Zhu Qizhen was feeling happy when he saw Huaien running over in a hurry.
"Didn't I ask you to send those two people to Honglu Temple? Why did they come back?"
Wynn was panting, pointing to the outside of the hall, and said: "Outside, outside... there's a fight!"
Hearing this, Shi Hengteng jumped up and asked: "Who is coming? How many troops are there?"
Wynn quickly said: "No, that..."
"Stop talking and protect the emperor!"
Shi Heng looked around and found no weapon, so he picked up the brocade pier on the ground and walked out of the palace.
"General Shi!"
Wynn quickly stopped him and said: "There are no soldiers and horses, yes, yes..."
Shi Heng was anxious: "What is it? Just talk!"
"Yes...it's the Hanlin Academy and the Academy of Sciences, fighting!"
It turned out that Huaien had just sent people to the entrance of Honglu Temple, but he saw a noisy place, a group of Confucian scholars in robes, and even people in official robes... fighting!
Usually, the fights between scholars are verbal battles, which are commonly known as swearing. It is really rare to actually roll up your sleeves and use your fists.
Moreover, it was a group fight, with at least hundreds of people.
Wynn hurried forward and asked about the situation. It turned out that it had nothing to do with Honglu Temple. It was the Hanlin Academy and the newly established Academy of Sciences. The two groups of people had a dispute over some issue at first. The result became more and more intense, eventually leading to a group fight.<
/p>
As for why these two groups of people were fighting at the entrance of Honglu Temple, it was entirely because the Imperial Academy was to the east of Honglu Temple and the Academy of Sciences was to the west of Honglu Temple. Honglu Temple was innocent.
The Minister of Honglu Temple was also helpless and could not persuade him, so he had no choice but to let it go. You can fight if you like. Just don't destroy Honglu Temple.
Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Wynn hurried back to report the situation.
Zhu Qizhen frowned and asked, "Why?"
"It seems that the Academy of Sciences published a book called, what is it called... Encyclopedia or something like that? The Hanlin Academy said that this book is heresy, and also said that the people in the Academy of Sciences do not do their job properly all day long and do all these useless things. They are scholars.
Shame..."
The Academy of Sciences was just established this year, with Qin Tianjian as its team, and former Qin Tianjian Zheng Peng Qing as the first academician.
Since Peng Qing was still overseas, Beilin, the former deputy supervisor, took charge of the work of the Academy of Sciences.
Strictly speaking, the Academy of Sciences is not a functional department. Instead, it selects a large number of talents in the natural sciences through the new imperial examination and organizes them for systematic scientific research.
The first thing the Academy of Sciences did after its establishment was to compile the Encyclopedia of Natural Sciences.
This book is similar to The Hundred Thousand Whys of later generations, for example, why it rains when it thunders, why there are four seasons throughout the year, and why the earth is round, roughly these basic popular science knowledge.
This is because the natural sciences of the Ming Dynasty have just started. Although the new imperial examination has added relevant content and delineated some ancient works, after all, it is so old that it is a bit confusing to read, and there are even some errors.
Only then did Zhu Qizhen give Beilin an order that the Academy of Life Sciences compile a popular science book as soon as possible that covers all aspects and is simple and easy to understand, preferably for ordinary people to understand...
Who would have thought that this book, for some reason, annoyed a group of old scholars from the Hanlin Academy next door, and they actually started a fight.
"Report to Your Majesty!"
At this time, another young eunuch ran in.
Zhu Qizhen raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
The young eunuch knelt down and leaned over and said: "Many people have come, saying they want the emperor to administer justice!"
Wynn quickly asked: "Who?"
"They are bachelors from the Hanlin Academy, there are many people!"
"Your Majesty, please make the decision..."
There was a faint sound of crying outside the palace, and then Fan Zhong hurriedly walked in and said: "To report to the emperor, the Hanlin Academy has collectively invaded the palace, and the humble ministers can't stop them!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Don't stop me.
Let them enter the temple!"
Fan Zhong frowned and said, "But there are a lot of people!"
"It doesn't matter, let's put them all in."
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, the guards outside gave up their obstruction, and the people from the Hanlin Academy ran in like a swarm. In front of them were a large group of Hanlin bachelors with gray hair and beards.
These old scholars seemed to be full of grievances. They fell to their knees on the ground, crying and crying.
Immediately behind these people, there was a group of young people.
I saw them rolling up their sleeves and chasing the people in front of them, punching and kicking them.
"Your Majesty, help me, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qizhen looked up and saw Xiao Weizhen, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
This person was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xuande. Needless to say, he is knowledgeable. The only problem is that he is too stubborn and does not accept the New Deal at all. When talking about natural science, he always sneers or sneers.
The person behind him is none other than Beilin!
This guy is quite talented, but he has a bad temper.
In this hall, the veterans he had beaten could almost put together a table of mahjong.
Not to mention that it was his fault to arrest other ministers in the cabinet.
Zhu Qizhen seemed to understand that the Academy of Sciences was newly established, mainly young people, and these people followed Beilin. In addition to studying natural science, they must also be more or less influenced by his personality.
In this battle between the Hanlin Academy and the Academy of Sciences, if it comes to scolding, those old scholars can scold them for three days and three nights without repeating the same thing.
However, how could the people brought out by Beilin stand there and be scolded...
Seeing the commotion in the main hall, Wynn shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Quiet, quiet, please don't behave disrespectfully in front of me!"
Only then did everyone stop what they were doing and knelt down to salute.
Fengtian Hall can accommodate hundreds of people, but it seems a bit crowded.
When many people kneel down to worship, they secretly pinch each other's arms and thighs.
Zhu Qizhen calmly said, "I heard that you are very good at fighting, right?"
Hearing this, the people in the Academy of Sciences buried their heads deeper, but the people in the Hanlin Academy all looked happy. They heard that the emperor wanted to support them.
Xiao Weizhen cried and said: "I beg the emperor to make the decision for me!"
Zhu Qizhen glanced at him and said coldly: "Tell me, what's going on?"
Xiao Weizhen wiped away his tears and said: "The Academy of Sciences, headed by Bei Lin, is attacking veterans and others. It is an insult to politeness and politeness!"
Beilin frowned and retorted: "Who told you to curse?"
"How presumptuous!" Zhu Qizhen said angrily, "Are you still justified in fighting?"
"I...know my mistake!"
Beilin didn't dare to make a mistake, so she had to give in, but she was extremely unwilling to do so. She added: "I have lost my manners in front of the emperor and lacked etiquette. The emperor wants to beat me and punish me, but I admit it. However, these people insulted me and others, and also accused me.
The Encyclopedia of Nature that I compiled is heresy and misleading, I can’t bear it, and I will beat him when I walk out of the hall today!”
…………
PS: Recommend a friend’s new book, it’s not about eunuchs, the quality is guaranteed, "Five Years as County Magistrate, Hundreds of Kilograms of Grain Shocked Li Shimin"