On the street outside the Xi'an Gate in the inner city of the Daimyo's Mansion, at this time it was already crowded with people, and there were no less than 30,000 or 40,000 people gathered.

Most of these people are poor people who have fled, their clothes are shabby, they help the old and the young, and they look very miserable. However, there are also some scholars wearing long clothes and wearing various scarves or black gauze hats standing close to the Xi'an Gate, holding their heads high and looking at them with special spirits.

Standing outside the gate of Xi'an, there are two or three hundred "green robes", among which there are many white-haired old men, either on crutches, or with the help of their children and grandchildren. These white-haired and green-clothed little civil officials were a major feature of the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, and they were called "special performances" Jinshi origin. The so-called "special performance name" is those who have taken the annual examination, and each time they have lost their name to Sun Shan, and the young talent has become an old grandfather, and the official family sees them pitiful, so they give a special jinshi to comfort them.

Of course, there is no comparison between the special performance of the famous jinshi and the serious jinshi in the official career, and the special performance of the famous jinshi is generally given to a nine-grade sesame official to deal with, and he will retire after a few years, which can be regarded as an official. This person is not seen in the court of Kaifeng Mansion, and he is generally a small scholar in the local area. But here in Hebei, the "special name" Jinshi is basically a representative of the gentry class.

Because the examination level of scholars in Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty was relatively poor, every imperial examination was the last one. Moreover, these places are not far from Kaifeng Mansion, which is enough for those big landlords who have passed the liberation test to enter Beijing again and again to catch the exam.

Generally, after five or six times off the list, you can ask for a special name, and then go back to the township to become a scholar!

Because the Song Dynasty did not have the two fixed fame of lifting people and showing talents. In the Song Dynasty, passing the Liberation Examination was considered a lift, and he was eligible to take the examination once. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be "exempted", so after a release test, you can only take one test, and after the test, there will be no identity as a lifter. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, there was no privilege of tax exemption and exemption from military service, let alone the so-called Xiucai...... It is just a folk honorific title for scholars, not an officially recognized fame.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty's various preferential treatment of scholars also began with the scholars becoming officials, which was actually the preferential treatment of civil officials. Although the special performance of the famous jinshi has no future in the officialdom, they are a member of the noble scholar class.

In Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi, where there are not many genuine scholars, they are even the backbone of the scholar class! And the people who were able to take the examination many times, and finally became a special performance name Jinshi, are mostly from big families. Otherwise, it would be impossible to spend dozens of years on the exam, and the local exam is not so easy, if it is really a poor student, it is difficult to pass the exam many times in a row.

Don't think that the difficulty of the solution test is very low, students in every state and government are staring at the number of places that have passed the solution! Moreover, the court of the Great Song Dynasty kept a close eye on the meeting, and it was more difficult to engage in fraud, and the local solution test was relatively loose, and there were more cats in the middle!

If you can pass the liberation test again and again, and enter Beijing again and again to catch the exam, it is best to take the test as a pulsatilla, and how can you not have a net worth and background if you win some imperial examination consolation prizes (special performance name jinshi)?

So when Cai Mao stood on the tower of Xi'an Gate and looked down, he was a little bit of a thief - so many "green robes" and scholars and scholars came, is this to expose the corruption of the official to the king? But this official is not very greedy!

Zhao Kai also saw Cai Mao's weak face, and he immediately understood - those people outside are all here to sue the emperor and sue you for being greedy in the affairs of the famous government! Look at how greedy you are when so many people come to sue! This king can't shield you, a big corrupt official, and he must go to your house in person later!

"Someone!" Zhao Kai crossed his hands on his hips, his face was gloomy, and he had already dressed up as the iron-faced selfless Zhao Qingtian, "Go and invite all the officials in green robes below to go up to the city tower, this king will personally interrogate!" ”

"Whoa!"

"Order!"

Wang Dynasty and Ma Han did not, Huang Wuji and Xiang Ke, who led the order, and the two military attachés pressed the hilt of their swords and swaggered down. After a while, he led more than 200 green-robed officials up to the city tower.

The gate building in the inner city of the Daimyo's Mansion is very tall and wide, and it can run horses on it, which is enough for more than 200 green-robed officials to salute in a procession.

Zhao Kai was dressed in a round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, draped in a cloak with fur edges, and a sword hanging on his belt, and sat on a circle chair in a big way. Who is being sued? ”

Sue the royal court?

The more than 200 green-robed people were stunned—they were here to petition, not to sue. Although the two are not much different......

Seeing that the people below didn't speak, Zhao Kai was even more convinced that they were here to sue Cai Mao, so he glanced at this corrupt official with a blue face, and said in a deep voice: "The lonely king is selfless, no matter who you accuse, this king will enforce the law impartially, and will definitely not show favoritism!" ”

Are you sure?

These more than 200 green robes don't believe it...... If they are suing the emperor now, then the person they are suing seems to be the Marshal of Hebei Soldiers and Horses, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, himself!

"Who are you accusing? So they didn't say a word? Zhao Kai saw that they were silent, and he was already a little impatient.

At this moment, four relatively young green-robed officials had already gained courage and stepped out of the crowd.

Zhao Kai looked at it and already saw an acquaintance, "Hey, aren't you Zhang Deyuan?" How did you come to the Daimyo's Mansion? Did you know that this king was the marshal of Hebei, so he came to serve? ”

It turned out that it was Zhang Jun, Chen Dong, Hu Yin, and Deng Su who stood up...... Today's great petition was put together by the four of them.

However, because Zhao Kai's time in the Daimyo Mansion was still short, and his main energy was on rectifying the army, he did not meddle in the localities, let alone send out all the former relatives he brought to be spies, so he did not know that there were a few patriots from Kaifeng Mansion who were inciting public opinion in the Daimyo Mansion to oppose the peace.

In addition, Zhao Kai and Zhang Jun have known each other for a long time. Both of them are Jinshi who have been in politics for eight years, and they are about the same age. So I had already made friends in the eighth year of Zhenghe, but after Zhang Jun knew Zhao Kai's identity, in order to avoid suspicion (making friends with the prince is a taboo for courtiers), he alienated Zhao Kai.

"The king, the minister Zhang Jun is the official of the Kaifeng pro-expedition camp envoy, and he is here to prepare military rations to come to the Daimyo's mansion."

What the? Come to the daimyo to run military rations? Zhao Kaixin said: Since the Yellow River flows north, there will be floods every three forks and five days, how can there be surplus grain for Kaifeng?

When Zhao Kaizheng was stunned, Chen Dong was already holding the petition document in his hand and stepped forward.

"Chen Dong, the minister, is also the official of the pro-conquest camp envoy, and he came to ...... with Zhang Deyuan" Chen Dong took a breath, "The ministers and others came to Xi'an today with the fathers, gentry, and township officials of the Daimyo Mansion to petition the king!" ”

"Petition?" Zhao Kai glanced at Cai Mao, saw that this guy was wiping his sweat, and said in his heart: I wronged you, it turns out that you are a good official. But why do you wipe your sweat? It's not hot......

Zhao Kai retracted his gaze, looked at the few people in front of him and asked, "What do you want?" ”

"I want to ask the king not to negotiate peace with the gold thief and concentrate on fighting gold!" Chen Dong said loudly.

Deng Su and Hu Yin on the side also shouted in unison: "I am willing to live and die with the king and the Daimyo's Mansion City!" Please the king will never discuss the idea of peace and resist the heart of gold! ”

After the two of them finished shouting, the more than 200 green-robed officials behind them also shouted together: "I am willing to live and die with the king and the Daimyo's Mansion City!" Please the king will never discuss the idea of peace and resist the heart of gold! ”

Zhao Kai was of course overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded again and again: "Okay, you are really all Wei Mansion men (the name is the residence of the envoy of Wei Bo Town, so it is also called Wei Mansion), the lonely king Zhun Er and others are invited, and tomorrow they will lead Er and others out of the city to beg for thieves!" ”