Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 542
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Zhongyuan Tangkou has also gone through such a stage-in the early days of the founding of Zhongyuan Tangkou, even junior high school students were already regarded as respected cultural people, and technical secondary school students were enough to be assigned as high-grade technical officials. Let alone college students.

A real college student is a real treasure, a scarce human resource.

Including the ridicule of later generations that undergraduates are everywhere, and specialists are not as good as dogs, which are actually bullshit among bullshit.

When the undergraduate rate is only [-]%, when did the undergraduates go everywhere?It is those few talent-gathering cities that really make undergraduates everywhere. They can even say that masters are everywhere, and undergraduates are not as good as dogs. Other cities are not qualified to say this.

It is precisely because of the rarity of college students that Emperor Zhu didn't mind letting the college students of Ming Dynasty be a little more powerful-the status of Jinshi lords in the world is high, and it will naturally attract more people to support their own children and become Jinshi lords , Daming will naturally have more Jinshi masters.

However, this does not mean that Emperor Zhu will indulge these students indefinitely.

As we all know, the group of students is the most magical.

They are young, they are passionate, they are cynical, and they can't understand all injustices.

But their biggest problem is that they think they are smart and are easily fooled.

Many people don't even consider that they are spending their parents' money and the country's money to study. Many of them have forgotten that their family conditions are poor, and they even have to rely on the support of a whole village to complete their studies. They don't care about the people behind them. Parents, elders at home, folks in the village.

All they care about is the ideal they agree with.

It would be easy to say if this ideal is right, but what if the ideal they insist on is wrong?
It would be better before the Song Dynasty. Although many scholars like to "talk with each other at ordinary times", there are also some students who will "repay the king with their lives in danger". When they realize their mistakes, they will still want to correct them. However, since the hundreds of thousands of kings and people in Yashan crossed the sea together, the backs of the scholars have been broken. They have even lost the backbone and blood of "repaying the king with death".

For example, those sand sculptures holding white paper and shouting slogans, such as those bastards who shouted that the fireworks in the world have begun to recover—maybe, the fireworks and fireworks are not connected?
In Emperor Zhu's view, it doesn't matter at all whether they are willing to report to the king at the risk of death, because the king himself does not need them to report, even if they don't want to serve the country, they can understand one or two, but some so-called students only care about what is in their hearts. The ideals of parents and folks are even more chilling.

Therefore, the enthusiasm of scholars is essentially a double-edged sword, which can easily hurt both the enemy and oneself.

As for the truth, when the life and death of a country and nation are at stake, will those scholars dare not stand up because they have lost their blood...

Yue Wumu was not a scholar in the traditional sense. The teacher had served as a soldier for half a year before entering Hunan No. [-] Normal School.

On the contrary, Qian Qianyi, who is too cold, was born as a student of Donglin, and Wang Zhaoming, who attempted to assassinate the regent Zaifeng, was born as a scholar.

Don't forget, there is an old saying in the hall of the Central Plains: Every time more dogs are slaughtered in righteousness, most of them are scholars who are ungrateful.

After being silent for a long time, Emperor Zhu sneered and said: "If they want to make trouble, let them make trouble, if they don't let them make trouble, how can we see who is who and which is the ghost? "

It's just that Emperor Zhu's voice just fell, and Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming, who had just left the palace, turned back in a hurry again. Zeng Cheng even bowed and bowed the first time he saw Emperor Zhu: "Your Majesty, those students outside the palace... "

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and choked back what Zeng Cheng wanted to say next: "I just told Ke Qing, and let them make a fuss first, I also want to take this opportunity to see clearly, which one is the real one?" People, which one is a ghost?"

Zeng Cheng was shocked immediately: "Think twice, Your Majesty! Although the students were at fault for this matter, but for the sake of their sincerity, Your Majesty," after a little hesitation, Zeng Cheng finally said in a low voice: "More What's more, there are more than a thousand students and more than a hundred officials outside the palace, and there are even more students on their way, if..."

However, what Zeng Cheng didn't expect was that his persuasion completely angered Emperor Zhu—just because they are sincere, so they have to lightly expose their mistakes first?Just because they are sincere, so they have to let them do whatever they want?Or, do these bastards also want to be punished by the law?
What kind of bullshit is this riding a horse!
Zhu Jinsong was upset, and his face naturally became colder and colder: "They are willing to come, so why don't I stop them? Don't you want to know what they want to do?"

Zeng Cheng sighed imperceptibly, and said in his heart that I don’t want to know what they want to do, I just want to know how many people you plan to kill this time—Emperor Zhu is now calling himself one by one, and it’s obvious that he is moving Killing heart!
This is more than 3000 Jinshi!

Zeng Cheng knew very well in his heart that killing 3 corrupt officials and officials was actually not a big deal. After all, the four major cases in the Hongwu period involved [-] people each. Some, but think about it, these people are all criminals who have been accused of corruption, harming the people, disabled people, cruel officials, etc., and each has its own way of death, so if you kill them, you will kill them, and it will not cause much turmoil.

But killing three thousand students is an unprecedented event!
From Pangu opened the sky, the Three Emperors ruled the world to the Five Emperors Dinglun, and then Xia, Shang, Zhou, and now the Ming Dynasty, no matter how cruel and bloodthirsty the emperors of the past dynasties, they have never killed [-] Jinshi at one time!
More importantly, these [-] Jinshi are only those who have already rushed out of the palace, and there are more on the way who have not rushed over!

And behind these people, there are thousands of families, and tens of thousands of people can be involved casually!
Zeng Cheng felt dizzy when he thought of the thousands of scholars and the families or clans behind them.

The sky is falling!

However, when Zeng Cheng was thinking about what to do next, Liu Heming directly bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want me to mobilize troops into the city and disperse these ignorant students?"

Zeng Cheng was overjoyed immediately, and said repeatedly: "That's a good idea! This is a good idea. Governor Liu might as well mobilize troops and horses into the city to disperse these students, and later revoke their reputations and send them back to their original places. They will never be used again." Already!"

This is not a solution, after all, compared with the impact of killing thousands of Jinshi at a time, it is so small that it is not even a fart!

However, Emperor Zhu sneered, stared coldly at Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming and said, "Do you know what is the Son of Heaven?"

Regarding Emperor Zhu's question, not to mention Zeng Cheng, who is well-read in poetry and books, even Liu Heming, who was born in the army, knows the meaning of emperor.

The Eastern Han Dynasty's "Baihu Tongde Lun" said: "The son of heaven is also called a prince."The king's father, heaven, mother, and earth are the sons of heaven.Therefore, the "Aid to the Gods" said: "The heaven and the earth are called the son of heaven, and the law is the best." "Shangshu" said: "The son of heaven is the parent of the people, and he thinks he is the king of the world."

However, knowing that you know, Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming dare not directly use this passage to persuade Emperor Zhu—that those students gathered outside the palace are also your Emperor Zhu's subjects, and you should cherish them too, old man?
The truth is this, but when they gathered outside the palace and shouted for the abolition of the ancestral system of "only students are not allowed", the nature of all this changed.

What's more terrible is that there are officials and gentlemen among these students-it would be better if there is no participation of officials and gentlemen. To put it in a small way, it can be said that the students are ignorant and causing trouble, but because of the presence of officials and gentlemen Without the participation of these students, the actions of these students can already be regarded as coercion.

Forcing the emperor to modify the ancestral system is tantamount to denying Zhu Chongba, and denying Zhu Chongba is tantamount to fundamentally denying the correctness of Emperor Zhu's accession to the throne.

Deny an emperor who is about to conquer the world...

After pondering secretly for a long time, Zeng Cheng tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, those students are mostly idiots who have not read their books. I think it's okay to get rid of their fame according to what the governor said, and then rush back to the village and never use it." That's it, why should His Majesty's reputation be damaged because of them?"

It was just that Zeng Cheng's voice had just finished speaking, but outside the main hall, Captain Jin Yiwei rushed over, whispered a few words to Ke Zhiming, and then left quickly.

Emperor Zhu sneered and said, "If you have any new news, you might as well tell me."

Ke Zhiming had a gloomy face, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, those students... those students shouted slogans and wanted His Majesty to go out of the palace to meet them. They also said that if His Majesty does not come out If you go to see them in the palace, they will go to Taimiao and Confucian Temple and Weeping Temple."

It's over!

After listening to Ke Zhiming's words, Zeng Cheng knew that today's matter was completely over. No matter whether Emperor Zhu was persuaded before or whether he wanted to change his decision, there was no room for any relaxation. .

Emperor Zhu laughed back angrily, looked at Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming and said, "Is this what you said about being stupid in reading? From my point of view, they are not too stupid, at least they know how to go to the Taimiao Weeping Temple!"

Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming looked down at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes - as the saying goes, it's hard for the king of Hades to save the damned ghost, it's fine for these students to leave their good books and don't read and come to the palace. Want to run to the Taimiao and Confucian Temple?

This is really rushing to court death!
After being silent for a while, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but sighed slightly, and then bowed his hands resolutely and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I want to ask the governor to transfer the capital camp into the city, and kill all the traitors who are not ministers after nightfall!"

Emperor Zhu couldn't help but glance at Zeng Cheng unexpectedly.

Although it is certain that the Beijing camp enters the city to arrest and kill people, whether the order was issued directly by Emperor Zhu or Zeng Cheng proposed it, these are two completely different concepts—if Emperor Zhu directly ordered troops to arrest and kill people , then all the pots belong to Emperor Zhu, and the infamy of cruelty and bloodthirsty in the history books cannot be escaped.

However, if Zeng Cheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, directly proposed it, it means that Zeng Cheng took the initiative to take the blame for killing the students. Although Emperor Zhu may have a reputation of being unknown, at least he will not be burdened with cruelty and bloodthirsty. notoriety.

The difference is quite big, and once Zeng Cheng takes the blame, what awaits Zeng Cheng in the future is overwhelming impeachment and even revenge-style assassination.

First of all, the Censor's Yamen will write a letter to impeach Zeng Cheng for arbitrarily mobilizing troops and killing students, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also ask Zeng Cheng to drink tea. Once they catch some small tail, waiting for Zeng Cheng may be a dead end.

Even if Yushitai and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can't catch Zeng Cheng's little tail, will the relatives of the killed students want to kill Zeng Cheng?

As the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty and an old fritter who had been the magistrate in the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for Zeng Cheng not to know the risks involved—that is to say, when Zeng Cheng proposed this suggestion, he already knew it in his heart. Prepared to die.

Just when Zeng Cheng had already slightly closed his eyes and prepared to meet the unknown fate, Liu Heming suddenly laughed, looked at Zeng Cheng and said, "Although Mr. Zeng Ge is the first and assistant minister of the cabinet, your cabinet can't control me five times." The military governor's mansion, so the deployment of troops should be ordered by me, the commander-in-chief."

After finishing speaking, Liu Heming paid respects to Emperor Zhu seriously: "Your Majesty, I'm just a piece of rubbish that cannot be supported by mud. You asked me to read more books, but I just couldn't read it. There is nothing I can do about it. "

"But, no matter how stupid I am, I still remember the hardships of sweating when farming, and the bitter days when I woke up hungry in the middle of the night and could only rely on drinking water to satisfy my hunger. I also know a truth-social studies The popularization of county schools and prefecture schools is to enable people all over the world to read and understand, so that people all over the world have a way out, so that they don't have to be blind like we were back then."

"Those bastards are now clamoring to restore Kexing, but they have become Juren masters. They don't want more people to become Juren masters. They want to cut off the way out for others. They want to be the same as before. Playing tricks on people all over the world."

"This is not good. How many brothers sacrificed their lives on the battlefield for today's good day. I can become the governor of the five armies, not because of how powerful I am, but because I am better than those brothers who fell on the battlefield." You are lucky—so, I have to save the good days for those brothers who fell on the battlefield, and I must not let those bastards ruin everything!"

Liu Heming took another deep breath, and continued: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I want to transfer the Beijing camp into the city without an order, to put down the rebellion!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Heming took another deep breath, bowed heavily to Emperor Zhu, and then got up to leave.

But before Liu Heming reached the gate of the main hall, Emperor Zhu burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)