Song Menghua: At the beginning, ask to marry Sheng Minglan

"Should be killed according to the law."

"But Cai Xiang made it clear: Since the ancestors, he has never killed scholars, and the ministers do not want to start with His Majesty."

"I thought about it for a while and said: Then just get the noodles tattooed and be exiled for three thousand miles."

"Han Qi said again: since it is so humiliating, it is better to kill it."

"Wen Yanbo also said: A scholar can be killed but not humiliated."

"I was furious at the time: To rectify the name of the country's law, you can't do a single thing you want?"

"What do you think they said?"

Qi Heng listened with gusto.

He didn't hesitate.

"How to say?"

Zhao Zhen said bitterly: "They said, such a pleasant thing... It's good not to do it!"

Qi Heng was in admiration.

Being an emperor and making him like this... is not easy.

He, the Zhao Song official family, can't be called a puppet completely, but at least half of them.

He has no choice but to deal with a small water transport official who is not tolerated by the laws of the country and has implicated the entire army.

What else can you expect him to do?

And Qi Heng also knew.

It's really not that Zhao Zhen is exaggerating, and he doesn't need to complain about such a shameful thing.

Actually.

The scholar-bureaucrat group in the Song Dynasty has always been in a state of unprecedented expansion.

What national law.

What Song Law.

It's what they say.

for example.

When Fan Zhongyan was in power, there was a small local official who colluded with thieves and accepted bribes, and he was punished according to the law.

But Fan Zhongyan managed to save him from punishment in the end.

This is undoubtedly proper favoritism.

But even so.

The courtiers in the court not only did not impeach, but also praised Fan Zhongyan's magnanimity.

Just like Han Qi beheading Jiao Yong, it's all good talk and good deeds.

Even Fan Xiwen, who worries about the world first and enjoys it later, is like this.

It can be seen how arrogant the scholar-bureaucrat class is to protect each other, and officials and officials to protect each other.

Chapter 194

The heat has arrived.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's emotions had been aroused, and he also remembered the powerlessness of being dominated by the court, Qi Heng stopped playing around in circles.

He was outspoken.

"Since you can't kill them, you can't convince them either."

"Then we can only change a group of people to review the papers."

"Change a batch?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and smiled wryly.

"It's not that simple."

"You think I haven't thought about it?"

"Let's not talk about how to change. In the previous scientific examinations, has there ever been a precedent for changing the examiner midway?"

"Chase it rashly... I'm afraid the world will be suspicious and the imperial examination is unfair."

Qi Heng's complexion remained unchanged, casual and indifferent.

"It doesn't matter whether there was such a precedent before."

"The important thing is, there will be in the future."

"Nothing in this world is constant."

"As for the unfairness of the imperial examination..."

"Officials, they have already intervened in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination is already unfair."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but lose his mind.

He also quickly realized that what Qi Heng said was completely reasonable.

It's clearly a ceremony for the imperial court to use their talents, but the final ranking is not based on talent or grades, but on their personal perceptions, why?

Where is there any justice in this?

He frowned and said, "But how do you do it?"

"You have to think about it. It's not easy to publicize it."

"No reason, how to change?"

He meant to say—

Certainly not in the name of cheating for personal gain and manipulating the results of the imperial examination to replace the examiner.

Not just defending Zeng Gongliang and others.

The key is that once it gets out, will the imperial court lose its dignity?

What would the students of the world think?

Qi Heng pondered for a while.

"There is something that I haven't had time to report to the official family."

"I met Zhang Fangping this afternoon."

"Tomorrow, the whole army will take action against Cheng Wuhou and Ping Nanbo."

"They are colluding and fighting against the whole army, which is an unforgivable crime."

Zhao Zhen was startled at first, then fell silent.

The surprise was not because of Qi Heng's sudden attack on Cheng Wuhou and others.

Since he wants the world's dignitaries to bow their heads and ears to him, there are bound to be some who are dissatisfied and resist.

It was also expected that Qi Heng would kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and frighten the world.

It's just that the news came too suddenly.

He also needs a little time to digest.

After a while, he asked slowly, "Have you arranged everything?"

Paused.

He waved his hand and said again: "Since there is no problem with Zhang Xiang, with him in charge, you can do what you want."

"But what does this matter... have anything to do with the current imperial examination?"

Qi Heng cupped his hands slightly.

"It still has something to do with it."

"During the investigation of Ping Nanbo, the Army Division discovered that they had organized the soldiers of the Tianwu Army under their command to build houses for many courtiers."

"Among them happened to be Zeng Xiang's house."

"It doesn't matter whether you knew about this matter or not, whether there is any suspicion of using power for personal gain."

"At least he has to explain it."

"So when I checked Ping Nanbo tomorrow, I actually found him."

This is no joke.

The corruption of the Great Song Imperial Army is simply outrageous.

Some generals and generals not only withheld food and pay, but also used the only power in their hands to the extreme.

Turning the Custodian into a construction team is still easy.

What's more, directly pulling a group of people to lurk outside the city and rob passing caravans, it can be said that they will do everything possible.

These situations, even if Zhao Zhen didn't know about them before.

The Privy Council's report to him during this period is also recorded.

He didn't know how many times he was angry.

So he will not pay too much attention to this matter.

He just asked again.

"it is good."

"Even if we can get Zeng Gongliang out of the ranks of examiners, we can also drive out Wang Yirou and Liu Chang."

"But who will replace them?"

to be exact.

This is the biggest problem with Zhao Zhen's frustration.

As Zeng Gongliang said, can't he be allowed to play alone?