Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 557 The First Case of Imperial Examination Fraud

Qin Tian didn't know why Li Shimin asked him to enter the palace.

At least in his opinion, there was no warning for him to enter the palace this time.

Moreover, when he came to the palace, he also met someone he had never seen before.

That person was good-looking, even a little more handsome than himself, and he was quite elegant. His elegance was something that many people could not achieve.

Because many people are not free and easy enough, even Qin Tian, ​​sometimes it is impossible to be free and easy.

For such a man, Qin Tian was very curious, how did he enter the palace?
However, the two just had a face-to-face meeting without saying anything, and then they were led to the imperial study by the palace servants.

When he came to the imperial study room, Li Shimin and Princess Danyang were both there. When the man saw Princess Danyang, he showed a slight smile, as if he knew it would be like this, but Princess Danyang rolled his eyes.

The small actions of the two of them naturally failed to hide it from Qin Tian. Standing by the side, Qin Tian thought to himself, maybe there is something wrong with the two of them.

Could it be that Princess Danyang is emotional?

Qin Tian thought, Li Shimin had already taken out the article: "You are Feng Yi?"

Feng Yi hurriedly saluted and said, "It's the grassroots."

"You wrote this article?"

"good!"

"Then the question?"

Hearing this, Feng Yi knew that it must be this year's imperial examination question, so he didn't dare to hide it, and told him about Han Xiao looking for him.

Hearing that someone else asked Feng Yi to write it, Feng Yi felt strange, so he gave it to Princess Danyang, and Li Shimin frowned again.

"This is the exam question for this year's imperial examination. I didn't expect it to spread among the people. It seems that the exam question has been leaked."

Li Shimin said in a calm voice, Feng Yi didn't say anything more, Qin Tian stood beside him, but he was a little shocked, the imperial examination questions leaked?

This kind of thing has actually happened throughout the ages, even under the circumstances of later generations, the situation of imperial examination fraud also occurred, but what he did not expect was that as soon as the imperial examination system was reformed, some people began to cheat.

Qin Tian was a little worried. He looked up at Li Shimin, and somewhat understood why Li Shimin let him come. Although he didn't care about the imperial examination, it was brought up by himself after all, and as a minister, it was his duty to investigate this matter.

"My lord, what are you going to do with this matter?" The identity of the person who can steal the test questions is definitely not simple, and it is likely to be someone close to Li Shimin, and the people who want to test the questions must be from powerful families. If there are many people involved Yes, I'm afraid the situation is not easy to handle.

Therefore, what Li Shimin does is particularly important.

Naturally, Li Shimin could see the seriousness of this matter, and also knew that it would be difficult to deal with it afterwards. He did not rush to make a decision, but asked: "In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Qin Tian hesitated for a moment, and said: "My lord, there are loopholes in everything, and the imperial examination is no exception. Whenever there is a link that goes wrong, there may be unfairness. Of course, most of the loopholes in the imperial examination are now It was caused by people, such as the chief examiner, someone peeking at the test questions, etc. If they are not controlled and severely punished, such things will become more and more frequent, and it will be very detrimental to the imperial examination.”

Speaking of this, Qin Tian paused for a moment, and then said: "To put it bluntly, we should serve as an example to others."

As the first major fraud case in the imperial examination, if it is not severely punished, it will inevitably spread in the future. Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and he said: "Qin Aiqing is right, then I will leave this matter to you to investigate. After the investigation is clear, come quickly." report to me."

"Here!"

Qin Tian took the order and was about to retreat. At this moment, an eunuch rushed in: "My lord, there is news from Youzhou."

Hearing the news from Youzhou, Li Shimin glanced at Feng Yi, Feng Yi understood, and quickly retreated, but Qin Tian stayed behind.

When there were only a few of them left in the imperial study room, Li Shimin opened it to take a look, and after reading it, his brows frowned immediately: "Damn it, Turkic boy, I really didn't believe what I said. When I passed by Youzhou, I plundered a The people and property in the town are hateful, hateful..."

Li Shimin cursed loudly, Qin Tian and Princess Danyang were a little shocked when they heard it.

"This Jieli Khan is too careless. Why did you go back on your promise?" Princess Danyang frowned, but Qin Tian had already calmed down.

"Your Majesty, this matter is really annoying, but I'm afraid that Luo Yi sent someone to deliver a letter in order to provoke the relationship between our Great Tang and the Turks."

Li Shimin frowned, he is a smart person, Qin Tian reminded him, he naturally understood very quickly, now, Luo Yi has basically offended Datang and Turkic, he is caught in the middle, I am afraid it will be very difficult disturbed.

An uneasy person will think of some way to make himself somewhat safer. Two enemies fighting each other is what he wants to see.

If he sent someone to question Jieli Khan, but fell into Luo Yi's trap, Li Shimin regained his composure, and after a while, threw Luo Yi's memorial aside.

"What Qin Aiqing said makes sense, but she just cried about those looted people. After all, they are... the people of my Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, please bear with me for a while. When the Great Tang counterattacks, these common people will still be able to come back."

Li Shimin nodded: "Go and do your work."

Qin Tian and Princess Danyang walked out, out of the imperial study, Qin Tian stared at Princess Danyang, this little girl is really more and more beautiful.

But being looked at by Qin Tian like this, Princess Danyang suddenly became a little angry: "What are you looking at, believe it or not, this princess will punish you for disrespect?"

Being endangered by Princess Danyang, Qin Tian was not afraid at all, and said with a smile, "I heard that you gave the article to the Holy One?"

"Any questions?"

"This Feng Yi is just from a poor family, how did the princess know him?"

"I want you to manage."

"If your highness needs help, you can actually tell me." Qin Tian has always thought that love is beautiful and sacred. With Feng Yi's current status, he is naturally not worthy of Princess Danyang, so they If the two are really interested, I'm afraid it will be extremely twists and turns.

He believed that Princess Danyang should understand this, so Princess Danyang might really need help, and Qin Tian didn't know what he could help, but he still wanted to help.

However, Princess Danyang curled her lips and said: "Who wants your help, and the matter is not at all what you think. I am just curious about his ability to write articles. Where do you think?"

After speaking, Princess Danyang snorted again, and after glancing at Qin Tian, ​​she quickened her pace and walked in front, as if she didn't want to talk to Qin Tian at all. Qin Tian looked at Princess Danyang's back and shook his head speechlessly.

It's obvious that you don't mean what you say, and you still don't admit it.

(End of this chapter)