Three days passed quickly.

After three days of arduous trekking, more than 6,000 scholars drove to a small town called Shiliang Town on the north bank of the water, and although it was only noon, Chongzhen still ordered to camp.

As usual, it is forbidden to enter the town and disturb the people.

Instead, they are only allowed to sleep in the open space outside the town.

When the old merchant in the town heard that the current saint led 6,000 Qin Wang Shizi to pass through Shiliang Town, he gathered more than 20 pigs and a few stones of wine to reward the army under extremely difficult circumstances.

Chongzhen received these two dozen mouthfuls of earth pigs and a few stone wine.

and gave fifty taels of silver to the old merchant in the town.

According to the price of Nanjing, a pound of pork is only two cents of silver, a stone of wine is only one or two and a half dollars of silver, Shiliang Town is located in a remote area, the price is much lower than Nanjing, fifty taels of silver is enough to buy about 100 catties of soil pigs fifty or fifty stone wine, so, on the contrary, the old and businessmen in Shiliang Town earned.

The old businessman Jia Qianen left with great gratitude.

The women and children of the town came out to see the excitement.

Chongzhen did not send troops to drive away, but let the people watch the excitement.

It must be wishful thinking to build the Ming army into a "people's soldier", but Chongzhen still hopes to shorten the distance between the Ming army and the people as much as possible, especially the Jiangnan region has suffered few military disasters and has not been harmed by the border army, so there is still a chance to improve the image of the Ming army in the minds of the people in the south.

Chongzhen ordered the eight hundred Yiding to kill the pig and cook it in a cauldron.

After less than half an hour of cooking, the rich aroma of the meat spreads.

This is not only those poor scholars, but also the children of the family.

Because since they left Nanjing, they haven't tasted meat for three whole days, and they are really gluttonous.

In the past three days, they have eaten soaked rice and wrinkled rice, with a little vinegar steamed cakes, tempeh and hard salt cubes, which is simply pork compared to the delicacies they ate in Nanjing.

No, their pigs eat better than this.

Therefore, as soon as you smell the aroma of meat, you are hungry.

Chongzhen gathered more than 6,000 scholars together, and selected more than 100 loud voices to act as "Han generals", responsible for passing his words to each scholar.

"There are more than fifty cauldrons of boiled meat!"

"There are more than 30 catties of pork and pork offal in each pot."

"So don't worry, each person can get at least four taels of meat!"

"However, this pork and pork offal are not for everyone."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen raised the new performance book in his hand, and said: "Only by memorizing the first article of the new performance book can you eat meat, if you can't memorize it, not only will you have no meat to eat, but you will also have to be whipped!" ”

"Now, you can go to the sergeants of each group to endorse the book, and you can eat meat and wine if you pass."

"If you can't get through, come back to me, and I'll give you another chance after a quarter of an hour of study, if you still can't memorize it, then I'm sorry, I can only ask you to eat twenty whips!"

The first volume of the new book on performance is only 2,000 words.

The original version of the Shuwu chapter has more than 4,000 words, which makes Chongzhen reduce the number of words by half.

It took three days to memorize more than 2,000 words, which was not difficult for these scholars.

The vast majority of the scholars were all once-off, happily eating pork and drinking wine.

A few people who are really stupid or lazy before, and after a quarter of an hour of study, they went to Chongzhen and passed the test smoothly, Chongzhen did not deliberately make things difficult, and he had to do it word for word.

Some scholars even forgot the entire paragraph, and also gave it.

But Gu Gao can't let go of it.

Because Gu Gao didn't memorize a word, he didn't memorize a word in front of Zheng Sen, and when he arrived in front of Chongzhen's palace, he still didn't memorize a word, and he didn't even have the meaning of reciting.

Obviously, Gu Gao is competing.

Otherwise, with his talent, it would be impossible to memorize it.

"Gu Gao." Chongzhen's eyes cooled, staring at Gu Gao and asking, "Why don't you carry it?" ”

"Returning to the Holy Word, no." Gu Gao seems to be possessed by Gu Xiancheng at this moment, or he always has the desire to imitate his father in his heart, and he will finally find an opportunity.

"Why not?" Chongzhen asked again, "Is it because Zheng Sen didn't convey my will clearly, or did Zheng Sen deliberately fail to convey my will to you for personal revenge?" Or ......"

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Are you not taking my will seriously at all?" ”

Gu Gao said without being arrogant or humble: "The will of the saint is clearly expressed, Zheng Sen has not taken revenge for personal gain, and the grass people have not despised the will of the monarch's father, none of them. ”

Chongzhen said: "So, you just don't look down on the new book of performance? ”

"No wiser than a saint." Gu Gao waved his hand and said, "Qi Jiguang is just a martial artist, but he is familiar with military affairs, and he dares to follow the ancient sages and sages to write books, which is simply ridiculous and generous. ”

"What a noble gentleman." Chongzhen laughed angrily.

"So, my vision is not as good as yours?"

"The Holy One is serious." Gu Gao said, "The grass people have no such intention. ”

"And what do you mean?" Chongzhen said, "I said very clearly, all Qinwang scholars must memorize the first volume of the new book within three days, and after three days, they will be randomly checked, and if not, they will be whipped twenty!" ”

Gu Gao's eyes suddenly flashed with a strange look: "If the Holy Lord wants to be whipped, please do it yourself." ”

"Gu Gao, do you want to emulate Ru Taisu and Wei Liangbi and become famous in the world through the court staff?" Chongzhen sneered, "I am not as good as you would like today, and at the same time give you another chance to make up for your mistakes." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "I will give you another quarter of an hour to memorize the first paragraph of the Shuwu chapter, even if you pass the test today, you can eat meat and drink wine with Zheng Sen and them, if not......"

Gu Gao was obviously out of the way, and said proudly: "What if not? ”

Chongzhen stared at Gu Gao's eyes, and said word by word: "If not, kill and decide!" ”

When Gu Gao heard this, Tong Kong suddenly shrank, he just wanted to make a name for himself, fight for his position, and realize his ambitions by taking the road of a sword and taking a biased path, but he didn't think about taking his life.

The scholars who were drinking wine and eating meat also stopped.

Wu Yingji, Fang Yizhi and others were already in a hurry.

Fang Yizhi even risked angering Chongzhen, stepped forward to open the new book of performance, turned to the first page of the book and displayed it in front of Gu Gao.

"Zifang, hurry up and carry it!"

While still pleading in a low voice.

However, Gu Gao just smiled.

Gu Gao was gambling, betting that Chongzhen didn't have the guts to kill him.

He Gu Gao is not only the son of Gu Xiancheng, the founder of the Donglin Party, but also the leader of the Restoration Society, and the Wuxi Gu family is also a first-class family in Jiangnan, unless Chongzhen doesn't want the popularity of Jiangnan, and no longer cares about Shilin Qingyi, otherwise he will never dare to kill him Gu Gao because of a new performance book.

Moreover, as long as he Gu Gao does not die today, he will inevitably become famous and famous all over the world.

Thinking of this, Gu Gao simply closed his eyes and refused to look at the new performance book.

"Gu Gao!" Fang Yizhi was so anxious that he really wanted to step forward and break Gu Gao's eyes away, and begged, "Hurry up." ”

Wu Yingji, Mao Xiang and several other children of the family who were good friends with Gu Gao also came forward one after another, trying to persuade Gu Gao to endorse, but Gu Gao always ignored this.

"Fang Yizhi, don't shout."

"No matter how much you shout, you won't wake up the person who is pretending to be asleep."

Chongzhen snorted coldly, and said to Gu Gao again: "Gu Gao, do you think I don't have the courage to kill you?" I think you Gu Gao is a branch of the Gu family in Wuxi, your uncle Gu Xiancheng is a giant in Donglin, and you yourself are also the leader of the Fushe Society and a leader in the Jiangnan literary circle, if I kill you, I will inevitably be criticized by Jiangnan Shilin, and I will inevitably lose the popularity of Jiangnan, yes or no? ”

Gu Gao smiled and said, "The grass people just want to stick to their own integrity. ”

"Just want to stand up for your integrity? Is it really just ethics? Chongzhen laughed angrily, "Don't you feel that your political ambitions are beyond your ability?" ”

Gu Gao's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice: "The grass people don't understand what the Holy Lord is talking about. ”

"You really don't understand." Chongzhen said, "You don't understand at all, your Gu Gao is not your uncle Gu Xiancheng, you don't understand, you Gu Gao can't represent the Wuxi Gu family, you don't understand, your Gu Gao's shoulders can't bear the Jiangnan Shilin Qing Discussion and the people's popularity, you are just a student in Wuxi County, relying on the shadow of your father to enter the country to study!" ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "So if I kill you Gu Gao today, it will not cause any serious consequences, but will only make more than 6,000 Qin Wang Shizi remember the military regulations, and from now on the order will be forbidden and disciplined!" ”

Gu Gao's face became even more embarrassed, and his originally closed eyes also opened.

Chongzhen showed a look of regret on his face, shook his head and said: "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it, it's too late to regret it now, today I will borrow your head to explain the canonical punishment, if it is a rule, you have to abide by it, including me, everyone must abide by the rules, the scholar violates the rules, the scholar violates the rules, and I will deal with it, if I violate the rules, I will deal with it!" ”

"Holy Lord, the grass people are wrong!" Gu Gao finally broke the defense and knelt on the ground with a pop.

"Pray that the Holy One will give the grass people another chance, and the grass people will recite the first volume of the bundle."

"It's late." Chongzhen shook his head coldly and shouted, "Wu handful, punishable by beheading!" ”

"Yes!" Wu threw the charcoal and pulled out the waist knife with his backhand, and the other two Yi Ding had already rushed forward to press Gu Gao to the ground, and Wu put the charcoal forward and cut off Gu Gao's head with only one knife.

More than 6,000 Qin Wang Shizi were suddenly awe-struck, and suddenly felt that the meat in his mouth was no longer fragrant.

"This is the army, this is military discipline!" Chongzhen turned his gaze to the scholars again, and said in a deep voice, "Three days ago, outside the Jinchuan Gate, I asked you, have you thought about it? ”

"You answered me, 'You've already thought it through.'"

"I remember your answer, and I take it seriously!"

"So, from that moment on, you are no longer scholars, but soldiers!"

"Since he is a soldier, he must abide by military discipline, and if there is anyone who violates the order, Gu Gao is an example for you!"

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