A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

The spring day in Nanjiang comes early, until the end of March, the temperature is like a kite in mid-air, and it wobbles up.

On the day of the palace examination, just after Si o'clock, the front of Fengtian Hall was already crowded with people.

Three hundred tributes, all dressed in black floral satin gowns and blue silk sash around their waists, lined up in a black square under the sun, eagerly waiting for the emperor to summon them.

"Hey, it's better to be in the front row, to be the first in the Golden Luan Hall." A scholar with a sharp monkey face complained in a low voice.

Tan Taiye covered the bright sun with his fan: "That's not necessarily the case."

The son of the Qin family behind poked his head out curiously, and asked, "Brother Tantai, where did you say that?"

Tan Taiye said: "In the past, only the top 300 people were able to enter the palace examination and get the emperor's personal advice. This time, [-] people have gathered. Brother Qin, don't you think it's a little abnormal?"

The other party pinched his chin and thought, "It's a little..."

"The time is coming soon." Tantaiye looked at the huge palace on the nine-story jade wall, and smiled slightly, "Let's just wait and watch the show."

In the Fengtian Hall, the tributes headed by the newly promoted members stood neatly for three times, waiting for inquiries one by one.

Liang Han was sitting on the dragon chair, with his left hand standing on the head of the Imperial Academy, the Bachelor of Wenxuan Pavilion, and Prime Minister Lin Yu, and on his right were the main and deputy examiners of the examination.

Holding the roster, he read to the people below: "Jia Changyue."

"Grass, grass people are here..." A fat man came out and knelt down.

"You are member Jia Changyue?"

The Son of Heaven sitting on a high place has a young and handsome face, but his eyes are so sharp that he seems to be able to see through people's hearts.Jia Changyue quickly bowed his head and replied, "Back to the emperor, it is... the villain."

"I have a match, and you are right in the next link." Liang Hao thought to himself that this member probably came by recharging, "Second spring and three autumn months, I am thinking of all the sages."

The other party scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, and stammered: "Thousands of pots of urine... for a Shangshu."

There was a dead silence in the hall for a moment, and the faces of the several ministers present did not change.

"Urine Refining Book?" Liang Hao couldn't laugh or cry, "Mr. Jia is really talented."

Jia Changyue immediately shook into a sieve: "Grass, grass people, damn it!"

With a check mark on the roster, Liang Hao clicked No.2 again: "Cheng Dahai."

Immediately, a trembling one fell out of the crowd: "Cheng Dahai, a grass-roots man, kowtow... Long live my emperor."

"It's still the same pair just now, you are right."

"Yes..." The other party held back for a while, turning a piece of white dough into a ripe peach, and finally only choked out a sentence, "A hundred buckets of noodles, steamed and fried for a lifetime."

Liang Hao threw the brush violently, and said angrily, "It's really a waste snack!"

All the officials and scholars fell to their knees in fright: "The emperor calm down..."

Although Yang Luqing was old, he was still not confused, he understood the situation at a glance, he knelt down in tears and said: "If you fail to select good talents for the emperor, the old minister deserves death!"

"Teacher, you don't need to apologize. I know who is clear and who is dirty." Liang Han helped the emperor up and winked at Yuan Erfang, "Drag Jiahui and Cheng Dahai until they tell the truth."

The two below couldn't help but froze in fright, and begged for mercy when they were dragged out by the guards.

"Your Majesty, the grassroots are wronged... How dare the grassroots cheat, Your Majesty..."

"Cao Min was wronged too, Your Majesty, Cao Min never bribed Qu Shangshu, Your Majesty!"

Liang Han: "..." Is this the legendary self-reporting?

Yan Chongjin glanced at Qu Jian, whose face was as white as paper, and asked in a low voice, "Why is Master Qu shivering? But do you feel cold?"

Qu Jian woke up like a dream, rushed to the center of the golden hall, kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "Your Majesty, this minister is guilty, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"I understand that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but the selection of scholars is an important matter for the country, how can you allow yourself to cheat and bend the law!" Liang Han glanced coldly at a group of timid courtiers, and said in a deep voice, "You also passed the exam one by one back then. Yes, committing such ignorance, isn’t it afraid that the hearts of all the students in the world will be chilled?!”

All the officials bowed their heads and shouted in unison: "Your servant should die..."

Liang Han rubbed the space between his brows, sat back on the dragon chair, and threw the roster down in front of Qu Jian.

"Qu Shangshu check it out yourself, which ones are true and which ones are false, you know better than me."

Qu Jian dripped cold sweat on the gold bricks one by one, tremblingly said: "The guilty minister...obey the order."

This investigation shocked the whole dynasty.

Among the top [-] members, half of them got the ranking through management.Liang Han also detected more than a dozen opportunistic people by relying on the blacklist of phishing law enforcement.But within an hour, the tribute staff in the Fengtian Temple were dragged away, fainted from fright, and finally stood firmly, and there was only one person left.

Glancing at the other party's name, Liang Han smiled, but Pei Yong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, almost burst into tears.

Pei Ziyi, Pei Yong's most disliked concubine, is precisely the illegitimate son who was kicked out of Pei's residence two years ago.Under Pei Yong's repeated orders and applications, he still dared to participate in the test, and even ranked in the top [-]...

Pei Yong looked at his son's face full of finding fault, and felt that this guy was clearly here to cheat his father.

"Pei Ziyi, I have read your policy and theory, and the criminal law article has some insight."

"The emperor's reputation is too high, and the grassroots are terrified."

"Besides the criminal law, it doesn't matter what you think about the national law." Liang Han comes from a society ruled by law, so he appreciates people who advocate legalism.

"The grassroots obey the order." Pei Ziyi nodded and said, "The law is the rule of the country, and the emphasis is on justice and equality. The law is not noble, and the rope is not bent. The punishment does not avoid ministers, and the rewards do not spare everyone. Caomin thinks that, Substituting the rule of law for the rule of the people, and the legal principles for the human feelings, only then can we settle differences and stop disputes, make meritorious deeds and fear violence, and the country will live forever."

"You are presumptuous!" Pei Yong jumped out and shouted, "Huangkou children also dare to discuss the law, do you know that this is a crime of disrespect?!" After finishing speaking, he knelt down to apologize to Liang Hao, "Your Majesty, my child is young and ignorant, please Your Majesty, don't argue with him..."

Pei Ziyi's thinking should be placed in the 21st century, there is nothing wrong with it.But in the era of Chun Kingdom, it is a crime.

Substituting the rule of law for the rule of man is a disguised denial of the supreme monarchy.Replacing human feelings with legal principles is to despise the royal family and noble scholars.Not to mention Pei Yong, all the important officials in the palace were shocked when they heard it, Yan Chongjin was no exception.

Liang Han doesn't trust Tantai Ye, and doesn't think that the Tantai family will really confront the Pei family, so he wants to find someone who is obedient and likes to hate the Pei family.For half a month, Yan Chongjin searched and searched, and finally found Pei Ziyi.Liang Han personally pushed his disrespectful strategy into the top [-].

Pei Ziyi came from a lowly background, she was born to a servant girl who was the coarse envoy of the Pei family, and she was a transparent person among the children of the Pei family.Fortunately, he was smart and eager to learn, so he was admitted to Juren at a young age.If Mrs. Pei hadn't forced his biological mother to death, Pei Ziyi would not have expelled the Pei clan and declared that she would never have any contact with the Pei family.His words and deeds are considered outliers in the Chun Dynasty, which ruled the country with filial piety, and his speeches just now are even more shocking. It is no wonder that Pei Yong was so frightened that his face turned pale.

The face of the person on the dragon chair was as sinking as water, he took a sip from the tea bowl, and said slowly: "Why is Pei Aiqing in such a hurry to protect the calf? I said it, forgive him for his innocence."

Ideas similar to those of Pei Ziyi were actually put forward a long time ago, but since ancient times, most legalist reformers have no good endings.This is because in the monarchy and feudal system, the rule of law can never replace the rule of man.Even if the emperor came forward to revise the law, it would often be hindered by the culture of ethics and the aristocracy.

"What's your family's opinion?" Liang Han asked to his side.

Yang Luqing is old-fashioned, he respects the etiquette not to be inferior to ordinary people, and the punishment is not to be a doctor. Naturally, he is not optimistic about Pei Ziyi's practice of degrading Confucian scholars.It's just that there was serious fraud in the examination room. As the chief examiner, he was wronged first, so how could he dare to choke like Pei Yong?

"Back to the emperor, the old minister thought that although this son is talented, he despises etiquette, is too frivolous, and is too embarrassing for a big responsibility."

Lin Cheng said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

An Daoru, a scholar of the Wenxuan Pavilion, and Zhang Yunhe, a member of the Imperial Academy, also clasped their hands together and said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

It seems that this reform is really not in time.Classmate Pei, please ask for blessings.

Liang Han sighed inwardly, and drew a circle on the roster, which meant that there must be this person in the top three of Dingjia.

Although Pei Ziyi is not very down-to-earth, he is a piece of jade in his eyes, which can be honed in the Ministry of Punishment. Someone should take over that idiot Zhu Heng.

Pei Yong looked at Xie En's concubine who had resigned, and his heart was as complicated as overturning a five-flavored bottle.Let's just say he's not happy, his son won the appreciation of the emperor, so he didn't run away.But let's say I'm happy, thinking about the scene where the father and son of the same dynasty are pinching each other in the future makes the liver tremble.

Knowing that no one in the direct line of the Pei family is ranked first, to find a concubine's rebellious son to disgust him, this little emperor definitely did it on purpose.

Outside the Fengtian Hall, the scholars were dragged out by the guards like ducks.Immediately afterwards, several ministers were taken off their black yarn and taken down.The tributes couldn't help but have different expressions and whispered to each other.

"Brother Tantai." The young master of the Qin family wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Where did you sing today?" Could it be that he is a tyrant today?Or did the people inside offend him?How come the perfect palace test is the same as the torture?

A certain person was shaking his fan, with a beating smile still on his face: "You'll know when you get in."

In less than half a cup of tea, the chief examiner of the palace examination came to announce the decree: all the students will meet in order, and the emperor will ask questions one by one.

Tan Taiye ranked high, the first to enter the inner face.

The whole dress, the crown, the cage sleeves, calm down.He stepped into the hall with the supervisor of ceremonies, stepped on the shining gold bricks, walked to the front of the emperor, knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, shouting long live.

Liang Han leaned on the dragon chair with one hand propped up, looked at the person lying on the ground with half-lidded eyes, and smiled coldly: "Young Master Tantai, don't come here without any problems."

Tantaiye suddenly raised his head, his jaw almost fell to the ground.