Han Du stood on the highest floor of the academy, looking at more and more people on the street, listening to the unscrupulous abuses of the northern scholars, and the expression on his face became increasingly cold, especially after seeing a few people in the Imperial College.
Do you really regard yourself as a soft persimmon? Obviously the Imperial College has many high schools, so why don't you go to the Imperial College to cause trouble, but instead come to block the gate of the academy?
Han Du would not know that these northern scholars had already blocked the gate of the Imperial College, and even if they knew, he would not care. Anyway, they like to block the gate of the Imperial College. Han Du could not control it, but he absolutely could not come to cause trouble for himself.
Looking at the outside of the gate and sneering twice, Han Du ordered, "Call everyone in the academy and we will meet them."
Isn’t it just a quarrel? Isn’t it just a curse? If you want to curse, then everyone will curse.
Abuse has always been about winning with numbers. If Han Du went out to face so many people by himself, even if he had ten mouths, he would not be the opponent of these scholars.
But Han Du was not alone. There was the entire academy standing behind him. When everyone in the academy was called over, those northern scholars were at a disadvantage.
Seeing people coming out of the side doors on both sides of the academy, the northern scholars suddenly became energetic and scolded even more vigorously.
But as more and more people came out of the academy, their voices unnaturally became quieter.
A large number of people from the academy came out and stood outside the gate, and in turn surrounded the troublemaking scholars. In front of them were the people from the academy, and behind them were the people on the street.
Since these people live around the academy, they are naturally most affected by the academy. They usually pride themselves on being able to absorb the culture of the academy. Every time something happens in the academy, they can firmly remember it in their hearts. When someone asks
When I am young, I can easily tell others a lot of things without missing a word.
Now these northern scholars are making trouble at the gate of the academy, so they are naturally not welcomed by the common people. Scholars are not afraid of officials, but the same people are not afraid of scholars either.
Because Lao Zhu was a farmer and had always adhered to the idea of valuing agriculture, farmers, apart from being a little poorer, had a higher political status than anyone else. If a scholar criticized an official, he might become famous and his reputation would be greatly increased. But if a scholar is
The son went to blame the farmers. Not to mention that he would be infamy for thousands of years. At least his reputation would be ruined for his whole life, and he would never be able to raise his head again for the rest of his life.
Han Du saw that these scholars had calmed down a bit, and the anger in his heart also dissipated a lot.
"Why do you come to the academy?" Han Du asked knowingly, with a cold tone, and was extremely dissatisfied with these scholars.
Eye. Although there are a lot of high school students in the academy this year who have taken up their quotas, not all of the 300 places in the academy have been taken up.
Even excluding the academies and the Imperial College, there are still dozens of people in high schools. However, these people are also from the south.
But no matter what the reason is, if these northern scholars really have any extraordinary abilities, then they should be able to go to high school with their own strength. The fact that they all failed now can only show that they are indeed not knowledgeable enough, and there is no other reason.
It's obvious that he is his own talent, but he doesn't know the shame and then studies hard to prepare for the next subject of high school. He doesn't like other people's high schools, so he wants to achieve his goal by making troubles.
For this reason alone, in Han Du's opinion, there is a problem with the character of these people.
"Marquis of Zhenhai, the Academy has colluded with Liu Sanwu to commit fraud. We can't come, can't we say no?" Some people were unconvinced and were suppressed by Han Du's momentum. They blushed and pushed him forward.
Han Du glanced at him, smiled lightly and said, "You can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. You said that the academy is cheating, do you have evidence? You dare to falsely accuse others without evidence. It seems that you are stupid because of studying.
Now, you don’t know where the Great Ming Law is anymore, do you?”
The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that those who falsely accuse someone of another person will be punished with twenty-two sticks and three years in prison, and those who falsely accuse someone of money must pay double compensation to the defendant. Those who cannot afford the compensation will have to use their family property and land as a mortgage.
Ming Dynasty is not a place where you can touch people casually. If you dare to blackmail people, Lao Zhu will let you know what the majesty of the king's law is.
"There are 200 people in your college and high school for the undergraduate college entrance examination. You have never even participated in it before. Which one of us has not taken the exam several times before he can pass the high school? Which of the scholars who can pass the exam in one go is not a outstanding person? Let's take a look at your college.
There are two hundred talented people, do you believe it? This is not fraud, what is this?"
Originally, all the scholars were frightened by Han Du's coercion, but after hearing this man's words, they suddenly felt righteous again.
In essence, the current examination is much more difficult than the one in the early years of Hongwu. In the early years of Hongwu, the world had just experienced the war and chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Let alone study with peace of mind, if you could save your life, you were already old.
God's eyes are open.
Therefore, the imperial examination at that time was much simpler than it is now. Even when the Ming Dynasty was just founded, there was no need for any imperial examination at all. There were too many officials in the world, and as long as
If you have read books and can successfully write articles, you can be recommended as an official. Even if no one recommends you, you can come to the capital to recommend yourself. As long as you are talented and learned enough, it is not impossible to even become a high-ranking official in one step.
Lao Zhu promoted many such officials in the beginning.
As the world became more stable and people gradually became richer, the importance of studying naturally began to become more prominent. The more scholars there were in the world, the more scholars who passed the examination and could take part in the examination.
Therefore, the current examination is not that easy to pass. Those who can pass high school in one go, even if they do not rank high, are truly talented people.
The appearance of two hundred such talents at once was something that the northern scholars would never accept. Moreover, their ideas were very logical. Apart from fraud, they could not think of any other situation where two hundred people meeting for the first time could appear at once.
Only those who are able to go to high school can take the test.
Facing the scoldings that surged again, Han Du curled his lips and said without fear: "I don't know how to know my shame and be brave, but I can't see others being better than you. The emperor sent more than a dozen officials to re-mark the papers. Your
The article is indeed lacking in talent and contains many forbidden words. From this point of view, Liu Sanwu not only did not deliberately depose you, but also protected you. If it is investigated, then you will not be deposed, but
It’s heads falling to the ground.”
It's not a big problem if the article is not good. It's just a matter of not passing the exam. However, speech violations are something that has been extremely easy to lose your head in all dynasties.
The north was ruled by the Mongolian Yuan for much longer than the south. No matter who ruled it, there must be vested interests in the Mongolian Yuan. These people will only remember the benefits of the Mongolian Yuan and will not care about the decline in their status.
Daming, not only will they not agree, but they will also be hostile. After all, this is the world of Daming. They usually don't express their thoughts, but as long as the opportunity is right, they can't help but say forbidden words.
They will not identify with the Ming Dynasty because of their Han identity. Instead, they will look up to people who can bring them benefits. They value money but not people, and are complete egoists.
These people are the so-called traitors.
There were not many such traitors in the north, and even in the Ming Dynasty, they had never been eliminated. Otherwise, there would not have been the eight great imperial merchants.
Breaking the taboo is a taboo. Han Du now broke the windows, and the northern scholars did not dare to deceive themselves and think that it did not happen. When they wrote these articles, they could not help but feel happy for a while.
Unexpectedly, Han Du would now be used to manipulate them. For a time, many scholars who had problems with their articles wanted to leave without anyone noticing.
If there is no one to pursue things like banning, then it will just pass by turning a blind eye. But if someone seriously pursues it, none of them will be able to escape.
And is Han Du qualified to pursue the case? This is an obvious question.
"We can't trust those people in Wen Guangfeng. We don't recognize their conclusion of re-grading the examination papers." The northern scholar raised his arms and shouted. He originally thought that he could still respond to everything as before. But what was embarrassing was that his words came out of his mouth.
, except for a few people around him who agreed, the large group of scholars behind him lowered their heads and turned their eyes to the side, pretending not to hear.
The person who called out suddenly began to feel guilty. If there were no other scholars to attack in groups, what could they accomplish? If one of them was not good, Han Du would probably take care of them all.
Fortunately, Han Du knew how to deal with it as soon as possible, and understood that just dealing with the people in front of him was of little use. He still had to give a reasonable explanation to the northern scholars.
"Since you don't agree with the court's conclusion of re-grading the papers, I can go to the emperor to plead for mercy and display all the examination papers for the undergraduate examination. You can know which ones are better and which are worse at a glance, how about that?"
This is not a bad idea.
Everyone will think that they are more talented than others, and everyone thinks that their articles are the best. If they can see all the examination papers, they will know who they are at a glance.
"If this is the case, then the students will be waiting for news from Marquis Zhenhai."
Seeing that they finally gave in, Han Du nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I will enter the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor, but there is no guarantee that I will succeed."
When the northern scholars saw this, they had no choice but to step back and let out the gate of the academy. It would be good to let Han Du try it. As for success or failure, just wait and see what happens.
Han Du glanced at the northern scholar, waved his sleeves and robe, and walked calmly through the cleared passage.
In Fengtian Hall, Lao Zhu was sitting quietly on the dragon chair, while Mao Xiang continued to convey news from outside the palace to the emperor.
Northern scholars besieged the Imperial College. Lao Zhu got the news about such a big matter when the scholars just started to gather at the entrance of the Imperial College. From then on, Mao Xiang always paid attention to the movements of these scholars.