The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the Ministry of Housing's judgment on this case came down very quickly.

If such a big case is followed in the past, the entire Zhu family will inevitably be seated in the Nine Clans, and all members of the Nine Clans will be beheaded.Because of the kindness of the prince, he went to the emperor to intercede, so the result of the sentence was to execute only one family of the Zhu family. The whole family of the Zhu family was copied and beheaded. Within three generations of the Zhu family, they were not allowed to take part in scientific examinations or enter the court as officials.

As for the rest of the officials involved, those who are serious will be beheaded for public display, the men in the family will be exiled, and the women will be slaves; those who are less serious will be dismissed from office and will not be allowed to enter the officialdom again; or they will be demoted, even if these people remain in the officialdom, Most of the future official careers are hopeless for promotion; and so on.

Some families who were sentenced to not take part in the scientific examination within three generations, and were not allowed to enter the court as officials, were tantamount to cutting off the entire future of these families. The future and destiny of the family.

This time, the incident involved so much that even if the backstage in the capital was tough, it would be difficult for the officials implicated in it to escape unscathed.Because of this incident, some officials in the court have become more honest recently, and they have restrained everything that should be restrained.The officials were still bouncing around all day long. In short, if they didn't show their presence in front of the emperor, these people felt uncomfortable all over.

The Beijing officials involved in the incident were to be tried, and the local officials involved in the incident were escorted to the capital for trial.

Every trial is open to the public by the government, and the common people are not prevented from coming to watch it.The common people ran to watch, so as soon as the verdict came out, the common people in the capital knew immediately, and many common people clapped their hands and applauded, "Okay, these corrupt officials deserve to die."

"These people's heads should be chopped off to see if they dare to..."

This time, His Highness the Crown Prince was in charge of the presiding trial. Many people in the city saw His Highness the Crown Prince hearing the case, and they were all fascinated by His Royal Highness's demeanor.

The common people knew that Zhu's house was just ransacked and beheaded, and did not affect the nine clans. It was His Highness the Crown Prince who came to the Emperor to ask for favors. They did not want to see too many innocent people being implicated, causing too many deaths and injuries. The common people all praised the Crown Prince for his kindness. .These corrupt officials are naturally hateful, but if one person does things, the nine clans are affected, and the nine clans suffer together, the guilt is too much.

Compared with a stern, selfless and ruthless prince, the common people seem to prefer such a flesh and blood, benevolent and benevolent prince.This time, His Highness the Crown Prince handled the case beautifully, so His Highness the Crown Prince gained another wave of favor from the common people.

Recently, the business of the teahouses and restaurants in the capital has been particularly good, and they are full of people every day. Everyone is talking about the case, as well as the people and things involved in this case.

But knowing that he has been too popular recently, Yang Shaomu's behavior is much more low-key. He only goes to the palace every day to report the progress of the case to the emperor, and he doesn't say much about the rest. Whether he is doing well or not, he never makes a fuss .Emperor Zhaozong was very clear about what the prince had done, and he was quite satisfied with the son's behavior, "I know, you can step down if nothing happens."

"Yes, father, my son and minister will leave." Yang Shaomu bowed and withdrew.

Leaving from the emperor, Yang Shaomu stopped by his mother's place. The mother and son had not seen each other for a long time, and they had another conversation.It's just that he has a lot of things to do, Yang Shaomu didn't stay too long with his mother, so he got up and prepared to leave

The queen understood in her heart, but she just told the child to pay attention to her body, and asked the maid who served her to send her son out.

After a while, the maid who sent His Highness the Crown Prince back came back and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness has already left."

"En." The queen nodded, sat there, and closed her eyes.Seeing that the empress stayed in the house all day, the serving maid advised, "Empress, the flowers in the imperial garden are in full bloom, why don't the servants accompany the empress to walk around in the imperial garden."

The queen opened her eyes, looked at the maid serving beside her, nodded, and stretched out her hand. Seeing this, the maid at the side hurried forward to help.

A group of people went to the imperial garden.

But hearing the praise of the prince from the people outside, the rest of the princes were not so comfortable.The Crown Prince is already in charge of the trial, so they can only find a way in other aspects. They can't give the Prince all the benefits, and they won't get anything.

After this round of reshuffle, there was a big change in the court. Some officials were removed, and some young officials had the opportunity to come up.The imperial court held a scientific examination every three years, with the intention of selecting useful talents for the imperial court, and a batch of talents was produced every three years. Therefore, it can be said that Dacheng does not lack talents, but more people lack opportunities.

This opportunity is rare for some young officials, and many people have seized this opportunity and tried to find a way to rise to the top.

Where the princes were, they tried their best to put their people in.

These things are known among the brothers, and naturally the prince also knows about them.

As the biggest winner this time, Yang Shaomu quietly arranged several officials he had cultivated in private. These people may not all be in high positions, but they all hold important positions, and they all hold important positions. It's real power. As long as these people work in the position for a few years, they will definitely be able to rise up.

Also because of this incident, many families withdrew from the political arena in the capital, and the elders of the clan took the clan members below to relocate and withdrew from the capital.Politics has always been cruel and ruthless. The winner will go one step further;

The capital is a bustling place, a place close to the emperor, the center of the regime, and a place that many officials dream of and want to come to.

When someone leaves, someone will naturally come.

In some places, officials who were transferred to the capital to serve as officials took their whole families to the capital to take up their posts, and bought a house here.

settle.Therefore, in the following period of time, the housing prices in the capital rose again and again. People who did not have enough silver in their pockets could only rent a small courtyard here in the capital for their family to live in temporarily.

In the dark cell, a bed, a table, and a chair are all there is.

"Bangdang-"

The chair under his feet was kicked down, and a body dangled in mid-air.When the guards guarding the cell found out and released the man, he had already lost his breath and died.

It is very common for a person to die in a cell, not to mention that this person hanged himself to death. After the prison guard found out, he reported it to the people above.The news was passed on layer by layer, and soon everyone who should know received the news.

Zhao Xiangyi came to him at night and brought him a message that Zhu Guangquan hanged himself in the cell.

"what?"

"Zhu Guangquan is dead?"

Hearing that Zhu Guangquan had hanged himself in prison, Li Wen frowned, and asked in disbelief, "When did it happen?"

"Just now, half an hour ago. Wu Zuo went to check on it. He hanged himself." So there is no such thing as someone else killing him.Zhao Xiangyi happened to be at the prince's place, and the people below reported the news, and he knew it immediately.

Seeing the boy's shock, Zhao Xiangyi put his hand on the boy's shoulder, squeezed it lightly, comforted him, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you. His death is the path he chose. Even if If he doesn't hang himself in prison, he will be pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded for public display."

"I know." Li Wen felt a little indescribable, and this feeling was not very good.

He sat down on the chair, feeling a little complicated.

Even if Zhu Guangquan was not killed by him himself, Zhu Guangquan's death was also related to him. Even though he knew that Zhu Guangquan had committed such a serious crime, if the emperor wanted his life, this person had to die.

But how should I put it, Li Wen was still in a bad mood when he heard the news for the first time. The man who used to be his superior had hanged himself in prison.How much courage does a person have to choose to hang himself there.

Zhao Xiangyi picked up the teapot on the table, poured a glass of water for the young man, handed it to the young man, and then poured a glass of water for himself, "It's good that you know, you don't need to blame yourself for this matter. He is responsible for what he does, it has nothing to do with you, he deserves to die."

Facing the man looking into his eyes, the pity and impatience in his heart disappeared, Li Wen sighed, and said, "I understand what you said. People are already dead, you let someone buy it. Find a place to bury the body." This man was once an important minister of the court, he did so many things for the emperor, and gave himself up, but now he is dead, and there is no one to help collect the body. It's poor.

It's just that poor people must have something to hate.

When he knew the ending of the Zhu Mansion, he had already guessed the ending of Zhu Guangquan.Perhaps it was as early as when they led people to take Zhu Guangquan down, they had already foreseen Zhu Guangquan's end.Maybe Zhu Guangquan himself predicted his own ending, and the ending of Zhu's family.

Compared to beheading only one branch of the Zhu family now, it is already much better than beheading the entire nine clans together.

"And those people in the prison, you send someone to take care of them, at least, they can have a stutter for three meals a day." No matter how many, Li Wen can't help much.

This world is different from the later generations. The law of the later generations is that one person should do things and one should be responsible, and it will not affect the family and others.

and clansmen.But it's different here. If one person commits a crime here, it will affect the whole family, and it may even affect the entire family, as well as people outside the family.

These things in the law cannot be changed by him for the time being. This is not the era in which he lived.Thinking of those people in the cell, this made Li Wen feel a little tired. There are some people in this cell who don't need to die.

"Okay, I'll let someone do it." Zhao Xiangyi whistled, and soon someone came over.

Zhao Xiangyi gave an order, and the person who came came left quickly.

Li Wen knew that this was someone close to Zhao Xiangyi and what he said just now, this man had already ordered someone to do it.

Thinking of Zhu Guangquan's death, Li Wen guessed, "Is there any deal between the crown prince and Zhu Guangquan?" Otherwise, why the crown prince wants to protect the Zhu clan is nothing more than Zhu Guangquan's request, and His Royal Highness the crown prince obtained from Zhu Guangquan. s things.

Zhao Xiangyi naturally knew about this, so he nodded.

But for the rest, Zhao Xiangyi didn't say much, and Li Wen didn't ask too much.

Li Wen has never been a curious person, and he never asks about things he shouldn't know.They are just pawns in the hands of the superior, he himself is, and so is Zhao Xiangyi, but he is the sword in the hands of the emperor, Zhao Xiangyi is the person around the prince, they are all the same in essence.

After blowing out the lamp on the table, the two of them went to bed, neither of them in the mood to do anything else.

Leaning in the man's arms, Li Wen asked, "Tell me, did I do something wrong?"

Did he choose the wrong path? Maybe he shouldn't have taken the official career in the first place. When he became an official, maybe he would not feel so troubled and helpless about some things now. At this moment, Li Wen felt a little at a loss.

The position he is in now is too passive.

"How could it be?" Zhao Xiangyi put one hand on the young man's waist, hugged him in his arms, and fanned the young man with the other hand, "Did you forget? When you left Xiangzhou, the people along the way sent you When you leave, everyone is reluctant to let you go. The people here in the capital, when they mention Li Liuyuan, they all say that you are a good person, smart, talented, young, and a good official. No one says you are bad."

"Really? But I don't think I'm doing well enough." Li Wen raised his head and looked at the man who said this.

He knew how people outside talked about him, but compared to the compliments people outside said to him, Li Wen knew in his heart that he was not as good as others said.

Facing the boy looking into his eyes, Zhao Xiangyi couldn't help lowering his head, kissed the boy's forehead, and said affirmatively, "In my heart, you are fine. You must know that these officials are not removed, not only It endangers the imperial court, and the people below will not have a good life, think about the innocent people who died because of these corrupt officials, don’t they deserve to die?”

Yeah, these innocent people don't deserve to die...

No one deserves to die, so these executed officials were not innocent either.

Li Wen knew this truth, sighed slightly, and said, "The most fearful thing is that the weeds will not burn out, and the spring breeze will regenerate them."

"Rebirth, just get rid of it." Zhao Xiangyi said lightly.

The man's body temperature is high, and it's very warm to hug a stove in winter, but it's hot in summer, Li Wen feels a little bit disgusted with this man, and wants to push him away.It's just that the man didn't let him escape, and held him tightly with both hands.

What's more, he was used to sleeping with two people hugging each other, so even though he was disgusted, Li Wen didn't really want to kick him out of bed, and they slept separately.

On summer nights, the chirping of insects kept chirping, and the voice of talking in the room gradually stopped.

The boy in his arms closed his eyes and fell asleep. Zhao Xiangyi bowed his head, and looked at the boy's sleeping face through the moonlight coming in from the window. There was a layer of gray gray under the boy's eyelids.He stretched out his hand and rubbed it under the boy's eyelids, and finally hugged the boy, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

It's already halfway through the night...