Chapter 320 Life is like a drama, it depends entirely on acting skills
The tribute court was smashed by the juren, and the examiner was beaten by the juren. The news spread throughout Linxi City within half an hour. Most of the people in the capital were not concerned about their own affairs.
As for those who were still in Beijing and who were not involved in the trouble, they could not hold back at this time. They wrote down their words of resistance with white cloth dipped in chicken blood, and then 20 or 30 people walked around the streets of Beijing to demonstrate.
Everyone knows that the examiner sold tribute tribute and was stabbed. Some people were skeptical, but when they saw the juren demonstrating without caring about danger, they believed it.
He Changxu was beaten to death, but endured the severe pain all over his body, and still allowed someone to carry himself back home, and then began to write a trembling comment.
But his hands were trembling, and his words were so crooked that he could not see anyone. In the end, he could only find a ghostwriter and dictate himself, and wrote down all the stories, his own painful experiences and the examiners. The words were sad and miserable, and the people who saw them couldn't help but burst into tears.
Of course, his memorial was not sent directly to the palace, but to Wenyuan Pavilion first. When he was wrapped in bandages on his head, his nose was blue and swollen, and he limped to see Qiu Wanao, the latter almost didn't recognize him.
He Changxu immediately knelt down and cried, "Sir, you have to make the decision for us." He first explained the incident roughly, and then said angrily: "These juren are so hateful. If you don't kill them, it will be hard for the officials to swallow their hatred."
As the cabinet assistant, Qiu Wanao had already had the power to make decisions in the court, and the three departments of the six ministries, including the rituals and households, were only the other departments. As for the other three departments, except for the Wu Shu of the Ministry of Justice, who only listened to the emperor's orders, the other two departments also listened to Xin Zhongqiao.
However, recently, An Bao from the Ministry of War was beheaded for bribing the court ministers. Xu Zhao, the former left assistant minister of the Ministry of War. After Xu Zhao was promoted by the emperor, he no longer listened to Xin Zhongqiao.
In fact, Qiu Wanao had already become alert in his heart. He knew that the little emperor was attacking Xin Zhongqiao, but he was polite and obedient, and the officials were obsessed with his orders. He was naturally not afraid, so he was happy to see Xin Zhongqiao lose power.
But what he didn't expect was that something happened to the Ministry of Rites this time. As the organizer of the examination, the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites is very serious. If the matter of trouble making trouble at the moment is not suppressed, the Ministry of Rites will definitely not be able to bear it, and it will be a huge loss for him.
Although Qiu Wanao couldn't believe that this matter had anything to do with Zhuang Yan, he felt a little irritated. Moreover, the same examiner was also the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of the Cabinet. He pondered for a while before he pondered: "How did the news leak?"
He Changxu first paused and quickly expressed his innocence: "Sir, I have clearly understood that the officials had handled this matter very well. I would blame Sun Laishi for being a fool. He said that he was misled and was heard by a juren who failed the exam, so that such a thing happened."
Qiu Wanao's face became even colder, "If something happens, you are the Minister of Rites. Is there nothing you can do?"
He Changxu saw the viciousness on Qiu Wanao's face, and understood the meaning, and quickly said: "The person was too chaotic before and was difficult to do it. Don't worry, sir, the person who took the lead in causing trouble has been arrested and went to Jingzhao Mansion. Anyway, they can't escape, so the official knows what to do."
"Hmph---a thing that is not promising." Qiu Wanao cursed in anger and waved his hand: "Get out of here, if you can't clean up this mess, don't sit in your position as the Secretary."
He Changxu was so scared that he was sweating in cold sweat. He didn't care that his forehead was already hurt, and he kowtowed on the ground, "Don't worry, sir, I will clean up this time."
He got up and was about to retreat, but suddenly a servant ran in outside and preached: "Master, you are coming from the palace and saying that the emperor is urgently summoning you, please go over and discuss matters quickly, and you cannot delay for a moment."
Qiu Wanao frowned. At this time, he was urgently summoned, and it must have nothing to do with the juren causing trouble.
He Changxu was anxious: "Sir, why did the one in the palace get the news so quickly?" Logically, if there was a memorial to be submitted, they would be sent to Wenyuan Pavilion, that is, they had to go through Qiu Wanao's hands, so why did the emperor get the news first?
Qiu Wanao's eyes showed a few gloomy colors: "The little emperor is much more capable than you think. Let's go and go with me to Zhenghe Palace. Since I have made an urgent call, I must have summoned all the ministers, and you can just present your love in front of the emperor."
He Changxu thought about it and felt that he was injured and looked half a life. After seeing it, the emperor still didn't believe what he said, so he immediately followed Qiu Wanao to Zhenghe Palace.
Wenyuan Pavilion is not too far from Zhenghe Palace. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at Zhenghe Palace, which was much earlier than other ministers. As soon as He Changxu entered the hall, he couldn't help crying, walked up to him tremblingly and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for the old minister."
He was also anxious to express his grievances, so he knelt down and began to complain: "As the organizer and examiner of this conference, the old minister believed that he was law-abiding, strict in self-discipline, and self-cultivation, in order to give all the candidates a good image.
Unexpectedly, these juren were inappropriate and did not go home to work hard after failing the exam. However, the rumors that they heard from somewhere gathered to cause trouble and beat the old ministers and the examiners to death.
The emperor, the old ministers are not willing to die, but they are pitiful for the scholars in the world. If they really put their minds into studying, they would not be like this today.
Now when the court is using people, we need to recruit talents and recruit talents, but these people not only do not want to make progress, but also take odd steps to gain a future with despicable means. The emperor, the old minister pleads that these troublemakers must be severely punished, otherwise they will give scholars all over the world a bad example, which may lead more people to go on a wrong path."
"Did Lord Shangshu mean the matter of the examiner selling quotas for tributes?" Liao Weizhang, who had been standing in the corner, suddenly walked to the center and said loudly.
He Changxu thought there was no one else in the hall, so he was too anxious and didn't even pay attention to it when he entered the door. At this time, he was shocked when he heard Liao Weizhang stand up and speak. He was already shocked. In addition, this matter had a lot to do with his Ministry of Rites. At first, he heard this so scared that he almost fell to the ground.
He tried hard to calm his mind and snorted: "Mr. Liao was so ecstatic that he could not stand in this hall without saying a word."
Liao Weizhang didn't care, and he said: "What Lord Shangshu said is very true. Juren gained a future through despicable means and dared to spend money to buy tribute scholars. This kind of behavior is shameful."
Seeing that he had twisted his words, He Changxu quickly explained to Zhuang Yan: "Emperor, Jingzhao Yin was bewitched. What the old minister said was that those juren who failed the exam did not go home to study hard, but went to the Gongyuan to cause trouble, trying to reverse the ending that had been a foregone conclusion. Such behavior is shameful."
Zhuang Yan asked seriously: "In this way, is the fact that the examiner sells tribute scholars actually a false idea?"
Chapter completed!