Listening to Wei Dazhong's words, Zhong Yuzheng's face looked a little hesitant.

In Zhong Yuzheng's heart, he agreed with Wei Dazhong's statement, and he also felt that scholars should show up to defend the teachings of the sages.

Therefore, this time, even if we are the first to do so, we should stop the reconstruction of the Royal Academy.

As for Ruan Dacheng, his face turned grim. The reason was simple: he and Wei Dazhong had always been at odds, and now he was being rebuked by the other party. It would be strange if he felt good about it.

I felt bad in my heart and my face looked ugly.

Wei Dazhong had no qualms and continued, "Confucius said to sacrifice oneself for benevolence, Mencius said to pursue righteousness. Today is the time for us to uphold the teachings of the sages."

"The reform of academies begins in the capital, and the reform of the capital begins with Shoushan Academy. As long as we can withstand and hold our ground, and let everyone in the world know that we are resisting, this matter will eventually come to nothing. By then, the other academies in the capital can be saved, and so can the other academies in the world."

"If that's the case, the things promoted by the Royal Academy will be like the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, impossible to achieve. Isn't reading the sages' books the point of standing up at times like these?"

"The scholars of the world will support us and have our backing. What do we have to fear?"

These words were so passionate that they made my blood boil, completely opposite to what Ruan Dacheng had just said.

Zhong Yuzheng on the side didn't know what to do for a moment. He could only look at Ruan Dacheng to see what he wanted to say.

Ruan Dacheng looked at Wei Dazhong with a sullen face, cursing him as an idiot in his heart.

It is basically impossible to stop this. Is there no way to get rid of Shoushan Academy if it resists?

This is simply impossible, the court will never stop. It seems that this is a matter of reforming the Royal Academy, but in essence it is not.

Why was the Royal Academy established in the first place?

It is because Your Majesty feels that the teaching in academies across the world is colluding with each other, forming cliques for personal gain, and is the root cause of party struggles across the world, so you want to use the Royal Academy to ban academies across the world.

It’s only been a short time since this happened, have these people already forgotten about it?

Maybe they didn't forget, they just pretended to forget.

The Wei Dazhong in front of him was Gao Panlong's student. Under the influence of his teacher, he definitely didn't have much of a future in the officialdom. He wanted to use this opportunity to improve his reputation.

As he himself said, as long as Shoushan Academy stands up to oppose it, it will definitely get the support of scholars, and scholars all over the world will definitely praise it crazily.

Anyway, you don't have to do it yourself. There are people in front of you, so there's no problem in praising them.

What's this?

That's reputation.

In addition, he is Gao Panlong's student. With this identity, he will definitely reach a higher level.

However, Ruan Dacheng did not think so. He felt that the court was very determined to promote the reconstruction of the Royal Academy, especially His Majesty.

Judging from the current political situation, Your Majesty has begun to take back power.

Whether it was the previous crackdown on the Donglin Party, the Liaodong case, the Henan case, or this time's Shandong case, His Majesty's style is evident, and he will not be merciful at all.

Often, the more happily one dances, the faster one dies.

If you cooperate with meekly, there might not be any big problems. If you don't cooperate, the consequences will be very bad, and you won't even have a chance to escape.

Ruan Dacheng looked at Wei Dazhong and said, "So what do you want to do?"

"Of course we disagree," Wei Dazhong said in a deep voice. "They'll have to send someone to negotiate, right? We have to tell them our position: Shoushan Academy disagrees."

"Why don't you agree?" Ruan Dacheng looked at Wei Dazhong with a sullen face and asked, "You're not a citizen of the Ming Dynasty? Or perhaps you're not a Ming Dynasty scholar? Why don't you agree? Are you saying the Imperial Academy is inferior, not as good as yours?"

Ruan Dacheng's two words changed the expression of Zhong Yuzheng next to him.

Compared with Wei Dazhong, Ruan Dacheng considered more.

Ruan Dacheng's words were very clear. If something happened, the court would definitely not let you go if you dared to say such things. Cui Chengxiu would also find a way to kill you.

"So what? My academy teaches the ways of the sages. Can Your Majesty force us to do anything?" Wei Dazhong continued stiff-necked, "If they want to arrest someone, then just arrest me. Whether it's the Imperial Guard or the Eastern Depot, I'm willing to serve."

Looking at the jealous Wei Dazhong, Ruan Dacheng felt something in his heart.

This guy is going crazy trying to gain reputation, I can't play with him like this.

Ruan Dacheng turned to look at Zhong Yuzheng and said, "The court doesn't require your consent. If you don't agree, the academy can close. The court is willing to pay for the land and the things inside the house."

"Of course, you don't have to sell it." Ruan Dacheng turned to look at Wei Dazhong and said, "The court won't care what you do for a living. As for what to do, you can think about it carefully."

Ruan Dacheng had long seen through the Donglin Party members.

These people are all incompetent in doing things but good at talking; they talk passionately on weekdays, but they can't do anything at all when they actually do things.

When Ruan Dacheng was trying to overthrow Fang Congzhe, he could be said to have made every effort to plan. But what was the final result?

These people made a mess of things.

Ruan Dacheng had been following the incident since the beginning of the incident in the capital. The final result was not at all what Ruan Dacheng expected. These people were just sitting there doing nothing and messing up the whole thing.

This time, the emperor wanted to reform the academy, and Ruan Dacheng saw it as an opportunity. As long as Shoushan Academy carried out the reform smoothly and showed its cooperation with the emperor, it would be able to meet the emperor's wishes.

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