"Your Highness, let me tell you, this Wen Qi is simply amazing......

After a while, Zhao Hongrun took Wei Jiao and Gao Kuo to the Ministry of Rites. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Along the way, Gao Kuo vigorously recounted the miraculous deeds of the candidate named Wen Qi in this year's examination, and Zhao Hongrun, from Gao Kuo's narration, roughly learned what great things Wen Qi had done in this year's examination room.

It is not uncommon to cheat in the examination room, Zhao Hongrun thinks that he can do it himself; What's great is that Wen Qi is helping others to cheat, and he helps more than one.

This intelligence, even if it is Zhao Hongrun, he sighs to himself.

"Hey, it's a pity that I couldn't see my father's expression at that time......"

In the carriage, Zhao Hongrun sighed regretfully, and at the same time imagined in his mind the scene of the palace examination at that time: when his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, asked about a student who was obviously a high school leader, but he didn't expect that the other party was a straw bag who didn't know anything, you can imagine Wei Tianzi's mood at that time.

"Hehehehehe......"

Just fantasizing in his mind, Zhao Hongrun would be overjoyed, let alone if he was lucky enough to witness it with his own eyes.

It's a pity that such a thing is a rare year in a hundred years.

After laughing for a while, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but think of Wen Qi in his heart.

He had only one relationship with the student named Wen Qi, that is, in the examination room three years ago.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun, in order to try to take revenge on Luo Wenzhong, the servant of the Ministry at that time, was too eager for him and was used by his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, to find out the incident of cheating, so that Wei Tianzi could take the opportunity to weaken the Ministry of Officials and transfer many of his powers to the Imperial Historian.

And at the beginning, even Zhao Hongrun didn't notice what kind of way those people were cheating, until he was prompted by Wen Qi, and then he suddenly realized.

After that incident, Zhao Hongrun didn't pay much attention to that Wen Qi, he thought that this person was enough to be on the high school list, but he didn't expect that this person actually fell off the list.

"Then why did Wen Qi fall off the list three years ago?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked.

Hearing this, Gao Kuo hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "It is said that ...... Well, it's said that he offended the officials......"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, then figured it out, and said with a wry smile: "Is it because of me?" ”

Gao Kuo chuckled.

Thinking about it, three years ago, Zhao Hongrun, under the prompting of Wen Qi, caught the fraud incident in the examination, which gave Wei Tianzi the opportunity to weaken the power of the officials, so as to knock down the first officials of the six ministries that were high in the past.

It can be imagined how much the officials of the Ministry hated Zhao Hongrun at that time.

However, hatred is hatred, but those officials did not dare to retaliate against Zhao Hongrun, after all, Zhao Hongrun was the prince and was gradually winning the favor of Wei Tianzi.

So it was logical that Wen Qi became the target of revenge from those officials.

After about a stick of incense, Zhao Hongrun and his entourage took a carriage to the Ministry of Rites.

After learning of this, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally came out to greet Zhao Hongrun.

"His Royal Highness King Su. …… What a rarity. ”

Seeing Zhao Hongrun, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, made a harmless joke, after all, everyone in the court knows that His Royal Highness King Su, who hates red tape, has always avoided the Ministry of Rites.

"Du Shangshu." Zhao Hongrun arched his hand as a return gift.

After a few simple greetings, Du You welcomed Zhao Hongrun to the hall of the Ministry of Rites and instructed the miscellaneous servants in the house to serve tea.

Seeing Zhao Hongrun pick up the teacup first, Du You also took a sip of the teacup, then put down the teacup, and asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Su came here today, I don't know what to see?" ”

Speaking of which, Du You and Zhao Hongrun can be regarded as old acquaintances who have dealt with each other a few times, and the relationship was not bad in the past.

However, as soon as Zhao Hongrun spoke, Du You's complexion changed slightly.

"Du Shangshu, this king heard that there was a magical fraud incident in the examination field of this year's meeting......"

"That's the thing." Du You restrained his smile, frowned and said, "That candidate disrupted the imperial examination and discredited the prestige of the imperial court, which is a great crime. ”

Looking at the angry look on Du You's face, Zhao Hongrun secretly shook his head in his heart.

He didn't know why Wen Qi wanted to take revenge on the imperial court, the problem was that this person made such a fuss, and the Ministry of Rites was severely reprimanded by Wei Tianzi, and it was not difficult to guess the attitude of the officials of the Ministry of Rites towards Wen Qi.

After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun arched his hand and said: "Du Shangshu, this time the king came to intercede for this person, and I hope that Lord Shangshu will be accommodating." ”

"Onsaki?" Du You's eyes narrowed when he heard this, although he had guessed something earlier, but he didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Su in front of him would actually intercede for a candidate who cheated in the examination room.

He said faintly: "This son is so good, there is a way to get His Royal Highness King Su to come and intercede for him......"

"Huh." Zhao Hongrun smiled, and did not hide it, he told Wen Qi about the help he received from Wen Qi at the beginning, and he smiled again at the end...... Because of this, this king owes him a favor, and now that he is in trouble, he naturally wants to pull him along. Having said that, the Ministry of Rites can obtain the right to preside over the examination, and this person has also contributed a lot. …… I hope that Du Shangshu will raise his noble hand and expose this matter. ”

Du You pondered for a moment when he heard this, frowned and said, "Your Royal Highness King Su, let this official say something from the bottom of his heart. …… If it's just an ordinary fraud incident, then it's okay, for the sake of His Royal Highness King Su's face, it will be exposed. But this Wen Qi is malicious fraud, deliberately helping some people with insufficient talent to get on the first list, and the impact is extremely bad. If it is not punished severely, what is the justice of the examination? What is the majesty of the imperial court? ”

Zhao Hongrun secretly smiled bitterly when he heard this, because this is indeed the problem: Wen Qi's fraud is not ordinary fraud, he deliberately fell into the face of the court and made the court ugly.

seems to be this kind of person, standing in the position of the imperial court, even if Zhao Hongrun thinks that he should make an example, severely punish him, and set an example, and must not be tolerated.

But the problem is that he owes Wen Qi a favor.

"Please forgive His Royal Highness King Su, there is nothing the official can do about this matter." Du You shook his head and picked up the teacup.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun looked at Du You with a little displeasure.

He knows very well the character of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in front of him: don't look at Du You as a civil official, but he has a lot of backbone. When Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, led his army to attack their Wei State, even Li Wei, the secretary of the military department, supported peace talks with the Chu state, but this secretary of the Ministry of Rites proposed to resolutely counterattack.

Even if it is Zhao Hongrun's current identity, it is unlikely that he wants to make this Shangshu Lord compromise.

Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun had already taken countermeasures, and said with a smile when he heard the words: "Since Du Shangshu is unwilling, then forget it." …… By the way, this king brought back more than one million people of Chu from Chu this time, and his father also added six counties to merge into my Shangshui County, so as to facilitate the resettlement of those Chu people. ”

"......" Hearing this, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly became strange, and he stopped talking several times.

You must know that the contradiction between Yanling and Anling at the beginning made the Ministry of Rites anxious, not to mention the more than one million new Chu people now.

Du You had no doubt that the Wei people in Zhaoling County would react violently to these Chu refugees.

If there was no His Royal Highness King Su in front of him to come forward to deter, Du Youzi would not be able to mediate with the Ministry of Rites.

Thinking of this, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sighed and said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness King Su, you are really ...... Hey, that's it, anyway, the face of my Ministry of Rites has already fallen to the ground and can't be recovered, Your Highness, you can do whatever you want. Speaking of this, he added: "But Your Highness, Du Mou has said something first, for the sake of Your Highness, for the sake of Your Highness, my Ministry of Etiquette can pretend to turn a blind eye to this matter, but it is impossible to withdraw the punishment of that candidate." ”

The implication is that Zhao Hongrun can rescue Wen Qi, but if he wants to restore Wen Qi's results in the New Year's exam, it is impossible.

Thinking about it, because of Wen Qi's relationship, the reputation of the Ministry of Rites was greatly damaged this year, and the Ministry of Rites who wanted to take back the right to host the examination took the opportunity to impeach, and was angrily reprimanded by Wei Tianzi in the palace examination and at the court meeting, it is conceivable how much fire Du You and other officials of the Ministry of Rites have in their hearts.

And then, the Ministry of Rites banned Wen Qi's results, and finally saved some face, but if Wen Qi's results were restored at this moment, wouldn't this be able to save even the last bit of face?

"This is natural." Zhao Hongrun nodded in understanding, after all, he also understood that this was Du You's final bottom line.

After saying this, the atmosphere in the room seemed a little strange.

Zhao Hongrun looked at Du You, who didn't make any movement, and Du You also looked at Zhao Hongrun, who didn't make any movement, and the two of them stared at each other, with some doubts in their eyes.

After half a ring, Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear it first, and reminded with a strange expression: "Du Shangshu...... Can you release them? ”

As soon as he heard this, Du You knew that His Royal Highness had misunderstood, shook his head and said, "That candidate is not in my Ministry of Rites. ”

"The ceremonial supervisor who is not in your ministry is copying books?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Because as far as he knows, candidates who cheat in the examination room this year will have to go to the Ministry of Rites to copy books for free as punishment, and depending on the severity of the circumstances, the number of years of miscellaneous labor will be increased accordingly.

After all, the Ministry of Rites is a government that pays attention to education, and it will not really kill some candidates who cheat in the examination room in order to make an example, but will only choose a way that conforms to the teachings of the saints to make these candidates repent.

For example, copying books, the library of the Ministry of Rites, with thousands of books, will inevitably be affected by water and insects, so what is lacking is that people copy books by hand and reserve rubbing.

After listening to Zhao Hongrun's words, Du You then made an explanation, still with a bit of indignation in his tone.

"Du Moufang just said that Wen Qi's fraud is not ordinary fraud, so he is not in the ceremonial prison of my Ministry of Rites, but in the prison of the Criminal Department."

"......" Zhao Hongrun frowned, he thought that Du You's words were just a prevarication, but he didn't expect that this was really the case.

But think about it, Wen Qi deliberately cheated on the examination site in order to take revenge on the imperial court, which is indeed a bad circumstance, enough to be caught in the prison of the Criminal Department for questioning.

If you don't do it, it's really possible to ask for a beheading.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun immediately got up and said goodbye.

Depressed, touching the wrong door, and coming for nothing......

Zhao Hongrun left the Ministry of Rites with some depression.

But after thinking about it, he changed his mind again: although he found the wrong object, he persuaded Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so that the Ministry of Rites acquiesced to this matter, as long as the Ministry of Rites did not come forward to object, he wanted to relieve Wen Qi, which was naturally much easier.

The little favor owed back then is really not easy to repay now...... If Wen Qi is not grateful to Dade and uses it for me, it is really intolerable.

Laughing at himself, Zhao Hongrun shook his head helplessly, and could only go to the Criminal Department again. (To be continued.) )