Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 180 Persuasion
After entering the room, Liu Xuewen first gave the official instructions.

The oral instruction is very simple, just try to minimize the impact of this matter.

After talking about the oral edict, Liu Xuewen told the reason why Gu Yi was demoted.

After hearing this, Gu Yi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Xu Shigao.

"You bastard, you dare to trick me?"

Gu Yi looked like he was crazy, rushed forward, grabbed Xu Shigao, and punched him.

Xu Shigao was stunned. He didn't expect that Gu Yi would take action.

Although Gu Yi was used to being pampered, he was only in his forties after all, and his strength was not small. He punched him in the face and beat him until his head was buzzing and his nose was bleeding.

Gu Yi punched him down, but still couldn't get over his anger, he cursed and punched him again.

This brought Xu Shigao back to his senses, and he quickly fought back, and the two of them struggled together.

It is not appropriate to say that he is culpable. Although Xu Shigao is the mastermind, there are also many accomplices.

Zhao Tong took a deep look at Zhao Xian, who had a proud smile on his face.

These accomplices were all minor officials in Yangzhou government offices.

He wasn't worried about the two of them running away. It was just that they were demoted rather than beheaded, so it wasn't a big deal.

Liu Xuewen nodded and asked the two of them to go back.

The so-called minimizing the impact is actually finding someone to blame.

Xu Shigao and Gu Yi glared at each other and left the room.

Although the two are called officials and officials, they are actually not the same thing at all.

Zhao Xian noticed Zhao Tong's gaze, turned his head and smiled slightly, with mockery and pride in his eyes.

At this time, both of them had calmed down, but they were not ready to take action.

The petty officials did not have this kind of preferential treatment. The least people involved in everything were assassins and conscripts, and they just chose one of them to be the mastermind of the county examination fraud.

Liu Xuewen had no choice but to call the Yamen servant and forcefully separate the two.

The Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats and was very tolerant of literati.

"Now that the imperial edict has been issued, if you are upset, you can report it to the officials. They are all officials of the imperial court, and they actually took action. If it is spread, they are not afraid of being laughed at." Liu Xuewen said coldly.

Liu Xuewen came back to his senses, looked at the two people struggling together, and shouted: "Stop!"

"Ah."

Everyone in the room was confused at first. After all, as scholars, they always believed that a gentleman should talk but not take action. They did not expect that Gu Yi, like a country man, would do both action and talk.

However, the two of them were so angry that they couldn't listen to it.

After the two went out, Liu Xuewen asked the Xianzao people to wait out, and discussed with the others how to minimize the impact of this incident.

Zhao Tong breathed a sigh of relief, looked away, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Liu Shiyushi, Gu Zhizhou and Xu Xuezheng were punished and lost their minds for a while. It is human nature. It is better to let them go back and calm down first."

For example, if Gu Yi and Xu Shigao were involved in imperial examination fraud, they would only be demoted if there was evidence.

After discussion, the petty official responsible for arranging examination room inspections was chosen as the mastermind.

Externally, it was said that the petty official took the money and helped a few rich kids to cheat.

Those children from rich families were deprived of their original honors and were not allowed to take part in the imperial examinations in their lifetime.

As for the demotion of Gu Yi and Xu Shigao, it is said that it was because of unfavorable supervision.

The county examination re-examines the answer sheets and publishes the results again.

After confirming the results of the discussion, Liu Xuewen told everyone present not to talk nonsense, and then arranged for everyone to go down to prepare a list to calm the people.

At the same time, we must also prevent students from being dissatisfied with the results and causing trouble again.

These things can be done by Yangzhou officials, and there is no need for Zhao Tong and Zhao Xian to do them.

After the discussion, the two left Zhizhou Yamen. "Cousin, wait." Zhao Tong called to Zhao Xian who was about to board the car.

Zhao Xian stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Tong with a smile: "I wonder if my cousin has any advice?"

"My cousin is very capable. How dare I give you advice? Maybe one day I will fall into your trap." Zhao Tong said calmly.

"Haha, I really don't understand what my cousin is talking about." Zhao Xian smiled.

Zhao Tong had no time to argue with him, and said coldly: "I underestimated my cousin before, I won't just let this matter go."

"Haha." Zhao Xian smiled proudly and said, "I'll wait."

After that, he and Chen Shaofan got into the carriage and left.

Zhao Tong watched the carriage leave with a gloomy expression, and said, "Let's go see Gu Yi."

"Your Highness, since the official decree has been issued, it means that there is conclusive evidence and there is no possibility of changing it." Gao Gao reminded.

"I know, that idiot didn't explain himself clearly. Who's to blame? But after all, he also provided a lot of money and some hard work to my father. If he doesn't care about it, it will chill the hearts of those who support his father. " Zhao Tong said.

"His Highness is very thoughtful. I feel relieved to see that His Highness has not lost his sense of proportion." Gao Gao said with a smile.

"A temporary gain or loss is nothing. I really underestimated him this time." Zhao Tong shook his head and said.

He was indeed angry about what happened this time, but he didn't lose his mind.

……

Liu Xuewen acted very quickly. Early the next morning, the investigation results and punishment results of Yangzhou County's examination fraud were posted on the notice boards at the four gates of Yangzhou City.

This includes an announcement that the county examination papers will be re-marked and the results will be released soon.

Perhaps because this demotion of a governor and an academic administrator was so shocking, no one was dissatisfied with the result.

……

In the Li family, Li An and Yang Tao sat opposite each other.

"What do Ziqian think of the result?" Yang Tao smiled.

"As long as those who pass the county examination are based on their true talents and practical learning, does anything else matter?" Li An said with a smile.

Just looking at the results, he knew that this matter was not that simple.

If it was just a fraud led by a petty official, Xuezheng, as the examiner, would only be fined and reprimanded at most. How could he be demoted, let alone demoted a magistrate.

Yang Tao was startled and said with a smile: "What Zi Qian said, I first congratulate Zi Qian for taking the lead in the case."

"Brother Zilian, we are re-grading the exam now, and we still don't know what the result will be." Li An smiled and shook his head.

If Liu Xuewen hadn't reviewed the papers, he would have been quite sure.

Now he is not sure. After all, his answer sheet in this county examination can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

Liu Xuewen is his teacher and I have read too many of his articles.

If other people's articles were better written, they would make Liu Xuewen's eyes shine.

When he and Liu Xuewen met before, they both had a tacit understanding not to discuss this issue.

And because Liu Xuewen was his teacher, he might have to avoid suspicion.

"Zi Qian is too modest."

Yang Tao didn't think it was any luck that Li An was able to win the case before, but now he just re-marked the exam, not a re-examination.

The people on the list will change because of cheating, but there will naturally be no changes for people like him and Ang Lee who have not cheated.

Li An did not continue on this topic, pondered for a moment, and said: "Brother Zilian, I suggest you take the provincial examination as normal. I can't say much about uncle Ling. But I think as long as no one mentions it, the official The family probably won’t hold on to this matter.”

During this period, Yang Tao often came to him to discuss poetry and poetry. Li An felt that this person was very good and did not want to see him keep getting into trouble.

(End of this chapter)