In the imperial study, Qin Tian handed over the confession.

After Li Shimin saw the confession, his expression was solemn, and then he was furious.

"Damn, you Cui family, you are against me, this time, I will never spare you."

For the family, Li Shimin was originally jealous, but now it's okay, the Cui family even steals the test questions, which is also fortunate to find out, if you don't find out, this year's imperial examination will be held, and the people of the Cui family don't know how many will be admitted to the Jinshi.

Originally, the implementation of the imperial examination was to suppress the development of the family, but now that it is good, not only has it not been suppressed, but it has also given them more opportunities.

The angry Li Shimin's face turned pale, and immediately after, he issued an order.

"Someone came, the Cui family was sealed up by me, and all the Cui family members involved in this case were demoted to ordinary people and assigned to Lingnan, and all the candidates involved in the case were disqualified from the exam."

The seizure of the Cui family and the disqualification of the exam can definitely be regarded as an extremely severe punishment, and with this punishment, it will make other families who are ready to make a move give up these plans.

When Li Shimin ordered like this, Qin Tian stood next to him and didn't say anything, first, he didn't have a good impression of the Cui family, and second, Li Shimin was still more rational in the end, and he didn't say that the Cui family was bloodied, but just demoted the Cui family involved in the case to ordinary people and sent Lingnan.

Doing so will have a great impact on the Cui family, but it will not cause any adverse factors to the stability of Datang.

Li Shimin's order was quickly issued, and Qin Tian did not stay in the palace for long, and retreated directly.

Li Shimin here, in addition to waiting for news, there is also a new imperial examination question, this time, it should not be leaked again.

Cui Mansion.

At this time, Cui Tong was completely unaware of the danger, and he was just counting the money excitedly in the house.

Those imperial examination questions, he gave them some children of the Cui family, in addition, he also sold them to a few big businessmen, and these businessmen's shots were relatively generous, so this time, he made a lot of money.

It's just that just when Cui Tong was a little proud in the house, a pro-army from the imperial court rushed in.

"You ...... What are you going to do? ”

"What to do? You peep at the questions of the imperial examination, so as to disturb the fairness of the imperial examination, the Holy Lord is already angry, and wants to demote you to the common people, let's go! ”

After the pro-army of the imperial court finished speaking, Cui Tong was not allowed to defend himself, and directly took away the cadres of the Cui Mansion.

After the people were taken away, the household department quickly sent people to start checking the property of Cui Mansion and so on, since they raided their home, the corresponding property naturally belonged to the household department.

Of course, in addition to the Cui family, those few big businessmen who bought test questions from the Cui family were not spared.

The household department is now in serious deficit, and there is no businessman who has money, and now he has finally seized the opportunity to make a fortune, how can Tang Jian of the household department give up?

Therefore, for several days, the household department was busy liquidating property, or moving various goods.

And at this time, the case of fraud in the imperial examination spread throughout Chang'an City, and after it spread, the people were very shocked, because this kind of thing happened for the first time.

"No, the Cui family actually stole the test questions of the imperial examination, how did he do it?"

"Hmph, there must be someone in the Cui family hiding in the palace, so, when you glance at the test questions written on the saint, don't you know?"

"That's right, it seems that the current imperial examination system is not perfect enough."

"There's no way around it, but after the saint finds out, it's already good to find out the people behind the scenes by thunderbolt and punish them severely."

"Yes, after seeing, who would dare to cheat in the imperial examination, since it is a fair examination, it must be fair."

“…………”

The people talked a lot, and those who were shocked by this fraud case also admired Li Shimin's methods, and of course, more of them still subdued the hearts of those scholars.

For the sake of fairness, Li Shimin really did a lot.

Discussion, discussion, but the people of the Cui family were dumbfounded.

They never thought that in their opinion, it was just a small fraud case, but it would make such a big fuss, Cui Tong, the head of the family, and the talented people of the Cui family involved in the case, were basically demoted to ordinary people all at once, and there was no chance to take the imperial examination again.

This is equivalent to cutting off the roots of the Cui family, although the Cui family is very large, there are still some people who have not been implicated, but the remaining people basically can't make much of a storm.

For the entire Tang Dynasty, the Cui family is not only in decline now, but even about to fall out of the ranks of the family and become history.

The Cui family was helpless, but there was nothing they could do.

After other families and magnates saw Li Shimin's methods, they also felt scared for a while.

If you want to say that they have no idea of cheating, then there must be, but they haven't paid for it yet, and now they are frightened when they see Li Shimin dealing with the Cui family, so dare to cheat for personal gain?

The impact of this matter is getting bigger and bigger, and it can be regarded as a wake-up call to the world, the imperial examination is not just anyone can move, this is a place to select talents for the imperial court, if you want to move any crooked thoughts, then don't blame the imperial court for being polite.

The influence is expanding, and naturally there are people who are looking for the root cause and want to know how this matter was discovered, but not many people know about this matter, and there are no people who are willing to expose it.

So, everyone is just guessing and curious.

After Feng Yi saw this situation, he naturally understood what was going on, if this matter broke out, it would indeed be an opportunity for him to make a name for himself.

But there are still many people in the Cui family, if he is exposed, it will be tantamount to offending the Cui family, the Cui family is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, and it is definitely not something that he can deal with as a small son of a poor family.

Therefore, although he was a little aggrieved, Feng Yi also endured it, in his opinion, he only had to wait for the imperial examination, and he could fly to the branches.

The atmosphere in Chang'an is becoming more and more lively, and at the same time, Qin Tian's Shangshu Province is a different situation.

The paper needed for this year's imperial examination was all from Qin Tian's paper mill, and there were only a few days left before the examination, so he had to order someone to prepare all the paper needed as soon as possible.

When Qin Tian was preparing for the paper needed for the exam, Tang Jian of the household department was counting the money excitedly in the household department.

After copying the Cui family and several wealthy businessmen, the household department is really rich, although there is a lot of difference between this money and the annual tax income, but to be honest, being able to have so much money at once still makes the household department Shangshu Tang Jian excited, and his heart is also a lot more steady.

If the household department has no money, he feels that he has no confidence in what he does, and he is most afraid that people from other departments will come to him to ask for money, and if he can't get it, he will be embarrassed, and it will also mean that his political achievements are not good.

Now it's finally time to top it.

(End of chapter)