The night was deep, Wei Renpu sat alone with a candle, the candle on the candlestick was only a short section, the flames rushed upward, and his shadow fell on the wall, and it kept shaking, like a ghost. The scissors were at hand, but Wei Xianggong didn't bother to cut them.

Tomorrow is the day to retry the hundred officials, and as the second minister, Wei Renpu is also one of the natural examiners.

Which side to stand on, Wei Xianggong has not yet made up his mind!

With a squeak, the door opened, and Mrs. Li walked in quickly. When she arrived in front of the master, she put the dozen or so letters in her sleeve in front of Lao Wei.

Wei Renpu was puzzled, Li took a deep breath, and said with a wry smile: "They are really hand-eyed, I didn't even go out of the door, and the letter was sent in." ”

Wei Renpu was even more helpless, "In the officialdom, who is not a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, the catastrophe of life and death is just around the corner, can you not think of a way to fight hard!" Saying that, Lao Wei picked up a few letters, and just by looking at the cover, he knew that all the people of the Li family came to ask for help.

There are nephews of the Li family, and even nephews and grandchildren, there are relatives and sparse, there are those who can't beat the eight poles, and there are also those who often come to visit the door to worship their birthdays, three relatives and six deaths, who don't have a few relatives and friends!

Wei Renpu pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Madam, Your Majesty's holy will is like a knife, and the champion Hou is eyeing him. These people can't be saved, and I'll try my best to take care of them when the time comes, if there are really people with both ability and political integrity, they won't be deposed, and at most they will be demoted and retained. ”

This is already Lao Wei's biggest concession, but how do you know that Madame is not satisfied, she shook her head vigorously!

Wei Renpu was also anxious, and he said bitterly: "You foolish mother-in-law, do you have to kill the whole family?" ”

Li shook his head vigorously, "Master, I, I'm letting you leave it alone!" ”

"Leave it alone?"

"Hmm!" Li Shi stretched out his hand and grabbed these letters, suddenly with force, tore them to pieces, threw them to the ground with a snort, and said angrily: "Any relative, they are all mortal enemies!" If it weren't for the fact that the old man became the prime minister, they would have stammered? When we don't have power or power, who helped us? ”

The more Li spoke, the more angry he became, and he cried anxiously again.

"Xiangye, it's really not easy for our son in the past three years!" Li lamented: "He is so young, he left home and went to Yanyun, so many fools and stupid women, and Khitan Hu people. He can do so many things, he deserves to be your seed! I didn't embarrass the Wei family! ”

Li Shi spat viciously, "Anyway, our son has won the first-class evaluation, and if he has fame, he will be able to release the county and the prefect immediately, and in one or two decades, he will be able to worship the prime minister, I not only have a prime minister's husband, but also a prime minister's son, decent!" ”

Li Shi grabbed Lao Wei's arm hard, and cried excitedly: "Master, no matter what, you have to kick those stumbling blocks away for our son!" If they don't get out, where will our son go, do you say no? ”

What else can Wei Renpu say!

He was completely defeated by Lee's strong logic.

Here in the Li family, the biggest right and wrong is the distance between relatives, those clansmen and relatives are important, but they can't compare to their sons!

Wei Xianmei is not just one person, behind him, there are many small officials who have performed well, as well as a large number of poor disciples, who have passed the county test and the government test, and are pouring towards the capital.

These people all have hope to enter the officialdom and glorify their ancestors.

But in front of them, there are five surnames and seven sects, and they are blocking the wealthy families, and they have controlled the imperial examination and monopolized the official career through various means.

There are dozens of people in each subject, and seventy or eighty percent are from the family, and there are too few opportunities left for the poor family.

Just like Wei Xianmei, there are many small officials who do a good job in the local area.

In the past, they could be county lieutenants at most, and if they could be promoted to county commanders, they would already be smoking from their ancestral graves. But even if they became county magistrates, they were also discriminated against because of their background, and those children of the family and the high-ranking families looked down on them at all.

They have no share in the credit, and they have to bear the blame.

The big guys are holding their breath, looking forward to changing!

Cleanse the family and help the poor!

Ye Hua, you kid is really far-sighted!

Lao Wei gritted his teeth, he finally saw through this game of chess.

Ye Hua was not reckless, so he started a war with the family.

And the so-called Gaomen clan can't represent the entire Shilin!

Got it!

Got it!

Wei Renpu nodded secretly, he really couldn't help but give Ye Hua a thumbs up!

"Alright, don't cry!" Lao Wei said sharply: "I know what to do!" ”

Li Shi was so frightened that he restrained his crying and said dumbfoundedly: "Master, what are you going to do?" ”

"What else can be done, deposed when it is time to be deposed! What belongs to our son cannot be given to outsiders! ”

Li cried with joy when he heard this, the old man was too wise.

It was not far from the fourth watch, and there was no way to rest, so Li personally went to the kitchen, cooked a bowl of ginseng soup for Wei Renpu, and added two soup women to his carriage.

Before dawn, Wei Renpu went out of the mansion and resolutely went straight to the imperial city.

More than 100 officials who needed to retake the exam also came one after another.

Each of them carried a basket containing pen, ink, paper and inkstone, except for the official uniform on their bodies, the rest were just like the scholars who participated in the imperial examination.

Many people feel bitter in their hearts, they can still wear it now, and when the exam is over, this official uniform and the black veil on their heads will not be able to keep it!

The person who came up with the idea to try the hundred officials again should really be cut with a thousand cuts!

In the huge court, no one can uphold justice?

Wang Xianggong, Li Xianggong, Wei Xianggong, and Xue Xianggong!

All the scholars of the world are looking at you!

The hope of Shilin is the attention of the world!

Can't you stand up and fight to the death with the faint king and traitorous ministers?

In the face of the expectations of countless people, Wei Renpu sat in the carriage, did not even open the curtain, and followed the family to protect the carriage tightly, and no one was allowed to come forward.

waited until the bell and drum rang, and the hundred officials followed the eunuchs and went straight to the Daqing Hall to take the exam. Wei Renpu got out of the carriage, took a big stride, and walked in.

Just behind Wei Renpu, it was Ye Hua and his senior brother Li Shi, the two of them had been watching the excitement for a long time, Li Shi shook his head and sighed: "The literati are not kind, nothing more than that." It's a dream to expect these old guys to fight for them! ”

Ye Hua smiled, "They are not ruthless, they can be masters, who wants to be grandsons!" ”

Li Xian thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's also the same reason, but Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others back then were all proud of the wealthy family!" ”

"That's because your ancestors are too polite and soft-handed! If you don't set up the rules at the time of the founding of the country, it will only become more and more crooked in the future! ”

Li Xian thought so deeply and sighed: "I feel more and more that one day Da Zhou will be more brilliant than Da Tang!" ”

"I'm convinced of that!"

The two brothers laughed and walked into the Daqing Hall together.

In today's inspection, several ministers, including Li Shi, a bachelor from Hanlin, are all examiners, and Ye Hua, he is in charge of discipline in the field...... The examination hall was used by all the little eunuchs who had just entered the palace, as well as the soldiers who were temporarily borrowed from the army, and these people had nothing to do with the officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

They are just acting on orders, and behind every official, there are no less than five pairs of eyes staring, and no one wants to cheat!

"I inherit the Taizu Jiangshan Sheji, the hope of all the people in the world, I dare not slack off, as a minister of the Son of Heaven, I have the weight of a herdsman, and I can't make up the number indiscriminately, and there is no distinction between good and bad. Today's inspection is to get the best and the worst, and make the best use of their talents, so you must show your real talents, and don't let me down! ”

Chai Rong didn't talk too much nonsense, just said lightly: "Let's start the exam!" ”

The test papers and straw paper were handed out, and more than 100 courtiers, facing the papers, began to search their intestines and scrape their stomachs...... Although there are inevitably mediocre talents, they are all hard to read and write a flowery article, which is not a problem at all.

It is His Majesty's request to be pragmatic and to have something to say, which is difficult to say, who knows what kind of article can move the emperor's heart and avoid a difficulty......

These people could only go all out, and by the way, they prayed for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and after half a day's work, they finally wrote the article, trembled, and handed it in.

In the afternoon, it was time for several examiners to read the papers.

Everyone sat around, and every roll had to be read in turn, Wei Renpu's eyes were sour, and tears flowed from his eyes. He calculated in his heart that there were more than 130 articles, and there were only a dozen of them that he could read!

He picked them out one by one, "What do you guys think?" ”

Wang Pu didn't speak, Li Gu's face was full of bitterness, he took these dozen articles in his hand, and after reading them one by one, "Wei Xianggong, although their talents are good, but the old man thinks they are ......" Li Gu straightened his waist and said sharply: "You can't tolerate adultery, all of them must be deposed!" ”