A small fire thrown in the mountains will only attract the curiosity of hares and squirrels, but if it is thrown into the granary, it may cause a fire, and Liang Dongyuan's paper is undoubtedly thrown into the powder magazine.

In the first seven days after entering the Shengjing Mansion, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no news at all, and the disheartened Liang Dongyuan didn't want to waste any more money, so he took care of his bags and left Beijing to return home.

However, less than thirty miles out of the city, he was caught up by two soap-colored officials wearing purple belts at their waists, and invited him to live in a courtyard at the foot of Shoushan.

Liang Dongyuan was worried in his heart, and vaguely knew that there might be a turning point in his imperial examination, and he couldn't help but regain a trace of expectation in his heart.

After arriving at the courtyard, an old man who looked like a clerk met Liang Dongyuan in the courtyard gatehouse.

The old man asked Liang Dongyuan to detail the things of the imperial examination a few days ago, and he would stop to ask questions where the details were not clear, and occasionally look down at the rolling paper in his hand - Liang Dongyuan recognized that it was the paper he handed over to Kyoto Prefecture Yin!

After 1510 explained the matter clearly, the old man nodded slightly, without any extra words, and waved his hand to let Liang Dongyuan leave.

In the next few days, a few young people lived in the courtyard, and several people gathered together to chat, it turned out that everyone was a student who consciously received unfair treatment in the imperial examination, and the plot was of different severity, so they all had more expectations for the next measures of the imperial court.

On the last day of August, when the sky was not yet bright, all the students were woken up from their dreams, freshened up, got into the carriage, and hurried in the direction of the capital, the carriage was sealed with black cloth all around, and they did not know where they were going, and the tolerance of the carriage did not say a word, and everyone nested in the dark carriage, and could not help but feel fear.

About an hour later, the carriage seemed to enter a certain mansion, and only stopped after a while, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the car, and then the students' eyes lit up, and they subconsciously squinted their eyes, and after getting used to the light, they found that there were several white-faced beardless men standing in front of them, squinting at everyone,

Everyone was at a loss in their hearts, and got out of the car after the tolerance signal, looking at the surrounding blue bricks and white tiles, carved eaves and beasts, and with the outfits of these people outside the car, the heart was shocked, it turned out that everyone was sent to the palace!

Among the few people outside the car, the leader was a white and chubby Danfeng-eyed middle-aged man, he frowned impatiently when he looked at everyone's shocked expressions, and said sharply to the other people behind him: "Take them to familiarize themselves with the etiquette in the palace, serve a bowl of Dingshen soup, and wait at the door of the Dingping Hall within an hour." ”

Several people were ordered to say yes, and they were all fathers-in-law in the palace when they heard the voices.

The white fat man turned his head again, smiled at Liang Dongyuan and said to everyone: " Ladies and gentlemen, our family name is Bai, just call me Bai Gonggong, today to invite a few people into the palace is mainly such a thing, Pei Xiang and the Department of Supervision cooperated to strictly investigate this year's imperial examination fraud case, there has been a preliminary result, to ask the saint in the court to decide, you are all important witnesses, so the concession into the palace, don't think too much about the court meeting, just report what you know according to the truth, our emperor is generous and kind, will make decisions for you, and then please wait next to me now, learn the etiquette in the palace, drink tea and calm the nerves. ”

The students were very excited when they heard the news, and it was not good to discuss it loudly in the palace, so they conveyed the joy in their hearts with their eyes.

Although Liang Dongyuan was also very excited, he was not as happy as others, because he knew that if the imperial examination lawsuit reached Ouchi, then it would mean that even if the perpetrators of the fraud could be brought to justice, the imperial court would not reopen the scientific examination in order to stabilize all parties, in other words, including several candidates at today's court meeting, none of the students who were treated unfairly in this scientific examination could gain fame, and they had to wait for the next imperial examination three years later.

Maybe Liang Dongyuan was calmer than other students, so he was arranged in the first narrative of the dynasty,

Liang Dongyuan walked slowly into the Anping Hall in a bachelor's shirt, facing the court members who stood opposite the civil and military officials, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and all he thought in his heart was the sentence of the Qi family steward, "Even if you use your article, it is also the honor of your ancestors."

In the next period of time, Liang Dongyuan told everything he had encountered before and after the imperial examination from beginning to end, without exaggeration or concealment, and his expression was calm as if he was telling other people's stories.

After listening to what Liang Dongyuan said, Renzong's face was gloomy, and after being silent for a long time,

The Ministry of Rites, who was trembling and almost fainted, submitted the examination papers of Qi Baichuan and Liang Dongyuan, and after a busy period of work, they reported to Renzong that they could only find Qi Baichuan's examination papers, and Liang Dongyuan's share was gone!

Even the dullest of these people know what's going on.

The emperor didn't say anything, but calmly listened to the statements of the remaining students one by one.

"Mo Zijian, how many years has it been since I handed over the Ministry of Rites to you?" Renzong asked the Ministry of Rites Shangshu with a slight tiredness.

"Your Majesty, it's been seven years. Mo Zijian knelt down slowly, and replied with a slight trembling, he had not heard Renzong call his real name so solemnly for a long time, or rather, since he became a scholar, no one dared to call him by his first name, some people are like this, once the surname is followed by an official, they forget who they are when they are called.

"Unload it, I remember that you are old, so I will not pursue it," Renzong closed his eyes and sighed, "Among you, how many people eat the king's Lu and despise the king's affairs, today's imperial examination really made me see it clearly, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and even the Ministry of Affairs, none of them are clean! You have tried your best to stuff people into this court, is it true that there will be no deaths in this court!"

The civil and military officials were silent, and no one felt silent, even Pei Yuanhou, who was standing at the top, bowed his head and silently pleaded guilty.

"Pei Xiang," Renzong said solemnly: "Two things are entrusted to you, and you and the Supervision Department jointly plan to deal with them, first, thoroughly investigate the case of fraud in this imperial examination, and the officials involved can be questioned regardless of the order! Second, all prefectures, counties, and counties have set up additional political divisions, allowing the people to enter the department to speak and do things, and if there is any injustice in the imperial court or official dereliction of duty, they can speak together in the department, and they are not guilty! Since I can't look at you with a pair of eyes and hundreds of eyes from the Supervision Department, then I will mobilize all the people in the world to open their eyes wide, and I also ask you to be diligent in self-examination in the future!"

"Obey!" Pei Yuanhou saluted and received the order, his expression was solemn and solemn, and the hands in his official robe were already clenched into fists excitedly.