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Wen Mingli said stiffly: "Even if someone really allows you to be a Jinshi, you are not an official!" ”

Wen Yantao, who was lying on the ground, wailed, "Let the storm come more violently...... That's it for me anyway. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info'

Who knew that Uncle Ni came prepared, took out a cowhide bag from his arms, poured it on the ground, and then dropped a white strip, grabbed a handful and said: "Lord Qingtian, I didn't say nonsense, this is the note of our two transfers at that time, you look at it, there are his signatures on it." ”

Wen Mingli sighed in his heart, knowing that he couldn't hide it, he quickly knelt down and said, "That's the second uncle who asked me to help, I don't know anything." ”

Wen Yantao laughed miserably and said: "Yes, I was too busy at the time, so I asked Mingli to help accept it, he really didn't know." After speaking, he pouted his butt and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister is obsessed with ghosts, and he owes a huge amount of gambling debts to others, so he wants to make some money through Dabi." My eldest brother and nephew didn't know about it at all......"

Emperor Zhaowu slapped the armrest and snorted coldly: "Is it really you who did it?" ”

Wen Yantao kowtowed and said: "It is indeed the crime of one person, and it has nothing to do with others." ”

Emperor Zhaowu naturally wanted to reprimand him angrily, saying something like 'dog daring' and 'ghost obsessed' to suit the situation. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Wei Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

"As far as Wei Chen knows, what Wen Yantao said is true, Xiangye should not know about it, and he is innocent. Although Senator Wen was deceived, he really accepted the bribe, and he is considered an accomplice, and he should be punished to a certain extent, otherwise it is not enough to show the fairness of my "Great Qin Law". He knew that Emperor Zhaowu would not be satisfied with just disposing of one Wen Yantao, so he dedicated Wen Mingli's ass again.

But Emperor Zhaowu obviously wanted more, and his narrow eyes flickered: "Such a big thing, can he Wen Yantao handle it alone?" ”

Wen Yanbo was annoyed for a while, Lao Tzu has sacrificed his younger brother and son, are you still not satisfied? Do you think that my old text is a soft persimmon that you can pinch? Just about to have a seizure, he heard Emperor Zhaowu say faintly: "I'm afraid that the officials of the Ministry of Rites are also to blame, right?" ”

"It turns out that he wants the Ministry of Rites to ......" Wen Yanbo forcibly suppressed his anger, he knew that Emperor Zhaowu had another half-account book in his hand, if he made a fuss...... His old fish is dead, and Emperor Zhaowu's broken net can still be repaired.

Therefore, seeing that Emperor Zhaowu did not rush to kill everything, he actually swallowed this mouthful of spit, and thought in his heart that the night before the accident, his wife said, 'The old man and the prime minister can support the boat in his belly', and he finally believed that his belly was not ordinarily large.

Seeing that although Prime Minister Wen's face was gloomy like water, he always pursed his lips and said silently, Wei Zhengyi sighed in his heart and said: "It is difficult for the adults of the Ministry of Rites to clear their suspicions, and Weichen suggests that he should be suspended from his position first, and then the Criminal Department and Dali Temple will be investigated as a separate case. ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded and said softly, "What does Xiangye want?" ”

Wen Yanbo sneered silently and said lightly: "Yes." The two attendants of the Ministry of Rites knelt on the ground and shouted that they had been wronged, but they were dragged out of the main hall by the golden-armored warriors...... The roaring court is going to eat the board. The two poor squires were taken captive from their official positions and sent to prison for no apparent reason, and they had no future at all.

When the main hall was quiet, Emperor Zhaowu glanced at Koji Yanwu and said with a smile: "Koji Aiqing, the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to you, I believe that with Wen Yantao's experience, you will not disappoint me." ”

Lu Yanwu hurriedly came out and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Longen, Weichen will definitely take this as a warning, bow to the end, and die!" ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded and smiled: "You get up, seeing that Dabi is imminent, there is such a big mess in the Ministry of Rites, and your task is very heavy." "This position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was promised to Ko Yanwu a long time ago, although he tried his best, but he did not break his promise, and the joy in Emperor Zhaowu's heart was not to mention, so he said generously: "Your two waiters are still empty, go back and think about any good candidates, recommend them." ”

Lu Yanwu thanked him and retreated, and Emperor Zhaowu lowered his face and said coldly: "Wei Zhengyi, what do you say these two uncles and nephews should do?" ”

Wei Zhengyi pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Although Wen Mingli participated in this big case, he was a first-time offender and didn't know it, so he was sentenced to forty rods and two years. ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded and asked in a deep voice, "What about Wen Yantao?" ”

Looking at Wen Yanbo, Wei Zhengyi swallowed and foamed: "Dabi." "The so-called Dabi is the death penalty, and there are five types of death according to the degree of bloodiness from low to high: hanging, beheading, abandonment of the city, killing, and Ling Chi.

"It's too general......," Emperor Zhaowu said unhappily.

"Hanging." Wei Zhengyi saw that Wen Yantao had fainted in fright, and hurriedly added: "But Wen Yantao is a third-class marquis, as long as it is not a felony of rebellion, he can resist according to the law." It should be changed to eighty rods and three thousand miles of exile. ”

Emperor Zhaowu said with a gloomy face: "Cheaper his dog's life......" snorted coldly: "What does the Prime Minister think?" ”

Wen Yanbo seemed to be ten years old, and after a long time, he nodded slowly: "Thank you...... Your Majesty ...... pity, "Li Hun over there also looked very ugly, but he didn't say a word.

Seeing that Wen's uncle and nephew were all taken down, Emperor Zhaowu was very happy in his heart, but his face was still not salty and indifferent: "You ministers should learn a lesson from this incident and take it as a warning." "The ministers only agreed, and as for whether they could hear their hearts, they didn't dare to guarantee the vote.

After giving instructions to the ministers, Emperor Zhaowu turned to the ten scholars who were listening, and asked with a smile, "Are you satisfied with such a result?" ”

The ten people hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, we are very satisfied, but there is a small request, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said: "When you speak, although you are listening, how can you not say a word." ”

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Shang De, who was kneeling in the front row, said solemnly: "When I go back, I will do my best to persuade you to be the same year, but I am afraid that people will speak lightly and miss Your Majesty's important affairs!" ”

Emperor Zhaowu had already noticed that this yellow-skinned scholar was faintly the leader of the ten, so he naturally looked up to him, and smiled gently: "So what? ”

"I ask Your Majesty to appoint an adult who is trusted by our scholars to supervise the entire imperial examination process, so that the same year outside can rest assured." Shang De re-kowtows.

Emperor Zhaowu pondered for a moment before he smiled and said, "Reasonable, you have to choose a proctor you like," he said, pointing to Qin Lei on the side of the imperial stairs and said, "What do you think of him?" ”

When the scholars saw that it was the Fifth Highness, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "The prince is benevolent, righteous, just, and selfless, and he is the model of our scholars, and it is the most suitable." ”

Qin Lei said shyly: "Actually, I'm not that good. ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "The supervisor of this Spring Festival will be Yutian. He looked at the hundreds of officials under the ranks, and gave orders with great joy in his heart: "The promotion officer is usually served by the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." "Daqin's extensiveness is also reflected in the imperial examination, the invigilator is the chief examiner, and the promotion officer is the chief examiner, it's so simple.

If it is placed in the previous generation, it is much more complicated, a spring festival to arrange a chief examiner, three deputy examiners, two invigilators, and eighteen room examiners, as for the promotion, supervision, search, acceptance of the file, sealing, transcription, reading and other officials, there are countless officials. And there is also an invigilator who is outside the entire system - that is, Qin Lei's current position - directly monitors the entire examination process on behalf of the emperor, unlike now, where the chief examiner is shoulder-to-shoulder.

Of course, this change from complicated to simple is not unrelated to the decline in the fairness of the imperial examination -- the fewer the invigilators and the simpler the invigilation procedure, the easier it is to cheat.

Seeing that the two of them were going to take up all the good things, Li Hun finally couldn't help but say loudly: "Your Majesty, the knowledge of the Fifth Highness seems to be half a catty and eight taels with the old minister, can this level be the main exam?" This was to the point, causing the civil officials to nod secretly.

Emperor Zhaowu gently stroked the armrest of the dragon chair with his right hand, and said with a smile: "This main exam needs to focus on morality, as for learning, Yutian is a little worse," he smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter, I will find a well-educated person as a deputy examiner to make up for this." As for today's arrangement, he has obviously been carefully considered, so that he can be prepared and unprepared, and naturally he will be invincible.

Li Hun had nothing to say at this time, so he had to shut his mouth in a daze. Seeing that no one was out of class to report again, Emperor Zhaowu said in a deep voice: "Ministers, I want to tell you something," swept the audience with contemptuous eyes, and sneered: "In fact, there are still half of the account books submitted by the scholars. ”

After speaking, he took out the account book from his sleeve, the thickness was several times that of the previous one, and he flipped it over casually: "The time span of this book is a bit long, from the early years of Zhaowu to the fifteenth year of Zhaowu......" The hearts of the officials who had just put down suddenly rose, except for a few heads of ministries and courtyards, most of them were Jinshi at this time, and their hearts couldn't help but be cold, and they secretly shouted: 'Is it really going to break the net?' ’

Seeing that there was a gloomy cloud in the court, Emperor Zhaowu was very happy in his heart, but his face was still cold: "Many of you may not think so, thinking that the law does not blame the public, and Daqin will not be able to play without you, so he still has luck, right?" ”

This emperor, who has always shown his forbearance, finally took advantage of Qin Lei's painstaking efforts to create an advantage to exude bursts of majesty - his words of punishment were like sharp arrows, stabbing the officials sweating profusely and bowing their heads and kneeling on the ground.

Laughing mockingly, Emperor Zhaowu got up and said, "Your calculation is not wrong, my Great Qin can't do without you now," Before the officials could come to their senses, he changed his words again and said coldly: "But maybe in the future!" ”

With a wave of his hand, the old eunuch Zhuo Yan held an iron box, and Emperor Zhaowu threw the half of the account book into the iron box, locked the iron box in front of the ministers, and then sealed it with a yellow seal, and finally used a red pen to draw it, which was considered to have completed the sealing ceremony.

The hundred officials looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Emperor Zhaowu's gourd, until the Zhu pen was hooked, and he heard him say in a deep voice: "I swear to the Heavenly Father, the ancestors and the ancestors: Today, the son of the son Yuan Fu will seal the account book for three years. As long as I, the officials of Daqin, can change their minds, reform themselves, abide by the law, and fulfill their duties. Three years later, the box will be thrown into the furnace untouched, and it will be all innocent. If you still don't repent, we'll settle them all in three years. ”

After speaking, he asked sharply, "Did you hear clearly?" The voice echoed in the hall, and it became even louder. By his repeated rubbing, the hundred officials have long lost their fighting spirit at the beginning - people are most afraid of having no hope, and once they have hope, they can even easily give up everything they originally insisted on and seize it. I saw that the buttocks of the hundred officials were pouted high, and he said sincerely: "Your Majesty Xie is magnanimous, we will definitely change our minds, reform our ways, abide by the law, and fulfill our duties...... I actually recited the sixteen-character mantra of Emperor Zhaowu on the spot.

"Retreat." After Baiguan Mountain shouted long live, the satisfied Emperor Zhaowu flew away.

Seeing that the emperor was gone, Li Hun spat out viciously and said in a rough voice: "Let's go too!" Then he left the hall with a group of aggrieved men. It wasn't until he got on the horse that Li Erhe, who had never had a chance to speak, finally spoke: "Why do I think we have been tricked? ”

Li Qing also agreed: "I found that our family's advantage is still in military strength. "This is said tactfully, the implication is that we are fighting and grinding our mouths, we are tied together, and we can't play one of the emperor, Qin Lei, and Wen Yanbo.

Hearing the two children comment like this, Li snorted angrily, so frightened that the two hurriedly kept their distance from him, and apologized with anxiety: "We just said, if you don't like it, you will treat us as a fart, but don't take it to heart." ”

Unusually depressed, Li Hun said: "Our Li family's grasp of conspiracy and intrigue is almost a problem...... Especially when Mr. Yin is not present. Saying that, the two black eyes looked down vigorously and said: "Regret, if you listen to Mr. Yin, calm down, and wait for them to finish the play before going on, how can they fall to such a point where they are so empty-handed?" "The incident of the Jingshan camp last time, coupled with the breaking of the mechanism array, made Mr. Yin's prestige plummet, and even the analysis and planning of him began to question.

In fact, whether it was the Jingshan camp or the destruction of the mechanism array, it was all because of one person-Mr. Guigu Le Buyier, and Mr. Yin was just a disciple of Mr. Shenji who was as famous as Le Buyi, and it was normal to lose to him. But there is no place to reason about this matter, although the ghost is full of spirit, but the level is actually very high, Mr. Yin had to swallow these two stinky and hard bitter fruits, and at the same time, he was still muttering in his heart: 'Who is so annoying?' ’

Seeing that the old man didn't beat people as usual, Li Qing and Li Erhe were happy, but they didn't forget to comfort them repeatedly: "Didn't Mr. Yin say that in the face of absolute power, no conspiracy and trickery will work." Let's train our troops well, and when we take down the marshal of the forbidden army in the spring of next year, even if they have a conspiracy to fart, what use can they have? "Anyway, this uncle and nephew are completely competing with 'fart'.

Li Hun finally laughed when he was talked, patted the two of them on the shoulders fiercely, and laughed loudly: "Yes, it's my fault that I didn't listen to Mr. Yin this time," and pointed to the west and said: "Let's go, go home and apologize to Mr. Yin, and then ask for an idea." The two of them squeezed their eyes with a smile and said secretly: 'The old man is so coaxing.'

Seeing the three members of the Li family disappear, Wen Yanbo, who was standing on the railing in front of His Majesty, was a little jealous, and only then did he withdraw his gaze until he couldn't see the traces of the three of them at all. Although there were a lot of officials standing around him, a strong loneliness that he had never felt before was still irresistibly attacking his heart.

"The old man wants to be quiet." His gaze swept over the crowd and he hissed. After expressing concern and comfort with different expressions of expression, the officials receded like a tide...... It's all morning, and everyone hasn't had breakfast yet, so why bother to accompany an old man with yellow flowers tomorrow for a walk in the forbidden palace.

Since His Majesty swore to heaven that he would not pursue it, it must not be investigated, which gave the hundred officials a chance to stand up again.

On the long Qingyun Road, the prime minister of Daqin walked alone, his back was a little sluggish, and his figure was a little rickety. Stroking the white marble railing engraved with years, Wen Yanbo remembered that one day thirty-three years ago, he stepped on this Qingyun Road and entered the Xuanzheng Hall for the first time and participated in the palace examination of the first emperor. Then his career was really smooth, and it took only fifteen years to become the prime minister of a country, and his power was overwhelming.

Eighteen years later, he is going down this green cloud road again...... His honor, status, self-esteem, faith, prestige, and even his brother and son, everything was left in the hall behind him, and he left alone.

Standing alone and hanging from each other, although he is still the prime minister.