The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

This year is the year of Li Ge's 59th birthday, and he knows his destiny at 60. However, there is a custom among the people that 59 years old can't make a big fuss about his life, and he usually celebrates at [-] years old.

Mr. Li saw that this was the period of the general examination, and he didn't want to hold a birthday banquet at first, but if he didn't do it himself on such an important day, so many disciples under him would come to celebrate him properly.

Li Ge's birthday was very lively, even the emperor came to congratulate him.

The Li family's house couldn't fit in the special yard for receiving gifts, so they had to put some things elsewhere, so there was a big problem.

A floor-to-ceiling screen with a three-color gold embroidered map of Kowloon sailing to the sea was somehow placed in the side hall of the Li Mansion for entertaining guests. In addition to the screen of the map of Kowloon sailing to sea, there is also a kang screen with patterns spelled out from colored glass. Those who have a keen eye always feel that the pattern spelled out by the stained glass is like a map of Dayong; besides this, there is a red coral tree as tall as a person, and there are candlesticks on the coral tree, which is very luxurious.

When the emperor went to pay homage to Mr. Li Ge's birthday, he sat in the side hall for a while, saw those things, and just said, "This glass screen is really beautiful."

Mr. Li Ge was by his side, of course he found a problem with the arrangement, so he said quickly, "The emperor likes it, so let someone send it to the palace."

When he said that, he couldn't help but feel disrespectful, as if the emperor had never seen the world, and if he praised something beautiful, he just wanted to get rid of it in the autumn wind.

The emperor naturally didn't want it, but said, "How can I let you give up your love, teacher? Compared with these things on your birthday, the gift I gave is not a precious thing. It has already made me ashamed. How can I give you the gift of teacher?" My birthday gift is leaving."

Afterwards, the emperor drove back to the palace. When he got on the dragon chariot, his face was peaceful, and no one could see anything unusual. He could not change his color when encountering such an overstepping of the elder Li Ge. It can only show that the emperor is either a fool, or a smart and tolerant person.

A few days after Mr. Li Ge's birthday, there were officials who participated in the story of the Nine Dragons Going to Sea map screen and the Dayong map screen in Li Ge's old mansion. Scholars who will take the exam, the scholars are saying that the emperor will be in charge when he grows up, but Mr. Li Ge is in charge. Every time there is an exam, the atmosphere of talking about political affairs in Beijing will become very strong, and it is impossible to stop it. Li Ergong's younger brother-in-law Peng Qingjun's servant justified a few words, which aroused even more backlash from the scholars.

After being informed that this handsome scholar was the brother-in-law of Mr. Li Ergong, Peng Qingjun couldn't avoid it. In addition, he was a weak scholar, so he was caught by the scholars and scolded him a lot. Seeing that the master was caught, he went to find someone, and it eventually developed into a gang fight. During this period of time, the law and order in Beijing was strictly controlled, and these people were finally put in prison.

Because the scholars are going to take part in the examination soon, but now they are being arrested and thrown into prison. This incident spread very quickly in Beijing, and it was even rumored that there was an unspeakable relationship between Mr. Li and his brother-in-law. The matter related to the broken sleeves caused the Li family to lose face.

Because the scholars who fought in gang fights were all arrested and imprisoned, and this matter involved Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Li was unable to handle this matter by himself, so he asked other cabinet ministers and Mr. Ji of the Criminal Department to consider how to deal with this matter. Since they are all called for discretion, it can be seen that Mr. Li wants them to severely punish the scholars who caused the trouble.

But Mr. Ji made a peace, saying that the emperor should make a decision, because the scholars have to take part in the examination, and there is no way to delay the trial.

Naturally, the emperor didn't make a decision on the result Mr. Li wanted. He only said that the test will be imminent, and scholars all over the world are watching the situation in Beijing. Don't mention the matter of birthdays and birthday rites, and don't worry about the affairs of the scholars discussing political affairs. Let the scholars take part in the examination is the top priority.

Putting it this way, although it is unavoidable to make people feel that he has no power to make decisions, he still wins the hearts of the people.

After the incident happened in Li Ge's hometown, Li Ge knew that the Zhao family was behind the scenes, and Li Ge was not easy to provoke, so he asked his subordinates to participate in the Zhao family's occupation of the people's land in his hometown, and in Beijing. It's about usury.

The two sides quarreled very lively for a while, and the emperor refused to go to the morning court and ignored it.

Although the quarrel in the court was very unsightly, and it seemed to chill the hearts of the scholars who came to participate in the examination, but it also made people feel that it was time for the emperor to intervene in third-party forces and rectify the court.

The examinations were held on the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth day of February. During these days, the emperor was still in class, and Ji Heng and Shao Li were also accompanying him.

On the morning of the [-]th day, Song Taifu was giving lectures to them, when suddenly a voice came from outside, then Liu Sheng'er trotted in, knelt down at the door and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Ouyang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has something to ask for an audience."

The emperor was stunned for a moment before he said, "If you have anything to do, you can just ask Mr. Li Ge, how can you ask me here?"

Lord Ouyang had already pushed away the guards and ran in, knelt down at the door with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please make decisions for your ministers."

Now that get out of class is over, the emperor got up, walked to the door of the study, helped Lord Ouyang up, and said, "My lord, what happened, why did you ask me to come here?"

Master Ouyang said, "There was a fraud case in the examination room, and the exam answers were found from three people. It is the guilty minister's dereliction of duty. This matter has a lot to do with it. Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Li, wants to suppress this matter first, so that the exam can be taken away." It will be dealt with after the exam is over. But Weichen believes that it is too late to deal with it after the exam is over."

Everyone in the study was stunned, the emperor looked heavy, and looked at Song Taifu again, before saying, "How about the details, Master Ouyang, please explain clearly, I don't understand very well."

Lord Ouyang then told the specific situation, saying that after the exam started today, three people were found to have brought the answers into the examination room. Finally, it was found that their answers were all the same, and that the questions were indeed exam questions, so that was all. One of them confessed after a few moments because he couldn’t stand the interrogation, saying that he also bought the exam papers and answers of the previous two rounds. , said that this is no secret in Beijing, many people have seen it and bought it...

Master Ouyang felt that the matter was very serious, and asked the deputy examiners, Master Xue and Master Zhou, not to talk about it. Unexpectedly, Master Xue went to Mr. Li Ge soon, and Mr. Li Ge made his own decision, saying that the matter would not be discussed until the exam was over. Deal with it so as not to affect other scholars' examinations.

But Mr. Ouyang felt that the test paper had already been leaked, and this test was not fair at all, so it should be dealt with immediately. The best way is to void this time, and use new test questions later.

But Lord Li did not agree, so Lord Ouyang sued the emperor.

He was also afraid of being blamed, and in the end he would be blamed on him by Li Ge veteran, so he came to Qinzheng Palace so quickly.

When Song Taifu heard about this, he said, "Your Majesty, obtaining scholars through scientific examinations is the foundation of the country. If the cheating in the examinations is not dealt with properly, it will really chill the hearts of scholars all over the world. This is the end of today's class. The emperor summoned his ministers to deal with this matter properly."

After the emperor agreed, he said to the other companions, "Because this matter is of great importance, you have all heard it here, so I can't let you go, you just wait here for a while."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ji Heng again, and Ji Heng gave him a slight nod, and the emperor said to Ouyang again, "My lord, you can go to Wenyuan Pavilion with me now."

After finishing speaking, he said to Song Taifu, "I also invite you to come with me, teacher."

Wenyuan Pavilion is the office of the cabinet. Before the emperor was in power, this was the power center of Dayong.

In the alley of Manjusri Bodhisattva Temple next to Drum Tower Street in the south of the city, Ji Chaozong and Ji Daohuai lived here.

The two failed to take the exam on the ninth day of February. Both of them failed to get up on time because of physical discomfort. After getting up, they had diarrhea and failed to take the exam.

The two missed the first class because of this, and even if they took the next two exams, they would not be on the list, so the two of them didn't go to the subsequent exams.

Although there is an opportunity to take the exam once every three years, the three-year period is not short, and it is really sad to have to wait another three years before taking the exam.

Ji Chaozong is a smart person. Master Ji went to him before and mentioned that it is good to be safe in this exam. At first, he didn't think much about it, but after thinking about it, he tasted a different taste, and he couldn't take part because of his diarrhea. The scientific examination can be treated calmly, and I feel that something unusual may happen in this scientific examination, so I sleep at home every day, not sad because I can't refer to it because of diarrhea.

But Ji Daohuai couldn't calm down. After beating his feet and chest for a day, he often went to teahouses where he could get news.

This is the last day of the exam. After the exam, the scholars came out of the tribute courtyard, only to be told that because the exam questions were leaked, there were many people who cheated, so this exam will not be counted, and the fraud must be thoroughly investigated. case.

For a while, Manjing was in an uproar.

Because of the thorough investigation of this fraud case, those who bought the test questions and answers were all anxious. Ji Daohuai was glad that he did not take the test, otherwise, he also bought the test questions and was caught. If he is not allowed to take the scientific examination again, his life will be over.

When Beijing had dispatched the imperial army to arrest the suspects in the fraud case, Ji Daohuai ran back to his residence in the alley of the Manjusri Bodhisattva Temple.

Finding that his nephew was still asleep, he rushed into his bedroom, grabbed him from the warm bed, and said, "You idiot, get up quickly."

Ji Chaozong got up in a daze, and said, "Uncle Thirteen, what's the matter?"

Ji Daohuai looked at the door of the room, and then ran to close the door, then rushed to Ji Chaozong's bed, and said in a low voice, "You said that when Brother Wu came to visit us, he said that we should be safe in this exam. thing, isn't it?"

Ji Chaozong nodded, "Well, Uncle Wu did say that. And I think he came here on a special trip to say that."

Ji Daohuai clapped his hands and said, "That's right."

Seeing him like this, Ji Chaozong asked, "Is something wrong with the scientific examination?"

Ji Daohuai stared at him, "Do you know something? This time the scientific examination fraud case was exposed, and the court will punish it severely. The examination has just finished, and people are already being arrested everywhere. Thinking about it this way, I will have the first class with you." Oversleeping and having diarrhea during exams, like God's will."

Ji Chaozong is not a fool, when he learned from Ji Daohuai that someone bought the test questions for this meeting, he knew that something big was going to happen this time.

It was beyond his surprise that something big happened. What surprised him was that Master Ji helped them, and it was obvious that Master Ji knew the inside story.

Ji Daohuai is not a fool either, so after he finished that sentence, he pondered for a moment, and then looked into Ji Chaozong's eyes, and he also had a guess in his heart, so he muttered, "This time, it's a big deal."

As he said that, he asked Ji Chaozong to get up and said, "Get up quickly, let's pack up and go to visit Wu Ge's residence."

Ji Chaozong said, "Uncle Wu is probably busy."

Ji Daohuai said, "Then I have to go quickly, I should be able to get some news. Besides, I also bought the test paper. Although I failed to take the test, I also bought the test paper. I'm afraid that something will happen. Let's go first." His family is good at inquiring about news."

Ji Chaozong had no choice but to get up and accompany him to Mr. Ji's mansion.