A few days later, Emperor He, who had always been like an invisible man, suddenly threw out an astonishing decision: he wanted to negotiate peace with the Hu people in the south.

As soon as this proposal came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

The reason why the princes of the imperial court were so surprised was because this proposal was completely different from the other one, and it was a real loss of power and humiliation of the country.

In fact, as early as after the Hu people occupied a large area in the south, some officials in the court proposed that peace should be negotiated with the Hu people, so as to prevent the war from spreading further and even burning to Jiangnan and other places.

At that time, the timid and fearful Emperor Zhao Yu'an also hoped for a truce with the Hu people, so with the acquiescence of An Guogong, he quickly sent an envoy to ask the Hu people for peace.

However, no one expected that Hu Ren's reply was: It is okay to negotiate peace, but Dawei will promise to be a vassal to the Great Turk and pay tribute to the Great Turk every year.

After receiving Hu Ren's reply, the Manchu Dynasty was furious, and suddenly no one dared to propose peace again.

Because once anyone mentions it again, it will not only offend the heavenly family, but also attract scolding among the people.

To put it mildly, if anyone really contributed to the fact that Great Wei paid tribute to the Hu people, it would definitely be stinking for 10,000 years and being scolded by the world.

This pot is so big that no official dares to carry it on his back, so naturally no one dares to mention this matter again.

Similarly, after the news spread, some voices among the people who originally wanted to make peace with the Hu people disappeared all at once.

Everyone is scolding, these Hu people really don't know how to lift, and they are really Fanbang wild clans.

However, no one expected that after such a long time, it was no one else who proposed the matter of peace again, but Emperor He An himself, which would naturally cause a shock in the court.

After hearing Emperor He'an's resolution, most of the officials had only one thought in their hearts: Is the emperor crazy? No, should An Guogong be crazy?

Because everyone knows that the person who really controls the government now is An Guogong, who is also known as Emperor Yin, and Emperor An is just a puppet emperor who acts according to his orders.

If you don't get the acquiescence of An Guogong, how can Emperor An dare to make his own opinions.

In other words, it was not Emperor An who really wanted to negotiate peace with the Hu people, but Duke An Guo.

What kind of medicine is sold in this hidden emperor's gourd? Do you really want to pay tribute to the Hu people?

Before understanding An Guogong's true intentions, all officials did not dare to oppose casually, so as not to get into trouble.

When the news reached the people, there was an uproar, and everyone couldn't believe that it was true.

Isn't negotiating peace now equivalent to proclaiming to the Hu people?

This incident caused a violent shock in Shilin, and countless scholars felt incredible after hearing about it.

The dignified Wei Dynasty actually wants to pay tribute to the barbarian state?! This is simply absurd.

But it didn't take long for something that really happened that shocked and angered countless readers.

Emperor He'an really sent envoys to the south to negotiate peace.

After learning of this, the scholars in the capital almost collectively went crazy.

Regardless of whether they were famous or not, thousands of scholars made an appointment by running around and connecting with each other, and then flocked to the main entrance of the palace on the appointed day to kneel down and shout the same sentence.

"Please ask the emperor to take back his order."

"Please ask the emperor to take back his order."

"Please ask the emperor to take back his order."

Thousands of Confucian scholars shouted this sentence in unison over and over again, attracting more and more ordinary people to stop and watch.

By noon, there were tens of thousands of onlookers, almost encircling the entire main gate of the palace.

Although the local government kept ordering the Confucian scholars to leave, no one was willing to leave, and continued to shout over and over again.

Because there were so many Confucian scholars, the local officials did not dare to act rashly, so they could only wait anxiously for orders from above.

Finally, the steward came.

When Song Huai'an, the new city patrol emperor, appeared with 3,000 officers and soldiers, it immediately caused a panic among the people, and many onlookers avoided one after another, so as not to get into trouble.

Song Huai'an, the imperial historian of the city patrol, walked up to all the Confucian scholars and said coldly: "If you leave now, this official will not hold you accountable for your mistakes for the sake of you being a first-time offender."

But if you're still stubborn, then don't blame the official for being rude. ”

The Confucian scholars ignored him and continued to shout loudly: "Please ask the emperor to take back his order." ”

Seeing that these Confucian scholars were so stubborn, Song Huai'an said angrily: "Okay, since you don't eat and drink in the toast, then don't blame the official for being polite."

Come on, arrest all these foolish creatures for me, and don't let any of them go. ”

Under Song Huai'an's order, the 3,000 officers and soldiers immediately rushed over to arrest people with fierce looks.

The Confucian scholars struggled desperately, but these weak scholars were the opponents of the powerful officers and soldiers, and they were quickly suppressed, and many of them were beaten by the officers and soldiers to the point of bleeding and embarrassment.

In this way, all the Confucian scholars who petitioned collectively were arrested by the officers and soldiers and put in prison.

Due to overcrowding and the lack of prisons, each cell, which was supposed to hold only seven or eight people, was filled with twenty or thirty people at once, and each cell was packed.

In order to punish these troublesome Confucian students, the government's verdict soon came down: everyone was banned from participating in the imperial examination for life, and if they had meritorious fame, they would be directly removed from their meritorious service and never hired.

As soon as this verdict came out, the families of these Confucian scholars fell into despair.

In ancient society, it was very difficult for an ordinary family to support a scholar who was taking the imperial examination, and sometimes even if the whole family gathered their strength, they might not be able to afford it, and it was too expensive.

Some well-off families with land and land will even become poor because of this.

It's really not easy for a reader to come out.

Of the more than 1,000 Confucian students, except for a few wealthy families, most of the rest were supported by countless families who smashed pots and sold iron.

In order to look forward to the fact that the children of the family will one day be able to be admitted to Xiucai, Juren and even Jinshi, so as to change the fate of the whole family and even the whole family.

Now that the government's verdict has undoubtedly undone the efforts and efforts of these families over the years, it will certainly make them feel extremely desperate.

But despair is despair, and people still have to be saved.

As a result, the families of these Confucian scholars began to run around for relations and gifts, trying to get their children out of prison.

At this time, the officials in the yamen were so happy that they were soft on just collecting money.

The entire yamen, from the officials to the jailers, all earned a smile, and they were happier than the Chinese New Year.

If it had been changed before, there would have been officials who risked their lives to give direct advice.

But since Emperor Shuntian ascended the throne and set up the Imperial Office, the backbone officials have long been slaughtered.

Now above the court, there are all officials who are wise enough to protect their lives and are greedy for life and afraid of death. Not to mention dead advice, there are few people who dare to speak out against it.

The waist bone of the Great Wei Dynasty has long been broken.

This is only the situation in the capital, when the news of the peace agreement spread, it also caused a strong shock among the people and scholars in various places.

As long as there is a little backbone, they feel extremely humiliated.