In the face of public opinion, Emperor Zhou did not dare to be rash and immediately asked Cao Zhengchun to submit a joint signature.
Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was born as a commoner, loved the people and valued public opinion. Although Emperor Zhou was not as good as Taizu, he was no less generous.
This joint signature not only contains hundreds of signatures, but is also stamped with the fingerprints of the merchants. This is also a form of public opinion.
This is the influence of Anjia, the richest man in the capital, in the business community in central Beijing. In one night, one hundred and eighty-seven merchants were able to sign this petition.
If he didn't have too much time, Anjia could also attract more merchants. There are many merchants in Beijing who depend on Anjia for their livelihood.
It must be said that Tang Lixuan's timing was very good. Emperor Zhou had just punished him for absenteeism in Lu Cheng. Now nearly two hundred people have jointly reported Yang Qingyuan. The situation is much more serious than Lu Cheng's absenteeism. This is forcing Emperor Zhou to punish Yang Qingyuan severely.
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If Emperor Zhou wanted to forcefully protect him in this matter, it would be difficult to convince the public and it would also be a blow to his prestige.
After Emperor Zhou read it, he wanted Yang Qingyuan to argue.
Another great god came out. Qian Muqian, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, said nonchalantly, "Your Majesty, this so-called public opinion is nothing more than some businessmen and greedy people who are greedy for profit but do not know etiquette. They are not trustworthy!"
What happened to Yang Qingyuan? It will be dealt with according to the national law! Where can businessmen get involved in it?!"
Qian Muqian's contemptuous remarks were taken for granted and stern, as if they were the way they should be in his eyes. It should be said that they were the way they were in Qian Muqian's eyes. This is what Qian Muqian said, and anyone else would say it.
denounce.
But Qian Muqian was different. He was a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the leader of the literary circle of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a clear stream among the clear streams.
The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty were divided into four industries: scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, with scholars at the head and merchants at the end, and Qian Muqian was the person who stood at the top of the scholars.
As Qian Muqian, there is no psychological pressure at all when he criticizes several businessmen for their lack of moral integrity. Even if he stands in front of An Shigeng, the richest man in the capital, and points his nose and curses, it is normal. This is a moral psychology.
Advantages, recognized by Shilin!
Tang Li was angered by Qian Muqian's statement, but he didn't know how to refute it, because considering Qian Muqian's identity, this statement made sense and was irrefutable.
Qingliu despises merchants. This is the political correctness of Zhou Dynasty.
Qian Muqian's words were also recognized by most of the officials in the palace. Almost everyone present belonged to the scholar-bureaucrat class. Except for a few people, most of them had a disdainful attitude towards merchants. Qian Muqian's words made sense to everyone.
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One hundred and eighty-seven merchants jointly want to bring down a Dali Temple prime minister and walk in the Wenhua Palace?
If Tang Li still brought down Yang Qingyuan today, could others use this method to bring them down as well?
Thinking of this, several officials stood up and seconded the proposal.
This made Tang Li feel very passive. Qian Muqian was simply acting like a rogue. He did not question the authenticity of the joint petition, but instead discriminated against the character of the co-signer and justified the discrimination.
This method of breaking the situation made Tang Li extremely frustrated.
Just when Tang Li was in trouble, the An family had a backup plan.
"I also have a joint petition here! It is a petition signed by the students of the Imperial College! I am here to petition on behalf of all the students of the Imperial College, asking Your Majesty to enforce the law impartially and severely punish Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan for their illegal behavior!"
The person who opened the mouth was Kong Qinli, a scholar from the Imperial Academy and a great scholar from Dongge, the contemporary Yanshenggong.
Although Kong Qinli's reputation among scholars is not as good as Qian Muqian's, he is still a great scholar of his generation and his words carry weight.
And because of his status as Minister of Rites, Qian Muqian could not treat students as he had just refuted businessmen.
Another petition came out, and the smile on Yang Qingyuan's face grew stronger. It seemed that in order to deal with himself and Li Xunhuan, the An family had used all their political cards! But the An family still didn't understand politics, and coercing public opinion was sometimes very powerful.
, but that’s not how it is used!
The strength of political power cannot be changed by just a few petitions from Anjia.
"Imperial Imperial College?! Haha!"
The person who spoke was Wang Hua, the right counselor of the General Affairs Department who had just been transferred back to the capital. He was the number one scholar in the 13th year of Yong'an, the same year as Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan, and was their mentor and friend.
The sarcasm in Wang Hua's tone was not concealed at all. These five simple words expressed the contempt the top student had for a group of scumbag students.
The imperial examination held in the 13th year of Yong'an was unanimously considered by the court and the central government to be the highest-level imperial examination in the past thirty years. The top ten in the imperial examination would all be number one in any other year, and Wang Hua was the first among them.
Even though Yang Qingyuan was recommended by the Imperial Master, there is a suspicion of using the back door, and his articles on classics and meanings are not top-notch, but in poetry, policy theory, criminal law, and Mingshu, he has no rivals in the palace.
And who are the people in the Imperial College? The failed candidates, the scholars who relied on donations, and the nobles who relied on their honors. Not to mention the academic tyrants like Wang Hua, even in the eyes of ordinary officials, they are still a bunch of academic scumbags.
At this time, the senior officials in the imperial court were basically from the orthodox imperial examinations, and the worst ones were basically from the second-level. Facing the so-called students of the Imperial College, there was a sense of superiority between Qingbei undergraduates and foreign students from pheasant universities.
"The students in the Imperial Academy do not study hard and cultivate themselves quietly, but instead talk about the government in an arbitrary manner. The Confucian scholar is suspected of dereliction of duty!"
Sure enough, before Yang Qingyuan could argue, someone in the Imperial Academy spoke up.
The speaker was a gray-haired old bachelor who had studied arithmetic all his life. During the academic seminar, he was shocked by Yang Qingyuan's method of binary quadratic equations and became Yang Qingyuan's number one arithmetic fan.
Although Yang Qingyuan no longer serves in the Hanlin Academy, he still retains the bachelor's degree in Hanlin Academy. In the hearts of everyone in the Hanlin Academy, he is one of them. Moreover, Yang Qingyuan's unique arithmetic is left in the Hanlin Academy for everyone to study. This is for the Hanlin Academy.
made a huge contribution.
The Imperial Academy was targeting Yang Qingyuan, and the Hanlin Academy seemed to be targeting itself. It would be hard to say anything if someone else was the Hanlin Academy, but when did the group of academic scumbags from the Imperial Academy who couldn't even get into the Jinshi class come to point their fingers at the Hanlin Academy bachelors?
How can the self-esteemed Hanlin Academy scholars endure this?
Seeing Yang Qingyuan cope with the situation with ease, Li Hongyi, a bachelor of Jianji Palace who had been watching with cold eyes as an outsider, was also impressed by Yang Qingyuan's political level and understanding ability.
The political power of Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan alone cannot compete with the Xungui Group and the King of Chu Party.
But from the very beginning, Yang Qingyuan has been taking advantage of the situation, His Majesty's situation, Yanyi's situation, Qingliu's situation, the Metropolitan Procuratorate's situation, and now, the Hanlin Academy's situation.
Up to now, the momentum brought by Yang Qingyuan has become a mountain and sea, which cannot be resisted by the King of Chu Party and the Xungui Group.