Chapter 82: A War of Words

Yang Yizhong is the descendant of the Yang family, which was unexpected by everyone and expected by Song Huizong. At the beginning, when Song Huizong saw Yang Yizhong's name, he felt that he was Yang Zhen's son, and when he saw his origin, he was even more sure of his guess. Now, after Song Huizong saw Yang Yizhong's appearance, he was almost ninety percent similar to Yang Zhen, and when he carved out a mold, he concluded that what he thought was right.

Zhao Gou served as the chief examiner of the martial arts exam, and Song Huizong just wanted him to have some experience. As for whether or not talents can be elected, it doesn't matter to Song Huizong. After all, the idea of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts in the Great Song Dynasty was deeply rooted, even in Song Huizong. However, after Song Huizong personally saw the test papers of the three of them, he suddenly became enlightened and felt that Zhao Gou's handling ability had really improved.

not only selected talents for the Great Song Dynasty, but also had some backgrounds. Liu Qi is the son of Liu Zhongwu and was born in Jiangmen; Yang Yizhong even saw it by Song Huizong, the descendants of the Yang family, a loyal and martyr's minister, and his heart was full of joy; Yue Fei is a disciple of Zhou Dong, a civil and military all-rounder, these three people are young and promising talents elected since Song Huizong took charge of the dynasty, and they can grow up to be independent in the future.

Song Huizong walked up to the dragon chair and said in a straight voice: "The palace exam is exempted, the talents of the three of you, I have already seen your test papers, and they are all outstanding." As for your martial arts, I know it. I exempted the three of them from the palace examination, and I approved the result, and the three of you listened to the seal. ”

Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Yang Yizhong hurriedly knelt on the ground, raised their eyebrows, and heard Song Huizong announce loudly: "Liu Qi is the champion of today's science and martial arts, and I have awarded you the Hanlin Academy to revise it, and the official residence is the sixth grade; Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong were awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing, and the official residence was from the sixth grade, and he took office on the same day. ”

Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Yang Yizhong hurriedly kowtowed and thanked them: "The ministers are grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" After the three of them received the order to thank them, Gao Yu slowly stepped out of the line and said respectfully.

Song Huizong replied: "I don't know what Aiqing has to play? ”

Gao Yu said: "Today's champion of science and martial arts, Tanhualang has gone through many tests, and he deserves his name, and the minister deeply agrees, and I believe that other colleagues will not object." However, the emperor gave him the Hanlin Academy to edit it, and the minister felt that there was something slightly wrong with this matter, and hoped that the emperor would take back his life. ”

Song Huizong said: "Oh, Aiqing thinks it's inappropriate, I don't know what's wrong?" ”

"Yue Fei is a civilian, who participated in the martial arts exam and won the position of the leader. Originally, there was nothing to blame, but Yue Fei committed a heinous crime in the third martial arts competition, but as the ambassador of the Privy Council in charge of the examination, he ignored the law and discipline and acted as a blessing. not only connived at Yue Fei's reckless behavior, but also abused lynching and detained Master Zhang in the prison. ”

"As a lieutenant, the minister should share his worries for the country and cut off the black sheep in the court. During the reign of Lord Zhang, he fulfilled his duties and was one of the examiners, just because he ordered Yue Fei to be arrested and collided with the king of Guangping County, he was arrested by the king of the county, dismissed from his official position, and put into prison, which is really bold. ”

In the third exam, Yue Fei relied on his martial arts to stab Xiao Liang Wang, who was also a candidate, to death. What is the identity of King Xiaoliang? He is a descendant of King Liang, and Taizu has made it clear that they will inherit the throne for generations. Yue Fei is a commoner, in front of everyone, openly killing the prince, is the following offense, it is a great rebellion, according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the following offenders, killing the prince should be beheaded. ”

"Today, the emperor granted Yue Fei the Hanlin Academy to edit and revis, from the six products. The minister was afraid that the minister would not be satisfied, and King Xiao Liang was the son of King Liang, stationed on the border, and had always been loyal to the country. If King Liang knew about the death of King Xiaoliang, he would inevitably have a gap with the imperial court, which would be unfavorable to the country; Xiaoliang Wang Gui was a thousand years old, but was stabbed to death by Yue Fei with a shot, not severely punished, but got an official position, I was afraid of chilling the heart of a thousand years old, and the ministers of the court and the central government discussed a lot, so the ministers thought that Yue Fei should not be awarded an official position, and he should launch the noon gate to behead the public to set an example. ”

Gao Yu's words are beautiful, and his words seem to reveal a trace of disappointment, and he seems to be selfless and stand on the righteousness of the country. Some officials who were close to Gao Yu also echoed the voice, demanding that Yue Fei be dealt with and beheaded at noon. Zong Ze, Liu Zhongwu and others remained silent, they all understood that this was Gao Yu's counterattack, but they didn't want to come so quickly, and openly refute Song Huizong's approach in the court, as long as Yue Fei was disposed of, then Zhao Gou's crime of abusing private power would be confirmed, and it would be a plan to kill two birds with one stone when the time came.

Song Huizong waved his hand, everyone stopped speaking, only to see his eyes look at Zhao Huan, and asked: "Huan'er, most of the ministers of the court and the central government think that Yue Fei should be beheaded, what do you think?" After all, you are also a prince, you can tell me, I want to hear your opinion. ”

Zhao Huan smiled bitterly, he already knew about Xiao Liang Wang's participation in the martial arts exam. After all, the two had contact, and it was Zhao Huan who made suggestions and secretly instructed him to bribe Zhang Bangchang and others. Song Huizong suddenly asked him to answer, he couldn't figure out what his father meant, and reluctantly smiled: "The son has no other ideas, everything is up to his father!" ”

"You are the eldest son of the emperor and the prince, you don't have any ideas at all, how can I rest assured that you will be in charge of the government!" Song Huizong glared at Zhao Heng angrily, then looked at Zhao Gou, and asked, "Gou'er, you are the chief examiner of the martial arts exam, and one of the parties involved, you will come together!" ”

"Erchen takes orders!" Zhao Gou respectfully agreed, then stepped forward and openly retorted: "Captain Gao's words are wrong! It is normal that Lord Taiwei is not on campus and does not know the truth. Today, he played his father again, and he was also loyal to the country, and he was a loyal minister! However, Lord Taiwei said a few things wrong! ”

Gao Yu snorted coldly: "Oh, then I have to listen to the high opinion of Lord Junwang!" ”

"First, when King Xiaoliang participated in the martial arts examination, he voluntarily gave up his title, which was just a cloth cloth. The laws of the Great Song Dynasty clearly stipulate that people with the title of knighthood in the court are not allowed to participate in the martial arts examination, and if they want to participate in the martial arts examination, they must have no official position. Before, Lord Taiwei said that King Xiaoliang had a noble status, how could he commit the following crimes, it was nothing. ”

"Second, the beginning of Wuju was to select talents for the Great Song Dynasty, and King Xiaoliang was willing to give up the title and wanted to compete for the position of Wu Zhuangyuan, so I had to approve it. However, King Xiaoliang was arrogant on the school field, had no royal law, and relied on his noble status, openly announced that he was the candidate for the champion of martial arts, and made things difficult for Yue Fei everywhere, and even made a life and death document, and decided to live and die in the third competition. Since the life and death documents are signed and drawn, then life and death do not matter, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, then King Xiaoliang was stabbed to death by Yue Fei, and his skills are not as good as others, and he is not good at learning and art, and he can't complain about others. ”

"Third, as one of the examiners, Lord Zhang received the emperor's favor, but he did not want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but also filled his own pockets, used his power for personal gain, openly protected King Xiaoliang, and acted for the tiger. I have repeatedly wanted to mutilate Yue Fei, and if I don't find out the truth in the case, I want to put people to death, disregard people's lives, and should be dismissed from office according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Gou spoke eloquently, calmly, and even Gao Yu was speechless. Moreover, Liu Qi and Yang Yizhong also spoke again, and said that if they didn't believe it, they could spread that everyone else could know the truth of the matter. Gao Yu saw that Liu Qi, Yang Yi and others all spoke to help Zhao Gou, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "It seems that I really underestimate this kid." ”

Seeing that his son was also involved, Liu Zhongwu refuted Gao Yu directly, standing beside Zhao Gou, and couldn't help frowning. He was worried that Gao Yu would send someone to secretly cheat after the incident, and it was really impossible to prevent it. In addition, Liu Zhongwu also supported the emperor's eldest son, Wang Zhao Heng, to take over the throne.

Liu Qi is on Zhao Gou's side, it doesn't matter whether he is intentional or not, what he says is the truth. If this goes on for a long time, there will really be a situation of father and son against each other at that time. Moreover, what Song Huizong said before also revealed the idea of wanting Zhao Heng to inherit the throne, which invisibly gave Zhao Heng a glimmer of hope, and the old ministers who supported the establishment of Zhao Gou as the crown prince according to the ancestral system were pleasantly surprised.

Zhao Gou confidently retorted the high ball, and the officials of the DPRK and China were probably afraid of the high ball, but he was not among them. After Zhao Gou and Gao Yu had a war of words, they submitted the life and death documents and the second written strategy of King Xiaoliang and Yue Fei. Song Huizong couldn't help frowning when he looked at King Xiaoliang's different literary brilliance before and after, and then looked at Yue Fei's very good literary brilliance from beginning to end, and couldn't help but nodded, and said, "Since the human and material evidence is there, then this matter will come to an end, and I will find out the truth before dealing with him." If someone is really found to be behind the ghost, no matter who it is, they will be beheaded at noon. ”