Chapter 303 Burning the Imperial Academy
"Punish the traitors in the country and clear the traitors and slander!"
"The world is bright and clear, and the court is cleansed!"
"Zhang Dun, Li Qingchen, Shen Kuo, a traitor who is not a worldly sect!"
Hundreds of scholars surrounded the Hanlin Academy, shouting angrily, and throwing all kinds of "weapons" into it.
Many people tried to climb in, but were blocked by the people inside.
The yamen runners from Kaifeng Prefecture watched in the distance, and one of them said tremblingly: "What should I do? If this continues, they will soon rush in..."
There are many well-educated scholars in the Hanlin Academy, and many older ones are still the current exam reviewers. If these young scholars rushed in and injured and killed a few, something really happened!
The leading civil servant looked solemn and glanced at the inspectors who were originally affiliated to Kaifeng Prefecture and now assigned to the Ministry of Justice. He whispered in anger, "Look at the Ministry of Justice first."
The yamen runner nodded with his neck stiffly. If something really happened, they would be the first to be questioned. After all, the Hanlin Academy is on the ground under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture!
The people from the Inspection Department were also on high alert. The leading Inspection Department inspector wiped the cold sweat from his head and asked the people around him, "Has the Secretary of State not replied yet?"
The little official shook his head, then leaned closer and whispered: "It's a bit strange. The Secretary of State is in the yamen. He doesn't even give a word for such a big thing."
The inspector was stunned, then frowned and said to himself, "It's strange." As he said that, he looked at the people from the Censorate not far away. These people came earlier, and the Censor of the City was brought by someone.
The Censors of the City have the right to deal with this matter, but they still remain unmoved.
‘Isn’t anyone at the Censorate? It’s strange…’ The inspector whispered in his heart, thinking that something was wrong.
The inspector of the Censorate held his hands and squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was asleep.
A small official next to him, seeing the angry scholars rushing into the Hanlin Academy, couldn't help but whisper: "Censor, do you really care?"
"Hogh...hugh..."
The Censor, who had no movement at first, suddenly started to snore.
The little official was stunned and then realized it a little and did not dare to ask any more questions.
Zhao Shen was standing around the corner with a Taoist priest at this moment, and both of them smiled when they looked at the scene like Hanlin Academy.
Zhao Shen smiled with his hands behind his back, "The Taoist Master is a brilliant idea. This exam is indeed very lively."
Zhang Huaisu is a middle-aged man with a snow-white beard. He stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "It's just a trick."
Zhao Shen was happy to see it, as if he had avenged Su Shi, and he felt happy, saying, "The Taoist Master, can Zhao rank in the third place in this exam?"
Zhang Huaisu stroked her beard, looked at Zhao Shen's expression, then pinched her fingers with her left hand, then laughed and said, "Young Master Zhao's land is full, it is a lucky appearance. This time, you must be ranked first!"
Zhao Shen was overjoyed and raised his hand and said, "If this is the case, he will definitely shape a golden body for the Taoist priest!"
"Sculpting a golden body" is a Buddhist saying. Zhao Shen said this, but in fact he meant giving him a generous gift. Obviously, he was very convinced of Taoist Master Zhang.
Zhang Huaisu smiled with a smile, as if she didn't care about money at all.
As the two of them were talking, a scholar flipped into the wall of the Hanlin Courtyard and opened the door from inside.
"Punish the traitor!"
"Eliminate the treacherous and slander!"
"Find them out!"
The leader is a burly man with a hideous horns and looks like he is in his forties.
He was dressed in an inappropriate manner, with his chest exposed, and said angrily: "Find out the traitors and treacherous people and beat them to death!"
"Bare them to death!"
The scholars roared and roared, rushed into the Hanlin Academy like a tide, the gate and the wall, and dozens of people rushed into the Hanlin Academy in an instant. They crowded and rushed to every place in the Hanlin Academy to find the people. Their eyes were red and their fists were angrily squirmed, and they had already lost their minds.
As the door was opened, their shouting suddenly became several times higher, alarming everyone from Kaifeng Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate not far away.
The official from Kaifeng Prefecture gritted his teeth and said that at this time, they would have to go even if they didn't go.
"Everyone, separate these people, enter the Hanlin Academy, and protect the people inside!" The official from Kaifeng Prefecture shouted loudly.
The inspector of the Ministry of Justice looked at it, but he still didn't get the order and couldn't sit still, so he took it in and ran over.
The censor of the Censorate of the Censorate no longer pretended to be asleep. He opened his eyes, tidied up his clothes a little, stepped forward carelessly, and said, "Pretty."
Although the little official around him was suspicious, he hurriedly responded and led people over.
The scholars had already rushed in, with thousands of people crowded at the door. People from the three departments could not break free for a while, and could only shout outside and continue to move forward.
There were countless onlookers not far away, and they looked at this scene with different expressions.
Some people have bright eyes and smiles on their faces.
Some people look solemn and worry.
Some people showed surprise and kept thinking.
Some people are indifferent and sneer.
Too many people were watching, and there were many big figures in the court and the country, but no one came forward.
Angry scholars filled the Hanlin Academy and looked for people everywhere.
"The treacherous and slander have run away!"
"It must have been through the back door!"
"It could be some dog hole!"
"There are ladders here, and they climbed over the wall and ran away!"
"Chase!"
"Traitor!"
"If the traitors are not eliminated for a day, the world will be in peace, find out!"
The scholars roared and smashed everywhere. The burly man took out torches from the kitchen and threw them everywhere.
Not long after, a raging fire broke out in the Hanlin Courtyard!
Hanlin Academy is the place where the papers are reviewed in today's subjects, and most of the test papers are still in it.
The smoke rolled up into the sky, as if you could see it in the entire Kaifeng City.
When the uninformed person heard the report, he looked at the direction of the Hanlin Academy and looked shocked.
The imperial examination has always been the top priority of the court, and it is no small matter to burn the Hanlin Academy!
"Are these people crazy?" Someone couldn't believe it and murmured to themselves. Such a thing has never happened since the National Day!
"It's over, it's over, something big is going to happen..." Someone panicked and looked around, wanting to see other people's expressions.
"What do those people in the court do for food? Do they just let the scholars be so presumptuous?" Someone was angry.
"The world is in chaos, the world is in chaos. How many unprecedented things have happened since last year! It's hateful!" Some people were angry and resentful.
"Hahaha, it's great, let everyone see it. This is the benefit of reform!"
"Boil it, let it be more prosperous, so that the whole world can see it..."
Some scholars who were originally just here to ask for explanation suddenly woke up as if they were poured with cold water.
They looked nervous, looked scared and at a loss.
Cai You was standing at a corner at this moment. The Imperial City Department was not popular and had a special status, so he did not show up.
The deputy commander beside him looked and whispered: "Don't we move?"
Cai You looked puzzled and said, "Don't you find this strange?"
The deputy commander thought for a while and said, "What the commander said is that these three yamen are slow to move, as if they are deliberately indulging them?"
Cai You nodded and looked at the group of scholars and said with a flashing look: "Also, this rumor is coming too fast and comes too suddenly. It develops like this in just half a day. There must be someone behind it, pushing it..."
The deputy commander suddenly figured it out and observed the angry scholars, saying, "I remembered that before, there were people who made trouble in front of the Taixue School, and it seemed that someone pretended to be a scholar and took the opportunity to make trouble. They were all idle people. In the end, no one found out behind the commander. There seemed to be some in it..."
Cai You sneered and said, "These people are learning to be smart and hiding behind the scenes to cause trouble."
"What are they going to do?" the deputy commander said in confusion, "What do they have to get? But no one seems to benefit from these things, just causing trouble to the court."
"This is what they have to do."
Cai You looked at the Hanlin Academy with thick smoke, and said calmly, and disdainfully: "They are just slandering the new law. All things are caused by the new law. As long as there are enough chaos, there will be many people opposing the new law. Sooner or later, they will come back, just like Yuan Youchu."
The deputy commander was less than thirty years old, but he was also aware of the old stories of Xining and Yuanfeng, which were not far away from him.
Emperor Shenzong was in power for more than 20 years, and the opposition led by the "old party" did not stop attacking, smearing, and destroying the "new law". After more than 20 years, their efforts finally succeeded.
At the beginning of Yuanyou, the Empress Dowager ruled the country from behind the curtain and joined forces with Sima Guang and others. In less than a year, they exiled all the "New Party" and abolished all the "New Laws".
The current situation is very similar to that in the past!
The deputy commander was completely cold, as if the "New Party" was about to lose power. He whispered in fear: "Command, won't we do anything?"
If the "New Party" loses its power and the "old Party" returns, the Imperial City Department, as the minion of the "New Party", will inevitably face revenge from a storm, and they will never have a good end!
Cai You looked calm and snorted coldly, saying, "They miscalculated. Don't worry about these things for now, let's stare at them and see who are the leaders. Let's go back and continue to examine those people, and find the thief who framed the king. This is our current priority."
The deputy commander wanted to ask 'What did they estimate wrong'. Seeing that Cai You had turned around, he had to respond and said, "Yes."
Chapter completed!