Ma Wensheng was indeed told by Li Mengyang that he almost had a heart attack, and all thoughts were lost, but now Zhu Houzhao happened to appear and patted him on the shoulder, which also made his mood ease down a little: "Your Majesty! ”

However, Ma Wensheng didn't know what to say at this time, because he couldn't seem to find an answer to convince him why he was betrayed by the entire Shilin, and at the same time he was also confused, thinking that it was wrong to be the master of the world, otherwise why was he so hated, even more hated than the ministers who killed the king.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that Li Mengyang's words had completely exposed the selfish nature of the gentry clique, which could also be said to be the essence of human nature, and also shook the confidence and confidence of the reformist civil officials to oppose Shilin, and he must now give these reformers the confidence and motivation to continue to persevere.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Mengyang, who was stunned: "You said that today's scholars will scold Ma Wensheng for a lifetime, and even a hundred years or even a thousand years later, Ma Wensheng will be a traitor, right, but those ordinary people in the world who should really thank Ma Wensheng will forget Ma Wensheng and don't even know who Ma Wensheng is, right." ”

"I will tell you today that I want to make all the common people in the world become scholars before I die, and you scholars and doctors are just fooling the people and manipulating history and the current world with pen and ink, but if I let all the people read, from peddlers and pawns to emperors and generals, all are scholars, I don't believe that all the people in the world will be blind, and they will only listen to your slander at will and cannot distinguish right from wrong!"

Knowledge in the hands of a few becomes a means of enslaving others, while knowledge in the hands of all becomes a tool for the defence of human rights.

Therefore, the literati of Zhu Houzhao's era can be so arrogant because they control the right to speak, and what is beneficial to them is good, and what is unfavorable to them is bad, but the elites of this era may not know that one day in the future, they will be subject to the supervision of the whole people after the whole people have received education, and public opinion will no longer become a tool of these elites but a shackle that restricts them to enjoy privileges! The pressure of public opinion will make them extremely uncomfortable! They will hate public opinion very much.

And a hero like Ma Wensheng will not fight alone! There will be a class of people behind him cheering for him!

Li Mengyang also understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and even directly threatened Zhu Houzhao: "But Your Majesty, if you do this, you will also harm yourself!" Because if you do this, you will be supervised not only by the Shilin but also by the whole world! ”

"What am I afraid of! Do you think I'm just as greedy and selfish as you are? If the world can make a hypocritical and arrogant villain like Li Mengyang unable to survive, what if I am not the emperor! ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng was so frightened that he directly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, don't say that, the world can't be without a king, and the country can't be without a master!" ”

"I just say that, what are you afraid of", Zhu Houzhao said.

At this time, Li Mengyang laughed directly: "Okay, since Your Majesty is so calm, the minister doesn't want to say anything, please ask Your Majesty to give the minister the death penalty!" ”

"Death in a hurry so soon? I'm not done yet."

Zhu Houzhao said and instructed: "After returning to the palace, I will make a will, after a hundred years, the monarch of the future generations will dare to rehabilitate the traitor and villain Li Mengyang, and the subjects of the world can punish him, such a monarch is not worthy of inheriting my throne!" Some of the ministers of later generations dare to restore the reputation of the traitorous villain Li Mengyang and punish them for the crime of treason, such ministers are not worthy of being ministers of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Li Mengyang heard Zhu Houzhao's words as if he had been slapped hard, his confidence now is that in the future, there will be kings and ministers of future generations who can restore his reputation and add nicknames, and now, Zhu Houzhao is tantamount to breaking his thoughts.

Li Mengyang was extremely shocked, and he was also very reluctant: "Your Majesty! You are a place to let your ministers die without a place to be buried! The minister is just impeaching the traitorous minister, why do you treat the minister like this! ”

"In addition, this holy decree is placed in the Fengtian Temple and engraved on the golden throne of the Fengtian Temple! As long as my Ming Dynasty is not dead, he Li Mengyang will not want to be a loyal martyr! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to Li Mengyang at first and continued to command, and then said to Li Mengyang: "You are willing to be the lackey of the gentry, and scold my ministers, with the intention of reforming the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and the intention of the Ming Dynasty to reform the road of self-reform, it is you who want my Ming Dynasty to have no way to retreat, and I will let you die without a place to bury!" ”

Li Mengyang began to feel frightened at this time, he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to be so protective of Ma Wensheng.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao continued to instruct: "Give an order, escort Li Mengyang's relatives and relatives into Beijing, confiscate his family tree, demolish his ancestral grave, and burn them together.

Before that, Li Mengyang was escorted first, and the hundred officials scolded him, and the text was scolded, and the scolded text was engraved on the tablet and inscribed in the temples of literature in the capital!

The edict decrees the world, you can scold Li Mengyang's text, the outstanding can be rewarded with ten stones, and the whole family will be exempted from punishment for one year! The Emperor Ming Bao selects the outstanding ones to publish it! The Hanlin Academy compiled a book for future generations! If there is sympathy for Li Mengyang's text, copy it and burn it! ”

Li Mengyang was even more frightened after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why are you so ruthless!" Why! ”

"If you want to destroy my foundation of the Ming Dynasty, I will destroy the foundation of your Li family for all generations, and let you stink for ten thousand years, I don't believe it, hundreds of years later, people in the world can really think that you Li Mengyang is a loyal minister", said, Zhu Houzhao said again:

"It is allowed to be fabricated, there is no need to investigate the truth or falsehood, and the content is shameful, and adultery, collaboration with the enemy, incest, chaos in the country, seeking money, murder, and lowly can be written!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Li Mengyang couldn't help but tremble with anger, trembling: "Your Majesty, you, you!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll let you die, and I won't let you live past this year! And it will make you die a heroic enough to satisfy your wishes, beat to death with sticks, crack the car, split the corpse of the five horses or Ling Chi, you choose! I give you the right to choose! ”

Zhu Houzhao said and said: "Aren't you still worried about Ma Wensheng, worried that he will be scolded by the world's scholars, I now issue an edict to let the world's scholars praise him, and the next decree will order the whole country, and all the people above must praise Ma Gong's sage!" If there is a violator, the merit will be removed! All local officials need to be in the place where the government is governed by the Ma Gong Ancestral Hall, and how many Confucian temples there are in the world, there must be how many Ma Gong Ancestral Halls! Those who are excellent in writing must be included in the genealogy of the writer, and they will not have to resist the decree, and they will be given ten stones of grain, and the whole family will be exempted from writing for one year! ”

In addition, the reason for Ma Wen's promotion to the level of the Fa was written on the stone tablet, and it was listed in the Wenhua Hall and the main hall of the Ministry of Officials, so that the monarchs and ministers of future generations could see it! From now on, the living note must be reviewed by me before it can be passed on, and those who have not passed it will be burned! The people dared to slander Ma Gong and even the New Deal, and those who had official positions and fame were removed from their fame, and then deposed and exiled for 3,000 li, and the civilians were also exiled for 3,000 li, and the whistleblower was rewarded with 10 stone of grain and exempted from forced labor for one year! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Li Mengyang was really stupid, but Ma Wensheng couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, won't this block the mouths of the people of the world, and will there be a prison of words in the future?" ”

"No problem! I just don't allow them to slander my loyal ministers, I don't forbid them to talk about the affairs of the world, and I don't let them not participate in the impeachment of others, and I don't take their lives, I just protect your reputation, this is your right, this is called the right to reputation, maybe one day in the future, all the people in the entire Ming Dynasty have the right to reputation, and they will not let people slander and slander them at will! ”

Zhu Houzhao asked Li Mengyang as he spoke: "How is it, what else do you have to say now?" ”