Linque

Jingzhang Palace, Jingcheng Palace.

Ling Ye looked down at Yun Fei who was kneeling and saluting, his gaze paused on his tied hair crown, and he said, "Get up."

Yun Fei thanked him and stood still.

Ling Ye said: "When a gentleman becomes an adult, he must be crowned with the crown and act accordingly. He abandons the lazy and lazy heart of the young and the young, and devotes himself to the ambition of improving morality and cultivation." Go back and calm down and think about whether you want to be in politics or the army in the future, and what you want to do When you think it over, come to Jingcheng Hall to see me." ①

Yun Fei nodded yes.

"Go down."

Before retreating to the front of the palace gate, Yun Fei turned back to look at the emperor, and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty..."

Ling Ye raised his eyes.

Yun Fei paused, his throat felt astringent, and he said with difficulty: "...Can I see him again in the future?"

Ling Ye clenched his fingers under the case into fists. He nodded and said yes, "If you want to go, let the shadow guard take you there. Be careful in the future, and don't do stupid things again."

Yun Fei should resign.

The hall door was closed, and there was silence in the study, Ling Ye sat alone for a long time.It was not until noon when Chu Heng came in from the back door and walked to the throne that he came to his senses belatedly.

He still didn't speak.

Chu Heng lowered his head, gently clenched his clenched hands, and looked down at him.Ling Ye finally loosened his grip slowly, and his fingers were obediently spread out.Chu Heng took the silk handkerchief, gently stroked the bloodstains on his palms that were left by the nails, then bent down and took out a jade box from the small compartment under the imperial case.

After smearing the cool ointment on his hands, Ling Ye's distracted thoughts gradually recovered. He opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "What time is it?"

Chu Heng put the jade box back, and said: "It's noon. Let's go, go back to Mingcheng Hall, Ayan is also here, he is learning to write in the morning."

Chu Heng turned to hold his wrist, led him up, and went to the back door.

Ling Ye said "hmm": "How is the writing?"

"It can't be said that it is horizontal and vertical, but at least it has a shape. He has only studied for a few days, and this is just the beginning. Ayan is smart and has a high understanding. He is obedient and can sit still."

……

Ling Ye has all kinds of helplessness in his heart, and endless feelings are hard to calm down.

But as the days go by, some things will still come no matter how unbearable they are.

On March [-], the imperial decree to suspend the examination papers was officially announced to Kyushu, requiring all prefectures, state pastors, and city lords to cooperate with each other in education, administration, and education to preside over the annual examinations and other educational activities.In addition, from the imperial capital, a Tixue censor was set up, and he was given the right to listen directly to the saints, and went to the states and cities to correct and supervise.In addition, there are specially appointed inspectors and inspectors, who inspect the merits of teachers and Confucianism, the industriousness of students, the education officials who study politics, constitutional law, and censors. ②

At the same time, due to the change of schedule, the Enke will be postponed for five days to early April.

After the imperial decree was issued, the emperor's determination to reform the imperial examinations was known to all of Kyushu.This year, there will be a few shadow guards of the emperor from the dark to the bright, and the emperor's guards in the Hall of Martial Arts will also be able to leave the palace. The imperial censor and the governor of the school are appointed by the holy order, and the emperor must have made arrangements early in the morning. It is difficult to let their clans intervene.

So in the March [-]th court, when Yan Mao's guilt had not yet been clarified, the Manchu court focused on Enke chief examiner who had been vacated because of Yan Mao's imprisonment.After arguing for half a morning, it was difficult to come up with one that could be agreed by all parties. In the end, the emperor only said that he would choose one of the original deputy examiners.

At noon the next day, I went home to participate in the celebration of Yishan Academy. After more than a month of celebration, Xiao Wencong, Marquis of Yongan, finally arrived in Beijing.

As soon as the Xiaohou people arrived, they changed their official uniforms and entered the palace.

When he came out again, there were already many guests in the Flower Hall of the Hou Mansion, and they all came to scold him for stopping the book.But Xiaohou could only spread his hands, and he "didn't expect" that His Majesty and Yan Xiang would change the system, but the imperial decree was announced, unless the late emperor suddenly came back to life, no one would do anything, let's follow the regulations.Go back and tell the offspring of each family who are going to take the exam, they are all born superior, and they have not been taught in the ethnology of both literature and martial arts, classics and history.

Once Xiao Hou returned, the candidates for the chief examiner of Enke also had a clue.

The Yichong Xiao family has a pivotal position in Dayin, and Xiao Wencong is usually a neutral person who doesn't have much ties to any side in the court, and never gets involved in party disputes.Asking him to come out as the first chief examiner after the suspension of the test papers can not only make the town live, but also make all parties have nothing to say.Anyway, the charter has already been set, just follow it.

In early April, Enke arrived as scheduled.

After the end of January, the Duanyang Festival will release the rankings, and it will be the first time that the exam will be obscured, attracting the attention of the imperial capital.

The first member of the list was won by a poor student in his thirties, and he became famous and unparalleled in the limelight for a while.In the past, the number of students from poor backgrounds in the imperial examination was as high as [-] out of [-]. This time, nearly [-]% of the candidates in Enke were born in common people's families. Once the results came out, the entire outer city of the imperial capital It was a sensation, and ordinary people now know that the stop roll is ready, and everyone sings it.

Compared with the thriving outside, the imperial city is full of storms.

As soon as the apricot list came out, the ambition to stop the roll was strengthened, and at the same time, it also severely slapped the face of the aristocratic family.In the first ten miles of the test, except for Han, Shen, Rong, and Xiao who each had a side branch, the other six, including Huiyuan, belonged to poor families.Waiting for the palace examination one month later, if the result is like this again, it will be really embarrassing.

The anger of the Gongqing family finally turned to Yan Mao, the instigator of the suspension of the scroll.

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, there will be a grand court meeting in the Xuanzheng Palace.

After more than a month of trial and verification, Fang Hao, the Minister of Criminal Affairs who presided over the trial, reported Yan Mao's crimes to the emperor. In the affairs of the court, Yan Mao formed a party for private interests, was tyrannical and dictatorial, and there were too many incidents of domineering and chaotic politics.

In a word, Yan Mao's crime is too much to punish, and it is difficult to quell public anger without severe punishment.

Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty also expressed his position in court. The legal principles are clear and he should be severely punished.Tanchuan Yan family, Dingkang Zhou family and other great families jointly signed a letter, together with a group of ministers, to support Fang Shangshu's statement, with the help of Dayin law and the evidence of previous court cases, the guilty minister Yan Mao should be sentenced to beheaded.

Xuanzheng Hall was quiet for a while.

The next moment, the whole hall was in an uproar!The imperial historian Han Zhuo, Dali Temple Minister Lu Mian and other pure ministers, as well as members of the Yan Party headed by Hu Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites, categorically opposed it!How cruel is the punishment of beheading!Even Xiao Wencong, Marquis of Yong'an, and Marquis of Wenxin, Shen Wende, frowned and said it was wrong, even though Yan Mao committed a serious crime, but he has been prime minister for many years, how could Dayin's people's livelihood and Antai not have his share of credit?

What is a cut in half?

At that time, Emperor Taizu established laws and abolished cruel capital punishments such as heart cutting, skinning, roasting, car cracking, shoveling, and kneading. , Xiaoshou.But in the end, there was still a punishment that was rarely used and was only used to deal with the most heinous people, that is, beheading.

People's internal organs are all in the chest and abdomen, so when the guillotine cuts down from the waist, it will not die immediately, even if the mind is still very clear, the severe pain will last for a long time, until the blood slowly drains out, and then it will not stop. Wait until you die.In the previous dynasty, there was a precedent of moving the upper half of the body of a beheaded person onto a tung oil board, so that the blood would not flow out, and the breath would not stop for two or three hours, so that it was impossible to survive or die. ③

The court meeting at Xuanzheng Hall on the tenth day of May, from Chenzheng to Shenzheng, from the sunrise to the westward shift of the sun, lasted for four full hours.

In the end, the opposing voices failed to win.

Because Yan Yu submitted a medical certificate from the imperial hospital, Mrs. Yan was seriously ill and had been bedridden for more than a month.

Fang Hao, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is proficient in legal codes. Throughout the dynasties, many people have been abandoned and executed because of incest, disobedience, and disobedience. It is precisely because Yan Mao, the official residence of the Minister, is the prime minister of Dayin and the example of all officials. He committed heinous crimes. Felony should be punished more severely.What's more, Yan Mao is more than unfilial?Disrespect, disfraternity, forming cliques for selfish interests... Adding all these things together, his crimes are serious and unforgivable.

The aristocratic family of Gongqing occupied legal principles and ethics, held a group petition, and in the name of filial piety, forced the emperor to express his position in court at the Xuanzheng Palace, beheading Yan Mao.

If you don't, you are risking the displeasure of the world.

Han Zhuo, Lu Mian, and even Xiao Wencong all had to shut up.

Yan Mao will suffer endless pain and torture to death. He is an unfilial and rebellious son who deserves to die. No one will remember what he has done. In front of the people of the imperial capital, he used every drop of blood on his body to atone for the sins of the Gongqing family.

—and this is what happened to him.

This is the ninth year of Xuanxi, the only thing the emperor can do is to preserve Yunfei and remember the faces of every family head under the throne.

In the southern half of Dayin, there are Wanzhou, Yunzhou, Changzhou, the Yan family in Danchuan, the Fang family in Cangwu, the Zhou family in Dingkang... There are also the Queen Mother and King Jing who took the opportunity to stir up trouble secretly.

The sentence is set before the imperial examination, and the Gongqing family will use the blood of the prime minister to declare to Kyushu, and warn the humble Gongsheng who has just been ranked in the Enke examination, that this Dayin is still an iron family!

The term of imprisonment is May [-]th, when Shen Shizheng belongs to gold, the sun is in the west, and the main purpose is to kill. ④

On May [-]th, Ling Qi, the leader of the Emperor's Shadow Guard who went to Qingzhou to investigate the case after the beginning of spring, finally returned to Beijing after several months of absence. ⑤

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① "A gentleman becomes an adult...the ambition to cultivate his career", this ancient text comes from Han Liu Xiang's "Shuoyuan·Xiuwen".

②This paragraph refers to a lot of encyclopedia materials and Baidu materials. Some of the sentences are not original and are directly quoted, mainly "special period...diligence" and "assessment...decision".In addition, the official titles of Xuezheng, Xuexian, Tixue Yushi, and Touring Governor were mixed in various dynasties, and their responsibilities were referenced or fabricated on the spot.

③ Part of the sentence in the section of the cut in half, especially the tung oil board, is quoted from Encyclopedia.

④What about the five elements at this time is my nonsense.

⑤ See "Chapter 135 Wickedness ([-])" for Ling Qi's case investigation.