As the presiding judge, Zhao Ping pronounced a verdict on Wang Chengming the next day, sentencing him to life imprisonment and serving his sentence in the prison of the Criminal Department.

The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai soon jointly issued a notice on the verdict in the case of Wang Chengming's revenge for his father's murder of Yin Yu, and the notice was sent by the Criminal Department to the local government offices in Daqian, and then posted at the city gate by the local government offices.

Many people in Daqian, including the capital Chang'an, are very incomprehensible to the court's verdict in this case, and even many people are dissatisfied, obviously Wang Chengming is avenging his father, and it is justified, besides, Yin Yu is still a death row prisoner who has been sentenced to death and is about to be beheaded, and killing such a person will be sentenced to life imprisonment? Is there any reason for this?

Therefore, many Confucian scholars in various places are not satisfied with such a verdict, they think that revenge for their father is to fulfill filial piety, not only is they not guilty, but the court should also give a reward, and the court sentence is completely contrary to the Confucian education they received, how can this work?

Under the organization of some radicals, many sour and rotten Confucian students from all over the country gathered together to discuss going to the palace gate in Chang'an to discuss the explanation.

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of the 19th year of the Daqian Dynasty, the people in some parts of the Daqian Dynasty did not have a good time this year, especially in the disaster-stricken areas, with the help of the government, the victims lived in new houses one by one before the year, and also received enough warm clothes and food, but the family funds accumulated over the years were washed away by the flood, and no one was happy in their hearts, not to mention that the grain distributed by the government was only enough to make ends meet, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal on the table was not very rich.

With the help of the imperial court and the government, the victims finally passed the year with peace of mind, and after the beginning of spring, the people began to get busy, each busy begging for a living and resuming production.

On the morning of the eighth day of the new year, there was heavy snow again, and the fourth prince Zhao Lang and the fifth prince Zhao Kai had a snowball fight in the open field.

Soon, the sixth princess Zhao Yao also joined in, and the three teenage children had a lot of fun.

Zhao Junsheng, who had just returned from the martial arts training ground, turned the corner of the corridor, and a white object smashed towards him, Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand, and a ball of snowflakes exploded in his hand.

The eunuchs who led the way in front of the side turned pale with fright, and immediately stood in front to block Zhao Junsheng behind, if they hit the emperor, they would all have to be executed.

Zhao Junsheng took a look and saw that it was a few children playing snowball fights, he was playful, picked up a few conditions and walked over to grab a handful of snow on the ground and threw it at the fourth Zhao Lang, "You smashed Grandpa just now, look at my big snowball!" ”

"Bang" A ball of snowflakes exploded on Zhao Lang's body, Zhao Lang was stunned, and then with a whoa, he bent down and grabbed a handful of snow and smashed it at Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng laughed and grabbed another handful of snow and threw it over.

Zhao Lang saw that he was invincible, and shouted: "The fifth and sixth are coming to help, I can't stand it!" ”

Zhao Kai and Zhao Jiao immediately joined in and threw snowballs at Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng did not fall behind with one enemy and three enemies, and the father and son had a lot of fun.

The snowball fight lasted for eight hours, and Zhao Junsheng saw that several children were sweating from playing, their little faces were red and fluttering, panting, and they seemed to be very tired, so he said: "Okay, okay, let's go here today, go back to change clothes, and bake the fire!" ”

"Yes, Grandpa!" The three children saluted and dispersed.

Zhao Junsheng shook his head with a smile, went back to the palace to change into clean clothes, and had breakfast with Mulan and the children after washing up.

"Your Majesty, the prince who is waiting for the lawsuit is asking to see him in the Qinzheng Palace!"

Zhao Junsheng finished drinking the porridge, wiped his mouth, got up and said, "I'll go first, you eat slowly!" ”

"Congratulations to my father!"

Hua Mulan shouted in the back: "Zhou Ji Jewelry Shop is going to send a sample of the jewelry worn at Yutong's canonization ceremony today, you can take a time to take a look together!" ”

"Okay, send someone to tell me when it's delivered!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he waved his hand and left.

When he arrived at the gate of the Qinzheng Palace, Zhao Junsheng saw Wang Tanzhi walking back and forth at the entrance of the main hall.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Tan came up and saluted.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Why did you come to see me so early?" ”

Wang Tanzhi replied: "Your Majesty, according to the reports of the secret agents stationed in various places by the waiting lawsuit, since the imperial court announced the verdict of the murder case of Wang Chengming, many Confucian students in various places are dissatisfied with this result, and some radicals incite others to gather to make trouble, and even more are planning to come to Chang'an to gather after the Shangyuan Festival, hoping to force the imperial court to make concessions and retry the case!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said: "These nerds, if they don't read good books, they are all restless!" Do you think it is feasible for the imperial court to order the interception of these Confucian scholars at various passes and then dismiss them? ”

Wang Tanzhi clenched his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid not, you forgot, this year is the year of scientific research!" ”

Since Zhao Junsheng held a scientific examination in Qianguo, and selected talents to be appointed as officials by scientific examination, scholars and Confucian scholars from all over the country flocked to it, although this set up a lot of obstacles for the wealthy scholars, but the wealthy scholars have a profound background, and there are many more people who are really talented than the poor families, and the scientific examination is also a great blessing for the wealthy scholars and Confucian students.

At the beginning, Zhao Junsheng stipulated that the scientific examination should be held once every three years, and after three sessions, Zhao Junsheng found that if he continued at this rate, it would not be many years before the officialdom of the great cadres would be overcrowded.

Through this change, the officials of the great cadres have always been in a state of semi-saturation, and there has been no phenomenon in these years that the students who have been selected for the Jinshi have to wait for a real shortage before they can take office.

Officials who have passed the imperial examination and entered the official career are higher than those who have been promoted from the official at the starting point, and the promotion speed is fast and the upper body space is large, which is also the charm of the imperial examination for students and Confucian students.

Zhao Junsheng patted his forehead: "I almost forgot about this!" In this way, this can't be stopped! In this way, when these students and Confucian students arrive, the waiting lawsuit will send someone to keep an eye on them, once they have the behavior of gathering a crowd to make trouble, immediately control the person who takes the lead, and the Confucian students have no leader, so naturally they will not make trouble anymore! ”

"No!"

The imperial examination is scheduled for the fifth day of the first month of March, and in order to better familiarize themselves with the examination room and environment, many students will arrive in Chang'an a month in advance, and even some people are earlier, such as now, there are many students and Confucian students who came before the year, and the New Year is spent in Chang'an City.

Soon after Wang Tanzhi left, as the number one person in Shangshu Province, Pei came in to the Qinzheng Palace to ask for a meeting.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Pei Qing came to see me today, what government affairs do you want to report?" ”

Pei Jin said: "Your Majesty, it will be the Shangyuan Festival in a few days, and it stands to reason that preparations should have started at the end of last year, but last year was a year of famine, and the imperial court was busy with disaster relief and handling various miscellaneous affairs, so there was no time!" The minister came to ask Your Majesty, should this year's Shangyuan Festival be celebrated with the people and the whole world? ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while and said: "I think it is necessary to do a big thing, the imperial court and Jingzhao Mansion should not come forward, as for the two counties of Wannian and Chang'an, let them go, the people must organize their own celebrations, and the government should not stop and oppose it, but it is necessary to send people to maintain law and order, strengthen patrols, and protect the lives and property of the people." ”

All dynasties and dynasties had a curfew system, and almost all of them were curfews in normal times, and the people were not allowed to go out and move around at night, the main purpose of this was to maintain the stability of law and order, and prevent enemy spies, bandits, etc. from running rampant and doing illegal things.

However, soon after the founding of the Great Qian, Zhao Junsheng issued an edict announcing the lifting of the curfew on weekdays and holidays, but the government had the right to impose a temporary curfew when it deemed necessary, or in the event of war or turmoil.

After the curfew was lifted on weekdays, the officials in charge of public security in the government, the arresters, the Jin Wuwei in the capital, and the county soldiers and county soldiers in various local towns and cities all increased their burdens.

This requires the fast catchers to have a higher efficiency in solving cases and arresting, and it is a great test for the ability of the fast catchers, and it also requires higher requirements for the Jinwu guards and the county soldiers and county soldiers in various places, which is beneficial, so that these people will not have idle time.

Therefore, whether it is the capital of Chang'an, or the local counties and counties, the number of people who catch fast has increased, and the intensity of soldiers patrolling the city has increased, and the funds for public security have inevitably increased a lot.

However, the lifting of the curfew has also brought great benefits, and it has obviously increased the overall consumption of the whole country by a large margin, and the consumption at night will not be much less than that during the day; since some people have nighttime consumption, then some people have nighttime income, and this has virtually increased the speed of currency circulation and has also increased the total commercial tax of the whole country by more than 30 percent.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, the court will meet.

Because of the three-day holiday of the Yuan Festival, according to the rules, the court meeting on the 15th should be held one day earlier, so as to free up time for the ministers to celebrate the Yuan Festival with their families.

Zhao Junsheng asked at the court meeting: "Although the imperial court does not plan to hold the celebration of the Shangyuan Festival this year, we can't stop the people from holding the celebration spontaneously, the government and the Jinwuwei Yamen must make an emergency plan, once an uncontrollable event occurs, the government and the Jinwuwei Yamen must be able to calm the situation with the fastest speed and the most effective means!" By the way, Jing Zhaoyin, the left and right generals of Jin Wuwei are here, have you already arranged it? ”

The three people who were named stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have made a plan, and as long as something happens, they can calm the situation at any time!" ”

"Very good!"

At this time, a little eunuch hurriedly ran in and bowed down: "Your Majesty, it's not good, there is someone making trouble outside the palace gate!" ”

"What?" Zhao Junsheng's face changed, and the faces of the ministers and generals also changed, this is about to celebrate the Yuan Festival, and someone actually ran to the gate of the palace to make trouble, this is too bold, right?

Zhao Junsheng shouted: "Don't panic, talk slowly, what happened?" ”