They continued to kneel down to petition, and when it was time to eat, their family members brought food boxes to them.
One of the students, Zhengyi Lingran, said: "If the officials don't deal with Meng Gong, we won't be able to get up or eat for a day. For the sake of the Song Dynasty, we will risk our lives this time."
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His words were unanimously recognized by everyone. They were all very determined. They refused to eat and insisted on continuing to kneel. Their attitude was extremely determined.
It can be said that it is no longer a matter of dealing with Meng Gong, but that one of them and Zhao Yun must make concessions, unconditional concessions, otherwise, the matter will not end easily.
But for Zhao Yun, once he is coerced into giving in, it means that the new law will be temporarily suspended. Only God knows when it will be restarted in the future.
Their attitude was such that many people who didn't know the truth were deeply moved and thought they had been wronged a lot.
So the people, out of their natural admiration for scholars and officials, also expressed their support one after another, and some people even knelt down together.
The common people are like this, which makes those imperial students and officials feel that they are the righteous party and feel more confident.
Among the crowd, Zhang Chu, who was dressed as a commoner, was furious when he saw it. He called for his men and said to them: "You go find a troupe and sing the play about bullying men and women, and then let them do it."
People spread the word that these guys are vampires who fight for the interests of the people and oppose the new law."
Soon, under Zhang Chu's instructions, a stage troupe started singing. It was a rare opportunity for the common people to watch a big show. Who could think of those imperial students and officials? The stage troupe was surrounded by them one by one, and they were watching with gusto.
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In this way, the imperial students, Hanlin officials, and officials were very embarrassed. On one side, they were kneeling like the grandsons, and on the other side, there were players singing, playing, playing, and singing. The people all cheered loudly, which made them who had always been aloof.
I feel so humiliated and ashamed.
There are those thin-skinned imperial students and officials who sneak away quietly, and they can't care about so much.
"Brother, why are those people kneeling at the gate of the palace?"
"Hey, it's not that they are against the new law. They are all talking about benevolence and morality, but in private they are doing the business of male thieves and female prostitutes. Otherwise, how could they oppose the new law? It's not that the family property came from the wrong way."
"Oh, it turns out they are against the new law. These guys are rich and have many wives and concubines, but they have the nerve to come and fight with us poor people. They are really shameless."
The opera singers on the stage were singing seriously, and the imperial city officials who mingled among the people also took advantage of the opportunity and began to lead the topic to the new law, letting the people know the true purpose of the petition at the palace gate.
The new law is beneficial to the poor people. This point cannot be argued by anyone who is not blind. Therefore, after the people understand the truth, it is easy to decide who to support and who not to support.
So many people began to point fingers at those imperial students and officials, and some even spat at them. This was really enjoyable.
Zhang Chu sneered and thought that these imperial students had not eaten yet and must be hungry at this time, so Zhang Chu ordered people to find many food vendors and let them do business beside the stage.
The cries of the vendors, as well as the fragrant local snacks and delicacies, immediately aroused the appetite of the students and officials.
None of them had eaten. They didn't feel hungry before, but now their stomachs growled, as if they were beating drums.
Under this situation, many Tai students and officials could no longer bear it, and hid their faces and left one after another, leaving only the common people laughing at their figures, as if they were looking at monkeys.
Funing Hall, study room.
Zhao Yun learned that the imperial students and officials who had petitioned the palace gate dispersed one by one with disdain on their faces.
"I thought how many of these guys could kneel to death, but they just ran away after kneeling for a long time. It will take ten years for the scholar to rebel. I finally realized this."
Gao Shi said: "Your Majesty, this matter was planned secretly by Zhang Chu. He ordered the troupe to humiliate those people, and let the vendors torture them until they were hungry and thirsty. Then they dispersed. If it weren't for Zhang Chu, I'm afraid there would be no death.
So fast."
"oh?"
Zhao Yun was slightly surprised, then smiled with satisfaction, nodded and said: "This Zhang Chu can be considered shameless and courageous, and my expectations for him are not in vain. I hope he will have more contact with the people and know what to do in the future."
Zhao Yun was a little pleased with Zhang Chu and was in a good mood. Zhao Yun ordered someone to get a fishing rod and go fishing in the back garden.
He was in a good mood and everything he did went smoothly. After a few efforts, Zhao Yun actually caught a few fish and gained more fish than he had caught in the past few days.
Zhao Yun was happy and said: "Bring it to add some food. I will stay with Chen Guiyi, Li Zongmian and Chen Long to have dinner together in the evening."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Gao Shi agreed and waved to Xiao Huangmen to send the fish to braise.
Zhao Yun shook his hands and continued fishing, but he didn't expect that at this moment, a Xiaohuangmen Xiaobu came in a hurry. He whispered a few words to Gao Shi, and Gao Shi was startled, with a look of surprise on his face.
Gao Shi was stunned for a while, and finally stepped forward and whispered to Zhao Yun: "Your Majesty, Gou Shijun, the Minister of Rites, has died of illness."
"Sick, why is he sick, what disease is he?"
Zhao Yun didn't react for a while, thinking that Gou Mengyu was just sick. He didn't understand until he said it.
Zhao Yun turned around in surprise, looked at Gao Shi, and said, "What did you just say, Gou Qing's family died of illness?"
Gao Shi nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, just now Gou Shijun's son came to the palace to deliver news, saying that Gou Shijun became ill from overwork and took a short nap at noon, but he passed away in his sleep just like that."
Zhao Yun's happy mood disappeared and turned sad, "I just left anyway. I met him the day before yesterday and he was fine."
Zhao Yun lamented the impermanence of the world and said to Gao Shi: "You leave the palace on my behalf, go to Gou Qing's house to express condolences, send him on his last journey, and then let the Ministry of Rites draft a posthumous title."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Gao Shi respectfully agreed and turned around to do it.
Zhao Yun shook his head emotionally, feeling sad for the loss of a good minister.
Early the next morning, at Gou Mengyu's house, Gao Shi, on behalf of Zhao Yun, came to express his condolences.
Qiao Xingjian, Yuan Shao, Zhen Dexiu, Zhao Shanxiang, Zhu Zhu, Ge Hong and others also came. They all had sad faces, lamenting the impermanence of the world, and comforting Gou Mengyu's family to express their condolences.
Among those who came to express their condolences was Song Ci, who looked solemn and sad as he followed a group of ministers and walked to Gou Mengyu's body to pay homage to him.
However, when he saw Gou Mengyu's body, his face was shocked, and his pupils instantly dilated, showing an expression of surprise.
Subconsciously, Song Ci looked around, looking carefully at the Gou Mengyu family members who were crying.