Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 399
Early in the morning, Sun Xiangfu put on his ceremonial attire under the service of Hongmei and Chuntao. He and Xiao Yu are the chief and deputy examiners of this year's imperial examination. Instead, the two of them will take the students who have been selected in six subjects to a grand parade to praise their merits. At the end, they will pay homage to the emperor at the gate of the imperial city, and watch the top three in each subject enter the imperial city. Enjoying the Qionglin Banquet, the reason for this design is of course to stimulate all students to study hard and strive for the top three.

Sun Xiangfu said that he won five thousand, but he was really not joking. Early in the morning, the clothing workshop in Xingfu Village delivered thousands of sets of newly designed Juzi clothing to a camp outside Mingde Gate. Five thousand Those who are selected will change into a set of trousers and long-sleeved clothes made of cotton material. The clothes and pants are thick and warm, with cotton stuffed inside. There are also pockets, and the overall color is dark green, which is somewhat similar to the military uniforms of later generations, except that there are no collar patches and epaulettes.

On their left chests, there will be a silver badge engraved with the words "Zhenguan three years, Mingfa Imperial Exam." ' or 'Three years of Zhenguan, clear calculation of imperial examinations' and other words, the silver badges are shining brightly under the first ray of sunlight in winter, so that those who wear them are honored, this set The equipment, from now on, will be their public attire and a symbol of their status as interns.

As for the champion, the second place and Tanhua, not only have silk coats and red padded jackets embroidered with beautiful patterns, but also have gold badges. The production of such badges is very simple for Xingfu Village. As long as there are gold and silver Raw materials, in the workshop of Xingfu Village, after the steel mold is carved, one can be made by poking it with a gravity press, which does not take much effort.

The most important thing is that the top three Juzi can ride a tall horse with big red silk flowers all over the body to parade through the streets, instead of needing to walk the entire Suzaku Street like ordinary Juzi.

At dawn, Wuqian Juzi changed his clothes in front of Mingde's gate, formed a fairly neat team, and walked towards Zhuque Street behind dozens of gongs and drum carts tied with colored silk.

On the cart, hundreds of gong and drummers were beating festive music. Even on both sides of the procession, there were hundreds of sergeants with red silk tied around their waists and waist drums. The people who watched the excitement were all attracted.

The reason why such a lively ceremony is held is to motivate the people to learn. I believe that as long as everyone's economic conditions keep up, they will definitely be willing to spend a certain amount of money on studying and learning arts to strive for this honor.

Of course, in the affairs of the world, there are always people who are happy and some people are sad. The one who got the exam has a good reputation, and those who failed are naturally indignant, because his test is obviously higher than many of the exams that were selected, and it is desirable. They are not on the list, which makes them feel unfair. Once this kind of unfairness exists on a large scale, they will spontaneously organize and ask for an explanation.

Therefore, when the procession parading the streets was only a hundred steps away from the gate of the imperial city, and the emperor's guard of honor had already appeared at the top of the imperial city, a group of young examinees in scribe robes forced their way through the gate of Marquis Wu who blocked the street. To stop them, they ran to the middle of the street and stopped the advancing team. In their hands, they were holding a test score sheet copied from the outer wall of the Imperial College.

"The imperial court's selection of scholars in the imperial examination is unfair. How dare the chief examiner confront the students, in front of His Majesty, and the people of the world."

Seeing this situation, Xiao Yu and Sun Xiangfu who were standing on the front row of the cart looked at each other and smiled, as if they had expected this scene.

"This old man recognizes you. Before that, you were the one who led people outside Mingde Gate, stopped His Majesty's car, and questioned the new imperial examination system!"

Hearing this, the people watching all around seemed to think of something, and when they looked at the group of students holding the test score list, there was a hint of sarcasm in their eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Qian's face darkened, but then he straightened his chest and said loudly, "If you don't know, ask. As a scholar, it is reasonable for me to worry about national affairs. Facts have proved that my doubts are correct. Yes, there is indeed unfairness in the imperial examination, so I asked the two chief examiners if they dare to confront the emperor."

Xiao Yu turned to Sun Xiangfu indifferently and asked, "Does Zhengming want to prove his innocence in front of His Majesty together with the old man?"

Sun Xiangfu replied with a smile, "That's natural."

"Well, student, I don't know your name, but I want to confirm with you again in the end, are you serious? It is not a small crime to falsely accuse two second-rank officials of the imperial court!"

Hearing this, Lu Qian dodged a little, but when he thought of the scores on the imperial examination list, he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly, "Everything I do is for the sake of justice and justice, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "That's very good, Your Majesty is a hundred steps away from the imperial city, I will let you wait to go ahead, and confront the two of you at the gate of the imperial city!"

When Lu Qian and the others walked towards the gate of the imperial city holding up the test score list with tragic expressions, Xiao Yu smiled wryly and said to Sun Xiangfu, "Zhengming's guess is indeed right, the interests of these aristocratic families will be damaged, and they will definitely Jump out disgusting people."

"Hehe, gradually, they will all become clowns. Those who can be used by the country may continue to be rich and powerful. If they can't, the end will not be very good."

After the initial completion of various reform measures, the family members will lose at least [-]% of their power in the past. After ten or eight years, after various types of talents in Datang have been cultivated, the family members will want to rely on knowledge as before. It is no longer possible to monopolize and control the imperial court. Sun Xiangfu fought left and right and tried his best to take the first step to break their knowledge monopoly and enrich the people.

Only when the people are rich can they have the economic strength to study and learn various skills. Before this prerequisite is solved, it is useless for you to upgrade other technologies. The poor people have not even solved the problem of food and clothing. If you have any leisure time to study, even if you make cheap pen and ink books and easy-to-learn reading methods, they will still not put down their hoes to study, but will only use the only money they earn to exchange for rations. Go and buy clothes, because whoever disregards food and clothing is a dead man.

Only the people at the bottom know the cruelty of society best. Sun Xiangfu has experienced that feeling from the moment he passed through. Therefore, even if there is some hatred and unhappiness in his heart, he has to bear it. Now, the people The days of prosperity are coming, so the days of digging up the foundation of the family are about to begin.

On the imperial city a hundred steps away, Li Shimin had a panoramic view of everything just now. With more money in his pocket and stronger military force under his command, his temper would naturally become stronger, so he turned to Wei Zheng and asked, "These people have repeatedly disturbed the order of the court, what should they do?"

"Well, the Ministry of Justice is newly established, and the new law has not been fully revised. According to the old law, these people have the status of scholars, and they can only be expelled without additional punishment."

"It can only be expelled? This law is wrong and needs to be changed. Disturbing the order of the court is a serious crime. Even officials are punished by dismissal, let alone ordinary scholars who have not yet served. Reeducation through labor for life." Li Shimin became more angry when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, the sentence of life-long labor camp is too heavy. I suggest that their crimes be tried by the Ministry of Justice and the sentence be announced publicly. The sentencing depends on the jury's opinion. If your majesty has any objections, you can turn down."

After Wei Zheng went back yesterday, he studied for most of the night Sun Xiangfu's old rules for the construction of the Ministry of Law. The more he studied, the more he believed it. , he suddenly said some term for jury, which made Li Shimin look confused.

"Your Ministry of Justice has formulated a new process?"

"It's about to be formulated, and it's just time to experiment with these troublesome students."

"Alright then! The result of the punishment must be reported to me for review."

"promise."

When Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and others were asking and answering questions on the city wall, Lu Qian had already led the crowd to the gate of the imperial city, raised his head and said loudly, "The grassroots report to the chief examiners Xiao Yu and Sun Zhengming, Doing illegal things, manipulating the imperial examinations, and corrupting the court, please make a decision."

For this guy whose lines are almost the same, according to Li Shimin's temperament, he should be killed on the spot, but there is no way, now he has to show a kindness in front of the people all over the world, in order to win the hearts of the people, and squeeze out A smile stretched out his head towards the city and said, "I welcome all citizens to sue officials for lawlessness, as long as you have reasons and evidence. However, my ministers also need to maintain their reputations. If you wait for unreasonable troubles, or act Regarding the matter of false accusation, I will also judge you according to the law, do you know?"

"Caomin and the others know that Xiao Yu and Sun Zhengming are in high positions, and they are unscrupulous and lawless, which is unbearable. The conclusive evidence has been grasped by the Caomin and others. I have come here to report to His Majesty in person."

"Is that really the case? Submit the evidence. In addition, send Xiao Yu and Sun Zhengming to answer."

Li Shimin said something, and immediately a servant came out from the side gate of the imperial city, and collected the test score list that Lu Qian and others held in their hands. Among them, there was also a letter of love written by Lu Qian and others, roughly It is to summarize the list of people whose test scores are higher than the scores of the candidates who were not selected.

Among them, more than [-]% of those who stopped in front of Mingde's gate last time were not selected. In their view, this was Xiao Yu and Sun Zhengming's revenge for making them lose face because of themselves. .

After a while, Xiao Yu and Sun Xiangfu came to the gate of the imperial city, and instead of entering the palace to climb the city wall, they drove Lu Qian and others aside first, then respectfully looked up and saluted Li Shimin on the city wall .

"Minister, Xiao Yu."

"Minister, Sun Zhengming."

"Lead a total of 5000 people who have won the exams in this subject, and come to see Xie En, and please Your Majesty accept the gift."

"Long live my emperor..."

Thousands of disciples bowed their hands and bowed three times to Li Shimin on the city wall. Li Shimin waved his hand, and the servant immediately shouted out his courtesy.

(End of this chapter)