"Haha! Mr. Zhang, your move is really cruel. Our Hanlin Academy has come forward to say that pork is poisonous, so the people will naturally believe us!"
"Wonderful! After the pork is poisoned, Lin Fan won't be able to sell any of his pigs, haha! Let's see what else he can do against us!"
"His Majesty intervened in this matter too late. If we spread the news that pork is non-toxic, people will probably think that His Majesty is coercing us."
"However, we don't know whether the pigs Lin Fan raises are poisonous, so it would be inappropriate to make such a rash conclusion!"
"Haha! Ordinary pigs only grow to seventy or eighty kilograms. The pigs raised by Lin Fan can reach two hundred kilograms. There must be something wrong with this pig!"
"I don't dare to eat it anyway!"
In the Hanlin Academy, the great scholars were still talking about the pigs raised by Lin Fan.
At this time, Lin Fan had already arrived at the gate of the Hanlin Academy. Because the Imperial Academy was where the great Confucians worked, there were guards at the door.
However, these guards did not dare to stop Lin Fan, so they all got out of the way honestly. After Lin Fan walked in, he went straight to the place where the great scholars gathered.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
The servants of the Hanlin Academy shouted hurriedly.
kindness!
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrives, doesn't that mean Lin Fan has arrived?
If the prince was still Li Chengqian, they would have welcomed him out long ago. But now that the prince was Lin Fan, they were sitting on the chairs with the old god present, drinking tea and waiting for Lin Fan to come in.
Lin Fan walked in. The great scholars only bowed slightly, and no one stood up.
"Haha! You guys are so old, but you don't know any etiquette at all, and you don't get up to salute me when you see me!"
Lin Fan sneered.
"His Royal Highness, we are the first-class bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. We will only salute when we see His Majesty. When we see the Prince, we will also be respectful, but there is no need to salute."
A great scholar said.
"Your Highness, don't you think that you are already inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people?"
Another person sneered.
Lin Fan smiled slightly and said: "Haha! That's right. When you see the prince, you don't need to salute, but what about your teacher?"
"A great scholar from the Hanlin Academy did not stand up to salute his teacher when he saw him. If word of this gets out, will you people still want the face?"
What!
After hearing what Lin Fan said, everyone present was stunned. Lin Fan actually dared to mention something about their teacher.
"You! You are shameless!"
"It's an insult to politeness! It's an insult to politeness! We are all great scholars in the Hanlin Academy. How dare you call yourself a teacher in front of us!"
"We lost the bet with you. You also humiliated us. This matter should be brought to an end. Don't mention it again in the future!"
"Your Highness, we respect you so much, is this how you humiliate us?"
The great scholars in the Hanlin Academy were all blowing their beards and staring, obviously very angry.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Haha! I'm not in a hurry, but you are in a hurry. How can you still call yourself a great scholar?"
"As the saying goes, a gentleman is willing to accept defeat. What you are doing now is not like a gentleman, but like a ruffian."
"If word of this gets out, will you, the great scholars, still want the face?"
"You! Your Highness, what you are doing is wrong!"
A great scholar said angrily.
"Haha! You got a big deal for nothing, and you still say what I did was wrong?"
"I am now the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. You don't know who will belong to this world in the future, right?
Do you think that with your little ability, you can change my position?"
"If nothing else, 300,000 soldiers and horses are not something you can fight against. Besides, the peasant disciples have already recognized me as their master."
"You people represent Confucianism. If you are treacherous and don't recognize me as your teacher, don't blame me for showing no mercy to Confucian disciples in the future!"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
kindness!
When the great scholars present heard what Lin Fan said, they were all dumbfounded. They were able to have such a status now because they were favored by the emperor. If the emperor no longer reuses Confucian people, then Confucian disciples will have no place in the future!
"Your Highness, your method of threatening us is a bit too low!"
"Haha! I have also realized that we Confucian disciples are all over the world, and each of them is knowledgeable about the past and the present. They are great talents in governing the country. If you don't reuse Confucian disciples, who will you reuse?"
"Your Highness, do you think you can run the country by just finding some random people?
You have underestimated the country and the country!"
The great scholars all laughed, thinking they had caught Lin Fan's hand.
Lin Fan looked at their arrogant expressions, smiled slightly, and said: "You are right, running a country is not something ordinary people can do, so what I need are talents!"
"However, talents are not necessarily Confucian disciples. Before I entered the court as an official, Li Zicheng's uprising was not suppressed by you Confucian disciples."
"No, it is up to me, Marquis Wu, to solve the problem. What kind of life did the people of our Ming Dynasty live in the past?
How long have I been the Emperor Wuhou?
Now the people can have enough to eat."
"So, do you still think that Confucian disciples are indispensable talents for the court?"
Lin Fan asked rhetorically.
this……
The great Confucians were at a loss for words, and Lin Fan added: "Farmer disciples have extremely high skills in agriculture, but the previous monarchs did not reuse them for their own benefit."
"And I will reuse the farmers' disciples and let them help the people increase food production. Then, I will also reuse the military disciples."
"Haha! I will also reuse Legalist disciples, but you Confucian disciples are dispensable. Do you really think you are important?"
this……
The great Confucians all looked shocked at this moment. If Lin Fan really used people from Legalists, military strategists, and farmers, it seemed that their Confucian people would really be dispensable.
"Your Highness, your words today will shake the country and the country!"
The great Confucians rebuked angrily.
"Will it shake the country and the country?
I think it’s your Confucian school that’s going to end. You guys are the leaders of the Confucian school, but you’ve taken the lead in breaking your own promises!”
"Will the Confucian scholars in this world become treacherous people and Confucian people?
If they admit it, how will the world view Confucianism?"
Lin Fan said every word.
The great Confucians were all stunned now. They originally wanted to give Lin Fan a good lecture, but they didn't expect that he was lectured by Lin Fan.
"Your Highness, at such an old age, how can we be so shameless as to call you teacher?"
A great scholar said in a deep voice.
"Haha! I don't care about this. If I hear this teacher today, all of you will be finished. I will let everyone in the world know the scandal you have done!"