Zhu Yuanzhang Returns from Modern Times

Chapter 179 Strike a heavy punch!

Upon hearing what Wei Siye said, Mr. Jingshan nodded.

Wei Siye seemed quite satisfied with this.

"Mr. Jingshan, has there been any news from Scholar Wu?"

Just who is this newly appointed Vice Director of the Imperial Academy?
Why did His Highness the Crown Prince send him to the Imperial Academy at this crucial moment?

The arrival of a new academic director at the Imperial Academy at this sensitive time made me somewhat uneasy.

I'm afraid something unexpected might happen.

After all, what they did this time was too big.

"The message has already been sent to Scholar Wu."

However, because the time was too short, no useful information could be transmitted in a short period of time.

However, there's no need to worry too much about this.

Normally, the process from appointment to taking office for the new academic director is as follows.

It usually takes some time.

If things go smoothly, we should get this done before the new school administrator arrives.

At their level of status, a mere academic assistant is, frankly, far too conspicuous to be noticed by others.

He's just a mere school administrator; he can't affect the overall situation.

The two exchanged a few more words, inevitably discussing the matter of appointing Wei Siye as the next libationer.

He controlled the Imperial Academy, corrupted it, and forced Zhu Yuanzhang to reopen the imperial examinations.

The two chatted happily and couldn't help but smile.

Everyone felt that they had a bright future.

Wei Siye, in particular, was full of confidence and enthusiasm.

Just then, some noise arose outside.

The two fell silent, and Wei Siye frowned even more.

Extremely dissatisfied.

Who dares to make such a fuss?
Moreover, they were making a racket outside his residence.

Are you out of your mind?!

Look at what kind of students Zhu Yuanzhang recruited when he expanded enrollment?
Does he even resemble a student anymore?

They really don't respect themselves as a mere instructor!
Such disrespect for teachers!
"Please have a seat, Mr. Jingshan. I'll go and see who these people are who have no respect for their teachers!"

As he spoke, he stood up.

Previously, when facing Mr. Jingshan, Wei Siye appeared very respectful, even to the point of being obsequious.

The atmosphere changed instantly.

His face was full of authority.

He strode towards the door, ready to pull it open and leave.

Just then, with a bang, the door was kicked open from the outside!

It has a strong force.

I almost bumped into Wei Siye's nose!

This startled Wei Siye.

Before he could say anything, someone rushed in.

Without saying a word, they pinned him to the ground and took him down.

Mr. Jingshan, with his white beard, was equally astonished upon seeing this scene.

His expression changed drastically.

Then, remembering something, he quickly reached into his robes and took out a porcelain bottle.

He pulled out the stopper and prepared to pour the contents into his mouth.

But it was too late.

Zhu Gang's men were quick-witted and swift, kicking him in the wrist.

With a scream, the white-bearded old man kicked the porcelain bottle out of his hand.

The porcelain bottle fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

A red pill rolled out of it.

Ignoring the pain in his hand, the old man still tried to lunge forward to snatch it.

Where can we give him another chance?

He was kicked to the ground by a nobleman's son dressed in the attire of the Imperial Academy.

They were captured.

The old man's face was ashen...

"Insolence! You are all insolent!"

As a student, what crime should be committed for assaulting a teacher and showing disrespect to the instructor?
You will all be exiled three thousand miles away and sent to serve in the army!

May you never have a chance to rise again!
You should stop thinking about continuing your studies and becoming officials in the future!

I tell you, you have nothing left!

By this time, Wei Siye had recovered somewhat from his initial bewilderment and shock.

He was initially quite panicked when this happened so suddenly.

But at that moment, they discovered that the people who rushed in were actually dressed in the attire of the Imperial Academy.

They immediately perked up.

Much of the fear in my heart has disappeared.

Even when pinned to the ground with his face pressed against it, he never forgot to maintain his authoritative and dignified demeanor as a teacher.

The air of the Director of Studies at the Imperial Academy
"Search this old dog thoroughly, inside and out!"
"Look at this old dog, isn't he hiding some kind of poison or dagger?"

Prince Zhu Gang of Jin gave the order with a rather unpleasant expression.

At the same time, he kicked the red medicine aside with his toe.

Fortunately, I acted quickly and decisively.

Otherwise, they would notice anything amiss.

These people are likely to take their own lives.

If they really die, then it won't be so easy to dig deeper into the backgrounds of other people!

"Wu Xing? It's you!"

You little teaching assistant, are you trying to rebel?
How dare you incite students to do such a thing?

let me go!
I forgive you for your innocence!
Don't touch me like that!
"How dare you!"

Wei Siye spoke out angrily, his voice filled with immense anger and a touch of shame.

But how could these people possibly listen to them?

In a few swift movements, they ripped off Wei Siye's official robes.

She revealed her inner garment and searched the place thoroughly.

They found nothing like that on him.

Prince Zhu Gang's brother-in-law, after thinking for a moment, very professionally pinched Wei Siye's chin hard.

Pinch his mouth open.

After carefully examining the area and confirming that there were no medicine pouches hidden under the tongue or between the teeth, he finally released Wei Siye's mouth.

"A junior teaching assistant?"

Zhu Gang stepped forward and kicked Wei Siye in the face with a bang.

"Let me tell you, I'm not a teaching assistant anymore!"
"I've been promoted! I'm now the Assistant Director of Education!"

Xuecheng?

Upon hearing Zhu Gang's words, Wei Siye, whose teeth had been knocked out and whose mouth was full of blood, was somewhat stunned.

"Nonsense! Stop spreading rumors and misleading the public!"

You were just a lowly teaching assistant who got lucky and learned some crooked methods, which allowed you to go from a student to a teaching assistant in a short period of time.

How could he possibly become a school administrator in such a short time?
The head of the Imperial Academy in our country is surnamed Li, not Wu!

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"
What are you doing?
presumptuous!

Who taught you to be so disrespectful to your teachers?
Who gave you permission to act so recklessly?
Get back to class right now!

Just then, an angry shout rang out from outside.

A man dressed in the robes of an eighth-rank official strode in.

He was accompanied by seven or eight yamen runners.

The Rope and Imprisonment Hall was the law enforcement agency within the Imperial Academy.

If we really draw a comparison, it's like the teaching office of later generations.

The head of the school administration office, who was in charge of the punishment hall, was the same person as the director of the teaching department.

However, the power of the Rope Punishment Hall was clearly much greater than that of the Education Department in later generations.

In addition to the school administrator, there were eight official yamen runners.

Moreover, the Xuecheng was a proper eighth-rank official.

The Discipline Hall not only maintained discipline and punished students, but it was also responsible for any cases that occurred within the Imperial Academy.

"Li Xuecheng! Li Xuecheng, you've come at the perfect time!"
Quickly! Take down these audacious and disrespectful people!

Send them to the army and expel them from school!

Wei Siye, whose mouth was bleeding from being kicked by Zhu Gang, looked at the newcomer as if he had seen a savior.

He immediately called out.

"And this little teaching assistant, who has committed insubordination, must also be arrested and dealt with severely!"

He even dared to impersonate the head of the academy, claiming that he was the real head of the academy!

“Assistant Wu, what you’re doing now is unwise.”

Li Xuecheng looked at Zhu Gang and said, "As the Xuecheng, I need to deal with all the teachers and students in the school."

It's quite normal for someone to know Zhu Gang, the teaching assistant.

At the same time, he waved his hand, and the eight constables from the Rope Rectification Hall were about to arrest the people who had come with Zhu Gang.

"Stop it, all of you! I am the Vice Director of the Imperial Academy!"

You are no longer the Vice Minister of Education!

The constables from the Zhu Gang King's Punishment Hall shouted.

Upon hearing Prince Zhu Gang's words, Li Xuecheng was stunned and almost laughed out of anger.

You're doing this to my face?
"Just because you say I'm not the head of the academy, does that mean I'm not the head of the academy?"

"The imperial court has appointed a new Vice Minister of Education."

You are no longer the head of the academy.

"You say it's not, so it's not? According to the rules, I will no longer be the school administrator after the new school administrator arrives!"

Since the new school administrator hasn't arrived yet, I, as the school administrator, will remain the school administrator, and my words will carry weight.

And you, impersonating the Imperial Academy Secretary, is committing a grave crime!

Li Xuecheng stared at Zhu Gang, his gaze sharp and uncompromising.

He was also feeling angry and extremely unhappy.

He had been doing a good job as the school administrator and didn't think he had made any mistakes.

Suddenly, news came from the Ministry of Personnel that a new Vice Minister of Education had been appointed, and his position as Vice Minister of Education was gone.

Not only that, but no arrangements were even made for where he would go next.

Who could bear such a thing?
That's another story. At that moment, someone suddenly started causing trouble again.

After arriving here, this lowly teaching assistant, Wu Xing, actually went too far. Right in front of him, he said that he was the true academic administrator, and that he himself was no longer a useful academic administrator.

How could he possibly tolerate this?
If it were a complete stranger, someone impersonating Xue Cheng might be able to keep him in check.

But Wu Xing is clearly just a teaching assistant.

How dare they play such tricks on themselves?
Upon hearing Li Xuecheng's words, the eight constables of the Shengqian Hall prepared to attack Zhu Gang and his group again.

"Stop! I am the new school administrator!"

As he spoke, he took out the official document from his pocket and shoved it into Li Xuecheng's face.

Li Xuecheng examined it carefully and found that the official document was in accordance with regulations.

It turned out to be true!
"No! Your name is Wu Xing, but this document says Wu Kun!"
The new school administrator is not you!

"Is it not acceptable for me to be called both Wu Xing and Wu Kun?"
Who said you can't have two names?

Now that the new official has taken office, you are no longer the Assistant Director of Education.

Take off your official robe!

These words left the constables speechless, staring at each other in disbelief.

They were all completely stunned by this situation, which they had never imagined before.

Who exactly is the Academic Director?
Whose advice should we listen to?
"You guys, get to this bastard right now and take him down!"

They stripped him of his official robes!

Zhu Gang looked at the constables in the punishment hall and gave the order.

The constables looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.

I'm stuck here, not knowing what to do.

"I am the official in charge of education!"
If you do not obey the orders of the school administrator, I will dismiss you all!

Choose another constable!

Zhu Gang put on a stern face, abandoning the approachable demeanor he displayed when he was a teacher at the Imperial Academy.

The imposing presence befitting the Prince of Jin was revealed.

It exudes the aura of someone in a superior position.

After being reprimanded by Zhu Gang, the constables of the Rope Rectification Hall suddenly realized what they should do.

The academic officials come and go, but the yamen runners remain.

Li Xuecheng is no longer the Xuecheng, so as the yamen runners of the Shengqian Hall, they naturally have to listen to the new Xuecheng.

"I'm sorry, Li Xuecheng."

A tall yamen runner said something to Li Xuecheng and then reached out to pull him.

"How dare you! Even if I'm no longer the head of the academy, you have no right to arrest me!"
"I haven't committed any crime, why are you arresting me?"

"You haven't committed any crime, so why are you being arrested?"
Do you even believe what you're saying?
Are you really completely unaware of what has happened at the Imperial Academy recently?
Did those students die of natural causes?
How did you, the Assistant Director of the Imperial Academy, handle these matters?
Didn't you receive any hints from people like Wei Laogou?

Give me a clear explanation first!

Zhu Gang's words were like steel knives, stabbing straight into the hearts of those present.

Li Xuecheng's expression changed slightly.

It struggled again, but for a moment it could not break free.

More constables took action, pinning him to the ground and, following Zhu Gang's orders, tearing off his official robe.

Take them all at once.

"I don't care if you're Wu Xing or Wu Kun!"
What you're doing is going to cause a huge problem!
You don't have these rights; the Imperial Academy isn't yours to own.

You are merely an eighth-rank school official, how dare you act so recklessly and do such a thing?

"Don't say we haven't done anything wrong. Even if we had, it's not something a mere school administrator like you can control!"

Wei Siye tried his best to calm himself down and looked at Zhu Gang, scolding him.

They also want to try to save themselves.

He truly didn't want to accept his fate.

In particular, he was defeated by someone who was a former teaching assistant and is now the academic director.

Moreover, things have changed far too quickly this time!
This was completely beyond his expectations.

It caught him off guard.

For a moment, he couldn't think of any good way to break the deadlock.

"How can you do this?!"

He stared at Zhu Gang, his voice sharp and menacing, trying to intimidate him.

"The law? You secretly colluded and used all sorts of despicable and shameless means to lead the students to their deaths."

They secretly joined forces to oppose Song Jijiu.

When you planned to make a mess of the Imperial Academy and defy His Majesty and the government, did you ever think about the law?
At this point, he suddenly started talking to me about the law?

Where does the face come from?

Traitors and rebellious officials should be punished by everyone!

Upon hearing Zhu Gang's words, Li Xuecheng was extremely dissatisfied and immediately spoke up to refute them.

The white-bearded old man, whose face was ashen and who had been sweating profusely in a short time, suddenly spoke at this moment.

"You were sent by His Highness the Crown Prince? His Highness knows about these things?"
Is this your intention, or... His Highness the Crown Prince's intention?
Or is it the current emperor's intention?

As he said this, he stared intently at Zhu Gang.

In a short period of time, he had already thought of many things.

These events deeply shocked him, leaving him terrified and on the verge of death.

"As a court official, I am His Majesty's man and also the Crown Prince's man."

These matters were the Emperor's and the Crown Prince's wishes.

Even before this, the emperor had said that he wanted to unify the North and the South.

He talked about revitalizing the Imperial Academy, and also emphasized the importance of subjects such as agriculture, physics, and arithmetic.

It was said that the Imperial Academy was for selecting talents for the country.

But how did you and these insects do it?

They are all hypocrites, but their hearts are filthy!
Despicable tactics!

Calling you worse than pigs and dogs is too lenient!

"Impossible! Impossible! His Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't do such a thing!"
You're talking nonsense!

impossible! "

Mr. Jingshan, with his white beard, seemed to have been stepped on, and he became agitated, repeatedly denying the allegations.

It was as if he was trying to convince himself.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has always been kind and benevolent, how could he do such a thing?"
It must be you who are using His Highness the Crown Prince's name to act recklessly here!

To tarnish His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation!
"You were sent by the Emperor; this matter has nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Pooh!"

Zhu Gang spat at him.

"Do you really think you're so noble? Do you think that His Highness the Crown Prince is so benevolent that he will indulge you in every way?"

His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed kind and benevolent, but that is no excuse for you to commit evil deeds here!

Don't overthink it. His Highness the Crown Prince isn't as narrow-minded as you are.

All you see are Southerners and your own interests; nothing else matters to you!

His Highness the Crown Prince possesses profound insight and a comprehensive understanding of the situation!

As Zhu Gang spoke, he raised his voice:

"Guards, take all these insects to the Hall of Punishment!"

I, the Academician, will give these bastards a good talking-to!

Cut their hearts and livers out, and see if they are truly heartless and ungrateful, truly black-hearted and rotten-necked!

As Zhu Gang spoke, he walked out of Wei Siye's house.

Behind him, the constables of the yamen, along with several sons of noble families who were responsible for guarding him at the school and also studying there, escorted Jin Wenzheng, Wei Siye, Mr. Jingshan with the white beard, and Li Xuecheng and the others away from here.

However, on the way to the Shrine of the Nensen, some unexpected things happened.

Zhu Gang and his group were surrounded by a large number of teaching assistants who rushed to the scene after hearing the news.

They forbade Zhu Gang and the others from leaving.

We need to get an explanation here and make Zhu Gang release the people immediately.

Apart from a few teaching assistants such as Huang Guan, Tie Xuan, Hu Yan, and Yang Rong who sided with Zhu Gang, the rest of the teaching assistants were not.

The remaining teaching assistants, led by Feng Yong, surrounded Zhu Gang and his group in a fit of rage, demanding that they release the people immediately.

Zhu Gang's side only had a dozen or so people, while these people had gathered together to form nearly a hundred or so.

The disparity in numbers is enormous.

Upon seeing this scene, Jin Wenzheng, Wei Siye, and the others perked up once again.

Even though they had been beaten to a pulp, they all spoke up, urging the teaching assistants not to back down.

They outnumbered him and had to force the arrogant Wu Xing to release the man.

Then there will be opportunities to do other things.

"Release them immediately! Wu Xing, you won't die either, will you?"

Wei Siye looked at Zhu Gang, his voice icy and threatening.

As a result, he was met with one of Zhu Gang's large feet.

He swallowed the rest of his words back down his throat!

Facing the numerous indignant teaching assistants, Zhu Gang raised his right hand and spread out his five fingers.

"These people are all extremely wicked and evil."

I will count to five, then you may all leave. Those inside will be forgiven for their past transgressions.

If you still dare to aid and abet evil after the five cries, don't blame me for being impolite!

"one!"

"two!"

He started counting as soon as he finished speaking.

As they began to count, their fingers curled up one by one.

Don't listen to him!
This bastard is just bluffing!
They act recklessly right here.

Even if he were the Vice Minister of Education, he wouldn't dare to act like this!

"There are many of us, what are we afraid of?"

Feng Yong shouted loudly, stirring up the crowd.

Zhu Gang ignored him and continued counting at his usual pace.

Soon, they counted to five.

All five fingers were curled up and clenched into a fist.

None of these teaching assistants left.

Wei Siye, Jin Wenzheng, Feng Yong, and others.

Upon seeing this scene, they couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

That bastard Wu Xing, he's pulling this kind of trick to fool people.

Now that the five numbers have been counted, what can he do to us?
What can they possibly do?

Let alone counting to five, even if you count to fifty, five hundred, or five thousand, what difference would it make?

Just as he was thinking this, the sound of armor clashing against armor rang out.

It quickly approached from afar.

They were the Imperial Guards in full armor!
(End of this chapter)