The fear still lingered on Qi De's face, but the wolf-like bodyguards of the King of Wu behind Zhu Su immediately stepped forward and twisted his hand behind his back.
Zhu Su was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to look at the student whose head was broken. His lips were pale, and he didn't know whether he had lost too much blood or was frightened. He turned to Fang Xiaoru and said, "Go and ask the imperial doctor on duty in the prison to come over and treat this student's injuries."
"Thank you, Your Highness." The student stood up and saluted. "It's just that the villain's name hasn't been recorded yet. Can he record his name first and then treat the villain?"
Zhu Su lowered his head and saw that his clothes were shabby and had many stains. It was obvious that he was a scholar from a poor family who did not want to let go of this opportunity for Enke, so he nodded and asked someone to take him to the prison to register his name, and then He stood up and looked at the group of Vincentians blocking the gate of the Imperial College: "Are you gathering and making noise to attack the Imperial College?"
"Is the attack on the imperial government office an attempt to rebel?"
"Does His Highness the Fifth Prince want to confuse right and wrong and slander our reputation?" Qi De, who was captured, turned out to be a tough guy. He struggled and said, "The student just accidentally stained His Highness's robe sleeves with a stone. Your Highness will be held accountable." I am an assassin."
"Now all the eminent sages are here for justice, but His Highness slanders them as rebels..."
"Could it be that the leader of the new school only uses this method to eliminate dissidents and attack talented and virtuous people like us?"
"Your Highness can kill us, but you can't kill the holy way! You can't kill us scholars' determination to set up a heart for heaven and earth, and to set a destiny for the saint! This enco is against the Dao, and we are surrounding this place that hides filth and evil. This is just to safeguard the purity of the avenue!" Nazide pulled his neck and shouted loudly.
"Yes!" "That's right!" "What Brother Qi said is true. We are here for the great prosperity of the holy way, and we have no regrets!" Most of the crowd were young people. There were actually many people who spoke impassionedly about Qi De. They began to agree, and the clamor that had gradually subsided gradually began to revive.
Gradually, the momentum became so overwhelming that some people even thought of rushing forward and overturning the booth where the Imperial Academy was recording Enke's name. They even dared to ignore the fact that the person standing in front of them was a dignified prince of the imperial court. .
"Wait...you are rude!" Fang Xiaoru blushed and refuted loudly. These people were shouting here, but they made the Imperial College really look like a place of filth. However, Zhu Su felt that something was wrong. Qi De was obviously just a scholar. Although he had been frightened for a moment, now he dared to look directly into his eyes and said treasonous words to refute his own prince in public.
"Go, let someone go to the Jinyiwei Yamen and ask the fourth brother to help find out who this Qide is." Zhu Su ordered the dog behind him in a low voice.
As long as you say this, Zhu Di, who is as smart as a monkey, will definitely understand. Even if Qi De really doesn't have any background, he can still have some background.
I heard that Zhan Tong, who is now a civil servant leader, has many retainers in his house...
Qi De is so stubborn that he is not even afraid of being labeled as a rebel. He is obviously not a simple and passionate scholar who has been deceived. Maybe he was a soldier sent by some family to stir up public opinion and frighten the poor students.
After all, public opinion can stop those students from well-off families, but it cannot stop students from poor families who don't even have enough to eat.
This time Enke was less difficult, and it was under the direct control of the emperor. Even though such an iron rice bowl would be a little stigmatized, it was still very attractive to students from poor families. Among the hundreds of people who have signed up, almost all come from poor families in the surrounding areas. This is why Zhu Su is confident that more and more people will come later.
After all, it would take a long time for students in remote areas to come to Yingtian after receiving the news.
Gou'er left as ordered. Zhu Su looked at the incited scholars and knew that Qi Tai could not simply deal with the matter. He had to completely divide this group of people before he could handle the matter properly.
Otherwise, the Imperial College would not be able to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Some students came to sign up but were chased away by them. If this continues, Enke will really become a prostitute.
"If you maintain the highway, you can flout the law and throw stones to kill people?" Zhu Su sneered. "You saw it too. The man just wanted to register his name, but he was beaten to a bloody head by you and almost died."
"This shows that even stones can hurt people. This Qi De threw stones at me, and if I was beaten to a bloody head by him, wouldn't this be considered an assassination of the king?"
"Or do you think that the law does not punish everyone? As long as you are in large numbers, even if you kill me too, the court will not be able to do anything to you?"
Zhu Su said loudly, and the group of scholars were instantly stagnated by this loud roar.
Qide thought that Zhu Su wanted to reason with him and wanted to quibble, but Zhu Su turned around sharply and glared at him, making him look aroused: "Still want to quibble?"
"Palm mouth!"
Di Meng, who was wearing armor, slapped Qi De and knocked him to the ground. Qi De flew out a few teeth and hit his whole body on the ground. He struggled to get up. Di Meng slapped him again. This time it was a change. He changed direction and fell to the left.
After going back and forth several times, Zide's cheeks soon became swollen like a pig, all his white teeth fell out, and he could no longer speak clearly.
A group of scholars never expected that Zhu Su would be so cruel when they disagreed. They thought they were standing on the moral high ground, but no one dared to speak.
Zhu Su looked at their cowardly behavior and sneered. Now that he had taken the initiative in speaking, he spoke directly: "What I want to tell you is that you scholars are no more noble than others. You must also follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
"If you attack the prince, you will be punished. If you obstruct official business, you will be punished. If you gather in groups, you are suspected of rebellion!"
"You have read a lot of poetry and books, but have you read them all and ended up in the dog's belly? How dare you obstruct the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony?"
"Are you still missing the Yuan Dynasty and hoping that all the talented and virtuous people in the world will return to the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"
Everyone was silent. The momentum just stirred up by Zide was directly suppressed by Zhu Su's thunderous method. It took a long while before someone came out and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. It's not because we don't know the importance of it, but it's because this act of kindness goes against the path of a saint."
"Instead of trying the classics, we try to test arithmetic and other strange skills. Isn't this the same as abandoning the basics and chasing the weak? It is precisely because we care about our country and worry that the Ming Dynasty has gone astray, that we come up with this strategy, hoping to reach heaven to listen. …”
"Exotic skills?" Zhu Su raised his eyebrows. "This student, arithmetic, etc., are just trivial means?"
Even Fang Xiaoru was shocked by what he said. He said, "If you were an official, wouldn't you need to calculate taxes, identify farming seasons, mediate with the people, and distinguish authenticity from falsehoods?"
"Of course I want it." Na Wensheng said with cupped hands. "But those who serve as herdsmen for the emperor only need to know how to use people. Officials have their own subordinates. For some minor matters, just let the subordinates do it for you."
Zhu Su laughed angrily when he heard this. "In this case, why does the imperial court pay you a salary?"
"You only need to hire subordinate officials, and you can run the country! Why waste gold and silver and wait for you to wait for wine and rice bags!"
(End of chapter)
