Chapter 370 From now on, there will be no more scholars!
Chapter 370 From now on, there will be no more scholars!
"Haha! Have you heard about what happened recently?
Just because His Highness the Crown Prince acted arbitrarily, many officials lost their lives because of it!"
"Hmph! Those lowly people are not qualified to learn writing. This Lin Fan put forward such an opinion before, so we don't have to agree with him. Now that he is serious, those literati will not give up!"
"That's right! Think about it, are those literati's lifts efficient on fuel?
He studied hard for ten years in Hanchuang, and endured countless hardships. He didn't even go to high school, and he just got the status of a civil servant. How do humble people also want to learn writing?
Haha! What a fool’s dream!”
"Hmph! I'm not going to get involved in this matter. I just want to see how His Highness the Crown Prince resolves it."
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Many officials were gloating over Lin Fan's misfortune, thinking they had Lin Fan under control, but the academicians of the Hanlin Academy were anxious.
"Alas! What can we do about this matter? His Royal Highness is also dedicated to the Ming Dynasty! Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin are obviously good things, how could it turn into this?"
"Anyway, we also lost to His Highness the Crown Prince. Now we are his students. The teacher is in trouble. How can we students not help?"
"That's right! I will issue a statement soon, saying that the simplified Chinese characters have been recognized by the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites, and will be accepted by all the literati in the world!"
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The great scholars of the Hanlin Academy made a decision and then began to prepare the letter. However, as soon as they started writing, Lin Fan sent someone to deliver the message.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order. The great scholars of the Hanlin Academy are all highly respected people in our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, you should not wade into some muddy waters. It's good to have tea and chat when you have nothing to do."
The eunuch said solemnly.
Facing these great scholars from the Hanlin Academy, he felt very uneasy when he said these words, but there was nothing he could do about it, His Highness the Crown Prince's original words were like this.
"This! Your Highness the Crown Prince actually didn't let us interfere!"
"Is it possible that he has already thought of a countermeasure?"
"Hiss! With His Highness the Prince's temper, most of the countermeasures he comes up with are extremely cruel to the literati. Now we are in big trouble!"
The great scholars in the Imperial Academy realized something was wrong.
At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel had been invited to the prince's residence by Lin Fan. More than a hundred people were standing in the courtyard. Lin Fan walked over slowly with a red apple in his hand.
Seeing Lin Fan, the officials hurriedly saluted respectfully: "I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Lin Fan waved his hand and said: "Ministers, you don't need to be too polite at this time. I will pretend to be the emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Normally I am just an ordinary prince."
hehe!
An ordinary prince?
You wiped out the Jiannu and let the Turks, Walas and other tribes still not recover. Li Zicheng was played to death by you. You say you are an ordinary prince?
The ministers present all slandered in their hearts, but on the surface they did not dare to say it out loud. They all responded: "His Royal Highness is approachable, and we dare not be disrespectful to His Highness in the slightest!"
"Well! You dare not be disrespectful to me at all. I am very touched. However, too many people have been disrespectful to me recently. What should I do?"
Lin Fan asked coldly.
"Ahem! Anyone who is disrespectful to His Highness the Crown Prince is disrespectful to our officials. Our officials are taking the lead and will definitely condemn him severely!"
Wang Wuji coughed twice and said.
Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites, said hurriedly: "Your Highness, the Ministry of Rites is where talents gather. Don't worry, we will definitely condemn those people and make them kneel down to apologize to you!"
Lin Fan pretended to be embarrassed and said: "They disrespected me, and I asked you to scold them back. Wouldn't that be the same as scolding a shrew?"
"Besides, these people are extremely arrogant. They have already stepped on my prince's head and want to shit on my head. You tell me what to do!"
"What! Which thief is this?
Dare you be so arrogant?"
"Your Highness, is it possible that the people from Heshuote are disrespectful to you?
That’s not right, they accepted His Majesty’s canonization and are now our ministers of the Ming Dynasty!”
"What nonsense are you talking about? That Yinghou is the father-in-law of His Highness the Crown Prince, how could he be disrespectful to His Highness the Crown Prince?
Your Highness, no matter who disrespects you, we will punish them severely!"
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel said coldly.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Okay! This prince is waiting for your words, and the one who steps on my head is the most famous scholar in the world!"
"What!"
"Your Highness, you cannot make such a joke!"
"Your Royal Highness, I know that your pinyin and simplified Chinese characters are only good for the people and have no harm to the people. However, this matter cannot be implemented too fast. Those literati are a little repulsive, which is normal!"
"Yes! Your Highness, this is normal. Please forgive them this time!"
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel said in unison.
"Haha! If they are just a little repulsive, will I, the prince, be on the same level as them?
Just because the poor people were asked to learn simplified Chinese characters, they actually made a big fuss everywhere. Is this still an example of the literati of the Ming Dynasty?
Is it still a talent?”
"It's okay to make a big fuss, but someone actually dared to kill our officials of the Ming Dynasty, haha! Although this matter is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment, the officials are under the control of your Ministry of Personnel! An official is dead! Your Ministry of Personnel has no
Any reaction!"
"What saddens me the most is that these people were trampled to death because of pinyin and simplified Chinese characters. This is the work of my prince's painstaking efforts!"
"What is the difference between the behavior of those literati who raise sons and beating or killing the prince?
All the officials have been beaten to death, and I am the next one to die!"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
His words were full of murderous intent, and all the officials present knelt on the ground, all with their heads lowered and not daring to speak.
Lin Fan said coldly: "Everyone, what's the use of not saying a word?
Let me tell you what you want to do!"
"Your Highness, I will issue a proclamation later to severely condemn these scholars so that they will not dare to do such things in the future!"
Xue Bingtian said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan looked at Wang Wuji indifferently and said: "Wang Wuji, Xue Bingtian is the Minister of Rites. I can understand that he has such thoughts. As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I really want to hear what you are going to say next.
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Wang Wuji suddenly raised his head, a cold light burst out from his eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "I have understood what His Highness the Crown Prince means. You want no more literati to raise sons in this world, that is, no literati to raise sons, then