Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 89: The corpses are everywhere, I am the king and father! (Please read it later)

Wu Wendi gave this order.

Gui Yong and other cavalrymen rushed over with guns.

The students who dared to come out to stop the Jinyiwei were naturally the students who dared to work for Lu Jun.

Therefore, few people chose to back down and some still persisted, seemingly firmly believing that Wu Wendi was just trying to scare them.

But soon, they discovered that the government troops under Wu Wendi were serious!

Student Xu Ai was shot first.

The body was penetrated directly.

His eyes were full of astonishment.

Ma Jizhong was shocked when he saw this and turned around to run back.

boom!
Suddenly.

Ma Jizhong was also shot in the back.

Vomiting blood on the ground.

Many other students were also killed one after another, and blood was flowing all over the ground.

One student was slow to react and was still sneering when a quick gunshot pierced his chest, causing his entire smile to freeze on the spot.

Some of the students did practice martial arts on a daily basis, and when they saw this, they actually tried to fight with swords, but they were outnumbered and were eventually killed.

Some students were so frightened that their legs went limp and they struggled to crawl on the ground, trying to escape elsewhere.

Soon.

Most of these students were killed.

The entire area outside the academy was suddenly filled with blood.

at this time.

Liu Da, who had been detained by Wu Wending's soldiers, was dumbfounded when he saw this and shouted:

"Mr. Wu! Aren't you afraid of being cursed by future generations for doing this?!"

Wu Wendi, who was always radical, laughed and said, "I have pledged my life to the country, so why should I fear the rolling criticism? I only lament that I have not killed enough thieves in formal clothes!"

As Wu Wendi said this, he personally dismounted from his horse, drew his knife, and stabbed some of the students who were only injured but not dead.

A surviving injured student saw Wu Wending approaching like a ferocious monster and couldn't help but plead:

"Please spare my life, I won't dare to do it again!"

"You have already abandoned your conscience, and the key is that you have abandoned it after reading the book. You can't stay with me!"

Wu Wending said this and sealed the student's throat with his sword.
At this time, Zhang Tong was shocked to see that the road to the academy was full of corpses. He hurriedly led the Jinyiwei and stepped on the corpses to enter the academy. After interrogating the people in the academy, he captured Lu Jun.

When Lu Jun was escorted out, he was shaking like a sieve.

He was only shocked for a moment after seeing the bodies of a large number of students lying outside the academy, and a look of heartache appeared on his face.

Because he didn't expect that these imperial officials and troops would actually dare to attack the scholars.

He also didn't expect that most of the students he had secretly supported with huge sums of money would eventually die.

This undoubtedly wasted his many years of hard work.

To know.

He has spent a lot of money on these scholars over the years and even built academies specifically for them so that they can give lectures and even allow them to make a lot of money from him in the name of giving lectures.

He did this so that when these scholars entered the court as officials in the future, they could become tools for him to control the court.

But now these people are almost all gone.

Isn't it a waste of his efforts?

Liu Da is also feeling distressed now.

Because many of these scholars are willing to study under him and become his assistants in the future.

As a result, all these scholars are gone now.

of course.

Liu Da was also very angry now. What made him angry was that Wu Wendi, a disciple of Wang Xue, had once again trampled on the privileges that he and other literati had been trying hard to establish.

Zhang Tong admired Wu Wendi very much, so he took the initiative to bow to Wu Wendi, and then took Lu Jun away.

Wu Wendi came to Liu Da and said, "I have heard that the atmosphere of teaching here is very prosperous. Now your majesty has asked me to be in charge of the defense of Ji and Liao. I know that a large number of scholars have gathered here, so I naturally want to come and see. Otherwise, no one knows whether these people are teaching or plotting together. I didn't expect to encounter you obstructing the government."

"And you, the Shuntian Governor, are so bold that you even followed suit to obstruct the court's business, slap your superiors, and do things that provoke the emperor's majesty."

After Wu Wending said this, Liu Da laughed and said, "Do you really want to see the guards break into the academy and arrest people at will, and bully the scholars at will?"

"I just hate that the Jinyiwei are not enough and not ruthless enough. For example, Zhang Tong just now was too restrained and too rule-abiding!"

"If I were him, I would rely on the fact that I am an old friend of His Majesty's, kill people first and then report to the emperor, so as to establish the prestige of the Jinyiwei, even if I end up with my head and body separated."

Wu Wendi replied.

Liu Da's face suddenly changed after hearing this, and he took a deep breath: "You are unworthy of being a scholar-official!"

Let’s talk.

Inside the Forbidden City.

At this time, Zhu Houcong was instructing Zhang Cong about disaster relief.

"When you go to Lianghuai to provide disaster relief, remember not to hesitate to use the greatest malice to speculate on the forces that may prevent you from successfully providing disaster relief."

Zhu Houcong gave Zhang Cong these instructions.

After hearing this, Zhang Cong bowed with great respect and said, "I will remember your instructions."

In his opinion, the emperor was indeed a wise and intelligent person, with an innate insight into worldly affairs and human nature. "Who do you think is suitable to replace you as the recorder?"

Zhu Houcong then asked about Zhang Cong.

Zhang Cong replied: "I recommend Yan Song, the Nanjing Imperial Academy student. He is more stable than I am and has a lot of insight. Although he is tactful, he is not too close to the edge."

Zhu Houcong nodded.

then.

Zhang Cong said: "Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to grant me a name, so as to change the name given by my parents and avoid Your Majesty's taboo."

"I am not being presumptuous. Your Majesty is the emperor and father. Only if Your Majesty changes my name can I remain filial!"

Zhang Cong replied.

Zhu Houcong thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Then I will give you the name Fujing."

"I thank Your Majesty for the name!"

After Zhu Houcong met Zhang Cong, he received an urgent letter from the Embroidered Uniform Guard sent back from Tianjin, and thus learned about the arrest of Lu Jun in Yishan Academy.

Zhu Houcong's face darkened and he became furious. He asked someone to call Liang Chu over.

"A businessman."

"A governor-general and the chief censor and hundreds of students spoke up for him and even blocked the Jinyiwei from the Pacification Office for him."

“What a great ability!”

Zhu Houcong sneered as he spoke.

"I guess he is not an ordinary businessman."

"These scholars must have received a lot of favors from him, so they were bewitched by him."

“That’s not surprising.”

"The government has always been short of financial resources, and many students often have insufficient food. Moreover, many students do not receive subsidies, but are only exempted from military service."

"It would be fine if you can tolerate the cold."

"The key is that many students cannot tolerate poverty and like luxury, so they are inevitably supported by some wealthy businessmen. From marrying a wife and buying land to the staff after studying and becoming an official, all are provided by wealthy businessmen. Gradually, the whole person is controlled by them."

Liang Chu replied.

Zhu Houcong said: "According to this, will the country also be controlled by them in the future?"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Zhu Houcong's face suddenly became serious.

"Rich merchants set up platforms for students to give lectures and spent a lot of money to support them, taking advantage of the fact that the court budget was insufficient and the food subsidies for students were not high."

"If this continues, the bureaucrats and disciples of the emperor who will serve me and keep the people safe in the future will all be supported by others. Doesn't that mean the rich businessmen will be their kings and fathers?"

"That is to say."

"They will train my people!"

"My country must also be controlled by them."

Zhu Houcong said here.

I also felt a little scared inside.

"You talk about supporting scholars every day, but I haven't seen you actually come up with a plan to increase wealth and support scholars. Scholars have become scholars controlled by unscrupulous businessmen!"

Zhu Houcong then spoke sternly.

Liang Chu remained silent.

Zhu Houcong said: "We must improve finances and increase the budget! Strengthen the power of the court and don't let the people in the court really become their people!"

Liang Chu bowed and replied: "Your Majesty is wise!"

This was not Liang Chu's intentional flattery, but he truly felt that the emperor was indeed aware of the essence of the collusion between bureaucrats and scholars and businessmen.

The fundamental reason for this is that the imperial court has always been a small government model, with low taxation and low public expenditure, which allowed wealthy businessmen and powerful people to take advantage of the situation and become shadow emperors.

One day not long after this.

Zhu Houcong came to Zuoshunmen to attend court as usual.

Zhu Houcong began to hold court.

The Left Imperial Censor Jin Xianmin brazenly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I accuse the Governor of Ji and Liao, Wu Wending, of slaughtering scholars, destroying benevolence, and greatly undermining the emperor's virtue. He should be executed!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I have heard that the Governor of Ji and Liao, Wu Wending, destroyed the academy, killed students, and looted people's property. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to punish this thief who has brought disaster to the country and the people, so as to show Your Majesty's virtue of respecting scholars!"

The Imperial Censor Tao Deji also stepped out and made a presentation.

then.

Zhang Yu, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, followed and said indignantly, "Your Majesty! The scholars who participated in the lecture at Yishan Academy only obstructed the mission because they did not know the details of the profiteer. Even if they were wrong, Wu Wendi should not have killed them arbitrarily. Killing them is like killing chickens. Such behavior is simply the act of a cruel official. Killing them is not enough to correct the atmosphere!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

……

Zhu Houcong's face darkened.

He knew that these wealthy businessmen and powerful people had already extended their hands to the imperial court.

Otherwise, Liu Da, a governor and chief censor, would not have dared to slap his own Jinyiwei for a salt merchant.

These officials would not hate Wu Wendi so much for the students that they would want to kill him.

(End of this chapter)