There were two Yanshenggong Palaces in the Ming Dynasty.

One is in Qufu, Shandong, and the other is next to the Taipu Temple in the capital.

The anti-Confucian students left the Imperial College one after another and went to the Yansheng Mansion in groups to seek justice and explanation.

Although Duke Yansheng was not in the capital, it did not prevent students from going there to create public opinion.

They clearly knew that they had to build up public opinion.

The more people know about this, the more people will support them.

The more people there are, the louder their voices are. The louder their voices are, the more favorable public opinion will be to them.

The greater the chance of defeating Duke Yansheng.

The principles understood by the anti-Confucianists are also understood by the pro-Confucianists.

Seeing the anti-Confucian students leave, the pro-Confucian students looked at each other and quickly followed.

Xue Suoyun, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, wanted to calm the situation down as quickly as possible, so he resorted to threats.

It turned out that the students didn't buy his talk at all.

Looking at the students walking away, Xue Suoyun quickly realized that he was in big trouble.

If anything happened to the Yansheng Duke in the capital, he would have an unshirkable responsibility in the end.

After all, it was he who forced the students to leave the Imperial College.

Xue Suoyun became more and more afraid the more he thought about it. After thinking quickly, he shouted to his officers, "Prepare horses and go to the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion immediately to stop the students from causing trouble. Also, send someone to notify the governor of Shuntian Prefecture immediately, saying that someone is causing trouble in the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion, and ask him to take the officers to maintain order outside the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion."

It was hard for Xue Suoyun not to be afraid.

The Yansheng Palace in the capital was next to the Taipu Temple, which was located to the west of the imperial city, separated from it by a wall.

If the noise is a little louder, it will disturb the people in the imperial city.

If things really developed to that point, his good days as the chief academic officer of the Imperial College would probably be over.

After giving the order.

Xue Suoyun jumped on his horse and chased in the direction the students left.

Soon, he caught up with the team.

In order to calm the situation, he began to persuade: "You will all be officials of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Instead of wasting your time here, you should go back to the Imperial Academy to study. The sooner you can achieve academic success, the sooner you can serve the country as an official."

"The court will deal with the matter of Duke Yansheng itself. There is no need for you to get involved."

Seeing that everyone was still walking, he began to threaten: "I am warning you, if you go back now, you will not be held accountable for your past. If you insist on going your own way, you will bear the consequences at your own risk!"

"Okay, okay, you won't listen, right? Don't blame me for being ruthless! Anyone who doesn't go back will be stripped of his status as a student immediately!"

If you want to become an official in the Ming Dynasty, there are three main ways.

They are the official path of imperial examinations, recommendation for official position, and serving as a student in the Imperial Academy.

There are other ways, but they are not mainstream.

A student is only one step away from becoming an official. If he is stripped of his student status at this time, all his previous efforts will be wasted.

After hearing the threat of expulsion from the Imperial College chief academic, everyone stopped and began to hesitate.

Some people hesitated for a while and then started their return journey.

Some people stood there, at a loss.

Some people pretended not to hear and continued walking towards the Yanshenggong Mansion.

Xue Suoyun had no choice but to play the emotional card.

He knew that the pro-Confucius group was in the same group as himself, so he said to the anti-Confucius group, "Go back quickly. Isn't the purpose of studying here to make a name for yourself? You've come this far. Wouldn't it be a pity to throw away all your previous efforts?"

"Your parents have suffered and spent money to support your education, and this is how you repay them?"

"How sad will they be when they find out?"

"Everyone, it's not too late to turn back from the wrong path..."

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Thanks to Xue Suoyun's unremitting efforts, most of the students were successfully persuaded to return.

However, hundreds of students continued to walk towards Yanshenggong Mansion despite the obstruction.

Among them are more than one hundred people who are against Confucius and more than two hundred people who are in favor of Confucius.

Seeing that these students were unmoved by any persuasion, Xue Suoyun went to the Yansheng Mansion to make preparations.

When he arrived at the Yanshenggong Mansion, the outside was already full of Shuntian government officials.

He found the governor of Shuntian Prefecture and suggested: "If the students dare to cause trouble, you should arrest them immediately."

Shuntian Prefecture Governor had a constipated expression on his face: "Master Xue, it's not that I don't want to arrest people, but I can't."

"Why can't we arrest them? Are the officials of Shuntian Prefecture just there to do nothing?" Xue Suoyun said with displeasure. "Although these people are all students of the Imperial Academy, as long as they dare to cause trouble in front of the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion, they have violated the law. You can naturally arrest them according to the law."

The governor of Shuntian Prefecture said sadly, "It's no problem to arrest people, but the prison in Shuntian Prefecture is already full of civilians. There is no place to detain these students."

Xue Suoyun thought for a moment and said, "Let's find a few empty houses in the city to detain him."

"Then what? You can't keep it locked up forever, right? Should we release it or not?"

"Let's calm the situation down first." Xue Suoyun replied helplessly.

After waiting for a while, the students who came to Yanshenggong Mansion to seek an explanation finally arrived at the scene.

Xue Suoyun, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, originally thought that there were only about one hundred anti-Confucius and two hundred pro-Confucius students present.

Unexpectedly, there were countless people following them.

Most of the people came to watch the fun.

Some people walked while shouting: "Release them! Release them!"

These people are the family members of the detained people.

Under the instigation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they began to take to the streets to put pressure on the government.

The faces of Xue Suoyun, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture suddenly turned extremely ugly.

They said to their subordinates almost at the same time: "Hurry up and inform the cabinet that something big happened in front of the Yanshenggong Mansion."

While the messenger was delivering the letter, students of the anti-Confucius faction arrived outside the gate of Duke Yansheng's mansion.

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