As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Juzi is still looking for who is so unrestrained, but seeing the shoes on the other side have already flew over, he suddenly became furious: You know, the group of people who came to Beijing to rush for the exam are all Juren. It is already considered an official status, and it is at least one level higher than people who are mostly scholars like Guozijiansheng, so they can bear this kind of insult?

Ever since, the melee began.

In an instant, the sky was full of flying shoes, including straw sandals, cloth shoes, and boots, and the most powerful ones were clogs—I don’t know who wore them on this occasion, anyway, as soon as the clogs flew over, there were people Bloody head.

There are many people in the Guozijian...there are so many shoes, and the students were defeated after a short period of time, but there were a lot of shoes, two for each person, so after the ammunition ran out, the students stabilized their positions. Start to organize a counterattack in an orderly manner...

After figuring out the situation, not only the courtiers, but even Emperor Guangxing were moved: "Hurry up, send someone to separate them! Don't use weapons! You bastards! They're all bastards! Did the sages read about dogs?"

In fact, Emperor Guangxing, the 'bastard', scolded not only scholars, but a certain Hou Ye who was watching the battle at the gate of the palace at the moment: Shuzi!Didn't you say that you won't make things too big?It's all coming to my doorstep!

And just as Xiao Huangmen rushed to pass the order, Nie Wenbing came out again: "Your Majesty! Whether stereotyped writing is abolished or not is debatable, but those who create antagonism between scholars for no reason should be punished! Minister, impeach Liu Chao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials! The crime of instigating people's hearts!"

(Oops...)

643. Let's Set It Up

To be honest, there is no crime of instigating people's hearts in "The Law of Great Zhao", but there is a crime of deceiving people with evil words.

But at this moment, everyone suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with Lao Nie's accusation. After all, you, Liu Butang, have been an official for so many years. Of course, you know the truth that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and reforms must be cautious and slowed down as much as possible, right?How can there be such a reason as to abolish it as soon as it comes up!

Now that you know, why are you so radical?What are you in a hurry for?In other words, what are you trying to do by provoking so many scholars to the Meridian Gate?

So as soon as Lao Nie's words fell, several censors stood up immediately: "The minister seconded the proposal! Your Majesty, Liu Chao deserves to be punished for his crime!"

Liu Shilang was a little dazed at first, and then immediately felt a little dangerous: I can't take the blame!

Obviously, the scholars are already making a fuss, and it has reached the Meridian Gate. Even if they look ugly, neither the court nor Emperor Guangxing will hold them accountable. Instead, they will find ways to appease their anger so that To prevent the situation from deteriorating further—it is what the civil servants have been saying all the time that the government should treat scholars preferentially, because preferential treatment of scholars is to elevate themselves.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen...

So what is the easiest way to calm the anger of these scholars?

Throw the blame and go out, whoever proposes to reform the imperial examination is whose fault it is.

Of course, if the matter has only reached this point, then it is not enough to get a servant minister out of the blame, and just sacrifice the etiquette department that first proposed the abolition of stereotypes to the incident, but this time the farce will involve Some other issues are very serious, for example, why are there differences among scholars?

On the surface, everyone seems to be scholars, they all read the Four Books and Five Classics in the same way, and they are all disciples of saints. It is normal for some people to be admitted to Jinshi and others not to be admitted to Jinshi. ?

To put it more bluntly, do the people who provoked this incident really want to reform the imperial examinations, or do they want to use this to arouse dissatisfaction among the scholar community with the way the court selects talents, so as to achieve some purpose?

Therefore, if the matter has reached this stage, then this hole is not something that can be filled in the matter.

What frightened Liu Chao was that what Nie Wenbing said seemed to be bringing the rhythm in this direction!

I have to say that Liu Chao's reaction was a bit slow, because when he just wanted to understand the logic, another group of people stood up to impeach him—this time it was not Hua Manlou who arranged it, but him, Liu Chao. The servant's political enemy.

"Your Majesty, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished Confucianism, all dynasties have taught the world with classics and righteousness. Liu Chao's vain attempt to abolish stereotyped writing is tantamount to abandoning the learning of sages..."

"Your Majesty, Liu Chao's act of abolishing stereotyped writing has evil intentions. Please take it into the imperial prison, and the supervisor will investigate and deal with it!"

"Your Majesty, I have participated in the Eight Deadly Crimes of Liu Chao..."

"Your Majesty, I heard that Liu Chao may be suspected of corrupting the law..."

"Your Majesty, since Liu Chao became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, there have been many acts of forming cliques for personal gain and eliminating dissidents. I beg Your Majesty to clearly observe..."

"Your Majesty, there are rumors that Liu Shilang has an affair with his subordinate's wives and concubines, and his virtue is bad..."

As I said earlier, Liu Chao is unscrupulous in order to get the upper hand, and his own style is actually quite annoying, and his popularity is not considered good.Then, if everyone sees that he is going to be unlucky, don't they just come out and step on him immediately?

Surprised and furious, Liu Chao wanted to defend himself, but too many people jumped out to impeach him. At one time, more than half of the court was accusing him of guilt, and his accomplices were also picked out one by one. No problem, there must be a problem.

Liu Chao couldn't get in the conversation at all, and he didn't need to talk anymore, because Emperor Guangxing on the throne waved his hands and said lightly: "Take off the official clothes, and take them all to the Imperial Prison. Let... the Xuanwu Guard investigate this matter." .”

As soon as Emperor Guangxing said this, many people trembled instantly, and then immediately became excited: Liu Chao is finished!

As I said earlier, Emperor Guangxing never liked factory guards, so he seldom used factory guards to investigate officials. Ordinary criminals were usually dealt with by Dali Temple, and when major cases were encountered, it was the San Judicial Department, namely the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But now he is the Xuanwu Guard, and he is still sent directly to the Imperial Prison...

After entering the imperial prison, can he still come out alive?

"Your Majesty!" Liu Chao screamed after hearing the words: "Your Majesty! I have been wronged! I have been wronged! I am really dedicated to the country..."

Seeing that there were guards coming in to arrest people at the door, Liu Chao suddenly changed his tone: "Your Majesty, it was Hua Manlou! It was Hua Manlou who threatened the humble minister... Your Majesty, believe me, this is Hua Manlou's conspiracy! Your Majesty..."

Emperor Guangxing: Can I not know that it is Huamanlou?

No one would take what Liu Chao shouted seriously—or if they knew it was the truth, they would pretend not to know, because people with a discerning eye could already see that Liu Chao must have been involved in some serious case, otherwise Emperor Guangxing would never have taken him so resolutely Fill the hole.

After Liu Chao and his fellow party members were detained, Emperor Guangxing slowly asked the elders who had been pretending to be dead: "Sirs, how should we deal with today's affairs?"

Elder Wen Ge seemed to come to life immediately after hearing the words: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is easy to suppress this matter, but now the matter has already started, if you ignore it, there may be hidden dangers."

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Your Majesty, this farce started with the abolition of stereotyped writing, but when it comes to its essence, it is nothing more than three points." Lao Wen stroked his beard and said slowly: "First, some people are only good at stereotyped writing, but other than The articles are well-proportioned and stable, and there is nothing good about them. Is it suspected that the imperial court is sacrificing the basics and chasing after the end? After preparing for many years, if the imperial court abolishes stereotyped writing, their efforts will be completely in vain, so I feel dissatisfied."

It can be said that Lao Wen hit the point in just a few words, and his level directly crushed those who were arguing before by several levels.

Emperor Guangxing nodded and said: "Sir, what you said is true, so how should we deal with it now?"

"Your Majesty, first of all, stereotyped writing cannot be abolished, at least in the short term." Wen Ge still said in a calm tone: "But we can't ignore the problems caused by stereotyped writing, such as only paying attention to the classics and ignoring the actual situation. Question, so Weichen thinks that we can try to gradually reduce the proportion of stereotyped essays in the imperial examination, and add some other things such as policy theory..."

Some people wanted to refute at this point, but Lao Wen waved his hand and said: "Of course, these are things that colleagues need to discuss later, but in the opinion of the veterans, the imperial examinations in our court have come to the time of reform. gone."

Emperor Guangxing nodded when he heard the words: "Let's settle the matter like this. The three gentlemen will come up with a charter first, and discuss it later."

"According to the order."

(rua!)

644. I have no research on donkeys

When the news that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was sent to prison and that the imperial examinations would be made small-scale trial changes by the three elders of the cabinet, the scholars finally calmed down.

The elders of the pavilion will not cancel the stereotyped essay immediately like Shi Lezhi, right?

Therefore, the candidates feel that they have not lost. Anyway, small-scale changes will not hinder major events, so what should be done.

The Guozijian students also feel that they have not lost. After all, Guochao really has the intention to reform the imperial examinations, and after a small-scale reform every once in a while, it may not be changed in ten years, and ten years is really not enough for a scholar. For a long time, what if I pass the exam by then?

The difference between the two is that the judges hated Liu Chao who "initiated" the abolition of stereotyped writing, and wished to bite him; So some people even think that they should intercede with him...

But this matter was soon over, because under the leadership of Guozijian Jijiu, a group of doctors and teaching assistants locked this group of people in the Guozijian-what are you kidding, and let you go out to prostitute?

It has to be said that the officials of the Imperial College who were supposed to be responsible for this incident have not figured out why no one finds fault with them, but this does not prevent them from feeling like they are alive after a catastrophe, so they unanimously decided to give These uneasy bastards increase their homework.

In short, only the world in which Liu Chao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and others were persecuted was completed, and the rest were safe, well-off, and doing what they wanted.

Three days later, news came out from Fusi of Beizhen that Liu Chao and the others admitted that they had ulterior motives, and they also accidentally discovered that they had an affair with King Yiduan, who was leading the party in Xihai, and the evidence was conclusive. , irrefutable——When the house was searched, a batch of letters were found from the homes of some people in Liu Chao's party...

At first, some people thought it was an unprovoked frame-up by Xuanwuwei, but when Lu Kun brought the letters to the court, everyone shut up.

Therefore, the subsequent joint trial of the three judicial divisions—this is a public trial, to silence some people—was quite smooth, but during the interrogation of Liu Chao, for some reason, he yelled at the new recruit like crazy. Hou Ye was full of flowers and accused him of having unruly intentions.

Of course, no one at the scene took this seriously, everyone just thought that Liu Chao was noisy and bit the wrong person: Now the trial is about your rebellion, but Huamanlou single-handedly put down King Yiduan The hero of the chaos, is this something you can bite?

But all of this has nothing to do with Huamanlou. As early as the day when Liu Chao was taken into prison, he fled to Xishan with a group of family members.

That's right, just escaped.

Originally, Huamanlou's plan was to kill two beasts to cause the group of scholars to make a big mess and dig a hole for Liu Chao, but to be honest, he didn't expect that these people would dare to fight at the Meridian Gate—it was the emperor's family. At the main entrance, are you fighting?

At the end of the day, the Meridian Gate was in chaos, with broken shoes, nosebleeds, and torn clothes all over the floor—yes, when the disciples fought back effectively, the Guozijian charged directly, and the two groups of people scuffled. At the same time, the imperial guards at the gate of the harem, who were already in a state of dismay, went mad for a moment, and it took a lot of effort to pull them all away...

The most irritating thing is that I don’t know which unqualified Qi Xungui said that this incident should be recorded in the annals of history. It is called the Wumen shoe war in history, and it is narrow that the day when everyone came out of the Meridian Gate, there was a smell of feet. Son, I almost gave him some trouble...

This is a bit too much loss.

Anyway, after the news spread, the people in the capital all talked about this after dinner, and it made the court feel a little embarrassed, so it is estimated that Emperor Guangxing must not be in a good mood. Master can't be trained?

In addition, it is said that Mr. Wen Ge was not in a very good mood, because on the first day of the Wumen Shoe Competition, his daughter who had not returned to her natal home for a long time came back suddenly, and chatted with him for more than an hour about the essence of the reform of the imperial examination system, the demands of scholars, and how to successfully reform the system— —If it weren't for this exchange, would Wen Ge, who was not very interested in this matter at all, know exactly what he said?

At that time, Lao Wen didn't understand why, but the next day he understood: the little padded jacket is leaking air!Your father is still working on breaking the sea ban at an old age, you don't want to come back to help make suggestions, but he actually helps you cheat your father!

That's right, although Wen Ge didn't have many old words at the maritime meeting that day, but because he made the layout of Kaihai before, old Wen is now the leader of Kaihai. He has too many things to do, and there is also a cabinet The daily routine needs to be dealt with, and now with the reform of the imperial examination system, Lao Wen seems to be exhausted in front of the copywriting...

Old Wen wanted to arrest Hua Manlou and bring him to the cabinet to help him.

In this way, the instigator, Hua Manlou, can't run away?

In the end, the movement of a certain prince also made Huamanlou's liver tremble. After the imperial examination reform plan came out, Zhao Ren began to ask Huamanlou some strange questions intentionally or unintentionally, such as: "I plan to open a mill and raise a group of Donkey milling. But yesterday I sent people to the market to ask, people said that some donkeys are fast but steal food, and some donkeys are not very good at milling, but they eat less, so you think you should buy that kind of donkey ?”

Hua Manlou: "..."

Zhao Ren: "Also, donkeys steal food more or less. Do you think it's feasible to feed them thoroughly? Or is it better to have someone keep an eye on the situation?"

Hua Manlou: "..."

Zhao Ren: "Some donkeys steal a lot of food, but they work very meticulously. Can we allow such donkeys to exist? If there are some donkeys that work so well, we have to embezzle others' donkeys that steal a lot... Uh, I mean stealing food, should this kind of donkey be warned or should it be pulled directly to cook donkey meat?"

Hua Manlou: "..."

Zhao Ren: "The current situation is that all the donkeys will steal. Do you want to kill some chickens in front of them to make an example to the donkeys?"

Hua Manlou: "..."

Zhao Ren: "There are still some mills that are actually pulled by mules, but mules will steal them, and sometimes they can even damage the mills, but mules are easier to control after all... So do you want to continue using these mules? Why don't you say?"

Hua Manlou: "I don't know much about donkeys...and mules."

What a damn clever guy, the reform of the government can be applied to the effective management and control of donkey pulling mill stealing food, and it is so serious, if I hadn't guarded against you a long time ago, I'm afraid I would have fallen for it from the very beginning!

What about mules, you are really bad, mules are sterile, who does this refer to?You might as well just talk about the mining tax controlled by the Taiguan!

In short, because of various problems, Huamanlou took his daughters-in-law and ran away without even saying hello, and even He Qing, who had been waiting for news from Huamanlou and was about to go to sea again, didn't know that his immediate boss had slipped away. When receiving the news, Hua Manlou had been recuperating in Xishan for three days...

645. Is this a group fight?

After several months of absence, Huamanlou finally returned to Xishan, where he had been longing for.

Away from the disputes in the court and the turmoil of the capital, Huamanlou led his daughters-in-law to live an ideal life of salted fish, watching the sunrise and sunset, tasting tea and fishing, and gave birth to several lovely daughters and several children. Naughty son, watch them grow up and live happily ever after...

What a ghost.

"Uncle is back!"

"Now I'm going to call you Lord Hou."

"Oh, Master Hou is back!"

When Hua Manlou and his team arrived at the outskirts of Xishan, the entire Xishan was in complete chaos.

"Attention all units! Attention all units!" A very strong blacksmith standing on a high place shouted at the School of Metallurgy, Royal Institute of Technology: "Please quickly gather a large number of people and go to the west mountain! Please quickly gather a large number of people to go to the west mountain! We We must seize the opportunity with a superior force! Note, this is not a drill! This is not a drill!"

"The Department of Metallurgy is here! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Forging Department Forging Department! Where is everyone? Hurry up!"

"Hurry up, damn it! The next academy has already assembled!"

"Smelting Class [-] set off first to meet Lord Hou, Class [-] and Class [-] are responsible for intercepting other academies, and the rest are behind! Let's go!"

At the same time, the School of Architecture and the New Military Academy next door were also flustered, and the two school heads were cursing as they assembled their staff: "We can't let those blacksmiths take over all the good things! Let's seize the opportunity! "

"Haven't you fucking eaten? Hurry up!"

"Old man Ge, our New Military Academy hasn't produced results for a long time, so we can't fall behind others again and again, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up!"

Seeing the other colleges rushing out like chicken blood, the physics college with the smallest number stood trembling in the corner, and a scholar looked at his companion: "Why don't we let it go?"

The companion pursed his lips: "No! Master Hou said at the beginning that other colleges would more or less learn from our School of Physics, because what we explore is the essence, and everything is based on us. But now our progress It's too slow, so slow that some simple questions from other colleges can't be answered, so we must grab people!"

The scholar wept bitterly: "A dozen of us... are robbing people with those rough people?"

The companion gritted his teeth and said: "It must be taken! I have sent someone to contact the Agricultural College, and I can join forces with them..."

"Brother Qin!" One person hurried over and said to the two of them with a frustrated face: "The people from the Agricultural College said they don't need to rob, because Lord Hou told them to prepare a test field two days ago, so..."

"His uncle!" Brother Qin rolled up his sleeves fiercely: "We are the only ones who want to grab it, so we must first invite Master Hou to our academy!"

That's right, the University of Science and Technology has been waiting for Huamanlou for the past few months. If they hadn't known that Huamanlou would be busy with some court affairs when they came back, they would have sent people to the Huai'an uncle's mansion to rob him. up.