The officials of the tribute court crowded faster.

Because the voice was too loud, Li Xingzhou's voice became hoarse.

But he didn't dare to rest, just after a meal, the roar on the evil suppression beast sounded again.

"The examiners of this department are here, in this sacred tribute courtyard, in front of the seat of the Holy Master, and they have wantonly killed thousands of my saints."

Li Xingzhou's voice became faster and faster, faster and faster.

Like a dagger, like a spear, like the thunderbolt of the nine heavens.

"They have tarnished the hard work of your senior brothers for ten years."

"It has defiled your painstaking efforts in the examination room, and it has defiled the sacred Tribute Academy."

"It has tarnished the trust of Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven, the innocence of the world's sergeants, and the glory of the Holy Master!"

"God, I'm waiting for me to be a disciple of a saint, so I just watched them wantonly commit this beastly act and wantonly insult the glory of Kong Sheng?"

At this time, the Gongyuan was still quiet, but the gasps of countless people were getting thicker and thicker.

At this moment, Li Xingzhou let out a final roar.

"If people's hearts are not right, we are right! Eliminate evil and defend the way, who else will I be! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please enter the Imperial City, and face the Son of Heaven!"

Since the imperial examination, there has never been a shortage of cases of fraud in the imperial examination.

There has never been a lack of incidents that made a big fuss in the Gongyuan and then spread all over the world, without exception since the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention that the fraud in this section is too dark and blatant.

No scholar could endure such injustice after ten years of hard work.

In the past, they didn't dare to vent, not because they didn't hate, don't get angry, and didn't complain, but just because there was no one to take the lead.

This situation is like the end of Qin, although the world has suffered from Qin's tyranny for a long time.

But just because there is no leader, the semblance of peace can be maintained.

As soon as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, almost instantly, the entire Great Qin was surrounded by mobs, and smoke was everywhere.

Now Li Xingzhou, who is as famous as the sky, has taken the lead.

There is such a cuckoo crying bloody mobilization of action, except for those who account for only a very small number of gold list titles.

Many of the township tribute students who were full of grievances responded like thunder in Li Xingzhou's final roar:

Eliminate evil and defend the way, who else will I be! Please the icon, enter the imperial city, and face the Son of Heaven!

The atmosphere was already formed, and Li Xingzhou turned around and jumped off the stone lion.

With just one kick, he kicked the sign in front of him with the list of winners to the ground.

The others didn't wait for him to lift his feet.

The Gongsheng who had been in a commotion were overthrown to the ground.

Although it is just a few simple wooden bulletin boards, the symbolism it carries is too great.

The sound of the plank falling to the ground was like a thunderclap, a declaration, a fire.

The plank fell, igniting the more boiling blood and determination of the tribute students.

The cheers rose abruptly.

See this happens.

The treacherous little officials in the crowd refused to take a step forward.

They are afraid of one carelessness.

Perhaps the next one to fall is himself.

The notice board fell, and the front was empty.

In the midst of cheers rising from the sky.

Li Xingzhou stepped on the list of new jinshi under his feet and walked proudly towards the main house where the wooden statue of Confucius was enshrined.

Please the icon, enter the imperial city, and face the Son of Heaven!

Behind him was a torrent of black people who were thousands of people......

In fact, Li Xingzhou still has a number in his heart.

From the time he helped Xue Huaiyi write "The Great Cloud Sutra", he knew it.

Empress Wu is preparing for his ascension to the throne.

Actually, in history.

After Wu Zetian was made queen, he expelled the eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others who opposed her becoming queen from the imperial court.

This was an example to Wu Zetian, but these Guanlong groups and their dependents had become a conservative force with vested interests at that time.

Driving them out of the political arena marked the end of the more than century-long rule of the Guanlong clique since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and also created a good condition for social progress and economic development.

At the same time, Wu Zetian also supported the Shu landlord bureaucracy through various means, recruited more talents from the Shu landlords, and expanded the base of his rule:

For example, the imperial court sent envoys to collect talents from all over the country, sent them to the capital, and the emperor personally examined them.

As contained in the "New Words of the Tang Dynasty": "The revolution at the beginning of the day, the people from all over the world, and the people who should be made to 10,000 people, then the south gate of Tianyu Luocheng will be tested in person." "Those with excellent grades will be hired and appointed to important positions regardless of their qualifications.

For example, it was ordered that "the internal and external civil and military products above the ninth grade and the common people were ordered to take their own heads", and officials and ordinary people were allowed to recommend themselves, so as not to omit any omissions.

For example, the further development of the imperial examination system based on the township tribute (tribute) has not only increased the number of subjects, but also greatly increased the number of admissions, and the average number of admissions per year has more than doubled compared with the Zhenguan period.

Moreover, it also pioneered the palace examination system, such as the first year of Tianzhu (690) in February, "the Queen Mother Cegongshi in the Luocheng Palace, and the Gongshi Palace Examination began from here."

In addition, in the second year of Chang'an (702), the "initial martial arts" were also established to expand the scope of official election.

Wu Zetian has a wide range of officials, and it is inevitable that there will be indiscriminate filling; But it did select a lot of talents, as the "New Tang Dynasty Book" said: "The Queen Mother does not hesitate to take the title, in order to encompass the heroes of the Quartet to help herself, although she is a vain man, she agrees with her words, and is not inferior to the official; To be incompetent, find and abolish a lot of indulgence, and take practical materials and true sages. ”

These talents were not only important pillars to strengthen Wu Zetian's rule at that time, but some of them were also famous ministers and virtuous ministers who later assisted Xuanzong in the "rule of Kaiyuan", such as Yao Chong and Song Jing.

Wu Zetian was known as the "Gentleman Manchu Dynasty", and famous virtuous ministers such as Lou Shide and Di Renjie were among them.

Lu Zhen said: "(The Queen Mother) is strict in her responsibilities, she advances and retreats quickly, and she can rise sharply if she is not deposed. ”

In addition, when Wu Zetian was co-ruling with Gaozong, he also issued an edict to revise the "Clan Chronicles" and renamed it "Surname Records", which more clearly stipulated that "those who obtained the five grades in the imperial dynasty were promoted to scholars", which further cracked down on the old gate lords and scholars and improved the status of the Shu bureaucrats.

Especially since the Anshi Rebellion, there are many civilian-born soldiers who have been awarded the rank of five rank or above because of their military merits, and have been promoted to the rank of scholars, so the strict boundaries between the former scholars have gradually disappeared, and all those with the surname Zheng have called themselves Xingyang Zheng, and those with the surname Li have called themselves Longxi Li and Zhaojun Li, and there is no way to distinguish whether they are old scholars or new scholars.

So, Li Xingzhou decided to turn himself into a knife.

A knife that Wu Zetian cut towards the old gate valve.

Li Xingzhou also knew that in order to maintain his rule, Wu Zetian would rectify the rule of officials, severely punish corrupt officials, and promote talents.

Wu Zetian inherited the policy of rectifying the rule of officials and severely punishing corruption during the Zhenguan period, "tried to discuss with the prime minister and assassinate the history and county orders", and sent "envoys to inspect the prefecture and county with six articles" to assess whether the state and county officials were honest and competent.

Officials who bend the law for bribes will be severely punished, regardless of their official position.

On the contrary, for the talented, it is exceptional.

Wu Zetian attaches great importance to the officials who are honest and upright, and he appreciates the talented and knowledgeable people very much, and can reuse them one by one.

Because Wu Zetian was able to pay attention to rectifying the rule of officials, reward and punish them strictly, reward them as rewards, punish them as punishments, discern good judgments, and have the wisdom to know people, so he was able to recruit talents from a wide range of talents for his own use.

As commented in the "Zizhi Tongjian": "Although the Queen Mother indiscriminately uses her position to win the hearts of the world, those who are incompetent will be deposed or punished." The handle of punishment and reward is used to control the world, and the government is self-explanatory, and the judgment is clear, so the heroes and sages at that time also competed for it. ”

Therefore, this is Li Xingzhou's greatest confidence!

At this point, due to the fraud case, the Gongsheng rebellion led by Li Xingzhou has been like a fire and is unstoppable......

Chen Ping'an, who was the chief examiner, and Dongfang Qiu went to the small office behind the Gongyuan after worshipping Confucius.

The weather is cold in spring.

These two examiners naturally don't want to suffer the spring cold outside.

In the elegant and exquisite office, a pot of Ou'an tea is rolling on a small red clay stove with a charcoal fire.

The faint fragrance of tea wafts away, adding a bit of elegance to the room.

Dongfang Qiu enjoyed this environment very much, looking at the tea on the red clay stove.

Looking at Chen Ping'an, who was sitting on the stool with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth showed a very light and faint smile between his lips.

He is in a good mood now, just like his recent situation, which can be called a spring breeze.

Not to mention how many powerful people I have made this time, I can't get in touch with my heart before.

Just look at Chen Ping'an in front of him, how arrogant he was at the beginning?

Look at the present......

The period was just a letter from King Liang.

From the change in Chen Ping'an's attitude before and after, Dongfang Qiu became more and more firm in his thoughts.

Power......

What a good thing!

Just when Dongfang Qiu was intoxicated, the door of the official room was suddenly pushed open, and a small official broke in with a panicked face, "Oh no, my lord, something happened"

In fact, there is no need for this little official to say anything.

Because the crowd cries on the courtyard outside that seemed to be about to overturn the entire tribute courtyard had been surging like a tide.

The voice of the little official became more and more panicked in the face of such a landslide and tsunami.

Those tributes have rioted, they have toppled the Emperor's List, and now they are flocking to the Hall of the Holy Ancestors."

The shouts of the landslide and tsunami outside, coupled with the words of the little officials.

Just like a thunderbolt falling in the sky, Dongfang Qiu immediately felt that the sky was spinning.

He got up from the stool, and he was steady and steady before he could barely stand still.

"Presumptuous, presumptuous, go, go to the Temple of the Holy Prophet".

Dongfang Qiu was flustered, and stumbled on the threshold when he went out.

After stumbling a few steps and barely standing still, he hurried outside.

At this moment, he still has a little smile at the relaxed elegance of the tandoor?

I was terrified and depressed to the extreme.

On the courtyard in front of him, Li Xingzhou had already arrived at the door of the Holy Ancestor Palace.

Behind him is a black and oppressive head? Shirts.

At the door, Li Xingzhou first bowed respectfully and bowed three times.

Only then did he step into the Hall of the Holy Ancestors.

In front of the wood-carved statue of Confucius, Li Xingzhou jumped onto the altar after three salutes again.

Then he lifted the placket of the Confucian robe, and tore off a large piece of white underwear with a "whoosh".

In the surprised eyes of the scholars, Li Xingzhou bit his fingers fiercely.

On that white cloth were written eight large blood-colored characters:

Cheating in the field, shame on the saint!