Chapter 39 Fortunately, we have Lord Bao Zheng!
Su Jinghe was shocked when he saw the gossip pushed to him by the system. He clicked on it and was already complaining before he even started reading it.
I don't know what these people are thinking. Didn't they say that the Song Dynasty has become much stricter, and there are no longer any cases of people drawing empty salaries in the court? My boss, oh no, my former boss, even said there weren't enough people.
Former boss Zhang Dexiang: The word "former" can be omitted.
Others even shared the same feeling about the difficulty of surviving in the imperial court: if they worked a little more, they might die suddenly on the job.
However, someone who's rich enough to cheat on a test probably doesn't care whether they get to do the test or not. Well, maybe they don't even need to do the work themselves. They can outsource the work for money, and there's always someone willing to do it for them.
If this is really the case...
Lu Yijian was a little moved.
What a pity.
"These people won't do any work after they come in. They might even cause trouble every few days."
"If someone really used such despicable means to get in, they wouldn't have made it to the top three. They'd have worked hard to get Jinshi status, then found a way to become an official in a faraway land. Then, they'd probably be bound to abuse their power and exploit the people."
The ministers who had come in to take the exam were filled with hatred for these cheaters when they thought of this.
[Hmm…are these two old failed candidates who never even made it to the Jinshi exam? Hmm? Hmm? What's going on? Are scammers so lucky? Or do those who teach others how to fish needn't practice themselves? Don't they even ask these two for proof?!]
It has to be said that when Su Jinghe revealed this information, it was a kind of salvation for Ouyang Xiu.
It turns out that it was a liar who deceived a fool...
Suddenly it didn't feel like a big deal.
"We should check the places in Bianjing where the flow of people has increased recently, and we can find out." Ouyang Xiu even had an idea of checking the people.
His ideas were indeed verified again by Su Jinghe.
The two of them booked two rooms at a restaurant in Bianjing that was about to go bankrupt, and began to diligently deceive people one by one, saying that they could help them pass the exam.
It's a restaurant that's about to go bankrupt, so the scope of screening is even smaller.
Ouyang Xiu has made preparations and must catch this group of people before the exam!
[These two seem quite civic-minded. Knowing their own abilities aren't up to par, they've managed to get a few underprivileged students to join... Hmm, after looking at them, they don't seem to be very talented either. Is this team really any good? Are they really hoping to make a positive out of a negative?]
Two negatives equal a positive? That's something I've never heard of before.
but……
"Ah, my family is already poor, and I'm about to take part in the Spring Examination. To do something like this is really..."
It makes people speechless.
I feel regretful and heartbroken, and I am also disappointed that someone has become a better person than me.
This gang's method of committing the crime is too... unsuccessful, isn't it? Planning to scout the area first and then steal the papers? Never mind, it doesn't look like they'll succeed. Although our Song Dynasty isn't like the Qin Dynasty where everyone is a soldier, how could it be so easy to steal?
That's right, that's right, our Song Dynasty papers are well hidden! I've never heard of them being stolen!
Ouyang Xiu was completely relieved. He thought that he had colluded with some officials to get this opportunity, so he had to follow the clues to find out.
Now this is a pure thief and a fraud. We will just have to catch him when the time comes.
Others also breathed a sigh of relief.
"It turns out they are a bunch of idiots who have wild ideas and want to cause trouble."
"The imperial examinations in our Song Dynasty are very rigorous and there is no shady dealings."
As they chatted and laughed, everyone had a relaxed, comfortable and confident smile on their faces.
Only one person had a slightly stiff smile. He blended into the crowd without being noticed by others. He was silently praying that Su Jinghe's message did not include him.
"Brother Zhu, what's wrong? Why is your forehead sweating?"
The person who asked him about his relationship with him didn't mention his position, but just called him brother. This person was so scared that he took two steps back and frowned.
"You should call me by my official title, Minister of Rites."
His seriousness left his friend confused. Just as he was about to follow his advice, someone nearby couldn't stand it anymore.
"If someone doesn't want to maintain a relationship with you, there's no point in rushing to get close to them."
Huh? Is that so?
Zhu Taichang Cheng turned his head away, looking quite indifferent.
This little episode went unnoticed by others, who were still feeling sorry for the poor students who had taken the wrong path.
[Hey, wait, why did they bold it and say that they have a high probability of success? Huh? How is it high?]
Yes, what’s so great about it?
In a word, the ministers who had been facing the situation with ease all looked unhappy.
"This team is even more shabby than a makeshift one. They don't even have a plan to succeed. How could they possibly succeed?"
"Isn't this fake? This hasn't happened yet, so even the artifact probably doesn't understand it. The imperial examinations in our Song Dynasty aren't something you can just do casually..."
Not only were wealthy but uneducated students tricked into buying their places, but also impoverished students who had no money and didn't study much but were trying to make some extra cash were tricked into joining the gang. And then there was the court... the court? Crazy, right? The examiners who were chosen to prepare for the Spring Examination were no ordinary people, right? How could they have fallen for such a scam?
Hmm... If I had known there were such fools among my colleagues, I should have sent a group message saying, "I am Qin Shi Huang. Give me a penny every day for ten years and I will return to the world with the resurrected Terracotta Warriors. I will then appoint the one who recognizes my talent as my Prime Minister!"
"What? He is Qin Shi Huang?" This person truly believed that he was Qin Shi Huang.
"What, only one penny a day?" This is because they think it's cheap and it's worth a try.
"What? Resurrected with the Terracotta Warriors?" This is the wrong point, but it still feels very cool.
Listening to these voices, Fan Zhongyan could understand Su Jinghe's words a little bit.
Having such a group of colleagues who can remain true to their principles and not make money by defrauding them really shows their moral bottom line.
Is Su Jinghe's words so difficult to understand? Can he be fooled by such a thing?
It really bites even with a straight hook!
Unlike them, Zhu Taichang Cheng's expression was even colder at this moment. He was nervous and scared, but he was trying hard to control his emotions. His expressionless face seemed quite indifferent.
Everyone around him noticed that he was different, and they all looked at him with suspicion.
This person who was defrauded couldn't be...
[Taichang Cheng Zhu Ande, upon hearing that someone was selling exam quotas for cheating at a high price, felt that he could make a fortune from it, so he passed a small note, wanting to use his position to get involved.
He had just been chosen to be the gatekeeper of the Imperial Examination Hall, so...]
"Best wishes to Ander!"
The first person to have an attack was not even Song Renzong, but Ouyang Xiu.
"What on earth are you thinking, Zhu Ande? You want to get involved in something like this? Does being an official make you poorer in food and clothing, or does it just make you starve to death? Are you taking advantage of every opportunity to be greedy?"
Ouyang Xiu was cursing as he walked, and when he came in front of someone, he reached out to grab the person's collar!
His colleagues were not just spectators. Someone pulled Ouyang Xiu back and prevented him from taking action.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry over such a person!"
When Zhu Ande heard his own name, his heart sank.
When Ouyang Xiu came over aggressively, he collapsed to the ground and was saved by others. He also burst into tears on the spot.
"I, I was just obsessed with money. I haven't started yet. I just handed the note over. The other party doesn't even know who I am. I, I..."
As he was speaking, Zhu Ande felt a stare from another place, and when he looked over, he found that it was his best friend.
The way the other person looked at him was very different from usual. He stared at him with great intensity, as if he wanted to rip open his heart to see if it was a black heart.
"You clearly know, you clearly..."
When Zhu Ande heard this, he suddenly remembered.
This good friend of his had experienced tragic things during his school days, such as his place being taken by someone else and his teacher using his work for publication, etc.
"No, it's not me, I really wasn't... I just lost my mind for a moment, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."
When he spoke the last part, his eyes were blurred with tears and he looked extremely pitiful.
But no one present showed any pity for him.
[This is crazy! Let me see, the key to this "cheating" lies with this person...
Hmm, so this success rate is the probability of this person successfully deceiving Ouyang Xiu? That's quite high. Is Ouyang Xiu really that easy to deceive? Then I might as well cheat him in the future...
Stop talking, stop talking, Ouyang Xiu’s face is really dark!
Ouyang Xiu was really angry when he was accused of being easily deceived.
But when he was pulled by his colleagues, he thought a lot and finally asked Zhu Ande calmly.
"What on earth are you thinking? What are you trying to achieve?"
But Zhu Ande's emotions were really broken down. There was no sign of him being able to have a normal conversation. He just stared at the floor and cried silently, repeating the same thing in his mouth.
"I didn't think about it at the time. I was possessed by the devil. I know I was wrong."
"Hmph!" Ouyang Xiu was even more confused. How could such a fragile and irresponsible person even think of cheating!
"Where did he get the news?" Zhu Ande's best friend looked at his good friend and didn't understand.
"He's usually very timid. We come from an average family, barely making ends meet, but there's absolutely no such thing as him trying to take advantage of his position to make money!"
"This is the first time you've done something like this, and you dare to attack the imperial examination..." When some people heard this, they thought that this person was extremely bold and presumptuous.
Not a good person!
But I have to say that this best friend's idea makes a lot of sense.
"There's probably someone behind the scenes. Even a stupid organization like that would try their best to keep the news of cheating secret. At least we haven't heard of it before."
Han Qi also thought along this line of thought, but he couldn't make sense of why this person suddenly wanted to do such a thing.
"Who is the mastermind behind this?"
This question was so sharp that the other ministers who heard it immediately began to prove themselves.
"This is definitely not me. No one in my family wants to end up like this this year. It's not worth it for me to do something like this."
"What do you mean? Someone in my family is going to die, but our family's strength is there, there's no need to cheat at all!"
"Hey? Whose family can't afford to live? If you fail the exam this time, won't you take it again next time? Do you have to cheat? I don't have the means to do that."
Some people tried their best to distance themselves from the matter, some tried to throw dirty water on others, and some prayed.
"Su Jinghe should be able to see it. He should quickly check who is behind this!"
Is this guy stupid, or was he framed? Logically, he shouldn't be this stupid... Why would he suddenly decide to join in on this imperial examination cheating scheme? Aren't they saying things have changed a lot recently? He shouldn't be so bold, right?
Su Jinghe's suspicion also made others start to praise him.
"Sure enough, he thought of it. He is really smart." This was said by Song Renzong.
Just praise it! Have you ever considered that this is the imperial examination of our Song Dynasty?
It was only when Ouyang Xiu saw that it was Song Renzong that he stopped indiscriminately attacking and started spraying venom.
But he was really unhappy.
He wanted to reform the imperial examination system and change the atmosphere in the literary world starting with it, but problems arose before any changes were made.
Whenever cheating in the imperial examination occurs, he, as the chief examiner, will definitely be held to blame.
It's hard to tell whether the person behind this is simply trying to cheat and gain some benefits, or if they did it right in front of him.
[Well, let me see who it is...
Oh my god? It's a joint project!]
Joint case?
"No, who on earth could find such a group of idiots who would want to directly snatch the papers from the Imperial Examination Hall?"
"If it's just that simple, and they shape public opinion, and someone believes it, they'll probably have achieved their goal."
The importance of public opinion has also been realized by the Song Dynasty in recent years.
Every time they have a major breakthrough, they will tell the people. Now the people's trust in the Song Dynasty is also rising. At least when walking on the streets, there are more and more people with smiles on their faces.
[The people of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty jointly promoted...
Hmm, is this just like the higher-ups spending two million to implement a project, and then layer by layer, the last person ends up spending two? Isn't it a bit too abstract to think that these two idiots are the key figures in the joint project?
Su Jinghe's ideas coincide with those of many people.
“That’s right…”
"Two million to two cents... this level of exploitation turns them into two idiots. What a portrayal."
[Hmm, the Song Dynasty is a literary world... a literary world? Isn't it a place where whoever writes the best poetry and essays gets the most prestige? How can such an organization really exist? Is it something that's public? Is the Song Dynasty really so... so feudal? Oh no, it's like they were always a feudal dynasty. This is so... I don't know what to say.]
The literary world...as expected.
In response to Su Jinghe's statement that "whoever has better literary talent has the right to speak", Ouyang Xiu could only say that it was originally like this, but the gap between now and "originally" is too big.
It is not uncommon for some people to take advantage of their fame at a young age and then appropriate other people's works to maintain their own reputation.
And what happens after maintaining your reputation?
Some people work as teachers in various colleges, taking apprentices and collecting "tuition fees" from their apprentices.
Some people become "literary scholars" and make money by giving various lectures, and some even make money by selling books.
If what was being sold were articles or useful books, Ouyang Xiu would not have thought of reforming the imperial examination system first.
These people would revise the meaning word by word and sell a whole new version. Their target audience was exactly the people who were going to take the imperial examinations. That was a very stable source of funds!
[It turned out that Ouyang Xiu said in the court that he wanted to reform the unhealthy trends in the literary world, so this group of people wanted to make the imperial examination in which he was the chief examiner a laughing stock?
Hmm... that's a good idea. Whether this plan succeeds or not is really not a big deal. There is no requirement for the plan to succeed.
The theft failed. Ouyang Xiu was not responsible enough and actually allowed people to steal things from the Imperial Examination Hall.
The theft was successful, so Ouyang Xiu couldn't escape blame. Didn't he take any precautions? This had never happened before.
As for stealing them, there are two possibilities. The people who bought the spots found that these people's answers could not get high scores, so they exposed the fakes and then became famous.
If they didn't discover it, and someone really got lucky and got caught, then it would be Ouyang Xiu's fault...
As Ouyang Xiu listened to "Ouyang Xiu's questions" one after another, his vision grew darker and darker.
Even what Su Jinghe said was not a problem at all...
"It's really the simplest conspiracy..."
If someone put themselves in Ouyang Xiu's shoes, they would also be scared.
"Fortunately, we have Su Jinghe... who solved this problem in advance."
[Why is it that the Liao Kingdom? Oh, yes, the Liao Kingdom is currently in internal turmoil. They shouldn't be too happy if we have chaos here.]
The civil unrest in Liao was closely related to the persistent spread of rumors by the Song Dynasty two years ago that the Crown Prince had rebellious intentions.
And the "gunpowder" sent to the Liao Kingdom was, as planned, happily and mysteriously brought all the way to Dading Prefecture by the only surviving "lucky guy"!
Unfortunately, he didn't get to see Yelu Zongzhen.
This is also within everyone's consideration.
Fortunately, their gunpowder played a very useful role, killing the tribal leader of a tribe that was a vassal of the Liao Kingdom.
This man was also loyal to the Liao Kingdom. He was with Yelu Zongzhen at the time. When he heard that their lucky man had brought back the secret weapon of the Song Dynasty, but required someone to check it before giving it to the Liao Emperor, he followed the people to check it without saying a word.
He was also killed on the spot and was the most important person among the eight people who died.
As soon as he died, the people of this tribe naturally wanted to ask Yelu Zongzhen for an explanation, and the tribe's nature also changed from loyalty to neutrality.
It was also heard that the Liao Dynasty's regime was unstable at that time. Not only was Yelu Zongzhen in poor health and estimated that he would not live for many years, but the next heir was "wavering" between the crown prince and the crown prince.
He let them seamlessly join the Crown Prince's camp, fight for the "promise of the Liao Emperor", and want to ask Yelu Zongzhen for an explanation!
In addition, the Liao Kingdom was originally going to pacify the remaining forces of Xiao Lujin, and now Yelu Zongzhen was really in a dilemma.
The Liao Kingdom was unable to support such a large country on its own and originally relied on the Song Dynasty to support the war.
Their situation was different from that of the Song Dynasty, which fought against the Western Xia and had to pay money to govern it in the end.
When people attack the Song Dynasty, they just treat it as a money bag. Whether they win or lose, they will have money, and there is no need for subsequent maintenance. The Song Dynasty will thrive on its own and continue to give money.
But now it’s no longer possible. The Song Dynasty is no longer such a soft persimmon that can be easily bullied. They have to turn to attack other neighboring countries.
Due to internal and external troubles, the money received was not as much as expected, and the people began to complain.
In short, it was a vicious cycle that made Yelu Zongzhen's already poor health even worse.
[It turns out that there were still smart people in the Liao Kingdom...or they only had such brains when facing the Song Dynasty.
They actually thought of making the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty lose credibility.
If cheating is discovered, whether true or false, they can exaggerate it to make it true, and then spread rumors that the imperial examinations in the past may have had this or that dark side...
Although the literati's rebellion failed within three years, their pens are the most powerful.
If you write bad things about the Song Dynasty directly, there will always be people who will "rise up in rebellion" and once again make the Song Dynasty lose its current peaceful state...
Well, that's a really smart idea.]
"turn out to be!"
"Credibility, yes, credibility!"
Someone was enlightened after hearing Su Jinghe's analysis, and he loudly echoed Su Jinghe's words.
"If the country loses its credibility, then the people won't listen to us!"
How could Ouyang Xiu not know this? He was a thoroughly good official who believed that whoever won the hearts of the people would win the world.
"Investigate, thoroughly investigate who are the people who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and joined forces with the Liao Kingdom to do such things!" Song Renzong listened to Su Jinghe's words and felt that they made a lot of sense. He immediately ordered that no one should be let off.
[Hey, this thing won't get out, right? What if it does?...]
Should I just go ahead and try to improve the royal family's favorability first, and maintain it...]
What Su Jinghe said made everyone confused again.
"How to gain favor with the royal family? And how to maintain it? Do you understand?" Han Qi poked Fan Zhongyan who was next to him.
"Should we do something to gain the trust of the people? But what can we do now to make the people not believe in things like cheating in the imperial examinations..."
Fan Zhongyan didn't understand and couldn't figure out what he could do about it.
Su Jinghe did not say who were the people causing trouble in the literary world.
But success turned what was originally a one-man war for Ouyang Xiu into a war involving a group of people.
Everyone started to work hard and use their own methods. Not only did they begin to restrict the personal and clan rights of those who were found out politically, they even worked hard to write poems and articles, trying to make themselves have more say in the literary world, so that some incompetent people who were causing trouble would be squeezed out of the literary world!
About five days later, when Su Jinghe returned home, he finally saw his uncle at home again.
"Huh? Why are you back this time? Didn't you say you wouldn't come back until the results of the Spring Examination were announced?" Su Jinghe was a little surprised.
Su Xun is a really reliable person. He rarely fails to complete what he says, especially when it comes to students he values very much.
"I've already looked after their affairs!"
In fact, Su Xun also understood his own strengths and did not interfere too much. He just used his own exam preparation process as an example for students to pay attention to.
They even paid money to provide many people with stationery, bedding, etc., for fear that they would suffer in the examination hall.
As for going home now.
"Come and see my latest work, what do you think!"
Su Xun took a piece of classical Chinese and put it in Su Jinghe's hand.
"The rulers of recent times have feasted on the throne..."
Su Jinghe took a look and knew that this was...
Something he couldn't understand.
Fortunately, I didn’t see this article in the nine-year compulsory education!
Even though he had lived in the ancient times for such a long time in the Song Dynasty, Su Jinghe was still pleased with this.
I can’t memorize it, I really can’t.
"How is it?" Su Xun was quite satisfied with his new work. "This is an article in Henglun. I've already thought about it. I want to write ten articles in total. Once I finish them, I'll..."
"Let's just write a book together and then publish it for sale!" Su Jinghe immediately found a topic he could get involved in. "Uncle, your writing is so good and brilliant. Your profound insights flow from the lines, making people ponder along with you! If you write a book, it's bound to be a big hit!"
Su Xun felt that the exaggeration was quite pretentious, but Su Jinghe's expression was quite sincere. He was completely captivated by the words and laughed along with them. "I guess we won't be able to sell many copies by then, so they'll just stay at home and gather dust."
"How could that be! I will buy a hundred copies and give them out to everyone I meet!" Su Jinghe's words made Su Xun speechless.
"There's no need to distribute them everywhere. People will think I'm your uncle!" Su Xun continued jokingly, "Just buy fifty copies and send them home. One for each person. That's enough."
It was also from Su Xun that Su Jinghe learned about the recent craze for "writing lyrics, poems and essays".
"Ah, I have been teaching all the time, and maybe I am a little out of touch with society." Su Jinghe expressed regret somewhat falsely.
"That's okay, you can start writing now!" Su Xun had no new understanding of Su Jinghe's literary level. He just thought that his nephew seemed to have no new works created since the Spring Examination.
"I'm too busy, I'm really too busy, I don't have time." Su Jinghe evaded the question, "I have to do something important with the little princes tomorrow!"
"Huh?" Su Xun was shocked. He could still take the two little princes out.
"What happened last time..."
"We've hired a lot of bodyguards this time! And the location is very advantageous, right next to Kaifeng Prefecture. After the last incident at the Imperial College, Kaifeng Prefecture has already strengthened its defenses!"
Su Jinghe's application took a long time, and by the time it was finalized, Kaifeng Prefecture had indeed made further preparations for defense.
Not to mention the standpoint of checking the insects flying around, at least all those who had the opportunity to come into contact with Su Jinghe and the two princes have been checked, and they are good people with clean hands!
However, Su Xun's words also made Su Jinghe more cautious, and he thought of the "magic" of the system.
[Tong, Tong, can you help me check if there will be any unexpected events in tomorrow's schedule? ]
His inner thoughts left Su Xun confused.
The scope of Su Jinghe's exposure had not yet covered Su Xun. After all, the location was too far away at that time, and he could not hear anything about him.
But even if he didn't understand, this sentence made Su Xun a little suspicious.
The question was too closely related to the topic he and Su Jinghe were discussing.
After Su Jinghe said that, the matching degree became even more perfect.
[Hmm... Tomorrow at the gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, I might encounter someone coming to petition, beating drums to protest their grievances... Wow, there's a plot like this, can I watch it for free?]
Hmm? This isn't right, is it? Or Kaifeng Prefecture?
Su Xun became even more suspicious as he watched Su Jinghe's back gradually walking away.
Could it be that the voice he heard was that of his nephew?
[However, the man beating the drum to signal the arrival of a distant event is just an ordinary citizen of the Song Dynasty and poses no burden to our journey.
By Bao Zheng... Hmm? Bao Zheng? No way, isn't Bao Zheng a member of Kaifeng Prefecture in name only? How can he really be the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture?
His previous thoughts didn't even spread, but this one was really heard, and Bao Zheng himself heard it.
Bao Zheng, 43 years old this year, is not in his prime but not too old either. He is still old enough to sleep at night. Moreover, it is only eight o'clock in the evening, and he is still reviewing the cases he saw during the day!
Bao Zheng himself was shocked by Su Jinghe's shock.
"Why does he sound like he knows me?" Bao Zheng thought he was just an ordinary person in the court and should not have such a memorable point.
as well as……
The fact that he was able to become the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture was also related to Su Jinghe.
It was this temporary investigation that revealed that the original prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture was "unsafe".
Of course, the reason for insecurity is "making too many enemies."
Because of Ouyang Xiu’s previous experience, Bao Zheng, who is now “innocent”, was immediately replaced.
Last year, Bao Zheng uncovered the inkstone embezzlement case in Duanzhou, forcing the prefects who had made money in Duanzhou in the past to either be dismissed or pay up. This year, they all went back to Bian Jing directly.
This person is quite rigorous, and the court knows it. Moreover, he really has no "enemies" in Bianliang.
And last year's enemies in Duanzhou...
In fact, those who were able to seek revenge on him were all brought down because of their greed, and the rest were incapable.
He was not the prefect in Kaifeng originally, but he was directly appointed as the prefect, and at the same time, he also provided protection for Su Jinghe and two young princes who did not know what to do in Kaifeng Prefecture.
I don’t know what will happen tomorrow.
Bao Zheng was also worried.
Your Majesty only has these two children! There is also a Duke of Yu, who is adopted but has spent the past two years tinkering in the fields, with no intention of studying hard or competing for power in the future.
This indirectly reflects that His Majesty will most likely let Zui Xinglai succeed to the throne in the future.
If anything happens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Kaifeng Prefecture, he will be held responsible!
"Your Highness, the little prince, is distributing free pens, inkstones, and books in Kaifeng Prefecture!"
Such news spread like wildfire throughout the entire city of Bianjing in less than an hour.
Knowing that one must be a Jinshi to receive the prize, some people received it directly on the spot, while others would just watch from the side even if they didn't want to receive it.
"Our Great Song Dynasty is truly blessed to have such a crown prince!"
Someone expressed this sentiment and was refuted.
"And His Majesty!"
"Yes, yes, it's not just the kindness of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Princess, but also His Majesty!"
When Su Jinghe said "brush up the royal reputation", he really was diligently brushing up the reputation points in the name of the royal family.
I saw that both sides of their small stall were piled high with a lot of pens, inks, papers, inkstones and books, and besides that there was a super eye-catching banner.
"Your Majesty will pay for all expenses!"
Song Renzong repeated this sentence and looked at Lu Yijian, "Is this true?"
Song Renzong really didn't know. He knew that they were preparing to send books. After all, when they were buying things these days, they couldn't hide it from anyone and bought it openly.
They are even very smart. If someone takes the opportunity to raise the price, they will not buy it. If someone tries to bribe with a low price, they will not buy it either.
"Of course it's true. It's just these words. My people told me. Xuanjiansi should have told Your Majesty as well, right?" After Lu Yijian said this, he asked.
"The money that the Secretariat spent this time..."
The printing department of Zhongshumen put in a lot of effort this time. Su Jinghe and his team wanted to print a large number of books, and Bi Sheng accepted all of them without hesitation, even paying for them.
Lu Yijian couldn't stand the fact that his hardworking subordinate had to pay for work. Now that the emperor asked about it, he had to make the emperor reimburse him for the money.
"I'll pay for it. I'll pay for it."
Song Renzong actually had the money.
There has been no war in the past two years, and we have gradually become wealthy, so spending this amount of money is more than enough.
"This guy really knows how to think."
"Yes, taking the two young princes with you to give away books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones will definitely please some people. You can even say that the money is paid by His Majesty in the end. But it is true that the two young princes don't have that kind of money."
After Lu Yijian finished speaking, he noticed that the emperor in front of him had a strange expression.
Before he could even ask, His Majesty blew himself up.
“They didn’t ask me for money, did they?”
Um……
this……
Is there someone else paying for this?
Lu Yijian thought about the incident of their Zhongshumen paying for work, and wondered if there were others who were also paying for work.
The source of the information was quickly found, and it turned out that the person who paid the money was from the Cao family.
"You don't need to make up for it. The Cao family just wants to use this incident to tell others that although we are not in harmony, we are still one."
The message from Empress Cao at noon.
This sentence was enough to make Song Renzong angry, and the second half of the sentence was even more angry.
"The money is not spent on you. I am happy to spend it on Miaoer."
Song Renzong really felt that he and Cao were incompatible. Look at how she addressed him!
Damn it, the beautiful girl was originally his, but it turned out that the two of them met too late!
Su Jinghe didn't know what was happening with Song Renzong. He only knew that he was doing quite well now.
"Hello, hello. Do you want to shake hands with the little princes? If you shake hands, you can't receive the inkstone." Su Jinghe also has restrictions on the distribution of rewards.
They have a relatively small number of inkstones and cannot distribute them at will, so the means of limiting the number of inkstones is that those who receive the inkstones cannot shake hands with the two princes.
This idea really screens out the truly poor people at once.
Someone took a reluctant look at the two princes and left with the inkstone.
It just happened to make those who were not so poor feel "happy", and the poor people got inkstones, and everyone was happy!
In addition to this task, Su Jinghe was happily watching Bao Zheng judge cases through the system!
[Wow, this person originally wanted to beat the drum to protest, but because there were so many people here, she felt embarrassed to disturb others, so she changed to waiting normally. Ah, she's almost fainting from hunger! Fortunately, Lord Bao Zheng noticed her!]
Wow, this is truly tragic. Someone so caring, yet she's actually been let down by others... She toils so hard to support her family, washing clothes and embroidering, never thinking of herself for the money she earns, and yet her family gambles away all that money! Now the creditor is knocking on her door, and she's helpless. She wants to beat the drum to appeal for justice... Fortunately, she doesn't, or else she'd probably be beaten for redressing her grievances... Good things happen to good people, that's true.
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