Daughter Shenghua

Chapter 153
There are still debates about the reform of the scientific examination in the capital.

Xiao Mujin, who was out for disaster relief, also learned the news that Marquis Wu died and Xiao Muling was imprisoned.

At this time, according to Wuhou's accident, it has been five days.

Originally, the news could be delivered within three days at most, but the person who sent the news was chased and intercepted all the way, so it took another two days.

Xiao Mujin's scheming is much deeper than Xiao Muling's. Although he is not particularly smart, he has an advantage that no one else has, that is, he knows what he can and cannot do. When others give him advice, he Be able to judge your own ability at the first time.

It can be said that Xiao Mujin suffered a lot during this journey, and it was not as simple as he imagined.

If it weren't for the protector's people to help and protect him all the way, he would only be in a worse situation at this moment.

Originally, he didn't have to run around to do it himself, but there was Wang Zizhen among the censors sent to supervise this time.

In front of Wang Zizhen's face, how dare he pretend to be fake, he worked hard all the way and did not dare to be sloppy at all. In just half a month, he has lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot.

In addition to being disturbed by mobs on the road, he also had to deal with assassinations from time to time, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment.

The silver taels for disaster relief were even more closely guarded by Lin Chong. If he wanted to get a tael of silver out, he had to go through the hands of several people.

Moreover, Lin Chong guarded the silver taels even more closely, and he failed to win a tael of silver after several attempts.

Only then did Xiao Mujin realize that these things were different from what he had originally imagined.

When the news of Marquis Wu's death came, he showed a smile that he hadn't shown for a long time.He didn't pay much attention to Xiao Muling without Marquis Wu.

He wrote a letter overnight and sent it to the capital.He didn't know that another wave had already set off in the capital at this moment.And when the letter he wrote was in the hands of the Duke Protector, it had already changed.

On this day, when Emperor Jing walked into the Golden Luan Hall, Rao was prepared for it, but he was quite surprised.

According to the rules of the Dajing Dynasty, after reaching a certain level, they can participate in the court meeting, but some people are not powerful figures, and they don't need and don't want to spend that effort to go to the court.

But today Emperor Jing looked at the dark crowd below and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It was the first time for him as an emperor to see so many people come to court on his own initiative.

I saw Chen Guogong standing in front of the civil servants in official uniform, looking like a leader.The generals, headed by Old Prince Xuan, stood on the other side, while Xue Qing stood on the side alone.

As the prime minister of the left, Xue Qing has his own unique status, he is the head of all officials.He came early in the morning, and when he saw Old Prince Xuan and Chen Guogong in the crowd, he felt a little uneasy.

As soon as Emperor Jing sat down, Zhang Xuechun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and said, "Report to the emperor, I have a letter from Wanmin. This is what the people sent to the minister's mansion overnight." As he spoke, he put the letter of Wanmin in his hand. Handed it up.

Lu You immediately stepped forward to take the Wanmin Letter and handed it to Emperor Jing.

After reading this Wanmin book for a while, Emperor Jing was overjoyed, thinking that he was right about Zhang Xuechun, and he thought of this idea overnight.But he said: "Well. I already know about this matter. Today I also want to hear your views on the new law assessment."

Everyone knew that it was about to start again.

Zhang Xuechun did his part not to let the first one go out, and said loudly: "To the emperor, this book of ten thousand people is the voice of the people. The merits of this ceremony will last forever, and the emperor should make a decision as soon as possible!"

At this time, Li Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out, "Your Majesty, these things must not be done. This is against the ancestral system, and it is really inappropriate."

Seeing this, Xue Qing raised the corners of his mouth.Li Yuan was born in the Li family, a big family that has gone through a hundred years.The Li family's children are all over the government and the public. If such a system is really implemented, they must bear the brunt of it.

Sure enough, after Li Yuan came out, Li Ming, Minister of the Ministry of War, also came out, "I also think it's inappropriate. The candidates recommended by famous scholars from various aristocratic families must have been carefully checked. They are all outstanding people from all over the world. If so Everyone is still unable to satisfy the imperial court, the minister is worried!"

Zhang Xuechun smiled coldly, and was about to step forward, only to hear an old voice, "Then Master Li really cares about the country and the people!"

Everyone looked back and saw that it was Chen Guogong who spoke.For a while, everyone dared not speak.

I only heard Chen Guogong say again: "It's just that I don't know who Mr. Li thinks can be the pillar of the imperial court?"

Li Ming trembled in his heart, and said bravely: "Naturally, he is a leader in all parties!"

Chen Guogong smiled and said: "Then how does Mr. Li determine who can be called a leader?"

"Naturally, they are recommended by famous officials and scholars from all over the world!"

"Hahaha!" Chen Guogong laughed loudly, and then took out a list and handed it to Chen Yi, a senior scholar of the palace beside him.Chen Yi understood, took the list and read it aloud.

"In the third year of Dajing, Li Sen, the magistrate of Mingzhou, was found guilty of corrupting 10 taels of silver and sentenced to beheaded. In the fourth year of Dajing, Li Mo, the deacon of Qingzhou, was in office for three years. He harmed the people and was sentenced to beheaded after investigation. Punishment. In the sixth year of Dajing, Li Quan, the governor of Yuezhou, corrupted the law and used inferior materials when building the dam, causing the dam to collapse, destroying [-] mu of land, and causing countless deaths and injuries to the people. After investigation, he was sentenced to beheaded..."

Chen Yi's voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it very clearly, especially the Li family present.These things are things that the Li family has been covering up for many years, but unexpectedly they were brought out in this way in the Golden Palace.

The more everyone listened to the Li family, the more unkind their expressions became. Everyone had already discovered that the people mentioned in the list were all members of the Li family, and they couldn't help but secretly surprised that the Li family had hit the iron plate this time.

Chen Yi read eloquently for a while before finishing, but the entire golden palace was quiet and only the sound of shallow breathing could be heard.Li Ming didn't even dare to vent his anger.

At this time, I only heard Chen Guogong say: "Even the people recommended by a big family like the Li family are no more than that, and it is even more difficult to say anything else."

Xue Qing had felt that something was wrong when Chen Guogong took out the list, and before Chen Yi finished reading it, he understood in his heart that Chen Guogong was going to shake the mountain and shake the tiger!Now that the matter has come to this point, he must also come forward.

Xue Qing said slowly: "What Chen Guogong said is reasonable, and I agree with it very much. However, what Guogong said is a bit too absolute. Although there are some unjust people in the Li family, they also recommended many worthy people. Scholars have also recommended many pillars of talent for the imperial court."

Chen Guogong smiled without answering and took out another list from his sleeve. Before he could open his mouth, Chen Yi took it, cleared his throat and read: "In the fourth year of Dajing, the Li family recommended Li Chen to serve in Heyang County. Ling, now holds the position of magistrate of Hezhou; in the fifth year of Dajing, the Li family elected Li Zijian, a member of the clan, as the general of Gaoyang, and he is now the commander of the Gaoyang garrison; Minister of the Military Department..."

Chen Yi was still thinking, all the people on the list were in high positions and held great power.

Everyone was a little confused at this moment, they didn't understand what Chen Guogong meant. Could it be that he wanted to praise the Li family?After thinking about it, everyone didn't feel like it, so they had to continue listening.

And Xue Qing showed anger at this time, he already knew what Chen Guogong meant, and he pushed it, regretting it even more in his heart, if he could do something at this time, he couldn't directly strangle Chen Guogong to death.

Chen Yi took longer to read this time than last time, and there were more people's names on this list than the last one.By the time he finished reading, his mouth was dry.

When the court was quiet again, Chen Guogong said slowly: "This is all the talents recommended by the Li family over the years. Do you have any objections to this?"

Everyone shook their heads quickly.Even if they have objections, they dare not say it!If it is said that those people are not talents of pillars, wouldn't they be offended.

(End of this chapter)