In the Wenhua Palace, the crown prince Shi Chongwei sat high and listened to the courtiers report on national events. There are a lot of major national affairs, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word money and food, Shi Chongwei frowned, his father's northern expedition depleted the national inventory, does he really have to rely on the sale of Huangzhuang to cross the customs, but in Shi Chongwei's heart, he has long regarded Huangzhuang as private property, how can he sell it to others. Shi Chongwei made up his mind to double the taxes on perfume, wine, gambling, etc. as soon as possible, and Cheng Mingdao proposed to suspend the payment of hundreds of officials, so that hundreds of officials could donate money to tide over the difficulties together.

Thinking of perfume, Shi Chongwei's heart moved, Jiang Anyi gave a three-point dividend to his mother back then, and received 700,000 taels last year, and the profit of perfume exceeded 2.3 million taels, which is equivalent to the tax of a large state, and this industry is even blushing for himself. Cheng Mingdao privately calculated for himself, the Jiang family may still be hidden, and the net profit of the perfume is probably no less than three million. Shi Chongwei's thought flashed in his heart, if Jiang Anyi was in prison, if the perfume industry fell into his hands, wouldn't he have to worry about silver anymore.

In the palace, Xu Hongbin, the imperial historian, walked up to the hall quickly with a song, and everyone's eyes fell on him. Xu Hongbin came to the front of the stairs and saluted, and said loudly: "Zhang Changlin, Ye Mingqing, Tian Fengliang and others gathered at the Vermilion Bird Gate to knock on the gate, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take a look." The eunuch Zhang Jin, the head of the East Palace, stood beside the prince, and hurriedly went down the steps to take the music and present it to Shi Chongwei.

Without waiting for Shi Chongwei to see the sparseness, the right minister Ma Suizhen said angrily first: "In order to smooth the way of speech, the court has set up the Imperial History Observatory and the Tongkuang Supervisor to collect advice, and the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is a place to deal with all matters in Beijing. The minister heard that in the first year of Jianwu, Ye Zi, Ma Yuanxiang and others knocked on the drum and was regarded as the 'first year of the ten masters' by Shilin, which is really a crooked trend, and this wind must not be long. ”

Everyone knows that Ma Suizhen was fined for one year because Ye Zi and others beat the drum on the drum to say that the imperial examination was unfair, and he was fined for one year as the chief examiner.

Shi Chongwei unfolded the recital, and when he saw the words "Please punish the national thief Jiang Anyishu", he said angrily: "Bold fanatics, who said that Jiang Anyi is a national thief, who is spreading rumors and making trouble." Someone, arrest those sparse fanatics. ”

Zuo Xiangkong bowed down and said: "Your Royal Highness is angry, knocking on the upper and lower is the old system of the court, and you can't punish the crime because of your words, even if these tests have inappropriate words, you must not hurt the self-motivated heart of the reader." ”

The courtiers on both sides chimed in and said: "The words of Kong Xiang are old and seek the country, please let His Highness know it." ”

Shi Chongwei unfolded a careful reading, which listed Jiang Anyi's three sins: covering up the defeat and killing the generals, sitting back and watching the old handsome Miao Tieshan commit suicide, and colluding with the indifferent people to sign a traitorous alliance. Behind the sō are dense names and handprints. As the crown prince, Shi Chongwei naturally knew the inside story, knowing that these three deadly sins were purely filthy, so he was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted: "A bunch of nonsense, although the court does not punish the crime because of its words, but if the rumors and slanders are not investigated, the national law will be intolerable." ”

Duan Cizong said: "Your Highness, you can hand over the person who is the leader to the Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation, to see if anyone instructs it, if it is instructed by someone, you should ask for the guilt, and if it is spontaneous to admonish." In addition, Dali Temple stepped up the trial of Jiang Anyi's case, and made the results public as soon as possible to quell the rumors. ”

"Just according to Duan Qing's performance."

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Gan Qingfeng felt that the sullen breath six years ago finally exhaled today, and commanded the soldiers to escort Ye Mingqing and others to the Yamen of Dali Temple.

Before Ye Mingqing and the others could speak, Gan Qingfeng shouted, "What do you want to do?" If you don't hurry back, you will block the master's errand and cure you for the crime of disrespect. ”

Zhang Changlin shouted loudly: "Brothers, the traitors in the court, after the song is presented, the prince ordered us to be escorted to Jingzhao Mansion to ask for the crime, the thief Jiang Anyi has his hands and eyes to the sky, you should be careful." ”

A remark immediately caused chaos among the people, and some people shouted: "The prince is unfair, how can I end up like this with one heart for the country", "I am not convinced, I want to see the prince face to face and make it clear"......

Seeing those green shirts trying to rush forward, some people pushed the soldiers, and some people tried to pull Zhang Changlin and others away, Gan Qingfeng drew his sword and shouted: "Do you want to rebel? Openly confront the officers and soldiers of the court, give me a step back, or don't blame General Ben for being ruthless. ”

As he spoke, Gan Qingfeng waved the sword in his hand and slashed at the test in front of him, and the man was so frightened that he hurriedly hid back. The soldiers did the same, brandishing their swords and guns and shouting, "Stand back, dare to come forward and ask for the guilt."

Gan Qingfeng's heart beat with anger, this guy came to make trouble again, he was really a bully, he had to teach them a lesson today. With a fierce light in his eyes, he glared at Zhang Changlin, who was the most fierce, and slashed at his arm with a sneering sword, so that this kid was sober and sober with some blood.

Zhang Changlin was shouting while paying attention to the movement, and when he saw the sword flashing with cold light, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled the person next to him to block in front of him. The sword swung diagonally down, slicing the man's neck, and blood spurted out. Ye Mingqing screamed miserably, covered his neck with his hand, blood gushed out, and he couldn't cover it. Feeling the blackness in front of his eyes, and the strength of his whole body drifted away, Ye Mingqing's mind flashed, and my seven-rank clothes were gone.

"Killed, officers and soldiers killed", the poignant shouts sounded, those test boys were so frightened that they fled in all directions, the sword in Gan Qingfeng's hand fell to the ground, and his heart was blank, how could he be so unlucky, he waved his sword casually and hacked one to death, this time I am afraid that even Captain Zhiguo did not have to do it.

There are still dozens of people standing there with pale faces, and some people said in a trembling voice: "I have the world in my heart but suffered a sword, my generation of scholars often say that they sacrifice their lives for righteousness, Sun is not talented, and they are willing to die with this head, and they are almost worthy of it." With that, the man took off the Confucian crown on his head, walked to Gan Qingfeng, sat cross-legged, and Ye Mingqing's blood stained the green shirt on his body.

Under the leadership of Sun Sixian, people kept taking off their Confucian crowns, sitting cross-legged, and after a while, the avenue was blocked tightly. Gan Qingfeng was full of bitterness, knowing that he had committed public anger by killing the test by mistake, I am afraid it would be difficult to be good, looking at the green shirts in front of him, Gan Qingfeng lamented in his heart, he was jealous with the test child, and now he had to bite the bullet and let the soldiers maintain order and send someone to the East Palace to deliver the letter.

Chunming Avenue is the main road in front of the imperial city, the vehicles and pedestrians come and go in an endless stream, the taxi who rushes to take the test blocks the road, the vehicle can not pass, and the moment of effort is full of people who watch the excitement, and the test child who rushed to the scene after hearing the news joins the sit-in team, and converges into a blue ocean.

The Mandarin Hall is still under discussion. Xu Hongbin ignored the loss of etiquette, trotted to the temple and said: "The prince of Qijuan, the officers and soldiers killed the test by mistake, which caused public anger, and the test children sat on Chunming Street to block the road, and some people claimed to stop the test......

Shi Chongwei's head was "buzzing", Huo Ran stood up and shouted: "Which dog killed the test child, and he wanted to kill him." "The triennial examination, if the test is stopped, it is really a strange news in the world, there has never been a record in the history books, he, the prince, will definitely leave a mark, and even his father will be disappointed in himself, giving birth to the heart of Yi Chu, Shi Chongwei trembled, did not dare to think about it anymore, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, I want to go and have a look." ”

The 3,000 officers and men of the left prison guard went out urgently, quickly dispersed the idlers, and set up a guard along the street, and the masters of the dragon guard and the secret guard were densely spread on the roofs along the street, and the whole street was heavily guarded.

The sound of hooves was messy, and Shi Fangzhen rushed over directly without riding a horse. Zhang Changlin and Tian Fengliang saw the two red silk flags flying high in front of the team, and knew that it was the prince who had arrived, and someone shouted loudly: "The prince has arrived, and everyone kneels down." Those who sat cross-legged, including Sun Sixian, all rolled over and knelt down, deeply bowing to the ground.

Shi Chongwei glanced at the large green shirt in front of him, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, but he said gently: "Everyone, you don't need to be polite, get up and speak." With that, Shi Chongwei jumped off the horse, took a few steps forward to help Zhang Changlin, who was kneeling at the front, and flashed a glance at the bloody corpse by the way, and immediately someone stepped forward to take away Ye Mingqing's corpse.

"When I heard that someone had injured someone by mistake in the palace, I was really uneasy. Lone's original intention was to let the officers and soldiers send the sparse scholars to Jingzhao Mansion to ask the reason, the court opened up the way, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Likuan Supervisor are all places to advise, and Jingzhao Mansion is a place to deal with the affairs of Beijing, why should you insist on knocking on the sparse, you must know that you must first hit the thirty boards to beat the drums, Lone is to pity you weak scholars, so let you go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain, who knows that you misunderstood Lone's intentions, how to end the trouble? Shi Chongwei sighed with a sad face.

Zhang Changlin arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind, I am inexplicably grateful, and I am willing to go to Jingzhao Mansion to explain the reason according to the prince's wishes." However, we also have three pleas that I hope the prince will accept. ”

Shi Chongwei said with a pleasant face: "As long as it is reasonable, Lone will naturally consider it." ”

"Your Highness", Zhang Changlin pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said sadly: "Brother Ye is loyal to the country, but he was killed by mistake, please Your Highness severely punish the murderer to comfort Brother Ye's soul in the sky." ”

Shi Chongwei thought to himself, I am afraid that loyalty to the country may not be, but it is impossible to say that the murderer is not punished, and many people looked at him with blank eyes, Shi Chongwei nodded and agreed: "Accurate." ”

Zhang Changlin became more and more excited, and his voice became excited: "Brother Ye died, I feel the same way, and ask the court to set up a funeral shed for him to show his righteous deeds." ”

Shi Chongwei frowned, if he treated the funeral of the unlucky deceased in the name of the court, it would be equivalent to approving the behavior of these testers, which would definitely not work. Thinking of this, Shi Chongwei said: "The deceased is gone, and Zhun Er and others will set up a tent for him, and wait for Jingzhao Mansion to ask the reason before deciding on his trip." ”

Zhang Changlin's request was rejected, and he didn't dare to argue with the prince, so he continued: "Third, I will ask the court to investigate and deal with Jiang Anyi's crime and give an explanation to the people of the world. ”

Shi Chongwei said angrily: "It is not advisable for you to discuss the government and interfere with the law, and you will not pursue it for the time being, Jiang Anyi's merits will be dealt with by the court, and you can study and prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and wait for the results of the court trial." ”