When the Guowen Prison at the foot of Jiming Mountain was at its most glorious, those who came out of it could become high-ranking officials such as third-grade governors and inspectors. However, when the Jinshi Department became more and more important,
The Imperial Academy was in decline day by day, and even the year-old tribute supervisors of the Tianxia Prefecture became a false story. It was not until Emperor Hongzhi, on the advice of his ministers, promoted two great Confucian scholars, Xie Feng and Zhang Yi, to serve as sacrificial wine ministers in the Imperial Academy of the Two Capitals that things gradually turned around.
The decline of the Imperial College.
Among them, Zhang Gao, who once taught in an academy in his hometown, spared no effort in rectifying the Imperial College. When he took charge of the Nanjian, there were only a pitiful 600 or so students in the entire Nanjian, not to mention the number of three or four under He Yongxuan.
Compared with the scale of thousands of people, even the declining Zhengtong years that followed were incomparable. Although he was already too old and suffering from ailments, Zhang Bi still wrote a letter asking for tribute from various places in addition to the annual tribute. Regardless of
Whether they are Linshan students or Zengguang students, regardless of their qualifications, they can be selected and sent to the prison. In just a few years, the number of students in the South Prison has reached more than a thousand, and the extra ones are those who submit their studies every year.
At this moment, in Suixing Hall, which is the first among the six halls of the Imperial College, Zhang You is personally explaining the Book of Rites to many supervisors in the darkened hall. Although he is already in his early seventies, except for the monthly assessment, he does not need to give lectures in person.
, but he still insists on teaching once every five days. If it weren't for the fact that the seats in the class are all set, the first row of seats can almost make people squeeze their heads.
As the first hall among the six halls, Suixing Hall can officially obtain the status of a supervisor if it scores more than eight points. And because of Zhang Bi's repeated efforts, the best among them can even enter the various divisions for training. In addition, this great master
Sicheng was very knowledgeable, and he could pick up the most important information from his lectures at his fingertips. He was able to impress all the supervising students of the Law School.
The atmosphere of silence lasted until Zhang Jie left after finishing his speech, and was then broken. However, the first sentence the supervisor blurted out stopped all the supervisors around him who were about to reply to Sherwin's letter.
"Everyone has heard that Da Sicheng has submitted a letter requesting to be appointed to the official position again!"
"No, Da Sicheng also said at the end of last year that now that his energy is getting better, he still has time to see those of us successfully pass and get a birth certificate."
"Do you know what you are thinking, someone is throwing dirt on Da Sichengzun? He is so old and confused that he is associating with a traitor!"
The supervisor's shout was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and there was an uproar all around.
The method of selecting tributes was fought hard by Zhang Bin. Most of them were originally not qualified students, that is, scholars, and many of them even couldn't get the quota of Linshan students. They could only endure it as Zengguang students to see if they could get it.
We can't wait for a quota so that our family can have money and food from the imperial court. Just because of your memorial, Zhang, they have changed from scholar to prison student. They are given two dan of white rice and two clothes per month, and the instructor of the Imperial Academy is better than the imperial college student.
Many times, everyone feels that they have made great progress in their knowledge and articles during the years after being imprisoned. Compared with those who were dawdling in the original Imperial College, they were promoted from the initial Zhengyi Hall to Suixing Hall in one year, and the slowest ones.
It's only been two years.
So, someone immediately shouted with righteous indignation: "The Imperial College has finally become somewhat clean and upright. Could it be that they think that the Imperial College has become the filthy place it once was?"
The person who said this was Chi Xing, an old prison student in Suixing Hall who was thirty-seven or eighty years old. He had been in prison for four years. Although his talent was not great, he studied hard and studied hard, and he had accumulated seven points.
When he was about to see the last light, he received such news, and he could no longer bear his temper. After this shouting, he saw that many people agreed, so he took a deep breath and said: "Everyone,
Why don't we go together to ask for a meeting with Da Sicheng? Da Sicheng, for the sake of our sincerity, please ignore those slanderous people!"….
"Well said, count me in!"
This statement immediately attracted the support of many people. Not long after, at least 70% of the one to two hundred people in the Sui Xing Hall joined in. The remaining 30% of the people came out in force.
In the Xingtang, while looking at each other, another ten or twenty people chased him out, and some followed him to see what was going on. Only a few of them managed to save themselves and returned to their own homes.
However, everyone rushed to ask for an audience, but when they got to the end of the field, they learned that someone was asking for an audience. Zhang You went to meet someone at the fourth archway at the south gate of the Imperial College. Several leading supervisors gathered together and decided to come, so they just went there in one go.
So, the crowd in the darkness bypassed the main hall, Yilun Hall, which was only opened on the first day of the lunar month, and rushed straight to the fourth archway. When they saw the tall wooden archway from a distance, some sharp-eyed supervisors saw that the scene there was not right, and they didn't know what was going on there.
Before he could speak, a voice came from the side: "Da Sicheng seems to be arguing with someone?, 1
It's a good thing that no one said such a thing. Someone said this, and the others naturally looked over there. After discussing for a while, a few people gestured to the others and quietly went up to see what was going on.
The concierge at the south gate over there saw the large number of prison guards and originally wanted to stop them, but after much deliberation, he decided to do more things rather than less things, so he closed the door and went to bed and pretended to be asleep. So, a few people hiding in the dark,
Naturally, I heard the voices over there clearly.
"Zhang Dehui, if it weren't for the trial of Zhao Qin in Yingtian Mansion, you, the Imperial Academy's minister, would have to sit in and support others. If you hadn't presided over Xu Xun's recognition of his ancestors, how could that treacherous villain have climbed up so fast!
You have been reading books about sages all your life, and just because you are confused at this moment, now that the emperor has ascended the throne at a young age, everything around you is filled with smoke and smoke. At this time, are you still unwilling to write a letter to impeach that sycophant? "
Hearing this, several eavesdropping supervisors immediately became angry, and one of them immediately turned around and summoned the others.
And Zhang Yan saw that the finger of the Nanjing Military Officer was almost poking his nose, and the other two people beside him were ready to join the ranks of criticizing him at any time, but they just smiled, and the straight spine seemed to be even more straight.
That's right. When the other party's upper and lower lips finally came together, he said calmly: You three came to me specifically just to talk about these commonplaces? Whether you are loyal or traitorous, right and wrong can be judged by yourself. It is not up to you to say a word.
Determined! I would like to know, you claim to be pure and upright, but when the army of bandits is approaching, you have the guts to lead just over a thousand people to fight!"
"You——————are stubborn!" Hu Liang, who was fifty years away from the military department, became irritated by what Zhang wanted to say. He immediately said angrily, "Don't think that you can get away with dignity by submitting a letter to become an official. As long as I wait for the letter to be submitted,
Requesting a re-examination of the Zhao Qin case, you, the Nanjian Jijiu, are waiting to be discredited!"
Hu Liang, who was extremely excited, did not notice a large group of Imperial College students swarming out behind him, but the two colleagues around him who were always ready to help saw them. Seeing that more than a hundred people suddenly poured out in unison,
Shocked, they hurriedly pulled Hu Liang away a few steps, and then shouted in a stern tone: "What are you trying to do!"
Although there were still people at the back who didn't hear the argument clearly, there were people in the front who heard it clearly, but within a short time it had spread all over the place, and the supervisors who were already full of anger became furious. Chi Xing, the old supervisor, didn't notice.
Without looking at them, he strode straight up to Zhang Bi, who looked surprised, and bowed deeply.
"Da Sicheng, the students and others heard that Da Sicheng had written several times requesting to be appointed to the official position, and the crowd was furious. They wanted to come to Da Sicheng to express their feelings, but unexpectedly they saw someone speaking rudely to Da Sicheng! If Da Sicheng is because of these nonsense
He wrote a letter to resign after talking about it, and abandoned more than a thousand students in Nanjing. It just made them, the traitors, proud, and made us students sad!"...
"Yes, please be sure to stay on, Da Sicheng. Nanjian cannot do without a famous Confucian like you!"
"Ignore these villains' words!"
"If Da Sicheng is worried about these rumors and slanders, we are willing to sign a letter and send it to Datian to hear!"
With the leader taking the lead, the supervisors at the back immediately echoed loudly. The endless voices made Hu Liang and the other two people change their expressions. However, Zhang Bi, who had been calmly responding to the slander just now, was moved by it and wriggled his lips.
He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word. However, seeing that he remained silent, Hu Liang thought that these supervisors had been ordered by Zhang to attack him in groups, and his face turned blue with anger.
"Zhang, you, Nanjian Jijiu, dare to incite the prison students. You have ulterior motives! No wonder you want to associate with such a treacherous official. I think you are a treacherous person with evil intentions!"
"Don't be slanderous. If Da Sicheng hadn't tried so hard to conceal the news of his resignation, we would have known about it! If we had known that Da Sicheng had to ask to go because of the gossips of you people, there would have been a big commotion in the South Prison.
Yes! If you say others are traitors, I think you are the biggest traitor!"
Following this roar, a supervisor in the crowd finally couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped forward and slapped Hu Liang hard on the face, directly breaking one of his molars.
Someone took the lead, and the angry supervisors rushed forward. Seeing that the three people were about to be beaten violently, Zhang Bian, with red cheeks, finally came to his senses, stretched out his hands and stopped them in front of them.
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"What do you want to do?"
After sternly shouting at the supervisors who were rolling up their sleeves and shaking their fists, Zhang Bian said angrily: "Have you forgotten the articles and knowledge I told you? Reading to clarify your will and understand the truth is not for you to get involved in this kind of spirit.
Let’s all go back and review their books for me. Tomorrow everyone will try to write an essay. If anyone can’t write it, the holiday in April will be cancelled!”
Hu Liang saw that the prison students were silent under Zhang's few words, covering the half of their faces that had been beaten, and after a while he shouted bitterly: "Okay, okay, the prison students in the South Prison dare to attack the imperial officials, it's really shocking!"
Zhang Bin, don't think that you can keep your seat at the Imperial Academy by inciting these supervisors. Just wait and see! Where's the boy who just beat me up? Come out and go with me to see Yin Luxian of Yingtian Mansion!"
"Even if the prison student makes a mistake, it is under the control of the Prison Department of the Imperial College. You should not worry about it!" Zhang Bian pushed back firmly, and then said word by word, "Besides, the crowd was so angry just now that no one could see clearly what was going on.
Whoever did it, where can I find anyone now? If Hu Gaishi is dissatisfied, just go back and prepare for reference. This Imperial College is an important place for the imperial school, please come back!"
"Okay, okay, you wait, I want to see how long you can serve as the Imperial College's sacrificial wine, and how long you can protect these imperial students who dare to make trouble!" (Kou)