The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

The Imperial College Siye explained to Wang Wenlong: "Since the 17th year of Hongwu, the Imperial College has clearly defined its jurisdiction over the supervisors. Now, the two to three hundred supervisors who have escaped from Nanjing are all staying in the palace. If something goes wrong, Our Imperial College has to shoulder the responsibility too. Now Wang Jiancheng of the Shengxing Hall can’t stand it alone. In order to enforce the prison rules, all the academic officers in the Imperial College must contribute.”

Just as Wang Wenlong thought, the Imperial College was afraid that the students would make mistakes in the Nanjing Shangshu incident, so they had to send officials to the streets to regulate the discipline of the students.

And it's not just about standardizing disciplines. After Si Ye explained, Wang Wenlong realized that the standards of the Imperial College were very strict. As early as the Hongwu period, the Nanjing Imperial College had formulated the "Twelve Prohibitions", regarding the moral character, words, deeds, and discipline of teachers and students. There are detailed regulations on various aspects such as education, study, etc., and a Shengqi Office has been set up to supervise students.

The twelve prohibitions of the Imperial College during the Hongwu period are also the template for the school regulations of all official and private schools in the Ming Dynasty.

Although with the changes in the methods of appointing officials in the imperial dynasty, not many people have followed the rules and regulations of the Imperial College, but when it comes to the current situation where students are writing letters and making a fuss, everyone in Nanjing is afraid of academic officials.

After all, there are already thousands of beings wandering around in the streets. It would be better if nothing happens. What if one of them causes a big incident: for example, he beats a few unlucky tax inspectors to death in a fit of excitement, or incites riots by committing suicide.

Everyone in this stall is in danger, but don't expect the superiors to be sympathetic to them. The number of Imperial College Supervisors is too small to control them. If something goes wrong, they will definitely be held accountable.

It depends on who is unlucky.

For example, if the scholar who commits the crime is a student of Zongxue, the officials of Nanjing Zongxue will be punished; if the scholar who commits the crime is a student of a certain county, the officials of this county will not be punished.

The Nanjing Imperial College has the largest number of students. In the past, when there was nothing wrong, the students would often make mistakes and implicate the officials of the Imperial College. At this time, how could the upper and lower officials of the Imperial College not be trembling with fear?
Not to mention Wang Wenlong, even Mr. Si Ye in front of him had to go to the streets to maintain order after he had settled the affairs in the prison today. As long as he looked active and running, even if he was really unlucky and encountered a prison student with a busy mind. If something serious happens, Mr. Siye can also say that he has conscientiously enforced the laws, and he can also ask for leniency when he is punished.

Wang Wenlong finally understood. The academic officer of the Imperial College was just like the middle school teacher in his previous life. He didn't just have to give good classes. He had to worry about all kinds of things, including group fights among students, enforcing discipline at the school gate, and going to illegal Internet cafes to bring students back.

It was also an unlucky time for Wang Wenlong to return to Nanjing. If he had returned to Nanjing half a month later to cancel his leave, the Imperial College would not have been able to arrest him on the streets.

Since Mr. Si Ye said so, Wang Wenlong naturally actively expressed his agreement. That afternoon, Assistant Teacher Wang wore an eighth-grade official robe and went to the street to maintain discipline among the marching students.

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Nanjing Forbidden City, Hongwu Gate.

Nanjing guard Wang Yunzhong felt a headache when he looked at the noisy group of scholars below.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a dual-capital system, and Nanjing was also the capital. There was a set of Nanjing Six Ministries in it, and anyone who was randomly mentioned was a Minister of the Secretariat. The official position of Governor Yingtian was smaller than them, and the small governor did not have the power to manage things in Nanjing.

The governor of Yingtian in the Ming Dynasty was not stationed in Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing, but in Suzhou, managing the affairs of the state capitals south of Nanzhili.

In the Ming Dynasty, the main person responsible for managing the capital of the Ming Dynasty was the "Nanjing Defense Hall Conference". The three leaders of this meeting were: Nanjing Minister of War, Nanjing garrison eunuch, and Nanjing garrison.

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was the head of the meeting of the Defense Hall. The civil servants showed an attitude of avoiding the strangers with party struggle background. Yesterday, the Minister was officially sick and did not come to work today.

The Nanjing garrison eunuch hid in the imperial city of Liudu and did not come out.

Only Nanjing defender Wang Yunzhong was left to deal with the chaotic situation.

The garrison in Nanjing stipulates that the garrison in Nanjing should be held by nobles. The previous garrison in Nanjing must be at least an earl, and he must be a capable one.

Wang Yunzhong met this requirement very well. Wang Yunzhong was born in a noble family and was hereditary as Shanbo. He once guarded Huangzhong and accompanied the governor in Gansu to conquer the Tatars of various tribes in Songshan Grassland. He was expected to be a famous general.

Accompanied by the noise below the city wall, Wang Qin, Wang Yunzhong's godson and a trusted guerrilla under his tent, ran up the city wall with a shocked look on his face:

"Uncle, these people have blocked the Hongwu Gate. If anyone sets fire to cause a big trouble, let the soldiers disperse them with sticks!" "Nonsense!" Wang Yunzhong's face was distorted with anger: "These are all It’s a seed for reading, don’t offend me, go over first and ask them what they want to do by blocking the Hongwu Gate.”

Wang Yunzhong scolded his godson who had only fought against Tatars on the grassland and had a dull mind. If he could beat the scholars, he would have sent his men to kill them. If suppressed by force, these scholars could really kill the Nanjing people. The sky was lifted.

Wang Qin hurriedly ran down to inquire. After waiting for a short time, he hurriedly ran up the city wall to report back: "Uncle, these people gathered at Hongwu Gate are all Confucian scholars in the transfer department."

Wang Yunzhong, who was in charge of the Nanjing garrison, was responsible for the Nanjing garrison soldiers. He asked strangely: "Since they are the sons of the garrison of the Transportation Department, why do they come to make trouble for our garrison soldiers?"

Wang Qin was also surprised when he saw it and explained: "The leading scholar said that he was afraid that our soldiers from the Garrison Department would attack, so the Confucian scholars from the Transport Department built the first wall. He said that if he wanted to kill the scholar, let the Nanjing garrison do it." The soldiers of the guard station ran over the students studying in their guard station first."

"Nonsense!" Wang Yunzhong scolded: "Oh, tell them to block Chaoyang Gate and Xuanjin Bridge. The Hongwu Gate is blocked and the Nanjing Guardsmen can't command it."

Wang Qin smiled bitterly and said: "Those scholars in the Transportation Department are not accurate in what they say, and they are not leaders."

Wang Yunzhong had one head and two big heads: "The children of the Transportation Department are also a bunch of fools. What are they doing to others? Don't they know that the guardsmen they blocked in Hongwu Gate are all their uncles and brothers? Who are they harming? Okay? Harm your own people?"

"Uncle, what should we do now?" Wang Qin asked.

Wang Yunzhong thought for a while and said: "Transfer the guardsmen from the Transport Department under our command and ask them to see if there are any scholars they recognize and say something nice to persuade them to leave. With them blocking the Hongwu Gate like this, internal and external military orders are blocked. It’s time for a riot in Nanjing city.”

Wang Yunzhong had no choice. This group of scholars refused to listen to their advice and could not be beaten. They could only find some connections with relatives and friends to see if they could be deceived first. At least they would be able to get his military orders out of Hongwu Gate, and the guards outside the city could be captured first. He was transferred into the city.

The purpose of deploying guardsmen was not to suppress the local government, but to quickly take up positions in Nanjing and supervise discipline.

Thousands of scholars have caused chaos in the city of Nanjing. How can the government officials in Jiangning and Shangyuan counties keep them under control? If there were no guards stationed on duty to deter people, I don’t know how many Xiao Xiaoxiao would take advantage of this moment to steal and rob on the streets.

Wang Qin received the order and quickly went to search among Wang Yunzhong's guards. He found a dozen military households who had been transferred from the Transportation Department to guard the city. He sent them all out to capture the Confucian scholars from the Transportation Department. After asking relatives and persuading them for a long time, Wang Yunzhong finally got them to give way. Wang Yunzhong sent a few soldiers out through the opening, quickly left Zhonghe Bridge, and went to the Chengwai Guard Station to mobilize troops into the city to maintain law and order.

Zhuansi Confucianism and Wei Confucianism were government-run schools in the Ming Dynasty that specialized in teaching children from military families to study for the imperial examination. The quality of students was poor, and the quality of teaching was also poor. Children from military families who wanted to pass the imperial examination basically went to private academies or prefectural schools. There is hope only if you study in No. 2 Middle School.

The worse the school is, the more the scholars want to gain respect among the students. At the instigation of one of the scholars, the Confucian students of the Transport Department actually took the lead in blocking the Hongwu Gate in order to show their bravery.

Fortunately, the one who came to block the door was Confucianism from the Transportation Department. If it were a Confucian scholar from Nanjing Zongxue, Wang Yunzhong would have an even bigger headache.

In Nanjing Zongxue, there are a lot of nobles, old friends and even clan members. Most of them are peripheral members of the noble family. They don't have much money, but they have such great names. They are untouchable and untouchable. Can't drive away.

This group of Confucian scholars gradually left Hongwumen and ran to Xuanjin Bridge to march, chanting slogans against the tax supervisor along the way:
"Officials are just beggars, and people are just begging for death. Your Majesty, would you rather be vigilant and aware of evil?"

"Don't say that it is not inevitable that all disasters will occur!"

"The great drive away the tax collectors, use boats instead!"

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(End of this chapter)