There are a total of eight students in the palace examination, and Gu Jingcheng is the first Jinshi, so he stands at the front with the top three.

He stood in the middle, dressed in an indigo robe, which stood out among all the students.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, and he saw Gu Jingcheng in the crowd at a glance.

Gu Jingcheng's name was a name that the emperor had heard a long time ago.

Whether it is the Fucheng County Order, or the first assistant Lin Eucalyptus, who is now hot in the court, and Shangguan Rui, who has already become a leader, they all praise Gu Jingcheng.

The county lord who made a fuss in the capital last time was also related to this champion.

At that time, the emperor was still curious about what kind of Zhilan Yushu looked like to make the lord of Xingyue, who was accustomed to seeing the noble sons of the family, do such irrational things?

Now I can see clearly, it is indeed a good look.

The emperor glanced at Gu Jingcheng for a few moments, then withdrew his gaze and began to ask.

"Everyone, what is the sin of those who ought to be reinstated and not given, and those who deserve to be given, and those who are petty servants?"

The emperor glanced at the students below, and then fixed his gaze on Gu Jingcheng: "Gu Zhuangyuan, what do you think?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." Gu Jingcheng took a step forward, he bent down with his hands in fists and saluted.

"This case is recorded in our court's "Shu Yi", and there was such an incident 30 years ago, when the national dynasty did not exempt the peasant households who should be exempted from forced labor, but exempted the peasant households who needed to serve as forced labor, or let them serve as chauffeurs and miscellaneous envoys and other smaller forced labor."

"Later, on this matter, the judgment plan given by the first emperor was to increase the penalty for the privilege of reducing forced labor by the way to increase the sentence by two years, and the punishment for letting him serve small forced labor was to degrade fifty.

After Gu Jingcheng finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall stagnated.

The emperor squinted at Gu Jingcheng, and then lightly buckled his index finger on the armrest of the dragon chair: "So, in your eyes, is the law of the Chinese Dynasty strict?" ”

When everyone heard the emperor ask this, their faces changed.

The bolder ones dared to look up, and the less timid ones lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Naturally, it is better if the law is strict." Gu Jingcheng said, "There are no rules, there is no circle, there are constraints to become a talent, this is an eternal truth, breaking the law is breaking the law, strict laws are more conducive to Your Majesty's rule of subjects, so that the subjects of the world will be attentive to Your Majesty." ”

"The first function of the law is in teaching."

The moral standard of the law deters sin by the threat of punishment. Although the law cannot change people's hearts, it can restrain lawlessness through the threat of judgment. ”

After Gu Jingcheng finished saying all his thoughts, he bent down again and saluted the emperor.

He was born in a poor family, came from the common people, understood the suffering of the people and the struggle at the bottom, saw the darkness of the world, and of course knew the importance of the law.

When everyone heard what he said, they all looked up at Jingcheng in surprise.

The emperor also did not hide his admiration for Gu Jingcheng.

Then the emperor asked Bangyan and Tanhua a few more questions, and then asked Gu Jingcheng to go to the imperial study to answer.

There were also Lin Yu and Shangguan Rui waiting together in the imperial study, and the emperor happily sat them down, and then took out the information about Gu Jingcheng from the recital that had been prepared for him to see.

"The Fucheng County Order has written many times about last year's disaster, and your name has been mentioned in it every time, saying that you have made a lot of contributions to the disaster in Fucheng, and you should be a scholar who is powerless, but you can take the lead in protecting the people."

"I originally wanted to reward you when I first heard about it, and after discussing with Shoufu later, I still want to wait for your imperial examination results to come out before making a decision, and now that you live up to the title of the gold list, it's time for me to reward you, I don't know what reward you want?"

The emperor looked at Gu Jingcheng with concern, there are not many champions in their twenties who have been established for so many years, and they really care about the people and are completely for the country and the people, so there are even fewer.

This time, the emperor plans to let Gu Jingcheng go to the Hanlin Academy to boil his qualifications, and after a few years, he will let him go to the local office, and if he has political achievements, he can be transferred back to the Sixth Ministry, if everything is as he expected, Gu Jingcheng will be angry, then entering the cabinet is just around the corner.

The emperor admired Gu Jingcheng, and Lin Yu and Shangguan Rui were also happy.

After all, Gu Jingcheng has been in the capital for so long, and he can be regarded as having a relationship with the two of them.

To be able to hold a new upstart in the DPRK and China, it is still favored by the emperor, this is a talent that cannot be found.

"Thank you for your majesty's appreciation, the minister is willing to do his best for the country and the people, and he wants nothing more for loyalty in his life, but if his majesty really wants to reward the minister, the minister hopes that his majesty can return justice to his wife."

Gu Jingcheng knelt on the ground and begged the emperor, his words were loud, and he didn't feel ashamed at all because he was asking for his wife now.

"Justice?" The Emperor wondered, "Such a good opportunity, do you want me to use it on your wife, and not for yourself?" ”

Lin Yu and Shangguan Rui didn't expect Gu Jingcheng to mention Su Niangzi at this time.

As a result, their gaze on Jing Cheng changed instantly.

Although in their eyes, Mrs. Su is also a respectable person, but in the end she is just a woman, so on such an important occasion, why waste this opportunity for a woman?

Both of them hated iron in their eyes, and the emperor also sank his face.

But Gu Jingcheng didn't seem to see it, and handed the things he had prepared one by one to the eunuch next to him, and asked the eunuch to show it to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, if the minister has to win the champion in this life, and has such an honor to see the face of the sky, then I don't know what chance there will be to be appreciated by Your Majesty in the future, and Your Majesty, the minister is just one of the many living beings, but for the minister, Your Majesty is the only person who can return justice to the minister and the minister's wife."

Since Gu Jingcheng has decided to do this, he has no worries: "Liu Lu, the nephew of the Marquis of Dingxi, is the one who wants to sue the minister for this matter." ”

Gu Jingcheng was in the imperial study, the emperor of the dynasty, the first assistant of the dynasty, and the former prince and young master of the national chao, and completely sued Liu Lu, the nephew of the Marquis of Dingxi.

Every foolish thing Liu Lu has done over the years, he bullied men and women, disregarded people's lives, and everything was extremely disgusting.

And when he counted them, he did not know how many laws he had broken.

If it weren't for the fact that he had an uncle who was the Xihou, if it weren't for the fact that he was born noble and a noble son from a noble family, how could he be so fearless at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the capital who had been tyrannical for many years?

The emperor was originally angry because Gu Jingcheng, the champion he had finally looked down on, was indulging in love and love.

Then he listened carefully to what Gu Jingcheng said, but he didn't expect that the things that made him angry were still behind.

(End of chapter)