Da Qin: At the age of six, I beat Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 151 Changes in the Imperial Examination
Zulong took Quyuanli's blueprint and happily returned to Xianyang.

Now he feels more and more that the supervisory garden is his blessed land, and Qin Mu is his lucky star!

How many times has this happened?

As long as I come to Jianyuan, I will either have delicious food that is hard to find in the world, or have inventions beyond imagination.

And these all came from Qin Mu!

This... the suspected prince.

Thinking of this, Zu Long's mood inevitably became a little depressed.

When he arrived at the palace, he didn't waste any time and summoned Wei Yu directly.

Wei Yu, who got the blueprint of Qu Yuanli, once again admired the wisdom of the expert, and cried and begged Zulong to let him meet the expert.

Even if an expert is not allowed to be the Shaofu, at least meeting him will definitely give him a lot of inspiration!

Zu Long casually said a few perfunctory words, and drove him away.

Just as Wei Yu left, Fei Er rushed in.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Someone wants to destroy the foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty, please make the decision!"

Fei Er threw himself on the ground, shouting words that really sent chills down the spine of the little eunuch next to him!

Zu Long's face darkened: "Fei Qing, it's okay to speak up! If you're alarmist, hit ten boards first!"

Fei Er had a look of grief and indignation: "Your Majesty! I dare not talk nonsense!"

Zu Long's face softened slightly: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Fei Er glanced at Zulong: "Your Majesty! The matter of the imperial examination was proposed by you personally, to recruit great talents from all over the world for the Great Qin! If the imperial examination is successful, the Great Qin can last forever! But if the imperial examination fails, the foundation of the Great Qin is not stable!"

"What's more, now that the Great Qin Imperial Examination Policy has been promulgated, everyone in the world knows about the imperial examination! Poor scholars, there are many people who borrow money to take the exam! If the imperial examination is forced to end at this time, the world's scholars will definitely be chilled! At that time, the remnants of the six kingdoms will be moved. Great Qin is in danger!"

"Your Majesty, if you destroy the imperial examination, is it considered to destroy the foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty?"

Zulong's face was cold.

Is this someone sabotaging the imperial examination?

Before the imperial examination was implemented, the gang of noble ministers tried their best to stop it, but he blocked them all.

This is unwilling to give up, and started to exert strength secretly again?
Possibly, not just those noble ministers.

The imperial examination policy has been issued nationwide.

Seeing the hope, the humble scholars were encouraged and excited, and their recognition of Daqin reached the highest level!
In this way, how can those remnants of the Six Kingdoms sit still?
If the imperial examination is destroyed...

Daqin gave the scholars hope, but then shattered it!

This is the cruelest thing!
Even crueler than never having hope!
At that time, no matter how high the degree of recognition was in the past, how deep will be the resentment at that time!

In this way, the nobles and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms also have common interests.

As for whether the nobles would betray Great Qin, Zu Long scoffed.

The aristocratic group is too large, and it is inevitable that there will be a few black apples.

Zu Long looked at Fei Er: "Naturally! Fei Qing, have you found anything?"

Fei Er cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the foundation of the imperial examinations lies in books! Before that, Your Majesty had handed over books to several rich merchants in Xianyang for sale. Is there such a thing?"

Zu Long nodded: "That's right. I remember that they once promised me that all the counties and counties in Daqin would be able to read the books. Why, don't they treat me in the dark?"

Fei Er said seriously: "Your Majesty, strictly speaking, they didn't break their word! It's just..."

Zu Long was a little anxious: "Just what?"

The imperial examination has a lot to do with it!

Fei Er said: "All counties in Daqin do have books! However, in some counties, there is only one volume in the whole county! In some counties, although there are many books, one book costs one tael of gold!"

Fei Er had a look of pain on his face: "Some humble scholars argued with rich businessmen, and they were beaten to death and maimed by them! Your Majesty! The matter of books has been explained in the imperial examination announcement, and the humble scholars are rejoicing! I thought I could finally do it!" Freed from the shackles of aristocratic collections..."

"However, these wealthy businessmen have made it clear that they will be forced to return to their old ways!"

Zulong's face turned blue.

He once summoned those lowly merchants himself!

Originally, I thought that in this way, I would give them enough treatment!

He even promised them to become imperial merchants!

Daqin scholars, farmers, businessmen, merchants were the most humble, but the emperor merchants directly turned them over.

In the end, is this how they repay me?
Forcibly suppressing his anger, he said slowly, "Go and catch them!"

Fei Er bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty! After finding out about this matter, I have already arrested them and put them in prison! But... last night, four wealthy businessmen died suddenly!"

"What did you say?"

Zulong's voice was extremely cold.

Sweat dripped from Fei Er's head: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent, please punish me! However, I really can't fight those villains hiding behind the scenes..."

Zu Long stared at Fei Er for a long time.

Indeed, if those nobles made a move, Fei Er, a humble minister, would really be unable to stand up.

Don't talk about assassinating wealthy businessmen.

Even if it was the assassination of Qin Mu that he asked the shadow guard to investigate, didn't he just find out how many people?
Zu Long waved his hand: "Fei Qing doesn't need to blame himself. Come here and give Fei Qing a seat. Tell me the cause and effect of this incident in detail."

Fei Er thanked Zu Long and began to talk about his own experience.

He didn't know about this at first.

Since Zu Long announced the imperial examination, he has been busy preparing for the imperial examination.

The first step is to start the first round of examinations in counties across the country. It is difficult for him to attend one by one, so he can only try his best to use the system to avoid the distortion of the imperial examination.

Only at the second step can he truly supervise the whole process.

Until five days ago, a seriously injured and fainted scholar appeared in front of his house.

After being woken up by the concierge, I realized that I came here to complain to Fei Er.

Zu Long nodded, Fei Er came from a poor family, and was indeed well-known among the lower class scholars, not to mention that he was in charge of the imperial examination, so it was reasonable to sue him.

After learning about the situation, Fei Er did not immediately believe the scholar. Those wealthy businessmen were personally appointed by His Majesty, how dare they be so bold?
Therefore, he still sent his confidants to several surrounding counties to check.

It turned out that the real situation was even more creepy than what the scholar said!
Fei Er was furious, and immediately arrested all those wealthy businessmen under the pretext of disrupting the imperial examination.

After interrogating all night, not only did he find nothing, but he took a short nap in the morning, and those wealthy businessmen were all dead!
At this point, the clues are all broken.

Zulong frowned.

Killing people in front of Fei Er?
It's too bold!

And from the current point of view, the people behind the scenes should be trying to fake the illusion that the four wealthy businessmen committed suicide in fear of crime.

They almost succeeded, because Fael had no evidence at all.

He came to complain to Zulong only because of his own guess, not because he really had any evidence.

Zulong sighed.

Fungus once persuaded him that businessmen cannot be trusted in the imperial examination.

It's a pity, if I had listened to him at that time...

(End of this chapter)