On the day of the hospital examination, Mu Ying was discussing with Lu Xiu in the government office, and some of his subordinates came in to report to him, saying that the students were boycotting the examination.

"Sure enough, as His Majesty expected, they boycotted the exam." Mu Ying said, "The students are all famous, according to the practice of all dynasties, as long as there is a talent and fame, there is the privilege of not paying for food." These two privileges have lasted for thousands of years, and they also represent the importance that the imperial court attaches to scholars. Now that it has been suddenly canceled for them, of course they will not be reconciled. ”

"There must be a local gentry behind them who are agitated and used as gunmen." Lu Xiudao.

"That's for sure." Mu Ying said, "However, there are few scholars in Guangxi Mansion, and the power of the gentry is also small. As long as I settle the matter of the boycott of the students, they will not dare to make trouble anymore. ”

"After all, the boycott of students has a great impact, and it will spread all over the country, and if it is not handled well, it will offend all the students in the world." Lu Xiu said, "I hope that General Mu will not be impulsive for a while, don't be rash, and can't use force." ”

"Don't worry, Ben will have his own way." Mu Ying said, "Someone is coming, lead the way." ”

The streets of Guangxi Province.

A group of students rushed to the government office, led by a student holding up the tablet of Sage Kong. The faces of the crowd were full of the arrogance, loftiness, and indesperability of the scholars.

It seems that they are superior to others when they read the books of sages, and they look down on ordinary people who do not learn and have no skills.

Confucius is a saint, a master of all ages, and no one in the world dares to be rude to his tablet, not even those who are officials.

At the beginning, Yan Shenggong did not recognize the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and even Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to reprimand him, and he was very cautious in his words. If other clans dared to do this, Zhu Yuanzhang's character would have wiped out his entire clan long ago.

The students holding the Confucian tablet are equivalent to having a great talisman and can ignore the existence of the government.

As soon as Mu Ying walked out of the mansion, she saw a huge crowd of troublemakers.

"Mu Ying, if you let the scholars be errand and pay for food, you are humiliating all the scholars in the world, and you are humiliating Kong Sheng." Cao Xuan, the student who was the leader, held up the tablet of Confucius in his hand and shouted coldly, "Confucius is here, don't kneel down for the saint!?" ”

They held up the tablet of the saint, if Mu Ying knelt down for Kong Sheng, it would be tantamount to kneeling for them, and they would be extremely humiliated. And if Mu Ying kneels, it is equivalent to giving in, so it will be difficult to implement the new policy.

If Mu Ying dares to use force to disperse the scholars, or arrest him and cause a bloody case, it will affect the whole country at that time, and the scholars in the world will not be able to spare him. The great Confucians in the court, Liu Bowen, Gao Qi, Song Lian and others, will also be impeached one after another, so that the emperor can severely punish him.

If Zhu Yuanzhang does not agree to severely punish Mu Ying, they will collectively resign and threaten each other.

Because Confucius is the belief of scholars all over the world.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, he does not dare to offend all the scholars in the world. He governs the country, and he still needs those civil officials.

"Want to get Ben on his knees? You don't deserve it! Mu Ying said coldly.

"Mu Ying, you dare to be disrespectful to Kong Sheng!" The first-born member shouted loudly.

"Mu Ying, you are making enemies of the world's scholars!" The student next to him shouted.

"Don't talk nonsense with him, he's just a reckless man. We all read the books of the sages, so there is no need to be like him. We're going to rush into the palace now to see if he dares to take us to a cell." "Another humane.

"Of course, Ben will respect Kong Sheng, and of course he can also kneel to the saint. But you are not worthy. Mu Ying said coldly, "Because you people haven't even read "Liji University". ”

"I think it's really time to kneel down for Kong Sheng, who are people who haven't even read the Four Books and the Five Classics!" Mu Ying shouted, "Someone's coming, carry it out!" ”

Soon a few soldiers carried out a huge statue, which was a statue of Confucius.

Following the statue, there was also a group of local people. They were all yellow-skinned, ragged, seventy or eighty years old, five or six years old, and there were more people than the troublemakers.

A group of old people and children stopped in front of the students.

In the face of this group of ordinary people, the students were stunned and did not dare to rush forward. Before, they were very arrogant, and when they saw the officers and soldiers who blocked them rushing forward without any scruples, and even secretly attacked, the officers and men did not dare to stop them at all, let alone fight back.

"Rush again, why don't you rush?" Mu Ying said, "Although you are all scholars, you are all young and strong. And the people of the world, old and young, they are not your opponents at all. ”

When a group of students heard this, they immediately stopped in place.

The crowd has read the four books, "Mencius" said: the old and the old, the young and the young.

If they dare to attack the people and do something to the people, they will not respect the words of the saints and take the initiative to give up their identity as scholars.

Rushing into the people, Mu Ying had a reason to arrest them immediately.

……

"How about it, is the statue of Kong Sheng that I will carry out bigger than the tablet in your hand? For Ben will honor the words of the saints more than you. Mu Ying snorted coldly, "Don't kneel down for Kong Sheng, kneel down for the people of the world!" ”

"Mu Ying, you don't have any fame, how dare you use the statue of Kong Sheng!?" The first student said coldly, "If a person who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to use the statue of a saint is blaspheming the saint!" ”

"Also, you just said that we didn't even understand the University, do you have the credentials?" Another student said.

"If you say you didn't understand the university, you still don't admit it." Mu Ying sneered, and said in the words taught to him by Zhu Yuanzhang in the secret decree, "It is said in the "Book of Rites University" that the purpose of reading the book of sages is to cultivate one's self and rule the country and level the world. ”

"Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts."

"Why did you come to the examination hall this time? It's not for the sake of your privilege of not paying bread. For the sake of your future stable enjoyment, you disregard the laws of the court and strike against the court without authorization, and ask yourself, is your heart right? ”

"The so-called righteousness of the heart is for the world, not for yourself!"

"The heart is right and then the body is cultivated, the body is cultivated and then the family is together, the family is united and then the country is governed, and the country is governed and then the world is peaceful. Do you dare to say that you are boycotting the exam for the sake of peace in the world? ”

"What is a peaceful world? The people have enough food and clothing, and the burden of the people is less, and the world is peaceful. Do you not pay bread, and do you not put a burden on the people? When will the people be able to level the world when the burden is heavy? You are not diligent in all your four bodies, and you don't divide the grains, and you still want to let the people of the world support you if you don't pay for food, and you have really become the head of the five beetles that the Legalists say. ”

"The father-in-law said: The four bodies are not diligent and the five grains are not distinguished, and they are familiar with the master? Zi said: The hermit is also. It can be seen that even Kong Sheng himself does not support the lack of diligence and the distinction between the four bodies and the five grains. ”

"Ben will follow the emperor's order, and here execute the gentry as one errand and one food. It is to reduce the burden of the people of the world, and to make the people of the world live a better life, and it has achieved a peaceful world. Now that the people are all in support of it, and they have spontaneously stood up to stop you, this is the evidence. ”

When the students heard this, they were speechless one by one.

"If you don't think about the people of the world, you only think about yourself in your heart, and you still have the face to say that you are reading the books of sages!?" Mu Ying snorted coldly, "You still have the face to say that you are studying in order to cultivate yourself and rule the country and level the world?" ”

"Kneel down for Sage Kong! Go back and re-read the University, re-read the Analects"