Being stabbed at the beginning! Summon the net to suppress the world

If it was a simple false accusation, then Wen Rushan, the Minister of Rites, still had reasons and the ability to defend himself.

After all, he was not a powerless person who could be manipulated by others.

He was the Minister of Rites, the head of one of the six ministries, and he could speak in front of the emperor.

But unfortunately, this matter was true.

No matter how clean he was, if he wanted to investigate, he would definitely find something.

That's why he was so panicked, lost his original calmness, and hurriedly explained to the Emperor of Jin.

But his anxiety and his words revealed a lot of things.

When the Emperor of Jin heard Wen Rushan say this, he frowned.

An ominous premonition appeared in his mind.

This was his intuition after being an emperor for decades. Wen Rushan's actions might mean that this "imperial examination fraud" might not be as simple as he thought.

So what does it mean? It means that he is not competent as an emperor... He didn't even notice these things.

It's good that he found out now that he's in power, and he can still make amends.

Otherwise, when he dies, these things will be exposed, and the history books will not record him like that.

"Old Six hasn't brought his evidence yet, how do you know it's a false accusation? Are all the officials in your Ministry of Rites as clean as lotuses?"

The Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty snorted coldly and said to Ji Changan:

"Changan, is the memorial in your hand the evidence of "imperial examination fraud"? "

Ji Changan shook his head after hearing this, and then said: "My father, it's not a crime."

After this, the whole court began to make some noise again, and everyone looked at Ji Changan, not understanding what Ji Changan wanted to do.

But it soon became quiet. They were all smart people, and naturally knew that there might be a follow-up.

Even the Emperor of Jin frowned:

"Why do you say that? If you arbitrarily frame an official appointed by the court, it will be a serious crime."

"Your Majesty, the crime of cheating in the imperial examination cannot be written down in this small memorial.

The evidence is packed in ten boxes, which contain letters between officials of the Ministry of Rites who form cliques and collude with examiners, as well as account books and the amount of silver received.

This memorial is just a catalog, and it also records the officials involved.

And those boxes, I have sent people to the palace, please check them.

This incident involves 584 Beijing officials and 2,733 local officials."

Ji Changan said lightly that some of these things were found by Luowang in the capital, and the other part was obtained from the Jiangzhou Su family.

After all, the Jiangzhou Su family is the most important money supplier of the entire Jiangzhou faction, and the Minister of Rites Wen Rushan is their biggest backer.

The two collude with officials and businessmen, sell official positions and protect each other.

In addition, the entire Jiangzhou faction has surrendered to the second prince, so the Ministry of Revenue has also become an ally, and it is naturally a behemoth.

The Su family may have kept the evidence in order to have a handle that can check and balance the entire Jiangzhou faction.

After all, they are just civilians. If they want to deal with officials, they naturally need a handle.

In this way, basically all of them fell into Ji Changan's hands.

The Emperor of Dajin heard Ji Changan's words and could no longer suppress his anger.

Originally, he thought that the imperial examination of the Minister of Rites would only affect a few people, but when Ji Changan's number came out, he was shocked.

This number accounts for almost one-eighth of the capital and one-fifteenth of the local officials.

This number is not small, but extremely large, accounting for all officials, including military officers.

If one crime can arrest one eighth of the officials of the Jin Dynasty, then the Jin Dynasty is basically really broken.

What makes him even more angry is that these people are combined together to form a profit group.

Those who do not join them can be suppressed, and those who join them can be protected.

Forming a clique for personal gain is the most unacceptable thing for the emperor, but he did not expect it to be so serious.

If he waits a few more days, he may become a commander without troops.

What is the use of having the most powerful violent organization?

Force cannot be used to govern the country, and the most important thing is talent.

When it comes to the point where it is difficult to reverse, it is inevitable that the world will be in chaos.

But Wen Rushan in front of him is about to control the imperial examination, so how can the emperor of the Jin Dynasty not be furious.

Thinking of this, he signaled Eunuch Hai to take the memorial in Ji Changan's hand, and then flipped through it casually.

On the first page, the first name is his Minister of Rites, the chief examiner of the imperial examination.

"Lord Wen, is this true?"

After seeing the list, the Emperor of Jin stopped reading and closed the letter.

The word made everyone feel great pressure.

Wen Rushan trembled, but still did not plead guilty, and said firmly: "Your Majesty, there is no such thing, all this is just a frame-up by the Sixth Prince.

I heard that the Sixth Prince had been at the Jiangzhou Post Station.

He accepted the treasures of the Jiangzhou rich businessman. If it is a bribe, doesn't the Sixth Prince have it?"

At this moment, Wen Rushan decided to divert everyone's attention, because whether he admitted it or not, it still depends on whether Ji Changan's evidence is strong.

Without seeing thorough evidence, he would not give up.

"Father, I received all kinds of treasures from the rich merchant in Jiangzhou, which were equivalent to 200,000 taels of silver."

When Ji Changan said this, he looked at the reactions around him and said:

"And I spent these 200,000 taels of silver to buy 400,000 kilograms of rice, all of which were used to help the people.

But as an imperial envoy, it is indeed wrong to accept money privately. Please punish me, father."

"This, one tael of silver for two kilograms of rice? What is the price?"

"It seems that the rich merchant in Jiangzhou really deserves to be killed. He actually did things to this extent."

"Yes, this is still the price when the prince goes to buy grain. How can ordinary people survive?"

When these words came out, everyone in the court was shocked.

They originally thought that the price would increase by at most 50%, at most double or triple, and the profit would be large enough.

But your Changyuan Chamber of Commerce and your Su family raised the price by a hundred times, which is really incredible.

This is a fortune made in the national crisis, and these officials may not have such courage.

What do you want to do with so much money?

At this time, even most officials have almost understood Ji Changan's painstaking efforts.

The Minister of Personnel Yan Fuchen stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although the Sixth Prince accepted money.

But the money was all spent on the people. This is a flexible move. I think there is nothing wrong with it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

After the Minister of Personnel said this, most of the other officials knelt down to plead with Ji Changan.

For the Emperor of Dajin and Ji Changan, this is a trivial matter.

But Ji Changan can see who is a die-hard Jiangzhou faction from this small plea.

Naturally, in this situation, those who still stand with Wen Rushan are naturally the so-called Jiangzhou faction accomplices.

The Emperor of Jin Dynasty also understood it from this moment, and directly issued an order: "Notify the Imperial Guards to block the capital, and no official is allowed to leave the capital.

Those who violate the order will be executed.

Notify the Jinyiwei and ask them to send people to arrest all the officials involved in this memorial, regardless of their positions.

I want to see whether these evidences are true or false.

What do you guys want to do behind my back? You dare to cheat in the imperial examination today, and tomorrow you will quickly write a letter to ask me to abdicate!"