Monument Yangmen

Chapter 873 To deal with Confucianism, we have to think long-term

Time flies, to the end of August.

Autumn is approaching, and everything is a little bleak.

However, the city of Yanjing was buzzing with people.

After two months, Yenching University Hall was finally completed with the efforts of tens of thousands of people.

A university hall covering an area of ​​nearly [-] mu rose from the southeast corner of Yanjing City, completely becoming another landmark building in Yanjing City besides the imperial palace.

The time for accepting new students at Yenching University Hall was sent to various places by the official document as early as a month ago.

Since Yang Qi suspended the imperial examinations, scholars who wanted to seek official positions had to work hard at Yanjing University Hall, so scholars from all over the world flocked to Yanjing City within a month.

With the arrival of a large number of scholars, a lot of cultural atmosphere has been added to this prosperous Yanjing City.

In the streets and alleys, you can meet scholars.

It stands to reason that scholars who went to Yanjing City and met Yenching University, a special school recruiting new students, should flock in.

But, in fact, after the scholars arrived at the gate of Yenching University, something happened.

When they arrived at the entrance of Yenching University, they neither entered nor gave way, and just blocked the entrance.

Xiang Minzhong, who was still waiting for Na Xin to show his face, was a little dazed when he saw this scene.

He subconsciously asked Lu Mengzheng who came to maintain order, "Brother Lu Xian, what do they mean?"

Lu Meng raised his beard and said with a wry smile, "I guess, it's probably related to Kong Lianjie."

Xiang Minzhong raised his brows, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has not finished wrangling with the officials?"

Lu Mengzheng sighed and said: "All the officials are determined to protect Kong Lianjie, so as to protect the face of Confucianism. Your Majesty is unwilling to let Kong Lianjie go, so naturally he has to hold on."

Xiang Minzhong said angrily: "Originally, I also wanted to protect Kong Lianjie, so as to protect the face of Confucianism, but since I learned about the evil things Kong Lianjie did, I don't like him anymore, and I even wish to let His Majesty kill him thousands of times." cut.

The officials are also hateful, can't they see the evil things that Kong Lianjie did?

Bullying men and women, disregarding human life, occupying people's fields, and plundering good homes.

This pile of piles, that one is not a mortal crime that deserves death. "

Lu Meng pursed his lips and said with a wry smile: "Things are far from being as simple as you think. Now Kong Lianjie's life and death have nothing to do with his evil deeds. In the hearts of all officials, he represents Confucianism.

His death shows that His Majesty can't tolerate Confucianism. Do you think all officials can agree?

Let him live, do you think His Majesty will agree? "

Hearing this, Xiang Minzhong roared indignantly: "Damn it, Kong Lianjie is nothing but a piece of mouse droppings, spoiling a whole pot of good soup."

Lu Meng was curling his lips, and said with emotion: "Whether Kong Lianjie is a mouse shit or not has nothing to do with you. You should worry about your own status quo. These scholars standing at the gate of the school, not only not going out, are clearly from the clan of officials. children.

Under their oppression, other scattered scholars followed suit.

Judging by their posture, I'm afraid it will not end well today.

If you fail to recruit students today, not only will your face be disgraced, but your Majesty will be disgraced as well. "

Xiang Minzhong glared at Lu Mengzheng, and said angrily, "Why do I feel that you are a little gloating?"

Lu Mengzheng shook his head seriously, and said, "It's not that I'm gloating, but I'm really gloating... Hahahaha..."

"Believe it or not, I instigated them to attack your government office?"

Xiang Minzhong made a vicious threat.

Lu Meng was jumping in fright, and hurriedly said: "Don't..."

Can't help but Lu Mengzheng is not afraid.

Xiang Minzhong has been an official for many years, and there are still some small tricks to divert misfortune.

It is easy to catch some scholars who are not deeply involved in the world to go to the Yamen to make trouble.

"My little brother is over this year, and he has been working hard for three years. My little brother is still counting on his promotion. If you make a fuss, the little brother's promotion will probably go to waste."

Xiang Minzhong glanced triumphantly at Lu Mengzheng, who was begging him, and then looked at the scholars at the door, "It's just a bunch of little guys who haven't experienced much in the world, they really regard themselves as characters, wrestling with me, it's a little tender .”

Xiang Minzhong summoned a professor from the academy casually, and gave some instructions in a low voice.

Then folded his arms, ready to watch a good show at the door.

While Xiang Minzhong was waiting to see a good show, the news that scholars were putting pressure on the gate of Yenching University Hall also spread to the palace.

Yang Qi is discussing with Yang Hong about the education of Yang Zongwei's three little guys.

After hearing Peng Pai's report in a low voice, he said with emotion: "Confucianism is really powerful. For a waste Kong Lianjie, within a month, I received more than 160 memorials to beg for bones, and received [-] memorials for intercession.

Now, I open a school, and the scholars collectively put pressure on it.

Think I'm a bully! "

Peng Pai bowed aside and said, "Your Majesty, do you want your subordinates to take people to disperse those scholars?"

Yang Qi waved his hand, "No, I believe that Xiang Minzhong has a way to deal with those scholars. If he can't hold down a group of young guys who have not experienced much in the world, then he shouldn't be the head of the Yenching University Hall." up.

You can just send someone to watch it, so as to avoid some people with bad intentions taking the opportunity to make trouble.

After all, it was a group of inexperienced little fellows who were bewitched by others to do such a thing.

If it is used by someone and bloodshed occurs, then it will not end well. "

"No~"

After Peng Pai got the order, he immediately went down to direct the actions of the people.

Yang Qi handed the three little guys to Yang Hong, and with his hands behind his back, he walked unsteadily into the imperial study.

When passing through the back garden, I found a palace lady squatting on the ground sneakily.

Driven by curiosity, Yang Qi paced over.

After approaching, Yang Qi found that the little Gong'e was waving a small hoe and digging the ground non-stop.

Yang Qi raised his eyebrows, and a lot of court secrets popped up in his mind, and immediately asked with a straight face, "What are you doing?"

"what?!"

Little Gong'e was startled, and fell down on the ground.

After seeing Yang Qi's face, he hurriedly stood up in fright, and bowed his body.

"Slave... Slave... Slave see Your Majesty..."

Yang Qi continued to ask coldly, "What are you doing?"

The little Gong'e was startled and shivered, and said in a low voice: "Your servant...the servant is digging for wine..."

Yang Qi frowned, "Huh?"

Little Gong'e shuddered all over in fright, and immediately told her everything exactly like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

It turns out that palace ladies like to gamble in their spare time.

But they seldom gambled, and what they gambled was what Cao Lin's four daughters and She Saihua gave them.

a few days ago.

Su Yijian sent someone to get a batch of apricot blossom wine for Yang Qi from Jeju Mansion and sent it to the palace.

Yang Qifen gave Cao Lin four daughters.

Due to the heavy drinking capacity, the four daughters of Cao Lin rewarded some of the maids under her command.

The little Gong'e was diligent in her hands and feet, and she was rewarded with a small bottle.

But she was greedy and drank it all in one go.

When it came time to bet against the sisters, she was dumbfounded.

So, she thought about it and prepared to brew it herself.

I don't know where she got the craft of brewing apricot blossom wine, got two bottles and buried them here.

Today is the day when she started drinking, but Yang Qi bumped into her unexpectedly.

It didn't involve the secrets of the palace, which made Yang Qi feel much better.

Immediately, he ordered the little maid, "Dig it out, I'll take a look."

Little Gong'e didn't dare to disobey Yang Qi's order, and carefully dug out the apricot blossom wine she brewed.

After digging up the soil, two small bottles appeared in front of Yang Qi's eyes.

When Yang Qi's eyes fell on the bottle, he was a little dazed.

The two bottles that can be seen everywhere in the palace made Yang Qi stunned on the spot.

There is no other reason.

Just because Yang Qi saw the painting of mountains half buried under the soil on the bottle, he thought of a brilliant idea.

He held back the excitement in his heart, smiled and said to Xiao Gong'e: "You are very good..."

then.

Yang Qi left the little Gong'e who was stunned in place, and rushed back to the imperial study.

Until Yang Qi's figure disappeared, Xiao Gong'e didn't understand what happened.

Go back to Yang Qi in the imperial study.

Immediately, he rummaged through the bookshelves and finally found an ancient book.

"Shan Hai Jing".

After opening the "Shan Hai Jing", Yang Qi spread out a piece of paper and began to write and draw on it.

There is a feeling of joy in his expression.

Just when Yang Qi was happily writing and drawing.

Xiang Minzhong was also winking with Lu Mengzheng happily.

"Brother Lu Xian! Just watch, the show is about to begin."

Lu Meng was curling his lips, and said disdainfully, "Then I'll just wait and see what can happen..."

The eyes of the two fell on the crowd.

I saw that in the lively crowd, two different species suddenly appeared, one big and one small.

The big ones are in front and the small ones are in the back.

The older one greeted the younger one, "Second brother, we are at Yenching University, hurry up."

The little one carried his luggage on his back and said out of breath, "Brother, slow down, wait for me..."

The two plain-looking youths were dressed in coarse linen and carried bags.

When the two of them crowded forward in the crowd, other scholars glared at each other.

The two apologized to others with a simple and honest face, and then continued to squeeze out.

Almost everyone's eyes were attracted by these two idiots.

After the big one squeezed to the front, he greeted the young one who was still pushing forward in the crowd: "Hurry up, there are a lot of people here. Judging by their posture, they all signed up. If you are late, you won't be able to grab it." If you go back, you will be beaten to death by our mother."

Carrying his luggage, the young one mumbled as he walked forward, "Didn't you say that we will recruit 2000 people? The number of people here is less than [-]."

The older one immediately stared and said: "Who told you to recruit 2000 people. This is Yenching University, and the people who come out of here in the future will all be officials.

When you were in Song Dynasty, have you seen how many thousands of people were admitted in the imperial examination? "

The little one said in astonishment: "Ah?!"

The question that Da De uttered was of great importance, and it was related to the future of almost everyone present.

Immediately everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to listen carefully.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the older one shrank his neck immediately, and when the younger one squeezed to the front, he pulled the younger one aside, and whispered, "I heard that this time, the Yenching University Hall only accepts 500 people..."

The little one squinted his eyes and exclaimed in surprise: "500 people? Didn't the official documents of the imperial court say that 2000 people would be accepted?"

The older one knocked a chestnut on the younger one, and cursed in a low voice: "Are you stupid? According to the official documents issued by the imperial court, there are Datong Academy, Jinling University Hall, Yenching University Hall, and Seoul University Hall. How many students does each school accept?"

The little one looked stunned.

however.

The conversation between the two brothers reached the ears of all the scholars in a very short period of time.

After all, at the entrance of this overcrowded Yenching University hall, what they say, no matter how soft their voice is, cannot escape the ears of others.

When many scholars heard the news, they scoffed and secretly despised the two brothers for being uneducated.

But for some reason, there was a sense of urgency in their hearts.

"Hurry up and sign up!"

The big ones will go in and sign up with the little ones.

He had just taken two steps, but was stopped by someone.

"Two, Confucian scholars in the world belong to one family. Now everyone is watching here. If the two of you go in early, aren't you afraid of offending everyone?"

The older one looked stunned, turned his head and asked the younger one, "What did he say?"

The little one said in a low voice: "He said that Confucian scholars in the world belong to one family..."

"Pooh!"

The older one spat immediately, and scolded disdainfully: "You really put gold on your face, who is the same as you? I took an engineering test, and I learned how to make artillery and guns.

As for you, you are also worthy of being with Lao Tzu's family. "

The scholar who stopped the two brothers was scolded bloody, but there was no room for retaliation.

Then he stared at the two brothers in a daze, and entered the hall of Yenching University together.

At the entrance of the school, Lu Mengzheng asked Xiang Minzhong beside him with a strange expression, "Did you arrange these two top grades?"

Xiang Minzhong nodded, shook his head again, and said in a low voice: "It's not my arrangement. They came to Yenching University to sign up. I just sent someone to tell them that the enrollment quota has been changed from 2000 to 500. [-] people, first come first served."

Lu Mengzheng frowned, and secretly gave Xiang Minzhong a thumbs-up, "It's hard to reduce the number of people by four times all of a sudden. But how do you explain to His Majesty when you turn around?"

The old god Xiang Minzhong said: "Confession? Why do you have to confess? Yenching University temporarily opens four subjects, with 500 students in each subject, which is just right."

Lu Mengzheng was stunned for a moment, then he said in astonishment: "The old wisdom of going back and forth?"

Xiang Minzhong chuckled, "Some tricks, just teach these ignorant guys a lesson."

"I admire you!"

"Don't dare!"

Just when the two of them greeted each other.

In Yenching University Hall, a pedant suddenly came out, carrying a sign in his hand, and stood at the entrance of the University Hall.

Write a letter in big characters.

There are 490 and eight people.

"Whoo~"

The scholars at the gate of Yenching University went into a frenzy in an instant.

Immediately, someone ran to Yenching University Hall.

"Brother Liang..."

"Brother Wu Xian..."

"Brother Wenren..."

"..."

A friendly call did not stop the scholar's footsteps.

Just kidding, a silent protest is a protest, but compared with the future, it is not worth mentioning at all.

(End of this chapter)