"Dead?"

Yang Qi couldn't help but laugh and said, "In your heart, do you think I am an emperor who likes to care about people's lives?" ”

Lu Duan smiled awkwardly: "Minister...... The minister had no such intention. ”

Yang Qi was too lazy to debunk Lu Duan's lies, he waved his hand.

"Alright, I know you treasure your carefully selected students. I asked them to come over, just to ask them to help, and I didn't mean to let them be dead soldiers. When I look back and condemn my crimes, I will only punish the officials, not the students. ”

When Lu Duan heard this, the old man's face showed a relaxed look, and he smiled and said, "Your Majesty needs a few people, even if you open your mouth, the minister will definitely let them fully cooperate." ”

"I will send Peng Pai to Jinling Mansion when I turn around, and you can cooperate with Peng Pai to pick people when the time comes. The stakes are very high, and it is already necessary to select those who are tight-mouthed and have a good spirit. ”

"The students of our Jinling University Hall are all clever."

"Heh, you say you're fat, you're still panting."

“……”

The two monarchs and ministers were amusing each other, talking and laughing.

Chen Lin didn't need Yang Qi's instructions, so he naturally prepared a table of wine and food for the two of them.

After Yang Qi pulled Lu Duan to eat, he asked Lu Duan to be sent out of the palace.

After Yang Qi planned a big pit for the civil officials behind his back, he no longer made any moves, and quietly waited for the civil officials to jump into the pit.

The civil officials were shocked when they learned that Yang Qi was wanted by Kong Lianjie nationwide.

One by one, they stopped for a while.

But when they found out that Yang Qi was not angry with them, it sprouted in a solid state.

The matter of the imperial examination was once again brought to a climax by them.

In the past, the scenes of literati and who could only be seen in Bianjing City drunk and lying on the flowers, drinking and having fun, and fighting Oiran are now everywhere in Yanjing City.

Thousands of scholars who rushed to Yanjing City from all over the country for scientific research suddenly occupied the Qinglou in Yanjing City.

According to Peng Pai's statistics, during the two months of preparation for the imperial examination, there were hundreds of green buildings in Yanjing City in an instant.

However, if you want to talk about the most lively place in Yanjing City, it is not the Qinglou brothel, but the Guo Mansion.

Yan was the first to open the imperial examination.

The chief examiner is not any of the seven important ministers of the Yan Kingdom, such as Kou Zhun and Su Yijian, nor is he a shocking Confucian like a seed, but Guo Shilang.

This unique treatment suddenly elevated Guo Shilang's status.

Today's Guo Shilang's status in the literary world is comparable to that of the sect master.

Daily.

Guo's mansion is like a city.

There are so many students coming and going.

The articles handed in every day can fill the entire Guo Mansion.

Du Qing, who lives at the back door of Guo's mansion, doesn't need to buy straw paper, and seeing the articles thrown out by Guo's mansion every day is enough for him for a year.

When Du Qing entered the palace to see Yang Qi, he also laughed and said that the he pulled out now smelled of ink.

In short, Guo Mansion is now talking and laughing, and there is no white ding.

And with this article entering Guo's mansion, there are still a lot of money.

I heard that Guo Shilang was asleep, and the word 'lazy' was written casually, and it was fried for 10,000 yuan.

Yang Qi was very curious about how amazing this 'lazy' word was, and it was actually more valuable than the word he wrote by Wenzong at that time.

In the afternoon of one day.

Yang Qi changed into civilian clothes and took Peng Pai to the door of Guo's mansion.

When they walked to the mouth of Yongle Lane, where Guo's mansion was located, they couldn't squeeze in anymore.

From the gate of Guo's mansion to the mouth of the alley, it was full of people.

All of them are dressed as readers.

Holding the deposit ticket in one hand and the article in the other, he squeezed forward with all his might.

Just when Yang Qi was about to instruct Peng Pai to lead people in.

There was a commotion at the gate of Guo's mansion.

A poorly dressed scholar was pushed out of the gate of Guo's mansion.

Guo Fu's concierge with a mole on his face, dragging a unique black hair on the mole, scolded arrogantly: "Get out!" is poor and sour, and he dares to go to the gate of Guofu. ”

As he spoke, he threw an article on the face of the poor reader.

The poor reader picked up the article and knelt on the ground and pleaded loudly.

"Please, please, please, please help the student to speak out, let Guo Shi take a look at the student's article."

"Get out!"

The gatekeeper of Guo Mansion kicked him a rolling gourd unceremoniously.

The poor scholar rolled down the stone steps, and in an instant another person took his previous place.

The poor reader held his article and ran out of the alley amid the accusations and abuse of others.

Yang Qi stopped him.

"Show me your article."

The poor scholar looked at Yang Qi vigilantly, clasping his article tightly with both hands, "You want to plagiarize my article?" You don't want to. ”

Peng Pai, who was following behind Yang Qi, was not happy when he heard this.

"How do you speak? How to speak? My adults want to read your article, and they can afford you. ”

"Your Excellency?"

The poor scholar was startled, looked Yang Qi up and down, and said suspiciously: "Are you an official?" ”

Yang Qiyi was stunned, pursed his lips and laughed at himself: "Sort of......"

"Then can you talk to Guo Shi?"

The poor scholar changed his vigilance just now, and his face was happy.

Yang Qichuan smiled and said, "Then you have to let me read your article first." ”

When the poor scholar heard this, he hurriedly smoothed out the crumpled article and respectfully handed it to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi swept his article with ten lines of glance and commented: "Your "Theory of the Four Kingdoms" still has merit, especially this sentence 'The Four Kingdoms are strong, only Yanqiang, Yu Jin, Shu, and Liao are the way to raise tigers'. ”

Hearing Yang Qi's praise, a bright smile appeared on the poor scholar's face.

Yang Qi was puzzled: "Your article is not bad, why can't you enter the door of the Guo Mansion." ”

The smile on the poor scholar's face stiffened, and he rubbed his hands shyly, "Under the ...... was shy in the lower bag and couldn't take it out of the door, so he was kicked out of the door. ”

After a pause, the poor scholar said: "Moreover, Guo Shi is preparing for the imperial examination, and he is busy with affairs, so he has to show some filial piety if he wants to evaluate the articles under his busy schedule." There is no ...... in the next either."

The voice of the poor scholar became quieter and quieter.

Yang Qi was stunned.

"How much do you need?"

"One...... 10,000 ......"

"So much?"

Yang Qi screamed in shock, and then said with a complicated face: "That's it, seeing that he is so greedy for money, I am relieved." ”

"Huh?!"

The poor scholar looked stunned.

Yang Qi laughed and said: "I see that you are also a bit literate, staying here is just a waste of time, it is better to apply for the Yenching University Hall, and you can also mix up an official and a half-job in the future." ”

Yang Qi slowly raised his head, put his hands behind his back, and sighed.

"There is gold under the man's knees, and the saint has already taken the kneeling salute today, and the kneeling you just now is a man's integrity. Don't kneel in the future. ”

When the poor scholar heard this, he was stunned at first, then turned suspicious, and finally glared at Yang Qi with some annoyance.

"I can see it, you are not an official at all, let alone help me recommend it to Guo Shi. You stopped me just to tease me. If I kneel or not, what does it have to do with you?

Guo Shi is a contemporary Wenzong, so why don't I kneel to him as a disciple.

Still fooling me to go to Yenching University Hall?

How can my generation of scholars be confused with those miscellaneous scholars in the hall of Yenching University. ”

"Presumptuous!"

Peng Pai shouted angrily, took a step forward, and pulled out the saber at his waist, ready to kill such a disrespectful guy on the spot.

Yang Qi raised his hand and stopped him.

"It's just a rotten Confucian, why bother to get along with him."

Yang Qi looked at the poor scholar who was glaring at him angrily, and said indifferently: "Although I can't hand over your article to the Guo Mansion by myself, I have a way to help you enter the Guo Mansion, and I also have a way to let you enter the top three." ”

The poor scholar looked at Yang Qi vigilantly again, and said with a slight disdain in his eyes: "What can you do?" ”

Yang Qi grinned and said, "I have money, a lot of money." ”

"Peng Pai!"

Yang Qi snorted softly, and Peng Pai took out a stack of storage tickets from his arms and handed them to him.

Yang Qi took a cursory look at the deposit ticket in his hand, and casually stuffed it to the poor scholar, "There is about 100,000 money deposit tickets here, for you." ”

The poor scholar looked stunned.

"One hundred thousand money...... Give it to me? ”

Yang Qi smiled in his unbelievable eyes: "Yes! To you. If you can, I can pay you to buy a champion. ”

"Goo~"

The poor scholars were shocked beyond measure.

In the past, when he was studying, he heard all kinds of rumors, and it was rumored that when some scholars entered Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, they would always meet nobles to help them.

is either a gift of gold and silver, or a promise of personal recognition, and even more will become the uncle of a high-ranking official's family.

He didn't expect that one day, this kind of thing would happen to him.

The poor scholar swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a trembling voice: "What do you want me to do?" ”

Since he can write "The Theory of the Four Kingdoms", which was rated as good by Yang Qi, he is naturally not a fool.

Yang Qi sent him with a lot of money, and he will inevitably have some requirements.

Yang Qi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I haven't thought about what to let you do for the time being, you can go to the imperial examination first, and after you pass the exam, I will think about what you want to do." Why, do you dare to bet? ”

The poor scholar looked at the 100,000 money in his hand, and then looked at Yang Qi.

Finally, he looked at the scholars who were flocking to Guo's mansion.

"I bet!"

"Happy!"

"My name is Jiang Chao."

The poor scholar reported his name.

Yang Qi smiled lightly: "I have written down your name, if I want to see you, I will naturally see you." Don't even think about running away with the money, because if you get caught by my people, you'll die a terrible death. If you don't have enough money, go to Changle Fang, find the shopkeeper inside like a dream, and tell her that the seventh young master will let you go and withdraw the money, and she will give it to you. ”

Hearing Yang Qi's words, Jiang Chao did not show anything wrong.

He also knew in his heart that the person who could take out 100,000 money to save the ticket was either rich or expensive in this Yanjing City.

When people want to find him, they will be caught.

"Eun Gong ......"

"Go to Guo's Mansion quickly, otherwise the top three places will be empty for a while."

Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded and ran towards Guo's mansion.

Halfway through the run, he turned back again,

"Thank you. After Jiang Mou went to high school this time, he would definitely repay tenfold. ”

Leaving these words, Jiang Chao ran to Guo's mansion again.

This time, there was a deposit ticket to open the way, and he successfully entered the Guo Mansion.

Alley mouth.

Peng Pai asked puzzledly, "Young Master, why are you doing this?" ”

Yang Qi put his hands behind his back and walked out, while smiling indifferently: "I just want to see if I can buy a champion." If I could, then I would kill people, and I wouldn't have any mental burden.

Besides, don't you think it's a very pleasant thing to see Jiang Chao appear during the palace test? ”

"Uh...... The subordinates did not feel happy, but felt very naïve. ”

"Peng Pai, are you going to rebel? Dare you call me naïve? ”

"Young Master...... When you come out, you can speak first, and your subordinates can speak freely. ”

“……”

In this way, the two monarchs and ministers scolded and left the location of the Guo Mansion and returned to the palace.

Spending a lot of money to let Jiang Chao go to the scientific examination was just an idle move by Yang Qi, in order to maximize the ugliness of this imperial examination fraud case that he had carefully planned.

After returning to the palace, Yang Qi instructed Peng Pai: "You go and tell Lu Duan that you don't need the help of the students of their Jinling University Hall in this subject." The one surnamed Guo did it far better than I expected. ”

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will do it."

With Yang Qi's private visit, Guo Shilang had a sharp sword hanging above his head, but he didn't know it.

The reason why he dared to accept money so blatantly, in addition to Yang Qi's connivance, was more because of his old thoughts.

After all, when it was in the Song Kingdom.

The imperial examination is a money-making event.

Every imperial examination, from the main examination to the small officials, they all earn a lot of money.

However, he didn't see it clearly.

During the Song Dynasty, those officials dared to blatantly accept money, because every time there was an imperial examination, all the powerful people in Bianjing City would openly and secretly support the talents they fancied.

With the support of these magnates, it is normal that there is water in the imperial examination.

Even if the emperor knew about this matter and quietly investigated it, and the implication was widespread, he would turn a blind eye.

Yan Guo is different.

Most of the magnates in Yan Kingdom are military generals, and many of them are Yang Qi's henchmen, even if they were not promoted by Yang Qi, they were also promoted by Yang Qi's other brothers.

They knew that Yang Qi hated Confucianism, so they would not participate in Confucian affairs.

Among the Wenchen, Kou Zhun, Su Yijian and other seven people who stood at the top, they knew that Yang Qi was determined to run Confucianism.

Although Yang Qi wanted to take advantage of the imperial examination, he did not inform them one by one.

But with their ingenuity, it is not difficult to guess that this imperial examination is not destined to be peaceful, so they will not participate in it.

It was precisely because of this obstacle that Guo Shilang did not see the situation clearly, and he was fishing for a lot there.

As everyone knows, if you catch one more, you will be closer to death.

Time is like an arrow, like the moon and water.

In the blink of an eye, the first imperial examination since the founding of the Yan Kingdom officially began.

One should be the rules and etiquette, all of which followed the Song period.

"Knock knock~"

When the giant bell rang in the imperial city.

Tens of thousands of readers, with a happy pace, entered the dragon gate.