Traitors of the Manchu dynasty, why do you make me an emperor through the ages Chapter 225: Transfer troops to block the Gongyuan! Go and invite my uncle!
Chapter 225: Transfer troops to block the Gongyuan! Go and invite my uncle!
One word fell, and it made a huge impact.
Not to mention Song Qiaonian, even the censors were dumbfounded and looked at Zheng Guan with dumbfounded eyes.
Why is this guy so brave?
None of them, the censors, had too much trouble with Song Qiaonian, but who would have thought that this candidate would be so bold.
You are a good candidate! Where did you get the courage to go against the dignified Vice-President Gongju and the Right Minister of Rites?
Have you thought about the consequences?
To put it mildly, this examination will be in vain. To put it more seriously, you may not be able to keep your reputation as a civil servant. You may even be given the name of cheating and sent to the army...
Song Qiaonian opened his eyes, a dangerous aura appeared on his face, and he immediately spotted the speaker in the crowd.
It's him!
Song Qiaonian narrowed his eyes.
Zheng Guan raised his head without fear and looked at him.
"Come here! Catch him!"
Song Qiaonian was merciless. Let alone his uncle at this time, even if his grandfather made trouble here, he would not show mercy at all!
This is not only related to him alone, but also related to the entire Tsai Party.
Although the Zheng family has some reputation, it doesn’t carry enough weight here.
"If you disrupt the public examination, you will be detained first and then sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation after the public examination is over!"
After Song Qiaonian finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers cheered and surrounded him.
The faces of the unrelated soldiers around him turned pale, and they subconsciously made way for the soldiers to come directly to Zheng Guan.
Zheng Guan showed no fear. He still stared at Song Qiaonian and asked loudly: "Why do you avoid talking, Mr. Song? The examination is the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony. It should be open and honest. Is there anything else that can't be done?"
Did you say that?"
A cold look flashed in Song Qiaonian's eyes and he ignored him at all.
"stop!"
Yao Zi'ang had arrived at Zheng Guan's side at some point and looked up at Song Qiaonian: "Sir Song, it would be too arbitrary to arrest and convict a candidate based on this matter alone."
It was Zheng Guan who told him the test questions just now, and now Yao Zi'ang has reciprocated the favor and helped him as much as he can.
If this candidate really falls into the hands of Song Qiaonian, the rest of his life will be completely ruined.
"I never said to convict you, I just took it first and left it for interrogation."
Song Qiaonian left enough room in his words, firstly to stop Yao Ziang's mouth at this moment, and secondly to negotiate with the Zheng family in Xingyang. What if they were willing to make some concessions for Zheng Guan?
However, in Yao Ziang's view, this was just perfunctory.
If he doesn’t convict him now, and if he turns around and convicts him again, no one can criticize him.
It was also sent to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation. Who doesn’t know that the Ministry of Punishment wears the same pants as you?
But before he could speak, Zheng Guan continued to shout loudly: "Why do you avoid speaking, Mr. Song? Why do you want to arrest me? Is there really something ulterior in this leak?"
Now that he had achieved his goal, the commotion in the venue gradually subsided. Almost everyone looked at Song Qiaonian, the deputy magistrate, and some even started whispering. Their eyes made Song Qiaonian's complexion even more livid.
"Catch him!"
Song Qiaonian pointed at the soldiers and roared: "What are you still doing?"
"The court can decide what is right and wrong, how can we allow you, a child with a yellow mouth, to bark like crazy here!"
The soldiers immediately rushed over. Zheng Guan was tall and strong, and he subconsciously wanted to fight back, but he held back when the situation came. He allowed the soldiers to restrain him and kept shouting:
"Master Song, do you not know or don't want to tell me? Why are you trying to silence me?"
Song Qiaonian's hands hidden in his sleeves clenched tightly into fists, deliberately not looking at Zheng Guan, but looking at the other people present with cold eyes.
"Leave immediately after the exam and don't stay any longer!"
He originally thought that Zheng Guan's fate would scare a few other people, but he didn't expect that it would have the opposite effect.
Yan Zhenqing took a deep breath, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a deep voice coming from the side.
"Master Song, although the imperial court has its own conclusions, we are participating in the examination, so why can't we say that it is the examination?"
Everyone looked over in shock and found that the person speaking was the black-faced Bao Zheng.
Yan Zhenqing also hurriedly followed, raised his head and said to Song Qiaonian: "Sir Song, we are the examiners of the exam. If the test questions are really leaked, wouldn't it be unfair to us?"
"What's the harm in asking the court?"
Although several other candidates did not speak, they made their attitude clear without turning around and leaving.
The surrounding censors secretly lamented that the candidates of this year were really too reckless.
Even Vice-President Gongju dared to confront him head-on, which was unimaginable in previous years.
"Now is the time for the general examination. No matter what you have to do, you have to wait until the general examination is over!"
Song Qiaonian's face turned livid: "If you really plan to join in the evil deeds with him, then just stay here!"
He had scruples and did not let the soldiers arrest all these people directly.
It's normal to catch one, but if you catch seven, eight, or a dozen at once, this matter will never end.
What's more, the juren here seem to be well-known. If they are really arrested, it is inevitable that other juren will complain about them and go to Jingzhao Mansion or other yamen to cause trouble.
What Song Qiaonian is most afraid of now is that things will get worse.
However, things did not develop as he expected. These noble people were still standing upright here, their round-collared black silk robes following the cold wind, with no intention of moving.
"Arrest them all! Take them away! Send them to the prison of the Criminal Department!"
Song Qiaonian also became ruthless. Now that the situation is urgent, we must make a choice!
He was gnashing his teeth with hatred today. If his eyes could hurt people, Zheng Guan and the others would have died a hundred times over.
Song Qiaonian has secretly decided not to let these people have an easy time.
Even though they are just trying to raise people and cannot use torture, the Ministry of Punishment has many ways to punish people.
Not to mention anything else, as long as these people are put together with those vicious criminals and locked up for a long time, they will lose their skin!
With Zheng Guan and Yan Zhenqing's demonstration, several candidates did not resist, but allowed the soldiers to take them into custody. However, each of them kept talking and still questioned Song Qiaonian loudly.
"Wait a minute!"
Yao Ziang shouted, causing the soldiers to pause again.
"Take them all away!"
Song Qiaonian shouted angrily, now he didn't want the candidates to stay any longer.
"Master Song, a censor has just rushed to the imperial city to report this matter!"
Yao Zi'ang stared at him: "Your Majesty and all the adults in the court must have already known about this matter, and the people from the court are already on the way!"
"Master Song, won't you wait until the people from the court arrive before making a decision?"
"I know Gongju and I have the right to handle this matter!"
Song Qiaonian looked at him coldly: "The matter is urgent. I want to quell the commotion now to prevent anyone from interfering with the examination in the Gongyuan."
"What the people from the court will do when they come is a matter afterwards!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand: "Take them away!!"
The soldiers immediately stopped hesitating and escorted the group of people to move out.
"you……"
Yaozi's face turned red with anger, but what Song Qiaonian said made sense.
Moreover, the affairs of the Gongyuan examination room are based on the highest priority, and they, the censors, can only supervise the reports and have no right to comment on them.
Seeing these thorns being escorted outside the venue, the gloominess on Song Qiaonian's face did not ease, because these people were still making noises and talking about leaking things.
But Song Qiaonian couldn't shut their mouths. If he really did so, it would appear that he was too guilty, and he would also give these censors...
Song Chaonian was already trying his best to tolerate it, but he still didn't expect that something unexpected happened before the people had even taken a few steps.
"Surround them all! No one can escape!"
I don't know when, groups of Imperial Guards with bright swords and armor have surrounded the entire Xiuzhengfang!
Then the family members of the candidates who were here were immediately in chaos, screaming and trying to run out.
"I don't know what the test is about. I want to go home!"
"Dear military masters, I'm here to pick up our master. I really don't know what I will try!"
"Our master is suddenly seriously ill. Please give me a way to survive and let him go out to see a doctor..."
There were screams and cries, and the whole street was instantly in chaos.
Tiger Guard!
Song Qiaonian looked at the well-equipped Imperial Guards from afar, his eyes narrowed, but he did not show any panic.
Everyone in the court knew that the Tiger Guards were now taking orders from the Duke of Tang.
And a few people in Cai's party know that the relationship between Tang Guogong and Cai Jing is very good...
"Everyone go back, or we will kill you without mercy!"
None of those who tried to escape succeeded, and were all forced back by the bright spears of the Imperial Guards.
A general wearing mountain armor, with a Chinese character for his face, and thick eyebrows and big eyes, rode a tall red horse and led a group of cavalry through the crowd slowly. Those who stood in front of them screamed and gave way.
Seemingly slow, but actually very fast, these cavalrymen quickly arrived at the gate of Gongyuan.
Zheng Guan's eyes lit up when he saw the general at the head.
But this man ignored Zheng Guan and looked coldly at Song Qiaonian at the gate of Gongyuan.
"The adults in the court and Your Majesty are already aware of the matter of leaking the test questions. Your Majesty has now ordered the Duke of Tang to handle the matter. He will be here later!"
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A few minutes ago.
The spies returned to the imperial city one by one and ran towards the imperial city and various yamen in the palace city. After a while, the censors who had returned from the revision workshop came back and ran to the censor's platform.
Only a moment later, Wei Zheng and Qin Hui led a large group of officials out of the yamen and headed towards Ziwei Hall.
Li Qian did not go outside Gongyuan today to watch the excitement. In fact, he had already expected that someone would come looking for him.
"Your Majesty, they are coming."
The old eunuch hurriedly ran into Dongnuan Pavilion: "Prime Minister Qin, Doctor Wei, Chief Sima of the Ministry of War..."
Hearing this, Li Qian took a long breath, calmed down his emotions a little, and then said in a deep voice: "Invite them in."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The old eunuch responded and ran out quickly.
After a while, a rush of footsteps came from outside the door.
A large number of civil servants, headed by Qin Hui and Wei Zheng, poured into the study.
"I will see you, Your Majesty."
Li Qian looked at them puzzled: "Why do you all come to me today? Is there something going on?"
All the ministers hurriedly saluted, and Wei Zheng was the first to raise his head and solemnly said: "Your Majesty, there is a report from the imperial censor, and the test will be revealed!"
"What?"
Li Qian was stunned for a moment, seemingly shocked by the news.
Qin Hui took a deep breath and added: "Your Majesty, the examination questions were leaked in advance, and the candidates who left the Gongyuan were already making trouble outside the Gongyuan."
"Tell the topic?"
Li Qian stood up subconsciously, walked around the table and looked at the ministers in disbelief: "What's going on? Tell me clearly!"
Wei Zheng and Qin Hui looked at each other, and it was the former who said: "Your Majesty, during the annual exams, there have always been people in the capital buying and selling exam questions. However, most of the questions these people sell are made up and are all for the purpose of defrauding money. It’s not worth the imperial court’s great war.”
"This year, there were also people buying and selling test questions, but after verification, it was found that the test questions these people sold were actually the same as the first four book questions in the current examination room!"
"Now that the news has spread, there has been quite a commotion outside the Gongyuan."
As Li Qian listened to his words, his face became increasingly uglier, and finally he suddenly turned his head to look at Qin Hui.
"Is what Dr. Wei said true?"
Qin Hui hurriedly replied: "This is indeed the case."
Li Qian took a deep breath and seemed to be suppressing the anger in his heart. He stared coldly at the group of civil servants in front of him: "Who leaked the question?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know yet."
Wei Zheng said hurriedly: "However, there are only a limited number of people who can handle the exam questions. As long as we conduct detailed screening, we will definitely be able to find out who did it!"
"Check! We must check!"
Li Qian could no longer hold back his anger, slammed the table, and said angrily: "I just came to the throne for the first time, and someone is so presumptuous. What do they think of me!!"
"If this person is found, he will be severely punished and beheaded in Lingchi!"
The civil servants lowered their heads a little lower, and none of them even said a word.
Only Wei Zheng said urgently: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to control the situation."
"Today's first examination is over. A large number of people gathered outside the Gongyuan. There are also candidates in the Gongyuan who are leaving the examination room. The Xiuzheng Square is overcrowded! If there is a conflict there, there will be countless casualties!"
Li Qian was furious and wanted to say something else.
But Qin Hui raised his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are many innocent people outside the Gongyuan! Please put the lives of your scholars and common people first! Put an end to the chaos!"
The civil servants also shouted: "I hope your Majesty will put the lives of the people and scholars first!"
Li Qian seemed to calm down after being persuaded by them. He suddenly turned his head and looked at the old eunuch standing beside him.
"Big companion!"
"Get on your horse and go to the Duke of Tang's mansion quickly. Ask my uncle to lead troops to block the Gongyuan! And get to the bottom of this matter!"
The civil servants were nervous at first, and then quietly relaxed.
Everyone thought that the emperor was in a hurry and wanted to send out the eunuchs around him to do things. That was ridiculous!
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch quickly ran out of the palace, and during the whole process not a single official raised a voice to object.
The reason is that Tang Guogong has a very good reputation among civil servants.
But many people also saw clues in it. It turns out that in critical moments, the person His Majesty the Emperor trusts most is his uncle, the Duke...
"Your Majesty, please obey your authority in urgent matters!"
The old lady had already run away, and Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, suddenly said: "If we go to the Duke's Mansion to ask the Duke to mobilize troops now, I'm afraid it will delay a lot of time."
"Why don't you order the Ministry of War to mobilize troops and send the Huben guards from the imperial city to Gongyuan to calm the situation, and then take over Gongyuan after Tang Guogong leaves and start investigating!"
After Li Jing finished speaking, the small study room immediately fell into silence, and you could hear a needle drop.
None of the civil servants spoke, but everyone knew one thing.
The Huben Guards shoulder the important task of protecting the Imperial City. If they are transferred out, the Imperial City's defense will be empty...