April 20 is the last day of the civil service examination. This day is not only an extraordinary day for the students who participated, but also for the people of Shengtian.

Of the ten people in the palace examination, eight of them came from the Taiyuan Civil Service Examination, and four of them came from Jinju Academy, and they participated in the palace examination with the top 20 results in Jinju.

And one of them, but when the Son of Heaven was assessing, he answered the question that was not asked, and the words he said did not match the preamble, where is the appearance of a person?

When Emperor Tianlong saw that this person was ranked thirteenth in the Jinju Civil Official Examination, Long Yan was furious for a moment and threw out a few questions again. The student didn't know what to ask, and his idiot appearance completely annoyed Emperor Tianlong.

The hundred officials who accompanied him also looked frightened to death, knowing that this Jinju would try, I was afraid that someone would cheat.

The examiners who took the exam were all trembling and drenched in cold sweat, especially the relevant officials of the Ministry of Rites, who were almost about to faint to death in shock.

The civil service will be so strict, how can there be such a thing of favoritism and fraud?

Emperor Tianlong immediately pointed the finger at the Ministry of Rites, who was more than half a hundred years old, trembling, and repeatedly assured that there were no mistakes in the Ministry of Rites, and there would never be any leakage of test questions.

But the facts are here, where is there room for him to argue? The fact that he did not leak the question does not mean that other officials have not leaked the question.

Pulling a hair and moving the whole body, one person had an accident, Emperor Tianlong immediately ordered the hundred people who participated in the palace examination to retake the exam, I don't know if I don't take the exam, I was shocked by the exam, six of the hundred people were actually problematic, and four of them were from Jinju Academy.

There was an uproar in the Jinluan Palace, and Emperor Tianlong immediately ordered all the officials of the Ministry of Rites to be imprisoned, and recalled Yunqi to send Wang Yan to Beijing.

Hua Xiyan was writing a letter to Wang Qi in the boudoir when he got the smile, and he was not half surprised when he heard Feng Tao's message. Some previous days were too peaceful, and the East Window incident was here.

"The Jinzhou test was presided over by Yun Qi, and looking at the emperor's attitude towards the Ministry of Rites, I guess this matter will not be resigned." Hua Xiyan's pen kept talking, not salty or light.

Wang Huan also rushed over when he heard the wind, and the first sentence after coming in was: "Second sister has a countermeasure?" ”

Several people in the Wang family have unconsciously regarded Huaxiyan as their backbone, and their first thought is to ask Huaxiyan if there is anything.

This time the matter is mainly in Jinzhou Academy, if Wang Yan is not careful, he will be connected and lose his life, how can he, as a younger brother, not be in a hurry?

"Second brother, don't be impatient." Hua Xiyan said, stopped the pen, dried the letterhead ink in his hand, handed it to Feng Tao, and whispered, "Send it to Beirong." ”

Wang Huan felt that he really couldn't understand Hua Xiyan's thoughts. hurriedly asked: "Looking at the emperor's aggressive attitude, I'm afraid that this matter is really bad." Big Brother ......"

Hua Xiyan pressed Wang Huan to the chair in the room, stared at him with a pair of quiet and cold bright eyes without blinking, and spoke for a while: "Second brother, what do you think of Jinzhou Academy compared to Guozijian?" ”

Wang Huan was stunned and did not speak.

"We all know that. The two are comparable, but there are more powerful children in the country. Hua Xiyan's voice was very soft, with a touch of calmness that saw through the world, "What kind of place is the academy?" In the place where talents are cultivated and civil officials are cultivated, every year, six or seven new officials in the DPRK and China are from Jinju Academy, which is also the reason why the children of the Wang family are not successful. ”

Some of the words stopped immediately, Wang Huan was naturally not stupid, and the meaning of Huaxiyan was instantly clear. With such a piece of fat in the hands of the Wang family, Emperor Tianlong couldn't sit still.

"The eldest brother has abandoned the high-ranking officials and the fame and fortune, and now there is only such a Jinzhou Academy left, and the emperor still wants to take it back, heh......" Wang Huan sneered and spoke, his tone was full of helplessness about the desolation of the world.

The significance of Jinju Academy to Wang Yan is not ordinary, it is not only his career, but also the place where he and Lu Yuan met.

"Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant. The Wang family's forbearance over the years is still benevolent and righteous, and I won't let anything happen to the academy. Hua Xiyan opened his mouth lightly, and there was undoubted firmness in his tone.

Wang Huan's eyes lit up, knowing that Hua Xiyan had a countermeasure, and hurriedly spoke: "What can my sister do?" ”

"This matter happened suddenly, if you think about it carefully, there is definitely a problem with the Ministry of Rites, maybe there is also a problem within Jinzhou Academy, as long as it is investigated, it is not difficult to give the emperor an explanation."

Wang Huan didn't know what Hua Xiyan said, but sighed: "I'm afraid that after we find out, it's already too late." ”

It is not that there is no fraud in the history of the Holy Heaven, and after the incident, all the people involved were dealt with cleanly and cleanly, and they were not indiscriminate at all, but they kept suppressing and suppressing with thunderous means, and slaughtering and slaughtering the people involved. Therefore, every time there is fraud, it will be a tragedy with rivers of blood. Even if the people of later generations mentioned it, their faces changed drastically, and they were secretive.

"There will be time." Hua Xiyan hooked his lips and chuckled, "As long as something bigger happens, Emperor Tianlong will have no time to care about here." ”

Wang Huan frowned: "Is there anything bigger than the civil official meeting?" ”

"Of course." Hua Xiyan raised her eyebrows, and her confident attitude added countless bright breaths to her whole person, and she was incomparably beautiful. There was a faint smoke on his delicate face, and the incomparable confidence of holding all the living phenomena in the world in his hands made Wang Huan look at it and be fascinated.

Two days later, an urgent military report from the north sent to the Jinluan Palace, which was gloomy due to the fraud case.

"Bastard!" Emperor Tianlong patted the armrest of the dragon chair, and an uncontrollable majestic anger burst out of the old man's eyes, "Wasn't it all good news a few days ago?" Why is the frontier suddenly in an emergency? ”

The next ministers all looked trembling, and they didn't dare to look at the extremely angry Ninety-Five Venerable. They also wanted to know, how could Li Yao and Li Xuan, the two victorious generals, send out such a military report of urgency on the frontier?

"Doesn't it mean that due to the snow disaster, Beijung is in short supply? How could a large-scale offensive suddenly be launched? Emperor Tianlong threw the military information in his hand on the ground paved with gold bricks, and his angry voice almost shook the huge and magnificent Jinluan Hall a few times.

The civil and military officials immediately knelt down in fear, and shouted in their mouths: "The emperor is angry!" ”

"Give me a good look at the report!" The Emperor slapped the armrest again and roared.

The emperor's anger this time was even worse than the civil official meeting two days ago, and the civil and military officials did not dare to slack off, picked up the military newspaper and began to circulate it.

A person came out of the column of hundreds of officials, and arched his hand to Emperor Tianlong: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word." ”

Emperor Tianlong saw that it was Yu Shi An Gaozhi, and said in a deep voice: "Accurate!" ”

An Gaozhi bowed to Emperor Tianlong again, and said: "This time, my Shengtian against Beirong, has been going on for a long time, and it was only because the second prince of Beirong went to the battlefield to add a little reversal to the situation, and it has always been my Shengtian who has the upper hand. As the emperor said, Beirong suffered a disaster due to the wind and snow a year ago, and there was not enough food, grass and horses, but now it is forcing me to retreat on the Holy Heaven Festival. Ministers are brave, Beirong has the supply of grain and grass support! ”

This remark was undoubtedly like a bomb, which stirred up a lot of waves in the hearts of hundreds of officials, and the right minister Wen Yuan immediately stepped forward: "Bold An Gaozhi, he actually said such a rebellious remark to shake people's hearts!" ”

Before An Gaozhi could speak, Xiao Tianyou, the left minister, took a step forward and said to Wen Yuan: "Shake people's hearts? Lord An just said that someone provided food and grass supplies to Beirong, but did not say that this person came from the Holy Heaven, how could it shake people's hearts? Or does the right not believe enough in my holy people? ”

Wen Yuan sneered: "Xiling and my Shengtian have a better relationship, how can they provide supplies to Beirong?" It's better not to speculate! ”

"Isn't the right prime minister guessing in the Wang family now?" Xiao Tianyou said unashamedly, "What's going on, my emperor has his own holy judgment." Before Lord An's words were finished, the right minister interrupted, don't you feel that you are overstepping? ”

Wen Yuan pursed his lips, waiting for Xiao Tianyou fiercely, and was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Emperor Tianlong: "Okay!" What else does An Aiqing have to say, say it together! ”

An Gaozhi bowed three times and stood up straight, full of Ling Ran's righteous spirit and bones: "The minister just received the news that a few days ago, a batch of unknown goods was shipped out of Shengtian to the north, and the minister had no time to send someone to find out what this batch of goods was." Please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to find out, and the minister dares to guess that this batch of goods is a batch of grain and grass supplies! ”

It is precisely because of the supplies that Beirong has the strength to launch a large-scale attack, and at the same time, because there are not many supplies available, Beirong has to fight quickly, so the offensive is extremely strong, and even Li Yao and Li Yan are a little irresistible, so there is this retreat.

"Check! Investigate the sentence according to the procurator! If you find the relevant personnel, you can directly arrest and return to Beijing! ”

"Your Majesty, the envoy has gone to Taiyuan to pick up Wang Yan."

"Dali Siqing go check!" Emperor Tianlong's face sank, and he ordered again.

"Your Majesty, Dali Siqing is reviewing the personnel of the Ministry of Rites." An Yushi then prayed.

"Yun Wei!"

"Yun Shilang is now in the prison of the Criminal Department!" An Yushi didn't care about Emperor Tianlong's face, and spoke again.

Emperor Tianlong's chest rose and fell violently, pointed at An Yushi, and spit out two words: "You go!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will leave tomorrow to invite Yun Gongzi back to Beijing."

Emperor Tianlong was almost trembling with anger, looking at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces below, he couldn't say half a word for a long time.

Daring to transport things to Beirong is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. And this matter is too big for a low-ranking official to be sent at all. And high-ranking officials are all children of families or have nepotism. The few names he just said were the few who were innocent and had no family background.

For a time, Emperor Tianlong actually had a sense of desolation that no one was available for the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

"Your Majesty, there is one of the ministers who recommends you." An Yushi spoke again when Emperor Tianlong was about to attack.

"Say." Emperor Tianlong's face was extremely unkind, thinking about why you didn't say it earlier!

An Yushi glanced at Wen Yuan, and his slight movements did not attract anyone's attention, but Wen Yuan felt an unusual meaning from that glance.

"The third son of the Wen family, Wen Qing!"