Chapter 711 Prime Minister, Did You Just Say There Are More People Making Troubles?
Before the farce at the Shilin Crying Temple had begun, two elders in Nanjing started to have differences of opinion.
"A serious scholar should come from a university." Wang Keli's remarks are a bit like a declaration of war. It is very similar to what Han Qi said in the former Song Dynasty: "A good man can only be called by his name outside the Donghua Gate."
It's a naked act of hatred.
There was a disagreement between the governor and the government, so it was impossible to suppress the rebellion. Zhang Fengxiang sent several officials to the Confucius Temple to persuade people to leave. As a result, the officials who persuaded him were scolded by the scholars and returned in tears.
After spraying away the persuading officials, the scholars became even more enthusiastic. They were not only content with crying at the temple, but also started crying at the mausoleum the next day. A group of people went to Xiaoling to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves.
In just a few days, scholars from Suzhou, Changzhou, and even Huizhou followed suit and responded to the farce.
"Governor-General, I have written a special memorial to the imperial court and His Majesty, asking for instructions on how to deal with this scholarly rebellion. The scholarly rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River has already taken hold. Several prefectures along the river have been implicated, and it has even spread to neighboring provinces. The current situation is not only
It was young scholars who were involved, and a large number of people in the city were also instigated to join in. The business and market are in chaos, and the normal travel and life of the people are problematic. The chaos must be put down as soon as possible."
"Li Xing (Wang Ke Li's word Li Xing), can we send out criminal agents to calm the situation as soon as possible?" Zhang Fengxiang was a little confused by the development of the situation, and now he wanted to change his mind and start suppressing it.
"With appropriate measures, it is not difficult to quell chaos."
"How to behave?"
"Let the criminal officers search for people throughout the city. Anyone who participates in the trouble will be arrested first, and then wait for the court's decision."
"Ah? Do we have to arrest them all? Can we arrest some of the troublemaking leaders first? The rest of the followers will probably collapse. If we arrest all the troublemakers, the scope of involvement will be too wide. Besides, we don't have much in our hands.
There are not that many prisons for arresting people." Until now, Zhang Fengxiang still has feelings for protecting the Jiangnan scholars.
"No, in this situation where there is fire all over the place, arresting only a small number of people will only add fuel to the fire. It will only make the situation worse!"
"Probably not! Let's try it first according to the governor's advice." In the end, Zhang Fengxiang did not listen to Wang Keli's advice, but ordered that the chaos be quelled by arresting as few people as possible.
As Wang Keli said, the fire has already started, and using the method of putting out the fire will only press the gourd and float the gourd, making the situation worse. In addition to the troublemaking scholars in Jiangnan, there are also many
They were the same old bureaucrats as these scholars and had great sympathy for them. Therefore, they tried their best to protect them during the operation to arrest the leading elements.
The arrest operation lasted for more than ten days, but the result was that less than a hundred people were arrested in the whole province. A large number of these one hundred people were not real ringleaders, but were pushed out to top the tank. The top ones went in,
The trouble becomes Bengali's trouble. If the chaos is not settled, the feathers will fly even more happily.
Zhu Youjian, who was staying in Beijing at this time, had basically mastered the details of the Jiangnan civil war. This group of people really liked to cause trouble, and they continued to do so not long after the peace.
"Prime Minister, what is the opinion of the cabinet?" Zhu Dadian was approached, and Zhu Youjian asked the courtiers for their opinion.
"The cabinet's opinion is to appease and appease the same, arrest some and appease others."
"Officials who came out of the imperial examination are really unreliable! Prime Minister, you have a message for the officials who are still in office who came from the imperial examination. If they don't position themselves properly and protect the shameless and unprincipled scholars, they will all go back to retire. The Ming Dynasty
The hall cannot accommodate officials who do not care about the court and the people, so we should free up the seats and let those who are really useful take the positions."
Zhu Dadian broke into a cold sweat after listening to the emperor's words. What did the emperor mean? How could he come up with the idea of kicking all officials with imperial examination backgrounds out of the court? If this was said a few years ago, it would definitely have no practical implementation. But now
, nearly 100,000 college students have entered the bureaucracy at all levels, and a large number of them have grown into governor-level officials. The most terrible thing is that there are still about 20,000 college graduates joining the bureaucracy every year.
How can traditional imperial examination officials have the confidence to stand up to such a large group?
"Your Majesty, I do not intend to protect the scholars who are making trouble. It's just that there are too many troublemakers. If all were dealt with according to the law, the prison would be overcrowded and there would not be so many places to detain people."
"Are there not so many places to detain people? Dayou recently wrote to say that the shortage of people in Gansu is so serious that the court is trying to find a way to move some people there. The shortage of people in Gansu cannot be stopped by tens of thousands. The scholars who are making trouble in Jiangnan
How many can there be? Nowadays, Suiyuan, even Yunzhong, Daning and Liaodong are in urgent need of literate people. Those scholars in the south of the Yangtze River love to make troubles, so let them go to the border areas to make troubles to see if they can open up the country for the Ming Dynasty.
What's the point of making trouble in the belly when the land opens its borders?
According to the decree, Zhang Fengxiang, the governor of Jiangnan, was not considerate of the people's sentiments and allowed unscrupulous people to commit chaos. He was suspended from his post! Wang Keli took over his power temporarily and immediately started the work of quelling the chaos. Anyone who participated in the chaos, regardless of the primary or secondary
All will be imprisoned and sent to Gansu and Suiyuan for five years to forgive their crimes. If they resist and refuse to support the border, they will be punished for rebellion. Dali Temple will execute them strictly and quickly to set the record straight. By the way, Prime Minister,
You just said that there are a lot of people making trouble? To what extent are there specifically? Is it 50,000? Let Wang Keli make arrangements based on 50,000."
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty for your mercy. We must not extort 50,000 people from Jiangnan and take away 50,000 scholars. The cultural heritage of Jiangnan will be lost."
"What's the use of retaining the rotten cultural heritage? Let them go to the border areas to blow new wind and transform the rotten souls, which will be of great benefit to the country and the people. Well, I'm not sure about the number of people. In short, there are people who are involved in the chaos.
, as much as there is flow.
I don’t want people to cause chaos for no reason in the future. If they have opinions about the government, I will open a normal door to them. If they want to contribute to the country, I will also open up new avenues. I can read some ancient books by virtue of knowing Braille.
They want to sit on the heads of the people of the Ming Dynasty and dominate. If someone is not good enough, they will cry, make trouble, and hang themselves in despicable ways. They think about it all day long and eat carrion. They have ruined the reputation of all the scholars in the world."
It's over! After coming out of the palace, Zhu Dadian's head was a little dizzy. These gangsters in Jiangnan really brought disaster to Tulin. After this battle, the so-called Shilin generals will be out of ten. This Zhang Fengxiang is also
Really, when the turmoil first broke out, why didn't we deal with it decisively? We had to wait until things got out of hand and almost all the scholars in Jiangnan were involved. Obviously, we, the emperor, were worried that there was no reason to bring down the gentry in Jiangnan.
Uproot it.
"Zhiyu has harmed the Jiangnan scholars this time!" Zhu Dadian, who was confused, hurried to Zhou Yanru's residence to ask for help. As soon as he saw Zhou Yanru, he complained about Zhang Fengxiang, who was still doing things.