From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 106 This is a life-and-death struggle

In Chengtian Hall, the atmosphere turned cold as Guo Baokun finished his performance.

Emperor Qing looked at the ministers kneeling in the hall, then looked at Li Chengze, Guo Baokun and Zeng Wenxiang who stood with their backs straight, and felt overwhelmed.

What Zeng Wenxiang said made some sense. Arresting and killing people actually didn't matter. It didn't matter who was arrested or killed. The problem was that Qin Yuan finally smashed the body at the gate of the Imperial College. This was too much. It felt like he was shitting on the neck of the Imperial College.

Everyone knows that the Imperial College is the country's highest institution of learning and an important place that embodies Daqing's culture and education. Your attack is not only hitting the face of the Imperial College, but also the face of Daqing's culture and education.

From this perspective, punishment is necessary, but to say that Qin Yuan should be executed is too much.

But Zeng Wenxiang has shown this attitude. If he is not severely punished, it will probably cause a shock in the court!
As for what Guo Baokun said, it cannot be ignored either.

Not to mention things like drinking and visiting brothels, secretly providing convenience for the Northern Qi assassins was not a big deal, but the sentence "inciting within the Imperial College and gathering outside the palace gates" made him alert.

Imperial College is a place that trains talents for the country. Its students are naturally inextricably linked with officialdom. Many of them will even serve in the court in the future. If they are instigated by others, they will dare to kneel outside the palace gate and act wildly. That would be unacceptable.

This wind cannot last long!
His eyes swept over the prince, and when he saw Lin Ruofu, his gaze paused and then looked away.

It is true that Lin Ruofu is the prime minister, and many of the civil servants kneeling in the hall are his people, but there is not much he can do in this matter, and if he tries to step in, it will not have any effect.

Looking at Chen Pingping again, well, forget it...

When his eyes swept over Zhao Wang Li Chengze, they did not stop, but passed directly over him and fell on Li Chengqian.

"Cheng Qian, Qin Yuan is the commander of the Eastern Palace's guards. Tell me, how should we deal with what these two people have said?"

Li Chengqian looked calm as he walked out of the queue. "I believe Qin Yuan is innocent, but Zeng Wenxiang deserves to be executed."

boom!
In a calm tone, he uttered words that made everyone gasp.

"Your Majesty, you can't!"

Shu Wu, Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, rushed out and knelt on the ground. "Zeng Wenxiang is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College. He has made great contributions to the country by educating talents. He is well-respected among scholars and is loyal to Your Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to understand his behavior."

Many people in the hall were surprised. Some civil servants who were kneeling on the ground even raised their heads and glanced at Shu Wu, wondering why a high-ranking official like him was so panicked and jumped out so hastily.
The prince just said one sentence, and it was an extremely ridiculous sentence. Why be so nervous?
At this time, the King of Zhao seemed to have realized what was happening and said in a firm tone, "Your Majesty, I think the Crown Prince's words are absurd and absolutely unacceptable. Please reconsider."

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" As Li Chengze finished speaking, the ministers kneeling on the ground bowed down and shouted at the same time.

"Cheng Qian, did you hear everything?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard everything," Li Chengqian said, "but I still believe that Qin Yuan is innocent and Zeng Wenxiang should be executed."

"Zeng Wenxiang was a Grand Secretary of the Jixian Pavilion and a Priest of the Imperial Academy. He has always been diligent and loyal to his duties. If you want to kill him, you must give a reason, right?"

"This man has sinister intentions, colluding with the ministers and disrupting the government. He deserves death." Li Chengqian's voice suddenly turned cold, and the ministers were in an uproar. "Prince, you are slandering me."

Zeng Wenxiang suddenly looked up and looked at Li Chengqian in horror.

"Slander? Are there any evidences for what I said?"

"Where is the evidence?" Zeng Wenxiang asked with a righteous tone.

"Let me ask you, what is your purpose in impeaching Qin Yuan? Did he do anything wrong?"

"I have already explained in the impeachment that he relied on force to suppress culture and education, used bloodshed to insult the saints, and tarnished the ancient sages with his foul breath..."

"When did he rely on force to overrule culture and education, and use bloodshed to insult the saints? When did he sully the ancient saints with his foul breath?"

"Of course it was yesterday, he..."

"He simply returned the body of a spy and traitor to the Imperial Academy. The roughness with which he threw it only served to express his dissatisfaction with the Imperial Academy. What does this have to do with culture, education, or the ancient sages?" Li Chengqian glared at Zeng Wenxiang. "I want to kill you. The first reason is that you're using the Imperial Academy to gain respect, using the pretext of righteousness to kidnap officials. What kind of place is the Imperial Academy?"

"Imperial Academy..."

"The Imperial Academy is a government office that trains talents for the imperial court. It's just a government office, a fourth-rank government office under the Ministry of Rites. You, the Imperial Academy's chief academic officer, are only a third-rank official. Yet you smeared the sage's wall with blood and fumigated the Minglun Hall. The Imperial Academy is just the Imperial Academy, not a holy temple. It doesn't have the status of a holy temple. It's just a government office."

"Ji Hao was from this government office. He became a traitor. What was wrong with Qin Yuan being ordered to capture and kill him? Qin Yuan was loyal and could not stand this traitor who betrayed Daqing. He also could not stand the Imperial Academy, the government office that had produced a traitor. What was wrong with him throwing the body at the gate of the Imperial Academy to express his dissatisfaction? At most, it was just an impulsive act. How can you say that it is an insult to the Holy Religion? When did a fourth-rank government office become so sacred? What is your intention in arbitrarily promoting a fourth-rank government office as a Confucian holy land?"

Zeng Wenxiang stood up suddenly, his expression agitated, and shouted angrily, "The Imperial College enshrines the sages of all ages, the most holy teachers..."

"Zhang Ergou's family in the north of the city even worships the Emperor of Heaven!" Li Chengqian shouted angrily, interrupting him. His eyes were murderous and his tone was icy. "The government is the government. They built a Minglun Hall and enshrined the Great Sage and Teacher, and they can't move it. What do you think of the court? What do you think of His Majesty? This is the court, not your Confucian family temple. If you want to worship gods, immortals, saints, or ghosts, go home and do it!"

Li Chengqian glanced at the kneeling civil officials, a cold aura permeating the hall. He then turned his gaze to Zeng Wenxiang, "I want to kill you. The second reason is that you stole the position of Imperial College Priest and harmed the future pillars of Daqing. You deserve to be killed."

"you……"

"Am I wrong? Why are those students so easily incited? Why do they dare to gather at the palace gates once incited? Doesn't Daqing have royal laws? Doesn't it have laws? These students have studied in the Imperial Academy for so long, don't they understand Daqing laws? Don't they know how to respect Daqing laws? One or two people would be fine, ten or eight would be fine, but half an hour, over two thousand people, have they gone crazy? Or do they think Daqing laws are useless? How do you, the chief priest, handle your duties and how do you teach?"

"Or should you just teach them that facts don't matter, the truth doesn't matter, and the laws of Daqing don't matter at all? As long as there are many people and a loud voice, they can change the government and trample on the law. They can use their power to suppress others, hold public opinion hostage, and even undermine the imperial power?!"

"I, I didn't..."

"You didn't?" Li Chengqian pointed at the kneeling civil officials and said in a stern tone, "This is my third reason for killing you. Confucians use literature to disrupt the law, and knights use force to violate the law. You, under the guise of Confucianism, coerce the officials to gain respect, and commit acts that violate the law. This precedent must never be set!"

(End of this chapter)