Shen Qi took the inner prison and the guards, walked out of the political hall, and went straight to the Su Mansion.

At this time, Su Mansion was still worried about Cai Jing's playbook, and a large group of people were thinking hard about countermeasures.

Su Shi, Wang Xu, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan and many nephews of the Su family, there were more than 20 people in the hall, basically all of them were Jinshi and above, and many of them were high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive, because even though they had received a lot of support, there was still no way to prevent the imperial court from abolishing the imperial examination.

Wang Xu's body was full of wine, pouring wine alone, his face was full of resentment, and said: "The current imperial court, Zhang Dian alone has the final say, if it were changed to last year, with this script, Cai Jing would have been sent far away!" ”

After the restructuring of the imperial court, power is constantly concentrated upward, losing the checks and balances of the three provinces and various institutions, and if you want to kill Cai Jing's playbook, in fact, only two people can do it, one is Zhao Xu, the official family today, and the other is the de facto prime minister Zhang Dan.

But these two people, one is in the deep palace, ordinary people can't see it, and they may not be able to convince it if they do.

And Zhang Dan, this person is extremely disgusted with the 'old party', and he wants to kill him as soon as possible, Su Shi and these people want to persuade him as the 'old party', it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Everyone felt the smell of wine on Wang Xu's body, frowned, and ignored him.

Wang Shu turned to Su Shi and said, "Cai Jing is a capricious villain, and there are also traitors in the court, and they are complicit!" ”

Su Shi glanced at him and said, "These are later words. The morning break is over in a few days, and the spring holiday is only a little more than a month, so we have to think of other ways. ”

The imperial court did not have a word about Cai Jing's playbook, and in the past six months, the imperial court has been continuously reformed, and the magnitude is far greater than before, and everyone present is worried, worried that the imperial court will really abolish the imperial examination.

Su Chi was still in the filial piety period, and listened and said: "Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, plus Cai Xianggong of the Political Affairs Hall, if you can still convince Su Xianggong, then there is still room for maneuver in this matter." ”

The 'Su Xianggong' that Su Chi said was Prime Minister Su Song.

As the prime minister, in the current highly centralized court, he is the only person who can suppress Zhang Dian, if he does not nod, the political hall will not be able to abolish the imperial examination.

And Su Song, now that he is hiding out of the city, no one can find him.

Su Shi thought for a while and said, "I ......"

Before he finished speaking, Gao Yu walked in quickly and said urgently: "Sir, the court has come to deliver a decree." ”

Message?

More than 20 people were stunned, what is the purpose of preaching now?

Qin Guan had a sharp spirit, and said with a happy face: "Could it be the appointment of Mr. Rite Shangshu?" ”

Everyone looked uplifted, thinking of this stubble, but they were a little suspicious, will the imperial court announce the appointment at this time?

"Go out and have a look." Su Shi couldn't guess, got up and walked out.

A group of people followed to the front yard, and saw Shen Qi holding the holy decree, followed by the Yellow Gate, the guards and the officials of the political hall, more than 20 people of all sizes.

When everyone saw this posture, they immediately felt bad, this is not to announce Su Shi's resurrection!

Su Shi looked at Shen Qi, he still had some friendship, and just as he was about to raise his hand, Shen Qi said lightly: "Su Shi took the order." ”

The people behind Su Shi felt more and more uneasy, and secretly contemplated.

Su Shi is a lot calmer, he hasn't seen anything for so many years.

"Minister, Su Shi took the order." He raised his hand and bowed without moving.

Shen Qi glanced at it, spread out the holy decree, and said in a deep voice: "I am in Haotian's life: at the beginning of the new law, the reform was just beginning, the government and the opposition were one after another, and chaos arose. Su Shi is inconsiderate, ignorant of the overall situation, unpredictable, but adds to the chaos and loses hope. Order the Su Mansion to close the door and thank the guests, meditate on their own mistakes, and if there is a repeat example, they will be severely punished! Chin this. ”

Su Shi listened, his face sinking like water.

He didn't expect that this was an edict reprimanding him!

The people behind Su Shi were even more shocked.

This is a rebuke to Su Shi, but behind it, does it mean that the imperial court has made up its mind to abolish the imperial examination?

Shen Qi closed the holy decree, handed it to Su Shi, and then said, "Master Su, Cai Shangshu just put on a notebook. You can go up, and so can he. It's just a script, no fuss. The imperial court has repeatedly affirmed that the government and the opposition must not form a party and connect with each other, especially when it comes to the major affairs of the imperial court, and it is necessary to be more cautious, and must not coerce public opinion and attack the imperial court, especially the official family! ”

These are the bottom lines that Zhao Xu and the imperial court have repeatedly stated, but obviously, these have not been able to stop the strong inertia of the civilian clique.

Su Shi's expression stiffened, and he took it silently.

Shen Qi glanced at the others and turned to leave with them.

When Shen Qi left, Wang Shu let out a suppressed depression in anger and sneered: "It seems that the imperial court has made up its mind to abolish the imperial examination, and it must not be allowed to succeed!" ”

"Let's go to Su Xianggong, as long as he doesn't nod, Zhang Dian, Cai Jing and other traitors will not succeed!" Huang Tingjian said in a deep voice.

Others almost had this attitude, and they all began to persuade Su Shi around him.

This reprimand, not only did not achieve the goal of stopping Su Shi and the others, but made them even more angry and determined to move forward.

Su Shi took a deep breath and said, "I'll go outside the city." He knew where Su Song was, and he could find it.

Everyone suppressed a breath of anger in their hearts, nodded heavily, and their hearts were anxious, filled with a sense of urgency that time could not wait.

When Su Shi left Su Mansion and went outside the city, Shen Qi was rushing to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

"Shen Sheren, Su Mansion is not closed, in and out, Su Dongpo and others seem to be going out of the city." Not long after, a janissary said to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi snorted coldly and said, "Disrespecting the decree, this is a capital crime!" ”

Shen Qi led a group of people who did not speak, Su Shi is the leader of the literary world, with great influence, and he is also the established secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the chief examiner of Chunqiu, he really wants to take him at this time, and thousands of test-takers in the capital have to demolish Kaifeng City!

Shen Qi just said this, didn't pay much attention to it, and went straight to the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion.

The Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion is unusual, with a high-gate compound, a deep mansion, servants like clouds, brocade and silk, exquisite everywhere, and the high-end luxury of a scholar.

Shen Qi led a group of people into the mansion, and everyone was not surprised, but there was a young man from a poor family, who asked in a low voice: "Such a big yard, so many people, at least a hundred yuan a month, right?" ”

The person next to him suddenly burst out laughing, turned his head sideways and whispered, "Let me tell you, these subordinates alone have more than this amount of monthly money every month. Look at what they wear and eat, just the old lady in front, one piece of clothing is enough for you to eat for a year......"

The young man looked at the old lady who was surrounded by five or six maids, but he didn't know the material of the dress, and smacked his tongue: "I use almost ten times a year, and one piece of clothing is ten times......

The people around him smiled more, deliberately suppressed their voices, and pretended to be mysterious: "That dress, in addition to the material, is still custom-made by the master, and I can't find a few pieces in the capital, at least thirty times!" ”

The young man's face was stiff, thirty times, he was afraid that it would take ten years to save so much money, so he was stunned and said, "Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, is it so rich?" ”

He calculated in his heart that this Ningyuan Marquis Mansion would cost at least thousands of yuan a year, which was an astronomical amount for him.

The person in front coughed, and the two people who were talking to him hurriedly closed their voices with a solemn face.

The people from the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion have all come out and are ready to receive the order.

Ningyuan Marquis Gu Zhengyang stood at the front, his face was indifferent, his eyes were cold, he snapped his fists together, and said, "Marquis Ning Yuan, Gu Zhengyang takes the order." ”

Shen Qi was expressionless, spread out the holy decree, and said: "I am blessed with Haotian's life: Gu Zhengyang, Marquis of Ningyuan, lived up to the grace of the saint, and lost his legacy in vain...... Demote the knighthood to set an example! Chin this. ”

Gu Zhengyang listened, his face changed greatly.

For him, the demotion is almost equivalent to the deprivation of the title! In the future, in Kaifeng City, their Gu family will inevitably be isolated, and then gradually fall, maybe it won't take twenty years, ten years for their Gu family to fall and die!

The Gu family was terrified and looked at Shen Qi in surprise. Unexpectedly, this is actually a holy decree to demote the lord!

Gu Zhengyang's face was hard, he stood up, stared at Shen Qi, and said angrily: "I don't know what crime I, Gu Zhengyang, have committed, and I actually want to be demoted?" The title of my Gu family, but it was given by Emperor Taizong and has been inherited for nearly a hundred years! ”

Shen Qi's expression was as usual, and he said lightly: "Isn't the holy decree clear enough?" Cai Shangshu is just on an even group book, which is a suggestion to the imperial court, right or wrong, and has its own imperial court to discuss. What is Ning Yuanhou doing jumping up and down like this? In your notebook, you attacked the court, slandered the courtiers, and some people wrote a book to scold the officials, saying that they were 'the first faint monarch in the ages', it seems to be Sui Jingbo, the meal you had with you yesterday, you instigated? ”

Attacking the court and slandering the courtiers are actually negotiable, but they are suspected of 'not honoring the king', which is a big crime of disloyalty and unfilial piety!