The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Li Shi didn't know that so many thoughts flashed through Guo Nuan's mind. He pondered for a while, and after a long time, the crown prince finally opened his mouth and said to Guo Nuan leisurely: "Do you know who got the cheating paper on Qiao Yun?" Is it?"

Guo Nuan's heart skipped a beat. This question is not an interrogative sentence. The prince is going to get to the point now.He was a little curious about the investigation of Qiao Lin's cheating in the imperial examination, wouldn't it be impossible to continue? Even Yuan Zai appeared, and Concubine Dugu was trying to smooth things over, so Guo Nuan was helpless at the moment.

What's the point of the prince bringing up the case again now?Guo Nuan was puzzled.

"It must have been Yang Yan who took advantage of his position as an examiner in the Examination Institute to remove the package. I guess he invited a talented scholar to do the questions." Guo Nuan did not wrong Yang Yan. When the quilt got out of the way, he personally admitted that he had arranged Qiao Yun's papers, thus making Qiao Yun eligible to be No. 1 in the first class of Gongsheng.

"Hmph, that bastard, sooner or later the Crown Prince will take care of him. The papers he dropped are not for someone to do the test at all. Do you know who it is." Nuan looked at Li Shi who was slowly turning to face her, and Guo Nuan vaguely felt that something very serious had happened.

"Then he used someone else's exam questions and essays to switch the package?" Guo Nuan felt a little absurd. This cheating method is indeed very clever, but it requires many factors. It not only involves the cooperation of key officials in the marking process, but also requires technical skills. Cheat on.

How about a paper with the examinee's name, place of origin, and other identity information transcribed on the header, the header should be cut, and then a new header should be glued on, and the cheating candidate's information should be replaced on the new header, so as to reach the goal of embedding flowers and trees. This is the most advanced cheating method for shaving rolls in the legend.

But no matter how clever the cheating is, it will have a tiny seam, which is made of two pieces of paper glued together.The key lies in the bonding technology. If the level of bonding is superb, two sheets of paper can be transformed into a seamless sheet without any trace of pasting.

It is said that in a century-old paper workshop in Shanxi, there are some very old paper makers. They have a secret unique skill of repairing paper. They can use pulp to repair two pieces of paper, and finally achieve a perfect fit. The power of new paper.

Guo Nuan felt that Yang Yan should have invited such a paper craftsman with superb papermaking skills to glue the shaving rolls.

And it is estimated that the reason why Guo Nuan saw Qiao Yun's paper in the imperial study room, no matter the writing of the examinee's information on the front of the paper and the writing on the paper on the paper, is probably because Yang Yan is also like Guo Nuan, and he also invited a copyist to copy it The other unlucky excellent examinee's essays were written, and thus a new frontier was transcribed. The two sheets were glued together, and the stolen unlucky examinee's essay became Qiao Yun's essay without anyone noticing it.What a wonderful person who has rejuvenated and cheated.

Now that Guo Nuan thinks about cheating on this shaving roll, her heart can't help but speed up and thump.Yang Yan's cheating method is not just an ordinary cheating case for Qiao Yundai to write an article, but to achieve his own personal gain by depriving the imperial examination candidates of any outstanding exam results. Renfa pointed out that the angry protests of the national public opinion and knowledge-centered forces such as scholars and literati all over the world are unbearable.

"Shave your head, he actually used shaving to cheat and steal the article, damn it!" He crushed a ceramic teacup in Li Shi's hand, and he didn't even notice the blood spilling from his fingers, or he was too angry Yes, no pain at all.

Guo Nuan was a little puzzled, why did Li Shi react so strongly?Could it be?Guo Nuan couldn't help being taken aback. Although the chances are very small, there are nearly [-] candidates for the Gongsheng imperial examination. How could it be such a coincidence that he was chosen to shave his head? Prince, this is really ridiculous.

This old guy Yang Yan seems to have been unlucky for eight lifetimes.He would never have imagined that the crown prince would refer to the anonymous "Wang Shi" in this imperial examination.

"Yes, it is very likely that Yang Yan shaved the prince's head." Li Shi's eyes flashed with anger, and he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.

Guo Nuan breathed a sigh of relief, just now when he heard the crown prince's convincing tone, he thought that the crown prince got Yang Yan because he used his articles as evidence to shave his head.Only now did I realize that Li Shi was just guessing.

Seeing Guo Nuan's disapproving expression, Li Shi snorted disapprovingly and said, "Guo Nuan, do you know that the crown prince asked an examination officer in the examination institute this morning, and he had read the contents of Qiao Yun's examination papers. , I have some impressions, he read me the opening passage of Qiao Yun's paper."

"Why, could it be?" Guo Nuan's shoulders trembled, he hurriedly asked in surprise, now that the crown prince's revelation, the matter of Yang Yan's cheating in the scientific examination may not be over yet.

"Qiao Yun's cheating paper is exactly the same as the scriptures written by the prince in the examination room!" Although Guo Nuan had already guessed, after Li Shi's personal statement, Guo Nuan immediately looked stunned. It's bad luck for Yan, who dared to steal His Royal Highness' scientific research articles and gave them to Qiao Yun.

Guo Nuan suddenly felt that sending His Royal Highness to the examination room for anonymous reference was undoubtedly extremely correct. Recalling a few days ago, Guo Nuan asked Prince Li Shi how he felt about the examination questions.Li Shi said calmly and confidently that there is a 50.00% probability of getting No.1 in the first class of Gongsheng.

At that time, Guo Nuan undoubtedly felt that Li Shi was a little exaggerated. Either he was arrogant, or he really had this ability.

Now if it is really like what Li Shi said, Qiao Yun will take part in the examination for tribute students, and then he will be in favor of his own heir. Ask Yang Yan, one of the three examiners, to help.

During the examination process, Yang Yan took advantage of his position to cheat by shaving the head of the prince's anonymous "Wang Shi" examinee who had obtained first-class first-class literary talent, and transferred it to Qiao Yun's name.

In this way, with a series of obvious circumstantial evidence and careful logical reasoning and analysis, the process of this cheating case is clear at a glance.

Guo Nuan took a deep breath. This can be described as a shocking case. If it was revealed to the public, how many officials would be involved? Originally, if Yang Yan was lucky, he would have stolen the papers of other outstanding candidates and transferred them to Qiao Yun’s name. Now, then in Jingzhao Yin Ya's mansion, Guo Nuan painstakingly planned a trick to induce a confession. When Yuan Zai came to the scene to rescue him, the case would be over.

Now Guo Nuan felt that the road ahead of the investigation of the cheating case suddenly changed from the darkest and most chaotic before the dawn, and suddenly the dawn of the dawn suddenly shone brightly. It was really a bright light.Guo Nuan's heart couldn't be happier.

If the crown prince is involved, then no matter how big a bureaucratic interest group is involved in this case, Guo Nuan can think about it, once the emperor knows the inside story, he will definitely be furious, and the iron fist will definitely not easily forgive these cheating cases. official.

"His Royal Highness, calm down, we should immediately summon Lord Liu Yan, Lord Yan Zhenqing, and all the ministers standing in the united front of the court to gather together, and then meet the emperor and Yang Yan to confront them on the spot, so that we can definitely come to the truth .At that time, we can take care of these daring officials.”

Seeing Li Shi's excited mood at the moment, Guo Nuan hurriedly comforted him.Li Shi calmed down the raging flames of anger in his heart. He felt that what Guo Nuan said was very reasonable, and then he summoned dozens of guards outside the door, and after a while of orders, the guards immediately set off outside the palace.

At this moment, I looked up at the scenery outside the door. The setting sun was gradually pouring down on the western mountain, and it was about to fall to the horizon.Time is running out.Early tomorrow morning outside the palace, there will be a large number of officials from the Examination Yuan posting the list of imperial examination merit notices in the streets and alleys.

Whether Guo Nuan and Li Shi can save the defeat in the end depends on this night.

The setting sun was like blood, and the bright red was dazzling. Guo Nuan felt that he didn't need to sleep peacefully this night, it must be a turbulent night.

Now at dusk, all the ministers have already left the palace, and have not gone home to rest while dealing with government affairs.It would take some time to summon them, but they sent guards to rush to the residences of ministers living in various places in the city, and they still invited these ministers in about half an hour.

When Liu Yan heard the prince's report that he could overthrow Yuanzai's bureaucratic group, his sick body, who had been drinking soup and medicine on the hospital bed, immediately became more energetic, and immediately shouted to the servants outside the door like a bell: "Get the carriage ready, and rush to the prince immediately. East Palace."

In other words, the reason why Liu Yan is so serious and excited is because he knows that he has reached his twilight years and will not have a long time to dance on the political stage of the court. This may be the only chance to defeat his political opponents.

As for Master Yan Zhenqing, who knows the inside story, when Yuan Zai's plan arranged by Guo Nuan in Jingzhao Yin Yamen was thwarted by Yuan Zai in the morning, he was also very disappointed. Now that he heard the crown prince's urgent move, the guard said it was about the case. A major breakthrough, how unhappy he was, Mr. Yan, who immediately stroked his beard and laughed loudly, strode out of the threshold of the mansion, and followed the guards towards the palace.

Soon, in the direction of more than a dozen streets in Chang'an City, more than [-] ministers gathered in the direction of the Prince's East Palace tonight.

At this moment, in the prince's palace, night fell, and palace lanterns and torches were lit in the palace.Li Shi stood silently with his hands behind his back and waited for the arrival of the ministers. The dozen or so ministers who arrived earlier were discussing in low voices in the hall, not knowing what the crown prince would announce.

Guo Nuan was standing beside the prince, looking around at the ministers, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, looking mysterious.Looks like something good has happened.

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