Taiji Palace was instantly silent.
The civil and military officials, including Li Yuan and Li Er, all looked at Zhangsun Wuji in shock.
Yuchi Gong was so angry that his nose was almost crooked.
Zhangsun Wuji, you're a good kid! Are you deliberately trying to ruin this old man's reputation? I just said that whoever dares to negotiate peace will step over me, and you're shouting that you want to negotiate peace?
"You want to negotiate? Negotiate what?" Yuchi Gong's face darkened as he strode forward to block Zhangsun Wuji, who was staggering into the hall. He berated,""Fuji (Zhangsun Wuji's handwriting), are you going to be like Yang Jingming and mess up our morale before the war with the Turks?”
"Fight, fight, we can't fight!" Zhangsun Wuji was out of breath. He shook his head and waved his hands. Then, he knelt on the ground with a mournful expression and shouted hoarsely,"If we fight this battle, our Great Tang will definitely lose!”
Hearing this, Li Yuan's expression changed drastically and he said in disbelief,"Are you saying that something really happened in the east of the river?”
"What about the Book of All People?" Li Er was also anxious.”
"The east of the river is dry for thousands of miles.”Zhangsun Wuji looked at Li Er with tears in his eyes."
"How could there be a letter of the people in such a tragic situation? Those were all signed by the officials of the East River Dao Platform, forcing the people to sign it in order to whitewash the peace. We were all fooled by those people from the East River Dao Platform! Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, the officials of Hedong Road and Taiwan concealed the drought in Hedong and did not report it, but also forged the letter of the people. Their crimes should be punished!”
"The scariest thing is not these, but the locusts!”
Zhangsun Wuji slowly raised his left hand and opened his trembling palm, revealing four to five locusts that he had crushed to death. When he thought of the scenes he had seen along the way, he could not help but feel sad. He cried,
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, natural disasters are infuriating, man-made disasters are hateful, but the common people are innocent. I rushed back from the east of the river and saw locust plagues everywhere along the way. I'm afraid that it won't be long before countless people of the Great Tang starve to death.”
All the officials fell silent.
Even the black-faced Yuchi Gong's face had turned pale. This, what was the point of fighting with the Turks?
Li Yuan sat on the chair, his palms sweating. He couldn't hide the shock in his eyes. On one hand, he was shocked that the situation in the world was so bad. On the other hand, he was shocked that Yang Hao was so accurate!
Li Er was also shocked. This Yang Jingming was too powerful. He actually knew so many things in advance!
The father and son pondered.
"Your Majesty!" Du Ruhui's expression was unprecedentedly solemn. He bowed and said in a deep voice,"At a time like this, our Great Tang absolutely cannot wage war against the Turks. We can only temporarily negotiate peace and use small benefits to stabilize the Tuli and Jie factions. We cannot allow the two of them to join forces and attack our Great Tang!”
"Do I still need you to say it?"
Li Yuan glared at him and said,"Tell me something I don't know!"”
Du Ruhui's face turned red and he was speechless. Suddenly, he thought of something and blurted out,
"In addition, of the 2,016 examinees participating in the county examination, 2,015 will fail!”
"Because the answer to the county examination is no longer something that we can judge based on our senses. There is only one correct answer, and the one who gave the correct answer is that Yang Jingming. In other words…the person in charge of the county examination is Yang Jingming, and he is the only name on the rankings!”
Hiss--
Gasps sounded in the hall.
He had almost forgotten about this!
This was the only time since the founding of the country that there had been an accident in the imperial examinations. There had never been a single examinee who had entered the rankings.
Li Yuan was also stunned for a moment. He could not help but frown and said,"In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Fang Xuanling and I, as the chief examiners of this county examination, sent someone to paste Yang Jingming's examination paper outside Chongxian Lane. Fishing boats are bound to be popular. Now that this matter has happened, it is impossible for the results of this county examination to be canceled.”
Du Ruhui smiled bitterly." Otherwise, those examinees will definitely point their fingers at the Imperial Court. For now, I think that Yang Jingming should be the first to be investigated. Only by failing all the other examinees will we be able to live up to the fairness of the Imperial Examination, the prestige of the Imperial Court, and the strict rewards and punishments!”
"Permitting! You two are the main examiners, and you were the ones who exposed the matter. With the two of you as the leader, you will personally inform Yang Jingming to withdraw from the court!”
Li Yuan waved his hand and calmly finished speaking. He then turned around and left Taiji Palace. He changed into his usual clothes in the rear hall and put on a purple hairstyle before leaving the Imperial Palace to look for Yang Hao and his son.
He was now too curious as to why Yang Hao had predicted everything. He wished he could fly to Yang Hao's side right now and ask him what was going on.
At this moment, all the officials in the court looked at each other. No one had expected today's situation. Seeing Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui leave in their crimson official robes, everyone gathered together and whispered,
"This year's county examination is really impressive!"
"This old man has lived for half a lifetime, but this is the first time I have encountered such a thing. The imperial examination system has been in place since the Sui Dynasty, and this is also the first time!”
"Why don't we follow? Let's see who this Yang Jingming is. He can actually see through the enemy's situation and predict the enemy's opportunity!”
"This is a good idea!"
"Let's go together!"
All of a sudden, the officials left Taiji Palace in large strides and chased after Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.
After Li Er helped Zhangsun Wuji out of Taiji Palace, he sent someone to send him back to rest. He took a deep breath and looked up at the direction of the palace. He decided to find Yang Jingming and ask him about this matter!
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