Seeing this situation, Xu Guangqi was a little anxious. With Yan Sheng Gong taking the lead, plus the support of so many officials, this is a very rare thing. What if the emperor can't withstand the pressure? Is it possible that the scientific and technological knowledge that has just been popularized will be refrigerated again?

For Xu Guangqi, he is already old. At this time, his wish was to promote these scientific and technological knowledge for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, in order to learn these scientific and technological knowledge, he even did not hesitate to change his faith to believe in the Xiyi religion, which shows that he attaches great importance to these scientific and technological knowledge. Therefore, he does not want to see the possibility of retrogression in the popularization of scientific and technological knowledge.

Thinking so, he also wanted to come out and oppose it.

However, at this time, I saw Emperor Chongzhen frowning and patting the armrest of the dragon chair and standing up, and shouted: "Enough! ”

The emperor was angry, and the court meeting suddenly fell silent. They can ignore the Jinyi Guard, but not to the extent of ignoring the Emperor.

"You and others jumped out one by one self-righteously and interrupted the recital of Yan Shenggong." Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the courtiers who stood up, and shouted angrily, "Do you respect the Holy Duke of Yan?" Is there any respect for court etiquette? Is there a memorial in your eyes? All of them are bold and reckless, do you think that if you and others are too powerful, I will not be able to cure you? ”

There are at least 190 officials who have already stood up below, nearly 200 people. Standing in the middle of the queue, it can be regarded as a piece of black pressing! In a way, it is true that there are many people.

In fact, they can't be blamed for this, because most of these officials who stand up are low-ranking officials, and they are already the highest from the fourth grade. No matter how high those officials are, those who are resistant to scientific and technological knowledge have actually been replaced by Emperor Chongzhen. It's just that there are too many low-level officials at the bottom, and it is impossible for him to worry about it very carefully, so it is impossible to change people for this matter.

Originally, these low-level officials, the so-called people were soft-spoken, and they did not dare to take the lead to resist, so they could only watch the imperial court promote scientific and technological knowledge step by step. However, now that Yan Sheng Gong is here, Yan Sheng Gong is in front. If these people don't take this opportunity to stand up, in case the Yan Sheng Gong is lonely and disobeys the emperor, then it will be basically difficult to suppress the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge in the future.

Therefore, under the leadership of Kong Debin and others, in line with the idea of not blaming the public, they all stood up, and even the officials of the Jinyi Guard, and even the imperial history who was in charge of the etiquette in front of the emperor followed and reprimanded, which was useless.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was angry, and Yan Shenggong naturally shut up first, he stood there quietly, neither looking up at Emperor Chongzhen, nor turning his head to look at the supporters behind him, just lowering his head.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at him, and then continued to look at the large group of people, and shouted angrily: "It seems that I am usually too good to you, and the court is so rude. Rude to Yan Shenggong, rude to me, hehe, this time, I want you to remember for a long time and remember the rules of the court! Each person will be rewarded with ten court staffs, okay? ”

There are nearly two hundred courtiers, and each of them has to be beaten with a cane, which is a big deal! Ordinary emperors, they really don't dare to fight like this! Even if it was Emperor Jiajing, the great ceremonial dispute back then was just a butt of a courtier in his early 100s.

For Emperor Chongzhen's words, everyone was stunned for a while. More than 200 courtiers went to the noon gate to line up to fight the court staff, this scale is about to create the largest in the founding of the country!

There was no sound at the bottom, and the spring breeze carried a chill, piercing everyone's neck.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that no one under him answered, and immediately sneered and said: "Why, you just now have the courage to ignore the court's etiquette system, ignore the Jinyi Guard Hall officials, and supervise the imperial history and rude to interrupt Yan Shenggong's recital, despise Yan Shenggong, and despise me, but no one will speak?" Do you think that the lessons I gave you are too light and not long to remember? In that case, each person will be rewarded with twenty court rods, okay? ”

The so-called thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace. If the emperor wants to spank them, according to the teachings of the saints, then he will also be grateful. These people were just stunned for a while, and Emperor Chongzhen doubled the court staff, which immediately frightened many people.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen like this, I am afraid that the law does not blame the public, I am afraid that it does not exist. What if we wait any longer, what if the staff doubles again? What's more critical is that the emperor also buckled his hat down, and this court staff was not beaten for the orthodoxy of Confucianism and Taoism, but interrupted the performance of the Yan Shenggong, ignoring the etiquette of the court, and the disrespect of the emperor.

Thinking of this, all of a sudden, these courtiers felt aggrieved one by one, and at the same time scolded Kong Debin and Ma Deli who rushed out: What to rob, what to rob, isn't it good to wait until the Yansheng Gong is done playing? Now it's okay, is it disrespectful to Yan Shenggong, is this what a scholar should have? This has been spread, what do other readers think? The most important thing is that you have to be beaten with a cane for no reason! It's a shame to beat this cane!

A few of them cleverly saw that Emperor Chongzhen was angry, and seemed to want to speak again, but they didn't care about it at this time, and hurriedly played: "The ministers are grateful!" ”

If Emperor Chongzhen doubled the court staff again, it would really cost people's lives! It would be worthless to be unjustly beaten to death like this!

Don't think that the emperor doesn't dare, you must know that the emperor is the one who drove the expedition himself and destroyed the murderous prisoners. In those days, the siege of the city was built, and it was said that the city wall was the lord who went to the city wall. Let's see, those cabinet assistants and seven scholars, which one came out to intercede?

Thinking like this, more and more people scolded Kong Debin, Ma Deli and others angrily in their hearts, and had to follow along: "The minister's decree is grateful!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was not polite to them, and when he saw them confess, he would let them go. Soon, the brocade guards of the brigade stepped forward and escorted the group of officials out of the noon gate.

On the side of the noon gate, there were many scholars, craftsmen and the like gathered before, and they were fighting with each other while waiting for the results of the court discussion. Of course, there is no way to fight, both sides are mostly scholars, and they have to talk about face. The most important thing is that there is a captain of the Jinyi Guard watching from not far away, daring to fight under the roots of the imperial city, and believe it or not, it is not worth it.

At this time, I suddenly saw a lot of people coming out of the Forbidden City. looked fixedly, but it was a group of brocade guards who pressed a group of officials out. The number of people is far beyond the imagination of these readers here at the noon gate. So, all the people here were silent, looking at that side curiously, not knowing what the situation was?

I saw those officials lined up in a line, about four rows, took off their pants, and showed their white buttocks. At the sound of an order, the sound of "crackling" suddenly sounded one after another. It wasn't until this time that those readers who were paying attention to this side came back to their senses and were shocked one by one.

"Court staff, this is a court staff!"

"Chongzhen Dynasty hasn't beaten the court staff a few times, I didn't expect to see it this time!"

"Not only did I see it, but so many officials played the court staff together, what's wrong?"

“……”

Some people were immediately worried about the early dynasty in the Forbidden City, so they asked loudly, wanting to know the situation.

Jin Yiwei's side obviously received orders, did not ignore them, and immediately told these people that these officials who were beaten by the court staff were rude to Yan Shenggong and were punished for ignoring the court's etiquette.

As soon as they heard this, they were immediately furious, and they dared to be rude to Yan Shenggong! These people immediately scolded loudly and angrily.

"It's a shame that you were also born in the book of sages, and you didn't even care about the court's etiquette, and you fought well!"

"Yes, Yan Shenggong is a model in the hearts of our readers, and it is too late to respect him, so he dares to be rude and fight to the death!"

“……”

These sour Confucians can be here, but they are originally more extreme people, and when they scold well, they begin to humiliate.

"It's really rare to see so many white flowers, whiter than a little lady!"

"The old decay will be danqing, such a grand occasion, you must go back and paint it!"

“……”

Those officials are being beaten, and they are even more aggrieved in their hearts, we are friendly troops, are you scolding the wrong person! When they heard the mean words of those sour Confucians, they immediately blushed one by one and hated these Sour Confucians.

We are desperate in front, and we are not careful to be beaten with a cane for this, but you are good, and it is okay not to encourage it, and even to say cool words, humiliation, and painting, pig!

This court staff of the Ming Dynasty wanted to kill people, but in fact, it didn't matter how many sticks there were. Fortunately, this time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about beating them to death for this matter, so he beat them one by one, but no one died, but the guilt was certain.

After only a few blows to the court staff, some officials couldn't help but shout. After waiting for ten strokes, most of the officials who were used to being pampered couldn't help but shout. There is no other reason, so many people are shouting, so there is no shame in shouting yourself, don't say anyone. Shouting out, at least I feel that the pain in my butt can be alleviated a little.

The court staff at the noon gate, after the beating, did not delay, and as soon as it was cleaned up slightly, the two hundred or so officials were carried back to participate in the court meeting.

Where the early dynasty was, it was still very quiet, and all the courtiers were waiting there quietly. Emperor Chongzhen sat there drinking tea, and also rewarded Yan Shenggong with a cup of hot tea for the emperor to show his kindness to Yan Shenggong.

It stands to reason that this is still a bit of a cold weather, and it should be a pleasant thing to drink a cup of hot tea to moisten your throat and drive away the cold. Moreover, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and it was owned by the Holy Father, which was even more glorious.

However, Yan Shenggong's expression was a little strange, listening to the wails coming from the noon gate one after another, Yan Shenggong's cup of tea was drunk until the officials who were beaten by the court rod were carried back, and he didn't finish it.

However, more than two hundred officials were brought back, and the movement was a bit big, and Yan Shenggong finally couldn't help but take a look. When he saw these officials who had been brought back, although they had already cleaned up, but their buttocks were beaten, the misery could not be concealed. Many people couldn't even stand anymore, so they had to lie there and go to court, which was also a spectacle. The number of people is huge, and it is even more generous.

Yan Shenggong didn't dare to look more, and quickly withdrew his gaze and only focused on drinking tea. This time, he finished his tea in a few sips.

When all the officials were back in place and the court was quiet again, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Yan Shenggong: "These people are rude to Yan Shenggong, I have already taught a lesson, and I believe that they have a long memory. Yan Shenggong can play again, but I would like to know what Yan Shenggong thinks of these scientific and technological knowledge that I have written. Yan Shenggong can rest assured, no one should disturb him this time! ”

I don't know why, how Yan Shenggong listened, and felt that there was something in Emperor Chongzhen's words. In just a few words, the emperor said it several times, could it be, is there any hint?

The more he thought about it, the more it felt. He thought of the emperor's majesty just now. The anger of the Son of Heaven, not to mention the millions of corpses that bleed thousands of miles, but just now more than 200 officials were beaten with a court rod, which is also powerful enough! And above the court, none of the princes objected. It can be seen that the prestige of the emperor today is already very high!

Yan Shenggong was thinking about it, and Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the ministry, was also thinking about things in his heart. He was a little unsure, if he had played the right line just now, would he have accompanied these two hundred or so officials to the court cane? He looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who was smiling and talking to Yan Shenggong, and finally didn't figure it out, will or won't, the two are between five and five!

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the eyes of all the officials at the court, even those Han generals, all looked at Yan Shenggong, and they all wanted to listen to his next recital.

Yan Shenggong seemed to have forgotten what he had said before, and he seemed to think for a while before he bowed down and said loudly: "The knowledge of science and technology is really a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages!" The minister thought that if His Majesty's scientific and technological knowledge appeared in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he would definitely be able to keep pace with Confucianism and Taoism, or even surpass it. Therefore, the minister thinks that this scientific and technological knowledge should be vigorously promoted in the Ming Dynasty. The minister thinks that it is imperative to innovate the imperial examination, accept scientific and technological knowledge, and pay equal attention to the four books and five classics, which is the blessing of the Ming scholars! In the future, I will have scientific and technological knowledge and Confucianism and Taoism to complement each other, and it will be the right-hand man of my Ming Dynasty's eternal foundation, and both are indispensable! “

Speaking of this, he bowed deeply, and his voice raised a point and said: "This is the minister's heartfelt words, the minister does not vomit or is unhappy, and it is also the purpose of the minister's visit to Beijing this time." The reform of the imperial examination is imminent, for the Ming scholars, for the Ming Dynasty, if Your Majesty does not accept the advice of the ministers, the ministers can not kneel! ”

After finishing speaking, Yan Shenggong really knelt down. However, he straightened his upper body and looked straight at Emperor Chongzhen with a resolute expression.

His words, his actions, were almost completely unexpected by everyone in the early dynasty. When he finished kneeling, although there were so many people in the morning this time, it was very quiet, so quiet that there was really only the sound of the wind.