The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

Liu Ziqiu pondered and said: "If these people really have any big plans, the person in charge can't stay behind the scenes all the time, there will always be a time to show up. However, there are contingencies in everything, and Li Aiqing's concerns are not impossible. Order the forbidden army Don't relax, in case these people have already agreed on a time to do it."

Zhao Ling frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that if they had already agreed on a date, they would definitely choose the day of the imperial examination!"

Liu Ziqiu said "Oh" and asked, "How dare Zhao Aiqing be so sure?"

Zhao Ling stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Nowadays, the world is peaceful, the law is strict, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. As long as people's hearts are not disturbed, even if there are some rebels, they can't do anything. I think these people I just want to take advantage of the national talent selection ceremony to create some chaos and confuse people's hearts."

"Bewitching people?" Liu Ziqiu frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Don't they know how tight the guards are in the capital? Just to confuse people, it would be unbelievable to give away thousands of lives for nothing. In my opinion Come on, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Tomorrow is the imperial examination. If they really choose that day, tomorrow will see the result. As long as the city is more prepared, why not be afraid of thousands of nights!"

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "Forget it. No matter where these people came from or why they came, they are all the people of my big man, and I don't want to cause more killings. According to my order, I will send a large army into the city tomorrow to strengthen the people of the capital. I hope that these people can understand my distress and retreat in the face of difficulties. However, even if these people leave the capital, they should not be taken lightly, and they must secretly send orders to the local government to find out where they came from."

In fact, the easiest way to find out where these people came from is to arrest a few people and interrogate them severely.However, Liu Ziqiu always felt that the mastermind behind them was definitely not simple, so he was always unwilling to startle the enemy, and wanted to use the whereabouts of these people to find the mastermind behind the scenes.

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Early the next morning, when the people in the capital opened their courtyard doors, they were surprised to find that there were several times more soldiers patrolling the streets than usual.However, today is the day when the imperial examinations begin. In order to prevent people from making trouble, it is very normal to send additional manpower.After all, they are the people of the capital, and after all, they have seen a lot, and everyone quickly calmed down, what should they do.

However, some people in Beijing who have experienced the first imperial examination found that the guards at this year's imperial examination site seem to be a little too strict.It is still far away from the Taiyuan Academy, and the soldiers who maintain order are three steps, one post, and five posts, one sentry.All the candidates lined up in a long queue and had to go through six checks before they could enter the Imperial Academy.Another feature of this year's exam is that all the materials used in the exam, including pens, ink, paper and inkstones, are all provided by the imperial court.Candidates do not need to bring anything, as long as they are present.In this way, the work intensity of the inspection is greatly reduced.Even with the four inspection procedures compared with previous years, the speed of candidates entering the venue is still much faster.Of course, doing so will greatly increase the expenditure of the court.That is to say, the Han Dynasty obtained a large amount of gold and silver through trade with the West and mining mines in Africa in recent years, and it did not feel difficult to afford.

At that time, the examinees had finished entering the arena, and the capital was peaceful, and the suspicious characters did not do anything special.But within a short period of time, it was not seen that these people had any plans to leave the capital.

Three days later, the exam was over, and the candidates filed out from the Tai Academy.Although the rankings have not been announced yet, the results of the exam have already been written on their faces.Some people rejoice, some sigh, and some show an indifferent attitude.On this day, the guards on the street were strengthened again, and the number of patrolling teams was nearly double that of usual.I don't know if it's because the date agreed by the group didn't arrive, or they were overwhelmed by the increased troops on the street. In short, they didn't do anything special, and they didn't leave the capital.

After the exam is over, it is time to mark the papers. All the papers will be sealed with the names of the candidates, and then they will be copied by the clerk before they are handed over to the chief examiner for review.This prevents any connection between markers and candidates through handwriting recognition.In order to ensure the fairness of the exam and prevent cheating, Wei Zheng and the others really put a lot of thought into it.

Now that Liu Ziqiu has decided to delegate power to the cabinet, he is unwilling to ask too much about the test results.However, after the examination results came out, Wei Zheng hurriedly sent the list to Liu Ziqiu's court case.Because, another unexpected character appeared in this year's list, and that was Li Shimin, the new consort of Jiangdu.

Wei Zheng is very clear about the grievances and resentments between Li Yuan's family and Liu Ziqiu.At Wei Zheng's stage, no matter how kind-hearted he was originally, his actions would become decisive and ruthless.He once reminded Liu Ziqiu not to leave future troubles behind!But the situation was special at that time, Li Yuan sacrificed the city of Luoyang and surrendered.In order to win the hearts of the world, Liu Ziqiu also had to pardon Li Yuan's family.Of course, for the current Liu Ziqiu, if he wanted to take the lives of Li Yuan's family, it was as easy as pie, and he could do it at any time.What made Wei Zheng dissatisfied was that Liu Ziqiu refused to make this decision. Instead, he won the imperial examination with Li Jiancheng, and he will be sent to a local office soon.And now, Li Shimin has passed the imperial examination again, and he is ranked second. This result is destined to enter the cabinet.In such a situation, how could Wei Zheng not be in a hurry?

Holding the list, Liu Ziqiu murmured, "Mr. Wei, is there any problem with the evaluation of the examination papers?"

Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there is absolutely no problem!"

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said, "Since there is no problem, let's publish the list as it is!"

Wei Zheng was shocked and said: "Although Li Yuan is dormant in a corner, according to what I see, this person's evil intentions are not dead. Now, his eldest son is about to be sent out to work, and his second son is the second in high school. Sooner or later, he will enter the cabinet. The cabinet is the center. , Never allow such people to enter. Please lower Li Shimin to the second class for admission, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

After the first imperial examination, the examinees studied in Taiyuan Academy for four years, and two of them finally entered the cabinet, that is, Changsun Wuji and Pan Zhi, who came from a poor family.In order to attract more people to participate in the imperial examination, and also to encourage the candidates of the next session, Liu Ziqiu specially issued an edict, promising that after the second imperial examination, the top three candidates in high school would have the opportunity to enter the cabinet.Therefore, Wei Zhengcai proposed to lower Li Shimin to second-class admissions, that is, to lower Li Shimin to fourth, and he naturally lost the best chance to enter the cabinet.After entering the Tai Academy, the students' grades are all judged by the bachelors.In the words of later generations, it all depends on the subjective impressions of the bachelors.As long as there is a little hint, no matter how good Li Shimin is, he will not be able to enter the cabinet.And this imperial examination ranking is almost his only chance to enter the cabinet.

But Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said: "Even if he enters the cabinet, I have no fear!" He added: "Man can be bullied, but heaven cannot be bullied. I still don't want to do things that are against fairness."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Liu Ziqiu, Wei Zheng had no choice but to bow and leave.

On the day when the rankings were released, the capital was once again heavily guarded, as if facing a formidable enemy.In order to avoid crowds gathering, multiple copies of the list were also printed and posted in every corner of the capital.The leader of the high school is Du Ruhui, whom Liu Ziqiu has always admired, No.2 Li Shimin, and No.3 is a son of a family, Lu Zhengqi from Fanyang Lu's family.

On this day, the examinees who had been waiting in the capital for the release of their rankings were happy and sad.However, all the restaurants and brothels were still full, and songs and laughter resounded through the sky.On such a day, the capital naturally seemed a little messy, but those two groups of suspicious people still didn't make any moves.It even gave people an illusion that these people had no special purpose at all, and never thought of disturbing the law and order in the capital. They just came to observe the grand occasion of the imperial examination.But Liu Ziqiu didn't think so. On the contrary, he doubted the purpose of these people even more, but he was very calm.If the person in charge does not show up, he will not order to do it.

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A few days later, Liu Ziqiu hosted a banquet in Xiyuan, in the name of the imperial court, to entertain the [-] candidates who had won the list.These people will all study in the Taiyuan Academy, and Liu Ziqiu is also one of the teachers of the Taiyuan Academy.In other words, these people will be his students in the future.What Liu Ziqiu really paid attention to was not the teacher-student relationship between him and these students, but to cultivate real talents for the big man.

The scenery of Xiyuan is still the same. In midsummer, the trees are full of shade, but there are fewer beauties and more freedom.With the passage of time, people in the capital no longer regard Xiyuan as a forbidden place for the royal family. Whether they are rich or ordinary people, they will go to Xiyuan to play and play whenever they have time.And Liu Ziqiu has always advocated the concept of equality, even though he was entertaining candidates in Xiyuan today, he did not prohibit the common people from coming and going.Therefore, today's Xiyuan is still full of people.

The banquet was held in Qiyin Courtyard, which used to be the residence of Gao Xiuer, and Liu Ziqiu has always been fond of it, every time he visits Xiyuan, he must come here.Naturally, none of the candidates was absent from such an important banquet, and they waited in the courtyard early.Liu Ziqiu didn't set out any cars, and left the palace with only Da Leng and dozens of guards.Before he came to the gate of Xiyuan, he saw several fast horses approaching like flying.

Horses are not allowed in the capital, unless there is an emergency military situation.Although banqueting candidates is also very important, no matter how important it is, it is not as important as the emergency military situation.Liu Ziqiu couldn't help stopping his steps, and shouted in a deep voice: "Go ask two people, what happened?"

Before the guards could leave, those people had already approached, got off their horses, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "General Li has an urgent military report, please take a look at it, Your Majesty!"

A guard had already stepped forward, took a document from the man, and forwarded it to Liu Ziqiu.Liu Ziqiu opened it and saw that there was movement from the group of people who had been dormant in the capital for many days. He couldn't help but sneered and said, "Sure enough, I can't hold back anymore! Pass the decree, if these people really dare to go to those places, they will be killed without mercy!"