weak to him

The hearts of the two men trembled, Gan Yong suddenly smiled wryly and said: "It's fortunate that such a thing happened in the township examination. If such a thing happened in the general examination, I'm afraid I can't get rid of it."

Wei Han raised his eyes and glanced at the civil servants present, he said: "The test questions will never be leaked easily, I wonder who made the test questions?"

Gan Yongdao: "This is a rural examination. The questions are all given by the chief examiners from all over the country. In the capital city, the questions are given by Jing Zhaoyin and the Minister of Rites."

Wei Han slightly raised his eyes to look at Jingzhao Yin Sun Hao and the Minister of Rites Zhou Tan, both of them are already in their 50s and [-]s, and when this happened, everyone distanced themselves from them and kept a distance.Wei Han looked at the pale-faced two people standing in an open space, and said to Gan Yong, "This matter is not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Gan Yong also looked at the two, and said, "You don't think they leaked the test questions?"

"These two are old ministers, and it's not the first time they've presided over the township examination. If it's leaked, it's leaked a long time ago. It doesn't make sense to be discovered this time." Wei Han looked at the two of them and said, "And the first person who will be investigated for the leak of the exam questions One is the chief examiner, the two of them are inseparable no matter what, why kill that examinee."

"That's true." Gan Yong said: "Cheating in the imperial examination is not a trivial matter. Once this matter is spread, there will definitely be trouble."

"Yes, no matter what, it is inevitable to retake the exam." Wei Han looked at the gate of Huangji Hall, looking worried. It is really annoying that such a thing happened to Yu Zhijing just after he took the throne.

The palace door opened slowly, "The emperor is here!"

The civil and military officials entered in two teams, knelt down and saluted and shouted long live.Seeing Wei Han, Yu Zhijing said in a good mood: "If there is something to play, we will leave the court if there is nothing to do."

"I have my own play!" Prime Minister Xiao Ran came out and said with an old face.

As soon as Yu Zhijing saw his old face, he felt heartache and headache, and there was no place in his body that was comfortable.He didn't understand why his father wanted Xiao Ran to be the prime minister, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to see such a dead face every day?

Yu Zhijing raised his hand tiredly and said, "Prime Minister, please speak."

Xiao Ran raised his head and said in a loud voice: "I want to attend the Minister of Rites Zhou Tan Jing Zhao Yin Sun Hao, these two leaked the test questions of the country to shake the country, causing the students in Kyoto to be resentful. I ask the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly, punish the guilty minister and give the students justice! "

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar, and the charges were added to Jing Zhaoyin and the Minister of Rites before the matter was thoroughly investigated. Many officials who had good friends with the two couldn't stand it.The Minister of Rites said: "Your Majesty, the prime minister has imposed the crime on the two adults before the matter is clarified. It is unavoidable that there is a suspicion of neglecting human life."

Xiao Ran said angrily: "Only the two of them and the emperor know the test questions of the township examination. Don't you mean that the test questions were leaked by the emperor?"

"You!" The Minister of Rites pointed at Xiao Ran and said, "You make unreasonable words."

Wei Han and Gan Yong looked at each other, and Gan Yong came out and said: "Your Majesty, there have been precedents of cheating in the imperial examinations in all dynasties. The methods of leaking the exam questions are also different, not all of them are leaked by the examiners. I think this matter It should also be thoroughly investigated, so as not to wrong the loyal minister and let the villain go."

Yu Zhijing and Gan Yong are also old acquaintances, and Yu Zhijing is still willing to listen to his words.Yu Zhijing said: "Gan Aiqing is right."

Xiao Ran looked at Jing Zhaoyin and the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and then said to Yu Zhijing, "It's not that I want to wrong the two of them, but that the cheating examinee visited them before the provincial examination, so I have to suspect that it's the two of them." I took the benefits, so I leaked the exam questions."

"Oh? And this?" Yu Zhijing said, "What about the cheating examinee? Why didn't you arrest him and torture him?"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said: "My Majesty, the provincial examination was over yesterday afternoon. One candidate got drunk in a restaurant and said that he would be able to solve the problem in high school because he knew the test questions in advance. The people in the Ministry of Punishment got the news and went to the candidate's home to arrest him. When I was there, I found that he had been killed at home."

Yu Zhijing frowned, he still remembered that his father had severely punished Yu Zhiji for cheating in the last imperial examination.Later, when he was around his father, he also heard his father say that the imperial examination is the foundation of the country, and no one else is allowed to get involved. Now he is very angry when he hears that this happened.

Yu Zhijing said: "Shut Jing Zhaoyin and the Minister of Rites into Dali Temple."

Jing Zhaoyin knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! I was wronged. I didn't disclose the exam questions!"

The minister of the Ministry of Rites also knelt on the ground and kowtowed non-stop, Yu Zhijing said: "I will definitely find out the truth about this matter, no matter what, you two cannot escape the blame, first lock yourself in Dali Temple and wait until everything is cleared up. "

Yu Zhijing looked around and saw that everyone in the court seemed to have nothing to do with him.He had a headache and didn't know who to trust, and then he saw Wei Han with a glance.He said, "Wei Han."

Wei Han suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, he came out and said: "The minister is here."

Sure enough, I heard Yu Zhijing say: "You are Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Punishment, so I will leave this matter to you to investigate."

Wei Han: "Huh?"

"No, Your Majesty!" Xiao Ran was the first to object, "This matter cannot be handed over to Wei Hancha."

Yu Zhijing said unwillingly: "Why?"

"I learned that before the provincial examination, many candidates visited Wei Han in Wei Mansion, maybe Wei Han also participated in it." Xiao Ran said loudly: "So I suggest that Wei Han should also be sent to Dali Temple to wait for the review. .”

When Wei Han heard this, his nose was almost crooked.What kind of enmity does this old man have with himself?Wei Han even wondered if he had insulted the female family members of his family, and this kind of thing should be blamed on himself.

"presumptuous!"

Yu Zhijing usually looks like he has something to say, but he is not calm when Wei Han is involved.Yu Zhijing was furious, pointed at Xiao Ran and said, "How did Wei Han offend you? You want to slander him like this?"

Xiao Ran pouted his neck and said: "I have no enmity with Wei Han, I just discuss the matter. There are many adults present who can testify that before the imperial examination, there were indeed many candidates who went to Weifu to give gifts."

"Does Wei Han need to be sent to Dali Temple if he goes to the Wei Mansion to give gifts to Wei Han?" Yu Zhijing blushed with anger, "I don't believe that all candidates gave gifts to Wei Han alone. According to you, do you mean that all candidates are sent to the Dali Temple?" Ministers who have given gifts will go to prison?"

"I don't mean that, Wei Han is different from other adults." Xiao Ran looked at Yu Zhijing, with an attitude of swearing, and said: "I believe in the character of other adults."

"You!" Yu Zhijing pointed at Xiao Ran, so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Wei Han glanced at Xiao Ran coldly, and said: "Your Excellency, what you mean is that the lower officials have bad character, so the lower officials must be involved in this kind of cheating in the imperial examination?"

"Hmph!" Xiao Ran looked at Wei Han contemptuously and said, "You know whether you participated or not."

Wei Han smiled and said: "Prime Minister is the pillar of the country that the late emperor relied on when he was alive, so he must not be unreasonable and unreasonable in doing things, right?"

Xiao Ran looked sideways at Wei Han, "So what?"

"The prime minister also said before that only the Minister of Rites of Jingzhao Yin and the emperor know about the exam questions, and no one else knows." Wei Han put his hands in front of his body and said, "I want to ask my lord, how should the officials leak the exam questions? Do you know how to penetrate walls or do you have clairvoyance?"

"Pfft..."

"Ha ha……"

I don't know who laughed twice, Xiao Ran looked around with a livid face, but didn't speak.

Wei Han said again: "Since your lord, Prime Minister, even knows that there are some candidates who come to our Weifu to give gifts, it seems that you have paid attention to the lower officials for a long time. In this case, you will not be ignorant of the relationship between the lower officials and Jing Zhaoyin and the Ministry of Rites. The servant has never had any contact with him, could it be that the prime minister is saying that the emperor leaked the exam questions to the lower officials?"

"Don't you want to spout blood." Xiao Ran pointed at Wei Han and said sharply: "When did the old man say that?"

"Oh, it means that the lower officials have no chance to get the test questions, so there is no chance of leaking the test questions." Wei Han suddenly said loudly: "If this is the case, what reason does the prime minister have to slander the lower officials in public? The prime minister has been an official for many years, I think May I ask what is the crime of maliciously slandering the court officials?"

"You..." Xiao Ran couldn't help taking a step back, he pointed at Wei Han with trembling hands, his heart was pounding.

"Okay!" Yu Zhijing was elated and almost jumped up to applaud Wei Han.But he held back, looked at Xiao Ran proudly and said, "What else can the Prime Minister say?"

Xiao Ran turned around and said, "Even if Wei Han did not participate in the fraud, His Majesty, he is not suitable to review this matter."

"Why not." Wei Han clasped his hands and said, "Our Ministry of Criminal Affairs should be responsible for the fraud in the imperial examination. The official and the suspect in this matter, the Minister of Rites of Jingzhao Yin, are not relatives or relatives. There is no need to avoid suspicion. May I ask the Prime Minister? Why is it not appropriate for the officer to review the matter?"

Yu Zhijing asked, "Yes, why isn't it suitable?"

"This..." Xiao Ran was speechless, so he could only say: "This matter is too important, Wei Han is just a little boy..."

"I have something to say." The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the guard Gailang has been working in the Ministry of Punishment for several months. These days, I know a lot about his character and ability. He is orderly and has a unique vision. I think Wei Yuanwailang is fully responsible for this matter."

"Hahaha...Okay." Yu Zhijing said with enthusiasm: "We will leave this matter to Wei Aiqing. If you have any needs, just ask Aiqing, and I will agree to everything."

This is how it was settled here. After the court, all civil and military officials will go outside together.Xiao Ran walked with a few old officials and looked at Wei Han with resentful eyes.Wei Han thought for a while, walked over and said: "Master Chao has some criticisms about this official, I wonder if I can ask, where did I offend my lord?"

"Hmph." Xiao Ran turned his nostrils to the sky and did not look at Wei Han, and said: "Since I have been an official, I have seen many people like you who can only sycophant, form cliques, do business for private interests, and as long as I am here, I will never have a good life like you !” After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and strode away.

Wei Han still kept the posture of clasping his hands, Li Han came over and complained: "This old man is getting more and more confused, my lord, please don't be angry, this kind of person will have no good fruit sooner or later."

Wei Han stretched out his hand to straighten his sleeves, and said indifferently, "I'm not going to get angry with him."

Li Han breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, getting angry is not good for your health."

"Cut." Wei Han curled his lips and said, "That old guy is almost dead. Wouldn't it be a shame for me to be angry with him at a young age?"

"Uh……"

With Yu Zhijing's will, Wei Han can choose who will assist him.Wei Han was the first to think of Bailiji, firstly because he had absolute trust in Bailiji, and secondly because Bailiji was easy to use.

Bailiji was patrolling outside the palace when he saw Wei Han coming out aggressively.He went up to meet him and said, "My lord, the bathing pool in the palace is almost finished, do you want to go and have a look?"

Wei Han kept saying, "I have something to do, take your people and follow me."

Bailiji said with a terrified expression, "Obey!"

Wei Han went to the examinee's house first, and told Bailiji everything along the way.The student's name was Zhang Hua, and there was no one in his family who was an official in the court. He had been in business for generations, so he was considered a wealthy businessman in Dayong.

Wei Han brought people to the gate of their house, Baili said quickly: "The lion at the gate is so majestic, this family really has too much money to fatten up their guts."

Seeing so many soldiers approaching aggressively, the porter was so frightened that his legs trembled and said, "My lords, what are you doing?"

Wei Han didn't speak, Baili said quickly: "According to the emperor's order, we are here to investigate Zhang Hua's fraud in the imperial examination."

"Ah... Rong, let the villain go in and report..."

"No need." Wei Han said lightly, "Rush in."

"Yes!"

Bailiji waved at his subordinates, "Rush in!"

"Drink!"

A group of soldiers like wolves and tigers knocked open the gate, and rushed in.Bailiji stood aside and stretched out his hand to Wei Han: "My lord, please."

Wei Han shook his official uniform and strode in.When the members of the Zhang family heard the movement, a middle-aged man in a gorgeous dress came forward and said, "My lord, my lord, our family has always been law-abiding, and we don't know anything."

Wei Han said: "How many people are there in the mansion?"

"Ah?" The middle-aged man said: "Including the handymen, there are more than 200 people."

"Okay." Wei Han turned to Bailiji and said, "Gather everyone together."

"Yes!"

Wei Han asked the middle-aged man, "Who are you?"

"Caomin, Caomin is Zhang Hua's father, Zhang Li, the head of the Zhang family."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Wei Han said with a smile: "I heard that Master Zhang has a big business, what kind of business do you do?"

"Caomin is in the restaurant business, and Baiweilou is Caomin's shop."

"Really?" Wei Han said in surprise, "I really like to eat crispy chicken from Baiweilou. The business of Baiweilou is very good."

Zhang Li said with a smile on his face: "It's an honor for adults to like it." He took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and said: "Your Excellency has worked hard, and a small gesture is not a respect."

Wei Han's face changed immediately, and he said angrily: "What do you take me for? Is this the kind of person who sees profit and forgets righteousness?"

Zhang Li was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know what my son has done to Caomin. Caomin's family has always been law-abiding."

Wei Han looked down at him and said, "Cheating in imperial examinations is a capital offense. Your son's death is considered a good thing, at least it doesn't burden the family. Get up, I'm an easy-going person and don't like to see people kneeling and talking to me."

Zhang Li got up tremblingly, Wei Han said: "Bribing officials is a serious crime."

"Grass... the grass people were confused for a moment, and the grass people didn't dare."

Bailiji said on the side: "Our adults are clean and honest officials, and we hate others to insult him with this vulgar thing."

"Yes, yes, the villain dare not."

Wei Han said with a smile: "You are so incapable of waking up, it's fortunate that I still like the crispy chicken of Baiweilou so much."

"Adults like crispy chicken..." Zhang Li said, "Why don't Caomin dedicate the recipe of crispy chicken to adults?"

"Not good." Wei Han refused, "The recipe is the foundation of a restaurant, how can I ask for it?"

Zhang Li said again: "Why don't the grass people dedicate the cook to the adults?"

"Tsk, you." Wei Han scolded: "Can eating at home feel the same as eating outside? Is the cook at my official's house very bad? Do you still need a cook?"

Zhang Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said: "It's an honor for adults to like eating at Baiweilou so much. I will dedicate this restaurant to adults."

Wei Han glanced at him and said, "Isn't that bad?"

"Okay okay."

"I don't know how to run a business."

"How about this, leave all the shopkeepers in the restaurant to the adults, so that the adults don't have to worry about it." Zhang Li said with a smile: "They are all old people and know everything."

Wei Han glanced at Baili Ji lightly, Baili Ji understood and said: "For you are filial, our adults reluctantly accept it."

"Hey, thank you sir..." Zhang Li stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, thinking that this dog official is too dark.Although the banknotes given just now are a lot, with Baiweilou, I can earn them back soon.Unexpectedly, this dog official fell in love with Baiweilou. This is one of the best restaurants in Kyoto. How much profit does he make every day?

Sure enough, the world is as black as crows, and there is no official who is not greedy.

Wei Han got a new restaurant, and finally understood why being a corrupt official is so dangerous, yet so many people took the risk to do it.