Turbulent Times Chapter 207: The Royal Gate Incident

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Fang Qiao hurriedly pushed forward, he ranked thirty-fourth in the Ritual Examination, which was relatively higher.

Entering the palace from the south gate, the examinees were led straight to Guanwen Hall by the envoy of the pavilion gate. Surrounded by imperial guards and guards. The censor was watching beside him, and no one dared to do any disrespectful behavior, nor did they dare to look up. Each looked at the road under their feet, stared at the heels of the person in front, and walked forward quickly.

All the way to the Guanwen Hall, the palace Shaole echoes from the Guanwen Hall. Emperor Yang Jian has not yet arrived, but the examiners of this subject have already waited in the hall in advance, including Wang Junlin, the chief supervisor.

Under the supervision and guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, two hundred tribute students formed a square formation in the center of the Guanwen Hall, and the first three were the top three in the Ministry of Rites examination.

Several clean whips sounded, and the music stopped. Under the order of the ceremonial officer, all the examiners and candidates without exception knelt down and waited quietly for the arrival of the emperor. Wang Junlin's eyes were like lightning, and he stopped on the thirteen poor students After a while, she gave Fang Qiao a slight nod as a greeting, which made Fang Qiao more and more sure that it was Qin Anhou's credit that he and others were able to go to high school.

After Fang Qiao and Wang Junlin looked at each other, he didn't dare to look any further. In the silent hall, he lowered his head and studied the paving bricks on the ground of the hall. Although the bricks are fired, they have a dark metallic luster. No wonder there are rumors that gold bricks are used to pave the ground in the palace.

If it was the Han Dynasty, the hall was covered with floors, and slippers were required to enter the hall. But after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the etiquette in the Northern Zhou Dynasty had already begun to change. Up to now, it is already possible to walk on the hall in boots.

A series of footsteps finally came from the front.

It's not noisy, it's neat, it starts quietly, and ends quietly.

Then the ceremony official gave orders with his throat hanging, half-chanting and half-singing.

Kneel three times and knock nine times.

To today's emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, the emperor who nominally ruled over hundreds of millions of people, bowed down.

While worshiping together, you can look at the characters in the temple. But it was a little far away, and the light was very dim, so I couldn't see what Yang Jian who was invited to sit on the imperial couch looked like.

Just standing on the lower side of the emperor's side, there are three other people, namely Gao Ying, Zhou Chengyan and Wang Junlin.

After a series of etiquettes that have been taught by the etiquette officer in advance, the candidates can finally take their seats. Under the guidance of the servants, each cup of tea is already in place.

Then the exam questions written by Yang Jian himself came out.

'The ancient king of Ming, he listened to the virtuous and listened to him, chose the good and made him. The law is not enough to act, just change it; people are not enough to know, just do it... If you keep your position, you will be safe; if you manage money, you will be rich; From now on, the barbarians will be ruled, the above-mentioned rule will make the sun, moon and stars get their order, and the following rule will make the birds, beasts and vegetation get their nature... Zi and Dafu each take what they have heard and say it for me... do not hide what they have seen. ’

Yang Jian wrote hundreds of words in the examination questions, which essentially consisted of one sentence: You can speak out boldly about local administrative deficiencies.

Obviously, Yang Jian came up with this question after careful consideration. Although there is nothing surprising about it, it is a proper question.

Wang Junlin stood behind Yang Jian, secretly counting the time, and found that almost all the candidates were a little nervous, and many of them kept taking deep breaths, trying to calm down the tension and excitement of meeting the emperor for the first time and completing the policy in front of the emperor. Feeling.

Soon everyone had already written and began to write vigorously. Yang Jian walked slowly in the hall, Gao Ying, Wang Junlin and Zhou Chengyan followed behind.

Seeing the Son of Heaven approaching, when candidates want to stand up and salute, they will be stopped by Yang Jian. He came to see the candidates taking the exam, not to disturb the exam.

Yang Jian's eyes flicked over each paper, as long as there was a statement on it that caught his eye, Yang Jian would stop for a while and write down the name of the candidate.

But from the front to the back, and from the back to the front, Yang Jian didn't find many papers that could make him stumble, and his face couldn't help but look a little ugly. These aristocratic families cannot send some people with real talents.

At this time, Yang Jian walked up to Fang Qiao, who was focusing on writing without distraction.

Yang Jian didn't want to disturb Fang Qiao's writing, so he just wanted to take a look and leave. But when his eyes fell on the test paper, he couldn't move his feet. Standing for a long time, I read the finished part twice from the beginning to the end, then slowly nodded again, turned to Gao Ying, Wang Junlin and Zhou Chengyan and said in a cold voice: "Finally, I found one that can still do it." Look at the past."

Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan hurriedly called themselves "ministers dereliction of duty", while Wang Junlin followed behind without saying a word, with an inexplicable expression.

The submission speed of the palace examination is much faster than that of the Ministry of Rites. No matter what, no one dares to let the emperor wait until after the third watch.

The palace examination always starts early and ends early.

In the afternoon, Yang Jian had returned to the apse to rest, and the last candidate finally handed in his test paper.

Next, it was the work of marking and correcting papers, but Yang Jian didn't want to hand over this work to Gao Ying and Zhou Chengyan.

Just before Yang Jian could think of a good candidate, the old **** Du Luoge, the chief commander of the Hou government, came to report that someone was secretly colluding with the scholars in the capital who had failed in the exam, with the intention of causing trouble.

Yang Jian was shocked. He just ordered Du Luoge to quickly investigate the matter. Zhao Shuliang, the commander of the palace guards in charge of the palace guards, rushed over again. He reported to Yang Jian that thousands of scholars had gathered at the south gate of the imperial city. Outside, he sat still and handed over the Wanyan book.

Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the government, and the poor have not fought against the rich, but under Wang Junlin's overall planning, under the joint efforts of the old intelligence organization Nighthawk inherited from the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the newly established ghost eye intelligence organization, the history of the Huaxia Dynasty The first sit-in event in the past, which mainly focused on poor families and complained about injustice to the court and the emperor, was successfully held. This is destined to be an event recorded in history.

The so-called "Wan Yan Shu" is actually the evidence of favoritism and fraud in the autumn imperial examination by the main examiner Gao Ying, deputy examiner Zhou Chengyan, and chief supervisor Wang Junlin.

More than a thousand people sat in front of the gate of the imperial city. All kinds of gowns were dressed up by scholars. Everyone held a book of ten thousand words in their hands. Under the leadership, they recited the contents of the Wanyan book over and over again in unison, each with solemn faces and solemn expressions.

During the past dynasties, this kind of thing has never happened. From the emperor Yang Jian, down to the civil and military officials, the palace guards guarding the palace gate, and hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, everyone was stunned and surprised.

After Yang Jian read the Wanyan book, he was so angry that he smashed everything around him.

The commander of the palace guard Zhao Shuliang didn't know how to deal with the current situation, so he had to order soldiers to surround more than a thousand low-income scholars and separate them from the more and more people in the capital who gathered to watch the excitement.

The gate of the imperial city was opened, and "Xu Jingzong" had already arrived at the gate of the city. He was fearless in the face of swords, spears, swords and halberds. He handed over the Wanyan book that he had spread a long time ago to the palace guards and asked them to present it to the palace guards. The emperor then returned to sit among the scholars and knelt at the front, continuing to read aloud the content of favoritism and fraud in the Wanyan book.

In Guanwen Hall of the Imperial Palace, the palace examination has just ended. Wang Junlin, Gao Ying, and Zhou Chengyan are resting in the inner hall, waiting for His Majesty to arrange errands. Two hundred high school candidates are enjoying the meals provided by the palace while waiting for the results of the palace examination.

Gao Ying and Yang Jian got the news that the humble scholar was sitting in front of the imperial gate almost at the same time, and even Du Luoge got a copy of Wanyan Book and handed it to Gao Ying at the first time.

After Gao Ying saw it, her body trembled, her face flushed, she stood up abruptly, turned to look at Wang Junlin, she wanted to say something with an unbelievable face, but just as she opened her mouth, a mouthful of blood spewed out, and then her body staggered , Passed out directly.

Zhou Chengyan was shocked when he saw this scene, he ignored how the servant next to him rescued Gao Ying, took the Wanyan book from Gao Ying's hand and looked at it, his face turned pale, and he fell to the ground.

Wang Junlin glanced at the two of them, and went directly to see Emperor Yang Jian.

As far as Wang Junlin knows, the previous school tides in the history of China did not have good results. In the Song Dynasty, when the style of writing was the most prosperous, the student leader Chen Dong did not get the desired results, let alone the letter on the bus behind.

The rulers would not accept such coercive opinions, let alone the Sui Dynasty, where the ranks of nobles and commoners were the most distinct.

There are more and more poor scholars in front of the south gate of the imperial city. Scholars who get news or get ten thousand words of books rush over with indignation. With a solemn expression, the peddler's cries were much quieter, and even the unobstructed ranger lowered his voice.

The square in front of the gate of the imperial city is already crowded with people. The problem of the Chinese nation’s love of spectating has already existed in the Sui Dynasty. People came from all directions, blocking the roads in all directions. What do ordinary scholars want to do? They don’t know the significance of what these scholars are doing. They are even trying to fight for the interests of the common people to some extent. Loudly selling all kinds of dried fruits on the top of the head, this is a must-have food for watching the excitement.

The grief and indignation in the hearts of these humble scholars who failed the rankings cannot be added. Wang Junlin just sent the collected evidence to them through the hands of "Xu Jingzong", and then through "Xu Jingzong" to provoke and guide a little bit, there is At present, more than a thousand scholars from poor families gathered together to sit quietly in front of the palace gate to petition.

Wang Junlin clearly calculated the reactions of all aspects, especially Yang Jian's reaction. He believed that with Yang Jian's imperial mind, he might be furious at first, but after calming down, he would only take advantage of the situation to do something that he had never been able to do. , but some of the things I most want to do.