"Or, when the results of the township test come out, we will send someone to ...... those high-level poor candidates" The speaker made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Everyone looked at him in surprise, but no one nodded in agreement.

The people of the Boling Cui clan snorted coldly and scolded: "Originally, the people hated you and me, if you brutalize the candidates, don't say that the court does not agree, I am afraid that without inciting, the people will be able to gather, tear down our ancestral hall, and dig up our ancestral grave." ”

The man was so frightened that he retracted his neck and did not dare to speak again.

At this moment, the people of the Li clan of Zhao County made a suggestion: "Now the people are all looking forward to the champion Houma, and the spearhead is pointing at us?" So why don't we take this opportunity to find the emperor to comment? Are we not the people? Why put us in opposition to the people? ”

Well???

Yes!

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, that's right! When did our thousand-year-old family fight with the people? We are also the people, and we have been helping the people.

So, after some discussion, everyone elected two eloquent people, Cui Yandao and Zheng Retro, to enter the palace together to complain.

"Your Majesty, someone has come to sue Lord Hou." The chamberlain Lao Gao reported.

Li Er frowned slightly, and said in his heart how many years has this been, who dares to provoke Xiao Rui, a bad star?

"Which ones? Could it be that the donations made them unable to sit still? ”

Lao Gao nodded: "I heard that they had a secret discussion, and then they sent two people to complain." ”

"What's the name?"

"It is said that Hou Ye was accused of deliberately inciting the people and maliciously suppressing them."

Li Er smiled, "They have no other way, and they start to bite indiscriminately." Okay, let them in, and I'll hear what they're messing around. ”

After a while, the two were let in.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have been wronged. Champion Hou Xiaorui, bullying others, inciting the people to hate our family, such evil deeds have seriously damaged our reputation, please Your Majesty to call the shots for us! ”

……

Li Er's expression was not sad or happy, and he even raised his hand in a kind tone: "Two Aiqing, please get up, if you have any grievances, I will make the decision for you." ”

The two got up and organized their language, and Zheng Gugu said: "Your Majesty, a few months ago, the champion Hou Xiaorui threatened to challenge us in the next imperial examination, I think you know about it. ”

Li Er nodded: "Of course." Xiao Rui, this kid is young and vigorous, I heard that your thousand-year-old family has been inherited for a long time, and I want to see the mountains, although my tone is a little bigger, but my courage is commendable. Let him see the world. ”

Zheng Retro hurriedly said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, if it was a simple examination room competition, it would be fine, but in the preliminary examination not long ago, the people cultivated by the champion Hou did not have good grades and were brushed off half." Therefore he was so angry that he threw ten thousand dollars of gold, claiming that there would be brave men under the heavy reward, and that he would sponsor all the children of the common people, one hundred taels each. ”

"If anyone finally makes the list, then he claims to be his champion Hou's protégé, and this behavior is ......"

Li Er groaned: "Aiqing is saying that Xiao Rui cheated in this move?" Well! It's really inappropriate, if you want to compete, you can really teach a group of talents to fight, so that the means of spending money to buy it will be done some, and it will not be a martial victory! ”

Burst......

Is this just cheating?

Cui Yandao next to him said: "Your Majesty, if it's a simple competition, it's nothing, we, the scholarly families, have been inherited for many years, so we won't be afraid of those greedy villains." ”

"But the champion should not incite the people to hate us. What do you say that for so many years in the imperial examination, every time the children of the family have been on the list, ordinary children of poor families have never been on the list at all, let alone become officials. He also said that the reason why the people have been poor coolies for generations is because we have controlled the scientific examination and prevented the children of ordinary people from being on the list. ”

"Your Majesty, this is slander! Deliberately splashing dirty water and destroying our reputation. ”

Zheng Gugu echoed: "Yes, he wants to make the people hate us and make us the public enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Li Er was surprised: "There is such a thing? I have also heard about the donation, but I have only heard that many candidates are poor and need to plough the fields to support their families while taking time to study and prepare for the exam. That's why there is a matter of funding, I haven't heard of anything else, are the two Aiqing too careful? ”

Cui Yandao said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, you sent someone to visit, now almost all the people are scolding us nobles, not like this in the past, when did our group of people misunderstand the people here?" ”

Li Er sighed: "Aiqing, is there such a thing?" It is said that there is no wind and no waves, and there must be a basis for him to splash dirty water. You ......"

Cui Yandao patted his chest loudly and said: "Your Majesty, you can not trust your subordinates, but you can't distrust the scientific expedition, over the years, which time has it not been carried out according to Your Majesty's will?" ”

"Yes, it is true that our children are on the list more every time we take a scientific examination, but that is because our children have studied since childhood, and their foundation is better than that of ordinary people, and they have learned from hard work for many years."

"They can doubt our character, but they can't doubt the fairness of Your Majesty, you and the imperial court, you are all the people of the Tang Dynasty, and you can't help us."

Zheng Retro echoed: "Yes, so this is not slander, what is it?" Not only slander us, but also slander the injustice of the court and the injustice of Your Majesty! ”

Li Er listened quietly, did not make a statement in a hurry, but beckoned to Lao Gao, "Go check and ask if there is any recent twist and turn?" Especially the Goshidai's. ”

Lao Gao understood, and after a while, he brought a stack of new folds.

Li Er slowly flipped through the book, and after a while, he put down the fold and asked with a sigh: "Two Aiqing, except for what you just said, I believe in your strength and the fairness of the imperial court. But you see, so many twists and turns are all for the people to sue you for suppressing the cold door. ”

"There is also this book, which says that almost half of the people of Chang'an have donated money to support the champion Hou Xiaorui to win against you. And the people's saying is that it is not for the personal grudge of the champion, but to win against you and defeat the injustice of your control of the imperial examination. Hehe...... How do you explain this? ”

Cui Yandao knelt down with a thud, "Wronged, Your Majesty!" Although we are nobles, we are also from the common people. It's just a few more family studies. We have never done anything to suppress the people and the poor. ”

"Since the Han Dynasty, how many prime ministers have been produced in the past dynasties of my Cui family, and the ministers themselves can't remember clearly. Which is not the pillar of the country, for the country, for the people and for the world, painstakingly and painstakingly. What they do is the merit of sheltering the people from the wind and rain. ”

"However, the people are ignorant, they only know how to listen to Xiao Rui's incitement, and turn to hate us......"

"Please let Your Majesty call the shots for us!"

Please let Your Majesty call the shots for us!

Zheng Retro next to him also knelt down.

Li Er sneered in his heart, the people are ignorant? The people are not foolish. Who is good to them and who is bad to them, they know in their hearts. You have never looked up to the people, and now you still have the face to say that you are also a member of the people? Phew! Shameless enough.

I once heard a little story told by Xiao Rui: said that the pig would never know, and the person who killed him in the end was the same person who fed him three meals a day.

In your eyes, the people are not as good as pigs, right?