Turbulent Times Chapter 208: The autumn thunder exploded

(Thank you very much for the generosity and monthly ticket support of 'DENNISSEE', 'Book Friends 55748949', 'Sauerkraut Tofu Skin', 'achelless', 'Book Friends 43138708', 'xmz123456'.)

But the premise is that the matter must be made a big deal. The bigger the matter, the better it will be for Yang Jian to take advantage of the situation to kill people afterwards, or to weaken the power of the powerful family.

As for these scholars who are being used, their integrity as scholars has been thoroughly stimulated. At this time, the humble scholars who are still staying in the capital, if anyone does not join their ranks of meditation, I am afraid that they will die in shame. Now they are Under the instigation of "Xu Jingzong", he didn't have any fear of death, he only wanted to leave his name in history, so why should he be afraid of the sword and axe.

They think the imperial court is too unfair to their group, so they want to fight for their own power to be an official, but they don't understand that all the power belongs to the emperor and the powerful family, only the emperor gives you the share, you don't Power is demanded of him.

Sure enough, before he saw Yang Jian, the **** Baishi sent him the latest news. His Majesty ordered more than a thousand scholars to disperse, but the latter refused to listen. He had to wait for the court to give an explanation. Zhao Shuliang directly ordered force Dispersed, a conflict broke out on the spot, three poor family scholars were killed on the spot, more than a dozen poor family scholars were injured, and they were eventually driven away, but Xu Jingzong, who took the lead in causing trouble, disappeared.

…

…

East Palace, Prince Yang Guang, like his father Yang Jian, was also furious, because his aide Xu Jingzong took the lead in making trouble.

"Come here, bring Xu Jingzong, a daring and reckless person, back to Gu. He wants to see the dead body, and he wants to see people." Yang Guang gritted his teeth and roared.

"Wait a minute!" Among the seven or eight staff members nearby, the new staff member Zhang Jike suddenly came out and said loudly.

As soon as Yang Guang heard that someone dared to disobey him, murderous intent appeared on his face. He turned his head and saw Zhang Jike, his expression softened a little, and he shouted: "Zhang Jike, what do you have to say?"

Zhang Jike bowed his hands and said, "Your Highness, this matter is very strange."

Yang Guang's heart moved, and he said, "How strange?"

Zhang Jike looked unpredictable, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, if you can count His Highness, the First Prince, Gao Ying, Wang Junlin and Zhou Chengyan into it, there is only one person in the entire capital and even the whole world."

Yang Guang's body was shocked, he stood up suddenly, and said, "You mean that this is arranged by the emperor..."

Zhang Jike said categorically: "That's right, only His Majesty can make Xu Jingzong even hide it from His Majesty."

When Yang Guang heard it, he basically believed what Zhang Jike said, his expression fluctuated, he sat down on the soft couch, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "What is the purpose of the father doing this?"

Zhang Jike's eyes flickered, and he said: "Your Majesty has been doing what he wants to do."

Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he said, "You mean, the purpose of the father is to weaken and attack the nobles."

Zhang Jike hesitated for a while, and said, "Perhaps His Majesty still wants to beat His Highness and the First Prince by the way."

…

…

Wang Junlin walked into the back hall of Guanwen Hall, the atmosphere inside was very oppressive, and the maids, eunuchs and guards were all driven out by Yang Jian.

Only Yang Jian sat on the high throne, his face was covered by the Tongtian crown, and he couldn't see the joy or anger.

"The minister Wang Junlin pays homage to His Majesty." Obediently kneel down and plead guilty. This is the treatment of a guilty minister.

Yang Jian's sneer sounded like a crow hovering in the low sky. At a certain moment, the sneer stopped suddenly, and he shouted: "Wang Junlin, you are so brave. Last time you provoked tens of thousands of people to destroy the Changping palace and kill Changping." King, I did not punish you, but now you dare to encourage thousands of humble scholars to sit quietly in front of the imperial city and put pressure on me. You thought you pushed out one of the prince's staff, and I didn't know that it was you Do you still think that I can't kill you, a courtier with ulterior motives?"

Yang Jian's expression and words were murderous, but Wang Junlin felt completely at ease when he heard it. disappointment.

"Your Majesty, everything I do is in accordance with His Majesty's will." Wang Junlin said loudly, speaking confidently, with a grievance on his face.

Yang Jian looked at Wang Junlin. He thought that Wang Junlin would beg for mercy, explain, and deny, but he never thought that Wang Junlin would say such a thing, so he couldn't help laughing angrily: "Tell me, when will I let you do this?" Waiting for something. If you can't explain clearly, I will have your head cut off today."

Wang Junlin said: "Your Majesty, I was summoned by Your Majesty from the bitter cold frontier in the northwest to the capital. On the first day I met Your Majesty, Your Majesty added the titles of Marquis of Founding and General Zhenyuan. At that time, Your Majesty also told me that I should let you be in His Majesty's hands." Sharp sword, although Your Majesty did not clearly say where the sword is going, but I know where His Majesty's troubles are, so all the things I have done since I came to the capital for the past two months are to get rid of Your Majesty's troubles. The same is true for what a minister does."

Yang Jian's eyes flashed, he looked deeply at Wang Junlin, and after a while, he said: "You want to create opportunities for me, but when you made this plan, why didn't you tell me first."

Wang Junlin looked around and saw that there was no one in the hall, so he said: "Because there are disloyal people around Your Majesty, I am afraid that the news will be leaked and the thieves will be prepared. Backlash."

Yang Jian remained silent for a long time, of course he knew who Wang Junlin was talking about, and he could even feel that Wang Junlin was implying that he was not decisive enough and too nostalgic. Changping Wang Qiurui saved his life before, and Du Luoge, the commander of Hou Guanfu, saved his life, and these two people were not loyal to him, but they had their own ideas too much.

"Do you have selfish intentions in trying to protect those thirteen humble scholars?" Yang Jian suddenly asked after an unknown period of time.

Wang Junlin replied frankly: "Except for one of them who said a word to me, I don't know the thirteen of them so far, so why talk about selfishness, and I can guarantee that the thirteen of them are all real talents and real learners." Seniors, I think my court of the Sui Dynasty really needs the existence of humble officials."

Yang Jian was shocked. Wang Junlin's last words touched his heart. This made him believe that Wang Junlin was different from those officials from aristocratic families.

With such a judgment, Yang Jian looked at Wang Junji again, with a much gentler look on his face, but in his heart, he really admired and liked him. Of course, he also believed what Wang Junlin said just now. At the same time, he finally had a decision in his heart, and murderous intent flickered in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Wang Junlin suddenly said solemnly with a slight smile on his face.

Yang Jian took a deep look at Wang Junlin and said, "Okay! I will fulfill your wish."

…

…

Candidates who just finished the palace examination were sent out of the palace, and no one mentioned the ranking of the palace examination to them, which made many people baffled. But when they left the palace and learned what happened in front of the gate of the imperial city today, they were all shocked, and then very angry. Because of this, there will be a lot of variables in whether they make the list. Among them were Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi and other thirteen humble scholars. However, while they were depressed, their moods were inexplicably complicated.

The Wanyan book clearly states that the chief examiner Gao Ying, deputy examiner Zhou Chengyan, and chief supervisor Wang Junlin took the lead in malpractice for personal gain. With money and things, I used my position to help thirteen people go to high school. And these thirteen people are exactly those thirteen humble scholars.

…

…

"What a marquis of Qin An, what a poisonous general from Zhenyuan, who schemed against everyone. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone. Although the old man already thinks highly of him, it turns out that he underestimated him in the end." A carriage left the emperor calmly. In the city, the soldiers guarding the gate of the imperial city saw the token in the hand of the **** driving the carriage, and let them pass without checking the inside of the carriage.

The person sitting in the carriage is Gao Ying, and the person who spoke just now is also Gao Ying, and sitting opposite Gao Ying is Qiu Fu, the eldest son of Qiu Rui, the only survivor of the Changping Palace.

After the Changping Palace was destroyed by nearly ten thousand people, the crown prince Yang Guang decisively dispatched two masters in the space-breaking period to lead a group of assassins to hunt down Qiu Fu. With Ying's help, he hid. No one thought that Qiu Fu would hide in the imperial city.

"Gao Gong, forgive me for being stupid, I can't see why this **** Wang Junlin kills two birds with one stone." Qiu Fu pondered for a while, then humbly asked Gao Ying for advice.

Gao Ying's face was a little pale, and at this moment he sighed, and said: "Wang Junlin cleverly used Xu Jingzong, an idiot, to take the blame for him, and exposed the fraud in the imperial examination to the world. Appreciation, becoming the emperor's favored minister, because the biggest beneficiary of this matter is His Majesty. Secondly, those thirteen humble scholars are all rare talents. If the old man is not wrong, His Majesty will reuse these thirteen humble scholars. Scholars, this undoubtedly gave Wang Junlin thirteen more powerful helpers in the court. Of course, the premise is that these thirteen lucky boys can still survive after this incident."

…

…

The thirteen humble scholars who passed the examination of the Ministry of Rites were isolated by other humble scholars, and the scholars who came from powerful families and aristocrats were full of hostility and disdain for them, so they naturally huddled together to keep warm.

Not long after leaving the palace, the thirteen people lived in the same inn, which was also the Taiping inn where Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi, and Liu Ziming had stayed before.

At this time, the thirteen people were sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, drinking a lot of wine. From time to time, some people sighed secretly or cursed in a low voice.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the inn, and the three of them stood up curiously, and heard someone shouting ecstatically: "Your Majesty has an order to examine Taichang Qing Gao Ying, deputy examiner Zhou Chengyan, and Qin An." Hou Wang Junlin was taken from his post and sent to prison!"

Boom! Autumn thunder rang in the sky above Kyoto, and a burst of fresh autumn rain fell on the candidates inside and outside the inn.

Sparse raindrops fell around the inn. Accompanied by raindrops, there was a burst of spring thunder from time to time. After the candidates in the entire capital heard the news, all the candidates who had not passed the exam fell into joy. , while Fang Qiao and the thirteen scholars in the Taiping Inn fell into a strange silence.

PS: I wrote this chapter while taking a nap while pinching my thighs. I was really sleepy—I didn’t sleep well during this time, just for everyone’s support and encouragement ————