I run a newspaper in ancient times

After the nobles and nobles of the Great Yan Kingdom, if they want to become an official, they don't need to suffer through the imperial examinations with the vast number of poor families, and they have their own way to go.

So the dudes are lazy and frivolous, ignorant and incompetent, and they can still live decently and comfortably when they are old enough to find a way out.

As the eldest son of Jin Xihou, Zhao Rufei was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, so he didn't need to work hard, as Jin Xihou arranged everything for him.

But he obviously didn't want to take such a path of doing nothing.

He was talented and intelligent since he was a child, he could speak at the age of one, and could read at the age of two. At a young age, he aimed to become a minister and devoted himself to the imperial examination to become an official.

Therefore, while others were making troubles, Zhao Rufei was able to find a famous teacher and follow him to study hard.While others are calling for friends and chasing chickens and dogs, he is preparing for the next rural examination with the capital of the leader of the college examination, and he has properly selected other people's children, which makes Jin Xihou very proud.

For a period of time, there were still rumors that giving birth to a son should give birth to the Zhao family Rufei.

I heard that if Zhao Rufei was still alive, counting the time, Liu Qiwen might not be the champion this year.

Zhao Rufei with such a family background, Liang Yanyun, who is only the son of a wealthy gentry, is too stupid to dare to attack him, let alone use such a despicable method of poisoning.

Liang Yanyun is also a scholar. He has passed the college examination and is also preparing for the provincial examination. The two are in the same subject.

Zhao Rufei was radiant, and it was rumored that Qiu Wei Xie Yuan was none other than him. Naturally, he was surrounded by many scholars who asked for advice and made friends with him.

He is open-minded and open-minded. Although he comes from a noble family and has his own arrogance, he never despises students from poor families.Such humility and courtesy, even helping these poor people when they can, is more popular.

And Liang Yanyun was just one of them who was attracted to him, and the two actually didn't meet much.

The thing happened in that autumn. The township examination was for Juren. There were three sessions in total, each session was three days. In terms of the proportion of the three sessions, the first session was the most important, the middle one was second, and the poems in the last session were as long as they had no merit or fault. , has not affected the ranking.

Naturally, Liang Yanyun's knowledge is not as good as Zhao Rufei's. Whether he can win the exam is still unknown.

However, he has an uncle who has just become a servant of the Ministry of Officials. Three years ago, the Minister of Rites was still Yu Zicheng. The imperial examinations seemed rigorous and fair, but there was a lot of room for maneuvering.

After the second round of the exam, Liang Yanyun knew his results, so he was stuck between passing and failing. If nothing happened in the third round, he would fail.

In fact, if he really wanted to be elected, since his family had money and connections, it would not be too difficult to raise the ranking by spending some money and making connections. It was very convenient and safe to be a leftist.

It's a pity that this person is very jealous, especially those poor and poor children who are better educated than him.In particular, one of them, who had a feud with him, was always confronting him, and I heard that his ranking was quite high.

Liang Yanyun is the lackey of Yu Shihong, the son of Yu Zicheng. After seeing too much of the arrogance and domineering of this young master of the Ministry of Rites, he has a vicious plan in his heart.

What he wanted to deal with was the poor scholar who came to the capital from Zhili to take the exam. His family was poor, and the government would not care if he died. If he was absent from the third exam, this person would naturally fail, and Liang Yanyun made up for it.

But what I didn't expect was that the scholar had a very good personal relationship with Zhao Rufei, and they had to meet before the last exam. The former didn't drink the drugged tea, but the latter drank it by accident.

It was too late for Zhao Rufei to rescue him, and he died.

This matter immediately alarmed the government. The eldest son of Jin Xihou, who was expected by everyone, died. He was not willing to let it go, and forced the Ministry of Punishment to investigate, and this investigation found Liang Yanyun.

Malicious killing, even if Zhao Rufei is not what the other party wants to kill, it is still a murderer.

Under that circumstance, it was impossible for the Liang family to save Liang Yanyun, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice made a final decision soon.

Killing for life is justified, and he was sentenced to beheaded by Qiu Houwen.

However, who would have known that, looking at the resolute and resolute Ministry of Punishment, when it took less than half a month from questioning to beheading, the Liang family had almost given up all their property, and they had already secretly turned into a warehouse, and found another executioner who was about the same size as Liang Yanyun The offender was beheaded instead.

The real Liang Yanyun was rushed out of the capital when he was executed that day, and he agreed that he would not return to Beijing again.

However, although they can survive with impunity, those who have never tasted the pain of retribution can't bear the hardship of leaving their hometown after all. After the guilt of conscience is forgotten, they still come back with a fluke heart.

"Skynet is sparse and not leaking. The retribution will be late, but it will not let go of those who deserve it." Li Li sat in the shop of the gossip tabloids, drinking strong tea with eyes downcast, trying to pull himself together. Didn't sleep, really stayed up all night.

Naturally, the top and bottom of the gossip tabloids couldn't take a break, one by one, they worked hard to write, sorting out, revising, typesetting and proofreading the information sent by the reporters overnight...

Their foreheads were sweating, and they were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink tea, because Li Li asked to finish the final draft within two hours.

This is the first time since the launch of the tabloid that it was released in such a hurry.

Fortunately, the draft was finished yesterday, and what happened tonight was similar to Li Li's expectations, so it was only necessary to redo the details and process.

But even so, it took two hours for Zhu Run to put the final version into Li Li's hands.

Li Li's casual eyes sharpened immediately, and he reviewed the manuscript rigorously, and then handed it over to the workshop leaders who were waiting aside, saying: "Before the end of the morning court today, this king needs it to appear in all major bookstores."

"This..." Several stewards were a little embarrassed, and one of them said: "My lord, the workshop's capacity is limited, and I'm afraid it's too late to print it all."

Li Li said: "Publish as much as you can print, use the best ink and paper, don't worry about money."

"Yes, little one understands."

Li Li turned his head and told Xi Qu: "Bring more people, escort them to the workshop as soon as possible, protect them well, and don't let people make trouble."

Xi Qu immediately said: "The servant obeys."

Although everything that happened was under Li Li's control, with Liang Yanyun as the best witness, it would be very difficult for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to get rid of the crime.

But Li Li knew that what he was facing was the bureaucratic system that had controlled the government for many years. He had to face it carefully. In order to prevent nights and dreams, this report must be published as soon as possible, and more people should see it.

Otherwise, if there is a slight delay and the best period is missed, the effect will be greatly reduced, and I am afraid that people will take advantage of the loopholes and fall short.

Thinking about it, Yuan Meiqing was too confident and contemptuous, so Li Li took this opportunity to knock down the Ministry of Punishment.

This kind of mistake was enough to destroy Yuan Meiqing, so she naturally took it as a warning, and Li Li couldn't do it.

Thinking of this, he turned around and shouted to Xi Qu: "Let out all the open threads, the storyteller in the restaurant, the woman in the market, or the street vendor... let them get the newspaper and publicize it everywhere as soon as possible. Except for Liang Yanyun, There must be other people who have replaced them, mobilize the masses to look for them, maybe there will be surprises, even if they are death row prisoners, there will always be one or two relatives outside, right?"

Emperor Yan didn't sleep last night, when he handed over the imperial decree to Fan Zhiyuan, he kept his eyes open until dawn.

He was more excited than anyone else about Xiong Ling being imprisoned, which meant that the next Yuan Meiqing's downfall was not far away.

Think about it two months ago, because the left and right opposed the gossip tabloids to be included in the imperial court's restraint, most of the officials kneeled in the court hall, and there were four of the six ministers, which made Emperor Yan's eyes bloodshot!

But now, looking at the vacant position in the Ministry of Punishment and Yuan Meiqing's gloomy expression, Emperor Yan's heart is full of joy.

Once you go, just go to two, no matter how happy you are, you will lose your heart.

"Master of Dali Temple." He called out.

Song Guogong came out after hearing the words: "The minister is here."

Emperor Yan said: "Yesterday, it was discovered by chance that Liang Yanyun, who was sentenced to death, is still alive. It is so bizarre. It can be seen that someone in the Ministry of punishment secretly replaced the death row prisoner, violated the law and made frauds. It is so vile. It is really infuriating not to take the king's law seriously! I have ordered the imperial army Arrest the criminals and bring them to justice, and hope that you will enforce the law impartially, thoroughly investigate this matter, and give an explanation to the people of the world."

Song Guogong raised his hand and arched: "I take orders." After speaking, he stood back.

To be honest, Emperor Yan once tried to win over Duke Song secretly, but it failed. Although he was annoyed, he didn't take the Prime Minister's favor with Duke Song seriously, so he was relieved.

This time the evidence of the crime is convincing, as long as Song Guogong is a person, as long as he carefully investigates and collects the evidence, he will not worry about being pressed to death because of Xiong Ling's corruption.

Emperor Yan had a smile in his eyes and was in a happy mood.

However, as soon as Song Guogong returned to the queue, Prime Minister Zuo stepped forward unhurriedly.

This step made Emperor Yan's smile froze around his mouth, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his whole body tensed up subconsciously, as if a big enemy was in front of him, which also changed the atmosphere of the entire court.

The Prime Minister on the left raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the circumstances of this case are bad, and the people involved are involved in a wide range of cases. It can be called a major case. The old minister thought that such an important case would take time and effort. It may be... It's too casual."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Yan's face sank, and many ministers in the court secretly exchanged glances.

"What does Prime Minister Zuo mean?" Gu Rushi also stood up and said with a smile, "Could it be that he doubted Dali Temple's ability to handle affairs, and the lower officials thought you were worrying too much. Clearly. What's more, Song Guogong has always enforced the law impartially, and all the files are done beautifully, but he can't do such appalling things like the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

After Gu Rushi finished speaking, he raised his hand to Duke Song and made a accusation.

"Ever since Mr. Gu became a minister, he has become more articulate, and he feels like a villain." Yuan Meiqing sneered.

Gu Rushi smiled even more when he heard the words: "I'm overwhelmed, Mr. Yuan, and now I can still listen to you here, I should cherish it."

"You..." Yuan Meiqing glared at her.

There was a secret laughter from the side, everyone knew that once the people from Yunzhou arrived, it was unknown whether Yuan Meiqing would be able to keep her position as Minister.

However, Prime Minister Zuo didn't pay attention to Gu Rushi's maneuver, and just said indifferently: "According to the usual practice, if there is a serious and difficult case, you can bring it to the third division for a joint trial, so you can pay attention to it. The number of people involved in this case has exceeded two hands, and there are a lot of people. The highest official position can be second-rank Shangshu, which is relatively complicated, and it is inevitable that omissions may result in unjust and wrongly decided cases, in order to show justice, and the three divisions will try it as it should."

"However, among the three divisions, the punishment is in prison. Where did the third division come from? Didn't Xiong Shangshu let Xiong Shangshu interrogate himself?"

Zhen Weimin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said with a smile: "Hey, since the three divisions are not enough, it's okay to let the Inspectorate and Dali Temple have a joint trial."

"Indeed, this method works."

Zuo Xiang's proposal attracted many people's approval. Although they never paid attention to fairness and justice in their actions, what they said was more pleasant than anything else.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo's proposal is reasonable, and the minister also seconded it." At this time, Marquis Wu Ning smiled and cupped his hands.

His words immediately caused a series of echoes from the generals.

This situation has become one-sided again.

Emperor Yan glanced at Gu Rushi, who frowned, as if he didn't think of a way to refuse.

On the contrary, Song Guogong, who was at the center of the vortex, was expressionless, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

Emperor Yan thought that Li Li had managed to create such a good situation for him. He was sure of everything, but he went in another direction in the court.

With the involvement of the Inspectorate, some things are hard to say.

In case Xiong Ling was exonerated without knowing it... He was worried, and the excitement when he went to court disappeared, and his face was gloomy.

Zuo Xiang just raised his head and looked at Emperor Yan. Even if it was blocked by the beaded crown curtain, he could still see the deep hatred and anger in the emperor's eyes, the hand on the armrest, and the fingers uncovered by the sleeve of the wide dragon robe. , the exposed joints turned white, I am afraid that it took all my strength to control the urge to kill him.

The left phase hugged the fluoren board, with a calm smile on his mouth, which was even more hateful.

He knew very well that Emperor Yan's anger was mostly aimed at him, but part of it was aimed at himself.

Incompetent, impotent, useless.

At this moment, Emperor Yan hates himself so much more than anyone else.

If he had Li Li's ability to strategize, why not make the situation uncontrollable.