Liu Yan was investigated for saying the wrong word, which made the other court ministers begin to become vigilant, and they were also very cautious when speaking, lest they be caught by Zhao Ziliang. www.biquge.info But in this matter, Zhao Ziliang was not arbitrary, he also consulted the princelings and the eunuchs, both of whom expressed their support for the audit, and the prime minister's faction also cited many reasons for opposing it, but they were all rejected one by one, so Zhao Ziliang was not collectively boycotted by the courtiers.

In this matter, Zhao Ziliang united the princelings and eunuchs in the court without a trace to stab the prime minister's faction, and the effect of this knife is to be the result of the audit, and the result of the audit depends on whether the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history of the

Zhao Ziliang doesn't know much about Wu Zhen, but the trouble of finding officials can only be carried out by Yushitai, and Wu Zheng is also the only person who can be used by Yushitai at present, judging from his depressed situation, Zhao Ziliang believes that Wu Zheng should not be a person from these three forces, otherwise he would not be so confused.

"Okay, now let's continue with the matter of the imperial examination that Master Li Kui raised just now, Lord Li Kuo, how much does it cost for the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the imperial examination?"

Li Kuo stood up and arched his hand: "The preliminary estimate is that it will take 50,000 yuan!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "It takes so much money to hold a imperial examination?" Where is all this money spent? ”

Li Kuo began to count the items of expenditure that needed to be spent: "It will take about 12,000 yuan to repair the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy, 3,000 yuan to purchase seats and other equipment in the examination room, and 5,000 yuan to send people to post a post to announce that it will take 5,000 yuan to tell the world; The chief examiner, the deputy examiners and other invigilators all need to issue invigilation subsidies, especially for the examiner and several deputy examiners, the marking and polishing fee needs 20,000 yuan! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "There is no need to announce the world, most of the candidates are in the capital and outside the capital, send a team of officials to beat gongs and drums in the streets and alleys of the city and the surrounding villages outside the city, and post posting notices at the gates of each city!" The start of the exam is set in half a month, if the students who have returned to their hometowns are too late to rush over, it doesn't matter, there will be another spring festival in March next year, this should be written on the list! Does it cost so much money to pay the appearance fee for the examiner and a few sub-examiners? ”

Li Kuo corrected: "King, it's a pen fee, not an appearance fee!" It's a routine! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "No matter what the fee is for this king!" Anyway, the cost is too high, are they here to proctor or to get money? In this king's opinion, this practice is very bad, who is in charge of the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner? Is the matter of the writing fee for the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner only known in the officialdom, or do the students and the common people know? ”

Li Kuo said bluntly: "The imperial examination is generally divided into regular subjects and system subjects, and the regular department refers to the regular examination called the regular department, and the temporary holding of the emperor's decree is called the system department. At the beginning, the regular department was presided over by the Ministry of Rites examiner Wailang, and later changed to the Ministry of Rites to preside over the waiter, and this time it has passed the time of the autumn season, if the king decides to open the department, it is generally held by the prime minister and the ministers of the ministry! The matter of collecting pen fees is generally only known in the officialdom, but not by students and ordinary people!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at the ministers, his eyes fell on the prince, and asked, "Your Royal Highness the prince, are you short of money?" ”

Li Shi didn't turn around for a while, and said under Zhao Ziliang's gaze: "How can I say this, although this palace is not short of money to spend, it will not be too much money!" If there is more money, of course Hongu will be happy! ”

"Then you're telling the truth! This shows that people's greed is endless, and if everyone continues to be greedy without restraint, can the world be peaceful? Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are very, very rich among the people in the world, and you are not satisfied with your current wealth, so what about the others? What about ordinary people who eat bran all day long? They are not short of money, but they are very short of money, they have to work hard every day for food and clothing, but you don't need to worry about this, prince! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang asked Yuan Zai again: "Lord Yuan, are you short of money?" ”

Yuan Zai was much more cunning, he said: "The lower officials are not short of money, it is enough!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Li Kuo again: "Lord Li, are you short of money?" ”

Li Kuo replied: "It is not enough to be above and more than to be below!" The old minister is not short of money."

Next, Zhao Ziliang asked some other ministers, basically saying that there was no shortage of money and enough, Zhao Ziliang felt uncomfortable, knocked on the table and asked: "All the adults are not short of money, they all say that it is enough, but why do you charge a pen fee for serving as the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner in the imperial examination?" Did the Ministry of Rites shoehorn this money on you, or did you ask for it yourself? Is it that if the Ministry of Rites does not give you a pen fee, you will not be the main examination and deputy chief examiner, or will you not be the main examination and deputy chief examiner, and this imperial examination will not be conducted? ”

The ministers were all red-faced by Zhao Ziliang, the ministers of the ministries and prime ministers are the deputy chief examiners and the chief examiners to collect the pen fee is something that everyone knows, and this practice does not know when it started, anyway, every time the imperial examination will be held, they will receive the pen fee from the Ministry of Rites when they are the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner, to be honest, they really don't care about this money, but someone sends money over, only a fool will not accept it, anyway, everyone else collects it, isn't it unsociable if you don't accept it?

Zhao Ziliang pointed at Li Kuo and asked, "Master Li, you say, if you don't pay the pen fee, you won't be able to carry out the imperial examination?" ”

"Well······ Of course not, it's just that it's a convention! Li Yu hesitated and said.

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "Convention? This king thinks it's used to collecting money, right? Otherwise, how can it be called a convention? As far as this king knows, in the past, the main examination and deputy chief examination of the imperial examination were selected by the emperor, which was originally official business, what is official business? It's what you should be responsible for, you have already received the salary of the imperial court, but you still have to collect money to do it! Since it is not that the imperial examination cannot be carried out without a pen polishing fee, then Lord Li, can your Ministry of Rites not pay a pen polishing fee this year? ”

Li Kuai looked left and right, and glanced at Prime Minister Yuan Zai and the others, but he didn't find any other hints on their faces, so he had to answer stubbornly: "Yes!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to the ministers: "Now it is the regent of this king, and the main examination and deputy chief examiner of the imperial examination will be appointed by this king. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if this king makes a decision to be one of the deputy examiners, will you have to charge a pen fee to do it? ”

Li Shi sneered and said: "Since the regent doesn't charge a pen fee, how can the palace collect a pen fee?" ”

"Then it's decided! This time, the pen fee will be canceled, this king will be the main examiner, the prince will be one of the deputy examiners, and the Ministry of Rites will be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Master Li Kuo, you will be the other deputy chief examiner, but there is no pen fee, because the king is not ready to let the Ministry of Rites pay this money! After the end of the court, the Ministry of Rites should quickly start preparing for the imperial examination, and start the examination on time in half a month! The expenses required to prepare for the imperial examination are owed first, and before the official opening of the examination, the king will ask the household department to allocate 30,000 yuan to the account of the Ministry of Rites, and then you will return the arrears to the material merchants and relevant public officials! Lord Li Kuo, if the Ministry of Rites doesn't handle this matter well within half a month, this king will take you under the knife! ”

Li Kuan didn't dare not agree: "Yes, the lower officials obey the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the other ministers: "This king is here to ring a warning bell for you, now it is not as good as before, the emperor used to you, many court officials occupy the pit and do not, do not do their best to do things, get by, or are afraid of making mistakes and do not act, this king can tell you very responsibly, this kind of day will be gone forever, as long as the king is regent, there will never be any officials in the court who are messing around, inactive, and lazy government!" The imperial historians of the Imperial Historical Observatory must take action, keep an eye on the officials and generals of the various ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and dare to boldly impeach those who have these unhealthy tendencies, do not be afraid, this is your duty, you are here to impeach unhealthy tendencies, violations of law and discipline, law enforcement, and rectification of discipline, if you dare not impeach, then do you still have to exist? Don't live up to your title of Imperial History! Don't let down the responsibilities and missions entrusted to you by the emperor, this king and the people of the Tang Dynasty! ”

In the imperial history, Cheng Wu Yan stood up and arched his hand: "All the officials of the imperial history platform of the minister and the emperor expressed their stance to the regent, and they must keep in mind the king's admonition!" ”

"Good! Do you have any other military and political affairs to play? Zhao Ziliang looked at the ministers and asked.

Guo Ziyi stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King Qiyu, Geshu Yao's department has been trapped in Xiangyang for more than two months, the rebel Li Zhongchen's department is becoming more and more rampant, the top priority is to transfer troops to relieve the siege of Xiangyang and quell Li Zhongchen's rebellion, the minister suggested that the nearest troops should be transferred nearby, and now the closest to Xiangyang is Liang Chongyi's department of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu stationed in Dengzhou, if Liang Chongyi's department can be mobilized from Dengzhou to the south, the siege of Xiangyang will be solved, and after the siege of Xiangyang is contacted, then try to pacify Li Zhongchen's rebellion. It's just that the imperial court has sent an edict, but Liang Chongyi has not moved after receiving the invitation! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Who is this Liang Chongyi?" How is it that this king has never heard of it? ”

Guo Ziyi said: "This Liang Chongyi is the subordinate general under the command of General Lai Yao!" This ······ When the general was demoted to Banchuan on the way to death, his army was once dispersed, and his subordinate general Liang Chongyi supported the army and stood on his own, and succeeded him as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, but the imperial court still recognized his official position and sent officials to send an edict! ”

Yuan Zai snorted coldly: "Hmph, this Liang Chongyi is only afraid that he has long held a grudge against the imperial court for giving death to Laiyao, otherwise how could he have not moved for two months after receiving the edict?" ”

Yan Zhenqing said to Zhao Ziliang: "This should be true, the minister has a friend in Xiangyang, when Liang Chongyi in order to gather the army to win the hearts of the army, he once said to the generals that my marshal came to the public to make great contributions to the country, but the emperor listened to the eunuchs, gave my marshal to death, and also killed my marshal, if I Liang Chongyi does not avenge this revenge oath not to be a person, the officers and men in the army heard these words, so they all returned to their hearts!" ”