In front of everyone, the Southern Zhili Imperial Censor Shang Liangchen was the son of the former chief assistant Shang Ren. Of course he had a close relationship with Fang Yingwu. It was very vulgar to say that he was Fang Yingwu's elder brother.
Shang Liangchen was a Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua. He previously served as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. His current official position as a censor was obtained through the guidance of Jingfang Yingwu.
It turns out that this year is Shang Ren's 70th birthday, and Shang Hanlin had wanted to take a leave to go home to celebrate his birthday. However, Zhejiang is too far from the capital, and it takes several months to go back and forth. It is very difficult to take this kind of leave, and the court will not allow it to be too long.
holiday, unless Ding You.
When Shang Hanlin was worried, he met Fang Yingwu. The clever Fang Yingwu gave Shang Hanlin an idea, saying that there was a rule in the officialdom, and Zhili officials must be appointed by Hanlin to show that they were different from other provinces.
And Shang Liangchen could ask Ying to serve as a censor for the Southern Zhili Dynasty. In this way, he could take up his post in the south, which would be much closer to his hometown of Chun'an, Zhejiang, and it would be very convenient to come and go.
Finally, after some operation, the imperial court appointed Shang Liangchen to serve as the censor of Nanzhili and let him go to the south, which was a favor to the merchants.
But at this moment, Shang Liangchen suddenly appeared here, which was really frightening... The scholars who had been noisy just now fell silent, and the whole place fell into silence. They even forgot to escape.
You know, there are countless official positions in the world, but only those who are promoted to academic officials will be called great masters or old masters by scholars! Is it possible that the word "grandmaster" is used casually?
To the scholars, Fang Qin Envoy and Ti Xue Guan were definitely two different people, and besieging Fang Qin Envoy and besieging Ti Xue Guan were definitely two different events.
Scholars all know that the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles are the foundation of a person's life. There is a teacher in the five constant principles of heaven, earth, king, prince, teacher.
The academic officer can be regarded as the teacher of all the scholars in the area. In broad daylight, he openly besieged the teacher on the street. This is not a crime, so what is a crime?
Even putting aside hypocritical morality, from the perspective of practical interests, the Grand Master Ti Xue Guan is also a person who directly controls the future of scholars.
First of all, the Ti Xue Guan is the ex-officio examiner of the undergraduate provincial examination. Scholars who want to pass the examination must learn from the Ti Xue Guan. Who the Ti Xue Guan wants to promote may be difficult to do due to the strict system, but he wants to deliberately suppress it.
Who, then the difficulty is much lower.
Secondly, in addition to presiding over the provincial examination, the academic officer is also responsible for patrolling various places to assess school students. It is very easy to directly invalidate a scholar's reputation.
In a place like Suzhou, where the literary style flourishes, the difficulty of passing the examination to be a scholar is not much less than passing the examination. Once one is deprived of one's academic title, one will completely transform from a scholar class into a commoner.
All in all, except for the academic advisor who works independently, no other officials have the above-mentioned powers over scholars. If other officials want to deal with scholars, they must go through the academic advisor.
Therefore, for ordinary scholars, Tixue officials should be distinguished from other officials. Other officials are the parents of ordinary people, but Tixue officials are the parents of scholars.
The scholars would rather offend the governor, a high-ranking official in the border area, than dare to offend the academic official. Some of them with bad character would even try their best to please the great master!
However, there were about twenty or thirty scholars present. Just during that time, they besieged their parents, the Grand Master! If you don't seek death, you won't die!
Such a thing had never happened before. None of the scholars present knew what to do and could only stand there and be dumbfounded.
Even the most intelligent people would not dare to act rashly at this time. They could only think to themselves that the Grand Master was patrolling in the area under his jurisdiction. I heard that he had just arrived in Changzhou Prefecture in the north, so why did he suddenly appear in the area?
Suzhou Prefecture? Moreover, the Grand Master came from the imperial envoy’s residence. What is his relationship with the imperial envoy?
This means that good people are rewarded... Commissioner Fang Qin slowly walked out of the mansion and looked at the stunned scholars. He sighed with regret.
At that time, Fang Yingwu gave advice to Shang Liangchen, purely out of loyalty to help him, and did not expect it to be of any use to him. However, he did not expect that Fang Yingwu would also go to the south and meet Shang Liangchen in Jiangnan.
So much so that a letter was able to invite this senior fellow disciple from Changzhou Mansion to Suzhou Mansion, and he came here quietly...
Shang Liangchen did not speak, his expression was expressionless and his expression was stern, his eyes kept scanning here and there, but the silence was better than the sound, which was enough to make a group of soldiers tremble and tremble, and they did not dare to express their anger.
In the suffocating atmosphere, Fang Yingwu floated to Shang Liangchen's side silently and stood side by side with Grandmaster Shang.
He was the first to break the silence, chatting and laughing and said to Shang Liangchen: "These scholars are ignorant, and they are probably instigated by someone. Therefore, the principal culprit should be severely punished, and as for the accomplices, just give them a few words of admonishment."
After the scholars heard this, many of them breathed a sigh of relief, probably thinking that they were accomplices. As for whether the principal culprit was found out and how severely he would be punished, that was not their concern for the time being.
Shang Liangchen had a straight face and snorted coldly, as if he was noncommittal. Commissioner Fang Qin stopped talking nonsense and pointed at a black-faced scholar casually and said: "I saw it clearly just now. This man slapped the sedan with the strongest force, like the main culprit!"
The black-faced scholar hurriedly shouted: "Why did the imperial envoy say this? How can I be considered the leader?"
Fang Yingwu asked back: "Oh? You are not the principal culprit, then who is the principal culprit?"
The black-faced scholar was speechless. Could he identify someone else on the spot? What is the difference between that and betrayal?
Fang Yingwu casually moved his fingers and pointed at a slender scholar, "I saw clearly just now that this man was pulling the sedan bearer the most violently. I'm afraid he is also the chief culprit!"
The lanky scholar immediately became panicked, "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy is aware of this! Wan Sheng came here for the sake of his classmates and did not incite others. How can he be regarded as the principal culprit?"
Fang Yingwu asked calmly: "With so many people here, there must be a leader in the middle. Then who do you think the main culprit is?"
The lanky scholar was stuck in his mouth. Even if he knew who it was, he wouldn't be able to point it out openly!
Regardless of whether he said it or not, Fang Yingwu didn't seem to care at all, his eyes began to wander around again, and he lazily raised his fingers, and suddenly pointed at a short scholar: "I can see it clearly, you are also the main culprit, come out together
Be punished!"
The short scholar was immediately at a loss. He took a few steps back and waved his arms subconsciously, "It's not me, it's not me!" Suddenly he pointed at the person next to him: "I was called here by Gu Wenshan!"
"Okay! You made a meritorious report and will be exempted from punishment!" Fang Yingwu immediately shouted, then turned to Shang Liangchen and said, "Senior Shang, what do you think of this?"
Shang Liangchen nodded cooperatively and agreed with Fang Yingwu's opinion. But Gu Wenshan, who was pointed out, became furious, stared at the short scholar and cursed: "Gao Yu, please be careful what you say! Don't spit on others!"
Who dares to take the responsibility in front of the Grand Master who is almost at risk of life and death? Even if Gu Wenshan is really the leader, he does not dare to admit it!
In front of ordinary officials, being tough can gain reputation, which is not a big deal. But in front of the Grand Master, it is tantamount to seeking death. The Grand Master really holds his future and destiny in his hands.
If you make a mistake against the great master, it will be like an egg hitting a rock!
Immediately, there was a buzz of discussion in the crowd. Some were dissatisfied with Gu Wenshan, thinking that he was too irresponsible; others complained that Gao Yu had no one to keep his mouth shut and exposed his secrets casually, leaving his classmates in despair.
After discussing for a while, around the two classmates Gu Wenshan and Gao Yu, the scholars actually started to have a small quarrel.
Fang Yingwu sneered in his heart. His purpose was not to find out who was the leader, but to sow discord between these scholars. Let them fall into internal strife first, so as not to work together again, and then
Only by yourself can you solve it once and for all!
With the support of Shang Liangchen, the academic censor, which scholar in Suzhou Prefecture dares to be arrogant? He Fang responded to things and did not ask for praise from everyone. As long as these rogue scholars do not cause trouble to him during this year's term of office, he will hide from him when they see him.
Just go!
So, just add more fuel to the fire! Fang Yingwu shouted to the scholars again: "Are there any more reports? If there are no reports, then Gu Wenshan and three others are the ones who committed the crime! Go down and wait.
Let the Grand Master investigate and deal with it!"
All the scholars suddenly felt a deep pain in their balls. Everyone knew Fang Qin's intentions, but there was nothing they could do to prevent it. (To be continued...)
