Wang Tingshu, the official of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei, held the sword and the holy decree in his hand. He walked towards Wuzhong and read the decree to take Wuzhong.
In the academy lecture hall.
Wu Zhongxing's face dropped immediately and he clenched his cheeks.
"I didn't pay bribes to get my business done!"
"You factory guards are slandering!"
Suddenly, Wu Zhongxing spoke in a deep voice.
After saying that, Wu Zhongxing shouted with a louder voice: "Naked slander!"
For a moment, the sound shocked Liang Yu.
Most of the scholars standing under the snow-covered eaves also looked serious.
Immediately, Wu Zhongxing shouted again: "This is the place where Confucianism is taught, how can we allow you and other Tiqi to wreak havoc!"
"Do you still want to quibble over the autographed confessions of Yushi Yang Keli and Jiang Dongzhi?"
Wang Tingshu laughed and asked loudly.
Wu Zhongxing was startled again, then started to tremble slightly, and his momentum suddenly decreased.
Moreover, not long after, Wu Zhongxing collapsed on the cold ground and murmured: "How could this be the result?"
"Mr. Fu'an!"
Seeing this, the scholar Qin Hongzhi hurriedly supported Wu Zhongxing, shouted, and glared at the Jinyi guards.
At this time, Ye Xianggao, who was about to leave, also stopped and stood under a young cypress that had not grown crooked, watching this scene.
Li Tingji, who was also with Ye Xianggao, also looked over and asked Ye Xianggao:
"Tell me, is this true? Mr. Fu'an, a man who dares to disobey his master for the sake of Tsunade ethics, would actually resort to such despicable means to run for office for himself?"
"It should be true."
"Otherwise, Jin Yiwei has so much free time. If he doesn't arrest the capital and local officials such as Zhang Jing, the admiral of the East Factory, and even scolds the factory guards, why would they come to arrest a Confucian scholar who has been exiled here?"
Ye Xianggao answered and then asked a question.
Li Tingji nodded after hearing this.
At this time, Wang Tingshu came to the academy lecture hall, glanced at the articles on the eucalyptus in the lecture hall, and shouted coldly: "Take Wu Zhongxing away!"
"You can't take away Mr. Fu'an!"
Tan Hongzhi hurriedly stood up and stopped in front of these royal guards.
Then, many scholars who were supporters of Wu Zhongxing came over and stopped Jin Yiwei and others.
"Yes, you Tiqi cannot take Mr. Fu'an away!"
"You must be the treacherous lackeys of the court!"
"How can we allow you to be so presumptuous in this gentle land?"
…
These supporters of Wuzhong Bank started yelling at Jinyi Wei Tiqi.
Wang Tingshu looked at Wu Zhongxing: "Wu Zhongxing, do you really want these people to be killed because you resisted the imperial edict, or do you want to be punished with a higher penalty for encouraging others to resist the imperial edict?"
"Don't dare!"
Wu Zhongxing shouted quickly at this time.
Then, he looked at these people and said: "Get out of the way! The court will not take people for no reason. I did do something that violated the law."
These scholars all looked shocked after hearing this.
"This is impossible!"
"How could sir be such a person!"
Then, Wu Zhongxing walked over in person, stretched out his hands and said to Wang Tingshu, "Take me away."
As a result, Wu Zhongxing was arrested and taken away by Jin Yiwei.
"Why is this the result?!"
Seeing this, Qin Hongzhi said with sadness and anger.
"Didn't I say that we were going to be resurrected and that the tyranny was going to be abolished?"
"Why is it worse than when Jiangling was in power?"
"When Jiang Ling was here in the past, we criticized Jiang Ling so much, but no one came to take Mr. Fu'an away!"
Scholar Shen Tao also asked at this time.
Qin Hongzhi said at this time: "Mr. Fu'an took the initiative to admit the false accusation in order not to implicate us! Now the court is obviously controlled by powerful traitors, so that Zhongliang has been framed!"
Wu Zhongxing was arrested and brought to Beijing, which was Zhu Yijun's previous order.
Originally, these people would not have been found. After all, Wu Zhongxing and others were not in the court, but after Zhang Jing was reminded by Shen Shixing, he decided to pursue the case strictly and dig out everything he could, as a way to completely liquidate Zhang Juzheng. The party's forces fought back.
After all, Zhang Jing rose up during the Zhang Juzheng era. Under the instructions of the emperor, he did a lot for Zhang Juzheng. He was equivalent to Feng Bao in history, and was regarded by the government and the public as a member of Zhang Juzheng's party.
Like Wu Zhongxing, those who were arrested and taken to Beijing, as well as Zhao Yongxian and Zhu Hongmo, were all taken to Beijing one after another.
However, most of these people were officials who were demoted and dismissed because they had disobeyed Zhang Juzheng in the past because of their love affairs and opposition to the New Deal. They had already become famous all over the world, so when they were escorted to Beijing, they also caused a great response among the scholars.
Because of this, Zhang Jing was still a little wary of the Shilin behind them, so he did not investigate them strictly, and he did not want to offend Shilin too much.
But after Shen Shixing reminded him, Zhang Jing knew that if he wanted not to be liquidated because of Zhang Juzheng's liquidation, he could only join Zhang Juzheng's party and fight against the arrogance of the party that opposed Zhang Juzheng.
Therefore, Zhang Jing no longer had any worries and dug out people like Wu Zhongxing.
While the court is currently arguing over which portraits of famous ministers should be included in the Wenyuan Pavilion and is busy with passing the exams, local officials and scholars have already begun to explode because Wu Zhongxing and others were arrested.
When Zhang Juzheng was given the posthumous title of Wenzheng and brought to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the bureaucrats and landlords in the world were already dissatisfied. They blamed Zhang Siwei for his inaction, and some complained that the emperor was still relying on Zhang Juzheng's party.
Now that Wu Zhongxing and others have been arrested instead of being resurrected, this is undoubtedly another strong signal that proves that the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng has not only not appeared, but Zhang Juzheng and his party are intensifying their attacks on his own people.
Wu Zhongxing looked at the angry-looking scholars along the way, so he shouted boldly: "God can tell me that I, Wu Fu'an, was demoted to protect the system, and now I will die to protect the system. How lucky I am!"
Most of the scholars were touched when they heard Wu Zhongxing's words.
Among them, scholar Shen Tao burst into tears.
As a scholar from Nanzhi, he felt most deeply about the "keeping system" mentioned by Wu Zhongxing.
After all, in Nanzhi, due to the establishment of a large number of inspection departments and inspection shops in local areas, the imperial power was sent to the countryside, and the power of the government was strengthened. As a result, scholars like him were far less free than before, and they did not dare to write public notices at will and rally the people to oppose the government. We can no longer rely on our status as a scholar to harass inns, forcefully enslave people, or manipulate lawsuits at will.
Not to mention the fact that canceling preferential exemptions will require more taxes and corvees.
In order to pay taxes and corvees, he had to think of ways to make money. He began to write romantic articles that the people liked to read in his spare time, and began to study while farming. You can earn money just by sitting there, and you only need to travel and study to be at ease.
"The imperial court's expenditures are excessive, and corruption is rampant in the officialdom. They only care about profiteering and exploiting the people, which makes heaven angry and people resentful!"
"Now even Mr. Fu'an, a man with lofty ideals who is no longer a bureaucrat in the DPRK, cannot be tolerated!"
"In addition to those great scholars who were imprisoned in the imperial edict before."
"I thought that after Jiangling left, the politics would be peaceful and the world would be clear and peaceful, but who would have expected that the remnants of the Zhang Party would become even worse after Jiangling left!"
Shen Tao couldn't help but speak, and as he spoke, he looked at Tan Hongzhi and other scholars: "Are we really going to sit back and wait for death?!"
After hearing this, Qin Hongzhi blushed and held it in for a long time before saying, "I won't take the exam now!"
Tan Hongzhi said and turned around and left the academy.
"I won't take the exam either!"
"It would be better to remain in office for the rest of my life than to join in the dirty work!"
Shen Tao was stunned for a moment before making this decision, then resolutely went down the mountain and left the academy, and told his servant: "Prepare to hire a boat to go back to the south!"
With that said, Shen Tao turned back to look at the other scholars.
But very few responded, and even few were praised.
Shen Tao was confused at the time. After a while, he asked clearly, "You still want to take the exam?"
The scholars present did not answer him.
"why is that?!"
Shen Tao asked loudly: "The traitors and sycophants in the court have brought chaos to the country. All those who are filial and honest have to do the work of ordinary men. There are even those who can no longer study. Although they dare not criticize the dragon scales and disobey the power and traitors like Mr. Fu'an and others." , but don’t you even dare to stop taking the exam?!”
"If you don't study and become an official, how can you make the world peaceful?"
"Yes, boycotting the exam is undoubtedly equivalent to not acknowledging the emperor and the court, which itself is against etiquette."
"Yes, Junfu wants to remonstrate, Zhang Dang wants to participate, but there are still exams."
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These scholars all started talking one after another, and they all had their own reasons for continuing to take part in the examination.
