After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 21 Questioning
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the daily debate between Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai started again.

Du Jing still knelt on the ground and maintained that kowtow posture, and the other officials did not dare to intervene between the chief assistant and the second assistant.

Ye Qinghuai heard the two of them argue and interrupted them: "Speaking of Wang Lisong, I have something here that I want to show Zhu Qing."

As soon as she said this, all the officials raised their heads to look at her.

Ye Qinghuai said: "If I remember correctly, the literary school should be one of the authors of the scientific examination, right?"

After Ye Qinghuai finished asking, she looked at Shi Taiping, Minister of Rites.

Shi Taiping immediately understood, and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the regulations of our dynasty, the Liberal Arts School does not participate in the composition of the questions, but is only the main critic of the first subject of Mingshu."

"Then who comes up with the test questions?"

Shi Taiping paused, and said, "All three subjects are prepared by the Ministry of Rites."

"Okay. Shi Taiping, go and show me the draft test paper."

Shi Taiping was startled, as if he didn't understand what the emperor meant.After a while, he replied: "The original test paper is sealed in the East Pavilion, and the ministers will go to fetch it and present it to His Majesty."

"No need to go down to court. The East Pavilion is not far away, just a few steps away, you can go and get it now." Ye Qinghuai's attitude was very firm.

Shi Taiping was confused, he looked around, as if he wanted to wait for someone to speak for him, but the room was completely silent.

"Minister, lead the decree." He replied with a bit of anger, and walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony with his sleeves angrily.

Half a moment after he went out, Gu Shihai couldn't bear the silence in the hall, and asked, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about Chunwei's exam paper?"

Ye Qinghuai took a meaningful look at Gu Shihai, and said: "Because when I was taking a bath yesterday, I went out of the palace for a walk, and happened to buy a set of papers that are said to be this year's spring exam questions at the market."

After finishing speaking, she took out the booklet she bought in the ghost market from her arms and put it on the case in front of her.

"How is this possible? The questions of the Chunwei test are my secrets, and no one can know in advance except the person who wrote the questions. This person must be a fraud." Gu Shihai looked at the thin paper on the table and said angrily.

Ye Qinghuai narrowed his eyes and looked at him, then suddenly smiled and said: "I think so too. But this set of test papers will sell for ten silver ingots, and many of them have already been sold. I think the Ministry of Punishment should sell this The dealer will be arrested to prevent him from cheating again."

Gu Shihai was a little confused by her laughter, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer the question.

At this time Shi Taiping finally came back.

Although he was only less than 40 years old, he had a big belly and was out of breath after running this trip. When he came back, he saw all the court ministers looking at him with complicated expressions, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

He walked all the way to the bottom of the jade steps, lifted the volume in his hand over the top, and said: "This is the first draft of the test questions, and I respectfully present it to you."

He spoke respectfully, but there was no trace of respect in his tone.

Li Baoquan walked down the steps from the throne, took the volume from his hand, walked quickly back to the throne, and put the volume on the case.

There is also a wax seal on the volume, with the word "Jing" printed on it.

Ye Qinghuai did not open the wax seal immediately, but looked at Gu Shihai and asked, "Mr. Gu Ge, have you read this test paper?"

Gu Shihai's expression was no longer as angry as before, he thought about it, and replied cautiously: "How could the veteran have read the papers issued by the Ministry of Rites?"

Ye Qinghuai smiled again, and said, "Okay. I haven't seen it either. Gu Ge and I will take a look together."

After finishing speaking, she neatly opened the wax seal and took out the test paper inside.

With just a glance, Ye Qinghuai knew that this set of questions was exactly the same as the previous life.

She carefully flipped through the test paper page by page. This was the third time she had seen the topic on it, but she looked through it calmly, as if she was really comparing it carefully.

The hall was so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.

After turning to the last page, Ye Qinghuai combined the two sets of test questions, handed them to Li Baoquan, and said, "Let the ministers take a look. Let everyone take a look."

Li Baoquan took the test paper and walked down the imperial steps respectfully. According to the grade, he first presented the test paper to Chen Yuansi.

At this time, Shi Taiping's expression became flustered, his eyes wandered back and forth between the emperor and the set of test papers, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

"Mr. Chen Ge has finished reading it, and I will show it to Mr. Gu Ge." Ye Qinghuai's tone was still calm.

Because Chen Yuansi was old, Gu Shihai walked up to him to get the two test papers.Passing by Shi Taiping who was standing in the middle, he gave Shi Taiping a sharp look.

Gu Shihai flipped through pages much faster than Ye Qinghuai and Chen Yuansi. He almost flipped through two or three pages at the speed of ten lines at a glance, and his expression changed drastically.

"You..." Gu Shihai seemed to be in a hurry, and he got stuck in speaking, "Shi Taiping, what's going on?"

After saying that, he smashed those two sets of test papers heavily on Shi Taiping's face.

Ye Qinghuai watched this scene with a stern expression.

Shi Taiping still didn't know what happened, he picked up the test paper on the ground, only glanced at it, then knelt down on the ground, and said with a blank face: "My lord, Your Majesty, I really don't know what's going on."

Ye Qinghuai looked at him, eyes like knives, but spoke calmly: "I don't know how the test questions, which were sealed in the East Pavilion, appeared in the small shop in the West Market."

Hearing about Xishi Xiaopu, Shi Taiping's face suddenly turned livid, and he immediately kowtowed like garlic, and he didn't know whether he was kowtowing to Ye Qinghuai or Gu Shihai.

"Your Majesty, I'm wronged. I really don't know what's going on..." He kowtowed, and suddenly stopped as if he had thought of something, and said, "By the way, it's Wang Lisong. I've seen it all, it must be him! Your Majesty, Wang Lisong must have vented the question!"

"You mean, Wang Lisong leaked before he was sent to prison?"

Shi Taiping seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said repeatedly: "Exactly! I beg Your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly and return my innocence!"

"Innocent?" Ye Qinghuai slapped the case and said angrily, "The Ministry of Rites made such a big event that the scientific examination leaked out. As the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, what kind of innocence do you have?"

Shi Taiping kowtowed again and again: "This humble minister is not effective in supervision, and he is willing to accept the punishment. But the matter of leaking the question was not done by the minister. I implore Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!"

Ye Qinghuai stood in front of the throne and glared at him, his teeth itching with anger.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yushitai and Dali Temple have long been Gu Shihai's people. They even managed to turn a deer into a horse in front of the emperor. Let them try Shi Taiping, a minister recommended by Gu Shihai. What can they find out? Come?

Shi Taiping must have seen this point, so he insisted on a thorough investigation.

"Old Chen Ge, what do you think of this matter?" After a while, Ye Qinghuai asked.

Chen Yuansi remained calm, and replied: "The Literary School Jijiu is not a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he has no qualifications and no need to touch the examination questions before the scientific examination. If Shi Taiping did disclose the examination questions to Wang Lisong, this move It is also a leak, a major dereliction of duty, and should be dismissed according to the law."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shihai glared at him.

What Chen Yuansi said made Ye Qinghuai calm down.She immediately made a decision and said: "Old Chen Ge is right. Shi Taiping is suspended for investigation, and the Ministry of Rites suspends all work related to scientific research. Du Jing, I order you to thoroughly investigate this case. If you don't find out, you are the same as Shi Taiping. The exam questions of Chunwei are going to be repeated, Mr. Chen Ge, please lead someone to come out again."

After finishing speaking, Ye Qinghuai said to Chen Yuansi again: "Send up the list of candidates for the editor of the Chunwei exam questions a year ago."

Chen Yuansi saluted and said, "The old minister accepts the order."

(End of this chapter)