Chapter 400: Scholarly Fever

"Forty years of burying the words of the saints, only to end up with an innocent body and be stained by the villain!"

In just fifteen words, the grief and helplessness of Bo Zhaozhi, the head of the country's prison, are exhausted. .ΔM

The imperial court was shocked, Shilin was in an uproar, and the crowd of people mourning Zhao Zhi lined up from the door of Zhao's house all the way to the street, and the king of Yanping County led people to Zhao's house, but was blocked by the angry Guozijian Shizi, and the two excited Guozijian students threw the silver ticket in Yan Zhi's face.

Countless music flew to Shangshutai, and Zheng Kai, the prince of the country, asked for severe punishment of Yan Zhi, and the emperor was helpless, and sent his personal eunuch Huang Gonggong to Zhao's house to greet him, and issued an edict to exempt Zhao Zhi's arrears, and rewarded him with 3,000 taels.

But this still could not calm Shilin's anger, and as soon as the holy decree fell, thousands of scholars from the Guozijian gathered at the palace gate, begging to see the emperor and demanding the punishment of the cool official Yan Zhi.

A large number of sorcerers flew to Shangshutai again, demanding the punishment of the cool official Yan Zhi.

The emperor remained silent, and only sent Pan Lian to come forward to appease.

The scholar refused, and continued to gather in front of the palace gate, and the cry resounded throughout the palace.

The scholars of the country have not yet left, the scholars of the various academies have come one after another, and the scholars gathered in front of the palace gate soon exceeded 3,000 people, kneeling in front of the palace gate in black, and the scholars at the front held high the red ink and wrote, a big "injustice"!

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

A shout was passed into the palace, Pan Lian Qiuyun Zuochen Gantang took hundreds of officials among the scholars and persuaded them to leave, but the scholars resolutely refused, did not see the emperor, did not punish Yan Zhi, they would never leave!

In the imperial study, the emperor's face was gloomy, the king of Yanping County knelt on the ground, and Yan Zhimeng knelt outside the study, the two of them were too low in grade and were not qualified to enter the imperial study now.

Xue Mi couldn't believe that things were changing so quickly, Liu Han said that something might happen that evening, but he didn't expect Zhao Zhi to hang himself the next day, Zheng Kai on the third day, and on the fourth day, the prince of the country came to the palace gate.

"The minister bears the emperor's trust, and all the guilt is the minister's responsibility, please punish the emperor to calm the anger of the public. ”

The king of Yanping said in a heavy tone, and after speaking, he knocked heavily, Yan Zhi and Meng Xiao outside the house were different, Meng Xiao's head was buried deep in front of his knees, and Yan Zhi raised his head proudly, looking at the figure in a bright yellow robe in front of the window, without the slightest fear in his expression.

The emperor didn't speak, he stood in front of the window with his back hand, his brows were tightly twisted, Huang Gonggong waited cautiously on the side, Xue Yu was silent, he quietly leveled the king of the county, and worried about the emperor and the old, silent figure in the corner.

In the face of the surging crowd, Xue Mi was very hesitant, very hesitant, Liu Han told him that he wanted to protect Yan Zhi, but now that he was like this, could Yan Zhi be able to keep it? If those scholars outside knew that he Xue Mi had protected Yan Zhi, would they turn their anger on him?

"Eleven, get up. The emperor said in a low voice, and the king of Yanping knocked heavily, and then got up and stood behind the emperor with his head bowed.

"The state affairs are difficult, the imperial treasury is empty, eleventh, you proposed to clear the arrears, this is not wrong, it is meritorious, to this day, how much arrears have we paid back?"

"Back to the emperor, two hundred and thirty thousand. The king of Yanping replied.

"Two hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver, how much silver did the imperial treasury earn last year?"

"Seven million three hundred thousand. ”

"Seven million three hundred thousand," the emperor sighed long: "When Taizu was five years old, the income of the imperial treasury was 14 million taels of silver, at that time, there were still wars in the south and the west, and the treasury income was still 14 million, but after 800 years, it is only half now, so it can be seen that the state affairs are difficult." ”

The king of Yanping didn't know how to answer, and the emperor didn't wait for him to speak, and said directly: "I don't understand, it's natural to repay debts, why would I rather commit suicide than repay the money? I'd rather let people come to the door to force the debt than pay back? What is the reason!"

"Your Majesty!"

There was a faint cry outside the palace, and the emperor's gaze bit his lip tightly, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Xue Mi stood on the side of the emperor, quietly looked at the emperor's face, hesitated for a while, he gritted his teeth, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that these scholars are just being bewitched by others, and the court pays off the debts, as a matter of course, there is nothing wrong!

The king of Yanping was very surprised, looked up, the emperor was still silent, Huang Gonggong bowed his head and didn't say, Xue Mi's heart was pounding, and his heart said Brother Liu, Brother Liu, this one is going to gamble, and it really will capsize, but I will be killed.

"Your Majesty!"

Outside the palace, the more desolate the screams of the scholars, Xue Miyu was angry, and said in a deep voice: "This is not knocking on the palace, this is forcing the palace! The emperor, you can't give in, once you give in, the remaining silver will never be recovered, and no one will dare to chase it in the future!"

The emperor's body shook slightly, and Xue Mi just said what he thought, but these are powerless scholars, and they are the future officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, how can they calm down the situation?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there must be someone behind this to provoke ,...."

As soon as he said this, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Pan Lian Zuochen Qiuyun Pan Ji Gantang came in one after another, Xue Yu stopped, the emperor did not look back, he had already come in, there was such a big thing in the imperial court, and the five auxiliary ministers all came.

"Go on. The emperor said, Xue swallowed his saliva, and did not assist the minister, and then said: "The minister thinks that there must be someone behind this, there are many imperial capital academies, and the distance is different, but they actually arrived outside the palace gate at the same time, no one here is planning, it is absolutely impossible, let the internal guards investigate thoroughly, as for these scholars outside the palace gate, the ministers read the sages in vain, and they should be ordered to disperse the forbidden army." ”

"Absolutely not!" Qiu Yun was shocked when he heard half of it, and hurriedly stopped it, and angrily scolded Xue Mi: "Xue Mi, you must not mislead the emperor!" and then saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, now that the situation is raging, you should calm down the situation as soon as possible." ”

"What General Qiu said is, how can the situation be calmed down?" Xue Mi asked coldly, not having stage fright at all: "It's better not to stop paying off the debt, otherwise, pull Yan Zhi or the prince out and cut it!"

Qiuyun paused, but didn't know how to fight back, Zuo Chen frowned and scolded: "Lord Xue, don't add oil and vinegar!"

"Master Zuo," Xue Mi replied calmly: "What General Qiu said to calm down the situation, apart from this strategy, what else, well, kneeling outside, by the way, my lords, you went, what requirements do they have?"

At this time, not only Qiuyun, but even Zuo Chen was silent, the emperor's face was stretched longer and more gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Say, what's the big deal, the biggest thing is to let me abdicate, what's the big deal!"

"Your Majesty!" the five ministers were shocked, and hurriedly knelt down, Xue Yuyanping County King also hurriedly knelt down, Huang Gonggong also knelt down, the room was full, only the emperor was left, and Mu Gonggong in the corner, he didn't hear anything, standing there quietly, as if there was no such person as him in this world.

The emperor was silent, Yan Zhi who was kneeling in the son was still buried his head deeply, and Yan Zhi was still holding his head high unyieldingly.

"Say!"

Pan Lian raised his head, he was Shang Shuling, and he was the one who took Shang Shutai, and he had always been the one who answered the emperor's questions.

"Back to the emperor, they demanded that Yan Zhi be severely punished and the king of Yanping County punished," after hesitating, Pan Lian gritted his teeth and said: "Remove Weichen." ”

The emperor turned around and stared at Pan Lian, Xue Yu also stared at Pan Lian, and then noticed that Pan Lian was slightly embarrassed, although the robe on his body had been tidied up, it was still a little messy, and the crown of his head was upright, but there was still a little dust on the side that had not been cleaned.

Xue Mi couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and hurriedly shouted, "What does this have to do with the old lady?"

Pan Lian smiled bitterly and didn't speak, and Xue Yu immediately understood that Pan Lian was Shang Shuling, Shang Shuling was the one who restrained the emperor, was below the emperor, above the hundred officials, and ranked first, so those scholars thought that Pan Lian was an accomplice!

"I said, there must be someone behind this!" Xue Mi took the opportunity to attack, and shouted in an affirmative tone: "Your Majesty, this is no longer a case, this is a forced palace!

"Lord Xue!" Zuo Chen glared at Xue Yu angrily and shouted, "Don't be alarmist!"

Xue Mi was not convinced, but did not open his mouth to interrupt him, Zuo Chen turned his head to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, the scholars' requests are excessive, but this is just dissatisfaction, the court does not need to panic, the old minister thinks, just slowly enlighten and explain slowly." ”

Qiu Yun shook his head in his heart, Zuo Chen was too wishful thinking, since they had already made a request, it was impossible to wait for you to explain and enlighten slowly, but they had to deal with it decisively, otherwise more people would go to the palace gate to petition.

Suddenly, a small yellow door walked in quickly: "Your Majesty, the forbidden army reports that some scholars have gone to surround Duzhicao and want to break through to Zhicao, and the forbidden army guarding Duzhicao is asking what to do!"

"Impact degree branch Cao !!" The king of Yanping County hurriedly got up, the eunuch who was extremely surprised, this is absolutely unacceptable, Du Zhi Cao is an important department of the imperial court, and the account books in it are related to the safety of the imperial court, and there must be no mistakes!

"Lawless!" The emperor finally couldn't help it, grabbed the teacup and smashed it on the ground, and shouted: "Order, anyone who impacts Duzhi Cao must be severely punished! If Duzhi Cao suffers half a loss, the soldiers and officials in charge of guarding must be severely punished!"

"Your Majesty!" the emperor of Yanping County hesitated, and the emperor said sharply: "You go back first, Duzhi Cao has a problem with half a point, and I will not spare it!"

The king of Yanping County called for the decree, turned around and hurried out, went to the courtyard, called Meng Xiao Yan Zhi, and the two of them heard that the scholar had impacted Du Zhicao, and his face turned white, so he got up and walked out with the king of Yanping County.

The three of them did not go to the noon gate, where thousands of scholars were knocking, and the shouts shook Miyagi, and from there, I am afraid that even if they were not killed on the spot, it would be difficult to reach Duzhicao.

At the gate of Chaoyang Gate, the king of Yanping County borrowed three horses from the forbidden army guarding the gate, and when he got out of the palace gate, he got on the horse and galloped wildly, and he didn't care if he would hit pedestrians, but when he arrived at Duzhicao, the door was very quiet, there were hundreds of scholars standing at the door, and Liu Han stood opposite them, talking to them with a smile on his face. Announcement: Biquge APP Android, Apple special version, say goodbye to all ads, please pay attention to the WeChat public account to enter the download and install appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)