A few days after An Changqing's birthday, he entered the second half of February, which was the time for the exam.
The examination will be held in Yejing Gongyuan with the chief examiners of the Imperial Censor and Taichang Siqing, and requires three examinations. The first test will be held on February 25th, and another test will be held every three days thereafter until the last test on February 27th.
As early as before and after the Spring Festival, Yejing inns, large and small, were occupied by people from all over the world who came to take the exam one after another.
Since Xiao Zhige's accession to the throne, tax exemption, dismissal of corrupt officials, all states and counties have implemented benevolent policies to cultivate their lives, which has restored many people's hearts and minds of the fallen royal family in Daye, and many talented people who have been discouraged by the turbid officialdom have been rekindled. With enthusiasm and ambition, they all came to participate in this Enke. This year, the number of Enke students who took the test was much higher than that of the previous years. According to the test papers sent from various places, there were many outstanding students.
Because Zhou Helan also participated in the imperial examination this time, An Changqing paid more attention to Enke this time. After the dynasty disbanded, he still sighed when he talked to Shaoqing of Taichang Temple: "Nowadays, you can see the exams in the streets and alleys of Yejing."
Taichang Temple Shaoqing also sighed: "In the past years, I never saw such a lively scene."
The two of them looked out from the private room of the restaurant. Half of the lobby of the restaurant was full of people. Most of them were young people. They gathered in one place to talk and talk, but it was another lively scene.
With these ambitious students, Daye can become stronger and stronger year by year.
An Changqing said: "Taichang Siqing told me yesterday that because there are too many children in Ziyejing, the inn rented courtyard is full, and there are many people who are shy and have nowhere to live. Discuss with me about Leave the shantang temporarily vacant to accommodate these people who have nowhere to live."
In the past few years, the situation in Da Ye was not good. The poor and weak all over the place made it a problem for the people to eat. Although many poor people had enough money to go to Beijing to go to the examination, in order to save some money, the evening was just before the cold spring. In the season of fading, he slept at the gate of Gongyuan, just waiting for the twenty-four cards to enter the examination room.
There are not a few poor people like this. When Taichang Siqing saw them by chance, he was worried that they would be too sick to fall ill in the examination room when the test started, so he raised the matter with An Changqing to test it out—now he can still be entrusted with it. The ministers with important responsibilities are not mediocre people, but Xiao Zhige is not a gentle-tempered king. The relationship between the king and the ministers still needs to be run in, and the officials are inevitably a little bit reluctant to let go. They were used to going to An Changqing to find out about things like this that they were not sure about the Holy Will. If King Yan does not object, he can raise it at the court meeting.
Yesterday, Taichang Temple came to ask him about it, and he didn't have time to bring it up in the courtroom in the future. It just so happened that the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple invited him to drink, and An Changqing responded: "I will go to say hello at Shantang. You first order people to settle the case. As for the book, you can hand it over later. Your Majesty also approve of it."
Taichang Temple Shaoqing toasted him with a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Then there is Lord Lao, I will go and ask people to do it well. There are still two or three days of work, so that these people can live better and be able to live well. Exam preparation."
After speaking and making a confession, you have to take a step back to the official office to prepare an official document and ask Zhang Bang to go out and announce it.
It's just that he just opened the private room door when he heard a loud noise from outside, and the people who were talking about the strategy of governing the country didn't know when the noise started. Vaguely mixed with the words "Yan Wang", "Fox Mei" and "Internet Gu Ren Lun".
Shaoqing of Taichang Temple glanced into the private room, carefully closed the door, and approached the noisy place, only then did he understand what the noise was about.
It turned out that several Liangzhou Yanzhou juzi quarreled with Bingzhou juzi. Because the fief was in Yanzhou when the sage was king today, these Yanzhou children are proud of this. It was also mentioned a lot when discussing with others. Just mentioning the emperor can't avoid King Yan, especially in those days when An Changqing was in Yanzhou, he sent grain and grass for thousands of miles, defended the city with soldiers to fight against Beidi, and later made irrigation trolleys, and formulated various strategies to benefit the people... Yanzhou generals and common people are very supportive of him.
Only this time, when several Yanzhou Juzi talked about the various actions of the emperor and Yanwang in Yanzhou in the early years, there were two Juzi from Bingzhou who were unconvinced and sneered, "Israel's servants are just to seduce the master."
This can be regarded as poking a hornet's nest. In the lobby of this restaurant, everyone at any table can hear clearly. What's more, there are many people who are curious and listening to the Yanzhou matter that Juzi said.
As soon as the two Bingzhou Juzi finished speaking, Juzi from the surrounding counties and counties in Yejing was not convinced and got up angrily and accused them of being "white-eyed wolves". The Yanzhou Juzi who spoke first were also very angry, and their words were even more vulgar. First, they listed the emperor and Yanwang benevolently, and finally rudely scolded them as "holding up the bowl to eat meat, putting down chopsticks and scolding mother".
It has been half a year since the new emperor ascended the throne. If at first, there were people who criticized him for not accepting the harem and favoring King Yan, but after King Yan participated in politics and did no less than good things for the people, "Fox bewitched the Lord. ” gradually disappeared. In the past half year, even the blind can see that the emperor is very affectionate and really loves King Yan, and King Yan has not left any reason for the censor to catch, and everything he does is blameless, that is, the officials in the court. Believing in him gradually. Few people have said anything about the matter between them, but more and more folklore excerpts have been passed down.
Now suddenly I heard the saying of "Fox bewitching the Lord", and everyone would have to fry the pot.
Not only the first few Yanzhou people, but also many Yejing people followed suit. The two Bingzhou Juzi did not expect that one sentence would lead to so many accusations, and they were both angry and embarrassed: "If it wasn't for the fascination and seductiveness, why would you protect him? A man goes in and out of the harem indistinctly, isn't it? The servants of Israel? Besides, this is not what we said, and the people of Bingzhou say that, if you don't agree, go to Bingzhou to find someone to argue, and now you are just bullying the two of us with the help of the crowd!"
After the two of them finished speaking, another Bingzhou Juzi couldn't help but retorted: "They are not wrong, and what you said about building a shantang without tax... We haven't seen it, but it's above. Many new titles have been added, saying that His Majesty is going to build a palace for King Yan."
The lobby of the restaurant was so noisy that the more Shaoqing of Taichang Temple heard, the more he felt that something was wrong. He frowned and turned around to look for An Changqing. It's just that before he could go looking for someone, he heard a clear voice from behind: "Bingzhou imposes an additional tax, and wants to build a palace for King Yan? Is this true?"
The noisy lobby was silent, and they all looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a tall and handsome young man walking out of the elegant room. But at first glance, he is not an ordinary person with his brilliance. There were also people in the lobby who recognized An Changqing, but they didn't dare to say a word when they saw his brows condensed.
An Changqing had heard the commotion outside and thought that something had happened to find out, but he didn't want to hear that. He walked up to the Bingzhou Juzi who was speaking just now, and repeated it again: "You just said it, but it's the truth? If it is false, it may affect your future."
That Bingzhou Juzi was taken by his aura, and he remained silent for a while. However, Juzi, who was helped by his words, said: "He is right, our tax collectors also said the same, saying that His Majesty is fascinated by beauty and wants to levy taxes to build a palace..." Juzi said here With red eyes: "My family is poor, and all the entanglements my parents saved for me were forcibly confiscated. Now the silver taels for the exams are still borrowed by the whole village. If you don't believe it, you can go to other Bingzhou and raise your sons to prove it. "
An Changqing frowned slightly, no wonder these Bingzhou people were so angry. He softened his expression and explained to him: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he ordered the exemption of land tax for three years, and never levied additional taxes. It is nonsense to levy additional taxes to build a palace. I will report this to Your Majesty. Let someone go to the state to verify and verify.”
That move probably didn't expect him to report to His Majesty in three or two sentences, so he was a little scared and hesitantly said: "Dare to ask who your Excellency is?"
There was no anger in An Changqing's brows and eyes, and he said gently, "My surname is An, and my name is Changqing. It is the King Yan you were talking about just now."
There was a lot of whispers around, and there were many people who had never seen the real face of Yanwang before. At this time, they wished to paint a portrait on the spot, so that they would be able to brag to others in the future. Only those few Bingzhou raised their faces pale for a moment, and their lips trembled, not knowing what to do.
What they said just now can be described as outrageous, even if King Yan was angry and wanted to offend them, it was enough.
It's just that they didn't wait for them to admit their mistakes and beg for mercy, they heard An Changqing say again: "The day after tomorrow will be the exam. I will have people to do it quickly. The exam is imminent, everyone should prepare for the exam quietly, don’t get into disputes over chores and miss your studies.”
After he finished speaking, he looked at the three dumbfounded people, and said warmly, "The imperial court will verify the matter of Bingzhou. If there is such a thing, the imperial court will give you justice. You just need to prepare for the exam with peace of mind."
After saying that, he bowed his hands to everyone in the lobby and left with the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.
After he left, the reluctantly suppressed discussions exploded, and many people who saw Yan Wang's real face for the first time were shocked: "I didn't expect Yan Wang to be so elegant... Those rumors did not write about Yan Wang's 20% demeanor!"
Everyone was talking about you and me one by one, and there was another poor person who talked about the shelter in the shantang, all of whom were full of joy. The three Bingzhou looked at each other in dismay, and they all saw happiness in each other's eyes, but King Yan didn't even mean to pursue it at all.
They looked at the lively crowd and probed for a while, only to find out that other states and counties did not levy taxes, but Bingzhou was the only one who levied taxes! At first, I didn't like their behavior. I didn't sympathize with them after hearing what they said about Bingzhou, and they scolded Bingzhou officials together with them.
And Bingzhou Juzi's words quickly reached Xiao Zhige's ears.
Bingzhou is adjacent to Xizhi, which is a remote place. The Bingzhou defender, General Ning Yuan and Shi Xun, is also the son of Dazhu National Master Le Zheng. Xiao Zhige has only been on the throne for half a year. To collect taxes and loot the people. What made him even more intolerable was that they dared to smear An Changqing so blatantly. Obviously he didn't take him seriously.
"I'll send someone to Bingzhou first, and if I find out, I'll be executed immediately." Xiao Zhige's face sank like water: "I will then order Cai Cong to lead people to surround the teacher's residence. ."
In order to appease people's hearts, An Changqing had to come forward today. There are pros and cons to this move. The disadvantage is that he can't hide it when he is in Bingzhou. If Shi Le is getting the news, he is probably trying to find a way to spread the news to Bingzhou.
This matter is to see who moves faster, Xiao Zhige decided to kill, and was in a fit of anger, the word of mouth was spread out one after another, and the teacher's mansion was surrounded by many in the afternoon.
Shi Le was so angry that he fell backwards, and in the next two days he handed out a few papers, but they were all stopped. Seeing this, Chu Anliang, who had always been friends with him, contacted two generals and played together at the court meeting, tearfully accusing Xiao Zhige of chilling the old minister's heart for a few rumors.
However, if Xiao Zhige could be threatened if he cried and made a fuss like this, then he would not be Xiao Zhige. After waiting for them to cry and complain, Xiao Zhige didn't care whether they could get up or not, so he put them aside and continued to discuss matters with other courtiers. Afterwards, they dispersed as usual, without even asking anyone to help them.
Baiguan saw the clue from the emperor's expression. The generals who also felt a little chilling originally wanted to say a few words for Shi Lezheng, but instead they thought of Xiao Zhige's unusual attitude and the rumors outside, and suddenly It died down.
There are also some people who are afraid that this time will affect themselves, and go around the corner to inquire about the attitudes of Xiahou Shang and Shen Tubo. It's a pity that the two of them are even more slippery. Now Rong Yang is at home, and every day he entertains his grandson. From time to time, he goes to the military camp for a circle. The life is very comfortable, as if he doesn't know the disturbance in the court.
After another ten days, it was the fifth day of the third month. And the state came expedited express. Xiao Zhige was furious after reading it, and immediately sent General Zhongyong to follow the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to Bingzhou to arrest the criminal Shi Xun, but the guards of Shi Xun were not removed. People don't dare to make a sound.
This time Shi Xun was too arrogant. He had been operating in Bingzhou for many years, and he was his confidant. Bingzhou is also remote and barren, and it is not as good as the rich and wealthy businessmen in the south. The official at the bottom was bleeding, and naturally he tried to earn it back, so he began to levy taxation under the pretense of cleverness. However, after the new emperor ascended the throne last year, the land tax was exempted for three years, and the state officials were cut off from the fortune and lacked worship. Shi Xun was dissatisfied, so he ordered Liming to charge additional taxes. It's just that he was influenced by his father and complained about Xiao Zhige, so he couldn't help but take the opportunity to call people to spread such news and ruin the reputation of Xiao Zhige and An Changqing.
He was afraid that he would never have imagined that he would end up losing in a few arguments.
When Qi Wei led the troops to fetch people with Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Shi Xun and others refused to surrender, but when Qi Wei took out the letter from Shi Lezheng and told him that the entire Shifu was besieged and the top and bottom were under control , he just accepted his fate, gave up resistance and was escorted to Beijing.
Throughout March, the rising sun was full of wind and clouds, and the wind and clouds were surging. After Shi Xun was interrogated, and a series of corruption incidents were implicated, Xiao Zhige was furious and ordered Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation.
Shi Xun and other officials in Bingzhou were interrogated and executed, Dazhu Guo Shile was implicated and was dismissed and investigated, and the Shifu was raided. Only four of the six pillar states remain.
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