Qiming 1158

Chapter 852 Don't let any of them go!

Kong Maojie was always the one who was attacking the Confucian scholars to prevent the judicial officers from raiding Kong's house. It was he who arrested all these Confucian scholars and put them in prison.

But this Confucian scholar is more and more caught.

The more he arrests, the more people come, the more he strikes, the less they are afraid of him. More and more scholars point at Kong Maojie's nose and scold him for disrespecting saints. God's guilt.

Since Kong Maojie almost died of starvation, he no longer believed in God. He only believed in Su Yonglin, and he didn't believe in retribution. The mental attacks of these scholars were useless to him, but the behavior of these scholars obstructing official duties made him very unhappy.

At the beginning it was 50 people, then it was 100 people, then it was 150 people, and now it has become 200 people.

In order to prepare for Hongwu's five-year imperial examination, many candidates are now studying in Zhongdu.

Hongwu's five-year imperial examinations were reformed, and the content of the examinations would be completely different from those of Hongwu's two-year examinations. Therefore, many Shandong Confucian families opposed the reform of the imperial examinations and sent their children to Zhongdu.

No way, currently there are only remedial classes for remedial content in the imperial examinations.

So these families let their children who passed the selection exam in Hongwu two years but failed the final exam while reviewing the old homework, while studying the new imperial examination content in Zhongdu, so as not to compete with other candidates and lose.

As a result, there are a large number of candidates from various places gathered in the central capital. Basically, they are students who passed the selection examination in Hongwu in the second year but failed the final examination.

According to the regulations of the imperial examinations, they had the qualifications to take the examinations held in Zhongdu without having to take the next year's local selection examination, so they did not stay in their hometowns, but gathered in Zhongdu to prepare for the examination.

Among them, the number of Shandong students is the largest, and the number of Confucian students is of course very large.

When the news of the Shandong anti-corruption case came out earlier, they were very shocked, and they all sent letters to their hometowns to inquire about the news. Now that the news has not been received, they were horrified to see that the Kong family was attacked, and even the emperor wanted to erase the existence of the Kong family. .

In addition to being shocked, quite a few of these Shandong scholars were outraged.

Speaking of which, Mr. Kong was kind to these Shandong scholars who lived in Zhongdu to prepare for exams. He introduced teachers to them, prepared reliable teaching aids for them, and encouraged them to work hard to get rid of candidates from other regions.

They believed that their Confucian scholars in Shandong had a strong ability to learn, and they would definitely be able to kill those barbarians.

Because of this relationship, the Confucian scholars are very grateful to the Kong family. Now that the Kong family was in great trouble, there were some enthusiastic people who wanted to stand up to protect the Kong family. Some even shouted the slogan of swearing to live and die with the Kong family. The gate of the Confucius Mansion is opposed to the official mansion.

Then they were all caught.

The other Confucian scholars had some considerations, but seeing that the emperor had no further attack orders, and did not start with their most scruples of students, they became more courageous.

They all felt that if they could charge hard to save Kong at this time, it would not be a dream to become famous in the future.

Even if the Kong Clan is finished, they have the reputation of being [upright] who are not afraid of the government's attack for the Kong Clan's charge, which is also good for their future careers.

With various considerations, batches of Shandong scholars forcibly endured their own fears, opposed Kong Maojie, a well-known ghost in the central capital, and were thrown into prison.

Obviously, Zhongdu Guijianchou is not a good match.

But the absence of further blows cannot frighten them, it will only embolden them and keep them going.

So within a few days, these Confucian scholars began to protest at the gates of the Ducha Yuan, the Ministry of Law, and the Dali Temple.

They sat down in pairs to protest at the gates of the Ducha Yuan, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, shouting slogans against them, demanding that the three divisions release people, that the third division should re-examine the handling of Kong, and that the third division should pay attention to the history of Kong. historical position.

The Kong family may not look so conspicuous, but they enshrine the sage Kong!
Without Kong Sheng, the country will not be the country!
This is the slogan of the most radical of them all.

Time passed slowly, and by mid-June, Su Yonglin still had no order to severely punish these scholars.

At this very moment, the three divisions launched an action against the Confucian scholar group in Zhongdu—not for the matter they protested, but for the follow-up trial of the criminal family in Shandong.

If they have children in Zhongdu, these children will also be dealt with and need to be sent to Jishi Prefecture together.

Before, the three divisions were so busy that they couldn't take care of them for a while. Now there is finally news from Shandong that the case is almost finished, and the escort operation can begin.

Therefore, the personnel of the three divisions of Zhongdu also started the screening and arrest of Shandong scholars in Zhongdu, as well as further escort operations.

With the development of the operation, news about the incrimination and destruction of a large number of families in Shandong spread among the Shandong Confucian scholars, and the anxiety and fear in the hearts of a large number of scholars were completely ignited.

Constantly watching friends around them being taken away by officials of the Third Division and never to return, they are terrified, concerned about their own interests, the safety of their hometown, their parents and relatives, how can they sit still?
So they went a step further and sent representatives to break into the Sansi Mansion, asking Sansi to give an explanation and let them know what happened to their family.

Of course it's fine, but if something happens, you must ask what the crime is and why it should be dealt with so harshly.

Why was he exiled to Jishi Prefecture and could not be returned when he was pardoned?

They continued to obstruct judicial officials from handling their official duties, and even confronted the judicial officials in groups, and there were very few individuals who fought against the judicial officials and resisted violently.

When things had progressed to this point, Kong Maojie, who was well aware of Su Yonglin's intentions, finally let out a sigh of relief and nodded in the face of a dozen or so subordinates with ugly expressions.

"Okay, they beat people and violently resisted the law. Things are completely different at this point. Everyone, don't be patient. One counts as one, and all of them are arrested. If the Zhongdu Prison is full, use the barracks stationed outside the city!"

"Yushi Du, do you really want to do this?"

One of the subordinates asked suspiciously: "This matter is very important, do you ask your Majesty?"

"No, I will take all the responsibility."

Kong Maojie waved his hand: "Those who resist arrest are allowed to use force. As long as they can't be beaten to death, they will be beaten to death! Remember, there is only one purpose, and that is to not let go of one!"

"Here!"

The subordinates took orders one after another, and rushed out of the Metropolitan Court with murderous aura—after all, many of the Ducha Censors of these Metropolitan Courts were transferred from the army and received regular military training from the Ming Army. When it comes to fighting, these Confucian scholars are really not opponents.

Like Kong Maojie, Shen Ge, Minister of the Ministry of Law, and Jiang Chengyue, Minister of Dali Temple, issued an order to allow judicial officers to arrest Confucian scholars who violently resisted the law.

But in reality, all commands point to a target.

All Confucian scholars who participated in the protest, or other local officials with impure minds, were all arrested.

Then uprooted.

Su Yonglin wants to destroy the foundation of Shandong Confucianism in one breath, reshape Shandong, and then completely remove the influence of Confucianism on the Ming Kingdom.

They can't even imagine this matter as the second time to burn books and harass scholars, and Su Yonglin will never give them a chance to turn around.

They will permanently become the dust of history in the bitter and cold years of Jishi State, and they will never want to return to the mainstream vision.

In the future, if the Ming Empire goes further westward and expands its territory, they will also follow the footsteps of the army to go further west. Maybe they will be fortunate enough to go to the birthplace of Li Bai, the poetic immortal, to see the traces left by Li Bai.

(End of this chapter)