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"But it was we who caused Qin Anhou, after all, he has never accepted our property as Xu Jingzong's book of ten thousand words said." Fang Qiao took the lead in saying everyone's psychological words.

"That's right, although judging from the current situation, it is estimated that most of the official positions I am waiting for are gone, but this favor is not insignificant." Wei Yunqi, who has always spoken harshly and sharply, said with a serious face.

"We can go to the Criminal Department to testify and prove that Qin Anhou has never accepted any property from us." One said.

"Humph! You thought someone would believe us. What I'm most worried about now is whether the thirteen of you will be able to leave the capital alive. Liu Ziming, who also lived in this inn, walked down from the second floor, looked at everyone and said.

When the thirteen people heard this, they were stunned at first, and then their faces changed greatly, they could be favored by Wang Junlin, how could there be stupid people, I didn't think of this just now, but the authorities were confused.

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This time Yang Jian acted extremely decisively, first ordered the old eunuch Du Luoge, the commander of the Houguan Mansion, to be dismissed, and then asked Zhao Shuliang, the commander of the inner guards, to forcibly lock him up, and finally cleaned the interior of the Houguan Mansion overnight, and killed all Du Luoge's cronies.

Because of conclusive evidence, Zhou Chengyan had already entered the prison of the Houguan Mansion at this time, but Gao Ying disappeared mysteriously. Among the two hundred scholars, more than ten people belonging to the crown prince and the eldest prince also became prisoners of the Houguan Mansion, in addition, Yang Jian personally deployed, and the twenty candidates who ranked the worst in the palace examination papers, and were obviously far from the identity of Jinshi, were also arrested, and they were all from the family of gate valves. According to Yang Jian's will, this matter must be completed as an iron case.

This result seems to be ruthless, but there is still no rule of transgression of the law, the vast majority of gate valve families will not be implicated in this, and the scholars in their families who participate in the assessment can be regarded as being admitted as long as they are really talented.

Among them, these reasons and logic, or the things behind it and in the details, those relatively simple candidates can't think of it for a while, and they only know that they scolded Gao Ying, Zhou Chengyan and Wang Junlin in the rain.

In fact, in addition to these three people, there are at least a dozen officials from the Ministry of Rites and Yushitai who have been suspended pending investigation at this time, and these people are the backbone of various gate valve families, and they will be taken down in one fell swoop by this matter, which will weaken the control of the gate valve family over the court to a certain extent, which is Yang Jian's biggest gain this time.

Wei Yunqi reacted from the news he had just heard, thought about some things clearly, walked back to the wine table from the side of the bar with some shock and joy, raised the wine glass and poured it into his throat, as if he didn't feel that the wine was spicy. He said to himself: "In this way, the thirteen of us will not be implicated in this matter, and maybe there will still be officials to be in charge." ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, Wei Yunqi's judgment was very likely, and they all picked up the wine jugs, filled each other's cups, and raised their glasses to invite, Wei Yunqi said excitedly: "Come, let's have a drink for Your Majesty's wisdom!" ”

"!" Everyone raised their glasses and raised their heads in unison, and took a sip of excitement.

The situation of the Great Sui officialdom being controlled by the gate valve family has been accumulated for a long time in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, otherwise it would not have been stolen by Yang Jian, but it is precisely because Yang Jian is not in the right way that this situation is getting more and more serious, and the various gate valve families know that Yang Jian will inevitably find ways to weaken or even kick them out of the court, so they like to hold together many times, resulting in even Yang Jian, the emperor, having to compromise and make concessions at some times.

Therefore, although everyone knows that it is impossible to completely change this situation just by taking down more than a dozen officials led by Zhou Chengyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but as the so-called journey of ten thousand miles begins with a single step, as long as His Majesty is determined and bent on solving this problem, these young, energetic, and inherently opposed to the family of the gate lord family all believe that in the future court of the Great Sui, there will definitely be their Hanmen scholars in the world.

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"Father, Your Majesty is bent on breaking the situation of the gate valve clan controlling the government, so he wants to try to open a branch to get scholars, Gao Ying, Zhou Chengyan, and Wang Junlin are favoritism, contrary to Your Majesty's original intention, and it is normal to be punished, but why are the people of the East Palace and the eldest prince taken down regardless of whether they are talented or not, but the people of the various gate valve families who are talented have stayed." At the eldest grandson's mansion, the eldest grandson Wuji humbly asked his father, the eldest grandson, for advice.

Changsun Sheng stroked his beard and said: "The key to this matter is Your Majesty's idea, he will leave the talented scholars from the gate valve family, one is not to force the gate valve family too much, and the other is to tell the door valve nobles in the world, and even all the scholars through this move, as long as there are talented people who pass the normal imperial examination, he will let them be officials, and he does not do this, what reason does Wang Junlin have to choose the thirteen talented people from the poor family to stay as officials, even if His Majesty forcibly entrusts them with important responsibilities regardless of the reaction of the gate valve family, They were able to live for a few more days. ”

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but think about it, and when the eldest grandson saw that his son had understood, he sighed and continued: "As for the crown prince and the eldest prince, the reason why Your Majesty took down all their people is because of the emperor's heart. Recently, the crown prince and the eldest prince have formed a party for personal gain, and they have become more and more unscrupulous in wooing officials and gate valve families, and Your Majesty may have to ask in your heart...... What do your two sons want to do? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was a little puzzled, and said curiously: "On the one hand, it is natural to work hard to be able to finally sit in that position, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as cultivating his own power in the court in the future. ”

Changsun Sheng smiled and continued to ask: "Then Your Majesty is about to ask, what are you doing cultivating your own forces?" Can't I decide which of you takes my place? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly: "What about the prince? He is the prince of a country, it is reasonable to cultivate talents, after all, he will also be the Son of Heaven who will be in charge of the dynasty in the future, the ancient sages once said that the East Palace can not do nothing, not afraid of rumors, and take the lead in preparing some courtiers for future use, this is the real Chizhong, the filial piety of the Son of Heaven's family. ”

Wang Junlin shook his head, and said with a faint sneer: "It is good that these words of the ancient sages are used to be passed down through the ages or recorded in history, and the reason is not wrong, but the problem is that His Majesty now thinks that he is not sick or in pain, and the East Palace has begun to cultivate talents at this time, and His Majesty must not ask himself in his heart: Is the prince in a hurry?" ”