"Brother Jing Lian!"
"Quick, pinch him!"
Wei Guan and others exclaimed, pinching him again and slapping him on the face. After a while, Song Lian slowly woke up.
"Brother Jing Lian, what do you think?" Zhao Shou asked.
Song Lian's face was still ugly, "Let's go, get out of here!"
The people were still insulting him, and he really hated having to wake up.
"Is that all?" Zhan Tong said angrily.
"What else?" Song Lian said: "The King of Wu does not take the imperial examination seriously. He seems to want to dig out the roots of the imperial examination. We are going to report to His Majesty and we must not let the King of Wu succeed!"
Everyone also looked solemn, "It is impossible for King Wu to succeed!"
"Whether we succeed or not, we have to remind His Majesty and the Crown Prince!" Song Lian stood firm, "Let's go, we lose this game!"
"Even if we lose, we still lose to the power and the Wu King's nonsense!" Wei Guan said: "Let's go back, let's go back and report to His Majesty the Crown Prince. We will see what His Majesty and the Crown Prince say, and then we will make other plans!"
Immediately afterwards, a few people led hundreds of students away in despair. The people lost their excitement and dispersed.
But the recent discussion between Zhu Jun and Song Lian is destined to become famous all over the world.
Who would have thought that Zhu Jun could render Song Lian speechless and even faint from anger?
Among the crowd, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was visiting privately incognito, had a panoramic view of everything.
He was accompanied by Liu Ji and Jiang Huan.
"What do you think of what our sixth brother said?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Liu Ji sighed, "His Royal Highness King Wu's words are really bold, and I feel chills running down my spine when I hear them, but what King Wu said about the unity of conscience and knowledge and action is very reasonable. It seems to be a departure from Zhu Shengren's way, but it is also in line with the way of Zhu Shengren." There is an essential difference between Zhu Shengren’s way!
As far as Wei Chen knows, Li Yanxi does not have this kind of insight! "
"Who dares to say that we, the sixth one, are not talented?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "I just let the sixth one proctor the exam, and these people just went on the line. Do they think I have a too good temper?"
Liu Ji suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He was angry rather than dissatisfied.
Song Lian's move was confusing. It would have been fine if he had won the argument, but he just lost the argument.
A grandmaster actually fell into the trap set by a twenty-year-old young man. He really went back as he got older.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Wu despises the imperial examination. What he just said seems to be intended to change the imperial examination..."
"He just said that he wanted to give more ordinary people a way out. When did he say that he would change the imperial examination?
Sincerely, don't misinterpret Lao Liu's meaning.
We know about the school running by Lao Liu, which is a good thing.
The diploma issued is also very good. There are indeed too many literati in the world, and there are also many bad scholars. What is the use of such people who just study rote books?
What we want are talents who can serve the country and the people, not nerds who just know the basics. "
Liu Ji secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, "Yes, it was Wei Chen who misinterpreted King Wu's meaning!"
"Let's go. In our opinion, today's debate is simply embarrassing. What do students from far away think about this scene?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Go back to the palace!"
Liu Ji smiled helplessly and did not dare to say anything.
Jiang Huan thought to himself: "I guessed it right, King Wu's wisdom is indeed far beyond that of ordinary people!"
...
At this time, in Prince Wu's palace, Zhu Jun said to everyone: "Why bother mobilizing troops for a small matter? You should be busy!"
Everyone also nodded and then dispersed.
When Song Lian and others entered the palace, they saw neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Yu, so they had no choice but to leave.
However, the Fengyang Literary Newspaper focused on the incident the next day. Li Yanxi drafted the manuscript overnight and restored almost all the events.
Among them are Zhu Jun's "To Conscience and the Unity of Knowledge and Action", which he spent a lot of pen and ink to explain.
He said in the Literary Journal, "King Wu's Zhu Sheng theory has been completed and has new insights."
This is undoubtedly an improvement in Zhu Jun's talent.
After the newspaper was published, there was a great earthquake in Fengyang, and three days later, the whole world was shaken!
Almost everyone in Jiangnan knew about the discussion between Zhu Jun and Song Lian.
Song Lian not only lost, he also lost completely.
Moreover, the whole world knew that King Wu would be the examiner of the examination.
Some people think it's ridiculous, but some people think it's not necessarily a good thing.
Song Lian and others looked at the newspaper and almost fainted again.
"What a King of Wu, what a Li Yanxi!" Song Lian was itching his teeth with hatred, "Why didn't they say they despised the imperial examination, why didn't they say they despised the literati?
I will never let them succeed! "
Wei Guan frowned and said: "Right now, your majesty and the prince don't see us, and the people are laughing at us. Our strength is still too weak to fight against the King of Wu.
We have to find a place to speak for ourselves!
Li Yanxi controls newspapers and periodicals, which is equivalent to controlling the mouthpiece. Many students have subscribed, and his thoughts and opinions can be published without restraint.
How about we also start a newspaper?
With Brother Jing Lian's reputation, he will definitely make the newspaper famous.
How about we use newspapers and periodicals to make this matter public? "
Song Lian's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea."
"Time is tight, can you make it in time?" Zhan Tong frowned, "Besides, newspapers are very cheap, but we don't have that kind of printing technology. How much money would it cost to publish them nationwide?
It was impossible for King Wu to hand over the newspaper printing technology. "
Hearing this, Song Lian was also discouraged.
Indeed, newspapers and periodicals are not that easy to handle.
Without printing technology, newspapers cannot be printed quickly, and without papermaking technology, the cost of paper cannot be reduced.
Although these Wu Prince's Mansion did not exaggerate it, the technology spread.
Including those merchants from the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce who are doing business in this area, they all get their materials from Prince Wu's Mansion, and the cost is indeed very low.
Moreover, it is said that the newspaper has been quite profitable since its establishment.
Li Yanxi used the money she earned to hold literary exchange meetings, support poor students, and build schools so that students from poor families could study for free. This was how she gained a great reputation.
Even the reputation of Prince Wu's Mansion improved accordingly.
"Forget it, time is running out now. If we start a newspaper, I'm afraid it will be too late!" Song Lian frowned, "If it really doesn't work, let's write to those old friends and ask them to help publicize this matter. There are still more than a month left. There should be enough time.
If the world's literati can collectively boycott it, he, the King of Wu, will not be able to serve as the examiner! "
Wei Guan and others looked at each other and said, "I think it will work!"
"Let's do it this way. I hope it can make His Majesty and the Crown Prince change their minds!"
Several people were forced to have no choice. If they could not change their reputation, then they would definitely be ridiculed by many literati.
How could Song Lian have the dignity to continue teaching at Dabentang in the future?
