Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 900 Today is Du Siqing's home court

King Yi's entry into the capital really caused a lot of discussion in the court. This Prince Yi caused such a big incident when he first arrived in the capital, which naturally caused many censors to impeach him.

Of course, for most of the officials, it was just a matter of watching the excitement, because there was no room for ambiguity in the attitude of the emperor this time.

The memorabilia of impeaching King Yi was handed over, and the emperor criticized the sentence "King Yi has misbehaved, and has punished ten princes to meditate in the palace", and then refuted it.

In the capital city, there will always be undercurrents, but it will never be disturbed.

On this day, the sun rose as usual, and the morning court started as scheduled. The elders climbed up the steps to welcome the sun, and came to the Wenhua Hall to perform their duets.

However, what is unusual today is that Du Ning, Minister of Dali Temple, after several months of delay, finally submitted the memorandum on the palace examination fraud case yesterday.

Of course, it’s not accurate to say that. It’s not Lord Du’s intention that this case has been delayed for so long. The investigation of the case is almost done. Xiao Ying, who was scolded for committing suicide in shame and indignation, is already alive and kicking and able to go out for a walk. up.

However, whenever Mr. Du wants to bring the case to the public, there will always be various accidents. Up to now, this case can't be dragged on any longer. The opportunity came up, and I handed over the playbook directly according to the normal process.

This time, there was nothing wrong with the cabinet, so the cabinet was sent to the palace as soon as it received the memorial. .

All the ministers entered the hall, saluted each other, and then listened to the emperor's words.

"Yesterday, the Dali Temple presented the memorial of the fraud case in the palace examination. The national ceremony of awarding talents should not be ignored. This morning, we will discuss this matter. Du Siqing, you are the presiding judge of this case, so let you talk about it!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Du Ning stepped forward steadily, bowed his hands to accept the order, then turned around and said.

"By His Majesty's order, Dali Temple has heard the case of cheating in the palace examination. The trial has now been concluded. After investigation, none of the ten examiners of the palace examination has any connection with Cheng Zong, and it was not found that any questions were leaked, or that the examiners were interviewed in advance. An act of giving and receiving in private..."

After the voice fell, there was a lot of discussion below.

In fact, Du Ning's playbook has not been handed up for a long time. Although it was interrupted by various accidents, but more importantly, Du Ning wanted to bypass the cabinet and play directly in public to achieve a unexpected effect.

It's just that now, things can't be dragged on anymore, so they have to submit it through normal channels.

But even so, Du Ning managed to compress the time as much as possible. The memorial was submitted yesterday afternoon, and when it arrived at the cabinet, it was immediately sent to the palace. After the emperor read it, he issued a court proposal.

Such a short period of time, for most of the courtiers, is the time when they have just received the news, but they are not clear about what was said in the memorial.

Of course, this does not include the six ministries and seven ministers, as well as important court officials such as the cabinet, each of which has its own news channel.

One night is enough time for them to figure out all the situations and get ready at the same time.

Therefore, a small discussion has drawn ranks among the courtiers, and the truly powerful courtiers all have calm faces and calm minds.

There was a lot of discussion, indicating that although he was in the palace, his strength was not enough.

Returning to the facts of the case, although the palace examination fraud case has been delayed for so long, it has always been a case that the courtiers are very concerned about.

You know, in this case, the six ministries and seven ministers plus almost all the important ministers in the cabinet were re-approved and approved. The first ten examiners also received their punishments, if it wasn't for Xiao Yi's trouble If there is a suicide scene, the case will not be shelved for so long.

However, no matter how long it is left alone, its importance and seriousness will not be reduced.

Under the watchful eyes of the emperor, some people dare to do such small tricks in the national talent ceremony. At a small scale, this is a private grant and acceptance.

Therefore, no matter how long the investigation is, it is necessary to investigate clearly.

However, at the end of the investigation, Dali Temple came to such a conclusion?
The ten examiners have nothing to do with Cheng Zong or even the other candidates, so they are innocent?
That means that this palace examination is fair and just, and there is no malpractice for personal gain.

That being the case, what was the emperor tossing about that day?
Are you messing around?
You know, in this imperial examination, the emperor personally overturned the original top ten, and re-approved the top three of the new Yijia. Moreover, this new Yijia was still endorsed by a group of important court officials.

If this is nonsense, where should the face of the emperor be put, and where should the face of the six ministers and seven ministers be put?

Thanks to Du Ning who has been in the court for so many years, he dared to say such offending words. Suddenly, many ministers in the palace looked at Du Ning with strange eyes.

Of course, this does not include the many important ministers who learned the news through various channels. They are very clear that this is just the beginning.

Sure enough, following closely behind, Du Ning continued to speak.

"Therefore, this case of the palace examination has nothing to do with the candidates who participated in the palace examination, but a political struggle using the palace examination to fight for power and profit for one's own selfishness!"

As soon as he said a word, the faces of many people in the hall changed. Standing in the hall, Du Ning could even feel that there were several eyes behind him silently nailing him.

At the same time, the ministers who had been talking a lot became quiet when they heard this, but they looked a little more thoughtfully at Du Siqing.

Smart people have already begun to feel the taste gradually.

Sure enough, there is no fool in this court?
What's more, this memorandum of Dali Temple has been brewing for several months, and it was not submitted temporarily, so how could there be such a big mistake.

There must be something wrong with the imperial examination!

Otherwise, it would be slapping the emperor in the face, but it is debatable where the problem lies.

Ordinary people always think that it is collusion between inside and outside, giving and receiving in secret. The most typical method is that the candidate is involved with a certain examiner, or accepts bribes, and cheats in the palace examination for personal gain.

But Du Ning denied this possibility when he came up, not because he was stupid, but on the contrary, he wanted to minimize the impact.

You know, this investigation is different from the previous imperial examination fraud cases.

The most typical imperial examination case in the Ming Dynasty should be regarded as the North and South List case in Hongwu period. In that big case, countless courtiers were involved. The biggest reason was that the court was framed there.

Below is the turbulent public opinion of the candidates, and above is the emperor Taizu's order to stop publishing the list and to solve the case within a time limit. In any case, this case must be explained to all parties.

Therefore, even if the officials who reviewed the papers at that time did not show favoritism, they had to be responsible for such a big incident.

But this time is different. Although the emperor was furious and the government and the public were shaken by the case of the palace examination, it was limited to the court and did not spread to the people.

After re-reading the examination papers, the Huang Bang was released as scheduled, and no one who took the exam raised any objections to the results. Even the Jinshi who were selected have now been watching the political circulation in the temple supervisors of the Ministry. It is said that Those who performed well, such as Wang Yue at the top of the list and Yu Zijun at the top of the list, have already received excellent comments and have been sent to the Ministry of Officials.

Under such circumstances, to try this case, we must first ensure that these cases will not be affected.

After the examiner submitted the list, he was rejected for re-examination. It is already very embarrassing that there has been fraud in the majestic imperial court's talent ceremony.

If it is found out in the end that a certain candidate colluded with the ministers of the DPRK and China to recover the Jinshi background that has been given, that would be a big joke.

Therefore, Du Ning's move was not to calm down the situation, but to control the matter within the court.

This also shows from another angle that Du Siqing does not intend to let this matter go lightly.

In the court where the case is controlled, in fact, in the court, this case will turn upside down.

Of course, there is no need to guess about this point anymore, it is already very obvious from Du Ning's last sentence just now.

Use the imperial examination to fight for power and profit, and seek selfish political struggle?

The weight of this accusation is no less than hooking up with Juzi!

It can even be said that it is more than that...

All of a sudden, the ministers who knew a little bit about the inside story could not help but cast their eyes on Jiang Yuan, Zhang Min, Zhu Jian and others who participated in the reading of the paper in the cabinet.

This case has been raging for so long. The ministers who participated in the reading of the papers, each of the six ministries had a minister, plus three of their cabinet ministers and one Xiao Yi who was still waiting for investigation.

The ones who really played tricks were actually Xiao Yi, the cabinet members, and the other gang of ministers, who were pure disasters.

Now that Xiao Ying is not here, if there is no accident, Du Ning's spearhead is going to be aimed at them, or at one of them.

However, these people could hold their breath, and at this moment, there was still no trace of emotion on their faces, as if Du Ning was not talking about them.

Logically speaking, at this time, there should be a popular official who came out to reprimand Dali Temple for making accusations out of thin air. However, perhaps because this case was too shocking, no one came out to answer Du Siqing's remarks.

This made Du Ning obviously feel a little depressed, but he is also a person with a long history of service, so of course this kind of scene will not trouble him.

Pausing for a moment, after everyone digested the news, Du Ning turned around and said with cupped hands.

"Report to Your Majesty, there was a serious exchange of interests during this imperial examination."

"Xiao Yi, a Hanlin scholar who reads the papers, confessed that the reason why Cheng Zong's test papers were presented to the imperial court by the top ten ranks was because of the proposal of the cabinet minister Jiang Yuan. In exchange, in addition to Cheng Zong's test papers, Among the ten test papers submitted to the emperor, three were read by Xiao Yi."

"In addition, Xiao Yi admitted that he collaborated with Jiang Yuan, Zhang Min, Zhu Jian and others to approve the test paper standards privately. Those who are talented but do not meet the standards discussed by them will be placed in the second class. Among the first and third graders, although the rest of the examiners did not participate in the collusion, they were also unfair when reviewing the test papers after receiving hints from Xiao Yi and others during the break."

"Because of this, the results of the two reviews are very different. This is not due to Jiang Yuan and others' excuses in the hall, lack of talent and learning, and misjudgment. A trade in tools for personal gain."

"Your Majesty clearly understands that justice is the most important thing for the imperial court to select scholars. Xiao Yi, Jiang Yuan, Zhang Min, Zhu Jian and others, for their own self-interest, neglected their duties and regarded the imperial court ceremony as a personal favor. This is a crime."

"Arbitrarily unifying the scoring standards, judging the talents of the world based on one's own likes and dislikes, the selection of talents is unfair, causing talented people to fall into the second and third grades, and those without talents steal the top of the list, which loses the prestige of the palace examination, and makes the palace examination papers unable to achieve their goals. It should be effective, and it is the second crime to live up to the trust of the world."

"Your Majesty's holy candle illuminates the injustice, finds out the fraud in the palace examination, and reprimands you in court. However, the king is in the front, and a few people make tricks, deceive the king, and try to evade responsibility. Live up to the grace of God. This is the third crime."

"Although the rest of the examiners did not participate in the exchange of benefits, they failed to perform their duties faithfully. They joined forces with a few people, failed to uphold fairness, and selected talents for the country. They should also be guilty of the same crime!"

"Therefore, Dali Temple impeached the ten officials who read the examination papers for the imperial examination. Your Majesty, please punish them severely, so as to show that the imperial court has a clean and upright atmosphere and clear officials!"

Du Ning obviously prepared these words for a long time, almost in one go, without the slightest pause, between the words, the momentum was intimidating, quite like a minister of the country.

At the same time, after listening to these words, a burst of discussion broke out in the DPRK and China.

A group of ministers had expected that the Dali Temple had held back for so long, and they definitely did not intend to handle it lightly. However, what they did not expect was that Du Ning played so big this time.

You know, if what Du Ning said is true, then Xiao Yi, Jiang Yuan, Zhang Min, and Zhu Jian will definitely lose their official hats.

It is the emperor's grace to be able to return to his hometown with dignity.

As for the other group of examiners, although their official careers will not be terminated, they still have a big stain on their backs, and it is inevitable that they will be demoted and transferred.

What amazed them was that Du Ning really had such courage.

Xiao Yi will not talk about it, once the case of the palace examination comes out, no matter what, he must bear the main responsibility, and of course the cabinet cannot escape the responsibility.

However, even from Du Ning's description, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Jiang Yuan was the one who played the most important role.

After all, Cheng Zong was pushed out by him. As for Zhang Min and Zhu Jian, maybe they have some private transactions, but they should not be the main characters.

Therefore, according to normal thinking, Du Ning should use Xiao Yi's power to deal with Jiang Yuan with all his strength, trying to put the main blame on him and let him go home completely.

A Hanlin bachelor, plus a cabinet minister, two people are enough to be responsible for this imperial examination. As for the others, it is the best way to handle them lightly.

However, who would have thought that Du Ning would overturn the entire ship with one blow.

Originally there was Xiao Ying's accusation, and with their joint efforts, it shouldn't be a problem to pull Jiang Yuan off his horse. However, Du Ning dragged everyone into this muddy water, so the direction of the matter may be unpredictable...

(End of this chapter)