Zhao Hao's face darkened, and he asked in a serious tone, "Pang Zhen, in what capacity are you talking to me?"

Pang Zhen said loudly: "I don't have a high status. I am just petitioning as an ordinary scholar!"

"Lord Zhao, please take a look at us and listen to the voices of us scholars!"

"His Majesty ordered you to be the dean of the Gewu Academy because he wanted you to select talents for the court."

"But if you can't even be fair now, how can you select talents for the court?"

After Pang Zhen finished speaking, the remaining leaders also echoed him.

Not only that, they also tried to incite the hundreds of people behind them who came with them to petition.

For a moment, the momentum was quite huge.

Zhao Hao's eyes were grim as he spoke word by word: "All of you listen to me!"

"I'll give you half a minute. All of you, get out of here as far away from me as possible."

"Don't show up in front of me again!"

"If you are still here in half an hour, I guarantee that none of you will be able to enter the Gewu Academy!"

"I said so!"

After hearing what Zhao Hao said, most people present became hesitant.

Everyone wants to leave, but no one wants to be the first one to leave.

He was probably worried that if he left first, he would be looked down upon.

People all tend to follow the crowd.

At this moment, Pang Zhen shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't listen to his threats!"

"We are all the most outstanding scholars in Dagan. If the Gewu Academy doesn't have us, His Majesty will not agree!"

"Today, we must make Lord Zhao change this unfair way of treating us!"

"What we ask for is fair and reasonable. Even if we have to face His Majesty, we will stand firm!"

As he said this, he turned around and looked at Zhao Hao, and said indignantly:

"Lord Zhao, we don't want anything else but the most basic fairness. Isn't this also possible?"

"Why do you insist on doing this?"

Zhao Hao was too lazy to explain and just laughed out of anger.

He narrowed his eyes and said condescendingly: "Well said, but today, I will still do what I want!"

"What can you do to me?"

"You don't accept it?"

"Go and complain to His Majesty!"

"Oh, if you still can't see His Majesty, that's easy. Ask your father to join forces with the fathers of the people behind you and jointly file a complaint against me to His Majesty!"

"Why not?"

Having said that, Zhao Hao looked at everyone present again.

"There's less than half a quarter of an hour left!"

"Don't think I can't do it!"

"At worst, I will quit being the dean of this academy!"

"When the time comes, it would be best if His Majesty could find someone from among you to replace me!"

"But when that time comes, whether His Majesty will punish you or me is uncertain!"

"Remember this, I established the Gewu Academy because of me!"

After hearing what Zhao Hao said, some scholars finally came to their senses and began to leave the petition team.

Once one person takes the lead, there will be a second one.

Then the third one.

In a short while, dozens of people left.

There are more than three hundred left.

Seeing this, Zhao Hao sneered and said, "Very good. If those of you who have not left can enter the Gewu Academy, my name, Zhao Hao, will be written backwards!"

After saying that, he turned around, lifted the curtain and got into the car.

Wusong turned his horse around and left the first floor.

As soon as the carriage returned to the gate of the princess's mansion, Eunuch Qu hurried over.

"Master Zhao, His Majesty has already heard about what happened at the entrance of the first floor, and he has specially asked me to invite you to the palace."

Zhao Hao nodded slightly, got out of the car, and got into Eunuch Qu's carriage.

Pepper House Palace.

Zhao Hao walked in, and his originally calm face instantly turned into an extremely angry look.

Seeing his "angry" look, Jiang Wan'er couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong? It's just a small matter. Why are you so angry?"

Zhao Hao immediately said, "Is this a small matter? Pang Zhen and his gang actually surrounded the first floor."

"Now no guest can enter the first floor. This is simply unreasonable!"

"You openly say you're asking me for a petition, but you're just cutting off my source of income!"

"Yes, it is also cutting off your majesty's source of income!"

Jiang Wan'er was stunned when she heard this and asked, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Why are you dragging me into this?"

Zhao Hao said, "They don't want to pay to enter the Gewu Academy. If we compromise on this matter, we will lose a lot of money."

"This money will not go into my pocket in the end, but into your pocket, Your Majesty."

"Isn't this an attempt to cut off your financial resources, Your Majesty?"

Jiang Wan'er's beautiful eyes flashed, her expression changed immediately, she slammed the desk with her hand and stood up.

"Well, these blind guys actually plotted against me."

“It’s really abominable!”

Zhao Hao quickly said in a sympathetic tone: "Who said it wasn't true? It's really abominable!"

"So, I have decided that all those who participated in the siege of my first floor today will not be allowed to enter the academy."

When Jiang Wan'er heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said, "Hey, there are hundreds of people here."

"Moreover, among all our efforts, these people's families are the richest."

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