Song Mingyue

Chapter 227 What is a Scholar?What is a doctor? (happy National Day!)
"What is a scholar? What is a doctor?"

Zhao Hao's loud question not only stunned Zheng Yu, but also stunned all the scholars present.

After the Warring States period, the meaning of the word "shi" has gradually become a general term for intellectuals in the ruling class, who are scholars who have separated from productive labor.

The meaning of Dafu also has multiple meanings. In the Song Dynasty, it had a wider meaning, and all officials could be called Dafu.

Because of Taizu's oath stele, scholar-bureaucrats have the right to avoid death. There is also a unified and unwritten definition of scholar-officials, that is, officials who have passed the imperial examination and become officials are called scholar-bureaucrats.

Of course, this definition is only an unwritten rule. Whether it is the Taizu oath stele or the laws of the Song Dynasty, there is no clear definition of scholar-bureaucrats.

In a hurry, Zheng Yu was tongue-tied and didn't have an answer, and none of the Tai students present gave an answer, but Zhao Hao obviously didn't want their answer.

In the empty and quiet square in front of Xuandemen, Zhao Hao's resonant voice floated in the air, and could be heard clearly within hundreds of meters.

"What is a scholar?"

"A scholar can be a scholar, but he can't be a scholar!"

"Scholars are those who are both good in character and learning, those who are knowledgeable and reasonable are scholars, those who are upright and upright are scholars, those who worry about the country and the people are scholars, those who abide by etiquette and righteousness are scholars, those who sacrifice their lives to serve the country are scholars, those who are kind and generous are scholars, and those who are open-minded are scholars. Scholars, those who respect the old and love the young are scholars, those who do not deceive the dark room are scholars, and those who keep themselves clean are scholars!"

"You should not be a soldier if you bow your knees, you should not be a soldier if you are in a hurry, you should not be a soldier if you flatter you, you should not be a soldier if you speak honey with a sword, you should not be a soldier if you are disobedient and unfilial, you should not be a soldier if you bully men and women, and you should not be a soldier if you are lawless. Scholars, those who obey the yang and violate the yin cannot be scholars, those who do not keep their promises cannot be scholars, and those who have lost their virtues cannot be scholars!"

The definition of "scholar" was followed by Zhao Hao's majestic voice, which was coherent and powerful, making all the Tai students dumbfounded and speechless.

it is good!
Chen Dong stood up, and was the first to applaud. The scene suddenly burst into thunderous cheers. Those scholars who had always regarded Zhao Hao as their idols all stood up and applauded.

Chen Dong, who was originally worried, gradually showed a smile in his eyes, and his admiration for Zhao Hao increased a little.

The son is really extraordinary!

He vaguely understood what Zhao Hao meant, and also saw the dawn of victory.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Hao's impassioned voice continued to waft over the square.

"What is doctor?"

"An official can be a doctor, but he can't be a doctor!"

"The one who speaks out for the people is a doctor, the one who is honest and honest is a doctor, the one who promotes education is a doctor, the one who is highly respected is a doctor, the one who hangs a bright mirror is a doctor, the one who judges cases like a god is a doctor, the one who is stern and selfless is a doctor, and the one who is urgent and slow to the people To be a doctor, to respect the corporal is to be a doctor!"

"How can a man who sells his officials be a doctor? How can he be a doctor if he is corrupt and perverts the law? How can he be a doctor if he plunders the people? How can he be a doctor if he harms the country and the people? How can he be a doctor if he wastes life?

This definition of "doctor" coupled with a series of rhetorical questions once again left the students speechless and unable to question.

The cheers and applause rang out fiercely again. This time, not only the camp on the right erupted in applause, but also many people in the camp on the left stood up and applauded excitedly.

The leader of the camp on the left saw that his camp was splitting up, and scratched his head anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.Under Zhao Hao's awe-inspiring aura, they couldn't argue at all, and it was even more impossible for them to forcibly stop Zhao Hao's speech...

Zhao Hao nodded towards the cheering Tai students, and continued to speak generously.

"Scholar-bureaucrats should be as white as the snow lotus of Tianshan Mountain, towering as Daiyue and Taishan Mountain, as broad as the water of the East China Sea, and as bright as the bright moon in the sky."

"Scholar-bureaucrats, great loyalty and great festivals, fill the universe, and shine on the sun and the moon. The past is worthy of the ancients, and the future can be learned from those who come."

"Ximen Gongbao in the Spring and Autumn Period of Wei State, Zhaogong Guanghan in the Han Dynasty, Huang Gongba in the Han Dynasty, Xu Gonggong in the former dynasty, Di Gongrenjie in the former dynasty, Bao Xiaosu Gong in the current dynasty, and Fan Wenzheng in the current dynasty. Outstanding!"

Zhao Hao paused for a while to let the scholars digest it, and the cheers and applause of the scene resounded again.

This time, half of the camp on the left had already turned their backs, and a large group of people cheered up, applause after another, and continued to spread.

Zhao Hao took a deep breath, continued to maintain a high and generous voice, and asked questions like a roar.

"Corrupt officials and evil officials on Northwest Beijing Road, such as the former Xiantai Zhang Yue, who do not cultivate morality, do not cultivate morality, corrupt the law, neglect righteousness for profit, use power for personal gain, use power to seek personal gain, make people foolish, eat a vegetarian meal, ignore human life, harm the country and the people, and poison the people. How can they be regarded as scholar-bureaucrats?"

This explosive question made the audience fall silent again, and all the scholars fell into deep thought, and no one made a sound.

Zhao Hao didn't wait too long, and continued to ask loudly.

"Since you are scholars, you should know the nobility of scholars, how can you be willing to be with those shameless and dirty nights?

Since you want to be a doctor, you should know the heavy responsibility of a doctor. How can you be a doctor if you embezzle the food for disaster relief and fill your own pockets, and take the lives of millions of people on the Northwest Road of Beijing? "

The deafening question made it impossible for all sentient beings to answer, but most of the students stood up silently, one by one...

In a blink of an eye, there were only a few people kneeling on the ground.

In the end, the rest of the kneeling students, no matter whether they agreed with Zhao Hao's generous statement or not, had to stand up... People in the front, back, left and right all stood up, and there were one or two kneeling students in the middle, looking like idiots.

Finally, Zhao Hao took a long breath and roared loudly with all his strength.

"I have taught from the Taizu that I must not kill scholar-bureaucrats; I have established the country for 150 years, and I have never killed a scholar-bureaucrat; how dare this Marquis violate the ancestral system and kill scholar-officials without authorization?"

"This Marquis has always admired the scholar-bureaucrats, but now he is just rectifying the names of the scholar-bureaucrats and clearing away the garbage, moths, dregs, and cancerous tumors mixed in the ranks of the scholar-bureaucrats!"

"This Marquis did not kill any real scholar-officials. Now, for the country, the common people, the real scholars, and the real scholar-bureaucrats, we are eradicating rape and evil, so as to serve as an example to others. What is the crime?"

it is good!
Thousands of people in the audience were finally convinced by Zhao Hao's eloquence. After a brief silence, cheers and applause broke out like landslides.

Especially those people with lofty ideals who supported Zhao Hao were so excited that tears filled their eyes, and they couldn't control themselves.

Before Zhao Hao's arrival, their subconscious minds already believed that Zhao Hao's situation was over, and most of them made the last effort for Zhao Hao with a tragic mood and did their part.

As for the result, they were desperate from the beginning, they didn't expect Zhao Hao to win at all, at most they just reduced the punishment.

And Zhao Hao's impassioned speech let them know one thing: Marquis of Shou'an is invincible!
Chen Dong took the lead in shouting loudly: "Let's go, Marquis Shou'an has been exhausted all the way, so don't make trouble here!"

What greeted him was a thunderous response.

From the back, the Tai students in the square dispersed to the streets beside the square like the tide... Things are over here, and the sun is high, and many students have long been too tanned.

In a blink of an eye, most of the Tai students in the square had dispersed, and the rest of the students continued to retreat behind the bustling crowd.

Brother Zheng Yu, as well as the students of Cai Jing and others, looked at the students who were scattered around in a daze, at a loss for what to do.

Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people in the square, only [-]% to [-]% remained.

Finally, Zheng Yu woke up like a dream, and took the lead in shouting hysterically: "Sophistry, this is sophistry, don't be fooled by traitors!"

However, his cry did not elicit much response. Most of the Tai students continued to leave at a fast pace. Occasionally, some people stopped and were dragged away by their companions.

Zheng Yu and the others yelled one after another angrily, but accelerated the evacuation of the people, for fear that they would be forced to stay here to bask in the sun if they evacuated too late.

Seeing that there were less than [-]% of the Tai students left in the venue, at this moment, a strange noise sounded in the square.

Karla~
That was the sound of crossbows being wound up, and hundreds of strong crossbows were aimed at the Tai students present who insisted on refusing to withdraw.

Only Zhao Hao sternly scolded: "Whoever dares to call the crime of the ruler is to support corrupt officials and evil officials, even if he wants to become a generation that will bring disaster to the country and the people, I would rather cut myself to pieces than to eliminate the cancer of this country!"

Those Tai students who still wanted to resist were scared out of their wits, and the two were fighting.

"The Marquis counts to three times, and those who don't retreat will be killed with random arrows, and they will be punished without mercy!"

"three!"

hula la~
Following the screams of crying father and mother, the remaining one or two hundred students ran away desperately, only hating their parents for losing two legs.

In front of Xuande Gate, it became empty, only Zhao Hao and more than a hundred Jinyiwei remained.

Zhao Hao finally let out a long breath, and only then felt the sweat running down his back...

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In front of the Condensation Hall, because of the joining of Zongzhenghui, there were a large number of worshipers.

The hundreds of officials kneeling in front of the temple under the scorching sun were so sunburned that the veins on their foreheads were bulging, and beads of sweat rolled down their faces. Even though they were constantly wiping, the sweat was still covering their faces like reptiles.

Not only were the sleeves of all the officials wet, but there were also faint patches of sweat on their backs, making them very uncomfortable.

These officials have always been pampered, and they are old, and they are not comparable to Xuande. Most of the students in front of Xuande Gate are young, and they are all dizzy from the sun.Especially Cai Jing and Yu Shen, who are both 70 years old, are even more precarious.

Fortunately, Zong Zhenghui saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly sent a letter to Zhao Kai, King of Yan. Zhao Kai sent two eunuchs to secretly deliver two cans of cold tea. Cai Jing and Yu Shen drank a few sips of cold tea, which relieved them a little. heat.It's just that this kind of treatment can only be limited to the two of them, now that they are persecuting the officials, how could Zhao Kai dare to send water and tea with such fanfare?

Bai Shizhong, who was on the side, was also suffering from the sun, and whispered to Cai Jing, "My husband, the sun is already high. If this continues, everyone will not be able to hold on... Why don't you come back after lunch?"

Cai Jing wiped his sweat, and said in a cold voice: "Eat lunch? Once I leave the palace official's house, can I wait to enter the palace again? It's just that I have to faint a few times, and the official will punish Zhao Hao as a last resort. Just insist on it." .”

Bai Shizhong frowned: "Looking at what the officials mean, firstly, they don't feel angry at me for being persecuted like this, and secondly... I heard that Zhao Hao gave the official a big gift yesterday, so I'm afraid the official will not back down this time. "

Cai Jing said in a deep voice: "This battle can only be won but not defeated. If this is the case, I will die sooner or later without a place to die! I will not kill scholars and bureaucrats. This is the legacy of the Taizu, and even the officials must not violate it." , old man, let's see how long the officials can persist, there is absolutely no reason to retreat at this moment!"

Bai Shizhong was still apprehensive: "The officials believe in the theory that chaotic forces blame gods. Although Lin Lingsu has gone, the gang of gods headed by Wang Wenqing are still there. I heard from the palace that the gods say that Zhao Hao is the son of the officials. Dharma Protector God, the officials firmly believe in it, will it..."

Cai Jing snorted coldly and said: "What are you afraid of? Even if he is a distant clan, even if he is really some kind of god, he can still stand up to the entire clan and hundreds of officials? Besides, there are thousands of students kneeling in front of the Xuande Gate. The officials are always wise. Not for the sake of the overall situation?"

At this moment, a purple shadow swayed past everyone's eyes, climbed up the steps, and stood in front of the main hall.

Everyone fixed their eyes and saw that it was Jin Chonglue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites!
Jin Chonglue paid his respects to the door, and said loudly: "Jin Chonglue, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, pays homage to the official family, and wishes the official family a long life!"

Zhao Ji's doubtful voice came from inside: "Jin Shangshu, come in!"

But Jin Chonglue said: "Report to the official family, all officials kneel down and petition, and the humble officials dare not enter, so just report outside."

Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay."

Cai Jing was taken aback for a moment, and an ominous premonition flashed in his heart.

But Jin Chonglue said: "Report to the officials, Shou'an Hou has arrived at Xuande Gate, and all the students in front of Xuande Gate have dispersed!"

what?
The officials kneeling under the steps were in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)