Daming heir

Chapter 254 Forcing the Palace
These days, Lion Mountain, which is located to the west of Yingtian City, has always been under the watchful eyes of all the civil and military officials of the imperial court.

Although it has never been mentioned, everyone knows that there are several Jiangnan scholars who have lived on the top of the mountain for several months on Lion Mountain.

What is the purpose of these people coming to Yingtian, no one in the court does not know.

The principle of the unity of mind, learning, knowledge and action spread by the Book and Newspaper Bureau has begun to reproduce the Confucianism controversy in the former Song Dynasty.

But now, these people have all hanged themselves.

Even Zhan Hui, who was still in the tower, reviewing the memorials written by the censors and officials, couldn't help trembling, and suddenly looked up at the emperor's grandson behind the railing outside the door.

And the censors and officials in the tower also stopped their ink pens with solemn expressions, and turned their heads to look outside the door.

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi's face was ashen, as if it was about to drip water.

Tian Mai's cheeks were also tense, and he raised his head cautiously to look at the grandson.

"They are forcing the palace... Shall we continue?"

Tian Mai asked with a suppressed voice.

Zhu Yunxi locked his eyes on Tian Mai for a moment, and immediately lowered his head to the convenience.

Bang.

Zhu Yunxi's palm had already slapped on the railing beside him.

They are threatening the court with death!

Tian Mai was right.

Those old things on the Lion Rock hanged themselves to death, not because they knew what had happened, so they committed suicide in fear of crime.

Whether it is the case of cheating in the current examination, or the orthodox dispute between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology, the imperial court will not do anything to them.

They hang themselves now, just to use their deaths to obtain righteousness and gain the commanding heights of morality.

Zhan Hui had already walked out of the house with a solemn expression, bowed and clasped his fists to Zhu Yunxi's side.

The old man was also worried and said: "Grandson, they are using death to show their ambitions, using the deaths of a few of them to make the court retreat."

"By dying?" Zhu Yunxi turned his head slowly, and muttered quietly.

The corners of Zhan Hui's eyes twitched immediately: "Coercion with death! They are trying to force Taisun to punish those involved in Jinke's fraud case lightly, and to lenient Neo Confucianism."

Zhu Yunxi said grimly: "Shangshu Zhan thinks that Gu will change his mind?"

Zhan Hui, who bowed and clasped his fists, froze for a moment, then raised his head and looked deeply at the grandson in front of him.

When this question was asked from Taisun's mouth, Zhan Hui knew how to answer it.

It is absolutely impossible for Taisun to change his choice at this time.

In other words, from the very beginning when King Yan and his troops besieged Lion Mountain, this matter has already been done.

Don't look at the fact that the imperial court did not make a sacred judgment on Neo Confucianism and Psychology from beginning to end.

But, why can't this be understood as, His Majesty and the others have been waiting for the development of Xinxue from the very beginning.

Now it's just that all the things and contradictions have accumulated together, and finally the cheating case broke out through this examination.

Zhu Yunxi examined Zhan Hui's expression, and smiled silently: "Since everyone has made a choice, until now, why do you have to change the course?"

Zhan Hui nodded.

Neo Confucianism made a choice, Taisun made a choice.

Similarly, he who appeared here today, why didn't he make the final choice.

"It's just..." Zhan Hui said hesitantly: "Now that people hang themselves on Lion Mountain, the news will definitely be unstoppable. It will be spread everywhere after a few days of knowing. By then, the court and the people will not think that they did this for What, I will only think that this is an apology with death, and plead with the court for the people involved in the current fraud case."

Zhu Yunxi said in a low voice: "Jiangnan Shilin...Jiangnan Shilin..."

What about Jiangnan Shilin?
Jiangnan has been in peace for a long time. Since the imperial examinations in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this place has always attached importance to exam-taking.

There are countless Zhuangyuan villages and Jinshi villages, with two champions in one school and three Jinshi in one school.

Layer upon layer, father and son face the same dynasty.

It can be said to be deeply rooted.

but……

Zhan Huihu chuckled and said, "Actually, when I think about it now, I feel that there are countless scholars in the world, so what if there are stubborn people?"

Zhu Yunxi raised his brows immediately, and said softly: "What does Shangshu Zhan mean by this?"

Zhan Hui felt that he had opened up his mind and was completely enlightened.

He walked out of the railing in front of Zhu Yunxi with his head held high, his hands lightly patted on the railing, and then Zhu Yunxi saw him stretching out a finger to the countless people who were being arrested by Jinyiwei on Gongyuan Street in front of him.

Zhan Hui looked back at Zhu Yunxi: "Grandson, I wonder if you have seen anything in this situation?"

The old man suddenly sold out.

Zhu Yunxi cooperated and said, "Oh? It's Jin Yiwei who is catching the person involved in the cheating case in the current examination."

But Zhan Hui shook his head and said, "There are no more than 2000 jurors involved in the fraud case of the examination today, but at this time there are probably no fewer than [-] juren on Gongyuan Street."

"Indeed."

Zhan Hui said again: "Ju Ren can be a candidate for office, but they still want to take part in the examination now, eager to be named on the gold list. There are more than [-] Ju Ren registered for the exam, and there are countless Ju Ren and scholars in the world. They all Whether you want to become an official, or for your family's personal gain, or for the community of the world, but in the end, you all want something."

Zhu Yunxi said silently: "If you ask for something, you can give something."

Zhan Hui nodded: "That's the reason. Since they want to become officials in the court, they want to display their ambitions. Then what kind of Juren the court wants, they will become what kind of Juren."

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help laughing.

But Zhan Hui withdrew his hands and bowed up: "Your minister made a slip of the tongue, please don't blame your grandson."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and reacted, and laughed at himself: "It's just that I have been digging into the horns of a dead end. I thought that I would make progress slowly, and I could minimize the contradictions step by step. But I never thought that the imperial court can teach you how to take what you want. The world has changed."

What Confucian orthodoxy dispute.

What science and psychology.

The old things on the Lion Rock hanged themselves to kill the palace.

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi put all these contradictions behind him.

As long as the world still belongs to the old Zhu's family, as long as the court never really messed up, and as long as his good uncles are still commanding the troops at the frontier, there will be no chaos in Daming.

If there is no chaos in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court can change the imperial examination system at will, adopt any Confucianism, or even any kind of theory.

Scholars have backbone, but also the most spineless.

When life and death are not involved, they are the most flexible group.

It is not impossible to be a minister today, and to clear the slaves in the future.

Zhu Yunxi, who came to his senses, turned around easily and looked down at the commotion on Gongyuan Street that gradually subsided from the tower.

He said leisurely: "My family only cares about the interests of the community!"

The idea of ​​the unity of knowledge and action must be promoted, and there is no possibility of any change. Even after the promotion has become popular, the content of the imperial examination can be reformed, adding arithmetic, art of war, engineering, etc.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty can completely use the imperial examination system as a qualification for future people in the world.

Want to be an official?

What kind of official you want to be, you need to take the special entrance examination for the department.If you don't have that ability and are not familiar with the affairs of this yamen, you are not qualified to be an official.

As long as scholars all over the world still want to become officials in the court, even if they are reluctant in their hearts, they can only change themselves honestly.

rebel?

Now that the Ming Dynasty has only been established for 25 years, can they still invite the remnants of the Yuan people who fled here and there on the grassland back to the Central Plains?
Today's Ming Dynasty has no basis for rebellion, so the local gentry will raise the banner of rebellion. I'm afraid they will be beaten to death by those people if they don't go out of the local area.

When the imperial court only needs to hear about local rebellions, it will issue a decree stating that the local people can kill the rebels and then divide their fields, and those rebels will definitely not be able to survive.

Seeing that the grandson finally came to his senses under his advice, Zhan Hui couldn't help being very happy.

It is important for the imperial court to persist, so that I don't have to be thrown into the mass grave at the eastern foot of Shenlie Mountain after my death!
Even more.

I can't say that I can also add a title of Walking in the Wenhua Palace!
Thinking of this, Zhan Hui turned around, wrapped his sleeves and waved back, then bowed and bowed to the end: "I congratulate the grandson."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "What is there to celebrate?"

Zhan Hui said joyfully: "The great grandson understands the key to governing. From then on, he will govern smoothly, and the world will be peaceful. I sincerely congratulate him."

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Zhan Hui indifferently: "If you want to have a good government and a harmonious people, the world will be peaceful, but you can't do without a country official like Zhan Shangshu."

With these words, after I die, I will definitely not be thrown into a random graveyard outside the city!
Zhan Hui smiled sincerely, standing on the tallest tower of the Confucius Temple, even though it was late autumn, it was like a spring breeze.

Afterwards, Zhan Hui said in a low voice: "It's just that at present, although the cheating case of the current examination will continue, the grandson still has to handle the matter on the Lion Rock properly, and we must not let others talk about it."

The crime of killing Zhongxian cannot be carried.

This is Zhan Hui's subtext and remonstrance as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Yunxi suddenly sneered twice: "Since they died, Guzi wants to make a name for them!"

Zhan Hui was obviously stunned for a moment, but he didn't turn around for a while.

Zhu Yunxi reached out and patted Zhan Hui's shoulder: "I want to send a good deed to Zhan Shangshu."

There was doubt in Zhan Hui's eyes.

He really couldn't think of where he could get a good thing from today.

However, Zhu Yunxi had already ordered Tian Mai who was waiting at the side: "Let people spread the things on Lion Mountain in the city, and spread the news that Gu is going to Lion Mountain."

"Grandfather is going to Lion Mountain?" Zhan Hui exclaimed.

Tian Mai also hesitated: "Are you going to Lion Mountain now?"

Zhu Yunxi put on a natural expression: "The sages of the country can pass away, and they will be alone as the supervisor of the country, and as the clan, they will have to go through it."

Walk around to show that the court attaches great importance to the talents of the world.

Zhan Hui's eyes lit up, he already knew what the grandson said about giving him a good deed.

Tian Mai still doesn't understand, but it doesn't prevent him from listening to Taisun's orders.

After receiving the order, he turned around and went down the tower.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Tian Mai downstairs with satisfaction, and began to order Jin Yiwei to go for a walk in the city for news, and then looked at Zhan Hui: "Zhan Shangshu, let's go too."

Zhan Hui nodded, but the way he looked at Taisun had quietly changed.

……

Lion Rock.

Since King Yan led people to seal off the house on the top of the mountain more than three months ago, no one was allowed to enter or leave here.

At the beginning, there were people in the city throwing some rotten vegetables and rotten eggs into the courtyard every day, which can be regarded as providing some food for the people in the courtyard.

Later, the common people's jealousy gradually disappeared over time, and they became interested in discussing this year's Enke.

And the Jin Yiwei guarding outside the courtyard couldn't possibly starve the people in the courtyard to death, so they let the courtyard send some food in every few days, barely enough for those people in the courtyard to support themselves.

Originally everything was fine.

It's just that who would have thought that the person who delivered food to the courtyard today rushed out with a terrified expression after entering the courtyard, claiming that everyone in the courtyard had hanged themselves, and there was no one alive.

Jin Yiwei didn't believe it, so he immediately entered the house to check.

He saw a row of corpses neatly hanging in mid-air on the beams in the front yard.

From those old Confucians to those servants, they were hung neatly on the beams under the corridor.

"Bachelor Xie, we really don't know what's going on. Even though they were alive two days ago, they all hanged themselves today."

The General Banner of Jinyiwei, who was in charge of guarding the Lion Mountain, was sweating profusely and explained to Xie Jin who rushed to the Lion Mountain first.

Xie Jin looked at the corpses under the corridor with a gloomy expression, not knowing how to speak.

"Has the news been sent to Taisun?"

Jin Yiwei General Banner said in a low voice: "After I find out, I will send the news."

Xie Jin nodded, and pointed to the corridor: "Put everyone down, and wait for the order from the grandson."

Zong Qi nodded bitterly, feeling that his experience might be doomed.

Allocating to the frontier is a minor matter, and it may be a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan.

All the way thinking about his own ending, Zong Qi thought about walking outside the courtyard, preparing to call his subordinates to come in and put down those corpses.

When Jin Yiwei General Banner had just walked out of the house, he saw Zhu Yunxi and Zhan Hui leading a group of people up the mountain and rushing over.

Jin Yiwei General Banner's face suddenly changed drastically, and he hurried forward, lowered his head and landed on one knee: "The little one sees the grandson."

Xie Jin in the courtyard also heard the movement outside, and walked out immediately.

Facing Zhu Yunxi's gaze, Xie Jin stepped forward with an ugly face, bowed and bowed: "My minister sees the grandson, the grandson really shouldn't be here at this moment."

Xie Jin felt that his whole mouth was full of bitter taste, but he glanced at Zhan Hui who came with Zhu Yunxi in puzzlement.

Zhu Yunxi didn't say anything else, and immediately ordered Jinyiwei General Banner: "Move out all the corpses inside, be careful and cover them with white cloth. If you call more people to rush over, I'm afraid this place will be lively for a while." gone."

He was full of thoughts on how to make up for his mistakes, and how he would not be stripped of his flying fish suit. Jin Yiwei General Banner dared to think about the purpose of Zhu Yunxi's order, so he immediately took the order and asked someone to go down the mountain to summon the officers and soldiers in the Xicheng barracks , and he personally brought people into the yard to move the corpse.

Xie Jin frowned: "The grandson came here in person, and said that this place will become lively later. Could it be that the news has leaked out?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xie Jin with a chuckle.

Zhan Hui on the side said softly: "Bachelor Xie, the news here has been released by the grandson."

Xie Jin's expression changed drastically immediately, and his jaw almost hit the ground.

"what?"

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