The Imperial City Inner Funing Palace, is the place where the officials of the Great Song Dynasty rest, there is a small pavilion in the innermost room, there is a table in it, which is used to let Zhao Gou rest for a while, sometimes the officials are hungry, and they will also use some food here.

It's like today, I got up late in the morning, and I was going to the court again in a while, and then I went to the dining room to eat a little bit, so I ate a little in this pavilion, and then I ate seriously after the court.

The emperors of the Great Song Dynasty had simple requirements for meals, unlike a certain dynasty with a full banquet of the Manchu and Han dynasties later.

Although the amount of dishes is only four plates, the ingredients, knife work, taste, nutrition and even the plate are all the best choices, and because Zhao Gou is a little older, he has listened to the arrangement of the imperial doctor these days, and he must drink a medicinal soup every morning to achieve the effect of refreshing solids.

Entering the Inner Servant Province, this department in charge of the internal service affairs of the court, everyone knows that for the Inner Servant Xiao Huangmen, it is like a second-grade member of the Outer Dynasty, and the next level is the best of the Inner Ministers, all of whom know it.

Today, it is He Duzhi's errand shift, and after serving the saint to finish eating, he took advantage of the gap to come out to breathe, who knew that his body had just stood still, and he listened to the sound of running under the corridor from far to near, and his face was green with anger.

Squinting at the turn, I wanted to see if the little cub had forgotten the rules and wanted to learn some lesson.

As a result, what he was waiting for was his new godgrandson Wang Degui, who had to accept the idea of punishing the person who came, and complained:

"I said little nobleman! You are usually a person who understands the rules, why do you not understand the etiquette so much today! The saint was still in the house, and he was running around, did he want to eat fried meat on a bamboo board? ”

Xiao Guizi, now he is only a senior class of inner servants who is only one level higher than Xiao Huangmen, but he has a clever head, and now he knows what he knows as a guard of honor, everyone knows that he will enter the ranks of high-quality products in a few years, and the most important thing is that Wang Degui himself also knows about this, but he himself is still cautious, and it is because of this that he will be accepted into the door by He Duzhi.

"Grandpa He, where didn't the little nobleman know the consequences of this sin of running around, but he handed in a note outside, saying that something big had happened, and let the official family know quickly, so I had to break the rules!"

After speaking, he stuffed the note that he had pinched all the way in his hand into He Duzhi's hand.

He Duzhi frowned and muttered, "What's a big deal, so anxious!" Seeing that the note was not sealed, I opened it myself and took a look, okay, the old arms and legs actually ran faster than the little nobleman.

"Official, official! Big things are wrong! ”

He Duzhi, who hurriedly walked into the house, ran towards the emperor in a hurry while raising the strip in his hand.

Zhao Gou had just finished drinking the bitter soup, and was frowning and enduring the bitterness, when he suddenly heard him shouting, he said impatiently: "What's the matter so panicked, wait outside for a while, I'll come out immediately!" ”

The matter was important, and He Duzhi didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he didn't listen to him, and directly opened the bead curtain and broke in, knelt on the ground and said: "Official, the matter is urgent, and the ministers outside are still waiting for you to reply!" ”

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, then wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, reached out to take the note, and said, "Oh, the ministers haven't paid attention?" Could it be that something happened to the war? ”

He Duzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly raised his head and replied: "It's not a military disaster, it seems to say that there is a candidate outside who died because he didn't make the list." ”

When Zhao Gou heard this, he didn't look at the note in his hand, and then said: "This examinee is too psychologically fragile, and he will commit suicide at every turn!" In each subject, there are always a few who either hit the wall or hang themselves, or dive. ”

After saying that, the note in his hand happened to be opened, and he looked at it with his eyes, reading it while reading, and finally with an exclamation, his face turned obviously dark.

turned around and slapped it on the board, and scolded loudly: "National ceremony, how can it be such a child's play!" ”

After speaking, he confirmed to He Duzhi: "Can this thing be true?" ”

He Duzhi didn't know if it was true or fake, so he kowtowed and replied: "It was sent by Xiao Guizi just now, it should be true, or the old slave will call Xiao Guizi to come in?" ”

Zhao said: "Okay! ”

He Duzhi got up and hurriedly walked out of the door, and called the little nobleman to come in and ask.

"Little nobleman, is this true?" Zhao Gou asked.

"Back to the saint, this news is indeed true!" Wang Degui kowtowed and replied: "The little one asked the ministers outside before he came, and said that there was a candidate, and this year was the fourth time he came to the Ministry of Rites to take the provincial exam, but he didn't win, but instead saw that his fellow villagers won the list!" ”

Zhao Gou frowned and said: "Exam, it's a matter of ability, his literary talent is not as good as his hometown, what is there to be unbalanced about him!" ”

"Back to the official's house, the reason is naturally like this, but before this candidate hit the wall, he shouted cheating, and the reason is that his fellow villager was expelled from the field by the examiner on the first day!"

After saying this, Xiao Guizi was puzzled: "A candidate who was expelled from the examination room can still be on the list, so this old candidate can't think about it and crashes to death!" ”

This is the ...... A naked slap in the face! I thought that my tribute examination was fair and clear, and there was no fraud, and the result was! Alas!

Zhao Gou's face turned red with anger, and as soon as he turned around and came to the table, he lifted his hands and overturned the table to the ground, and the plates and saucers on the desk all fell to the ground and shattered.

"Check the rape! Fair! ”

"Cheating, cheating!"

The politics of the Great Song Dynasty were preferential to scholars and doctors, and scholars were naturally included, so the consequences developed a bad influence, as long as three or five scholars gathered together and shouted at the gate of the official mansion, then the chief official of this official office had to come out to receive this group of scholars.

The rules are heavier at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so when hundreds of unsuccessful candidates surrounded the gate of the Gongyuan and shouted, "Fraud in the imperial examination, demand a thorough investigation", the official in charge of this matter was anxious like ants on a hot pot, and the chief examiner who was in charge of presiding over this imperial examination, Zhang Shilang, went as soon as possible, well, Qin Mansion, to seek a solution.

At that time, Qin Hui was not there, only Qin Xi's son was there, Qin Xi naturally looked down on these little candidates, so he casually gave him a way to let Zhang Shilang send troops to drive away these candidates.

This squire was also anxiously panicked, it was too late to appease such things, where did he dare to be rude, but he thought that the powerful Qinmen could easily handle this matter, and then he sent troops to drive away the troublesome candidates, those soldiers were rude, and then with an old fist, he beat all the candidates and swept them away.

The matter was calm that day, Zhang Shilang also breathed a sigh of relief, bought a lot of expensive gifts, went to the door of the Qin Mansion, and thanked Qin Xi Gongzi for his good attention, but just entered the door, he listened to the report from his subordinates, saying that the candidates were going to burn the tribute courtyard, and shouted to burn a piece of the Qingming world.

Since then, this matter can no longer be covered and exploded.

It is conceivable that at today's court meeting, how the imperial historians and many ministers were aggressive, yin and yang, pointing at their noses and cursing someone for conniving at their subordinates to cheat in the field.

Looking at the constipated expression on the official's face, He Duzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly offered a plan: "Or, call Master Qin to discuss!" ”

The spearhead was originally pointed at him, and he called him? Is it to bend the law for personal gain?

Zhao Gou shook his head in disappointment, but after thinking about it, he had made this thing out in the first place, he had also listened to the secret agent's report, and he also connived at his subordinates to "sell Jinshi quotas".

"Go, call him! I'm going to ask him today, what the hell is going on, has the National Talent Ceremony become a tool for him to search for his lackeys? ”

In the face of the old emperor's accusations, the general-of-the-ordinary Qin Hui didn't take it seriously at all.

"Back to the official's house, this kind of thing is purely false, it must be that the old candidate has failed repeatedly and deliberately slandered!"

Deliberate slander? Zhao Gou is so angry! crashed to death on the emperor's list, who have you ever seen would slander in such an aggressive way?

"Qin Aiqing, I have already sent someone to inspect this matter, I have also sent someone to interrogate the names of several people in the mouths of the candidates who surrounded the gate of Dali Temple, and those few were indeed driven out of the examination room halfway, this matter cannot be denied!"

Qin Hui saw that his flickering failed to make the old emperor fall into the trap, his eyes rolled, and he had another plan.

"Back to the official's house, there are too many people with the same name in this subject, it can't be said that the candidates outside recognize the wrong person!"

Zhao Gou is old, but he is not a fool, this matter has nothing to do with Qin Hui, it is fake, this kind of thing of exam fraud will appear in every subject, sometimes the examiners will also use a word or something in order to take care of the disciples of the important ministers, as long as they don't make too much trouble, three or five places, they can still take care of it, but this year, this subject, actually made such a big deal, and didn't take a few people to prison to punish the crime, how could they calm the angry emotions of the group of candidates outside.

"Qin Aiqing, there is indeed fraud in this matter, so you should go and review it, and take out the corrupt officials who regard the law of the Great Song Dynasty as nothing, and punish them, well, until the candidates outside can dissipate their anger."

The words were deliberately said by Zhao Gou to Qin Hui in private, and Qin Hui naturally understood all kinds of meanings.

Over the years, this kind of thing has been dealt with in this way, but it was not easy for me to accept a few powerful people, and if it was sacrificed, it would be ......

"The official, the minister thinks that there has been a big increase in the number of candidates for the exam this year, but the number of admitted students is still the same as in the past, so the minister suggests that there should be one more list."

Increase? This is also a solution, after all, the candidates outside are making a fuss for this purpose, but ......

"Aiqing, there is a quota for the number of admissions for each subject, if it suddenly increases, it doesn't make sense!"

Bullshit doesn't make sense! Qin Hui scolded secretly, and arched his hand: "The tide rises, the number of people increases, and the ancestors become the law, as for the opinions of the rest of the ministers in the court, well, Weichen will explain carefully to them, I think they can understand!" ”

"So, let's go!" Zhao Gou waved his hand and asked him to deal with it.

Qin Hui nodded, gave a salute and retreated.

"Oh, by the way, Qin Aiqing, the dozen or so candidates who cheated, and the officials who cheated for personal gain as the candidates outside said, you can also deal with them together!"