Chapter 211 Courting Death



The head of the Imperial Medical Service thought about this and shook his head helplessly.

At the beginning, the head of the Imperial Medical Service was still a neutral official, who was cautious and did not take sides in order to protect himself.

But he never expected that the test had far exceeded the ordinary struggle for power.

When the head of the Imperial Medical Service recalled the situation when he saw the emperor unconscious, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

It is now extremely obvious that the reason why the emperor has become what he is now must be due to his close relationship with the prime minister and others.

Naturally, it means that he has a close relationship with the Third Prince behind the scenes.

Zhao Ji saw the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau gradually became clear under his guidance, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, I need your help, the head of the academy, and the emperor needs your help even more!"

After Zhao Ji said this, the head of the Imperial Hospital sighed and said, "For the safety of the country and the emperor, and for the comfort of the emperor, you can rest assured that I will keep my mouth shut..."

Getting help from the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau is of vital importance to Zhao Ji.

As the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau, he naturally has many basic medicines at home.

And these medicinal herbs can help the emperor.

After obtaining the help of the director of the Imperial Hospital, all Zhao Ji needed to do now was to secretly take the director of the Imperial Hospital to the palace under the moonlight every day to treat the emperor.

During this period, Zhao Ji also heard that the streets were under tight security recently, as if some precious jewelry and cultural relics were lost from the imperial palace.

It is said that it was done by a petty thief among the people.

This incident made the people, who were already worried about the closure of the imperial city gates, even more anxious.

At the same time, Zhao Ji did not receive any news from General Tian.

At least there has been no news during this period of time.

After the head of the Imperial Hospital learned about Zhao Ji's situation, he speculated, "So is it possible that General Tian is not that reliable? If so, I'm afraid we should make plans early!"

Zhao Ji shook his head at this time. For some reason, when Zhao Ji thought of General Tian's expression before he left, he always inexplicably believed in him.

"Wait a little longer, General Tian won't let me down!"

During the two days of waiting, the Prime Minister suddenly made a big move.

He actually cancelled the imperial examination this year.

The reason turned out to be that the gates of the imperial city had to be closed recently, and there was no way for those students who had studied hard for many years to come in.

When the news reached Zhao Ji's ears, Zhao Ji was a little bit unbelievable and said: "Are you sure this news is true? Prime Minister, how could he do such a thing?"

Even Zhao Ji never thought that the prime minister would do such a ruthless thing.

You have to know that the imperial examination system selects many talents for the emperor every year.

It is also an important measure to stabilize the world.

At the very least, it provides those who have studied hard with a path to advancement, which naturally allows these young people to have something to do.

In addition, those scholars who studied hard in this dynasty and did well in their studies were indeed able to become officials.

Therefore, there are quite a few people taking the imperial examinations every year.

However, the Prime Minister chose to directly anger this group, which was an unimaginably stupid measure.

However, after being surprised, Zhao Ji sat in the chair and thought about it carefully.

It didn't take long to figure out the prime minister's intention.

Obviously, the prime minister felt that these weak scholars would not be able to make any noise even if they rebelled.

Moreover, the suspension of the imperial examination system once was not a big problem from the prime minister's perspective.

In the past, the imperial examination was held every three years, and the young and promising talents selected would be filled into the court.

Gradually replace those officials who are not outstanding.

Now that the imperial examination has been cancelled this year, there will be no need for new people to replace old officials in the court.

From the prime minister's perspective, he had worked hard over the years to collect bribes from so many officials.

While promoting many people, it also demoted many people.

The Prime Minister should be relatively satisfied with the current situation in the court.

If some new people come, these young men who have just entered the officialdom are unaware of these situations and will inevitably start to make decisions right from the start.

It would be bad if the Prime Minister's good deeds were ruined by then.

If you think about it this way, there must be an underlying logic behind the prime minister's seemingly absurd actions.

Only after he had completely figured out what the Prime Minister was thinking, Zhao Ji couldn't help but laughed out loud.

The head of the Imperial Medical Bureau who was sitting opposite Zhao Ji didn't understand why Zhao Ji was so happy.

"Why are you so happy about what the Prime Minister did? Is there any other reason?"

After all, the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau was just an ordinary person who knew medical skills and did not have much political acumen.

Zhao Ji smiled and explained to him: "It's like when you are dozing off and someone hands you a pillow. The prime minister's move has completely put him on the opposite side of all the hard-working scholars in the world!"

The head of the Imperial Medical Service, who had long been in the circle of nobles, was unable to react for a while and wondered what great impact this incident would have.

Zhao Ji didn't mind and gave the head of the Imperial Hospital some advice: "You should know that in addition to the noble families, there are basically a large number of court officials who have studied hard and been selected through the imperial examinations. Although some of these people are blinded by power and money, there are also many who think about problems from the perspective of these noble children from humble backgrounds."

"These people themselves form their own faction. Even if they may not have thought of uniting together, those officials who entered the court through hard study often had some help from their predecessors, and these predecessors were naturally people who studied hard!"

"Plus, now that the imperial examination system has been abolished, there will naturally be many children from poor families who are dissatisfied. Although these people have no power or influence, they know etiquette and have studied the Four Books and Five Classics. They are more conscious than ordinary people. If they are treated so harshly now, the public opinion will change in a short time. With a little guidance..."

After hearing Zhao Ji's explanation, the head of the Imperial Medical Service finally realized how stupid the prime minister was in this matter.

"I was originally worried about how to break the Prime Minister's blockade. Now, we don't even need to do anything. There will naturally be countless poor students who want to come to the capital to take the exam."

"Just wait and see. It won't be long before these people will gather in the capital to ask for an explanation. No one wants to prepare for such a long time and then just cancel it and not hold it. These people won't accept it!"

There was a gleam of determination in Zhao Ji's eyes.


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