Nanjing Imperial College is located on Chengxian Street, Jinwuweiwei, just across the street from Shangyuan County School. It is bounded by Xiaoying to the east, Jinxiang River to the west, Pearl Bridge to the south, and Jiming Mountain to the north. In terms of area,
It is roughly equivalent to the central area of the palace city of the Six Dynasties. In the heyday of the Yongle Dynasty, the number of students in prison here was close to 10,000. Although the number has dropped sharply to thousands now, and the students in the prison are also regarded as having mixed backgrounds, but
During the years when Emperor Hongzhi was in office, he reorganized the two prisons. Both the northern and southern prisons appointed famous Confucian scholars, Xie Duo was appointed in the north prison, and Zhang Mao was appointed in the south prison. The atmosphere was smooth for a while. Although it cannot be said that Fuyongxuan was a grand event, in the Chengxian Street area
You can often hear the sound of books.
However, if you are passing by Chengxian Street at this moment, you will not hear this sound at all. On this day, from justice, admiration, wide industry to monasticism, sincerity, and straightforwardness, all six branch halls with fifteen rooms each
All classes have been suspended. The reason is very simple. The Imperial Academy sacrificed Jiu Zhang Mao and Si Ye Luo Qinshun, and led more than thirty academic officials under his command to punish the students who made mistakes in the Shengqi Hall. Originally, this punishment of students was the rule set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
, it is inevitable that someone will be punished all year round, but among the five or six people who were punished today, there was Fu Heng'an, the heir of Nanjing garrison eunuch Fu Rong. This is naturally a sensational news.
Therefore, at this moment, in the crowd at the entrance of the Rope Hall, the prison guards were not only whispering to each other, some people's voices even reached the point of raising their voices.
"The punishment should have been long ago. Prison students are not allowed to leave without any reason. This was the rule during the reign of Taizu. He relied on Eunuch Fu's power to violate the prison rules again and again. What does this mean?"
"You can't say that. If Eunuch Fu gets angry and pursues the case, won't we all in the Imperial College have another big quarrel? It's good that Mr. Zhang can't get sand in his eyes, but what if we lose such a thing?
A famous teacher, isn’t that a huge loss?”
"Fu Heng'an usually looks honest, how could he cheat in the monthly exam this time!"
"How can a boy who knows people but not their hearts be good as an heir to an eunuch?"
Of course, not everyone in the crowd was cynical. There were also many power-hungry people who wanted to curry favor with Mr. Fu because of Fu Rong's high position. However, Fu Heng'an had an eccentric temper and did not get along well with anyone.
Now that I am suddenly unlucky, I really stand by and watch and gloat. Even if there are a few people who want to help, they can't do anything except send messages, and they can only worry outside the Shengqi Hall.
In the Shengzhen Hall, in the bright room in the middle, several academic officials were talking in low voices, while in the inner room, Jiu Zhangmao, the Imperial College minister, and Luo Qinshun, the secretary of the Imperial Academy, were meeting guests. The one who came was from Nanjing Engineering College.
Although Zhao Qin and Xing Ke were of low rank, Zhang Mao always valued talents and virtues, and he highly praised the two men who had led the petition to remove redundant officials and take credit for their merits, so they actually spent time at this juncture.
After hearing Zhao Qin’s persuasion, his face suddenly became as dark as water.
Zhang Mao, who is nearly seventy years old, has mostly gray hair, but his spirit is very strong, especially his calm eyes. When he was young, he was given a imperial staff and was demoted for admonishing Emperor Chenghua to light up the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival.
, however, he gained a reputation as one of the four admonishers of the Imperial Academy. After moving to the local area, he achieved outstanding political achievements. When he was only forty-one, he applied for a job and returned to the countryside to teach. He was known as Mr. Fengshan for a while. He was summoned several times by the imperial court.
He refused to resign. Even the official title of Nanjing Imperial College was offered to him because of his father's death. Emperor Hongzhi sat vacant for three years before he finally took up the post. This is evident from the fact that he was a decent man.
After a long silence, he raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean, you want me to be more open to Fu Hengan?"
Zhang Mao is one of the four gentlemen of Nandu. Zhao Qin, who often hangs out with these young people, naturally knows his character well. When he saw Zhang Mao's expression and asked questions, he knew that the Imperial Academy was very unhappy. Even though this was what he wanted most.
However, he still pretended to be concerned and bowed and said: "Da Sicheng, Nanjing Imperial College can be as prosperous as it is today, which is inseparable from the painstaking maintenance of you and Shao Sicheng. If it is just for the son of a mere eunuch,
To attract a group of eunuchs and haters to attack, it is really not worth the loss!"
Zhao Qin's words were awe-inspiring, and Shi Hou was upright. After thinking about it for a moment, he nodded and said: "Da Sicheng, what Brother Zhao said is indeed worthy of consideration. Da Sicheng was so popular that he finally mentioned something about Nanjian. If he offended the eunuchs,
And if something unexpected happens, how will the students in the Southern Prison deal with it? Even Young Sicheng and the academic officers under him may also be implicated..."
Luo Qinshun, the director of the Nanjing Imperial College, was a humble man, and he wanted to persuade him when he heard this. However, Zhang Mao was already angered by the words of Zhao Qinshi and the other two. He immediately stood up and said sternly: "You all
Needless to say! Back then, because of the Lantern Festival, I was punished with a imperial cane and had no regrets. Now that I am punished for violating the law, how can I shrink back just because I am afraid of being framed? In this way, how can I control so many prison students in the Sixth Hall of the Imperial College in the future?
The order is passed down, and the execution will be carried out immediately after half an hour. According to the prison regulations, not even a bamboo board should be missing. If anyone dares to show mercy, he will be dismissed immediately!"
When it came to this matter, it was natural for others to say nothing. Zhao Qin knew that the heat was enough, so he showed a helpless expression, pulled Shi and stood up to leave. When the two of them walked out of the tall wooden building on the fourth archway side by side
At the memorial archway, Empress Shi could not help but shake her head and lament that Zhang Mao was still such a strong-willed person even in his old age, while Zhao Qin agreed with him with a proud smile on his lips.
Isn't it easy to manipulate two pedantic scholars, Zhang Mao and Fu Heng'an, one old and one young? No matter how scheming Fu Rong is, he will definitely conflict with Zhang Mao for the sake of his adopted son, plus he has connections in the capital and the impeachment
According to the memorial, at that time, the Nanjing garrison eunuchs who watched the old eunuch could not come to an end! Without Fu Rong's protection, Xu could let him retreat in spite of the difficulties. Mr. Xu's prestige was completely lost, and for the sake of his position as the patriarch, he could not
By the way, for the sake of Xu Dong, the eldest son did not dare to disobey him. The petition had already been prepared, and Xu Xun, who dared to go against him, would be too late to kneel in front of him and beg for mercy!
However, before the two of them could get in the car and leave, there was a sudden loud noise not far away, and there was even the sound of gongs and drums. The two looked at each other, and the first thing Zhao Qin thought was that Fu Rong had learned this.
When he came to investigate beforehand, he couldn't help but gently stroke the neatly combed long beard on his chin, secretly thinking about how to use the topic next. However, when he saw the mighty group of people coming from the east, he just felt
His pupils shrank suddenly, and he was stunned for a moment.
Zhao Qin was still in a daze, and Shi Hou was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. He saw that the people who were beating gongs and drums and surrounded by a large number of onlookers were suddenly a bunch of orioles and swallows, all wearing colorful makeup, and they were clearly visible.
It is the most common singer's costume on the Qinhuai River. The two of them have been officials in Nanjing for more than a day or two. This is the first time in their lives that they have seen such a situation. After the initial dumbfounding, they felt their heads shaking at the same time, almost thinking
Without thinking, he ordered his entourage to come forward to inquire.
However, before the inquirer came forward to ask for the basic information, the leader, a plump woman with a high bun, put her hands on her hips and yelled: "Qin Luosheng, you heartless person, get out of here!"
As soon as these words came out, the women who were following them all started shouting and cursing each other. Everyone was calling different names. In addition, the people around were talking and giving advice, but it only lasted for a moment.
At that time, I don’t know how many people came out nearby to watch the excitement, and the gate of the Imperial College, which used to be the most polite and solemn, was packed to the brim. The various noises were just suppressed at first, but gradually, under the deliberate instigation of someone,
It slipped into some uncontrollable direction.
"They also said that the prison conduct was solemn and they refused to give money on credit. Tsk, tsk, this is such a shame!"
"What's this? Look, there's a man over there. Oh, I didn't expect that there are students and academic officers in the Imperial College who have such strong tastes."
"What do you know? The rule set by our great-grandfather is that officials are not allowed to visit prostitutes, but they are prostitutes, and men are certainly not among them. It's really high-level. Even if it doesn't violate the rules, the court can't do anything to them. Who can
Can you take care of it?"
"Here's a secret knot that started in chaos and ended up giving up. Doesn't the law say that good men and bad men can't intermarry? It's said that these prison students in South Prison nowadays are all liberal arts and sciences, and they have even forgotten this ancestral rule.
?”
All kinds of doubts filled the sky. Even if they didn't come forward to inquire, Zhao Qin and Empress Shi could hear them clearly. Compared with the latter's livid complexion, Zhao Qin looked better, but his sleeves
Li's fists were clenched so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh. He never expected that Chu deliberately planned this trick to find out that Fu Rong and Zheng Qiang were not in the city, but something like this happened in the middle of the process.
This mistake was like a slap in the face, making him dizzy.
"What are you doing at the Yingtian government office, what are you doing at the Shangyuan County government office, and the Beicheng Army and Horse Department..." Zhao Qin finally couldn't help but got angry, and immediately shouted at an entourage, "What are you doing here, go there?"
It’s a joke how long it will take for people all over the city to watch the news after calling people from three places!”
ps: Dozens of academic officials manage thousands of people. It would be great if modern universities could streamline their staff like this...