The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

On this day, there was a strong wind in the capital, the sky was blue and white, black clouds covered the sun, and the sky became dark in an instant.

Seeing that a heavy rain is about to hit, pedestrians and horses on the street are rushing, and vendors on the street are packing their things in a hurry, for fear that the heavy rain will destroy their goods.The strong wind blows the paper, calligraphy and painting, and the down-and-out scholar is chasing the painting. He picked up this piece of paper, and the other pieces of paper flew away. At this moment, the scholar wished he could give birth to eight hands.

Seeing the paintings and calligraphy blown away by the wind, the scholar finally had no choice but to give up and pack back what he could clean up.

"Crackling-"

Thunder and lightning flashed, and a bolt of lightning struck the west, as if to split the sky in half.

Emperor Zhaozong in the imperial study smashed the teacup in his hand and lost his temper. The eunuchs and maids in the study did not dare to express their anger.

The emperor had not been so angry for a long time, and everyone felt insecure.

There was a strong wind outside, thunder and lightning flashed, and the strong wind blew out the lights in the house. The light of the lightning outside passed through the window and entered the house, shining on the emperor's dragon face. The emperor's face was extremely ugly.Eunuch Sun shook his body to tell the emperor, and after getting a response from the Holy Majesty, he ordered the maids to light up the lights in the room, and the light shell in the room was restored in an instant.

Li Wen knelt on the ground, hearing the thunder outside, his heart skipped a beat.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Go, call the prince over here." Emperor Zhaozong asked his confidant Gong Gongsun Haide to call over the prince and several princes, and also reported the names of several ministers, and called them into the palace together. "Also, pass on my order to let Zhao Xiangyi and Yang Zhen come into the palace to see me immediately."

"Yes, I'm going now, slave." Eunuch Sun took the order and ordered the eunuchs and palace servants below to call His Highness the Crown Prince, the princes, and several ministers over.

At this time, the emperor couldn't leave him, so Eunuch Sun didn't go to invite someone in person, but ordered the palace servants below to call for someone, and then returned to the emperor's side to serve him, and asked the maid to make a cup of tea again, and personally Bring it to the emperor's hand.

Li Wen stood up, bowed his head, and stood aside.

The emperor was furious, and he was afraid that it would not be calmed down. Here in the capital, there would be a lot of bloodshed, he sighed in his heart.What the emperor wants to do, he, a little courtier, can't stop him, and he won't stop him.

It's time to rectify this court!

This is the case for a department that is in charge of the lifeline of money and talents in the country. Of course, the other departments in the six departments are not much better. As well as the five temples and various divisions, internal officials are pouring up and down, and the officials and officials protect each other. There are many dirty things in it.Even if the central government is like this, the local officials below work even more effectively. The entire bureaucratic system of ministers is rotten from the root.If there is no rectification, the entire Dacheng will be at stake, and sooner or later it will perish like Qianqian Dynasty

Doesn't the emperor really know these things?

——In fact, it is not like that, the emperor must know.

Li Wen knew that the emperor's eyes could not be hidden from the emperor's eyes, but at the same time the emperor sat in this position, the more he thought, the more he worried, and it was inevitable that he would not be as ruthless and decisive as he was when he was young.But it has to be said that the officials below kept things a secret from each other. As long as the emperor didn't send people to investigate deeply, nothing could be seen on the surface.

And who does Zhu Guangquan belong to?Zhu Guangquan is a confidant minister who was single-handedly promoted by the emperor, but now Zhu Guangquan has betrayed the emperor, the master.Any master would not allow his subordinates to betray him, and so did the emperor, so that's why the emperor was so furious when he saw the evidence he presented.

Isn't the emperor uncomfortable?The emperor must be more face-saving than anyone else. Any emperor wants to hang his face through the ages, and he is unwilling to become the emperor who is spurned by the people after death, and become a sinner of Dacheng Kingdom.As long as the emperor wants to save face, he will not allow the kingdom to be destroyed in his hands.

The East Palace was close, and the prince was the first one to arrive, and the princes and ministers who came behind followed suit.

Before entering the palace, these ministers didn't know what was going on.

Seeing that the Holy Majesty's expression was wrong, these people were all human beings. Although they didn't know what was going on, their intuition told them that something must be happening.

"Crash-"

Two quarters of an hour later, a heavy rain poured down.

Fortunately, people were given some time to find a place to shelter from the rain. Otherwise, when the rain came, many people would be drenched, and those who ran slowly behind were drenched by the heavy rain and drenched.

The ministers who hadn't rushed to the palace, it started to rain heavily at this moment.

Several small sedan chairs stopped in front of the palace gate, and the ministers who got off the sedan chairs braved the rain and entered the palace, accompanied by guards with umbrellas.

At this moment, the teahouses and inns in the city were full of people, and the doorways of some shops were full of pedestrians sheltering from the rain.The business in the tavern and tea shop was very good, and the waiter in the lobby was too busy to pour tea to the guests in the shop.

Someone said, "It's really evil today, if you say it changes today, it will become 0"

"No, it was still a big sun just now, but in a blink of an eye it became dark like this, and it began to rain heavily."

It was pouring rain outside, the hawkers and pedestrians on the street ran away cleanly, and the whole capital city was shrouded in the heavy rain.

I thought that this heavy rain would pass soon, but it didn't stop for two full hours.

Seeing that the city gate was about to be closed, the faces of those who were driving out of the city showed anxious expressions. Most of the people who lived outside the city would not stay in the city overnight. A sleeping bunk in the lowest inn in the city, sleeping It costs at least ten copper coins a night, and ordinary poor people are reluctant to spend this money. They have worked so hard to save so much money in a day.

"Hey, I don't know when the rain will stop."

"The woman in my family is still waiting for me to go back. If I don't go back, she will definitely worry about me.

"The rain seems to be a little lighter, let's hurry up and go while the rain is lighter."

Fortunately, the rain outside has eased a bit. Some people who were hiding from the rain in the city saw that the rain was a little lighter, and they braved the rain and left one after another. They were afraid that the city gate would be closed if they were a step late. Go back, go home and change your clothes.

At the last moment when the city gate was closed, a group of iron cavalrymen on horseback braved the heavy rain to enter the city, and the sound of orderly horseshoes was shocking.The leading general showed a badge, and the soldiers defending the city recognized the token and dared not stop it, so they immediately let the cavalry in.

"drive"

Seeing the iron cavalry leaving in the rain, the soldiers guarding the city grunted, "I don't know what happened in the city

Another soldier said, "It's none of our business anyway."

Bang one

As night fell, the heavy city gate fell and the city gate was closed.

During the period until the opening of the city gate on the second day, unless there are special events, ordinary people in the city are not allowed to leave the city, and people from outside the city are not allowed to enter.

The rain is getting heavier, and it seems to be getting dark very early this day. In the past at this time, there were still pedestrians in twos and threes on the street, but today there is not a single pedestrian. The shops on the street closed their doors early. There are no hawkers setting up stalls to sell things.

Accompanied by the sound of heavy rain, the uniform sound of iron cavalry sounded, and under the command of the leading general, the soldiers surrounded the entire Zhu Mansion, as if not a single mosquito could fly out of it.

"Break open this door for me." The general with a cold face ordered.

"say-t-1"

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Someone knocked on the door.

"Expansion--expansion--exposure-',

Who is knocking on the door at this time?The porter inside heard the voice, opened the door, and cursed, "Bold, who are you, do you know where this is?..."

"Get out of the way!" The soldier standing at the door pushed away the old man at the door, and directly tied up the old man.

"You guys, go, arrest Zhu Guangquan and everyone in the Zhu Mansion, and don't let any of them go." Zhao Xiangyi waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him divided into two teams and entered through the gate of Zhu Mansion.

At this time, the housekeeper in the mansion received the news, and ran to the main courtyard where their master lived in a panic

"Why are you in such a panic?" At this time, Zhu Guangquan didn't know that he was going to die, so he asked with a frown when he saw the housekeeper who ran over in a panic.

"Master, it's not good, the officers and soldiers outside have surrounded our entire Zhu Mansion." The housekeeper trembled all over.

"What?" Zhu Guangquan was shocked. Who dared to surround his Zhu residence? He was an imperial order official, a second-rank official, and the Minister of the Household Department. Who dared not to take him as an imperial order official!

''ah.,'

"Who are you, why did you break into the Zhu Mansion?"

"Ah... ma'am..."

When the female relatives in the backyard saw the officers and soldiers who broke in, they all shouted.

As soon as these officers and soldiers entered, they began to arrest people without saying a word. The guards in the house had no time to react, and they were captured, and those who resisted were killed regardless of life or death.

Just as Zhu Guangquan was shocked, there was a sound of footsteps coming towards him.

The gate opened, and the wind came in from the outside. Zhu Guangquan was turning his head to look in the direction of the gate. At this moment, the guards around him reacted, surrounded their master, and drew out their swords one after another, aiming at the outsiders.

"Lord Zhu, I am waiting for the order from the Holy Spirit. Come here and ask your lord to investigate and question, and please cooperate with us." Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi led the people slowly, and the rain soaked his shoes and half of his clothes. Hem, but he didn't seem to be in a bit of a panic, he still looked calm.

It's just that today Zhu Guangquan is no longer his superior, but the imperial official they were ordered to arrest.

Thanks to the great love of the emperor, the emperor entrusted him with such a difficult task.And he couldn't refuse, so he had to follow orders.

"Li Wen, how dare you!" Zhu Guangquan's mother was ashamed: staring at Li Wen, at this moment, he seemed to understand what was going on, "You can't do this to me. Minister of the second rank, I want to see the emperor.,,

"Lord Zhu, you should go to the prison first and wait for the emperor to summon you." Li Wen sighed slightly,

Said.

Zhao Xiangyi made a gesture, and the officers and soldiers following him went forward to grab the man.