Li Shaoyou felt like he was in a dream, a moment ago he was still counting the nicks in the stinking cell and counting how many days he could live.

At this moment, he was dressed in a clean scribe's robe, sitting in a fresh and elegant quiet room and enjoying the food.

"You guy, I don't know if the ancestors have accumulated virtue, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be extra kind to you, hurry up and eat, don't delay, when we are full, we have to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give you a question, whether you can survive or not, now it's still two words."

Li Shaoyou was eating with relish with a chicken leg in his hand, and when he heard Donggong Wuwei's words, he stopped chewing.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, put down the chicken legs, and ate some of the vegetarian food that was not meat on the table.

Then, Li Shaoyou arched his hand and said to Donggong Wuwei:

"The tired military master went to tell His Royal Highness the Prince, the sinners are ready, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give the question."

"Li Shaoyou, you haven't eaten much, it's not because we urge, you don't eat, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, let you eat and drink enough, you won't figure it out but rely on us for the assessment."

Li Shaoyou squeezed out a wry smile on his face and said:

"In the past, I really wanted to do this, but now I won't, I have been in prison for two hundred days, which has made me figure out a lot of things, Master Jun, I am indeed ready, I can go and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for questions."

Donggong Wuwei, who was in charge of guarding, looked at a table of delicacies, which they usually couldn't eat.

"Li Shaoyou, you better eat some more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to give you three questions in a row, how to answer the questions if you are not full."

These Donggong guards are also kind-hearted, they don't know that Li Shaoyou has to answer these three questions for three days.

"Thank you for your kind reminder, Shaoyou's family background is average, and he rarely eats meat at ordinary times, and eating too much will only make people want to sleep, and when the brain is confused, he can't write a good article.

"In that case, good luck."

"Thank you for your auspicious words, Shaoyou will definitely have good luck."

Wu Wei removed the food, put the four treasures of the study room for him, and then went to ask the prince to give him the question.

After a while, Wu Wei came back and brought the question given by the prince.

"Be honest."

The corners of Li Shaoyou's mouth twitched, honest and honest, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that this is the biggest realization of my Li Shaoyou being in prison for two hundred days.

So, what kind of thoughts did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have in mind for me to give me this topic?

Li Shaoyou sat there and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't guess the intention of His Royal Highness the Prince.

In fact, why should he guess, the most important thing he should do is to calm down and write articles well.

When it was almost midnight, Li Shaoyou was still writing hard, and because of the permission of His Royal Highness the Prince, the Wuwei of the East Palace brought him dinner on time, and Li Shaoyou only tasted it.

Even if he wants to go to the toilet, he will be taken to the toilet under the custody of the Wuwei of the East Palace, instead of solving it all indoors like during the scientific expedition.

Because there is no need for this, Li Shaoyou's clothes from the inside to the outside are all changed under the supervision of Wu Wei, and this is still the Prince's East Palace, so there is no chance to take private copies at all.

Guo Zongxun and Fu Jinhuan's mother and son were filial piety, and the two of them jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, writing in detail what happened today in the letter, and jointly pleaded guilty to the emperor.

After leaving Yanfu Palace, Guo Zongxun also deliberately took a detour to take a look at Li Shaoyou, but he didn't let Li Shaoyou know.

"Wei Banban, what kind of person is this Li Shaoyou, according to you?"

Wei Zhongxian knew very well that the master really needed him to give some views and opinions now.

The emperor has already approved it twice, and Li Shaoyou has been convicted of capital crimes, and it is not easy to change it.

"Master, according to the slave, Li Shaoyou should have some ability, but he took a detour, and he had to go with him to submit a famous post and an article, this shortcut was not right, it was a detour, or even a dead end."

Guo Zongxun nodded, very satisfied with Wei Zhongxian's answer, and sighed:

"Yes, the shortcut is wrong, it is a detour, or even a dead end, the reason why Gu is willing to give Li Shaoyou a chance is not because he values anything, but because he is planning for this year's autumn season."

"Master, you are far-sighted, and the slave can learn a lot by following the master."

"Wei Banban, you remember, the Dongchang handed over to you by Lone, you got it right, it is a sharp sword in Lone's hand, if you can't get it right, you just wait for Lone to return the hair to you."

"Master, please rest assured, the minions and the East Factory will become an invincible sword in the hands of the master to slay demons and eliminate demons."

"Go and tell Wu Wei that when it's time to rest, let Li Shaoyou rest, and stay in prison for several months, I'm afraid that this person is stupid, don't write the first article, and I'll immediately sentence him to death."

"The slave obeys the order, this Li Shaoyou is really a blessing, if this person does not die, he will definitely be loyal to your master."

"Lone also thinks so, people who are lucky and very talented are always more likely to succeed than others, if this Li Shaoyou is really such a person, and can be loyal to Lone, Lone will not mind giving him a bright future."

"Loyalty must be there, I hope this Li Shaoyou is a lucky and talented person."

Wei Zhongxian did talk about Guo Zongxun's heart, what he needs now is talented and loyal people, even if there are some flaws in his conduct, as long as he is not a vicious person.

Guo Zongxun is now short of people, which is why he gave Li Shaoyou a chance to live.

This is like buying a horse's bones with a daughter, Li Shaoyou's life or death is not important, what matters is the effect of this matter being spread.

If Li Shaoyou knew, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't care about his life or death at all, I don't know how he would feel?

"Let's go, go back to the East Palace, there are still many things to do tomorrow, Li Shaoyou finished writing here, so he arranged for someone to copy it, and after the name was pasted, it was sent to Hongwen Pavilion, Hanlin Academy and Guozijian.

"Master, do you plan to use this method in this year's scientific expedition?"

"That's right, Lone heard that when Wu Zhou, Emperor Zetian was in power, and this method was used during the scientific expedition, but it was not continued, Lone thought that this method was very good, and it could eliminate many drawbacks after copying."

"Master, you are wise."

"In addition, a decree will be promulgated at that time, which strictly prohibits the matter of submitting names and articles, and officials in the DPRK who dare to accept candidates' names and posts will be removed from office, and if candidates commit crimes, they will be disqualified from the examination, deprived of their fame, and they will not be allowed to take the examination again for ten years."

"Master, as soon as this decree comes out, when the autumn comes, the gates of those court officials are afraid that they will be crowded."

"That's what I want."

On the second day, the early dynasty, which was also the first early dynasty of the crown prince's state.

On the left side of the dragon chair, which symbolizes the supreme imperial power of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a seat is placed, and Guo Zongxun can finally sit here and overlook the civil and military officials in the court.

On the military general's side, Han Tong, Shi Shouxin, and Cao Bin are the leaders.

On the side of the civil officials, there was only one Wei Renpu standing at the front.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"The ministers are exempt from courtesy."

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie."

Guo Zongxun was wearing a pale yellow dragon robe, but the dragon robe was embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon, and the emperor's dragon robe was bright yellow, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my father drove the emperor yesterday, and I was ordered by my father to supervise the country, I hope that you Aiqing can work together to ensure the stability of my Great Zhou Dynasty, the state capital and Ning, and the health of the people.

Guo Zongxun got up and bowed to the civil and military officials, and the civil and military officials knelt down again and said in unison:

"The ministers will abide by the emperor's holy decree and the will of His Royal Highness the Prince, and they will definitely work together to protect the society of our Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Zhongqing is flat."

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie."

After a set of routines, Guo Zongxun sat down again, glanced at the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, and finished the virtual process, so let's have something real.

"Now, Prime Minister Fan went to Huainan for disaster relief, Lone just wants Lord Fan to see with his own eyes whether Huainan has really suffered a disaster, and who dares to walk these rumors after his father and emperor set out on the expedition, and his demagogic and turbulent heart is clearly revealed, which is really hateful."

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty bowed their heads and were silent, they didn't know if Huainan had really suffered a disaster, and those who had the heart to defend Prime Minister Fan also shut up, for fear that they would also be escorted to Huainan by His Royal Highness the Prince.

If Guo Zongxun concluded that the drought in Huainan was a lie, it was because Cui Ju of the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall bought grain from Huainan every year to make wine, and only a few boatloads of grain were transported into Kaifeng a few days ago.

Huainan is now the granary of the Great Zhou, and Guo Zongxun believes that it is very inappropriate for his father to hand over Huainan to Li Chongjin.

But I'm afraid that Guo Rong made a decision after weighing it again and again, and the only people who are qualified to guard Huainan are Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin.

Among the three, in Guo Rong's view, Li Chongjin is the most anti-minded, Zhao Kuangyin is the most trustworthy, and Zhang Yongde is much more honest than Li Chongjin.

Li Chongjin, as the nephew of Taizu Guo Wei, even if he wanted to rebel, he would not dare to do anything to collude with the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue, this is a traitor to the enemy, unless he wants to be a traitor to Taizu and set up another mountain.

In that case, Li Chongjin rebelled, first, he did not occupy the righteousness, and second, he did not occupy the general situation, let alone other places, and the people of Huainan would not follow him.

This is actually tantamount to putting a splint on Li Chongjin, so that he doesn't dare to go back and can't go back.

Li Chongjin, who was unwilling, could only make some small moves, such as the rumors that the emperor had just set off on the front foot of the imperial expedition and walked in Kaifeng with the back foot of the Huainan drought, intending to disturb the court and cause panic among the people.

If this approach is successful, it will inevitably give Guo Rong's imperial commander a hat of reckless military force and disregard for people's livelihood.

Guo Rong won the battle, but once the war is stalemate or even defeated, I believe that Li Chongjin will use even more damaging tricks.

"Lord Fan, as the assistant minister appointed by his father and the emperor himself, is so indistinguishable from the false, and he is in a hurry when he encounters things, and he doesn't know it, or does Lord Fan feel that Lone is very easy to coax, and deliberately pretends to be panicked, and wants to deceive Lone After handing over all the power to deal with the government to him, he will recover the prime minister ability he should have?"

This is a bit damaging, but Guo Zongxun just wants to say this, no matter whether Fan Zhen is really confused or pretending to be confused, in short, this kind of confusion is absolutely unacceptable.

"There is also Prime Minister Wang, another auxiliary minister appointed by his father, look at his performance yesterday, he repeatedly despised Lonely, and despised the prince of the prison country, could it be that what Lord Wang did in front of his father before was all pretended?"

This is even more of a heart-wrenching sentence, Guo Zongxun just wants to say something heavy, and see the reaction of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Even if these people know each other, what happened to the two prime ministers yesterday, as well as the dispute between the prince and the queen in the harem, all fully show that today's Royal Highness the Prince, who dares to provoke who is unlucky.

"Father sent Lord Wang back, directly to the prison of the Criminal Department, saying that it was sent by Lone, all Aiqing, according to you, how should Lone deal with Lord Wang?"

None of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dared to answer.

Guo Zongxun glanced at Ma Yilin, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and asked:

"Ma Aiqing, you come and tell Gu how to deal with Lord Wang."

Ma Yilin spent an afternoon with the prince in the East Palace yesterday, and not only was he amazed by the intelligence of His Royal Highness the prince, but he also knew some of the prince's thoughts.

At this time, it was time for him to come out and advise the prince.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, and the ministers are brave enough to distinguish the truth for the king."

Guo Zongxun squinted his eyes and looked at Ma Yilin, who was bowing down the stairs after leaving the class, and said in his heart, they are all human spirits, and this officialdom is quite clear.

"Master Ma, let's talk about it, is it Lone's mistake?"

"The minister didn't dare, Lord Wang was rude in front of him, it really shouldn't be, but the situation at that time, the emperor had just set out on the expedition, and there were rumors of the drought in Huainan with the intention of disturbing the court, and it was handed over by Lord Fan himself, not to mention Lord Wang, even the minister was also surprised."

"Master Ma, do you think that the people who walk the rumors are too vicious, so that the ministers have no time to react for a while, including Lord Wang and you, Lord Ma?"

"The minister was terrified, but the minister did not dare to deceive His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister was also shocked when he heard the news, if it wasn't for the minister's position behind, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have found out that he was rude."

Guo Zongxun nodded, the steps given by Ma Yilin are okay, I want to confuse the public, the law is not to blame the public, then go down the slope and get off the donkey.

"Master Ma is reasonable, when Lone heard the news, he was also shocked and his back was cold, and the means of dealing with Lord Fan were a little tough, which was also Lone's desire to quickly cut through the chaos and quickly stop the rumors from spreading, and he had to do it as a last resort, but he wronged Lord Fan."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made a decision immediately, and the ministers admired him very much."

"That being the case, this Lord Wang's mistake of being rude in front of him, Lone will not be held accountable, but his father sent Lord Wang to prison on the front foot, and Lone will release him today, which is disrespectful to his father, so let Lord Wang reflect in prison for three days, and after three days, return to the court, Lone still has a lot of things to rely on Lord Wang and all Aiqing."

Contempt for the prince has been changed to a pre-driving faux pas, which is much less of a sin.

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous and benevolent, it is the blessing of my Great Zhou, and the ministers thank His Royal Highness the Prince."

Guo Zongxun sighed in his heart, put aside his temper, and took advantage of this opportunity to drive Fan Zhen and Wang Pu out of the court.

But he really can't do this, not to mention that his father won't agree, even he himself really has to use these people now.

I hope that after cleaning up, Fan Zhen and Wang Pu can be honest.

"Prime Minister Fan went to Huainan to inspect the matter, since it has been known to the whole people, then it can't be abandoned halfway, change the disaster relief to the inspection, the Ministry of Rites is responsible, and the ceremonial guards that should be there are all matched, hurry up, I, Prime Minister of Dazhou, must not lose my prestige."

It is estimated that Fan Zhen still doesn't know the situation in the imperial court, Guo Zongxun did this, and he could be regarded as sending someone to inform him, Lone slapped you in the face, and gave you dignity, if you are not honest, Lone will not mind letting you come back bare-chested.

Then, Guo Zongxun generously put the matter of the criminal Li Shaoyou on the court.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he issued his first edict as the crown prince of the state.

It is forbidden to send famous posts in the autumn period, and if there is a violator, the official will be dismissed, and the candidate will be deprived of his fame, and he will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination for ten years.

All candidates' test papers will be copied and then handed over to the examiner and marking officials for evaluation, and the best candidates will be admitted.

This measure will undoubtedly greatly improve the fairness of the imperial imperial examination, and will undoubtedly boost the enthusiasm of the majority of poor students to go to the examination.

More talented and hard-off students will have the opportunity to leap into the dragon gate and the title of the gold list.

Using Li Shaoyou's case as an introduction, this measure to benefit the country and the people was launched, and Guo Zongxun had already decided not to kill Li Shaoyou at this time.

Of course, if Li Shaoyou's three articles were too badly written, Guo Zongxun wouldn't mind raising the butcher's knife again.

Wei Renpu wiped cold sweat at the bottom of the stairs, and admired His Royal Highness the Prince, this is definitely the appearance of a Ming Jun.

Never be soft when you should be ruthless, be generous when you should be generous, and be righteous when you should be just......

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, the minister Wei Renpu has a performance."

It's time to come out and put on a show.

"Lord Wei is flat, what is the performance?"

"What the minister did was to impeach Qin Li, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the minister impeached this person for being lawless, spying on the secrets of my Great Zhou Forbidden Army, and daring to write these secrets into books and sell them openly in Kaifeng City, and his heart can be punished."

As soon as Wei Renpu's words came out, there was a coaxing in the court, and a group of civil officials looked at Wei Renpu with incredible eyes, like looking at a monster.

Guo Zongxun frowned, and motioned to Wei Zhongxian, who was standing aside, and Wei Zhongxian immediately opened his mouth and shouted:

"There is such a commotion in the court, do you still want to despise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The ministers immediately fell silent again, but the generals grinned one by one, although they didn't dare to laugh, but they were happy.

Damn, the affairs of our Great Zhou army have been sold out by you literati, and finally someone has come out to speak up, and Wei Renpu, who is the chief assistant of the court and the secretary of the Zhongshu order, is heavy enough.

Now it's up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to deal with this matter.

"Companion Wei, hand over Lord Wei's recital."

It was handed over along with Wei Renpu's recital, as well as a few books.

Guo Zongxun first glanced at Wei Renpu, yes, I thought that the civil officials of this era were all confused.

Guo Zongxun knew a lot about the disguised betrayal of civil officials in publishing books, most of which happened in the Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that it had already started when the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were there.

In order to write books and speeches, and in order to write poems, these civil officials did everything possible to spy on all kinds of things that should be classified as state secrets.

Of course, this is also due to lax control, which has emboldened these civil officials.

Guo Zongxun was shocked to discover a secret that even he didn't know in the book edited by the Hanlin Academy named Qin Li.

Emperor Guo Rong drove his own expedition this time, where did the 500,000 troops under his command come from, how was it equipped, the army's combat strength was evaluated, who were the generals above the captain, how many horses were there, and how much grain and grass were there......

In addition to the fact that there is no horseshoe, it is estimated that this is indeed a relatively successful blockade by Emperor Guo Rong.

The rest, it is simply no matter how big or small, and even the achievements of the officers and commanders are listed in detail, and the advantages and disadvantages of the famous generals are also analyzed......

Guo Zongxun also deliberately took a look at how Qin Li analyzed Zhao Kuangyin.

"Yuen Long has always been brave and resourceful, and he has won the emperor's attention, but he secretly thinks that Yuen Long is too cautious in using troops, and will never take easy action when it is not a stable victory, and it is too fierce when it is in danger, if it can grasp the opportunity, it will not be difficult to defeat."

Well, Guo Zongxun felt that he was really taught.

Fortunately, Yue Fei has not been prominent for a long time, and Qin Li's evaluation is mostly in terms of bravery and military training, but this is enough to make Guo Zongxun feel comfortable.

This guy was able to get all the details of Yue Fei's military training, which I discussed with Yue Fei, and added a lot of training knowledge that I knew in my previous life.

In the end, Qin Li also made a summary prediction: "What I am referring to by the Great Zhou Tianbing must be Liaogou." ”

Damn, this Qin Li is a Hanlin Academy editor, and he can actually stretch out his hand into the Great Zhou Forbidden Army.

And it also touched the Great Zhou Forbidden Army from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom, what should be touched and what should not be touched, and what could not be touched......

It's a pity that this man doesn't go to be a spy.

Guo Zongxun sighed, Wei Renpu shouldn't have said this to the court, I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg of the civil official's disguised betrayal.

How to deal with this matter, in order to completely eliminate it, in order to minimize losses, in order to turn bad things into good things?

This is a big move, and it must not be done rashly without careful consideration.

In front of him, this Hanlin Academy called Qin Li edited ......

"This matter was verified by the Criminal Department, the books sold were immediately banned, and Qin Liguan, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department pending trial, and the front division of the palace immediately sent troops to surround his mansion, and he was not allowed to enter or leave, and those who dared to escape could be killed on the spot."

The post of secretary of the Criminal Department was vacant, Ma Yilin and Shi Shouxin went out to receive the order, and immediately sent someone to arrest Qin Li and ban the book.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty buzzed for a while, and they all cast hateful glances at Wei Renpu.

"Retreat from the dynasty, Lord Wei, General Han, and General Cao will stay, and the East Palace will discuss matters."

Guo Zongxun now does not have the right to use places like the Imperial Study and the Heart Cultivation Palace, which can only be used by the emperor, so the deliberations are in the East Palace of the Prince.

Spending Shi Shouxin is also not worried about this person, Shi Shouxin is one of Zhao Kuangyin's most loyal supporters.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Guo Zongxun took Wei Renpu, Han Tong and Cao Bin to the East Palace Political Hall.

"Lord Wei, what you did today, you did recklessly."