Chapter 76: Is it true or false

The palace at night is brightly lit everywhere, and the Chongzheng Hall is brighter as bright as daytime. The best candle made of huge whale fat burns silently, brighter than ordinary candles, with less smoke; the air emits an ambergris fragrance, which makes people feel refreshed when they smell it.

If Yang Jian had seen such luxury when he was alive, he would have scolded Yang Yong for his prodigal son. He thought that in the early days of the imperial examination, the palace did not even light ordinary candles except festivals, but only used oil lamps. It was just that today, although ordinary people could not afford such giant candles made of whales, they had already entered many wealthy families among the people.

After the emperor returned from his expedition to Goguryeo, the navy that made great contributions developed even more rapidly. Looking around, no country's navy could serve as an opponent of the Sui Navy. In addition to exploring the seas and guarding coastal transportation, whaling has also become an important task for the navy. Every year from September to March of the year, in the past six months, the navy would have to be dispatched to kill whales. A whale could provide several tons of grease. Yang Yong naturally did not feel heartbroken when he used it.

Yuan Hao stood in front of the emperor with his head down and reported to the emperor what happened today. Under the bright candlelight, you can see that Yuan Hao's face was a little depressed. In another two days, it would be a day to take the exam. Today, he was fooled by his opponent and easily turned things to the direction that the emperor didn't want to see.

After listening to Yuan Hao's report, Yang Yong had no expression on his face and threw a stack of memorials to Yuan Hao, Tan Ran said: "You can take a look at it yourself."

Yuan Hao took the memorial and looked it up, and he felt cold sweat. These memorials were sent by various ministers today before nightfall. The content of each memorial was about the leak of examination questions. Many of them were tactful to the emperor that since the exam questions were leaked, it would be meaningless to take another exam. It is better to cancel the scientific examination and restore the recommendation system of officials from aristocratic families. Many officials were very enthusiastic about the moral character of officials. The examination was just an examination ability, so how could the official recommendation be understood? Even if some memorials did not propose to abolish the scientific examination, it is recommended to postpone the scientific examination date for caution. It is not too late to take the examination again until the matter was found out.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent. I will smash the errand. Please punish me." Yuan Hao did not dare to look on and hurriedly apologized.

"Please come here, I forgive you for not guilty. The opponent may have spent a year or even two years doing this. It is normal for you to have no results in just a few days."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Yuan Hao stood up again.

"Hmph, I just believe that those local officials recommend people to be nepotist, and they treat scholars all over the world equally. For the sake of caution, they temporarily stop the scientific examination. In their hearts, they are still like various aristocratic families, and they are unwilling to give up the privilege of selecting officials. More than 10,000 scholars are gathered in the capital. If they can't find out in a month, they will have to wait for one month. If they can't find out in a year, they will have to wait for one year. If there is any incident in a scholar in the future, they can even just let me abandon the scientific examination. I can't see what they think."

Yang Yong's words were full of indignation, but how many of them were true, I'm afraid Yang Yong himself knew that scientific research was the general trend, and how could a few families who only dared to hide behind him be able to stop them? It was not found out that they were lucky. If they found out, their heads would be moved.

Yuan Hao did not dare to respond, so he had to ask: "Master, how do you deal with these memorials?"

"How to deal with it? The leak of the test questions is just a long way to spread. I will send all the memorials back to the Secretariat, so that the ministers can listen less to the wind and rain. The time for the scientific examination will not change, and the questions will not change."

"The emperor is wise. As long as the emperor issues the will, those panic-ridden scholars will surely settle down."

"Well, the staff of the Secret Guard cannot be exposed too much. I will issue an order tomorrow to let Jingzhaocheng's yamen runners help my dear to continue to investigate the matter."

Yuan Hao was shocked when he heard this. The emperor was obviously not satisfied with his current progress and wanted to send someone to decentralize power. However, he did not dare to be dissatisfied with it: "I understand."

Jingzhao Cheng is still Qu Tugai now. Jingzhao Cheng has always been a hot official position. He ascended the throne and was in charge of a million people in the capital. He also seemed too small. However, he was just a fifth-rank prince and nobleman in the capital. There were many officials of the first or two ranks, and no one was easy to offend.

Qu Tuge was able to sit firmly in this position, and for eight years, he naturally gained the trust of the emperor. However, when the people in the capital mentioned this person, they all shook their heads privately and called him cruel officials. He was in office for eight years, and a total of nearly 100 people were exiled overseas. On average, three people were exiled every day, killing more than 100 people. If it weren't for the Emperor Tehe, the number of people killed would probably be more than ten times more.

However, to be fair, the order in the capital is developing more and more in a better direction under the governance of Qu Tuge, and is almost at the point where the road is not lost. The children of some princes and nobles dare not be arrogant in the capital. The number of people who have to be exiled every year is deposed. Last year, only about 200 people were exiled, which is considered very rare.

"By the way, what did the eunuch Zhao Nian do to get?" The emperor suddenly asked about the former leader and eunuch who had been handed to the secret ward for several days.

Yuan Hao shook his head with shame: "Back to the emperor, Eunuch Zhao has always insisted that he had never asked the test questions of the palace examiners, nor did he disclose to anyone about the location where the examiners live."

"You have tortured?"

After entering the secret ward, there was no reason not to use punishment. Yuan Hao hesitated for a moment. He didn't know what the emperor wanted to ask this, but he still bit his teeth and said, "Go back to the emperor, use it."

"Since that's the case, don't put your hope on him, and the execution will be stopped."

"I obey the order!" Yuan Hao responded quickly, knowing that the emperor still had some feelings for the eunuch who had served for eight years, but he just didn't understand why he handed Zhao Nian to the secret guard without hesitation a few days ago.

"Well, this matter is happening. Zhao Nian will be sent overseas with those who buy test questions." The emperor's voice became colder again.

"Yes!" Yuan Hao did not dare to say more.

After talking for a while, Yang Yong waved his hand and asked Yuan Hao to leave. Standing in the square in front of the imperial city, he heard the sound of the gate of the palace behind closed doors one after another. Yuan Hao realized that he had left the palace. When he remembered the conversation with the emperor just now, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

With Qu Tugai help, things will probably be much faster. However, even the Deep Clothing Guards are vaguely afraid of the yamen runners in the capital. The Deep Clothing Guards only have the right to supervise officials above the seventh rank and have no right to arrest and interrogate. Qu Tugai is selfless and has a very simple private life. There is only one wife, one son, one daughter and two servants in the family. They eat and live in Jingzhao Chenggong Mansion, and there is not even one private house. Life needs are all due to official salary. Such a person naturally does not have to worry that the Deep Clothing Guards will find out what his privacy is. Therefore, all officials regard the Deep Clothing Guards as tigers, but Qu Tugai doesn't care. If the Deep Clothing Guards break the law and fall into his hands, even Yuan Hao's face will not be given, and they will be sentenced and punished. Over the past eight years, more than 100 Deep Clothing Guards have fallen into Qu Tugai's hands, and seven of them were cut by Qu Tugai and exiled more than 30 people.

The secret guards were quite aggrieved. Many of them violated the law because they were inconvenient to handle the case with public identity, but were regarded as criminals by the yamen runners. However, once such a person was found out, Qu Tuga would still release him, but the person's identity had been made public, and he would either be transferred to the Ming guards or could only be transferred from the capital.

Outside the capital, even the Mingyiwei can be one of the yamen runners, but the secret yamen guards in the capital were suppressed by the yamen runners. Now, it is a question to cooperate with the yamen runners. Whether it is the main secret yamen guards or the main yamen runners is the main one, but Yuan Hao immediately thought about it. Anyway, the power of the secret yamen guards is mainly in the secret, and it is not a problem to cooperate with some yamen runners on the surface.

The next day, the yamen runners of Jingzhao Chenggong's Mansion started to move out and posted notices, telling that the scientific examination questions were not leaked. The scholar bought them all fake questions, and the scientific examinations were carried out as usual. With these notices, the scholar who was worried about them suddenly became quiet. Some people continued to review the books, and some people who knew they were hopeless were still living a life of devotion. However, those who had purchased the test questions could only admit that they were unlucky and no one dared to speak out.

"What's going on? These test questions are obviously true. Why did the emperor post a list and say it was fake?" a middle-aged man said almost in a roaring voice.

This house is extremely spacious, with magnificent buildings, rockery, flowing water and corridors all of which are extremely exquisite. Even compared with the inner courtyard of the palace, it is not inferior. In front of the house, two ancient characters show the two characters Li.

The voice came from the main hall behind the house. At this time, there were five people in the main hall, four of whom were about fifty years old. Two of them were handsome, with a look of not angry and powerful, and wearing brocade and jade robes. You can tell at first glance that they were a person who had been in a high position for a long time. The other two had thin faces, cloth clothes, and their eyes were always turned, most of them were staff members. The last one was a little younger, and they were still in their forties. They had a rosy complexion, handsome face, and a floating beard under the jaw. They were really a rare beauty.
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