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Zhou Lanmu lowered his eyes and glanced at him lightly.

Chu Shao didn't see it, hatred surged in his heart, and he managed to suppress his emotions, gnashing his teeth and staring at Qi Lang, who was dressed in light gold that only the children of the royal family could wear, knelt down and kowtowed, and then shook out a pure book. The book in the gold cover reads aloud——

"Here is the first order of the ancestors of the Feng family, and the descendants will inherit it and make it brilliant. Mingde Shengyi, the law is established to make the country; on the good day of the Yuan Dynasty, there is Anbang from Chunzhou. Therefore..."

Qi Lang is different from several of his younger brothers who have a notorious reputation in Zhongyang. He has a good literary and military strategy, and he is not bad in everything.When the late emperor was still there, he was uneasy because the Qi family had such descendants, and it was justified to worry—four years ago, Qi Lang teamed up with the Wei family to create the Dingfeng Rebellion in one fell swoop, and after the Dingfeng Rebellion The momentum wiped out the Zhou family who had always opposed the Dingfeng Rebellion and kept pace with the two families, and pushed himself to the peak of power.

"... Shuanghua mourned without tears, Chunzhou Yu Xin Zhichao. I followed the precedent of Prince Mingde, so I followed this code to rectify the rivers and mountains."

After the sacrificial text was finished, Qi Lang stood up after kowtowing three times, and a eunuch with a treacherous voice stood beside him, and recited the new decree promulgated in the next year in a shrill voice.

"I am facing good weather, and Hong Fu is better than before. I obey the order of the Gengtong Emperor and issue a new order--"

"Taxes in various places, except the agricultural and mulberry official roads, will be doubled on the basis of the previous year, and the tax on commerce, stamps, checkpoints, etc. will be increased. In addition, the gold rush tax will be added. If you don't pay according to the law, those who go to the west to pan for gold will be ashamed. Shao, never return to the court, and those who return to the court will be killed without mercy—"

The crowd was in an uproar, even the nobles were surprised.Let’s not talk about what kind of turmoil will be caused by doubling the tax rate on the original basis. Let’s just talk about the gold rush tax. Wushaoguan, although narrowly escaped death, this undertaking has brought more gold mines to Great India every year, and the imperial court has always turned a blind eye to it.If the gold diggers were not poor and poor, they would definitely not risk their lives to go gold panning. If the gold panning tax was increased, it would block this road, but now...

"...there is another imperial edict—"

"I have been plagued by illness for years, knowing that my fate is not long, and then there are many beauties in the palace, but they are still barren at the knees, the royal family is withered, and there are no people of the right age... The Qi family has supported my royal family for 500 years. In Jiangshan, there is now the regent, the eldest son of the Qi family, Lang, who is diligent, respectful and loves the people. I have thought about it again and again, and I am indeed the best candidate to succeed the great reunification. I hereby announce to the world that I will choose him as the regent on the Qianqiu Festival in May this year. Prince..."

The nobles still had a clue, but the common people beside them were whispering to each other.

Absurd, absurd, there is no one in the royal family, forcing the emperor to issue an edict to hand over his own country and mountains to others. In the thousands of years of history of the Twelve Continents, there has never been such a precedent except for abdication!

"It's nice to say, if the crown prince is really planned, I'm afraid the little emperor won't live until June—" Xiao Yifeng frowned, and laughed, he seemed a little uneasy, "My lord, we..."

"Don't worry." Zhou Lanmu's eyes were dark, and he stared at Chunzhou Terrace in a low voice, as if he was thinking about something.

"Bah, Qi's dog thief, he's nothing more than a courtier, how can he occupy the foundation of the imperial dynasty!" A Jianghu man shouted outrageously in the silence, "The words are nice, so let the Emperor Gengtong come to the court as regent. The emperor ordered the princes to pretend to be powerful, and it is very disgusting!"

Qi Lang raised his eyes and glanced lightly at the roaring Jianghu man, but he didn't speak, but his eyes were cold.He held the white jade ruyi in one hand, and slightly raised the other hand.

An arrow shot through the air, and hit the eyebrow of the Jianghu man who had just roared. Before the Jianghu man had time to react, he fell to the ground and died immediately.Before he died, he probably didn't understand what happened.

The nobles were very disturbed, and the crowd was silent for a while.Bai Canglang sneered, looked around, and said in a low voice: "The crowd is full of archers in all directions, Qi Lang is ruthless enough, I'm afraid he will be bloodbathed on the spot if he resists."

"The defenses are so tight. If we don't come tonight, I'm afraid Qi Lang will be able to suppress him," Zhou Lanmu said lightly, but with a sneer, "Idiot, I used to think he had some brains, but now that he is in power, the only one left I am afraid that something has already been swallowed up by power. The May Thousand Autumn Festival... we have a lot of time left. After the March Chunzhoutai petition, the canonization of the regent prince will definitely be affected, and we will not plan at that time Chi...it's just that the petition will be compromised by many people, Mr. Gan, you have to take care of their affairs for me."

Chu Shao glanced at Zhou Lanmu in the still icy wind of Shangyuan Festival, but did not speak.Zhou Lanmu looked up at him, and said softly, "General Xiao Chu thinks my thoughts are vicious?"

Chu Shao replied: "Don't dare... just thinking, if I had met the young master earlier in the year and learned a little bit, maybe I could protect the one I love, so that I wouldn't be reduced to where I am today."

Zhou Lanmu took a look at Gan Xixin, clenched his clothes tightly, and then suddenly let go after a while, smiled slightly, and went straight home.

The Imperial Examinations of Great Seal started from the reform of Prince Mingde in the Yuan Dynasty. The exams were held in spring in March and autumn in September. They were rotated every year.Therefore, in March and September every year, scholars and students from all over the country will gather in Zhongyang, and this year is no exception, and because of the Chunzhoutai petition, there are more people staring at the scientific examination this year.

Since the Dingfeng Rebellion, the imperial examinations have been almost dominated by aristocratic families, and it is difficult for poor scholars to stand out, so they are full of resentment.On March [-]th, the day when the rankings were released, Zhou Lanmu, Chu Shao and Xiao Bai disguised themselves and sneaked into the crowd waiting for the release of the rankings or petitions under the Chunzhou stage.

"I sent all the people from Lange in Zhongyang, and I will escort Mr. Gan and Princess to Chunzhou Terrace later," Zhou Lanmu said to the three in a low voice, and after thinking about it, he added, "Yuanjia, Is it convenient for you to show up today? I am not very sure about the degree of suppression by Qi and Wei today, if I let them know that you are not dead yet..."

Chu Shao shook his head resolutely: "I used to... be used by them. Now if I show up, I can let the world know their ugly face. Besides, don't worry, my lord, I'm sure I'll get out of here."

Surprisingly, Zhou Lanmu didn't object. His eyes turned cold, and he smiled and said, "Then take care."

There was nothing more to say between the two, and at this time, a guard carried a bamboo book that was as high as a person to release the list. Several guards worked hard to unfold the bamboo book one by one, and there was a eunuch with a treacherous voice. sang aside.

"The number one scholar in this discipline, Wei Zhai—"

"Jenke Tanhua, Wei Li—"

"No. [-] in this subject..."

"..."

Long ago, two of Wei's sons with oily hair and noodles came up to Chunzhou Terrace happily, waiting for the guards to change their clothes and lead their horses, and then toured the whole city of Zhongyang in a beautiful way.Chu Shao knew that Wei Zhai and Wei Lian were two of the "six evils in Zhongyang". They raped women, ate, drank, prostituted, and gambled. They were notorious inside and outside Zhongyang City. .

Xiao Yifeng shook his head and said: "Master Wei is indeed complacent, she is too impatient."

Scholars and students faintly saw the meaning of injustice, and I don't know who shouted indignantly: "Wei's monopoly of scientific research, let this kind of wine and meat waste be the top scholar, and the country will perish!"

The words fell into the water like a boulder, and all the students in Chunzhou stage responded one after another: "It's very true, if this continues, the country will not be a country!"

Wei Zhai snorted arrogantly, and said complacently: "I was able to win the first prize, naturally because of my extraordinary knowledge. If you fail to go to high school, is it my fault?"

Someone sneered and said, "Oh? In that case, I would like to ask the imperial court to release the examination papers and give an explanation to the students all over the world!"

"That's right, open the exam papers and give us an explanation!"

The crowd became chaotic almost instantly, Wei Zhai thought he was guilty, he didn't dare to continue talking, and shrank back in despair.Zhou Lanmu stared at Chunzhou Terrace, and silently suppressed the smile that had just risen from the corners of his lips.

When the Chunzhou platform released the list, there were not many guards here, and the enthusiastic students had already broken through the guards surrounding the Chunzhou platform, and went straight to the Chunzhou platform.Wei Lian and Wei Zhai had already panicked and wanted to escape under the escort of several guards, but they were surrounded by students and could not escape.Wei Yang yelled at the leader of the guards who was leading people to resist: "Go and invite...please come!"

A few guards left in a hurry, Zhou Lanmu pushed aside the crowd without saying a word, and walked straight to Chunzhou Terrace, Chu Shao followed him closely: "My lord, be careful—"

The few students who took the lead saw Zhou Lanmu coming straight, and winked at each other, one of the students took the opportunity to jump up the steps of Chunzhou Terrace, and took advantage of the opportunity to push down the high platform that was built on the platform today, and there was a deafening sound of collapse in an instant .

The crowd was quiet for a moment. Zhou Lanmu saw the opportunity and stepped on the long steps of Chunzhou Terrace. Between the first and second steps, he knelt down in his robes and opened his hands to write the final chapter for a long time. The not-so-long letter of advice read aloud——

"Chunzhou Petition is a tradition started by Prince Mingde. Today, there are many troubles in the country, and the frontiers are restless. There are aristocratic clans who seize power, block scientific research, extort money, and have nowhere to live. Not involved with each other, but still deeply feel the harm, today..."

After being signaled by the leading students, the crowd gradually quieted down.Chu Shao tore off his bamboo hat, jumped up holding the sword, and knelt down on the other side of Zhou Lanmu.

"It's General Chu Shao!"

"General Xiao Chu is actually not dead..."

"Why did General Xiao Chu stand up against Qi and Wei Er's family? He wasn't..."

"The general and the crown prince are brothers and sisters, there must be a misunderstanding about what happened back then..."

There was constant discussion in the crowd, Zhou Lanmu turned his head sideways and glanced at Chu Shao who was kneeling beside him, but the voice of reading the words was not chaotic, and with his sonorous and forceful words, the crowd gradually became quiet again.

"...Emperor Gengtong has been in power for four years and has never been in court. Every time there is a government order, the regents Qi and Wei's families are often appointed to act on their behalf. Moreover, there are very few internal favorites and no heirs. He is forced to make his external surname the regent prince. All kinds of things, Qi and Wei's family, their hearts can be punished!"

At this moment, Chu Shao suddenly heard exclamations from the crowd. He turned his head to look, but saw Feng Lu in a long cloak put down his hood, and was slowly walking in from the outside of the crowd with Gan Xixin.

Zhou Lanmu didn't look back, he read the letter in a straight voice, with a heavy tone, although Chu Shao knelt beside him, but slowly pressed his hand on his sword, ready to stand up and protect him at any time.

"The country will not be a country. I will return on behalf of the eldest princess of the Feng family. I will follow the ancestors of the Mingde prince. I will kneel down on the Chunzhou platform and petition the gods of the world, the ancestor of the royal family, and the current emperor. Three petitions—"

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