I repeatedly offered poisonous tactics, but Lao Zhu quickly advised me to calm down!

"This matter is of a bad nature! The impact is far-reaching! You can’t convince the public if you don’t find out clearly!"

"Today I am going to find out in this hall!"

"I must give an explanation to the people of the world and the northern scholars!"

"This imperial examination fraud case must be heard quickly! Be strict! Take it seriously!"

His attitude was tough and his tone was cold. Every time he said a word, Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others who were kneeling at the foot of the steps trembled all over.

And when they heard that the sentence should be quick and severe, they were even more shaken. , breaking out in cold sweat.

Bai Xintao was the most unbearable. He fell to his knees directly, his limbs twitched constantly, foaming at the mouth, and the whites of his eyes rolled out.

However, Lao Jiu, who was responsible for guarding and escorting, was experienced and immediately grabbed Bai Xintao's collar and gave him He slapped him.

Under his"wonderful hand", Bai Xintao was instantly"rejuvenated""

"be honest!"

Lao Jiu glared at him and lowered his voice to warn.

Now Bai Xintao didn't dare to move anymore and could only listen to the next trial with his head lowered.

"Liu Weiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, come and judge."

Lao Zhu did not interrogate himself, but handed it over to Liu Weiqian.

But this sentence immediately made the courtiers feel nervous.

Everyone knew that if Lao Zhu interrogated this case in person, it would prove that not many people would be involved.

But If Liu Weiqian comes to interrogate, the problem will be huge!

No one dares to say that they completely know the emperor's thoughts!

So in order to protect himself, Liu Weiqian will try his best to find everyone involved.

Pull out the carrot and bring out the mud. , once Liu Sanwu and others confessed, many people in the court would be implicated.

Everyone felt uneasy, fearing that their names would appear in the subsequent questioning.

Liu Weiqian sighed.

Bai Xintao She is his student, and Liu Sanwu is his good friend. Although he is not familiar with the doctors from the Imperial College, they are all officials in the same dynasty.

But today, he must take a harsh blow.

"Liu Sanwu, you are the main culprit in this imperial examination fraud case. Please explain first."

"I warn you in advance, don’t think about hiding anything, Jin Yiwei has found sufficient evidence"

"Now you name them and I will verify them one by one."

At the last moment, Liu Weiqian still gave his old friend a kind reminder.

Hearing this, Liu Sanwu smiled bitterly.

Hiding secrets? Lying?

This kind of thing is a joke in front of Jin Yiwei!

He did not resist anymore, but explained softly.

His former classmates. He explained all the greetings, requests from his former students, and bribes from his current colleagues.

As each name appeared on the hall, more and more people were pulled to the front to kneel.

Even some courtiers who were attending court also He was directly taken down by the Jin Yiwei and pushed to the front.

Everyone who had a ghost in his heart was in panic all day long, and the innocent ones were also pale and in disbelief.

Everyone knew that a super storm was about to wreak havoc in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty.

After Liu Sanwu explained , namely Bai Xintao, Dr. Guozijian and others.

What is shocking is that none of these people were wronged.

Almost every one of them received bribes of gold and silver, ranging from dozens of taels to thousands.

Bai Xintao It was even more exaggerated. One person collected more than 5,000 taels.

Faced with all kinds of evidence, the remaining survivors looked at each other with horror. It was the first scientific examination of the imperial dynasty. I didn’t expect it to be so unbearable!

Lao Zhu sat Sitting on the throne, his expression was cold.

The anger in his eyes had already broken through the sky.

This is the Enke he had been planning for more than ten years! It was supposed to be a weapon to consolidate power, but it was corrupted into this!

After an hour of interrogation, many people almost fell asleep, but Lao Zhu became more and more energetic as he listened. When Liu Weiqian reported to him, he stood up and read his sentence loudly.

"In the imperial examination fraud case, the main culprit Liu Sanwu was beheaded!"

"Accomplices Bai Xintao and others, Ling Chi!"

"Participated in Enke's bribery of relevant officials, all implicated!"

As soon as these words came out, the court was filled with exclamations.

Liu Weiqian even broke out in a cold sweat, but he still spoke despite the pressure from Lao Zhu.

"Your Majesty, Liu Sanwu has made great contributions in compiling classics and history for the Ming Dynasty. I hope your Majesty will show mercy and spare him the death penalty!"

His words were immediately echoed by everyone.

"Your Majesty, please spare Liu Sanwu the death penalty!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu's face darkened, and he glanced at the officials who were interceding for Liu Sanwu.

Most of these officials were incorruptible and were members of the imperial court.

He still had to pay some attention to what they said.

"Liu Sanwu can be exempted from death penalty, but cannot escape from living crime"

"Because of his contribution to compilation, he was sentenced to three thousand miles in exile."

"This matter has been settled, no objections are allowed!"

Lao Zhu made the final decision and did not give others a chance to bargain.

However, at this time, one person yelled heartbreakingly.

"Your Majesty, my ministers have been framed by traitors! This is all Chen Mu’s cunning plan!"

Hearing this name, Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, but he did not stop him.

The courtiers looked confused.

"Who is Chen Mu? Liu

Weiqian was confused and asked.

When Bai Xintao saw that the emperor didn't say anything to stop him, his eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Chen Mu was once a doctor of the Imperial College!"

"This fraud was all controlled by him! We were just deceived by him!"

"When Enke started this year, Chen Mu had already been secretly manipulating public opinion and public sentiment, preaching everywhere that we had accepted bribes from southern scholars, hoping to arouse the resentment of northern students!"

"And on the day of the imperial examination, he secretly controlled not to allow northern students to take the exam!"

"As a result, only southern students were left in the examination room!"

"There are only a few hundred candidates in the north, and their knowledge is average. How can we let them make up for their mistakes!"

"Everyone, he just wants to take this opportunity to cause chaos, use the power of the world to hijack the court, and plot to kill us!"

"Please ask your Majesty for your clear understanding of this matter!"

Bai Xintao shouted loudly, which immediately caused shock in the court!

……

"What? This Chen Mu is so vicious!"

"What a plan! The trap has been set since Enke!"

"I said how could the northern students gather so quickly this time? It turns out there is someone behind the scenes!"

"Poisonous husband! Poisonous husband! This person must not be left here!"

"Yes, if he is allowed to continue to be at large like this, Yingtian Mansion will definitely be turned upside down by him!"

"Don't rush to a conclusion. I feel there is something fishy in it. For example, why did Chen Mu target the Imperial College?"

"I have heard of this name before. It seems that Liu Sanwu kicked him out of the Imperial College."

"Well, it seems there are more details we don’t know!"

"I won’t comment without seeing the whole picture, let’s just be ourselves."

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and the civil and military officials also had a new understanding of Chen Mu.

When the discussion gradually subsided, Bai Xintao kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang again and again.

"Your Majesty, this matter was controlled by Chen Mu. We are wronged!"

"I implore the emperor to investigate Chen Mu thoroughly!"

"He is the one who deserves to die the most to apologize!"

As he said this, Bai Xintao's eyes flashed with joy.

He has been waiting for this opportunity these days.

No matter what, he must drag Chen Mu into the water, otherwise he will not be able to rest in peace until his death.

"Bai Xintao, is everything you said true?"

Lao Zhu sat firmly on the throne, his expression was calm, and his words were not mixed with any emotion, making it difficult to guess what he was thinking.

As soon as he said this, Zhu Biao, who was standing in the crowd, suddenly became nervous.

He vaguely felt that Bai Xintao was not lying. , but he felt that something was wrong.

But no matter what, Chen Mu was his husband, and he had to come forward to defend him!

Before Zhu Biao could make any move, Lao Zhu's violent shout came over first

"No matter what Chen Mu does, does it influence you to accept bribes?"

"Is it possible that without Chen Mu, you would be able to keep yourselves clean?"

"Even when death is imminent, you still don’t want to repent! I only know what to say!"

"Come here, drag Bai Xintao to Lingchi at Meridian Gate now!"

"If it's less than three thousand six hundred cuts, the executioner will kill them too!"

Lao Zhu was furious. He waved his hand, and a guard immediately came forward and picked up Bai Xintao.

Bai Xintao struggled desperately, still shouting that he was wronged.

But he was just a thin scholar, and he could not resist the dragging of two tall guards.

No. After a while, even his cries could not be heard above the court.

Bai Xintao's fate horrified everyone.

A kind of Imperial College official who was kneeling on the ground collapsed directly, and many people were frightened to the point of incontinence.

With the stinking The smell came, and the disgust in Lao Zhu's eyes became stronger, and he waved again

"All of them were sent to the Meridian Gate for punishment!"

More guards came forward and dragged away all the prisoners kneeling on the ground.

The servants on both sides quickly cleaned up.

The smell in the hall gradually dissipated, and Zhu Biao gradually understood.

He finally discovered what Bai Xintao just said. What is wrong with what he said. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Bai Xintao is simply evading the important and choosing the less important! It is clear that the point of this case that makes northern students angry is the cheating in scientific examinations and bribery!

But Bai Xintao only knows how to accuse Mr. Framed.

My father also pointed this out in a flash.

If the Imperial College officials and subordinates were of noble character and strict with themselves, how could they give the gentleman a chance to retaliate? []

In the final analysis, even if the gentleman was designing to frame them.

He also He just made the matter bigger.

Sir, he just put the truth in front of everyone!

What's wrong with this?!

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao sneered.

He only felt that Bai Xintao and others deserved to die!

Baiguan On the other side, they were more shocked and frightened.

They never expected that the emperor would kill as soon as he asked, so decisively.

From top to bottom in the Imperial College, fifty-three people, fifty-two people were beheaded, Lingchi!

Among the courtiers, dozens of people were injured Beheading if implicated!

I am afraid that those students who participated in the fraud will not be able to escape the blame, and implicated is inevitable.

In this calculation, at least tens of thousands of people will be killed. These are all living lives!

This makes the officials feel uneasy Fear, not shock!

Looking at everyone's reaction, Lao Zhu sneered in his heart.

He knew that the officials were just sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

No one would really be sad for the death of Bai Xintao and others.

They were just afraid of what we had in our hands. Just chop the butcher's knife on their heads!

Officials have always been like this since ancient times!

How can those real direct officials walk to the center of the court?

Who can stand here who is not an old fox?!

But as he said, there are He could turn a blind eye to the matter and not pursue it.

Asking for flowers.

For the eternal continuation of the Ming Dynasty, he could not force too much.

Without thinking about the thoughts of the officials, Lao Zhu looked outside the palace.

He It was as if he saw the scene of heads falling to the ground at the Meridian Gate.

He knew that no matter whether Chen Mu had something to do with the cheating in the scientific examination, Bai Xintao and others must be killed.

At this point, he had no choice at all!

The anger of the students all over the world, the common people Their anger must be calmed by someone.

Although Kai Enke's strategy is good and can cure the root cause.

But what is more important now is to treat the symptoms. He must use the medicine of tiger and wolf.

Lao Zhu does not want to fight on the front line, but there is a fire in the rear.

And If you want to extinguish the students' anger this time, the best way is to use the blood of a group of corrupt officials.

According to the evidence found by Jin Yiwei, he was not wrong to kill!

In the entire Imperial College, except for Chen Mu, who has never accepted a bribe, None of the others were clean!

It was this that made Lao Zhu believe that Chen Mu was by no means a drug addict.

He was just exposing a fact.

He even had to thank Chen Mu.

He was the one who showed the problem. , he also gave himself the solution.

He killed a group of officials in exchange for the removal of the hidden dangers of getting an official position.

Lao Zhu's long silence made the officials completely relieved.

They knew that this matter was over.

The emperor has killed enough. If anything happens again, everyone will be demoted at most.

But in the future, everyone must be more cautious because they feel a vague threat.

The threat posed by a commoner named Chen Mu. after a whileLao Zhu came to his senses

"Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong."

He called out his name.

After hearing their names, Li and Hu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"You two will personally preside over the imperial examination, and then open the Enke North Field"

"After the North Field is over, I will test together with the South Field, and I will handpick the champion."

Lao Zhu stared at the two of them coldly and ordered in a deep voice

"This time, don't let me hear any more questions!"

After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left, leaving only the civil and military officials in the court looking at each other, secretly rejoicing.

……

After retreating from the court.

All civil and military officials left the court one after another. As they passed through the Meridian Gate, bursts of angry curses could be heard.

Bai Xintao looked at Hu Weiyong who was hiding among the officials, and cursed angrily:"Hu Weiyong! You accepted my paintings, but you didn't intercede for me! You will not die well!""

"……"

Hu Weiyong saw that Bai Xintao's scoldings became more and more unpleasant, and he couldn't help but walked out from among the officials.

"Bai Xintao, you need to understand one thing. When you send paintings, I didn't say that I would help you!"

"Moreover! This painting is just a gift between literati and refined scholars!"

"Ah!"

Bai Xintao sneered, spit out and said,"Ah! You are also a scholar!"

"Don't embarrass yourself! Only now can I truly see clearly who you, Hu Weiyong, are!"

"You are just a villain! hypocrite!"

"I tell you, my today is your tomorrow!"

"You can't run away!"

Amidst Bai Xintao's scolding, Hu Weiyong's face became even more ugly, and he said with a sneer:"No matter what the outcome is, I saw your fate with my own eyes! But you will never see my end!"

"you……"

Bai Xintao's face turned red when he was retorted by Hu Weiyong, and he cursed loudly:"Hu Weiyong, you will not die in peace!"

"Don't die a good death!"

Under the escort of the soldiers, Bai Xintao and others were all taken to the execution ground.

At this time!

Outside the execution ground.

Countless students looked angrily at Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others on the execution ground, and they were indignant.

"Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others engaged in malpractice for personal gain, corruption and perversion of the law, and ignored the Ming Dynasty Law!"

"The sin is unforgivable!"

"Your Majesty has decreed that all Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others should be put to death in order to rectify the world!!!"

As the emperor's decree sounded, the students who came to watch the execution clapped their hands and cheered.

"good! This is how they should be chopped up alive!"

"It is because of the existence of such people that there is so much injustice!"

"If we don't kill them, how can we make our students serve the imperial court!"

"Should be killed! Should be killed!"

The students were excited. On the execution platform, the faces of Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others were extremely pale.

At this time, the executioner also took out the torture tools and executed Ling Chi on Bai Xintao and others!

"ah!"

The screams resounded loudly. Although the scene was extremely bloody, no one of the students present evaded it. In fact

, they even wanted to go to the sword and perform the execution in person!

Until Ling Chi had finished all the cuts, Bai Xintao and others were completely gone. any chance of life

"good!"

"good!"

"happy! happy!"

"Your majesty is wise!"

"People who practice favoritism and malpractice should be put to death like this!!!"

The students of Yingtian Mansion shouted loudly to vent their anger!

……

Yuanting!

The land of the original sixteen states of Yanyun!

Dingcheng!

Lan Yu is resting his army and preparing to go deeper.

From the day the army arrived, Xu Da sent Lan Yu to attack Yuanting in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

And Lan Yu lived up to Xu Da's order and conquered seventeen cities in one go! The Yuanting forces fled all the way and fled!.