On the other side, the last time the fourth and sixth elders greeted the fifth child, the official pavilion was crowded with Confucian celebrities in Nanjing City, and these people stretched their necks and looked at the official road in the south.

At noon, the black carriage they were looking forward to finally appeared on the official road where cars came and went.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Seeing the incoming car clearly, all the great Confucians hurriedly poured out of the official booth and greeted them on the official road.

"Appeal ......"

When the carriage stopped in front of them, all the Shilin seniors brushed their fists and saluted: "Welcome Song Taishi." ”

The car door opened, and a tall and thin old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face appeared in front of everyone. It is Song Lian and Song Qianxi, the leader of the literary world, the leader of Shilin, and the prince of the prince's business.

"Why are you all here?" Song Lian saw that many old guys in their seventies and eighties were dispatched. This is clearly not a sign of respect, but something big has happened.

"Alas, Song Taishi doesn't know something, something big happened." His fellow villager Dai Liang sighed and said: "The emperor has expelled Mencius from the Confucian Temple again, and he is not allowed to be worshipped." ”

How else to say that the literati are terrible? Dai Liang does not say the antecedents, but directly the results. When he landed, he highlighted the image of Boss Zhu as a faint monarch and a tyrant.

"In order to maintain Yasheng, today a royal historian named Chen Wenhui was killed on the spot, and Li Shilu, the secretary of Dali Temple, threw a wat angrily and wanted to resign, but he angered the emperor and was killed on the steps."

"What?" Song Lian was stunned. The last time he got the news, the situation wasn't so dire. How did you get to such a field in the blink of an eye?

I heard Dai Liang and the others continue with tears in their eyes: "But the rest of the officials were not frightened, they knelt outside the Fengtian Gate together, and swore that if they did not take back the emperor's order one day, they would keep kneeling!" ”

"Wu Zhuangyuan also took the Confucian students in the capital to kneel and cry outside the noon gate to support the officials in the palace." Another great Confucian Su Boheng continued: "We have asked people to pass on the news, and I believe that in the near future, the entire Confucian students in Gyeonggi will respond to us." ”

"If the emperor is still obsessed, we will mobilize all the scholars in the world to oppose him together!" The third great Confucian Hu Han is older than Song Lian, and his anger is also the greatest.

"Yes, we have discussed, this time we will go all out, and if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent!" The rest of the great Confucian celebrities also said angrily: "No matter how much sacrifice you pay, you will not hesitate!" ”

"Of course, Song Taishi has to preside over the overall situation, and we all listen to your ......" There are also sleek people, who don't forget to put a high hat on Song Lian.

"Well, how did it get to this point?" Song Lian sighed and said to Dai Liang: "Time waits for no one, let's talk on the road." ”

"It's fine." The three Confucians got into Song Lian's carriage, and Song Shen, the eldest grandson who was originally accompanying him in the car, hurriedly got out of the car to give way.

The rest of the Confucian celebrities also got on the carriage and followed Song Lian's carriage back to the capital.

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Song Lian's carriage was very spacious, and the four old men were not crowded in it at all.

Dai Liang's three are all from Zhejiang, and their status in the literary world is also very high.

In fact, the people who came to greet Song Lian today are all famous Confucian scholars in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is half of the Ming literary world......

This is also thanks to Boss Zhu's previous 'thirst for talent'. After the incident of someone trying to escape the self-harm, Zhu Yuanzhang personally ended.

On the one hand, he wrote an article angrily denouncing this kind of behavior of toasting and not eating and punishing alcohol, and on the other hand, he ordered the yamen of the world to report all the 'old people' of the Yuan Dynasty in all provinces and provinces......

In desperation, Dai Liang and Su Boheng, who were on the list, had no choice but to enter Beijing obediently, and no one dared to leave without the emperor's will.

As a result, Nanjing quickly became the center of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, and half of the Confucianism in the world gathered here, so the energy that erupted was also the largest.

There were no others in the carriage, and the four old men spoke much more bluntly.

"What does the emperor want to do?" Song Lian didn't go to Beijing on the New Year's Birthday, and his eldest son was also sent to envoy Wu Sizang, at that time he simply thought that it was because Guozixue's case involved his father and son, and he was punished by the emperor.

Now, it seems that it is not so simple......

"What else can I do? It's not that I don't know, the emperor has always looked at our Holy Sect unpleasantly. In the emperor's opinion, we are the most inferior of the three religions, and even inferior to the monks. Dai Liang said indignantly: "Over the years, the emperor has been trying to weaken us, and this time the sixth child met the evil of the king, and got some account rooms, small officials and the like to enter Guozi University, wanting to teach a grammar official to replace Confucianism." ”

"Hmm." Hu Han nodded and said, "Don't look at the king of Chu, he is not very old, but he is a loyal believer in the Legalists, and he has made up his mind to summon the spirits of the grammar officials." ”

"What does Berwyn say, leave him alone?" Song Lian asked in a deep voice.

"Sincerity is closed to the guests, and no one is seen." Hu Han said in a sullen voice: "I have made up my mind not to ask about the world." ”

"The teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy, but he is calm." Song Lian knew in his heart that the King of Chu was so deviant, and there were still one set of methods, and Liu Bowen was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of it.

"Forget it, he's old and sick, let him go." But at this time, he couldn't grow others' morale, so he sighed and said, "Let's get back to business." ”

"Well, the most terrifying thing at the moment is that the emperor has been completely bewitched by the King of Chu, otherwise he would not dare to do anything to Kong Meng by borrowing the courage of the old six."

"Alas. If he really wants to do it, it will be an ugly scene of the ancient scriptures being abolished but not being cultivated, the sacred learning being dark and unknown, the Confucians being lonely in empty rooms, and the scribes making an uproar in the court. Su Boheng's face was full of pain and said: "Could it be that my Holy Sect has been oppressed by lamas for nearly a hundred years, and I want to let the Legalists ride on my head again?" ”

"Don't give up!" Dai Liang said anxiously: "It's been so difficult for more than ten years, aren't we still trying to support it?" No matter how much the emperor doesn't like it, he will not fall to keep the Holy Sect from falling. As long as you persist until the crown prince becomes the country, everything will be fine! ”

"That's it." Song Lian nodded and said, "I told you when I was in office, the business has been dismal over the years, and if you stick to it, it will get better." The old man still makes this judgment. ”

"Can we hold it?" Hu Han asked in a low voice, his words were also the common aspirations of the Confucian people in the capital, otherwise they would not have traveled so far to pick up Song Lian.

"How can you not hold it? The Holy Religion has been tribulated? But it can not fall for a thousand years, where is this? Song Lian first cheered up the three of them, and then asked, "What is the attitude of the prince?" ”

"Of course the prince is thinking about us, not only to save Chen Wenhui's family, but also to help persuade the emperor." Dai Liang was a little relieved at this time: "Alas, fortunately, the prince is my disciple of Confucius and Mencius, otherwise there is no hope for this day." ”

"Yes, seeing the prince on our side, there is still hope." The other two also nodded in agreement, and praised: "It's all Taishi Gong's teaching, and we can benefit immensely today." ”

"Hehe......" Song Lian smiled reservedly and said: "The prince is pure, benevolent and studious, he is a natural benevolent monarch, and the old man does not dare to take credit." ”

Saying that, he said in a deep voice: "As soon as I enter Beijing, I will go to see him immediately, listen to what the prince has to say first, and then we will make a decision." ”

"Okay." The three of them nodded and said, "The only one who can resolve the current situation is the prince." ”

"We will cooperate as much as he needs us."

(End of chapter)