Chapter 360: The Excitement of Kyoto Variations

Prime Minister Wen sobbed and cried a few times, then raised his face and asked, "What do you think?" He looked straight at the chiefs and the others. The reason why he didn't say, "What do you think of the disciples?" was that he didn't want the disciples to have different opinions.

Several officials from the department and court said to himself: ‘Oh, we are asking us to express our opinions.’ Before coming, they had already figured out the matter, so they were not panicked and looked at each other. It was Li Qing, Qiu Ba, who spoke first. He stood up with a wine cup and shouted to everyone in the room: “Everyone, I will express my opinion first. Qin Yutian’s crime is extremely evil, which is really a disaster for me. I have long hated him. If everyone wants to participate in him, I will be the one!"

Wen Yanbo also heard the attitude of the Li family: It is OK to waving the flag and shouting for you. As for charging into battle, you should come by yourself. This is good. If the old bastard Li insists on jumping up and down, he will be worried. Thinking of this, he raised his glass to Li Qing and smiled and said, "I will drink a cup with Li Military Department." After that, he clinked a cup with Li Qing in the air, and drank it all in one go, and then he signed an alliance with the Taiwei Mansion, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War.

After Li Qing sat down, Wen Yantao smiled at the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel at the nearby table and said, "Tell me, you two." Although he had transferred from the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Rites, he was still unwilling to delegate power and had the intention of taking on two ministers.

The two ministers originally thought that they had no Shangshu and might have escaped this incident, but they did not expect that the old Shangshu would not let them go, so they had to stand up aggrievedly and bow to Wen Yanbo, "Only the prime minister, the leader of the Shangshu..." After that, he raised his head and drank a cup.

Wen Yanbo held the wine cup and touched his lips slightly, then smiled and put it down and said, "Sit down, it's rare to have filial piety."

After the two sat down, Tian Minnong and Gongshu Lian looked at each other, stood up, bowed to Master Wen and said, "Of course we can't help." After saying that, he raised his head and toasted, and shone the bottom of the cup at Wen Yanbo. Tian Minnong smiled and said, "What is the Prime Minister saying, right? Brother Gongshu?" Gongshu Lian also said in a muffled voice: "Yes, Master what is the Prime Minister saying, what is the Prime Minister saying, what is the Prime Minister saying, "The two brothers said generously, but they were all nonsense."

Wen Yanbo cursed in his heart: 'Collaboration...' He drank the wine in the glass and laughed loudly: "With the support of the two masters, I am more confident." As he said that, he picked up a glass again, stood up and said to the officials in the hall: "Today, I will be a witness. I will swear to the sky with the Ministry of Land and Revenue and the Ministry of Public Transportation and Works together, sharing weal and woe, and never leaving me!" The official said with a loud bang: "For the Prime Minister, the two Ministers of Shangshu."

Tian Minnong and Gongshu Company knew that the old fox was not satisfied with their answer just now. Although he was reluctant, he was under the roof and could not bow his head. Tian Minnong had to smile reluctantly and said, "Breathe with the prime minister and share the same kindness." Seeing him say this, Gongshu Company had to follow him and said, "That's right." After that, the two clinked glasses with Lao Wen, which was considered a No. 1.

After he sat down, Wei Zhengyi raised his glass and stood up and smiled, "The minister is very acknowledging what Master Qu said, and I wish I could pick up the pen and write a memorial to participate. But the minister is the Minister of Justice, and is currently the Minister of Justice, and is currently the murder case of the Fifth Prince. According to the law, he cannot impeach the suspect, so he can only wave flags and shout for the princes..." Seeing that the prime minister's eyebrows were slightly shaking, and knew that he could not pass the test, he had to laugh dryly: "My lords, please write a letter, and the official will join you to sign together."

Wen Yanbo's eyebrows then lowered, raised his glass at him, and smiled and said, "Mr. Wei, Gao Yi, I am very pleased." Then he clashed with him. At this point, the six ministers all expressed their opinions. Wen Yanbo said slightly: "You are all in one mind and can cut off gold. What else can I worry about?" This attracted a lot of praise.

He waved his hand and was about to ask Wen Mingli to bring up the pre-written memorial, but the mansion came in at the door and hid in his ear and said, "The mansion has gathered many scholars, saying that they want to see the prime minister."

Wen Yanbo frowned slightly and said, "How many are there? How many are there? How many dozens or hundreds or thousands?"

The manager's pharynx said, "Hundreds."

Wen Yanbo has been bound by an accident in the mansion these past two days and has no idea what happened outside. He heard this and asked softly: "What do they say they are going to do?"

The in charge of the businessman shook his head first, but he was not sure, "It is said that he is requesting the release of the arrested son."

Wen Yanbo was so angry that he thought to himself: 'I have only been resting for two days, why did so many things happen?' Seeing that the eyes of all officials gathered on him, Wen Yanbo had to hold on to the question in his heart for a while and whispered: "Stay them first, and let's talk about it later." The manager said to me, I just need to have that ability, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'm afraid I can't comfort..."

Wen Yanbo was already impatient and said in a deep voice: "That's it, I still have some serious business." The manager was sobbing and had to leave the flower hall with a sad face and walk towards the front yard.

As soon as I passed the atrium, I could clearly hear the noise outside the mansion. The manager scratched his head and was completely out of his mind, but he was stopped by the head of the guards in the mansion and asked him what the prime minister meant.

The manager smiled bitterly and said, "The Prime Minister is busy discussing affairs with all officials. He has no time to pay attention to this. Let's do it."

The guard commander asked incrediblely: "Second Master, where is the Second Master? They are also good at giving them an idea..."

The manager shook his head and said, "The second master and the second master are all busy inside, and there is no time."

The guard commander pulled the in charge to the wardrobe at the corner of the courtyard and pointed to the outside and said, "Look, there are more and more scholars outside, and there are still people coming here. I am afraid that all the recruits from all over the capital have come. Can you and I make an idea about this?"

The manager followed the direction he pointed, and saw that Sangong Street was crowded with scholars wearing long gowns and square scarves, probably as many as thousands of people. He couldn't help but gasp and said, "So many?" So he didn't dare to mention the matter of dealing with it by himself, so he could only close the door and wait for the prime minister to have time.

The scholars of the Qin Dynasty blocked Sangong Street. Among them were thousands of candidates from all over the country who went to Beijing to take the exam, as well as students from the Imperial College who came to support them, and even scholars and scholars from Zhongdu City. They had one thing in common, that is, they all participated in disaster relief in the first lunar month, and most of them participated in the big discussions. When they heard that some candidates were detained for protecting refugees, they spontaneously gathered and demanded that the court release the detained candidates.

The leaders were Shang Dezhong, Fang Zhongshu and other leaders, as well as several students from the Imperial College. They took action separately, contacted all the scholars scattered in Zhongdu City, and wrote petitions. For fear that the detained disciples would be abused and rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion on Sangong Street without even having enough food to meet Prime Minister Wen.

Seeing that they were crowded and powerful, the gatekeepers of the Prime Minister's Mansion were coming in a fierce manner, they naturally felt like they were facing a great enemy. While closing the gate tightly, they sent people to quickly inform them. As a result, Master Wen was having a banquet for guests and had no time to serve the men outside, so he had to feel wronged that they continued to stand there and waited foolishly.

As soon as they arrived, they were turned away. The disciples were naturally unhappy and said annoyed: "It's not a public break now. Why does the Prime Minister depose the public for personal gain..." "That's right, we want to see Prime Minister Wen!" After a while outside, the disciples were silent helplessly. However, no one was willing to leave. They had already made up their minds and would never give up until they rescued the detained disciples.

After two hours of waiting, there was only a touch of red glow in the sky, and the temperature dropped, and the scholars' emotions naturally became more and more anxious. Seeing that the time was almost right, Shangde jumped to the stone steps in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After everyone looked at it, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, the situation is very obvious now. Our Prime Minister is so calculating!"

The scholars below buzzed and asked, "What's the best way to calculate?"

"This is a delaying strategy!" Shang Dezhong said indignantly: "The Prime Minister clearly wanted to: 'Let these stupid boys be frozen, thirsty, and hungry outside, see when they can last!"

This immediately caused a commotion among the scholars, and someone shouted: "Brother Shang is right. We, the Prime Minister, probably, didn't tell us the answer from the beginning!" "That's right, no, the prime minister of a country would take us like a mustard-like scholar in our eyes?" "Wow, ah... kill me!"

Then, if a little spark fell into the oil pan, the anger in the scholars' chest suddenly ignited. The complaints and curses became louder and louder. Some people gradually shifted the topic to the current tyrants and miscellaneous taxes and shouted: "Since we are here, why don't we ask for the tax reduction of the disaster-stricken people, which can be regarded as helping the court to correct the corruption."

As soon as these words were said, they attracted unanimous agreement from the scholars and shouted: "Everyone is here. Why not write to the public bus and ask the court to reduce taxes and pay levies to the people to live in peace; rectify the administration of officials and punish corrupt officials!"

Another person used all his strength to shout: "I have to add one more thing: thoroughly investigate fraud in the imperial examination and give me a fair talent ceremony to swear by the scholars!" This sentence hit the key points of the scholars. They screamed like cats that were stepped on their tails. They shouted angrily, 'I want fair' and 'complete investigation of fraud', and the scene immediately became chaotic.

Shang Dezhong took a few leaders to calm down the crowd after a long time. He was about to say something like 'Don't be impatient' to everyone, but he didn't prevent a voice from being in the crowd and said quietly: "Everyone, let's save money. Let's ask Master Wen to check the fraud in the field, which is like beating a dog with meat buns. What's the use?" As he said that, he roared again: "He is the one who manipulated the competition! How could he check himself by himself?" The buzzing sound in the field, and it was about to explode again.

When Shang Dezhong heard this, his face suddenly changed and he said nervously: "Brother, now we want to write to the bus. Don't use some rumors in the city to say things. Be careful of the court punishing you for slandering!" Hearing that he said, the scholars who had just become a little turbulent calmed down again and thought to himself: 'Yes, if there is no evidence, it's fine to talk privately, but you must not put it on the table!'

But the scholar who spoke not only did not care at all, but separated everyone and walked to the steps in awe. He first bowed to the field, then clasped his fists at Shang Dezhong and said, "If you don't change your name when you go down, you won't change your surname. Lu Zi, a scholar in Longnan, was suspected to be that. Earlier yesterday, he picked up a plain booklet that was one foot wide in the yard. When he opened it, he turned out to be the account booklet that the Prime Minister's Mansion controlled the scientific examination..."

The scene was already a little noisy and suddenly it was heard. When they heard this, the snowy nights all over the men seemed to be frozen. They looked at Lu Ziyi, fearing that every word he said was missing. He then continued: "Ziyi speculated that this account book was obtained by a righteous man who broke into the prime minister's mansion the night before. The reason why he deliberately threw it in Ziyi's courtyard was just to borrow my hand and make it public to the world."

Seeing that everyone had no objection, the white-faced scholar Lu Zisi took out a plain booklet from his arms and bowed to Shang De: "I have always admired Shang Brother Gao Yi, I would like to give you a testimony today to see if this is a mountain of evidence or a false slander?"

Shang Dezhong paused slightly before saying solemnly: "I can only witness this matter. Let's do this. Please recommend a representative from each of the nine provinces and governments. How can we check together?" As he said that, he bowed to Lu Zi and said: "As long as this thing is true, Dezhong is willing to take responsibility with Brother Lu!"

The scholars below were not to be outdone and said: "If we are really greedy for bribery, we will all sacrifice our lives and go out of Tianmen to ask Your Majesty to uphold justice and give the Qin Dynasty a bright world!" After a while, each province elected an applicant, plus one from Kyoto Prefecture, with a total of ten people checking the authenticity of the account book. These people are famous masters of gold and stone in the province, proficient in identifying cultural relics and antiques, and ten people will never miss it.

It was dark at this time, and someone brought in more than a dozen large lanterns and shone the front door of the prime minister's mansion like white ground. A dozen people flipped through the thick account book with this light. They saw that from the beginning of the early years of Zhaowu and now the list of people who bribed the bribes in all competitions, amounts, and rankings, whether they were obtained, one by one, one by one, according to the age, they were neatly recorded on them in small fly heads.

After reading for a moment, everyone was convinced that this was undoubtedly the authentic product, because no matter from the new and old levels of the booklet paper or the earliest years of the ink on it, it was clear that this was an object from more than ten years ago. What's more, every order on the above refers to the name, the amount is detailed, and it cannot be faked at all.

The account book suddenly became more than a thousand pounds, and could still be seen under the beating fire. Several people's faces were as white as paper. The students exchanged their gazes with difficulty, and finally someone couldn't help but ask softly: "Everyone, what do we say? Are they true or false?"

The account book is true, and everyone knows it well, but once this thing is thrown out, no one knows what the consequences will be... Maybe the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty collapsed from then on, maybe these scholars were ruthlessly annihilated, everything is possible and everything is dangerous.

In the end, I don’t know whether it was conscience that defeated fear or anger that defeated cowardice. Someone said with a sigh: “The country’s talent ritual is a major event that has been related to our great Qin for generations. If we were allowed to control the powerful ministers, sooner or later, our great Qin would rot from the roots. What is our purpose for scholars? Isn’t it just to cultivate ourselves, manage our family, govern the country and pacify the world? In the past, we couldn’t grasp the evidence. Now that we have encountered it today, how can we pretend to be ignorant of our conscience?”

These words excited the scholars, and someone said, "Yes, our personal future is small. If we can exchange for the Qingming imperial examination for later generations and give me the heroes of the Qin Dynasty a place to be useful, it will be a big profit!"

After the agreement was made, after returning the account book to Lu Ziyi, everyone stood in a row on the steps and elected a Guannei scholar named Zeng Yan to stand up as the representative and said: "We all unanimously believe that this account book is a real record of fraud in the imperial examination..."

Before he finished speaking, the gate of the mansion opened, and a group of ferocious guards rushed out, shouting, "Catch these crazy men who gathered to make trouble!" He was about to capture several scholars.

The entouragers on the steps saw that these guards were clearly rushing towards Lu Zi, but they didn't know their purpose. They whispered loudly, "Protect Brother Lu." While greeting him without fear...

The pickets under the steps also rushed up like a tide, and in a blink of an eye, they drowned Lu Ziyi in the crowd...

As soon as the Wen family guards rushed out, they saw the unarmed weak scholars rushing over without fear. They couldn't help but be shocked. They saw that the guy holding the account book had disappeared. Knowing that they could not get any benefits, they had to retreat in shame and close the door again, not daring to come out to provoke again.
Chapter completed!