Chapter 319

In the capital, in the Palace of the Prince of Wei.

King Wei was dealing with things in the study, at this moment, the voice of Yu Hai saluting Princess Wei sounded from the door.Upon hearing this, King Wei frowned slightly, and immediately put away the letters on the table.

Not long after, Princess Wei's gentle voice sounded at the door.

"Your Highness, can the concubine come in?"

"Come in." Although King Wei was a little impatient, he still let Princess Wei come in.

Concubine Wei asked the kitchen to make tonic soup, and specially sent it to King Wei to drink.

King Wei didn't like to drink soup, but he would drink the soup that Princess Wei sent every time.The reason why he can drink it is not because the soup was sent by Princess Wei, but because Zhao Yao requested the soup.

Zhao Yao originally wanted to ask Wei Wang for a Shiquan Dabu pill, but he didn't expect that the doctor Miao Jiang died in an accident.He did not leave a prescription for Shiquan Dabu Wan, and his descendants could not make it.However, even if he leaves a prescription, his descendants may not be able to refine it.It is said that the process of refining Shiquan Dabu pills is very complicated and it is very difficult to succeed.

Since he could no longer get Shiquan Dabu Pills, Zhao Yao got the prescription of medicinal food and tonic soup from other places, and asked King Wei to drink tonic soup every day.

Zhao Yao gave the prescription of medicinal food and tonic soup to Princess Wei, and asked her to supervise Wei Wang to drink the tonic soup every day.

Although King Wei disliked drinking the tonic soup, he had to say that his health improved a lot after drinking the tonic soup.Every winter and spring, King Wei is very prone to illness, but since he drank the tonic soup, he didn't get sick very much last winter.

Princess Wei knew that King Wei was busy, and she left after King Wei finished drinking the soup.Before leaving, she did not forget to remind King Wei to pay attention to his body and go to bed early.

After Princess Wei left, Yu Hai walked in.He held a letter in his hand, a secret letter sent from Jiangnan.

King Wei took the letter from Yu Hai, and immediately opened it to read.

Yu Hai saw that King Wei's face instantly became gloomy and cold after he read the letter. He couldn't help but tighten his heart, and asked cautiously, "My lord, what happened in Jiangnan?" , and asked with a changed face, "Could it be something happened to His Highness the Tenth Highness?"

"Nothing happened to the tenth brother, but..." At this point, Wei Wang raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "The crown prince and Dai Wang actually sent people to watch the tenth brother."

"The crown prince and Dai Wang are going to harm His Highness the Tenth Highness?" Yu Hai panicked, "Could it be that His Highness accidentally discovered what they did, and they want to kill His Highness to silence it?"

"That's not true. They are afraid that the imperial army following the eighth brother will find something strange, so they have been secretly monitoring the tenth brother." Wei Wang thought of the activities of the crown prince and Dai Wang in the south of the Yangtze River, his overly beautiful face was full of disgust, "They won't do anything to the tenth brother. Once they do it, it's tantamount to exposing themselves."

When Yu Hai heard what King Wei said, he immediately returned to his original place with nervousness.

"It's as long as the Tenth Highness is fine." The Tenth Highness is fine, why is the prince angry.He didn't dare to ask.

"The tenth brother will arrive in Jinling in a few days, and then let our people protect him." Ever since Zhao Yao went to Jiangnan, Wei Wang was always in a state of anxiety.Obviously Zhao Yao has been fine all this time, but he is always uneasy. "Jinling is the residence of the crown prince and the Duke of Zhenguo. They have done too many dirty things in Jinling. It is inevitable that the tenth brother will be involved for no reason."

"Yes, my lord." Seeing that King Wei was very worried about Zhao Yao, Yu Hai comforted him, "My lord, His Highness the Tenth Highness will be fine, and our people will definitely protect His Highness the Tenth Highness."

After hearing this, King Wei just nodded slightly.

Yu Hai looked at King Wei, tangled up in his heart, and finally decided to remind King Wei.

"My lord, you haven't been to the concubine's courtyard since the imperial court started writing. Would you like to take some time to sit with the concubine?"

When King Wei heard what Yu Hai said, his gaze became sharp and his tone became cold: "Did the princess tell you to say that?"

Yu Hai quickly shook his head: "No, the princess has never told this matter to the servants, but the people in the mansion saw that you didn't go to the princess's yard for a long time, and thought that you and the princess were at odds." He hurriedly reminded, "You also I know that those people in Wangfei's courtyard were arranged by the Crown Princess."

King Wei understood what Yu Hai meant, and his cold face eased a lot.

"During this period of time, people in the entire capital are busy with the imperial examinations. I don't have time to talk about love." When it comes to the imperial examinations, Wei Wang's heart is full of admiration for the emperor, "Father made it The imperial examination is really an incomparably sharp knife, piercing into the hearts of aristocratic families."

"Your majesty is so powerful, he actually came up with the trick of taking the imperial examination to deal with the family." Anyone with a little brain knows how powerful the imperial examination is and how great it is. "Nowadays, no matter if you are a child from an aristocratic family or a poor family, as long as you study, you can take the imperial examination. As long as you are talented, you can stand out in the imperial examination and then become an official. This is a good idea to kill two birds with one stone."

"The real strength of the imperial examination is that it broke the situation where the aristocratic family monopolized the officialdom and affected the court." Wei Wang said with a smile, "Of course, it also affected the status of the aristocratic family. As long as the imperial examination is held for a long time, the status of the aristocratic family will be greatly reduced." The power and influence will become weaker and weaker, and the literati and students from the bottom will pass the imperial examination to change their destiny and become a new force, a force that can fight against the aristocratic family."

"Children from aristocratic families no longer have the privilege to become officials directly, and take part in the imperial examinations with scholars from the lower classes. This depends entirely on their own abilities." Yu Haiyue said that the more he admired the emperor in his heart, "For all scholars in the world, this is It's a fair and just opportunity."

The king of Wei said in a deep tone: "It depends on whether there will be fraud for personal gain in the imperial examination. If someone cheats, the result will still be unfair."

"My lord, didn't the emperor decree that if a candidate cheats in the imperial examination, he will be disqualified from taking the imperial examination, and he will not be able to participate in the imperial examination again, and he will not be an official for his entire life." During this period, the emperor successively promulgated Many purposes are related to the imperial examination. "If an official cheats for personal gain and immediately beheads his head to show the public, his family will be exiled, and his descendants will never be able to take the imperial examination and be an official. The slaves feel that those ministers dare not cheat."

"Those people can't do anything." Wei Wang thought of the crown prince's ministers, his eyes were full of contempt, "They are willing to take risks for power, glory and wealth."

"Don't they want to live?" Yu Hai said in astonishment, "The emperor is not a soft-hearted person, if those people really dare to cheat for personal gain, the emperor will really kill them."

"Of course, they didn't dare to do anything about this year's imperial examinations." Thinking about what happened during this period of time, King Wei felt that the aristocratic families were extremely ridiculous.

Since the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when the emperor announced the imperial examinations, the aristocratic families certainly could not sit still.Although the emperor said that no one could stop or oppose the imperial examinations, and if anyone stopped or opposed them, they would be punished as treason, but the aristocratic families were not afraid of death and sent some people to test the emperor.

These people are not direct descendants of the aristocratic family, but collateral descendants, or they have been for several generations. They led a lot of scholars to oppose and prevent the imperial examination. of.

The reason why these scholars from impoverished families participated in the opposition was firstly because they were bribed, and secondly because they were threatened.

Jing Zhaoyin immediately arrested these people, interrogated them strictly, and asked them who was behind the scenes.These people are very stubborn, and no matter how tortured they are, they will not admit who is behind the scenes.

Those students who were threatened and bought obediently confessed.

The emperor had issued a decree before that since some people dared to stop and oppose the imperial examination, they must have the courage to bear the consequences.

All the students involved in the disturbance, except those who were threatened to participate in the opposition, were all beheaded, and they were all beheaded at Caishikou in a very "ceremonious" manner.

Neither the aristocratic families nor the troubled students thought that the emperor would come to the truth, and they beheaded as soon as they said they would be beheaded.The students who made trouble regretted it before beheading them. They wanted to confess, but it was too late.

Even if they confessed, they would still be beheaded.Also, whether they admit it or not is not that important.Who is their mastermind behind the scenes, the emperor knew very well.

The ministers who originally wanted to use this incident to put pressure on the emperor knew that the emperor's attitude was very tough without blinking their eyes when they saw the emperor beheading a scholar.

The emperor once again warned the ministers in the morning court that if any of them dared to prevent the implementation of the imperial examination, it would not be as simple as beheading.

Since then, there have been no people in the capital who took the lead in making troubles against the imperial examinations.

When the aristocratic family saw that this trick was not working, they had another plan and thought of another trick.They intend to tamper with the implementation of the imperial examination, so that the imperial examination cannot be carried out smoothly.

The emperor had expected that they would do this, and soon found some people who did not do well in the imperial examination.Most of these people are the prince's people, the acting king's people, and the Han king who is far away in the fiefdom.

Of course, these people were all beheaded as well.

In court this morning, the emperor unceremoniously scolded the crown prince and the acting king.He also said that if the prince doesn't want to be a prince, he can abolish him immediately.And if the acting king doesn't want to be a prince, he can demote him as a commoner.

The prince and Dai Wang didn't expect the emperor to be so angry that he was going to abolish them, so they were naturally afraid.In the past, when the emperor was angry, he would never say the words to depose them in the court.

Zhen Guogong and Xuan Pinghou were also scolded by the emperor.When the emperor scolded them, he didn't give them face at all, scolding them bloody, they were so ashamed that they wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in.

When the other ministers saw that the crown prince and Zhen Guogong were being scolded by the emperor, how could they dare to raise objections again.

The ministers actually knew from the beginning that the emperor was serious about the imperial examination, but they didn't expect the emperor's attitude to be so domineering.In the past few years, the emperor seldom got angry, and rarely chopped off the heads of officials, so that the ministers forgot that the emperor was a ruthless person.

In the previous dynasty, the status of the ministers of the family was very high, the emperor did not dare to punish the crimes of the family immediately, let alone beheading the ministers of the family easily.The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not as cowardly as the previous emperor was threatened by the ministers of the family.

The emperor had wanted to eliminate a group of officials a long time ago, and it happened that they themselves gave the handle. Naturally, the emperor would not miss such a good opportunity and took them out in one go.

The aristocratic families will not give up because of this, they plan to sabotage the imperial examinations at the local level.

The emperor can control the capital, but he can't control various places.The emperor was far away from the mountains, and if the local yamen moved something, the emperor would definitely not know.

The fact that the aristocratic families wanted to sabotage the imperial examinations at the local level was also within the emperor's calculations, so when the questions of the imperial examinations were completed, the emperor would send imperial envoys to various places to monitor them.In addition to imperial envoys, other ministers of the imperial court went to various places to preside over examinations, invigilate examinations, and review examination papers.In addition, the examination papers of the imperial examinations will be escorted to various places by soldiers.Then, these soldiers will stay in the local area, responsible for maintenance and inspection.

Before the court started writing, the emperor and He Xiang not only discussed the content of the imperial examination, but also discussed how to deal with the conspiracy of the family.

They had expected a long time ago that once the imperial examinations were implemented, they would inevitably encounter all kinds of opposition from the aristocratic families.In order to make this year's imperial examination go smoothly, they have made all the preparations.

In addition to these, the emperor also sent dragon guards to various places to monitor every move of the local yamen.

Except for the emperor, no one else knew about the existence of the Dragon Guardian, not even He Xiang and his confidant ministers knew about it.He Xiang and the others thought that the dragon guards were the hidden guards who followed the emperor, and they were only responsible for protecting the emperor's safety and did nothing else.In fact, the dragon guards do a lot of things.Protecting the emperor is their duty, and they will also inquire about news.

The reason why the emperor can know a lot of things is because the dragon guards can inquire about a lot of unknown information.

The Dragon Guard existed before the emperor ascended the throne.In the beginning, they were formed by Prince Yiyong.Back then, when the Zhao family was fighting in the country, because the Zhao family was born from the grassroots, unlike the aristocratic families, they had their own sources of information.The aristocratic families have their own secret work, but the Zhao family does not.

If the Zhao family wants to win the war, they must have their own meticulous work.Therefore, Prince Yiyong decided to form a spy team belonging to the Zhao family.

Before the founding of the Great Zhou, these spies were superficially the same as scouts, and others did not notice their anomalies.After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor reorganized the team of meticulous workers and made them the unknown dragon guards.

Hearing the name "Dragon Guardian", one knew that the only object they guarded was the emperor.They do not belong to any department, are not dispatched by anyone, and only listen to the emperor's words.

Everyone in the Dragon Guard possesses special skills, and these special skills are not known to outsiders.The dark guards sent to protect Zhao Yao are also dragon guards.They are the best dark guards among the dragon guards.Even if King Chu and King Wei didn't protect Zhao Yao secretly, with these four secret guards alone, they could keep Zhao Yao safe.

Sun Doudou, who was guarding the East Nuan Pavilion, was shocked when he saw the mysterious appearance of the dark guard.He muttered in his heart, what is the identity of this person, every time he appears inexplicably.Moreover, this person never needs to be notified when entering or leaving Chengguang Hall.Another thing is very strange, he has only seen this person in Chengguang Hall, and has never seen him anywhere else.

When Sun Kui saw the appearance of the Dark Guard Armor, he woke up from a nap immediately.Every time the Dark Guard appears, it must mean that something big has happened.

The dark guard sent a secret letter and handed it to Sun Kui.Sun Kui took it and brought it to the emperor with both hands.

The emperor took the letter and looked at it, then chuckled and said, "This brat is quite alert." What was written in the letter was that Zhao Yao discovered that the prince and the person acting as the king were doing things in the south of the Yangtze River. "As expected of my son."

When Sun Kui saw the emperor saying this with pride and pride, he was very curious about what His Highness the Tenth Prince had done in Jiangnan.

The dark guard asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

"Don't meddle in the affairs of Jiangnan, let them keep watching." The emperor ordered, "As for Xiao Shi, that brat, let them follow closely."

The dark guard thought for a while and asked: "If His Highness Tenth Highness intervenes in Jiangnan's affairs, what should I do?"

"Xiao Shi's brat is very smart, unless he is forced to get involved, he will never meddle in his own business." The emperor still understood the younger son's temperament better, "If the brat's luck is bad, if he gets involved Go in, then let him make trouble and see how far he can go."

The dark guard was stunned by what the emperor said.Although there was no change in his complexion, there was a strange emotion in his heart.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say before that you should not scare the snakes, if the Tenth Highness is involved, you will definitely scare the snakes."

"The prince and the second child didn't take Xiao Shi seriously, and no matter how much trouble Xiao Shi makes, he won't startle the snake."

"But if this happens, His Highness the Tenth Highness will be in danger." With the means of the Crown Prince and the Daiwang, they will never let the Tenth Highness go back from Jiangnan alive.

"This brat's life has always been too comfortable, and it's time to let him know what danger is." The emperor held a memorial in his hand, and tapped the palm of his left hand lightly, "Tell them, wait for that brat Xiao Shi to be in danger." When saving themselves, they will help Xiao Shi again."

The dark guard replied respectfully: "Yes."

"You should pay close attention to the imperial examinations in Jiangnan." The emperor's tone suddenly became very serious, "I will never allow officials in Jiangnan to destroy the imperial examinations."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor didn't have anything else to say, so he waved to the dark guard, signaling him to back down.

After the dark guard retreated, that night, the four dark guards guarding Zhao Yao received the emperor's order.

"The emperor said that His Highness will be rescued only when His Highness is in danger and cannot save himself. What if His Highness is injured?" The tone of these words was a little lively.However, because his face was covered, he couldn't see his expression, but it could be seen from his tone and smart eyes that he was not a dull and rigid person.

"If His Highness is seriously injured, but his life is not in danger for the time being, can we save him?" The tone of the words was a little low, and the eyes that were exposed were calm.

These two questions asked the leader of them.He was silent for a while and said: "We still follow the emperor's will."

"Boss, do you mean that we have to wait until His Highness has only one breath left?"

"Boss, if His Highness has only one breath left, but something happens suddenly while we are saving him, what should we do?"

"Brother, let's save His Highness when he is injured." The hidden guard said with a lively voice, "I don't want His Highness to be left with only one breath."

Zhao Yao in his sleep suddenly felt a chill, so cold that he shivered unknowingly, and subconsciously stretched out his hands to hug himself tightly.

 When I was typing yesterday, I was suddenly too sleepy, so I lay down on the table and talked for a while. I planned to sleep for half an hour, but I didn’t expect to fall asleep on the table.

  Finally, ask for a monthly ticket!

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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