Chapter 211: Not playing by the rules
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Shang Yu, the first Right Military Secretary who stood up, was shocked when he heard this. No, didn't she not attend the court?
Given the emperor's fondness for her, no matter how much he said, it would be useless.
The reason why he stood up in the morning court today was just to show off in front of Marquis Anle. A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. Although Marquis Anle is now disliked by the emperor, his contributions in his early years cannot be faked.
Although Marquis Anle was rebuked by the emperor and did not need to attend the court, he still had his spies in the court.
He originally thought that he would come out and say this first, since the emperor would not listen anyway, and he would refute it later. He would also be able to give an explanation to Marquis Anle. As for Jiang Zhiyu, she did not attend the court, so naturally she did not know what he said in the court.
He even prepared the compensation gift. After the court session, he would explain to Marquis Anle, and then go to Xu's house to pay the compensation gift, so as not to offend anyone.
The plan was well planned, but why did the emperor hide someone? ! Why
not play by the rules!
Jiang Zhiyu walked out from the back of the hall and sat on the chair that the emperor had brought for her. The girl's clear voice echoed throughout the hall: "Your Majesty, I disagree with the opinions of several ministers."
The other ministers were not surprised by her words at all. They all raised their eyes to look at Shang Yu, waiting for him to be the first to speak.
Shang Yu knew what they were thinking,
of course, and ignored their glances. He had already spoken once, so it was their turn now.
Besides, he was not a fool. It was true that he had to stand out from Marquis Anle, but he could not offend Jiang Zhiyu.
He stood, covering his face with his wide sleeves to hide the ferocious expression on his face, and then held his head high and smiled, leaving the others confused.
To be on the safe side, the others followed his example and said nothing.
The Golden Throne Hall fell into silence for a while.
Jiang Zhiyu was ready for a debate with the scholars, but he did not expect that they would lose their temper after a word he said. For a moment, he was a little confused.
【??? 】
【Did I press the mute button? Speak, you guys. 】
The emperor: "..."
He coughed lightly: "You are silent, but do you have any objection?"
The ministers looked at each other.
The emperor sneered and continued: "If there is no objection, then we will do as before, and let Jiang Shidu Bachelor be in charge of the imperial examination."
That won't do!
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of War Sun Yanping stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Scholar Jiang Shidu and the next candidate are siblings from the same mother. If Jiang Bojian is eliminated, there is no guarantee that Scholar Jiang Shidu will not commit fraud for personal gain. Moreover, if the relationship between the two of them gets out, other students will inevitably feel that it is unfair,
and the common people will inevitably question Your Majesty's decision when they hear about it." Jiang Zhiyu: "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. Everyone knows about the relationship between Bojian and I. Although we are siblings, we have never had a harmonious relationship. Moreover, since Bojian decided to take the imperial examination, he has stayed in the Imperial College like other students even on his days off. Even when my mother divorced her husband, she never asked him to come back. People in Shengjing should all know these things."
Sun Yanping's eyes turned slightly. Even if they didn't pay attention, they had heard a little about Jiang Zhiyu's previous reputation.
It is indeed not a good reputation.
Her relationship with Jiang Bojian is not good either. She once made a joke that she chased Jiang Bojian to listen to funny stories and kept Jiang Bojian at his friend's house, and he did not return home for a day.
But, that was in the past. Wasn't it said that Jiang Bojian had gone boating with her before?
"Scholar Jiang Shidu, what you said is wrong. No matter what your relationship with your brother is, you are siblings from the same mother. It is reasonable to be partial to those strangers. Scholar Jiang Shidu does not need to rush to sever the relationship."
Sun Yan refuted, but saw Jiang Zhiyu's lips curled slightly.
"If I remember correctly, doesn't Minister Sun also have a brother with whom he has a bad relationship? Has Minister Sun ever been partial to him in all these years?"
Sun Yan paused.
Sun Yanping's elder brother has no ambition and has not accomplished anything. He had begged his younger brother to find him a leisurely job in Beijing. Even after everyone knew about it, Sun Yanping remained unmoved. Finally, his brother had no choice but to pack his luggage and return to his hometown in the northwest overnight. After hearing
what Jiang Zhiyu said, Sun Yanping's arrogance weakened a little, and he said hesitantly: "As a minister, we must share the worries of the emperor and seek happiness for the people! My brother asked for an official job because of his own selfish desires, so I naturally cannot agree." Jiang
Zhiyu took over his words: "Minister Sun is right. I am a minister and I am in charge of the imperial examination. It is a matter of great importance and cannot be missed. Naturally, I will fulfill my duties. If I just because of my brother's identity, I will not agree to it. How can I be worthy of His Majesty and the people of Tianqi if I show partiality to him? ” Her
words were full of righteousness. Sun Yanping clenched his fists under his sleeves and said, “Talking is talking. If you can do it, it will be substantial.”
Jiang Zhiyu: “Minister, you can be relieved. The imperial examination is not solely under my responsibility. There are many people in the Hanlin Academy to supervise it, so there will be no mistakes. Could it be that the Minister is worried about so many people?”
[Alas, I don’t want to do anything in winter. I have more patience and a better temper.]
[Send people to see the grandmother in no time.]
Emperor: “…”
He Yanting: “…”
Xu Yanli: “…”
Sun Yanping looked at her with his eyes full of silence.
Seeing this, another minister stepped forward.
"Okay, even if you are impartial, people will just follow what you say. If Jiang Bojian really gets admitted, how many people will believe that you are impartial? When the students who failed the exam heard about it, wouldn't they be heartbroken and think that the imperial examination is unfair to them? If the matter gets bigger and bigger, how can there be students who study hard and pass the exam?"
[Just kidding, it's unfair now? Why didn't you say it was unfair when you were stuffing people in before? Jiang Zhiyu
sneered in his heart, his eyes suddenly became stern, and his tone was as cold as ice: "In every previous imperial examination, can you guarantee that every student will be fair? There will be no bribery of examiners to reveal the questions for them? There will be no impersonation of others?"
The minister was stunned, and then hurriedly said: "Of course not!"
He spoke quickly, but that moment of stunnedness was enough to make the emperor's eyes deep.
"Whether it is fair or not, you all know it in your heart, and I will not expose it, but I, Jiang Zhiyu, am here to tell you that under my nose, such a situation will definitely not happen!" "
I want the students of Shengjing Middle School to get rewards proportional to their hard work, and to speak only based on their abilities, instead of being forced to do anything by the powerful!"