In Wenhua Palace, the prince Shi Chongwei sat high and listened to the court officials reporting on national affairs. The national affairs were all over the final analysis, but in the final analysis it was nothing more than money and grain. Shi Chongwei frowned, and his father's northern expedition consumed all the national inventory. Could it be that he really had to rely on selling the imperial village to cross the pass? But in Shi Chongwei's heart, he had long regarded the imperial village as private property, so how could he sell it to others? Shi Chongwei made up his mind to double the tax on perfume, wine, gambling, etc. as soon as possible. Cheng Mingdao also proposed to suspend the salary of all officials and let the officials donate money to overcome the difficulties together.

Thinking of perfume, Shi Chongwei's heart moved. The three-point dividend that Jiang Anyi gave to his mother's queen last year received 700,000 taels last year, and the profit of perfume exceeded 2.3 million taels, which was equivalent to the tax of a large state. Even he was jealous of this industry. Cheng Mingdao privately calculated the accounts for himself. The Jiang family might have hidden it, and the pure profit of perfume may not be less than 3 million. Shi Chongwei's thought flashed through his mind. If Jiang Anyi was in trouble, if the perfume industry was in the hands, wouldn't he have to worry about money anymore?

The censor Xu Hongbin in the hall held the memorial and walked quickly to the hall, and everyone's eyes fell on him. Xu Hongbin came to the steps to salute and replied loudly, "Zhang Changlin, Ye Mingqing, Tian Fengliang and others gathered to knock on the palace at the Zhuque Gate to submit memorials, and ask His Highness the Crown Prince to read it." The eunuch leader of the Eastern Palace, Zhang Jin, stood beside the prince, and hurriedly went down the steps to take the memorial and presented it to Shi Chongwei.

Before Shi Chongwei could read the memorial, the right prime minister Ma Suizhen first said angrily, "In order to open up the road of speech, the imperial censorship was set up, and the Tongtu Supervisor collected memorials. The Jingzhao Government Office was even more responsible for handling all matters in the capital. These testers were going to Zhuque Gate to knock the drum to invite the direct name. I heard that Ye Zi, Ma Yuanxiang and others beat the drum and submitted memorials by Shilin in the first year of Jianwu, which was regarded as the "Ten Greatest Men of the First Year". This was a bad trend and evil spirit. This trend must not be long. I ask Your Highness to order the leader to take down the crime. Those who are lucky must be severely punished, otherwise there will be no peace in the drum."

Everyone knew that Ma Suizhen was fined one year as the chief examiner because Ye Zi and others beat the drum and reported that the imperial examination was unfair. Although he was not very good at it, he lost face in the scholars. Ma Suizhen was a regretful thing in his life, so he became angry when he heard the knock on the palace.

Shi Chongwei opened the memorial and saw the words "Please kill Jiang Anyi's memorial" and said angrily, "Bold madman, who said Jiang Anyi is a traitor? Who is spreading rumors and causing trouble? The person came to arrest those madmen who wrote memorials."

The left prime minister Kong Sheng bowed and said, "Your Highness calmed down and knocked on the palace to submit memorials is the old system of court. You cannot punish it for words. Even if these testimonies have inappropriate words, they should be severely scolded. Do not hurt the ambition of scholars."

The ministers on both sides agreed, "Kong Xiang's words are always conspiring to the country, please let Your Highness investigate clearly."

Shi Chongwei read the memorial carefully, which listed the three crimes of Jiang Anyi, who concealed the defeat and beheaded generals, watched the old coach Miao Tieshan commit suicide, and colluded with the people of the Demon country to sign a stolen alliance. Behind the memorial were dense names and handprints. As the prince, Shi Chongwei naturally knew the inside story and knew that these three crimes were purely contaminated. He was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted, "It's nonsense. Although the court did not punish the crime for words, if the rumors were not investigated, the national law would not tolerate it."

Duan Cizong said, "Your Highness, you can hand over the person in charge to Jingzhao Prefecture for interrogation to see if anyone is instructed. If someone is instructed, you should be punished. If you are spontaneously warned, you should be given a warning. In addition, Dali Temple will step up the trial of Jiang Anyi case, and make the result public as soon as possible to calm the rumors."

"As Duan Qing reported."

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Gan Qingfeng felt the suffocation from six years ago and finally exclaimed today. He commanded the soldiers to escort Ye Mingqing and others to the Dali Temple yamen. Most of the testers did not leave, surrounded him outside the Zhuque Gate and waited for news. Seeing Ye Mingqing and others being jammed by swords and guns, they all gathered around to ask what was going on.

Before Ye Mingqing and others could speak, Gan Qingfeng shouted, "What do you want to do? Why don't you retreat quickly, block my job and punish you for your disrespect."

Zhang Changlin shouted loudly, "Brothers, the traitors in the court are in power. After the memorial is submitted, the prince ordered us to be taken to Jingzhao Mansion to question the crime. The thief Jiang Anyi is very good at hand, so be careful."

The words immediately caused chaos among the crowd. Someone shouted loudly, "The prince is unfair in his affairs, how can we end up like this when we are dedicated to the country?" "I am not convinced, and I have to see the prince in person and explain it clearly."...

Seeing those blue-shirted testers rushing forward, some pushing soldiers, and some trying to pull Zhang Changlin and others away, Gan Qingfeng drew his sword and shouted sternly, "Do you want to rebel? Openly fight against the court officers and soldiers, retreat, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

As he said that, Gan Qingfeng waved the sword in his hand and slashed at the Tsing Zixu in front of him. The man was so scared that he hurriedly hid back. The soldiers followed suit and waved swords and guns to shout, "Get back, dare to come forward and ask for guilt."

Gan Qingfeng was beating in his heart. The group of testers came to make trouble again. He really thought he was easy to bully. Today he had to teach them some lessons. There was a fierce light in his eyes, and he stared at Zhang Changlin, who was the most eccentric, and sneered at his arm, slashing with a sword, slashing at his arm, so that the kid could be sober.

Zhang Changlin was clamoring while paying attention to the movement. Seeing the sword flashing with cold light, he quickly reached out and pulled the person next to him to block him. The sword swung down, cutting the man's neck, and blood spurted out. Ye Mingqing screamed and covered his neck with his hand. Blood was gushing out, and he couldn't cover it no matter how hard he covered it. He felt the blackness in front of his eyes and his strength was floating. Ye Mingqing's mind flashed, and my seventh-grade clothes were gone.

"I've killed people, the officers and soldiers have killed people." A shrill cry sounded, and the testers were so scared that they fled everywhere. Gan Qingfeng's sword fell to the ground with a blank heart. Why was he so unlucky? He just waved his sword and even killed one. This time, he probably didn't even have to do anything to the Captain Zhiguo.

There were still dozens of people standing there with pale faces, and some people said tremblingly, "I have the heart of the world but have been tragically killed. We scholars often say that we sacrifice our lives for justice. Sun is not talented, and I would like to give up his advice to death with this head, so that we will be worthy of our shame." After that, the man took off the Confucian crown on his head, walked up to Gan Qingfeng, and sat cross-legged. Ye Mingqing's blood dyed the blue shirt on his body red.

Under the leadership of Sun Sixian, people kept taking off the Confucian crown and sat cross-legged. After a moment, they blocked the road tightly. Gan Qingfeng was full of bitter mouth. He knew that he had committed public anger by killing the tester, and it was probably difficult to be kind. Looking at the blue shirts in front of him, Gan Qingfeng lamented in his heart that he had committed a taboo with the tester. Now that he had to bite the bullet and let the soldiers maintain order and send people to the East Palace to deliver letters.

Chunming Avenue is the main road in front of the imperial city. There are endless traffic and pedestrians. The scholars who are taking the exam block the road and cannot pass. In a moment, the people watching the fun are gathered. The examiner who rushed to the scene after hearing the news joined the meditation team and formed a blue ocean.

Wenhua Palace is still discussing matters. Xu Hongbin trotted to the hall despite his misconduct and reported, "The prince was heard from the prince, and the officers and soldiers killed the tester by accident, which aroused public anger. The tester sat on the blockage of Chunming Street, and some people claimed that they would stop the test..."

Shi Chongwei's head was buzzing, and suddenly stood up and shouted, "Which dog killed the tester, Gu wanted to kill him." The three-year examination, if the tester was finished, it would be a strange story in the world. There has never been any record in history books. He, the prince, must leave a mark, and even his father would be disappointed with him and develop a desire to be easy. Shi Chongwei trembled and did not dare to think further. He urgently ordered, "Hurry up, Gu wants to go and take a look."

Three thousand officers and soldiers of the left supervisor went out urgently and quickly dispersed the idle people. They set up warnings along the streets. Long Guards and secret guards were spread on the roofs along the streets, and the entire street was heavily guarded.

The sound of hooves was messy, and Shi Fangzhen rushed over without riding a horse. Zhang Changlin and Tian Fengliang saw the two red silk flags flying high in front of the team. They knew that the prince had arrived. Someone shouted loudly, "The prince is here, everyone kneels down." The examiners sitting cross-legged, including Sun Sixian, all turned over and kneel down, deeply worshiping the ground.

Shi Chongwei glanced at the large blue shirt in front of him, a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes, but he said gently, "Everyone, you don't need to be polite, get up and talk." As he said that, Shi Chongwei jumped off his horse, stepped forward a few steps to help Zhang Changlin, who was kneeling in front, and flashed a bloody corpse. Immediately, someone stepped forward to take Ye Mingqing's body away.

"I heard someone in the palace hurt the tester by mistake, and I felt really uneasy. Gu's original intention was to ask the officers and soldiers to send the scholars who submitted memorials to Jingzhao Prefecture to ask the reason, open up the court for speeches, the censorate, and the supervisory supervisor are all places for advice, and Jingzhao Prefecture is even a place for handling affairs in the capital. Why should you insist on knocking on the palace and submitting memorials? You must know that you must first hit the thirty boards when you beat the drum. Gu is pitying you, the weak scholars, and then let you go to Jingzhao Prefecture to appeal. Who knew that you mistakenly knew Gu's intention, how would you end up with the trouble?" Shi Chongwei sighed with a sad face.

Zhang Changlin bowed and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is kind, we are grateful for it. We are willing to go to Jingzhao Mansion to explain the reason according to the prince's wishes. But we also have three requests, and we hope the Crown Prince will adopt it."

Shi Chongwei said with a smile, "As long as it is reasonable, I will naturally consider it."

"Your Highness", Zhang Changlin pointed to the blood on the ground and said sadly, "Brother Ye is loyal to the country, but he was killed by accident. Please punish the murderer severely to comfort Brother Ye's spirit in the sky."

Shi Chongwei thought, loyalty may not be necessary, but the murderer was not punished. Many testers looked at him with eager eyes, and Shi Chongwei nodded and agreed, "Accurate."

Zhang Changlin became more excited and his voice became excited, "Brother Ye is dead, we empathize with it. Please set up a spiritual shed for him to mourn him to show his righteous conduct."

Shi Chongwei frowned. If he was to mourn the unlucky deceased in the name of the court, it would be equivalent to approving the act of these testimonies who wrote memorials on the court, it would definitely not work. Thinking of this, Shi Chongwei said, "The deceased is gone, Zhuner and others set up hangars for him and wait until Jingzhao Mansion finds out the reason before deciding the action."

Zhang Changlin's request was refuted, and he did not dare to argue with the prince. He continued, "Third, we ask the court to investigate Jiang Anyi's crimes and give an explanation to the people of the world."

Shi Chongwei angrily said, "You are arbitrarily discussing the government affairs and interfering with the law is not desirable. I think you are out of public interest and will not pursue it for the time being. Jiang Anyi's merits and demerits will be discussed in court. You are safe to study and prepare for the exam and wait for the results of the court trial."
Chapter completed!