Crash!
The bailiffs threw out iron chains to lock up Wu Quanyou and Xiao Senbo, who were in a panic.
"Officer, what crime did they commit?" Cui Shenji stood up and asked.”
"We don't know. We're only responsible for capturing people!”
The officers arrested Wu Quanyou and Xiao Senbo and left.
Cui Shenji could vaguely guess the reason for their arrest. Their families had grain businesses in Youzhou Province, and their arrest was probably related to their families raising the grain prices in Youzhou Province!
Could it be that what the old man said was true? Extermination of the family, the cycle of justice!
Cui Shenji became more and more frightened, but the more frightened he was, the more curious he was about the old man.
However, at this moment, it was not the time to be curious. After Wu Quanyou and Xiao Senbo were arrested, Cui Shenji checked out of the room and left Chang 'an. He returned to his hometown in Qinghe without stopping.
He had to tell the seniors of the family about the major events that had happened in Chang 'an. They must not do anything stupid to oppose the imperial court. Otherwise, they would be fighting against the righteousness of the world. By then, the Tang Emperor would have a legitimate name to eliminate them!
Cui Shenji didn't want the old man's prophecy to happen to the Cui family of Qinghe!
……
In Chang 'an, many candidates who were ready to take the exam were disqualified for no other reason than that they had rich backgrounds.
They could go into business, but they could not be officials. Otherwise, if they were officials, they would probably open the door for their families and collude with officials and businessmen!
If you want to be an official, don't be a businessman!
Don't be an official after you become a businessman!
At this moment, Han Qiu was stewing fish. Li Er and Fang Xuanling had already finished their work. Han Qiu knew that the idea he had given Li Shiming would definitely affect the court, but he had not expected that the idea he had given Li Er would completely change the status of merchants in the Great Tang. Moreover, it had stipulated that merchants could not be officials!
Han Qiu's every word had a far-reaching impact!
Li Er and Fang Xuanling felt very tired, but they felt very comfortable. After all, these fish and vegetables were the fruits of their labor!
When the sun set, Li Er and Fang Xuanling drank a few more glasses of wine at Han Qiu's house. When night fell, the two of them drank a lot of wine and were inconvenient to leave. They stayed in Han Qiu's thatched cottage. As for tomorrow's morning court, they would let the civil and military officials wait a little longer!
……
The next morning, the sun was high in the sky.
Li Shiming and Fang Xuanling slowly woke up.
"My God, what kind of wine is this? It's so thick and strong!”
Yesterday, when Li Shiming and Fang Xuanling heard that Hu Zi's wine cellar had been opened, they insisted on bringing some wine to drink. Who knew that the wine was surprisingly delicious and thick.
Li Er and Fang Xuanling were addicted to drinking it. Han Qiu told them that this was Wuliang wine, brewed with a mixture of kaoliang, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, and corn. It was distilled and stored in the cellar for a long time…
Li Er took a sip, and sure enough, the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth.
Li Er and Fang Xuanling drank one mouthful after another in the straw hut that was leaking air everywhere. When they were drunk to their heart's content, they forgot the time to return to the palace. After three rounds of wine, the two of them stayed in Han Qiu's house.
……
Han Qiu looked at Li Er and Fang Xuanling. What could the Emperor and the Prime Minister do? A real man couldn't resist three bowls of wine, and now he still had diarrhea.
He slept until late in the morning.
When the two of them woke up, they saw that Uncle Han had already prepared breakfast. There were four plates of salted vegetables, a pot of corn porridge, and three white bread.
Li Shiming had lived in the palace and had been born into a wealthy family since he was young. He had eaten all kinds of delicacies, but when he came to Han Qiu's place, he felt that the food here was much better than in the palace.
Perhaps it was because he was tired from doing it himself, but whether it was eating coarse grain corn cakes or salted vegetables, they were all very delicious.
……
Chang 'an Imperial Palace.
Outside the Political Announcement Hall.
The civil and military officials had been waiting outside the palace for the imperial edict before daybreak. However, who knew that the morning court session today would be delayed. The eunuchs had repeatedly told them to postpone the court session.
What was going on?
His Majesty had never delayed his court session.
The officials looked at the court and realized that Fang Xuanling was nowhere to be seen. A bad feeling filled their hearts.
Fang Xuanling wouldn't be giving His Majesty any bad ideas again, right?
Fang Xuanling had already been the scapegoat for Han Qiu's advice to Li Shiming. Now, he was getting more and more involved in this matter. It was almost impossible for him to escape.
In the court, Zhangsun Wuji had his head lowered, seemingly dispensable. He had just been restored to his position as Minister of Rites, and it was only because he supported the Emperor that he was temporarily restored to his original position. What he hoped for the most now was for the court to be stable and not have any turmoil. Everything would wait for him to sit firmly as Minister of Personnel and make a few contributions…
Compared to his usual limelight, the current Zhangsun Wuji was very low-key. His clan nephew was greedy for grain and was almost exterminated. His father's clan and son's clan.
If not for the fact that his sister was Empress Zhangsun, the Zhangsun Clan would have been doomed!
However, what was His Majesty doing in the palace? Why wasn't Prime Minister Fang here?
Zhangsun Wuji was also suspicious!
……
Han Manor.
"Uncle Han, we agreed that Old Fang and I will also participate in this imperial examination. We will compete with the students of the world. Yes, I will also take six subjects!”
Li Shiming wanted to say four subjects, but when he remembered that Uncle Han had taken six subjects, he gritted his teeth and bragged.
Fang Xuanling thought that he had some talent and said,""Then I'll take six subjects too."
Han Qiu looked at Li Er and Fang Xuanling and thought,""The two of you can take the exam. I want to see if the Emperor and Prime Minister of the Great Tang can pass the exam!!”
"Uncle Han! "We still have some things to do, so we won't stay here. We'll visit Uncle Han again when we have time…" Li Er cupped his hands at Han Qiu.
Li Shiming and Fang Xuanling didn't know that Han Qiu was testing them to see if they had real talent.
It was already past the time for the court session. He did not know what the ministers were muttering outside the palace. They had to return to Chang 'an as soon as possible to trap these old foxes!
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling returned to Chang 'an at top speed.
Han Qiu looked at their backs and thought to herself,""I wonder how exciting the imperial examination will be this time. If the chief examiner sees that the students in the high school are the emperor and the prime minister of the empire, he will probably be stunned!”
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