Chapter 575

Li Er suddenly became enlightened; this crisis was actually an opportunity for him to clean up some people in the imperial court.

Pei Ji came from the Hedong Pei clan and was also an aristocratic magnate.

However, compared to aristocratic families of the level of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans, his prestige, connections, and financial power were still somewhat inferior.

Moreover, involving a major case of imperial examination fraud, other aristocratic families would probably not stand up for the Pei clan.

One must always push out a scapegoat to give the people of the world an explanation.

Li Er was happy in his heart when he discovered that Wei Zheng's complexion was somewhat wrong.

"Wei Zheng, are you not happy for me? What other concerns do you have?"

Wei Zheng spoke directly; if he didn't speak, he wouldn't, but if he did, he could make people vomit blood from anger.

Being asked by Li Er, he opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, my wife comes from the Hedong Pei clan!"

Uh...

Li Er finally remembered.

Wei Zheng's wife not only had a relative relationship with Pei Ji, but this woman also had great power in the family!

Among the monarch and ministers of Great Tang, there were not a few who were afraid of their wives.

If one were to elect the number one person afraid of his wife, Wei Zheng would firmly sit in the top chair.

Because he was afraid of his wife, Wei Zheng did not even dare to take a concubine.

A model of monogamy!

Asking him to take action against the Hedong Pei clan was somewhat difficult.

Truly annoying!

At this time, Du Ruhui stepped out without hesitation.

"Wei Zheng, Great Tang is now in a precarious situation, yet you are still afraid of your wife?

If you don't sacrifice, do you want to sacrifice people from the Five Surnames and Seven Clans?

Do you have that ability?"

Wei Zheng was speechless.

Du Ruhui naturally had the qualification to stand here and say such things. His own younger sister was married into the Boling Cui clan and had already suffered a loss following the Cui clan.

In the Great Tang imperial court, who wasn't an aristocratic magnate?

No one was easy to provoke!

Wei Zheng could only bow to Li Er.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, this subject will definitely handle the case impartially and will never engage in favoritism!"

That decided Pei Ji's fate.

It was his bad luck!

Having decided on the mastermind, Li Er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the blink of an eye.

Half a month had passed.

Li Er summoned Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Yan Shigu, and a group of great Confucian scholars to head to the Bai Ludong Academy.

This was the most luxurious lineup of Great Tang!

Ten days ago, Wei Zheng quickly investigated the imperial examination fraud case. The mastermind, Pei Ji, was exiled to Jiaozhou and would never be allowed to return to Jin Ling for eternity.

Dealing with Pei Ji, public grievances subsided slightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the imperial court released the news that the Emperor would personally sign books for sale at the Bai Ludong Academy.

It attracted many scholars.

After all, that was the Emperor's ink treasure!

Many ministers might not even be able to obtain one in their entire lives.

Now, as long as one went to the Bai Ludong Academy and spent some silver, one could buy one.

Many people would go bankrupt just to buy one back to serve as a family heirloom.

In the minds of countless scholars, this was a supreme glory!

And because of this.

Bai Ludong was unprecedentedly grand!

A large number of soldiers were here to maintain order.

Everyone who came here was arranged to enter, and not a single person was turned away. The scholars were very grateful for the Emperor's grace.

Yan Song also mixed in among these people and successfully sneaked in.

Every day, he made friends everywhere and asked them about their views on the Tang imperial examination.

After a few days, he had made a large group of friends.

After Li Er arrived.

Bai Ludong Academy immediately closed the mountain and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Because the Emperor was also here, no one cared.

Li Er saw that the academy was crowded with scholars from all walks of life.

The number of people counted exceeded five thousand!

Li Er was very gratified.

It seemed that the matter of regaining the trust of scholars had apparently succeeded.

Facing Qin Mu's underhanded tricks in the future, he would no longer be without the power to fight back!

"Scholars, it is true that bribery occurred in the first imperial examination. But it was not as serious as the rumors said!

Think about it carefully; the overall level of scholars from humble backgrounds is still not as good as that of aristocratic disciples.

Therefore, this time I have specially invited several famous great Confucian scholars to lecture for everyone. I hope you can all study seriously!

I guarantee here that in future imperial examinations, there will definitely be no more corruption!"

Li Er's words moved the scholars below.

The Emperor had said so; how could they not believe it?

This lecture by great Confucian scholars was very rare.

Seize this opportunity to improve and strive to leap over the dragon gate in the next imperial examination!

Most of the scholars from humble backgrounds had already forgiven the previous imperial examination fraud.

Li Er felt it was very smooth.

How long had it been.

Since Qin Mu appeared, Li Er had never encountered such a smooth matter.

This smoothness was somewhat beyond his expectations.

In a happy mood.

He wrote encouraging words on one hundred books in one breath.

With these one hundred books, it could be considered fulfilling the promise of signing books for sale.

Afterwards, Li Er left the Bai Ludong Academy and returned to Jin Ling.

He could not wait to go to Chang'an again.

To see what Qin Mu was doing at this time?

For the Great Qin imperial examination, maybe no one would participate, right?

Li Er really wanted to see Qin Mu's expression when facing this predicament.

Just thinking about it made him excited.

"Qin Mu, oh Qin Mu, you rely on your own intelligence and think you can calculate me to death everywhere?

This time, I will let you see that my ability is not inferior to yours!

I can also win!" ===== CHAPTER 577 =====