Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 468 Take down this assassin for me!

"Master, those old literati are stirring up trouble outside, making this Enke very unbearable... If this continues, this scientific examination will probably become a joke."

In the Imperial College, Fang Xiaoru was already anxious like ants on a hot pot, circling around Zhu Su's side. "Those people ignore the facts and talk nonsense. It seems that this Enke exam is about to be messed up... You, don't you think there is a way?"

These days, Fang Xiaoru has turned into a new learning fighter, debating scriptures and fighting with people outside every day.He has already read a lot of books, and his knowledge is the leader of the younger generation. After switching to the new school, it is as if he has opened up the two channels of Ren and Du, and he has integrated all the knowledge he has learned in the past.When Cheng and Zhu literati argued against him with Cheng and Zhu's learning, Fang Xiaoru was able to quote the classics on the spot, refute it with the words of Confucius and Mencius, and bluntly speak out about Cheng and Zhu's disadvantages.

Cheng Zhu's theory of the principles of nature and human desires is riddled with flaws. He just started anew on the basis of the knowledge of Confucius and Mencius after he had his own opinions.Now that this layer of window paper is torn by Zhu Su, it's like a broken window effect, no matter how you look at it, it feels full of flaws.When Fang Xiaoru argues with others, he always wins. Even some famous Confucians who have been famous for a long time are refuted by him in public.

After all, no matter how much these literati praised Cheng Zhu, they could not conceal the fact that Zhao Song, who admired Cheng Zhu, was weak and sick, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was innocent and brutal.

However, even though Fang Xiaoru has become famous now, he alone is still unable to reverse the trend of anti-new learning that is emerging in the scholarly circle.Everyone has the mentality of following the crowd, and most of the so-called scholars are no exception. No matter how brilliant Fang Xiaoru's tongue is, he is completely unable to resist this storm of public opinion under the influence of everyone's mouth.

Even Enke, which is now hosted by Guozijian, is also affected. After all, Guozijian, as the recognized base of new learning, has long been in the same situation as those old literati.

"Hehe, Xi Zhi, don't be impatient." Zhu Su comforted Fang Xiaoru while looking at the latest new learning article written by Song Lian. "The so-called Enke is to select talents for the country. Isn't it a blessing that all those pedantic old literati can be excluded with one registration?"

"Besides, this Enkeben is a task imposed on the Zijian of our country. Why should we be so concerned? Haven't more than 100 people been reported? When the time comes to hand over these 100 people, won't it be possible?"

Zhu Su said this with resentment.

Li Shanchang's strategy is indeed a good one. Liu Bowen suggested that Li Shanchang be allowed to host the Enke, and Zhu Su also agreed with both hands.

After all, this time Enke obviously touched the cake of the group of literati, which is an act of stepping up several steps at once.If it weren't for Lao Zhu who is now the emperor, it is very likely that this unique Enke will not be able to go on, making the emperor mess up and becoming a joke in history.

Let Li Shanchang be the chief examiner, one is to let him do this kind of dirty work, let him completely offend the civil servants, and also set a boundary between him and the civil servants.The second is that Li Shanchang does have this ability, let him fight with those civil officials, no matter how much the civil officials make trouble, with Li Shanchang's wrist, he can still tidy up those people.

But Lao Zhu thought it was inappropriate to let Li Shanchang be the chief examiner. He no longer trusted Li Shanchang. If he was allowed to be the chief examiner, wouldn’t it mean that those tax officials who passed Enke would use his name as Li Shanchang?Originally, the civil servants of the Huaixi lineage had already been taken care of, but many of them are still locked up in the imperial prison.If Li Shanchang had so many more disciples, wouldn't it be that the toothless tiger was given a pair of false teeth for him to bite?

Therefore, although Zhu Su and Liu Bowen agreed, Lao Zhu firmly opposed it, and it was difficult to decide who should be the examiner.Finally, Zhu Biao suggested: This special scientific examination will be sponsored by the Imperial College, and Han Guogong will be the deputy examiner. After all, this scientific examination is different from usual. They take the initiative to register their names... Then naturally a trustworthy Yamen is needed to take over the matter, and the Wen Yamen that Lao Zhu can trust the most at this time is undoubtedly the Guozijian that has been purged.

Old Zhu was overjoyed to do good deeds, he ignored Zhu Su's dark face, appointed the Imperial Academy to host the scientific examination, and handed over the task of chief examiner to Zhu Su who was already very busy.

However, Li Shanchang, who was a deputy examiner, knew that it was hosted by Zhu Su, the leader of the new school, and did not come forward to participate in the scientific examination.

"But..." Hearing Zhu Su's angry words, Fang Xiaoru was even more anxious. "Ordinary scientific examinations, the number of Jinshi admitted is more than a hundred people. It is the first time we host Enke, and the total number of references is only a hundred people..."

"Why, feel ashamed?" Zhu Su still didn't lift his head. "Now is the time for you to be free. Don't you want people who come to our country to register their names to be busy with traffic every day, so that you can keep your busy feet off the ground?"

"Let us undertake the scientific expedition, and the imperial court has not allocated funds, so why waste our energy?"

"I wish I could use up more energy..." Fang Xiaoru muttered. "That's the way to live up to the emperor's grace. But you, Master, are too lazy..."

Zhu Su gave Fang Xiaoru a white look, how could he complain about his master so much.This Fang Xiaoru is still too pedantic, he can take as many days off as he can, why is he so burnt out all day long? "You, you still don't know what's going on."

"Let him talk about the gossip and gossip outside. You just have to prepare yourself and prepare for the registration of candidates."

"In a few days, you will be busy."

"Could it be, Master, that you already have a good plan?" Fang Xiaoru's eyes lit up.

Just as Zhu Su was about to explain, he saw a young prison student hurriedly running outside.As soon as he saw Zhu Su, he said to Zhu Su: "Sacrifice the wine, something is wrong!"

"A lot of Confucian scholars gathered outside, threatening that Enke this time will tarnish the way of sages."

"Occasionally, a few people came to register today, but they drove them away. Just now, a student who came to register had his head broken, and something bad is about to happen!"

"You actually hit someone?" Zhu Su was taken aback, and his face finally became serious.He knew that the public opinion turmoil outside was controlled by that group of civil servants.If these people only dared to use public opinion to create momentum, he didn't want to pay attention to them.

After all, there are always people who want to be an official. Even if people wait and see in the early stage, in the next few days, there will inevitably be people who can't resist the temptation and come to sign up one after another.Only public opinion can't stop it.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry at all, but was happy to have a few days of leisure.

But now that he actually moved his hands, this is already a sign of crossing the line, so Zhu Su naturally can't ignore it.

Soon Zhu Su brought the prison student and Fang Xiaoru to the outside of the Guozijian. As soon as he stepped out, he frowned, because the crowd gathered outside was beyond his expectation. The prison door was tightly blocked.

Many of them looked angry, pointing at a short student with blood on his forehead, as if they wanted to choose to eat him.There were even some people who kept throwing gravel and rotten vegetable leaves, making the gate of the No. [-] Academy of the Kingdom look like a vegetable market.

The student's face was pale, and he looked like he had lost too much blood. The several Guozijian students who were in charge of the registration were scrambling to help him stop the bleeding, while avoiding all kinds of utensils thrown by those people, looking quite embarrassed.

"The villain who read the sage's books in vain! I, Qi De, will punish this scum for Zhu Zi today!" A literati shouted, picked up a sharp stone, and threw it at the short student.

"Stop!" Zhu Su was furious, stepped forward quickly, and waved his sleeve to block the stone for the student.Seeing Zhu Su appearing suddenly, the man looked at Zhu Su with angry eyes, but he also saw clearly that he was wearing a royal robe embroidered with dragon patterns, and his angry eyes instantly turned into fear.

"Come on!" Zhu Su put his fingers together and pointed at Qi De. "This person threw sharp rocks at the king, intending to assassinate the king!"

"Give this assassin to this king!"

(End of this chapter)