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The next morning.

above the hall.

Leng Yu sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers standing in the hall with sharp eyes.

"I really experienced a lot during my trip to Yilan County this time! The country of Daning is not as harmonious and peaceful as I imagined, and my ministers are not as upright and upright as I imagined."

At this point, he glanced at the ministers and saw two officials beginning to wipe the sweat from their faces nervously.

"Master Shi of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it's not hot in this hall, why are you sweating so much?"

Mr. Shi stood up immediately when his name was called. He trembled and knelt down.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I feel cold occasionally, so... I feel a little weak..."

"Oh? Master Shi, is he physically or mentally weak?"

"Your Majesty, I am weak and weak."

"Humph!"

The emperor suddenly shouted loudly,

"I heard that Sir Shi has a close relationship with one of the Queen's sisters?"

Upon hearing this, Master Shi seemed to have expected that the matter had been exposed. He immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life. I know my crime. I know my crime."

"Knowing the crime? What crime do you know?"

"Old minister..."

Mr. Shi didn't know how to speak for a moment, Leng Yu snorted again,

"Since you can't tell me, I will tell you that you use the power in your hands to accept money from others, buy and sell officials, you ignore the laws of Daning Kingdom, and put the safety of the people at risk, how dare you Are you begging me to spare you here? You really have such beautiful thoughts."

After saying this, he shouted loudly,

"Here comes someone, who took off Mr. Shi's official title, stripped him of his official position, and took him to a prison to await interrogation by the Ministry of Punishment."

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Shi immediately fell limply to the ground. Several guards stepped forward without hesitation and dragged him down.

Above the court, it became extremely quiet in an instant, and no one dared to take a breath.

Leng Yu glanced at everyone again and spoke seriously,

"Starting from today, I am going to overhaul the government. I will not allow any evil things to happen. Everyone will check on themselves when they go back. In particular, they must take care of the people under them. Don't wait until something happens and say you don't know. .”

The people in the hall were busy bowing and clasping their fists.

"I understand."

This time, Leng Yu made up his mind to eradicate the bad habits that had accumulated in Daning Country for a long time.

……

He set the date of the palace examination on June 18th. Those candidates who came to Beijing to take the examination had already arrived in the capital in early June. As a result, the inns and taverns in the capital were booming.

Two days before the exam, Leng Yu and Luo Lan came to the streets of the capital dressed in casual clothes.

They wanted to secretly observe the quality of this batch of candidates.

"Ms. sir, let's go to the teahouse. There are many people there, and there will definitely be a lot of things we can find out."

"it is good……"

After Leng Yu nodded, he took her towards a teahouse called Qing Yuyuan.

Probably because the people who come here are all talented people with high overall quality, Qingyu Garden is very quiet at this time. Except for the storyteller's vivid speech, there is no other noise.

The storyteller was telling a story about the previous dynasty. Leng Yu took Luo Lan and found a free seat to sit down. A Hong and A Yu stood beside them. The four of them looked towards the storyteller.

After a while, the storyteller finished telling a story, then he pressed his hands to everyone,

"Thank you for your patience in listening. Please help yourself."

After leaving these words, the storyteller hurried away with his suitcase, probably to catch up at another teahouse.

Recently, many scholars have come to the capital to take exams, and the business of storytellers has also improved.

There was no voice of the storyteller here, and these people began to whisper something in groups of three or two.

Sitting at the table next to them were two scholars in relatively shabby clothes. One of them said to the other:

"How much money did you bring from home?"

Another scholar shook his head,

"My mother sold the sheep at home and borrowed some from relatives to get me ten taels of silver. My mother was afraid that I would not be able to catch up with the palace examination, so she asked me to come to the capital in early May and stayed for a month. I finally arrived here in early June, but who would have thought that the palace examination was scheduled for mid-to-late June. If my mother hadn’t brought dry buns, I wouldn’t even have money to eat now, hey!”

"Who says it's not the case? Looking at the clothes we both wear, I'm not much better than you. Look, we're like this. We'd better go back as soon as possible. There's no chance."

"That won't work. I got here so easily. If I go back without taking the exam, my mother will be very angry. Besides, I have studied for ten years, passed the provincial examination, and the general examination. I am just short of the palace examination. As long as I still pass Once I take a breath, I won’t go back.”

"You think I want to go back, but even if we don't go back, if we squeeze out the few coins from our teeth, people won't look at us at all, and our exam will be in vain. And I heard that in this palace exam, there are two The prince also wants to participate, so what hope do we have?"

"Anyway, I have prayed eighteen times. I don't need this last shiver. Let's wait for two more days! Alas! How come we, who have been studying for more than ten years, can't compare with others' few taels of silver? The world is really going downhill, the world is going downhill."

The conversation between the two scholars next to them all fell into Leng Yu's ears. He raised his hand and called to the waiter:

"Bring me a new pot of tea."

After the waiter responded, he came to their table with a pot of tea, collected the coins, and turned away.

After Leng Yu nodded to Luo Lan, he took the pot of tea to the table where the two scholars were and sat down.

The two scholars looked at him curiously.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

Leng Yu hurriedly explained,

"Don't get me wrong, I just arrived in the capital today and don't know much about the situation here. I just heard the two of you chatting enthusiastically, so I thought I would join in the fun. Do you two mind?"

As he spoke, he poured a cup of tea for each of them.

The two scholars waved their hands hurriedly,

"Young master, you're welcome. Since we are all of the same mind, it would be nice to sit down and chat together. We came earlier than you. If you don't understand anything, just ask."

Leng Yu took a sip of tea and asked in a low voice:

"I just heard you say that even if you take the exam, it will be for nothing. What's going on?"

One of the scholars sighed without hesitation,

"This is something that we scholars all know. It is said that the list of the top three has been decided internally a long time ago. Moreover, there are two princes who are going to participate in this palace examination. Young Master, tell me, if you are the examiner, do you dare to give the prince a test? Low score?”

"But I heard that the prince's exam does not count his ranking!"

The two scholars shook their heads together,

"I have never heard of this. We only heard that whoever secretly gives some money to the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette will have their test papers seen by the examiner. Otherwise, the test will be in vain, and no one will see much of your test paper. Have a look."

These words made Leng Yu's face turn livid.

In order to prevent imperial examination fraud, he specially transferred Leng Ming to the Ministry of Rites to take charge of the matter. How could such a big thing happen now?

He suppressed his anger and continued to ask,

"Then do you know where to send the money? Who should I give the money to? I am a newbie here, should I also send some money?"