Zhu Quan heard that Sun Xu called himself a "grass people", and couldn't help but wonder, and secretly wondered: It seems that after passing the imperial examination, these guys are divided into Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi? It seems that ordinary petty officials can not kneel, why do they still call themselves grass people?

But he didn't know that the original Guozijian accepted both the children of the nobles appointed by the emperor and the children of the commoners escorted by the magistrates, who were called officials and students and people's livelihood respectively. As the name "Guozijian" indicates, the original intention of the school was mainly to train the children of the nobility, and out of the quota of 150, 100 were officials and students. Later, the scale of the Guozijian became larger and larger, the number of people living in the people increased, and the number of officials and students became fewer and fewer. A few years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang because of the "Hu Weiyong case", "empty seal case", and "Guo Heng case", these big cases involved too many officials, and each of them almost killed tens of thousands of officials at one time. At present, there are thousands of people in Yingtiancheng and China's sub-prisons.

Ouyang Lun heard Sun Xu's words quite tough, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and when he was about to speak, he only heard the sound of hurried footsteps from both ends of the street.

Ouyang Lun saw that these sergeants were dressed distinctly, and they were completely different from ordinary guards and soldiers, and they were clearly subordinates of Jinyiwei, and he couldn't help but change color on his face.

A tall and thin man, with bright armor and a long sword at his waist, walked through a group of subordinates, came to Ouyang Lun and the others, bowed slightly, and said loudly: "Jiang Xian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, see the horse and the two princes. ”

Zhu Quan saw that Jiang Xian and his subordinates came so coincidentally and so quickly, it was obvious that he had been prepared, and he secretly sneered in his heart: It seems that this Master Jiang feels that cutting off the heads of more than a hundred scholars is still unfinished, and he wants to lie down some more.

Jiang Xian turned around, his eyes flowing with murderous aura that could not be concealed, glanced at Sun Xu and the other scholars, and shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yan is in charge of His Majesty's will, and Li Xuanting will be beheaded, and Zhao Runan will be a sinner." Oriental || .com you and others gathered to make trouble, intending to obstruct His Royal Highness King Yan from going to the court, do you want to resist the decree or rebel? Saying this, he secretly thought to himself in his heart: The nerd who dares to come here to make trouble, and the city patrol Zhou Guanzheng who beat him half to death with a court staff during the court discussion, is almost a virtue. simply took the opportunity to cut them off, so as not to serve as the official of the court in the future, and after patrolling the city and the imperial history, they would get in the way again.

Sun Xu and the scholars behind him are all very courageous, and they have a close relationship with the students of the Guozijian who were beheaded this time, most of them are classmates, fellow villagers, and close friends, and they are all awe-inspiring when they see Jiang Xian intimidating.

Seeing the strengths of these scholars, Jiang Xian was in the middle of it, waved his hand, and shouted at those wolf-like subordinates: "Catch them all for me, and if anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot." With his order, a group of Jinyiwei's subordinates suddenly received the order, and they all pulled out the steel knives at their waists.

Yan Wang Zhu Di sneered slightly, but did not speak.

Zhu Quan saw that the situation was not good, and was about to speak, when he saw a brocade-clothed guard behind Jiang Xian quickly come to his side and whispered a few words.

Zhu Quan had internal strength, and he could vaguely hear the words of Jiang Xian's subordinates, his brows furrowed, and he was silent.

Jiang Xian heard the report from his subordinates, frowned and groaned slightly, and shouted softly to the subordinates who surrounded Sun Xu: "Retreat for the time being." With that, he turned around and took the brocade guard who came to report the news, and turned his head and walked towards the end of the street.

After a while, I saw that the brocade-clothed guards on the street dodged a road one after another, knelt down on both sides, and a lavishly decorated sedan chair with yellow silk as a curtain was steadily carried over. In front of the sedan chair, several men in civil official costumes were accompanied by Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Zhuo Jing and others.

When Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saw the arrival of the crown prince Zhu Biao, he secretly regretted it in his heart, and said: These nerds are lucky. While thinking like this, he led Zhu Quan and Ouyang Lun to the side, and greeted His Royal Highness the Prince.

Seeing the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince, Sun Xu and the other scholars fell to the ground to greet him, and secretly rejoiced in their hearts: I have heard that His Royal Highness the Prince is kind-hearted, and with him here today, he will definitely be able to save those whose lives are hanging by a thread.

When the sedan curtain was lifted, the prince Zhu Biao, who had a slightly sickly look on his face, walked down slowly, turned his head to Zhu Di, Zhu Quan, and Ouyang Lun and smiled: "My brother, there is no need to be polite. coughed lightly, turned his head and saw the Jinyi guard sergeants holding bright steel knives in the distance, turned his head to Jiang Xian beside him and said in a deep voice: "Why do you look like you are facing a great enemy, and put away all the knives for me." ”

It turned out that although the crown prince Zhu Biao was relatively lenient by nature, he had great potential among the Chinese officials of the dynasty, and Sun Xu and his officials intended to entangle the matter of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and some officials in the Guozi prison had already reported to the East Palace. He remembered that Jiang Xian, the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, was well-informed and ruthless, and he brought Fang Xiaoru and others to rush over today, so as not to cause any trouble to these scholars.

Jiang Xian knew that the crown prince Zhu Biao was far from being the king of Yan, and the king of Ning was comparable, so when he heard this, he had to order those Jinyi guards' subordinates to put away their blades and retreat far away.

Zhu Biao turned his head to look at Sun Xu and the other scholars, frowned and said: "You are also well-read, you should know the laws of the country, and what do you want to gather here today?" ”

Sun Xu raised his head and said loudly: "Li Xuanting, Zhao Runan, as an alternate official of the imperial court, accepting a banquet when investigating the flood is indeed insulting, but such a mistake will lead to the fall of the head, and the grass people and others will not accept it." When the scholars behind him heard this, they also echoed it, feeling that such a harsh punishment was too harsh.

When Zhu Biao, Fang Xiaoru, and Huang Zicheng were discussing yesterday, they heard that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sentenced these scholars who accepted the banquet to be decided, and they couldn't bear it in their hearts. Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning and being silent.

Zhuo Jing was a new branch of Jinshi last year, and he knew that the bullish temper of these scholars came up, and he was not afraid of the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and he saw that the prince Zhu Biao was affected by Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng, and he was too sympathetic to those scholars who were about to be punished. sighed secretly and said: Your Majesty bypassed the Criminal Department and directly let Jinyiwei intervene in this matter, although it is not legal, but the intention is to clarify the atmosphere of officialdom. Although the methods are too ruthless, it is not a good thing for the rectification of the rule of officials. In today's situation, only by subduing these scholars with words can we do well. Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand and pointed at a soldier with a figure on Sun Xu's side, and said loudly: "What did you just say?" Say it again. ”

The scholar thought of his friend who was about to be punished, gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "The so-called punishment is not a doctor, how can there be such a small sentence and a summary sentence. As soon as he said this, Sun Xu and the other scholars beside him all nodded and echoed in a low voice.

Zhuo Jing sneered and asked, "What is the next sentence?" ”

Zhu Quan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhuo Jing ask, and secretly thought: You can't punish a doctor, and you can't be a courtesy. Even I, an illiterate person, have heard such a saying. The ancients paid attention to what scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants. The social status of scholars is the highest, doesn't this mean that we should not impose severe punishments on those who have learned enough, and we should not be too polite to the grass people?

The scholar couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and still replied in a low voice: "The latter sentence is naturally not a courtesy. ”

"Refer to the deer as a horse, and the head of the ox is not to the mouth of the horse." Zhuo Jing smiled angrily, pointed at Sun Xu and others, and reprimanded: "The grace of parents is only great to the sky." How many of your parents are not common? In this way, is it not wrong for you to wait until you see your parents and fulfill the gift of the Son of Man? ”

Sun Xu and other scholars are all recommended by various places, and they are quite famous in the local people, and their parents are all at the bottom of the society.

Zhu Quan couldn't help but be happy when he heard Zhuo Jing's words, glanced at him, and secretly thought to himself: This Zhuo Jing is still a little anxious, he is so clever that he uses a spear to attack the shield, which makes these nerds speechless.

Zhuo Jing said in a deep voice: "The sentence that you can't punish the doctor comes from "The Book of Rites? Songs. But this latter sentence, the absurd and inadvertent etiquette is not inferior to the people, and there is no way to test it at all. I don't know what kind of foolish people put it together, this sentence seems to be smart, appropriate, and the next couplet of the battle, but it is actually harmful, and the sentence is not punished by the doctor, and the meaning suddenly becomes the bull's head is not the horse's mouth, and it is in the opposite direction. ”

Zhu Quan couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard Zhuo Jing's words, his mind was quite confused, and he secretly thought: Aren't many people in later generations the most fond of using this sentence to explain that feudal society engages in class privileges and does not pay attention to legal justice? Could it be that there is something else in this sentence?

In the "Poems" compiled by Confucius, there is "a rat has teeth, but a man has no end; People are endless, and they don't die". When answering the question of his disciple Ran You, he clearly denied that the crime of a scholar could not be punished, and the behavior of a scholar could not be punished with courtesy. He said: "Whoever governs a gentleman is courteous to his heart, so it belongs to the festival of honesty and shame." When Zhuo Jing said this, he couldn't help sighing, turned his head to stare at Sun Xu, and said sharply: "The real meaning of the doctor's words is to say that Li Xuanting, Zhao Runan and others, as talented and learned people who have read books and understand things, should ask for punishment if they commit a misdemeanor, and do not wait for a priest to come and tie them up; If he commits a serious crime, he will be ordered to judge himself, and he will not wait for the monarch to move the knife and axe. From the time they accepted the banquet, they were no longer worthy to be called "doctors", but sinners of the country, and it was natural for them to be subject to this criminal law. ”

Zhu Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself: Grandma, I have been doing it for a long time, this sentence is from the perspective of the offender to explain that since people who have read books are known as "doctors" and other people, they should have a sense of honor and disgrace that is far superior to ordinary people, pay attention to private morality, and always be vigilant not to commit crimes. As a result, people made something out of nothing, added the latter sentence, and made the meaning completely different, combined with this feudal social environment that really pays attention to class concepts, so that most later generations also misunderstood the meaning.

This book was first published.

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