better, and Chengzong's younger brother gradually showed his intelligence far beyond his peers, but Chengzu never envied him.

Therefore, Chengzong has a much better relationship with the eldest brother in the next room than his half-brother. This time, the two of them participated in the exam together, Chengzu was fine, but Chengzong was framed by rumors, and he actually had a subtle sense of guilt in his heart, and he often came to comfort him these days.

But he didn't expect that although Chengzong was two years younger than him, he had a very strong psychological quality, these days he seemed to be completely unaffected by this incident, reading and writing every day, playing the flute and playing the piano in his spare time, and sometimes pulling Chengzu to play two games of Go, Chengzu felt that he was more nervous and flustered than him.

Chengzu simply admired this younger brother.

After listening to his eldest brother's words, Chengzong fell into deep thought, he had also thought a lot in the past few days, but after all, he had never been in contact with the government. Like Yulan, she can see through a lot of reasons behind it, and that is because she stands tall and sees far, Ye Yichen does not hide it from her, so she has a lot of information that others can't grasp at all.

But Chengzong is different, he has never been in contact with the government and has been studying behind closed doors at home before, so no matter how smart he is, he can't figure out the cause and effect behind this matter for a while. I can only vaguely feel that the rumors should not only be aimed at himself, not at him, and the target of the opponent should be the entire Yang family.

In the past few days, a feeling of powerlessness that he can't control anything has been tightly wrapped around his body, and that feeling is very bad. Although he pretended to be casual on the surface, he was actually apprehensive in his heart. This is a habit that has been used for so many years to keep everything in his heart.

It was at this moment that his heart began to urgently want to master the power of his own!

He also knew that Ye Yichen was running for his affairs, but Ye Yichen didn't tell him any news, not only him, but his father, Ye Yichen didn't tell him a word.

Chengzong finally felt a little comforted in his heart. If he said who he admired the most in this world, Ye Yichen could definitely be ranked in the top three, and Chengzong trusted the ability of this prince's brother-in-law from the bottom of his heart.

While the two brothers were talking, Chengzong's personal servant came in with the wind and said, "The prince's personal servant came over, saying that the prince has something to tell the third young master." ”

Chengzong asked, "Have you seen your father?" "According to the rules, Chengying should go to see the eldest master first if he has something. Ye Yichen specially called him here, what did he have to tell him?

air ducts; "I've never seen the eldest master. Steward Zhao in the front yard came directly to our yard. ”

Seeing this, Chengzu stood up and said with a smile: "Since the third brother has guests here, I won't bother you!" ”

Chengzong knew that Ye Yichen sent a personal servant over and must have something important to say to him, and he didn't be polite to Chengzu, so he personally sent Chengzu out, and then welcomed Chengying in. Chengying saluted Chengzong very respectfully, and looked up at Sui Feng who was standing in the room waiting.

Chengzong immediately glanced at Suifeng. He walked out of the room with the wind and closed the door again. Chengying said to Chengzong with a heavy face: "The prince got reliable news, saying that the emperor was forced by public opinion to issue a holy decree to put Jiang Zheng Jiang, as well as the eighteenth room examiner of Chunfu, and ......" Speaking of this, he paused for a moment before continuing: "And you and Zhang Lin and other students, a total of eleven people are locked and imprisoned......"

Hearing this, no matter how calm Chengzong was, he couldn't help but change color on his face.

Chengying said: "The prince called to tell you, those bastards in the criminal department are scheming, no matter who you face, you must keep an eye on it, don't be deceived by them and don't know what to do!" ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but comfort Chengzong: "You don't have to panic, everything has the prince, and the prison of the criminal department sounds terrible, but our prince is there, you will not be wronged!" One day, when you have washed away your grievances, the bunnies of the Criminal Department will have to invite you out as they invite you in. ”

Sent away Chengying, Chengzong returned to the inner room, Rao is he is strong-willed, his heart is excellent, at this time he is also a little numb, follow him in with the wind, see him walking around the inner room, frowning, his face is very ugly. He followed Chengzong as an adult and knew him very well, and he had never seen him with such an expression, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

He couldn't help but whisper: "Young master? I was puzzled, but I didn't dare to ask more.

Cheng Zong calmed down and ordered, "You go and find out my stone blue lake silk plain noodles!" ”

Sui Feng was taken aback, didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly went to the small room next to him to open the cage. But in just a few moments, a steward ran in in a panic. "The head of the criminal department is here with a holy decree, and the lord teaches you to hurry up and go to receive the decree!"

Now, Seungjong has calmed down. He took the shirt handed over by the wind, put it on meticulously, and then said to the steward with a relaxed expression, "Let's go!" ”