But soon, after they saw the cold face of Emperor Dagan, they could no longer laugh.

A row of old men stood trembling by.

You have to know that if these people were out there, they could destroy countless families with just one word.

But here, he looked like a student being scolded by his teacher.

"My dear ministers, do you know why I summoned you here at this moment?"

Emperor Dagan suppressed his anger and remained expressionless.

Sitting on the dragon throne, in front of him was a mountain of memorials.

Those who are familiar with Emperor Dagan, seeing his behavior, will understand that it is definitely not a good thing.

He had this expression when he ascended the throne.

The ministers looked at each other with some confusion.

But they all knew their Majesty well.

I naturally understand that someone might be about to lose their head today. I'm afraid that someone did something that wasn't done cleanly...

Seeing no one answer, the Emperor threw the test paper out and said, "Take a look at this first. What do you think of it?"

The ministers were a little confused, but when they saw the test paper thrown down.

Everyone was smart and immediately realized that it might be about the imperial examination.

He glanced at the Minister of Personnel who was standing still and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the target had been found.

I immediately felt relieved and picked up the test paper to read it.

At this moment, the Minister of Personnel felt his heart sink to his throat, his whole body was trembling, and he almost fell down.

After the ministers circulated it around, the Emperor Da Gan glanced around and asked, "What do you think of this article?"

"This article is wonderful. I wonder which talented person wrote it?" The Minister of the Central Secretariat roughly understood what was going on.

However, I would rather die than let my fellow Taoist die, so I bowed and spoke directly.

When other officials saw the proofreading by the Minister of the Central Secretariat, they also agreed and praised the article.

"What do you think, my Minister of Personnel?" Emperor Dagan suddenly spoke when he saw the silent Minister of Personnel.

The Minister of Personnel could not bear the pressure and fell to his knees, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

After hearing this, Emperor Dagan picked up the teacup beside him and threw it over.

With a "bang", the teacup shattered, and the scalding tea and broken porcelain pieces directly hit his face, causing blood and blisters.

However, the man seemed to feel no pain and continued to kowtow and beg for mercy.

"Drag him out, lock him up in the Sky Prison, and interrogate him on a later date. I want to interrogate him personally!" Although Emperor Dagan was anxious to make the elixir, he did not expect to expose such a big problem.

Is the imperial examination important? Of course it is! In fact, it is extremely important.

This is the only upward channel for most ordinary students. If it is controlled by certain officials, there will only be one result.

That is forming cliques for personal gain. When officials start forming cliques, what remains is the undermining of imperial power.

This is why Emperor Da Gan was so angry. Taking out this kind of thing is like making a fool of himself.

"Pass on my order to re-mark all the examination papers from the past ten years.

Let the Hanlin Academy be responsible for the students who have entered in the past twenty years.

Eliminate them all. The Seventh Prince is responsible for this matter.

I want to see how capable you are and how long you can deceive me."

After receiving the order, the guards dragged the Minister of Personnel out with lifeless eyes.

The chief steward sent people to Bailu Academy to look for the seventh prince.

The remaining officials stood there, motionless.

"Tell me, who is related to him? I don't believe you haven't noticed anything.

Tell me, and in consideration of your many years of service, I will spare the lives of your families." Emperor Dagan arranged everything and turned to the dozen or so officials.

But of course it is impossible for anyone to stand up.

Seeing that no one stood up, Emperor Dagan was too lazy to say anything more.

"Since you don't want to talk about it, then go back first. You don't have to attend the morning court these few days.

All officials in the court are not allowed to leave the city no matter what the matter is.

Anyone who dares to leave the city will be executed along with their entire clan. Emperor Dagan waved his hand, signaling them to leave quickly.

Those ministers each had their own thoughts, but they also said goodbye and left.

A bloody storm seemed to have swept across the entire officialdom of the capital, and this was just the beginning.