The demands of these scholars not only frightened Concubine Rou's face, but also shocked the many courtiers behind her.
Using the imperial examination as the only way to screen officials...
Thanks to these people, they can figure it out!
Simply whimsical.
The courtier looked at the scholars kneeling on the ground, and his eyes suddenly became sharp. The scholar who was kneeling on the ground did not change his expression, and only said: "Since the maiden came out, she must be ready to petition for me and the poor disciples. I have waited for the poor disciples and studied hard for decades. I just want to get a name. My old father reads books for the support of the grass-roots. He can't get sick and can't eat rice. He finally got the news that I became a village tribute. I was overjoyed, so I stayed up all night. All destroyed overnight."
"This palace will find out this matter for you," Concubine Rou responded, and she frowned, "It's just how to select officials, it has nothing to do with this matter."
"How can it be irrelevant!" The scholar said loudly, "The imperial examination was conducted by the imperial court in order to recruit talents, but you dare to ask the empress, it has been nearly ten years since the imperial examination, but there is a child from a poor family who has passed the imperial examination to become an official of the fifth rank or above?"
As the scholar said, he took out the scroll from his sleeve and spread it on the ground: "These are the officials who were not from nobles in the imperial examinations in the past ten years. Niangniang, let's see what they are doing so far. Now the imperial court is controlled by aristocratic families, Accumulation of evil from top to bottom, danger is like a pile of eggs..."
"presumptuous!"
An official shouted loudly: "You are not allowed to talk nonsense outside the palace gate, come here, drag him down!"
When the soldier heard the words, several tall students immediately stood up and said loudly, "What are you doing? Are you planning to kill people and silence us? Do you dare to say it? Concubine Rou, this is the Do you want justice for us?"
When the student asked this question, the soldiers did not dare to move. They looked at Concubine Rou, and Concubine Rou coughed lightly: "This matter is a serious matter, everyone should get up, and we will deal with it one by one."
"What is the lady going to do?"
The leading scholar was chasing after him. Concubine Rou hesitated for a moment, and then listened to the student: "Isn't the maiden planning to coax us into the palace and appease us before making plans?"
Concubine Rou really meant this, but being exposed so directly by the scholar, she didn't know what to say for a while.
She pondered for a while, and finally said: "Bengong knows that you don't trust me, but I can't be the master of such a big thing. But Bengong was originally from a poor family. When I was young, my father bought two taels of silver. Just sell me into the palace, I have suffered all the hardships you have suffered, and even because I am a woman, I have suffered more than you."
After Concubine Rou said something, the crowd was slightly moved, the scholar fell silent, Concubine Rou took a deep breath, and went to help him: "You can rest assured, I can give you justice, and I will also give you a broken body. You all first Stand up, wait for a while, and I will go down to the Superintendent with His Royal Highness King Su, you go over together, your grievances will be dealt with one by one, and we will never perfunctory everyone."
Concubine Rou's identity is Concubine Rou's greatest weapon. When she says something, plus her red eyes, it seems that you don't believe her, which is your fault.
The scholar wanted to say something else, but the scholar next to him immediately agreed. The scholar who was leading the trouble saw such a scene, he hesitated for a moment, and finally he was helped up by Concubine Rou. Then Concubine Rou comforted them, and they were led With these students mighty to go to the supervision department.
After comforting the students, Concubine Rou took King Su and the ministers back to the court. Concubine Rou asked Li Cheng to repeat what had just happened. Under Concubine Rou's guidance, Li Cheng stammered and finished talking, and Li Ming was silent. He didn't speak.
Everyone was waiting for Li Ming's response.
The most important thing in this matter is that it is no longer the matter of those students being replaced, but the matter of those students saying that they want to change the selection of officials.
These students suddenly appeared here, obviously someone instructed. If everyone was still speculating that this was a party dispute between court officials, at this moment, they had to suspect that these people were arranged by Li Ming.
Li Ming has been trying to suppress the aristocratic family for more than ten years. From the beginning of his use of Pei Lizhi, he started the imperial examination, tried to promote the poor family, and even later favored Concubine Rou and added the title of King Su, all of which were suppressing them.
The suggestions put forward by these scholars today seem to be seeking justice for them, but in the end, the biggest beneficiary of this court is Li Ming on the golden throne.
Everyone speculated about Li Ming's meaning in their hearts, but Li Ming just took a sip of tea and said nothing before retreating.
After retreating from the court, Pei Wenxuan quickly looked at Li Rong. Li Rong didn't look at him at all and walked out of the hall.
Pei Wenxuan felt anxious for a while, turned and walked quickly, trying to keep up with Li Rong, but before he left the hall, he was stopped by the eunuch, who whispered, "Sir, Your Majesty will let you pass."
Pei Wenxuan stopped, he took a deep breath, calmed himself down, nodded and said, "I'll go right now."
Just going back and forth like this, Li Rong has gone far.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong's back, and after a while, he stepped out of the door and saw Su Rongqing standing at the door.
Pei Wenxuan ignored his mood, passing by for a moment, Su Rongqing suddenly said, "That Wen Xingzhi is yours."
Wen Xingzhi is the one who complained today. When Pei Wenxuan heard Su Rongqing's question, he just smiled: "I don't understand what Master Su is talking about."
With that said, he stepped out.
Pei Wenxuan went to see Li Ming, and Li Rong was stopped by Li Ming's people as soon as he left the palace gate.
Li Ming's people asked her for the official seal of the Inspector General, and she didn't hesitate. She threw the prepared official seal out, retracted the carriage, and said coldly, "Let's go."
The carriage left the palace, and Li Rong felt that the surroundings were quiet. She sat blankly for a while, and then she slowly recovered.
She leaned on her seat, feeling a little tired for a while.
She asked Pei Wenxuan about these scholars before, but he deliberately changed the subject. At that time, she knew that Pei Wenxuan didn't want her to participate in this matter, and he should be planning something she didn't like.
Although she doesn't understand his specific thoughts a little bit now, she understands his general thoughts.
He wants to change the official system at this time.
The matter of reforming and selecting officials was a battle they fought for many years in their last life.
She likes to be recommended by aristocratic families, because the most important thing about being an official is not how knowledgeable you are, but the ability to do things. The imperial examination system produced a large number of scholars every year, but those who were shaking their heads knew nothing but reading, and occasionally some were smart, but most of them were also insane.
Learn martial arts, goods and imperial family. These children from poor families, from the moment they study, want to be an official, which is also doomed. Being an official is a business for them, so after taking office, they have been corrupted and bribery.
But Pei Wenxuan loved the imperial examination, even if the people elected by the imperial examination were often not suitable for officialdom, Pei Wenxuan did not care.
Because he cares more about justice.
Even if this method is inappropriate, it is the best way to ensure justice.
Now that Pei Wenxuan wants to re-elect the official system at this time, of course, it is not for fairness.
He had her reasons, but he didn't tell her.
Even, he deliberately hides it from her. No matter how many times she told him to trust her more, he never believed her in his heart.
Li Rong laughed and laughed. She closed her eyes, thinking about Pei Wenxuan's next move. How exactly does he plan to…
Li Rong thought for a moment, and finally decided that she was going to ask him in person.
Thinking of this, Li Rong lifted the curtain of the car, turned her head and said to the people outside the curtain: "Go to the new house, and let Cui Yulang come to the new house to find me."
The house she bought next to Pei Wenxuan's mansion has finally been settled. She is listed under other people's names, and she can almost move in now.
After she turned to the new house, she found a rocking chair in the house and lay down.
She slept for a while, and then heard a notification from outside that Cui Yulang had rushed over.
Li Rong saw that he was in a hurry and looked up at him: "How?"
"His Royal Highness," Cui Yulang was a little anxious, "Those scholars actually want to change the electoral system, do you know this?"
Li Rong nodded when she heard this: "I know."
"Then why didn't you tell Wei Chen earlier?" Cui Yulang adjusted his tone and tried to be as patient as he could think: "Today, Concubine Rou took the case and came back and trained me. It's all in vain here."
"What did you tell her?" Li Rong asked casually as she saw Cui Yulang's anxious expression, her face remained still, and she held the teacup.
"Just as I said before," Cui Yulang saw Li Rong's peaceful expression, and his expression softened, "I told her about these scholars' complaints, and asked her to use it to Inspector Si Liwei, and analyzed His Majesty with her. I mean, let her believe that His Majesty wants her to take this case, so she coaxed her over."
"and after?"
Li Rong was drinking tea, and Cui Yulang frowned: "She went to the court to pick up the case, and she took King Su to the Inspectorate. Before she left, she whispered to me, saying that I could kill her. Your Highness. ," Cui Yulang was quite disturbed, "What should I do?"
Concubine Rou can go to investigate the case of the imperial examination, but she does not dare to move the official system. These scholars are so aggressive, it is normal for Concubine Rou to be angry with Cui Yulang, the person who gave her advice.
Li Rong was holding the teacup, she thought about it, and after a long time, she slowly said, "It's good if she tastes the sweetness."
Cui Yulang was stunned for a while, and Li Rong only said: "This play is arranged by Your Majesty. Concubine Rou is willing to continue, and His Majesty will appease her."
"Concubine Rou takes His Majesty too seriously." Li Rong laughed, "It's okay if His Majesty is willing to appease."
Cui Yulang listened to Li Rong's words, thought for a while, and finally nodded.
Li Rong talked to him about the follow-up for a while, and then asked Cui Yulang to go down.
Then she ate in the house, and at night, she asked Zhao Chongjiu to find the housekeeper of Pei's house.
The housekeeper of Pei's house was Pei Wenxuan's confidant. Li Rong said she wanted to come over, so she immediately went to the wall to build a ladder, cleared the people, and then welcomed Li Rong in.
He knew what Li Rong meant to Pei Wenxuan, so he didn't ask much, and led Li Rong to the bedroom.
Li Rong was a little tired, so she simply lay down on the rocking chair in the bedroom and closed her eyes for a nap, and instructed the housekeeper, "When the people come back, just lead them to the bedroom."
The housekeeper responded respectfully, and Li Rong waved her hand: "Go back first, I'm tired."
The housekeeper led the people out, so he just left Li Rong alone in the room without lighting the lights.
She waited for Pei Wenxuan, and at night, Pei Wenxuan finally came out of the palace.
Li Ming took him to negotiate for a long time, and today's things went beyond his and Li Ming's expectations, and had to make other adjustments.
There were so many things, Pei Wenxuan couldn't get away, but he still had Li Rong in his heart. He hurried back to the house, and without letting the concierge notify the housekeeper, he walked directly towards his bedroom.
Seeing that he was in a hurry to come back, the concierge hurriedly sent someone to inform the housekeeper, but the housekeeper had not had time to see Pei Wenxuan, he had already entered the bedroom.
When he arrived at the door, he was still instructing Tongye to prepare the carriage, and whispered, "I'll change my clothes, and I'll go to the princess' mansion."
Tong Ye nodded, and Pei Wenxuan pushed the door into the room.
There was no light in the bedroom, and Pei Wenxuan didn't bother to light it again. Then Moonlight groped for the screen, grabbed a set of clothes that he often wore, and began to take off his clothes to change into and leave.
Only when he unbuttoned his belt, he heard a cold female voice from inside the room: "Where are you going?"
Pei Wenxuan's movements froze, he quickly looked for a sound and raised his eyes, and saw a woman on the rocking chair, like the glamorous fairy depicted in the book, lying down with her eyes closed, and said slowly, "I've been waiting for you for a day."
While talking, Tong Ye stood at the door and said softly, "Young Master, the carriage is ready and you can leave at any time."
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he immediately turned around: "I won't go."
Tong Ye was at a loss: "Huh?"
Just as he was talking, the butler came to the door, saw Tong Ye standing at the door, and the butler whispered, "Young Master?"
Tong Ye nodded, and without waiting for the housekeeper to explain, he heard Pei Wenxuan say calmly inside: "Go on, I'm going to sleep."
Tongye and the housekeeper looked at each other in dismay, but Tongye finally reacted and echoed: "Yes."
There was the sound of footsteps leaving from outside, Pei Wenxuan held his jacket in his hand, and after a while, he finally moved.
He slowly put down his coat and looked for a topic: "You... why are you here?"
"I have many doubts, and I would like to ask Master Pei to answer them."
Li Rong's voice was very soft, and it fell into Pei Wenxuan's heart, slashing like a blade.
"I also hope Mr. Pei, don't hesitate to enlighten me."
As Li Rong spoke, she raised her eyes, so bright that they were a bit sharp in the moonlight.
She looked at Pei Wenxuan standing in front of her. She was just like the politician in his memory, indifferent and calm. She looked like a rabbit as harmless to humans and animals, but she always showed her fangs inadvertently.
She made a hundred thousand preparations, waiting for Pei Wenxuan's response, but after a brief silence, Pei Wenxuan suddenly moved.
He walked to the bed and squatted on the ground, digging something on the bed.
Li Rong frowned: "What are you doing?"
Pei Wenxuan ignored her and heard a loud crackling in the room. Pei Wenxuan pulled out an old-looking washboard from under the bed.
Then he came back with the washboard, patted the dust on it, and placed it in front of Li Rong. His expression was calm and calm, and as soon as he lifted the hem of his clothes, he knelt down in front of Li Rong.
Li Rong was a little shocked, then looked at Pei Wenxuan and said calmly: "You punish me, don't talk to me like that."
"I recognize what I did, yes, I want to change the official system."
"I know that Su Rongqing is going to embarrass His Highness the Prince with this case. With His Highness's temper, he will eventually take over this case. Once the Prince takes over this case, no matter whether he advances or retreats, he will be the loser. So I asked His Majesty in advance, Inform him of this case, and then discuss with him, and simply use this case to change the official system."
Li Rong frowned, Pei Wenxuan looked like he was dying, and he made it clear in the future: "The scholar who spoke today is my person, and I arranged this. I have also discussed with Your Majesty, today I will take the initiative to take on this case, and then I will say in the courtroom that I am fully responsible for this matter. Then these scholars file a complaint and demand that the official system be re-elected. Your Majesty will force the prince to accept the case. The people of Prince Kaishi will fully support me in taking the case, and I took the opportunity to ask the courtiers to promise that I will be fully responsible for the case. After I get the promise of the courtiers, I will go out to the palace to take the case, and then, with the support of His Majesty, I will carry out this matter single-handedly. "
"You are fooling around!"
Li Rong slapped the armrest with a slap: "If you ask them to make these demands today, you won't be able to do it for hundreds of years!"
"I know," Pei Wenxuan immediately echoed back, "so the real request of His Majesty and I is not really to abolish the election system, but just to want the scholars who came out of the imperial examination this time to have a good place. I'll propose it first. If an unbelievable request comes, and then I run in with them, and when my real request comes out, they will be much easier to accept."
"In this way, His Majesty will not stare at the Prince, and the Prince will not be caught in the dilemma of whether to accept the case or not."
"Secondly, if Your Majesty implements the imperial examination system, it will inevitably conflict with the family. The enemy of the enemy is my friend. Your Majesty has become the enemy of the family. The family's tolerance for the prince will be much higher. In 2008, the poor family did not rise so fast. Su Rongqing's plan was to force the prince to lose the support of the aristocratic family step by step. What we need to do is to let the prince continue to maintain the support of the aristocratic family without being controlled by the aristocratic family. And the easiest way to do this is to create a common enemy for the prince and the family."
"Thirdly, I hope to resolve the conflict between the family and the imperial power while His Majesty is still alive, so that when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, there will be a stable court. I know you want His Royal Highness to be a wise monarch. In the history books Leave a good name. But someone always has to swing the sword, either the prince or your majesty."
Li Rong listened to what Pei Wenxuan said, but she lowered her head and said nothing.
Seeing her silence, Pei Wenxuan felt a little bored in his heart, but he looked calm and said, "I know you won't agree. You never thought the imperial examination could select any useful people, so I didn't tell you, just because I was afraid. You stop."
"I know you mind if I hide this from you, but I'll hide it again. If you want to be punished, fine," Pei Wenxuan paused, after a moment of hesitation, he softened his tone, "The punishment is over, stay tonight Come down, okay?"
Li Rong didn't speak, she quietly watched him.
Her silence was his Ling Chi, and Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but feel a little regretful, what was he arguing with her for
But as soon as it was done, he had no choice but to kneel on the ground, straighten his back, and stand deadlocked with her.
After a long time, Li Rong said tiredly, "Pei Wenxuan."
"I'm not unhappy that you push the imperial examination system," she looked up at him and whispered, "I'm worried about you."