These people who suddenly appeared were clearly here to cause trouble. As for who was behind this, it was still unknown.
But Zhu Youxiao knew that they must be those who opposed the reform of the academy.
Every reform affects the interests of those with vested interests, and the reform of the academy is no different. It may seem that there is no big interest involved, but in fact, there are deep waters involved.
What was the academy in the Ming Dynasty?
It has never been a place for simple teaching and educating people. Those people shouted slogans loudly in order to spread the teachings of the saints.
But in fact it is not so. To put it bluntly, the academy is a place for them to criticize current social ills and comment on government affairs.
Of course, this is their own version of the situation. The real purpose was to encourage them to form cliques and pursue their own interests. The most typical example is the Donglin Clan.
They used Donglin Academy as their base, colluding with each other and forming cliques for personal gain. After entering the imperial court, they sought power and excluded those who disagreed. It can be said that they would resort to any means necessary.
Therefore, the reform of academies was not about financial interests, but about political interests.
It’s not surprising that someone is jumping out to stir up trouble now.
Zhu Youxiao was able to control the court and prevent widespread opposition. This was the result of his hard work.
If it weren't for the previous measures, I'm afraid there would have been chaos in the court by now.
However, if the matter of Shoushan Academy is not handled properly this time, the next wave of trouble will be in the court.
Zhu Youxiao kept pondering in his mind, trying to figure out how to do this matter.
Soon, a young eunuch ran in from outside and went straight to Zhu Youxiao.
After paying his respects to Zhu Youxiao, the young eunuch quickly said, "Your Majesty, Wei Dugong of the East Factory and Cui Shang of the Censorate are outside requesting an audience."
Are these two people coming?
Zhu Youxiao was stunned.
Zhu Youxiao was not surprised when Cui Chengxiu came. After all, this incident was closely related to Cui Chengxiu.
Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian also came, and he came with Cui Chengxiu.
According to Zhu Youxiao's calculations, Wei Zhongxian should have taken action at this time.
"Let them in." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.
Since Wei Zhongxian and the other two had already arrived, Zhu Youxiao naturally wanted to meet them. Moreover, their arrival was also at the right time, so Zhu Youxiao could assign tasks to them. Anyway, things had come to this point, and there was nothing that could not be done.
Soon Wei Zhongxian and his companion walked in from outside.
After seeing Zhu Youxiao, they immediately knelt down and saluted.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked the two to stand up.
After the two stood up, Zhu Youxiao asked directly, "Are you here for the matter of Shoushan Academy?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two men agreed quickly.
Zhu Youxiao nodded gently and said, "I already know about this matter. It's good that you didn't act rashly. Since you are already here, I will pass on the matter."
"Some people must be arrested, while others must not be. All those who instigated opposition to the academy reforms must be arrested and brought to the East Factory for interrogation to find out who is behind this instigation. They actually dared to openly defy the imperial decree. These people are truly lawless!"
"If any officials were involved in this brawl, they must report it to me."
When Wei Zhongxian heard Zhu Youxiao's words, he was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He looked at Cui Chengxiu with gratitude.
Fortunately, Cui Chengxiu stopped him in time and prevented him from taking action directly, otherwise things would be bad now.
The Emperor clearly did not want to arrest those who supported the Academy's reforms, even though they had previously been causing trouble. With the Emperor's words, we can understand what had happened.
Wei Zhongxian said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will do it right away and find out who is behind this."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead and do it."
After Wei Zhongxian and the other man saluted, they bowed and retreated.
Looking at the backs of the two people, Zhu Youxiao sighed.
Is the rebound coming again?
Having affected the interests of so many people, are they going to do something big this time?
Or is this the aftermath of Shandong?
It is possible that many people were unable to stop what Zhu Youxiao did in Shandong. After all, it was reasonable and reasonable. However, these people were panicked and did not know what to do. Now they wanted to protect their own interests.
Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly.
These people have such good ideas!
After leaving the palace, Wei Zhongxian's face was full of excitement.
He turned his head to look at Cui Chengxiu and said, "Thanks to your advice, otherwise I would have suffered a loss this time."
"Serving the Governor." Cui Chengxiu said with a smile.
After returning to Shoushan Academy, Wei Zhongxian summoned Sun Yunhe without hesitation and said, "Go and separate the crowd and let them choose their own sides. You must make it clear who supports the academy's reform and who does not."
"Yes, Governor." Sun Yunhe agreed quickly.
Soon, shouts were heard all around, and the people in the middle asked them to separate.
Sun Yunhe's voice was the loudest, and he shouted loudly: "Those who support the academy reform stand on the right, and those who do not support the academy reform stand on the left! Quick, quick, quick!"
Wang Shenglin stood in the crowd, his face a little excited. He felt that he had made a great contribution this time.
Soon, Wang Linsheng walked to the right, raised one arm high and said, "Everyone who is with me, come over here."
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