Jiajing closed his eyes and meditated in the Jinshen Jingshe surrounded by cigarette smoke. He seemed as calm as water, but Huang Jin miraculously understood the growing feeling of dissatisfaction on his motionless face.
Huang Jin quietly taught a chamberlain and muttered a few words. After a while, Huang Jin returned to Jinshen Jingshe, with an exaggerated surprise on his face, but stood beside Jiajing without saying a word.
Jiajing slowly opened his eyes: "What time is it?" If he were a careless chamberlain, he would definitely have looked at the sundial and told the emperor the time. But is Huang Jin that kind of waste?
Huang Jin lowered his head and said, "Long live, it's almost time to apply. I heard that Young Master Xiao's residence was besieged by the Hanlin Academy scholars, and they are currently debating. I estimate that Young Master Xiao may not be able to enter the palace today."
Jiajing was stunned for a moment, then raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Interesting, there is no movement from Lu Bing's side?"
Huang Jin nodded: "Yesterday Lu Bing came back and confessed to Wan Sui that Xiao Feng is the son of his old subordinate Xiao Wannian. I don't think he would have easily interfered with Xiao Feng's affairs without Wan Sui's clear edict."
There was a little more warmth in Jiajing's smile: "Lu Bing is a cautious and honest person. He protected Xiao Feng before, out of the feeling of an old friend. Xiao Wannian was just fighting against injustice, and the county magistrate did lie. He was not against my recruitment.
Beautiful girl. But the Yan family is at a loss. For such a big thing, it is inevitable that something will go wrong occasionally."
Huang Jin was silent. He knew that this was the emperor's attitude. It was impossible for the Yan family to blame them because they were doing things for him. To blame, they could only blame Xiao Wannian for being nosy. But since Xiao Feng is now inexplicably successful.
After killing his junior brother, he would naturally not blame a dead man, so he excused himself like this.
Lu Bing must have confirmed Jiajing's attitude towards Xiao Feng before telling the truth, otherwise he would continue to pretend to be ignorant. Honest people, haha, all the honest people in the court have died long ago, and those who can still breathe are not honest.
Where to go.
Huang Jin asked tentatively: "Long live, do you want Lu Bing to properly protect and control the situation to avoid hurting Young Master Xiao?"
Jiajing closed his eyes and said calmly: "No need. Xiao Feng is determined to enter the world and practice Taoism, and he will definitely offend people from all walks of life. If someone secretly assassinates someone, Lu Bing will naturally protect him without giving orders. Now they are just a group of Hanlin students who have no power to restrain a chicken.
, If Xiao Feng can't even deal with these people, how dare he be said to be a disciple of Cangjie, Master Wenxuan?"
Huang Jin smiled and said nothing. Xiao Feng, Banzai trusting someone is never a one-time thing, let alone forever. You must prove yourself and continue to prove yourself in order to maintain the position of Banzai Xinzhong.
At this time, Xiao Feng's house had been surrounded by the helpless Hanlin scholars, and the momentum was extremely huge.
Although there are only about twenty people with official positions in the Hanlin Academy, there are thirty or forty people who have no official positions, such as shujishi and editors. These more than sixty people crowded together in Yangliu Lane are already astonishing.
What's more, there are still a large number of scholars and scholars in the capital. When they heard that Hanlin scholars were going to besiege a Confucian traitor, they immediately called on their friends to go with them. In fact, the people who are most willing to gang up and besiege are not the underworld, but the scholars. Throughout the ages,
, this has always been the case.
What's more, the toughness of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was ranked first in all dynasties. There were several incidents in the main hall where civilian officials beat military attachés to death. Therefore, this group of aggressive scholars were frightened as soon as they entered Yangliu Lane.
These petty officials have closed their doors, fearing that their official reputation has not been good recently, and they will be easily beaten by these helpless guys.
Amidst the knocking on the door like a drum, Xiao Feng slowly got up, washed his face, walked out of the house and stood in the middle of the yard.
Qiao Niang, who was already standing in the yard, had weak legs and stood in front of the gate without daring to open the door. Qiao Qiao held the embroidered spring knife left by Xiao Wannian and held it up as if facing a formidable enemy. But she was too short.
, not much longer than a knife, looks quite funny.
Ms. Wang next door also stepped on the small bench and poked her head this way. Her mother kept pulling her and asking her to go back to the house quickly. Because some anxious scholars would not open the door when they saw it. They had climbed up the wall and poked their heads inside to shout.
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Xiao Feng stretched out his hand to take the Xiuchun Dao from Qiaoqiao's hand, waved it twice, then dragged the bamboo chair, Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, leaning the sword on the ground, and asked Qiaoqiao to stand behind him and raised his chin:
"Open the door."
Qiao Niang opened the door latch, and the Hanlin bachelors outside the door swarmed in. The small courtyard was immediately half full. The people behind were still pushing forward, but the people in front saw the embroidered spring knife in Xiao Feng's hand and stopped in a hurry.
He stopped and suddenly became a mess.
After confusion for a long time, these people were arranged into hierarchies under the command of a bachelor's student. The bachelor with the highest official position did not come. They were arranged in the order of bachelor's student, bachelor's lecturer, and concubine, and those who came
Scholars from the capital who joined in the fun and helped with the boxing were not allowed to enter the courtyard and could only climb the walls to peer inside.
From a distance, Xiao's courtyard looks like a huge ginseng fruit tree. It is full of ginseng fruit and crowded with people. If Monkey King sweeps it with a stick, a large piece of it will surely fall.
Xiao Feng looked at the group of Hanlin bachelors coldly, with Qiao Niang and Qiao Qiao standing on both sides. Miss Wang's little head was exposed on the wall behind her, showing her bravery as a man in charge.
"Everyone comes to my Xiao family, what do you want to do?"
Someone shouted: "You abandoned Confucianism and followed Taoism, and became a scum of our scholars. How can we, the disciples of saints, just sit idly by and ignore you?"
Xiao Feng looked at the shouter and smiled contemptuously: "Why is Confucianism so great? After reading Confucianism, you can't learn from other people's books, otherwise you will be a scum. There is no national law that prohibits a person from learning only one kind.
Knowledge, Confucianism is greater than the laws of the country? Are you trying to rebel by using the name of Confucianism and underestimating the laws of the country?"
As soon as the words were spoken, there was silence, especially the person who had just shouted, who took two steps back with a pale face, not knowing what to say.
Why do you accuse me of rebelling when we disagree? You are even more ruthless than Yan Shifan! The Yan Party has to find a case to frame others, but you just say that I want to rebel with just one sentence? But why is it that what he said is obviously unreasonable?
There is no way to refute it? If a person regulates things more leniently than national laws, he is indeed suspected of rebellion!
Another sage came forward immediately: "You don't have to bite the bullet and frame up good people. We don't say that you are wrong in practicing Taoism. We only say that you have no talent and learning, so you abandon Confucianism and practice Taoism, flattering and pandering in order to advance. Do you recognize this?
?”
Xiao Feng sneered and said: "You are a little smarter than him, but it's a pity that you are limited. You said that I have no talent, but I have the reputation of being a scholar. If a person with no talent becomes a scholar, are you saying that the academic teacher at that time cheated?"
Did you know that my academic teacher when I was a scholar was none other than Mr. Xu Zisheng, who is now the head of the Hanlin Academy and the second assistant to the imperial court. Are you saying that he cheated or that he was blind?"
The sage was also at a loss for words, and another person immediately took over: "There are more and more scholars every year, and academic and political teachers are searching for pearls in the sea. It is inevitable that there will be omissions and mistakes. Maybe you still cheated on your own, but at that time
It hasn’t been found out yet!”
Xiao Feng nodded appreciatively: "Your brain is not bad. Then let me ask you, say I flattered you in order to get ahead. How did I flatter you and cater to you? If you can't tell the real evidence, is it possible that the saint's disciples just rely on their words to tell the truth?
Do you feel free to accuse others?"
The man was speechless for a moment. After all, it was easy to accuse, but they had to provide evidence. They had only heard about Xiao Feng entering the palace, let alone what Xiao Feng had done in the palace. Everyone knew that Xiao Feng
After taking a test, Jiajing was very happy and sealed the title of real person. As for how to flatter and cater to him, I really don't know.
This is a young sage with a tall figure and a straight face who stood up and said: "Master Xiao, there is no need to force your words. It is a fact that you abandoned literature and followed Taoism. It is also a fact that you were awarded the title of Wenxuan Zhenren because of a word test. If it were not for his literary talent
If it's not enough, why not take the imperial examination route? If it wasn't for flattery, why would it suddenly lead to a high position?
If everything cannot be explained by a single word of truth, what is wrong with us using reason to judge it? If there is a mistake, you can just point it out. It seems that the words are sharp, but in fact, they avoid the truth and make false claims. Why bother to imitate those sophistry people? "
These words were spoken in a clear voice, well-founded, and had a convincing power. The scholars immediately gained the backbone, and they all said yes, and their momentum suddenly rose again.
Xiao Feng put away his contemptuous sneer and looked at this person seriously: "Your Majesty, what you said is quite interesting. I don't know your surname?"
The young scholar raised his hand and said, "I am under Master Xu of the Imperial Academy, Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy."