In a wine shop in Kyoto, Zhao Chuan was surrounded by a group of people and complimented him.
Most of these people are descendants of branches of aristocratic families, and some are even so poor that they can only make a living by selling their ancestors' belongings.
Originally, Zhao Chuan was one of them, but who told him that he was about to become brother-in-law with Mr. Gu? In the future, his father-in-law would be able to build a bridge and jump onto a branch.
From being promoted to being a Jinshi is the real leap from the Dragon Gate. Maybe, he can still rely on this official position to move closer to the Zhao family and prosper from then on.
Zhao Chuan couldn't help feeling a little carried away when he heard the good words coming out of their mouths as if they were free of charge, and he no longer had any inhibitions about what he said.
Zhao Chuan said: "Isn't the imperial examination just the same thing?"
Someone asked in a low voice: "How much did you spend to bribe Young Master Gu?"
Zhao Chuan made a three with his hand and said: "Thirty thousand taels of snowflake silver."
He didn't have so much money originally, but his luck has been surprisingly good recently. He got lucky in a gambling house and won but never lost.
With money in hand, he spent money lavishly and made friends everywhere.
A friend said to him: "Money in your hands will only lead to less and less spending. If the money is used where it should be used, it will make more money."
Zhao Chuan thought so too.
As a branch of the Zhao family, if he wanted to climb up, he had no other way but to take the imperial examination.
This time, Chunwei was his brother-in-law, but the time and place were not favorable, so he exchanged the cash in his hand for jewelry and gold bricks and sent them out through Mr. Sun.
Everyone praised Zhao Chuan profusely and praised him for his generous spending and good luck. Even if others had thirty thousand taels, they would not be able to buy off Young Master Gu.
These words happened to be heard by a few poor people, who stood up and said to Zhao Chuan: "What a shameless person! He actually regards the imperial examination as a business."
The imperial examination is the only way for children from poor families to get ahead, and now it is being taken away by aristocratic families. How can they not be upset?
Before Zhao Chuan said anything, a friend next to him said: "Who are you? You dare to be so presumptuous in front of Mr. Zhao!"
Then the fox friend said to Zhao Chuan: "Master Zhao, show these poor people how powerful you are and let them know how powerful Master Zhao is."
Although Zhao Chuan was frivolous, he was not a reckless fool, especially since what he did was unethical. He immediately pulled his friend and said, "Don't cause trouble!"
But the man couldn't hold him back at all, so he went up and kicked the poor man.
The two parties actually started fighting in public.
Zhao Chuan couldn't stop him no matter what, and he couldn't figure out how to say a few words, so things developed to this point.
Zhao Chuan struggled to stop him in the middle,
At this time, several Eagle Guards walked in proudly and shouted: "Who is Zhao Chuan!"
Zhao Chuan woke up instantly from the wine, and when he realized that the person coming was evil, he lowered his head and ran away.
But how could those poor families let him escape? They all surrounded Zhao Chuan and said, "Master, he is Zhao Chuan!"
Zhao Chuan was so frightened that his two limbs trembled. He stuffed the gold and silver in his sleeves into the hands of the Eagle Guard and said: "Master, we are all our own people. It's easy to talk to each other!"
The Divine Eagle Guard directly threw the gold and silver into Zhao Chuan's face. Zhao Chuan was a person who was personally ordered to be arrested by the Holy Emperor. It was not an ordinary crime and he did not deserve this kind of treatment.
Zhao Chuan thought to himself that it was not good, and hurriedly struggled and shouted: "I am Mr. Gu's brother-in-law..."
One of the Eagle Guards immediately slapped Zhao Chuan, causing his ears and nose to bleed.
Shenying Wei said: "Are you worthy of mentioning Young Master Gu?"
Zhao Chuan did not dare to say any more, and was dragged out of the wine shop by the Eagle Guards in a daze.
All the way to Fengtian Hall, today is another half-monthly meeting.
Under the pressure of the civil and military officials, Zhao Chuan trembled and revealed everything without resorting to severe punishment. Gu Yu's bribery was also completely exposed by him.
A member of the Xu family who was in Dali Temple lamented Gu Yu's crime of selling an official position and becoming a nobleman. The old man burst into tears and cried blood.
But when he looked up, Gu Yuqing stood there coldly, admiring his ugliness like an actor in the stands.
The official was so angry that he couldn't hold his breath, and he cried even harder. If the emperor didn't deal with Gu Yu harshly, he would have remonstrated to death.
After a few more people came and finished crying, Queen Xu's brother Xu Chu came forward and said: "This Spring Festival is a major plan for the country. Young Master Gu seeks personal gain from it and behaves indifferently when others point it out.
I despise the power of God and seek punishment from the Holy Spirit."
The Holy One then spoke: "All my dear friends feel that the Spring Festival is the most important thing, and there should be no selling of official positions, right?"
When the Holy One opens his mouth, he naturally says yes.
The Holy Master said to Gu Yu: "Gu Aiqing, what do you have to say?"
Gu Yu walked straight out and said, "I am asking the Holy One to punish Zhao Chuan with severe punishment."
Zhao Chuan was immediately scared to death and said to Gu Yu: "Young Master Gu, we did this together, you can't leave me alone!"
Xu Chu snorted coldly and said, "Does Mr. Gu think that by killing his relatives for righteousness, he can cover up the fact that you sold your official position?"
Gu Yu glanced at Xu Chu and said: "He has not yet married his wife and sister, so how can he say that he will destroy his relatives in a righteous way? Besides..."
Gu Yu paused for a moment and took out a roster from the sleeves of his wide court clothes.
Gu Yu handed it forward and said, "It's not just Zhao Chuan."
The ministers were confused.
Gu Yudao: "In addition to Zhao Chuan, there are twelve other people who went to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to send gifts and beg the minister to open a back door for them."
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion among civil and military officials in the court.
What is Gu Yu doing?
One Zhao Chuan was enough for her to drink a pot, so why did she self-destruct and there were twelve others, and was she delirious?
Some people don't know why, and some people have already figured out the reason and can't help but sweat.
Gu Yu revealed that he had accepted bribes, but there was no movement from His Majesty. He was probably putting on a show with Mr. Gu.
If they were born in modern times, they would definitely know one word - fishing law enforcement.
Gu Yu handed over an account book and said: "This is the list of all the people who have come to the town to deliver gifts since I took charge of the spring period. Please see it. All bribes have been turned over to the state treasury."
The holy eunuch handed the account book in Gu Yu's hand to the holy eunuch.
The Holy Emperor looked at the huge bribes above and his face was very gloomy.
Say each name one by one.
"Zhao Chuan, Zeng Chao, Qiao Binhai, Jia Ren..."
Thirteen places, thirteen aristocratic families.
The officials of the aristocratic families involved fell to their knees one after another, shouting that they were wronged.
The Holy One said: "Unjustly accused? Do you still have the nerve to raise unjust accusations?"
Those people were trembling.
Xu Chu was unwilling to let his carefully planned situation be broken. He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty! Although Gu Xiaogong made up for his fault and handed over the account books and bribes to the treasury, she did indeed do this, discredited the courtiers, and attracted the attention of the public.
If a student from a poor family gets angry, don't let him go."