Chapter Seventy-Eight: Money Takes Money

The third son's last exhortation made his heart ripple again, he thought carefully about the second son's words, it was reasonable, and the eldest son was thinking too simple? Or does he have something else in mind? Emperor Xiyuan was angry with his eldest son when he thought of this, and almost misled the country for personal gain. Flash Dance

Is the meaning of the second son just to oppose because of opposition? He did not hesitate to refute his eldest son, asking for a strict investigation, whether there was another purpose?

The third son's performance was decent, and it seemed that he was just dedicated to the country, which made Emperor Xiyuan feel a little comforted.

This case can't be investigated by the eldest son, the second son seems to have a purpose, and it is best not to let him investigate, and the third son is the most suitable to preside over the investigation of this matter.

It is not easy to be an emperor, there is no family affection in the heavenly family, and his own son must be suspected by him, and he must also guard against it, and he has thought a lot about it for a while.

Emperor Xiyuan secretly analyzed the entanglement of this matter, he glanced at Xia Yiyu, and said, "Yu'er, this matter will be handed over to you to handle, you must investigate it in detail, no matter who is involved, it must be severely punished, just be fair and strict!" Don't implicate the innocent! ”

"Father, the son is absolutely willing to share the worries for his father, but the matter of the son of the minister's money is really inseparable, the son is afraid that he will not have time to investigate in detail, I am afraid that he will miss this matter, please let the second emperor brother take over the investigation, after all, it was the second emperor brother who took the lead in proposing to strictly investigate this matter."

Xia Yiyu was really startled when he heard that his father asked him to check, Yu Fei let him watch the play, he quickly pointed the finger at the second prince who wanted to sing, don't let others get the errand.

The second prince heard that his father was handed over to the third brother to investigate, he was very anxious, the original plan was to wait for him to be ready, and he personally revealed it to his father tomorrow, and the father must be handed over to him to handle, who knew that this would go wrong, the official servant would find the clues, disrupting his plan, if he didn't handle this matter, the rest of the things would be difficult to carry out, when he heard the third brother recommend him to investigate, he climbed up the pole and stood up to ask for his life. Flash Dance

"Father, leave this matter to the son, and the son will definitely handle it selflessly and impartially!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, and I will work with Dali Temple to investigate."

Emperor Xiyuan was not displeased after being rejected by the third son, and it was okay to hand it over to the second son to investigate, he wanted to see what the second son would do, anyway, things would not get out of his control.

Emperor Xiyuan wants to sharpen his son, and the court will let them participate in large and small political affairs, laying the foundation for the successor to be selected in the future.

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It is said that those who bought the exam questions will have a good score in the review exam, and these people will definitely not spread the matter, but the rumors have gone viral.

In a dilapidated inn near the Gongyuan, where all the poor scholars lived, there were six people living in one room, and they were talking about selling exam questions.

"Nowadays, scientific research is useless without money." A man waved his arms indignantly and shouted, which meant that he blamed himself for not having the money to buy the question.

"What Brother Nian said is that the exam questions for sale are physical evidence now, and we must let the court give an explanation, and we must retake the exam."

What this person said is definitely the voice of most people who know that they have not done well in the exam, and they want to take this opportunity to retake the exam.

"Let's go and ask for an explanation!"

When they came to the street, they saw that the streets were full of people holding torches and lanterns who were also full of righteous indignation, and there were many people who surrounded the scholars to see the excitement, and they were all talking, and the discussion spread more and more, and in less than an hour, the whole Chang'an had already known, and public opinion in Chang'an City was boiling.

All the scholars were inexplicably sad and indignant, and the crowd was angry and wandered in groups on the street, wantonly scolding, some scholars carried the clay statue of the God of Wealth to join the procession, and some scholars wrote a couplet and pasted it on the bamboo pole and held it high.

"Everything is inferior, only the money is high" and "only the money is taken"

Things have developed to this point that it is impossible to conceal, Emperor Xiyuan has already known all this, these scholars are so bold, the scholars are not carrying the statue of Confucius but the statue of the God of Wealth, and the couplet satirizes and smears the court How rampant, this kind of thing is unheard of, how to talk about the prosperity of literature? Emperor Xiyuan now hates people who dare to engage in favoritism, and the ceremony of the dynasty should also act recklessly.

Emperor Xiyuan was furious in his heart at this moment, pointed at Xiao Jian, and said, "Xiao Jian, immediately order the soldiers and horses of the five cities to lead the troops to suppress it!" ”

Xiao Jian felt that this was inappropriate, and he didn't dare to persuade Emperor Xiyuan, who was furious at the moment, this kind of anger was something that Xiao Jian had never seen in more than 40 years, so he could only take the order and leave.

"Come back, I will make a decree, read it out, and let those scholars disperse!"

Emperor Xiyuan quickly recovered his reason from the rage, if he really sent troops to suppress it, this matter will be passed on to future generations after a hundred years, and become a negative handout to spur future kings, now these scholars are angry, they can only appease them with good words, and they can no longer stimulate them to arouse the anger of the people, and now he even complains about Xiao Jian, blame this old guy why he didn't persuade him.

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The second prince went out of the palace and began to act resolutely, he first sent people to arrest those who sold exam questions, in fact, those people were arranged by Zhuang Jing, and he already knew where they were, but in order to make a show, let people arrest the shopkeepers of major restaurants back and torture them, he did not go in person, but went to the most crowded place on the street, and his father handed over the case to him, and he thought that this was also his duty.

A carriage with hundreds of escorts walked slowly on the periphery of the crowd, and the second prince kept a close eye on the outside from the window of the car, watching the crowd that gathered more and more after hearing the news, the situation had expanded, but the second prince still felt that it was not sensational enough.

The carriage finally stopped at the outskirts of the densest crowd, alarming everyone present, the second prince got off the carriage and saw this grand scene, and he was very impressed by Zhuang Jing in his heart, such a sensational scene was a big trouble for the rulers, and it was a big help for the second prince.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted, "There are officers and soldiers coming."

A man in his forties suggested, "Are there officers and soldiers coming?" Why don't they all disperse? ”

Many soldiers were frightened when they saw the officers and soldiers, and when they heard this, they all retreated, and they shrank inward one after another.

"What are you afraid of? Don't hold back, just because you're afraid that they won't come, just find them to theorize! A young scholar came out of the crowd, walked up to the second prince, bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said, "I don't know who this lord is?" ”

The second prince actually bowed to him and smiled gently, "Hehe! I am the second prince of today! ”

When the young scholar heard this, he hurriedly saluted again, and said with sincere fear, "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, the student is polite, but His Highness is here to make decisions for us?" ”

The second prince had a signature smile on his face, and his tone was kind, and he said, "Hehe, don't dare to be the master, fellow students, this matter is indeed strange, the emperor has ordered me to investigate this case, I will definitely deal with it impartially and give you an explanation!" Trust me. You will disperse first, you are all scholars, and this act is like Sven! ”

The words of the second prince's exhortation must be said, but it is only to make trouble with the crowd and insult the holy doctrine as insulting, and it has also relieved many burdens in the hearts of these scholars, so that they will not die too early, and at least let him delay for a while.