Raid

Chapter 96

When Taifu Meng entered the palace, Emperor Yuanjia was fishing with the empress, and he was a little surprised when he heard that the Taifu was visiting.

"Why did Taifu suddenly enter the palace at this time?" Emperor Yuan Jia was full of doubts, and couldn't help but put down the fishing rod in his hand.

"The Grand Tutor must have something important to do when he enters the palace. You can go fishing with your concubine anytime, not just for a while. Your Majesty might as well go see the Grand Tutor first, so as not to delay the state affairs." Jiang Muyi gently persuaded.

Emperor Yuan Jia nodded, "After all, the empress is worthy, since that's the case, I will go fishing with you next time, I know..."

"Hey—His Majesty, wait a minute." Jiang Muyi smiled softly, and she straightened Emperor Yuan Jia's clothes in a virtuous and considerate manner, "The Majesty is gone, but I want to play for a while, I heard that the supervisor is very good at fishing Why don't you just let him accompany the concubine? You don't need a supervisor, right?"

Guan Zhi took a look at the empress, this was not the first time that the empress prevented him from accompanying Emperor Yuan Jia to meet the courtiers.

"The empress is relying heavily on Guan Zhi recently?" Emperor Yuan Jia smiled, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, no matter how caring Guan Zhi was, he was still an eunuch, and the empress was a wife, so naturally he could order him around.

Jiang Muyi glanced at Guan Zhi with deep meaning, "The supervisor is effective in his work, so it's no wonder the Holy Majesty likes it. In fact, it's not only the Holy Majesty, but also the concubine. If it wasn't for him to serve the Holy Majesty, the concubine would really like to go to the concubine's palace." "

"Oh, the empress is so good at killing slaves, this is also because of the favor of the empress, but the empress is one with the holy husband and wife, and the slaves serve the holy, so why not serve the empress?" He gave it to the queen.

He is different from the Zhou family. The Zhou family's power comes from the Zhou family's century-old accumulation, while his power is given by the sage. If he is given to the queen, he will be completely far away from the center of power.

After all, although the queen is the lord of the six palaces, she can intervene in political affairs at certain times, but the queen is a family member after all, and can only be in the harem most of the time.Furthermore, even if one day the empress holds great power, the empress must be willing to use him in order for him to gain power.

But the queen is clearly a bad comer.

Emperor Yuan Jia pointed to Guan Zhi and said to the queen: "Look at him, no wonder you like him too. You and I are married couples, if you like it, just call him over from time to time, and you don't have to say whether to give or not. "

This is not given.

Jiang Muyi's eyes were dark, but she also knew that this matter should not be rushed, "That's fine, Your Majesty, go see the Tai Tuo first, don't tell the Tai Tuo to wait."

Emperor Yuan Jia nodded, leaving behind Guan Zhi and Jiang Muyi.

"Teacher didn't wait long, did he?" When Emperor Yuan Jia rushed in, Meng Songyan was standing in the Tai Chi Hall, "Why didn't anyone move a chair for the Tutor? Take a seat, Tutor."

"I don't dare." Seeing Emperor Yuanjia's respect, Taifu Meng couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. The leakage of the exam questions may have been intervened by Guan Zhi, but in the end it was also due to his lax precautions.

Seeing Meng Songyan like this, Emperor Yuan Jia suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and his voice was low: "The Taifu suddenly entered the palace today, but what's the matter?"

Meng Songyan then told the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

Every time he said one more word, Emperor Yuanjia's face became more gloomy, "The exam questions are leaked? Only I and the Grand Tutor know the contents of the exam questions, and they have been sealed with a seal since then, how can they be leaked?"

"I don't even know." Meng Songyan showed shame, "This matter is not strictly supervised by the minister, so please punish him temporarily."

Emperor Yuan Jia pursed his lips, and said in a cold voice: "This is not the time to pursue responsibility, what should we do now?"

If the scientific research continues, how many mediocre people must be selected?
If he stopped trying, there must be some clues. This is the first major thing he will do after he "reforms". Before he started doing it, such a big scandal broke out. How can he save his face?

"Aren't there spare exam questions?" Emperor Yuan Jia asked again.

Meng Songyan sighed, "The content of the original exam questions has been leaked, I'm afraid the spare exam questions may not be thorough."

If the backup test questions are also leaked, and the backup test questions are used again, it may not help the matter, and the situation may be even worse.The imperial examination is the selection of talents by the state, and there is no room for any mistakes. If the past is vague, how is it different from self-destruction?
Emperor Yuan Jia lowered his eyes, "Then according to the Taifu, how should this matter be?"

"The exam must be postponed, the exam questions must be redrawn, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated by the Three Law Departments to catch the person who leaked the questions."

"Impossible!" Emperor Yuanjia retorted immediately, "If the Sanfa Division is asked to investigate, wouldn't it make everyone aware of it? What is the face of the country, and what is the face of me? It has been less than a year since I ascended the throne, and I have already given birth to a child. There are too many troubles. The test can be postponed, but this matter must not be caused to stir up trouble."

"Your Majesty? If this matter is not made clear, isn't it just allowing the people behind the scenes to get away with it? What if he leaks the question again?" Meng Songyan retorted.

"Will the Taifu let the leak happen again?" Emperor Yuan Jia asked, looking at the Taifu, his words were full of censure, "I trust the Taifu, but the Taifu has failed me. Trust me. Now that things are going on, Tai Tuo still refuses to show me some face?"

"I don't dare." Meng Songyan quickly knelt down.

"As for the person who leaks the test questions, Mr. Lao should pay more attention. Didn't the student you mentioned have an appointment with the person who sold the test questions? Then it's just a matter of finding out by following the clues. Why bother to go to war?" Emperor Yuan Jia looked at Meng Songyan, who was kneeling on the ground, thought of his old age, so he said in a bad tone: "Teacher should get up first."

Meng Songyan got up slowly, and wanted to remonstrate again, but when he met the eyes of Emperor Shangyuan Jia, he hesitated again.

Since ancient times, loyal and upright ministers have not feared the wrath of the emperor, and have spoken out in admonition.But Meng Songyan had a hunch that if he continued to speak, the emperor would only rebel in his heart.Now the Son of Heaven sees that there is a tendency to bring order out of chaos, as long as he teaches well and proceeds step by step, he can at least be able to succeed without preaching.

But if he only cared about the name of honesty, he would run counter to his original idea. If he taught the emperor to pervert, he, Meng Songyan, would be a sinner through the ages.

He took a deep breath, and made his own concession, that's all, anyway, the emperor also agreed to postpone the exam and re-draft the exam questions, and he didn't say he wouldn't pursue the person who leaked the questions.

He was just doing it for the face of the royal family, and now that there was a scandal, it was of no benefit to Bei Qi.After all, less than a year after the emperor ascended the throne, too many scandals have already occurred.

"The late emperor's birthday is approaching, the Holy Majesty might as well postpone the test in the name of the late emperor's chanting scriptures and fasting." Meng Songyan suggested.

Emperor Yuan Jia was relieved to see that Taifu Meng didn't wrestle with him, and looked at Taifu Meng's expression a lot more kindly, "Then follow Taifu's words."

　At this moment, the Taifu felt that Emperor Yuanjia could still be saved, so he was willing to save his face.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)