There was also a group of people in another restaurant who were concerned about the students causing trouble in the imperial city, but these people were all from Daliang, and their accents were from Jiangnan.
"The news from the court is that His Majesty wants to increase taxes. Since my family's property is in the southeast, he will definitely not be able to escape. Your Majesty actually wants to increase the business tax by 50%. You really are a fool!"
"Hunjun, this is simply competing with the people for profit!"
"The taxes in the southeast are already heavy. Do you want me to die? I think this beam will be finished sooner or later."
"Be careful!"
"Be careful what you say, Brother Chaozong, why don't you say anything? Your family is a wealthy merchant family. If we really want to raise taxes, I don't know how many people in the southeast will have their families destroyed."
The man who was called Chaozong smiled slightly, and when he saw others looking at him, he said, "I have nothing to say."
This man's name is Zhou Chaozong, and he is a disciple of the Zhou family, a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, he is an outsider of the Zhou family. Although he is a disciple of a wealthy family, he has failed in his career within the Zhou family!
All serious disciples of aristocratic families would take the imperial examination to become officials. Zhou Chaozong was also talented and wanted to become an official through the imperial examination, but the elders in the Zhou family did not allow it and forced him to become a shopkeeper, specifically responsible for the Zhou family's business in Jinling!
Zhou Chaozong was naturally unhappy, but there was nothing he could do!
The people sitting together today are all the shopkeepers of the wealthy families in the Southeast in Jinling. Zhou Chaozong knew in his heart that the influence of the Southeast's wealthy families may not be involved when students make trouble.
The direct disciples of the Jiangnan wealthy family are all scholars.
Zhou Chaozong said: "Your Majesty must have been deceived."
When he said this, the other people nodded with satisfaction, and Zhou Chaozong breathed a sigh of relief, finally it was over.
At the gate of Donghua, Zhou Heng was still confronting the students.
A student stepped out, towards the thousands of students behind him, nodded, cupped his hands, and said loudly: "A gentleman dies in a country. A certain student from Jiangnan, Li Mingbo, is willing to lead the charge. I beg the Emperor to see him!"
"A certain Jiangnan student, Zhou Shao. I would like to follow you!"
"Student of Lianghuai Road, Zhang Chen!"
"Jinling student, He Mingda!"
With one person taking the lead, dozens of people signed up one after another. These people stood up one after another, straightened their clothes, looked solemn, and then knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "I'm waiting for you to see the emperor!"
Zhou Heng was shocked: "You, how dare you knock on the door!"
It sounds like it's called "detaining", but in reality it's forced to have a baby.
Zhou Heng said angrily: "If someone comes, call me out."
Zhou Heng, for the sake of these people, forced his students to marry him, and even if he died, he would have to shed a layer of his skin. If he was driven away, maybe this matter would be over.
But he doesn’t understand what these students are thinking!
Today, under the attention of thousands of people, these students are all smart people. It is said that there is strength in numbers and the law does not punish the masses. The emperor may not dare to do this.
If the emperor gives in later, they will become famous. With fame, it will be much easier to be an official in the future!
This is the routine of scholars since ancient times!
"Zhou Heng, do you want to be a traitor? Think clearly. If you dare to touch us, your Zhou family will be ruined in the future!"
"No one in your clan will ever want to go to school in the future. No one in the world will dare to teach your disciples. Your Zhou family will never want to make progress in the academy in the future!"
"We are the seeds of the country's education, how dare you insult us, the saint's disciples!"
"A thief joins an army, don't you know how to write the word "death"?"
Zhou Heng was shocked but stopped his men.
These scholars are so vicious!
He naturally understood what these people said. If he dared to touch them, there would be no scholar in the Zhou family in the future.
Disciples of the Zhou family will be despised by scholars all over the world.
Although Zhu Youde vigorously promoted Wang Po and other poor disciples, some things cannot be changed for the time being, especially the public opinion in Daliang is completely in the hands of scholars.
Zhou Heng was angry and didn't dare to take action. He really wanted to die so he wouldn't have to face these people.
But when he thought about his family, he didn't dare to die anymore. He looked at the students and said, "I am Emperor Yu Lin. If you threaten me, do you know how to write the word "death"?"
"How dare you? Your Zhou family is no more than a small family. The emperor has killed you, but don't you think about the future? When we meet the emperor, we will definitely read your book. When we fall, you will know how to write the word "death"!"
Damn it!
Zhu Youde was furious!
He was already behind the Donghua Gate, but he didn't show up, but he sent someone to inquire about the news!
Listening to what the eunuch passed back, Zhu Youde couldn't bear it!
These readers have dark hearts!
He actually threatened Zhou Heng with the future of the Zhou family.
"I really didn't know that my students from Daliang had such backbone!" Zhu Youde smiled slightly!
Wang Zhonghou suddenly felt cold in his heart. His Majesty was angry. The more His Majesty seemed to be fine, the more dissatisfied he became!
Wang Zhong said kindly: "Your Majesty, most of the students in the world are good, only a few are lazy!"
Zhu Youde turned back and glanced at Wang Zhonghou: "Do you want to die? It's a national matter like this, and you, a loser, can't interfere!"
"This old slave is punished by death!" Wang Zhonghou was so frightened that he knelt down quickly. Several eunuchs around Zhu Youde were so frightened that they trembled all over.
Zhu Youde raised his hand and slapped Wang Zhonghou: "Do you want to be Chen Lin?"
Chen Lin was a famous eunuch in the former Song Dynasty, and her historical evaluation was very high.
Without waiting for Wang Zhong's kindness, Zhu Youde kicked him over: "You are my dog, not those ungrateful dogs. If you dare to talk nonsense again, you can go and guard the imperial mausoleum. I will give you some face. You need to behave yourself."
Hold it, but be sure not to drop it!"
Wang Zhonghou nodded tremblingly.
Zhu Youde snorted coldly and stopped talking. He was quite satisfied with Wang Zhonghou: "Get up, who are you pretending to show me? Are you the one who can't talk about things like this today? I'm not dead yet, these readings are just for you.
If you dare to force the palace, do you think I am dead? Tell Zhou Heng that I am watching him."
Wang Zhonghou quickly sent someone to tell Zhou Heng. He looked at Zhu Youde carefully and felt even more unsure!
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!
He wanted to say a few good words to the scholars outside so that Zhu Youde would not start killing people.
She really wants to be Chen Lin.
Zhu Youde had hit him before, saying he was nine thousand years old.
"Your Majesty, students are making trouble, big or small. Naturally, I don't dare to say anything. It's just that thousands of students outside the gate are blocking the palace gate. It is really not good. If foreign envoys see it, it will damage the face of the court."
Even the dead eunuchs understand this, but none of the students outside understand it!
"Shut up, do you think they can't hear because they can't see it? How many people are waiting to see my joke."
Zhu Youde sneered. In fact, he knew very well how this matter was so simple. It seemed like some scholars were making trouble!
But most of the students who just signed up to knock on the door are Jiangnan disciples.
This matter is not simply caused by students making trouble, but has something to do with my own tax increase.
Is there no inside story here?
Wouldn't that mean he is a fool?
However, Zhu Youde doesn't care about this matter. Students from Jiangnan naturally want to speak for their hometown!
What he cares about is public opinion.
When these students made such a fuss, Zhu Youde realized that he had always forgotten about public opinion, and had not even grasped the public opinion at all.
This is something Zhu Youde cannot tolerate.
Things like public opinion must be in the hands of the emperor, otherwise the world will not know how to arrange him and explain the policies he will implement in the future.
Public opinion in this era is the right to interpret!
The final right of interpretation must belong to the person himself. Is it possible that Zhu Youde is not familiar with this kind of thing!
The reason why he doesn't show up now is that besides wanting to see Zhou Heng's choice, he is also waiting for someone.