When investigating the matter of Zhou Kui and his son, Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen's Dongchang to investigate from the beginning. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen decided to kill the chicken and the monkey, so he naturally summoned Wang Chengen.
And to Emperor Chongzhen, the matters in Zhang Mingwei's hands were far more important than punishing Zhou Kui and his son, so Zhang Mingwei left the palace.
By this time, it was getting late, so he returned to Zhang Mansion, accompanied by Princess Kunxing and escorted by Zhou Yuji and his wife.
However, before arriving at Zhang Mansion, something happened from a distance.
I saw a large group of people surrounding them, shouting loudly, and even if they were far away, I could hear some movement. In the nearby mansions, people were looking around, obviously watching the excitement.
Zhang Mingwei looked a little strange, because he found that the place where the group of people were making noise seemed to be in front of his house: What is going on?
Zhou Yuji obviously saw it too, and immediately called a bodyguard to rush over to check the situation.
After a while, the guard rushed back and reported: "Sir, those are the supervisors of the Imperial College. They say that you are so virtuous and capable that you want to be your majesty's husband. They are not convinced and are clamoring for a test of knowledge with you!"
When Zhu Yuyao heard this, she was furious and came to trouble her husband again!
But at this time, she remembered her identity and did not overstep her authority to give orders. Instead, she obediently accompanied Zhang Mingwei and listened to Zhang Mingwei's words.
Zhou Yuji heard this and suggested: "Sir, I will send someone to drive them away!"
"Drive them away?" After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei shook his head with a smile and said, "There must be someone behind this, and driving them away will not solve the problem!"
He could think with his toes that he must be trying to stop him in the court, so he came up with this trick again.
In short, many people in the DPRK were definitely very dissatisfied with his appearance. If one move fails, then another will come, even if it doesn't threaten his power for the time being, he still wants to ruin his reputation first, and then make subsequent moves.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but sneer.
He has been mentally prepared for this for a long time. It is absolutely impossible for those people to submit obediently. They will have to go through many times of blood and fire before their heads fall to the ground.
When Zhang Mingwei was thinking about it, he saw that the Imperial College students over there had noticed his arrival and swarmed in, menacingly, with the attitude of "the ignorant are fearless".
In fact, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the scholar class was actually very arrogant. Making trouble and disrupting the office of the Yamen is nothing out of the ordinary.
In the local area, this group of people have great reputations and have separated themselves from the category of ordinary people. Their identities also began to bring them into contact with prominent figures, giving them a basis for hooking up with figures in the officialdom.
And the corruption of morals in the late Ming Dynasty made this group of people have no scruples for their own interests. For example, if a new local official wants to do something, he must gain their support. If it offends their interests, anything can be done.
The reason for this is that first, most of them are locals, and the chief officials are all outsiders, which gives them a local advantage.
Second, they are familiar with local public sentiments and have a group of people with closely related interests. They can encourage people, whether informed or uninformed, to join in the trouble, and the momentum can be huge.
In fact, this matter was already very common in the late Ming Dynasty.
Famous ones, such as the Suzhou Civil Rebellion, were also led by these people, quarreling with the eunuchs sent by Emperor Wanli, and even burning government offices, killing people, etc. Then, there was the "Tombstone Story of Five People" written by Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, which was his famous work and made him famous.
For those who are not famous, there are even more. According to historical records, in many places in the south, students expelled county magistrates and captured county offices.
At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the trend was like this. Many local officials did not dare to offend them, so naturally they had no choice but to collude with them, and what they did only represented the interests of their group. The interests of the imperial court and the interests of ordinary people will naturally disappear.
Of course, what will eventually evolve into this is not to say how open Ming Dynasty is or how free speech is. But behind them, there is the support and connivance of the country gentry and bureaucrats. In the final analysis, it is still a conflict of interests!
Regarding these, Zhang Mingwei, a professional in the late Ming Dynasty, has naturally done research and knows this situation. At this time, when he saw groups of supervisors coming to make trouble for him, he knew what was going on!
Generally speaking, being entangled with these prison students is a very troublesome matter.
For example, these supervisors are using Zhang Mingwei's ability to become the emperor's husband. If you just shout and kill them like this, it will not only appear to be weak-minded, but also untenable in legal terms.
Believe it or not, if you touch these supervisors, as soon as the news spreads, more supervisors will cause trouble. Moreover, after the news spread to local areas, the prison guards in various places would also shout and kill Zhang Mingwei. Although it was impossible to destroy him physically, it could ruin Zhang Mingwei's reputation. It is clear that Zhang Mingwei is serving the country and the people, but he can use his pen and talk to describe Zhang Mingwei as a traitor who brings disaster to the country and the people!
Moreover, those people behind them will definitely jump out to accuse Zhang Mingwei, saying that by touching these supervisors, he is controlling the way of speech and denying people a chance to speak, and then they will control the government and lead the Ming Dynasty into an abyss of disaster. Well, any hat can be put on by extension.
Zhu Yurao didn't know about this, but Lan Tianbao knew where he came from. After hearing Zhang Mingwei's words, he quickly echoed: "What the master said is absolutely true, these people are very difficult to deal with!"
After finishing speaking, he briefly explained the situation in a few words. Then he said to Zhang Mingwei with a worried look on his face: "Master, how about we stay away for a while and then go back and find out who incited them to come?"
Zhou Yuji didn't expect this kind of thing to be so complicated, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his head. I thought to myself, fortunately I am just a general and don't have to worry about these things, otherwise I would have a headache!
Zhu Ailao was also worried, so she persuaded him: "Sir, why don't we go back to the palace first and report this matter to our father, so that he can handle it?"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "If I hide from them, believe it or not, they will become even more arrogant. This group of people should be punished!"
When Zhu Yuyao heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up and she couldn't help but ask: "Sir, do you have any way to deal with them?"
At this time, she immediately remembered what the prince's brother said about the gods getting into the frying pan. Her husband casually deciphered the mystery of such strange things. So dealing with these prison students might be a headache for others, but it might be a headache for you, sir!
Thinking this way, she looked at Zhang Mingwei with a little reverence.
Zhang Mingwei did not answer their words, but just drove his horse forward to meet the menacing prison students.
