Xu Xinglong's mind was racing, he had to get rid of this matter, otherwise he would most likely fail in the imperial examination a month later!

Which of those big names in the court is a cautious eye, he still remembers that Zong Ze the year before last, obviously he was the top talent, but in the end he only got a last class, just because he offended those big people in the court!

He looked at Zhou Tao, who was obviously watching a joke from the old god, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "I want to write a script."

Zhou Tao thought that he was the person handpicked by Zhao Xu, and when he arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he was half a Qincha, with his hands behind his back, his nostrils facing the sky, and he said with some disdain: "What do you want to write?" ”

Xu Xinglong calmed down, inhaled secretly and said, "You will know soon."

Zhou Tao snorted dissatisfiedly when he saw him selling his son, walked inside, and said, "Come with me."

Xu Xinglong nodded, followed Zhou Tao to a side room, picked up the pen, and began to write after a while.

Zhou Tao relied on his identity and didn't go to see it.

Xu Xinglong finished writing it in one go, read it carefully again, and then put together the notebook and said, "I'll go through the back door."

Without waiting for Zhou Tao to answer, he strode away.

Zhou Tao looked at his back, snorted again, and said, "Young people don't know what to say, there is no etiquette." "He originally thought that Xu Xinglong would 'honor' him a little.

As he spoke, he saw a Kaifeng Mansion scribe not far away hurrying in his steps, and immediately scolded loudly: "I have seen what kind of nonsense you wrote, tell those people, whoever dares to fool things, I will immediately write a secret recital to the official family, and severely punish your crimes!"

The scribe hurriedly bowed his head, his eyes angry and disdainful, and he even claimed 'yes'.

This Zhou Tao is from the Political Affairs Hall, and it is said that he has a very good background, and no one dares to offend. After all, if he can really write secret music, where can these low-level officials hold up, I'm afraid they will be killed alive!

Seeing this, Zhou Tao snorted a little proudly, put his hands behind his back, raised his head, and walked away.

Kaifeng Mansion is extremely busy now, and they still have to do more practical preparations while recovering the burned documents. The implementation of the 'new law' is imminent, everyone is working overtime, and no one is idle.

Xu Xinglong slipped away quietly from the back door, he carried the notebook, saw that there was no one around, and left quickly.

Not long after Xu Xinglong left, a small official from Kaifeng Mansion also sneaked out. went out and quietly followed Xu Xinglong while sorting out his clothes.

He didn't notice that there were a few people around the corner quietly staring at the back door of Kaifeng Mansion.

The little official hadn't been gone for long, when suddenly a man appeared behind him, and a white towel covered his mouth.

The little official looked frightened, struggled a few times, and slowly fell down.

Then a few people who came with him moved the little official to a dark place on the side, and several people kept carefully observing the surroundings, and when they saw that no one saw it, they immediately put the little official in a sack and sent him to the carriage to take him away.

Not long after noon, the soldiers surrounding the criminal department may have been persuaded or could not hold on, and there were signs of dispersion.

But the struggle between the government and the opposition over the 'abolition of the imperial examination' is far from stopping, there are hundreds of opposition scripts alone, the rhetoric is generous and fierce, there are all kinds of words, and there are a few that almost point at Zhao Xu's nose and scold him as 'the first faint king of the ages'.

Towards the end of the evening, the joint recital of Su Shi, Gu Zhengyang and others appeared in the political affairs hall, and the number of joint names, including government and opposition officials, honorable ministers, young scholars, and everyone in the opposition, was more than 50 people.

Dormitory room.

Shen Qi saw an interesting recital, which came from the 'first hero' Xu Xinglong.

This Xu Gongzi's recital did not oppose the abolition of the imperial examination as expected, and did not even knock on the side, but analyzed the pros and cons of the imperial examination very calmly and objectively, and also put forward many suggestions for reform.

In this way, he did not change his attitude, nor did he completely offend the court, and he was able to withdraw from this matter peacefully.

"Interesting."

Shen Qi laughed, put away the stack of notebooks on the table, and put them on the plate.

The recital here includes Su Shi, Gu Zhengyang and others, as well as many big figures in the government and the opposition, including the 'old party' and the 'new party'.

Shen Qi took the plate, walked out of the house, went straight out of the political hall, and went to the blue tile house.

Before arriving at the green tile house, Shen Qi saw Zhang Dian holding a teacup, standing at the door, quietly looking at the sky outside the palace.

Shen Qi was slightly stunned, turned his head to look, and saw that the sky was like a wash, the sky was blue, and there was nothing.

At this time, not far away, two officials were walking, and their voices were not loud or small.

"Did you see that? Zhang Xianggong...... It's like laughing......"

"You must be mistaken, Zhang Xianggong has never laughed...... Uh, am I dazzled? ”

"I'm really laughing, my God, Zhang Xianggong actually laughed......"

Shen Qi listened, turned his head to look, and sure enough, Zhang Dan, who had always been strict and unsmiling, was actually smiling!

Shen Qi suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, stepped forward without moving, came closer, looked at Zhang Dan's smile undiminished, without any evasion, his intuition was numb, and he hurriedly said: "Zhang Xianggong, this is today's transcript." ”

Zhang Dian slowly retracted his expression and said, "I just came out of the Vertical Arch Palace, and the official said that the matter should be handed over to the Blue Tile House to deal with. ”

Shen Qi didn't speak, which is not surprising, the official family only cares about the general trend, and these details have never been asked. Moreover, as long as it does not violate his established plan, the official family is still quite tolerant of his subordinates.

After Zhang Duan said this, he suddenly said: "Three things, first, all those who oppose the abolition of the imperial examination are registered, especially the honorable nobles, and sent them to the Imperial City Division to let them find out the family background of these people, especially the acres of land they own. Second, the Kaifeng Mansion of the Imperial City Division of the Criminal Department of the Imperial History Department must not move and wait and see what happens. Third, he issued an article in the name of the political affairs hall to reprimand Su Shi, Gu Zhengyang and others for spreading rumors, wantonly attacking the imperial court, slandering and interfering in politics, impacting discipline, causing an uproar in the government and the opposition, and disrupting national affairs. ”

Shen Qi was stunned when he heard this, and the political hall issued a document to reprimand the courtiers, won't it add fuel to the fire?

He didn't know what Zhang Duan was going to do, so he thought for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

After Shen Qi finished speaking, he glanced at Zhang Duan again, and when he saw that he didn't say anything else, he turned around and turned back to the political affairs hall.

Cai Bian came out of the door, looked at Zhang Dian, wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "Are you going to make a move on those nobles?" ”

These actions of Zhang Dian can be hidden from others, but they can't be hidden from Cai Bian, as Zhang Dian moves more and more, he is already a poor dagger.

Zhang Dian held the teacup, looked outside the palace and said: "You have read all the account books of those acres of land, there are only a thousand people, and they actually have nearly sixty percent of the fertile land in the seven roads in the north. Are you also shocked? ”

Cai Bian was not taken aback, and said in a deep voice: "They are extraordinary, they can't mess around." Not even if you have proof. ”

Zhang Dian took a sip of tea, kept looking at the sky outside the palace, and said: "Last year, in order not to flood the fertile land that belongs to them, they actually dared to dig the Yellow River, do you remember?" ”

Of course, Cai Bian remembered that he also knew that those acres of land were owned by the dignitaries of the dynasty, and to what extent they were expensive, including the Gao family of the Empress Dowager! The nobles and ministers involved, and the dignitaries of the high-ranking families don't know much!

Thinking of the identities of those people, Cai Bian looked solemn and said, "You can kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but you can't move too much!" ”

Zhang Dian knew that this was Cai Bian's last concession, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and his expression once again appeared with the stern color familiar to everyone, and his voice was sonorous as iron, and said: "This time, I won't arrest people or kill people!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and entered the blue tile house.

Cai Bian looked at his back, did not relax at all, was silent for a while, and turned his head to look at the sky outside the palace, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Sometimes he was at a loss, and even regretted.

If they had been as resolute as they are now, wouldn't many things have dragged on until now? If they were resolute at the beginning, have they completed the change now?

Soon, the official document drafted in the name of the political hall was fine, but Shen Qi encountered another troublesome problem, the prime minister's big seal was locked in Su Song's duty room, and without Su Song's prime minister's big seal, their official document could not be sent out at all.

Su Song is now outside the city.

Just when Shen Qi was hesitating whether to go to Zhang Dian again, Chen Pi suddenly appeared, took away this official document, and sent it back not long after, covered with a bright red seal - Zhao Xu's jade seal!