Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 184: The mansion is surrounded, and the students are angry

The next morning, the two memorials swept through the government offices in the capital like a tornado.

The first one was unremarkable, Hai Rui was appointed as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Although it was unknown what the Prime Minister who had just woken up was thinking, he would use such a fool as Hai Rui, but his rank was high enough.

The other one is more interesting.

Students from provincial schools across the country will be assessed, and those who fail will be expelled.

At the same time, it seems that the Prime Minister is planning to limit the age for participating in the imperial examination.

Now, those officials who had been hiding in the shadows and watching the show secretly could no longer sit still. They gathered in small courtyards or teahouses in groups of three or five, fanning the flames and criticizing the matter secretly.

For a time, the capital was in a state of panic and rumors were spreading.

Just after noon, Zhang Siwei, who was resting at home, dressed neatly and came to the hall to sit down. After taking a sip of tea, he closed his eyes and rested, secretly guessing the meaning of this.

However, since Zhang Juzheng regained consciousness, the emperor removed him from his position as acting prime minister.

At the same time, in order not to disturb Zhang Juzheng's rest, except for extremely important personnel changes, all other drafts were jointly drafted by him and the other two cabinet ministers.

After a series of combined punches, he, the "Prime Minister" who had not yet had enough fun, once again became a deaf ear - a decoration.

In the past two months, he had been secretly forbearing, preparing to find an opportunity again. Unfortunately, this prime minister was very careful and kept himself at home like a Maitreya Buddha, and even rarely received guests.

I thought that was the end of it.

Unexpectedly, this Prime Minister, for some reason, was out of his mind and ended up making such a stupid move.

The Prime Minister is respected by scholars all over the world, but unexpectedly, he not only does not work for the welfare of scholars.

Instead, he acts like a rooster and doesn't give a penny.

Thinking of this, Zhang Siwei opened his eyes, and suddenly a hint of viciousness emerged in them.

He stood up, clasped his hands behind his back and walked out of the hall, looking in the direction of Zhang Juzheng, and thought to himself: This time, even if you have great power, you cannot reverse the gossip of the world!

On the other hand, Zhang Yunxiu was also shocked when he heard the news.

He didn't expect that.

Yesterday he was talking about his old father, but now he can still accomplish such a great thing.

If attacking the Kong family was like beating the scholars of the world with the soles of shoes, then what he did was to directly scoop food into the pots of these scholars.

"After all, the older you are, the wiser you are. You can see things more deeply and far." Zhang Yunxiu murmured, his eyes flashing with fighting spirit.

In fact, he had long felt that the imperial examination system should be changed, but he had never found the opportunity.

Now, we have to be forced to do something urgent. We have to make every effort to reverse the drawbacks of the imperial examination system.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand and shouted to Zhang Fu, "Go, call Han San for me!"

Zhang Fu rushed in, panting and said, "Outside the courtyard, there are so many, so many students from Shuntian Prefecture who came to take the provincial examination. They have surrounded our courtyard!"

"How dare you!" Zhang Yunxiu stood up and cursed, "Do you still have the law? They even invaded the Prime Minister's house. Let Han San send people to disperse them."

"Master, we can't get out now." Zhang Fu reminded.

Zhang Yunxiu glared at him fiercely, sat back in his original position, and was silent for a while before saying, "Then wait. I don't believe that the emperor can still allow these scholars to act rashly."

Outside the Grand Secretary’s residence.

The inner three layers and the outer three layers were surrounded by angry students.

They stood under the scorching sun, with their fists raised high. Even though they were sweating profusely, they still refused to retreat even a single step. Instead, they stared at the closed door.

It is not difficult to find that most of these people are older and are only scholars. Therefore, these people are the ones who need to be removed the most in Zhang Juzheng's decree. They don't care about things that don't concern them, but now that this matter has fallen on them, how can they sit still?

Some people block the door and curse openly, some fan the flames secretly, and some make wooden dolls and curse in secret.

Anyway, just one sentence:

If you don't let us live an easy life, we won't let you live an easy life either.

As everyone was having a great time, there was a sudden commotion outside the queue, followed by loud shouts: "Get out, get out! How dare you to even barge into the Prime Minister's residence!"

When everyone looked back, they saw a team of Jinyiwei mixed with soldiers from the Bingmasi rushing in.

Soon, they dug a passage through the human wall.

Han Sanyi took the lead and walked in front, holding his sword with one hand, his tiger eyes kept scanning both sides. All the students who encountered him turned their faces away in panic as if they were stung by a scorpion.

After a while, Han San arrived at the gate of the mansion.

There is a row of students blocking the way in front.

There were about twenty of them, blocking the gate of the mansion tightly.

"Get out of the way!" Han San shouted coldly.

"What if we don't allow him to do so?" A middle-aged student gritted his teeth and said, "No matter who he is, if he wants to destroy our jobs, we won't let him off easily."

Han San has been in Jinyiwei for many years, what kind of tough guys has he not seen?

As soon as the student said this, Han San slapped him in the face. With a "slap" sound, five red finger marks instantly appeared on the man's cheek.

"You dare to hit me?" The man covered his cheeks with disbelief.

"I'm going to hit you!" Han San grabbed the man's collar with his left hand, swung his right hand around, and swung him down suddenly.

"clap clap"

There were several crisp sounds in succession.

The students present were stunned.

Han San's palms were raised and lowered, and the student who had argued back and forth screamed. Almost every time he slapped the student, he screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

He slapped me more than twenty times in a row.

Han San loosened his left hand and threw the man out like he was throwing away trash. The man lost his support and fell to the ground with a plop, subconsciously wanting to curse.

As soon as she saw Han San's eyes, she turned away in fear.

Han San grinned, revealing his white teeth, and suddenly shouted coldly: "Get out of the way! I have official business to report to the Prime Minister. If you delay my work, I will not forgive you!"

Hearing this, the students standing in front looked at each other, then stepped aside like eagles.

Han San met everyone's gaze, stepped forward, and gently knocked on the copper ring: "Open the door, I am Han San."

The people inside heard it and opened a small hole.

Han San walked in with a frosty look on his face.

Just as his left foot crossed the threshold, he retracted his steps, tilted his head and said with a cold smile: "It's okay for you to wait here, let's go in and talk. If you haven't left by the time we get back, don't blame me for being polite."

Although he was smiling when he spoke, the students present felt a chill.

"Come here, guard the gate for me. If anyone dares to approach the gate, he will be killed without mercy!" As soon as Han San finished speaking, a team of soldiers armed with swords and guns stood in front of the gate.

(End of this chapter)