Chapter 668 A Fatal Blow! I Regret It at First!

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"The world is in chaos, and demons are causing harm to the world!"

"The sky is clear, the sky is clear!"

Thousands of Shandong students gathered at the Confucius Temple, kneeling on the ground and shouting and crying.

Of course, they were not stupid enough to attack the Confucius Temple, they were just pretending to show it to the court.

The reason is simple. Most of these Shandong students are in their middle years. They have studied Cheng Zhu for a lifetime and studied Cheng Zhu for a lifetime. As a result, the imperial court suddenly stipulated that Cheng Zhu would not be tested in the imperial examination, but the newly learned fallacies and heresies. How can they accept this?

After all, the memory of Cheng-Zhu Confucianism has been formed in my bones for a long time. It is simply impossible to change schools and learn new knowledge in a short period of time!

Moreover, they are already in their middle years and are already old. Even if they change their family and learn new things, what can they learn?

All in all, because the imperial court suddenly "changed its mind" and designated the contents of the imperial examination as fallacies and heresies, the bright future of these students was cut off by the imperial court!

So naturally they cannot be convinced!

Under the deliberate instigation of Yan Shenggong and others, and under the deliberate observation of Shandong local officials, these Shandong students blatantly chose to go against the imperial court. Even after entering the examination room, they directly handed in blank papers and did the shocking thing of not taking the exam!

They wanted to take a look. Most students in Shandong had no reference. What should the court do?

This is a threat and a coercion!

The imperial court must restore the orthodox status of Cheng-Zhu Confucianism!

The court must severely crack down on those fallacies and heresies!

Give the world a bright future!

Gu Zuo rushed to the Confucius Temple under the protection of the imperial guards.

Seeing the ugly behavior of these scholars, he had no mercy at all. Instead, he felt extremely angry and disgusted!

A group of self-righteous fools, who helped others count their money after being sold out, still have the nerve to come to this Confucius Temple to disturb the saint's rest. They are really stupid!

When the students saw someone coming from the imperial court, not only did they not stop crying in the temple, but they cried louder and more tragically.

After all, the reason why they came to the Crying Temple was to cry to the court.

As long as the imperial court sees the seriousness of the situation and chooses to surrender to them, their bright future will be back!

However, what they never expected was that the court official, who was wearing a purple robe, just waved his hand indifferently in the face of their hoarse crying behavior.

"Arrest the leader!"

The five hundred Forbidden Army soldiers did not hesitate and rushed into the crowd like wolves and tigers.

As for who is the leader, although they don't know, this does not prevent them from arresting him!

Logically speaking, the person standing at the front must be the one taking the lead!

All of a sudden, roars, curses, begging for mercy... could be heard all the time.

There was a mourning in front of the Confucius Temple, attracting a large number of onlookers.

Gu Zuo walked up to the crowd impatiently and shouted angrily: "Shut up, everyone!"

"Whoever dares to disturb Saint Kong's sleep again, the guards will kill him directly!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was really scared.

They vaguely felt that the important minister in front of them was not so easy to deal with, and his murderous intention was too great!

Many scholars and students from noble backgrounds turned pale with horror when they saw Gu Zuo's crimson robe.

As far as they know, the official uniforms worn by officials of various ranks in the imperial court are different. Among the civil servants, the purple robes are the most popular. They are reserved for the second-rank officials of the imperial court, that is, the big shots at the level of the Seven Ministers!

Who is this person in front of me?

Is it possible that he is still a second-rank official in the imperial court?

For a moment, the scene was extremely quiet, and all the students looked at Gu Zuo, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

Why did the imperial court suppress Cheng and Zhu’s orthodox Confucianism?

Why did the imperial court promote the fallacies and heresies of the New Learning?

These courts must give a reasonable explanation!

However, Gu Zuo ignored these stupid things and waved his hand directly, ordering people to bring Yan Shenggong up.

After all, Yan Shenggong was a descendant of Confucius and a scholar. He was forcibly dragged in front of the crowd by the soldiers, which instantly caused an uproar.

"Is that... Duke Yansheng?"

"Hiss...it's really Yan Shenggong's face!"

"How dare they treat Duke Yan Sheng like this?"

"What exactly does the imperial court want to do? Is it possible that it really wants to go against the world's scholars?"

There was a lot of chatter among the crowd, and most of them looked frightened.

The court actually arrested Duke Yansheng. It was obvious that they were involved in big trouble!

Gu Zuo glanced at Yan Shenggong contemptuously, and then waved his hand again.

Soon Dongchang Fanzi came forward, holding the file in hand, and read out the evidence of the Yanshenggong Mansion that Dongchang had secretly collected.

What "occupying fields", what "bribing officials", what "bullying others with power", what "taking advantage of human lives"... There are so many crimes, it's too numerous to list!

To put it bluntly, there is no difference between the Yanshenggong Mansion and the evil gentry and powerful men.

Perhaps the only difference is that they are descendants of the most holy teacher Kong Shengren, so they have a layer of divine brilliance that makes everyone in the world mistakenly think that their virtues are worthy of belief!

However, when the conclusive evidence was placed in front of them, everyone present became angry.

This comes from the anger of being deceived!

After waiting for Dongchang fanzi to finish reading, Gu Zuo added another one.

"Yan Shenggong Kong ×× encouraged students to stop taking exams, obstructed the imperial court from implementing the new policy, and intended to shake up the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kong ××, what do you have to say about these accusations?"

Gu Zuo looked at Yan Shenggong expressionlessly. The latter trembled, and what Gu Zuo said to him on the road came to his mind.

"If you honestly admit your crime, the imperial court will be lenient and leave some incense in your Yanshenggong Mansion. After all, the sacrifice ceremony of Kong Sheng still needs you descendants to preside over it!"

"But if you don't know what is good and what is wrong, and insist on being stubborn and refusing to admit the crimes you have committed, then I can only follow the emperor's order and escort all the people from Yan Shenggong's Mansion back to the capital, and Qiu Hou will be executed. Got it!"

These words resounded in his mind, leaving Yan Shenggong with no choice at all.

Rather than losing the reputation of Yanshenggong's mansion and becoming a laughingstock of the world, he was even more unwilling to see the descendants of Kong Sheng expelled and killed, without even one person offering sacrifices to their ancestors!

Therefore, Yan Sheng publicly spoke out.

With tears streaming down his face, he knelt down at the door of the Confucius Temple, looked up to the sky and cried loudly: "I am unworthy of my descendants and unworthy of my ancestors!"

As soon as these words came out, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net was like a bolt from the blue, exploding in everyone's mind!

These crimes turned out to be true!

Duke Yan Sheng’s Mansion actually committed these unforgivable crimes!

How dare they?

How dare they?

They are descendants of Confucius. Isn't this a discredit to the Holy Master?

Anger filled his heart, making his eyes red instantly.

"Oops! It's so disgusting!"

"On the surface, you talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but secretly you do all these robberies!"

"I've long heard that every generation in Yanshenggong's mansion is inferior to the last. It's really disgusting!"

"Kill him! He is worse than killing this beast!"

The curses were endless, filling Yan Shenggong's ears. He could no longer accept this cruel reality, and he spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot and passed out.

Gu Zuo glanced at him with disgust, and then looked at the angry scholars.

"Although you are being deceived by others, it is an established fact that you will not take the exam!"

"Since you don't want to take the science test, you won't be able to take the test in this life!"

"The imperial court has issued an order that any student who intentionally refuses to take the exam if he or she submits a blank test will be deprived of the qualifications for the scientific exam and will not be employed for life!"

What?

Denied employment for life?

No, it can’t be this result!

"My lord, have mercy, my lord!"

"I know I was wrong, sir, please have mercy on me!"

Gu Zuo ignored these pleas for mercy, and after announcing the punishment results, he took Duke Yan away directly.

Most of the students who stopped taking exams collapsed directly on the ground, their faces as pale as paper, without any trace of blood.

They all know one thing: If they are not hired for life, then their life will be completely over!

A feeling called regret fills everyone's heart!

However, it's too late!