Following.

Early morning.

Qianyuan Palace.

The cold wind howled outside the hall, blowing a piercing spoon sound, and the officials wrapped in thick furs ran quickly all the way from the gate of the palace into the Qianyuan Palace.

The inside and outside of the temple are like two worlds.

The cold wind outside the hall is cold, and the heat inside the hall makes people sweat.

The earth fire dragon was blazing, and the people's faces turned red.

After the officials entered the hall, they took off their furs, gathered together in groups of three or five, and talked in low voices.

Li Yushi stepped into the hall step by step amid the discussion of hundreds of officials.

His face was full of misery and sorrow, as if he was a loyal martyr who wanted to go generously for the sake of national affairs.

After seeing him, the officials subconsciously stopped talking and their eyes fell on him.

What Li Yushi is going to do today, the officials know very well in their hearts, because last night, after Kong Lianjie explained him, he sent someone to pass the qi to the officials.

"Brother Li!"

Li Yushi found his position, and after standing still, someone immediately stepped forward and bowed to him with a respectful face.

"Brother Li is high-minded, we are ashamed of ourselves. After today, Brother Li will definitely be admired by tens of thousands of scholars all over the world. ”

"Brother Li, accept the next ......"

"Brother Li, don't worry, your family, we will take care of it, as long as I wait for the day, I will definitely protect the Li Mansion to continue to be rich."

“……”

Hundreds of officials stepped forward one after another to give Li Yushi a salute.

Li Yushi had an ugly smile on his face, and said in a hoarse voice: "For tens of thousands of people in the world...... Li is duty-bound ......"

"Brother Li's ...... of Gao Yi"

“……”

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Just when the officials were busy touting Li Yushi, Chen Lin slowly walked from behind the screen behind the Qianyuan Hall to the hall, pulled up a sharp voice, and shouted.

The officials immediately lined up and bowed down to wait.

Yang Qiyi was dressed in a black water dark dragon robe, strode onto the imperial steps, and the tiger eyes swept the ministers and sat down slowly.

"See Your Majesty, may my Emperor Dragon be in good health."

Yang Qi stared at the hundred officials for a full ten breaths before he spoke: "Flat ......"

Today's court, just by glancing at the hundred officials, Yang Qi guessed that something must happen in the court today.

And he can see that what is going to happen in the court today must be related to Li Yushi.

The officials couldn't help but highlight Li Yushi in front, he is not blind, how can he not see it.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"

Chen Lin shouted routinely.

Li Yushi hesitated for a moment, and stepped out in full view of everyone.

"The minister has a book to play!"

Yang Qihu glared slightly, and said in a low voice: "Speak." ”

Li Yushi immediately took out the letter that had been prepared from his sleeve, and recited it in frustration.

"Since the hundred schools of thought, Confucianism has always been in the ......"

Li Yushi read a lot of thoughts, roughly counting the merits of Confucianism to the people of the Han family, and after counting them, he said deeply: "Therefore, the ministers admonished each other with death, and asked His Majesty to open the imperial examination and recruit talents." ”

Yang Qi squinted his eyes, and asked in a slightly cold voice, "If I don't allow it, do you really want to admonish each other with death?" ”

Li Yushi said solemnly: "For the people of the Great Yan River, for the people of the world, the ministers will never give up." ”

Yang Qi gritted his teeth and said, "I don't allow it!" ”

Li Yushi raised his head, glanced at Yang Qi, and resolutely slammed into the pillar beside him.

Yang Qi raised his eyebrows and hurriedly said, "Stop him." ”

However, the officials already knew about Li Yushi's mission, so instead of blocking it, they got out of the way for Li Yushi to rush to the big pillar in the palace.

"Bang~"

The head slammed on the pillar, and the huge impact force shook the Qianyuan Hall a little.

Blood splattered three feet high and fell to the ground, spilling a splash of blood.

The blazing floor tiles, a few breaths baked Yin Hong's blood into black and red.

Yang Qi stared at the beads of his eyes and stood up suddenly.

He was frightened and angry.

The officials didn't look at Li Yushi, who died tragically, but all looked at Yang Qi with anger and determination.

Yang Qi picked his head in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good.

He finally knew how Baiguan was going to deal with him today.

admonishing each other with death, softer than him.

"Your Majesty!"

Immediately, someone gritted his teeth and roared, glaring at Yang Qi.

"Please Your Majesty reopen the imperial examination, if Your Majesty does not allow it, the minister will follow Li Yushi today and die in this hall."

"Please reopen the imperial examination!"

“……”

The officials spoke one after another, taking advantage of Li Yushi's tragic death to put pressure on Yang Qi.

Yang Qi's face was gloomy and dripping water, and he subconsciously clenched his fists together.

Seeing that Yang Qi was speechless, an official took a step forward again, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, can't you feel our determination?" ”

Minute by minute.

The atmosphere in the Qianyuan Hall became extremely depressing.

"Report!"

At this moment, a loud cry came from outside the temple.

Peng Pai put on armor and saber, hurriedly rushed into the hall, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the port city is in a hurry." ”

Yang Qi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Speak quickly!" ”

Peng Pai couldn't hide the shock on his face, and said: "According to the Gangcheng County Order, there is a mountain of gold from the sea? ”

"Jinshan?"

The officials were stunned for a moment, and they were in an uproar in an instant.

For a time, the massive wealth squinted the eyes of many officials.

Of course, there were also those who were unmoved, and they stared at Yang Qi coldly.

Someone questioned in the court, "Your Majesty, you haven't agreed to reopen the imperial examination?" ”

Then he glanced at Peng Pai with disdain, and said disdainfully: "As for whether what Peng Pai said is true, it remains to be verified." ”

Obviously, they felt that the so-called Jinshan was just a drama performed by Yang Qi and Peng Pai together, the purpose of which was to shirk the reopening of the imperial examination.

"Yes, what if there really is a mountain of gold? For us Dayan, the real gold mountain is the tens of thousands of readers in the world. ”

“……”

After Peng Pai appeared, Yang Qi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and in the face of the persecution of hundreds of officials, he was surprisingly calm.

He just glanced at the officials who persecuted him, and said lightly: "As important ministers of the court, you should understand what the sudden appearance of an extra golden mountain means to the Great Yan Kingdom and what it means to the people of the Great Yan Kingdom.

If you only see tens of thousands of people who read books, don't you see a thousand times more people than those who read?

Are you the ruler of the people, or the ruler of the scholars? ”

The officials persecuted Yang Qi with the world's scholars, and Yang Qi took advantage of the excuse of Jinshan's appearance, and in turn counterattacked with the people of the world.

None of the hundreds of officials in the court dared to say that he was just an official who was a scholar.

If anyone dares to speak, he will be greeted by the vast sea of people.

Seeing that Yang Qi was going to use Jin Shan's excuse to shirk the matter of reopening the imperial examination in the past.

The officials were a little flustered.

If you really want Yang Qi to shirk the past, then Li Yushi will die in vain today.

"Your Majesty, the matter of Jinshan has not yet been verified, if it is just a cover. But because of this, the hall of talent was delayed, how to explain to the people when the time comes? ”

Yang Qi slowly put his hands behind his back and said indifferently: "Whether it's a pretense or not, I don't know." Why don't you go to Hong Kong City with me and find out about this matter together. ”

"Your Majesty?!"

"That's it, let's retreat. Go back and pack your things and head to Port City tomorrow. ”

“……”

Dropping these words, Yang Qi flicked his sleeves and left the Qianyuan Palace.

Officials, look at me, I look at you, your face is extremely ugly.

was troubled by the gold mountain floating on the sea, and Li Yushi died in vain.

"Retreat~"

Chen Lin shouted, and left the Qianyuan Hall with the dust.

The hundreds of officials gathered together in groups of three or five, and while discussing countermeasures, they left the Qianyuan Hall with a long sigh.

After a stick of incense.

There was only one corpse left in the Qianyuan Palace, lying there alone.

It was Li Yushi's corpse.

For the officials, Li Yushi is just a chess piece, and now this chess piece has not played its due role, so naturally no one pays attention to him anymore.

What's more, he's become a dead pawn.

As for the promises made by the officials before the court, they were just some scenes.

……

Inside the Imperial Study.

Yang Qi, who returned to the imperial study, took off the dragon robe on his body, wore a thin dress, sat on the fire kang, and sighed for a long time.

"This group of civil officials is really dark-hearted, and in order to persecute me, they do not hesitate to force each other to death."

Yang Qi said to Peng Pai, who was standing on the edge of the firekang: "Thanks to your timely arrival, otherwise, I wouldn't know how to step down." Su Yijian did a good job. Go back and bring him a message, and when the matter is settled, I will reward him with a few jugs of fine wine. ”

Peng Pai hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, there is really a mountain of gold from the sea. ”

"I know, I know, this matter is still planned by me and Su Yijian......"

"Your Majesty, our fake gold mountain didn't use ......"

Peng Pai said quietly.

Yang Qi was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Is there really a golden mountain?" ”

"Hmm!"

"What's going on?"

Yang Qi got out of the kang barefoot, and ran to Peng Pai's side to ask.

Peng Pai said seriously: "Your Majesty, do you remember that you once told people about the Peacock Dynasty?" ”

Yang Qi was stunned and said, "Is someone really going?" ”

Peng Pai nodded, "Someone really went." According to the report of the people below, these people looted a full ten five-toothed ships of gold from the Mauryan Empire, and filled them full.

Now they are docked at the harbor outside the port city, and they spend a lot of money to hire more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to protect them through the Yan State Money Bank. ”

"Hahaha......"

Yang Qi laughed heartily, "God help me!" Hahaha......"

"Go down and prepare immediately, and get up early tomorrow morning to go to Port City."

"No!"

"Also, tell the people below and let them spread the news quickly and be ready for what we have to do later."

“……”

……

It turns out.

The attraction of wealth is beyond imagination.

In just half a day, the news that there was a golden mountain on the sea spread all over Yanjing City.

The officials also wanted to use Li Yushi's death to create some rumors to deal with Yang Qi.

However, as soon as their rumors spread, they were quickly suppressed by the rumors of Jinshan.

Whether the imperial court can open the imperial examination or not, in fact, it has little impact on the people.

Because the people know that even if the imperial court does not hold the imperial examination, there will be no shortage of officials.

Every year, the imperial court will send a large number of students from Datong Academy to serve as officials.

Yang Qi did not seal the road to the rise of the Hanmen, but expanded this road even more.

And the imperial court is still popularizing education.

It's too late for the people to be happy, how can they help Confucianism deal with Yang Qi?

The news of the golden mountain on the sea intensified, overshadowing all other news.

The civil officials who advocated the reopening of the imperial examination felt the status of money in the hearts of the people, and they found it helplessly.

This wave of Jinshan will not pass, and any way they can put pressure on Yang Qi will be of no avail.

In desperation, they can only pin their hopes on the fact that Jinshan on the sea is a fake news.

Therefore.

When Yang Qi led the hundred officials to the port city, the hundred officials behaved extremely positively.

Early in the morning, the sky was bright, and the officials asked the servants to drive the carriage and wait for Yang Qi on the official road outside Yanjing City.

After Yang Qi's dragon arrived, a team of thousands of people rushed towards the port city.

As they go all the way.

The news of the golden mountains on the sea was spread like a plague.

The whole country has set off a huge sensation.

Some qualified ordinary people and businessmen simply left their jobs and dragged their families to the port city to visit the golden mountain on the sea.

All the way, under the deliberate control of Yang Qi, it took six days to rush to the port city.

Say goodbye.

The port city is even more prosperous.

Just outside the port city, there is already a lot of traffic, crowds of people rubbing shoulders, and all kinds of cries and selling voices come and go.

Along the Gangcheng Avenue and all the way to the sea, what you see is a sailboat and a large ship that has no end in sight.

Loaded with their catch, the fishermen rushed to the port to sell their catch.

In the most dazzling position of the port, a fleet was docked there.

More than 10,000 elite Yan Navy troops are guarding the side, and anyone who tries to approach the fleet will be ruthlessly driven and suppressed by the Yan State Navy Army.

However, even so, there are still many people standing outside the encirclement of the Yan State Naval Army, constantly sticking their heads inside.

Yang Qi sat on the dragon bowl, looked at the place, and asked Peng Pai in a low voice, "That's the fleet full of gold?" ”

Peng Pai nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Yang Qi nodded in agreement, "Enter the port city first, and when the camp is settled, let the heads of those fleets come to see me, I have something to ask." ”

"No~"

Yang Qi's frame entered the port city under the escort of heavy troops.

Compared with the outside of the port city, the port city is still prosperous, but it is a little less busy than outside the city, but it is more elegant and magnificent.

I don't know if it was the meaning of the merchants or the meaning of the port city county order, but almost all the large fish sales transactions were delivered outside the city, and the goods were stacked in warehouses outside the city.

On the contrary, the city is dominated by eating, drinking and merrymaking, and there is no large-scale trading scene.

Yang Qi arrived at the temporary camp in the port city.

After a brief wash, he summoned the county commander of Gangcheng, and after a few words of encouragement, he explained the intention of this trip.

When Yang Qi was about to summon the head of the fleet, the Gangcheng County Commander left the camp with great interest.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to prepare a table of good wine and food, and then invited the head of the fleet to camp.