"Your Majesty, Commander Li Ruolian is asking to see you outside the palace!" A young eunuch walked into the palace and said to Chongzhen.
"Let him in." Chongzhen ordered.
With the sound of footsteps, Li Ruolian walked into the Qianqing Palace.
As Li Ruolian saluted, the palace door slowly closed.
After the palace door was closed, Li Ruo Lian began to speak: "Your Majesty, I have arranged the personnel according to the plan."
"Well," Chongzhen nodded and asked, "Has the news of Duke Yansheng's surrender to the enemy spread throughout the capital?"
"Not only the capital, I estimate that half of northern Zhili knows this news." Li Ruolian replied.
"What about the students of the Imperial College? Did they react strongly?" Chongzhen asked again.
"The students of the Imperial College are currently divided into three factions," Li Ruo Lian paused, "The first faction is the Confucius Protection Faction, with a total number of more than a thousand people."
"They neither believed that Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi would defect to the enemy, nor did they believe the authenticity of the evidence. In their view, the evidence was false, and someone deliberately framed Duke Yansheng. They threatened to write to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to order a thorough investigation and clear Duke Yansheng's name."
"The second group is the anti-Confucius group, which has only about one or two hundred members. They believe that the evidence has been verified and there is no need to investigate further. They are writing a petition to the court, asking the court to immediately arrest Duke Yansheng and execute him."
"The last group is the middle group, which has about 700 to 800 people. They neither support Confucius nor oppose him, but just stand aside and watch the fun."
Chongzhen smiled bitterly and complained in his heart: It's no wonder that feudalism has so many people who support Confucius.
"Is there anything unusual about the Yanshenggong Mansion in the capital?" Chongzhen asked again.
"Yes, the person in charge is afraid of getting into trouble, so he has stayed indoors for the past two days."
"Is anyone going there to cause trouble?"
“Not yet.”
Chongzhen exhaled lightly and ordered, "According to the plan."
"Yes." Li Ruolian sighed softly as he turned and left.
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Imperial College.
The Imperial College of Beijing was first built in the 24th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty. After the capital was moved in the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial College of Beijing was renamed the Imperial College of Beijing.
The original Imperial College in Beijing was renamed the Imperial College in Nanjing.
The Imperial College of Beijing is located on the east side of Andingmen, close to the Beijing Confucius Temple.
According to the orientation of sitting north and facing south, the system of having the temple on the left and the school on the right is adopted.
Therefore, the Imperial College is on the right (west) and the Confucius Temple is on the left (east).
The place where students of the Imperial Academy studied was called the East and West Six Halls.
Each hall has eleven rooms, for a total of sixty-six rooms.
Among them, Zhengyi Hall, Guangye Hall and Chongzhi Hall are elementary classes, and students have to study Confucian classics for one and a half years.
Those who are proficient in both literature and science will be admitted to the Monastery Hall and the Chengxin Hall to study history.
Chengxin Hall and Xiudao Hall can be regarded as intermediate classes, and the semester lasts also one and a half years.
Those who are well-versed in both current and ancient times will be promoted to the Ruexing Hall.
Ruxingtang can be regarded as an advanced class with a one-year semester.
The Ruxing Hall holds an examination every month. Those with excellent results can get one point, those with good results can get half a point, and those with poor results can get no points.
You have to accumulate eight points to graduate, otherwise you will have to repeat the grade.
Generally speaking, few students can graduate within four years.
It takes most people six, seven or even more than ten years to graduate.
After graduation, the Imperial College would send students out to experience things.
That is to say, go to various government offices for internship.
At this time, what came from the Imperial College was not the sound of reading, but the sound of quarreling.
The loudest arguments were heard in the Hall of Justice.
A student who supported Confucius shouted, "You said that Duke Yansheng betrayed the enemy. Where is the evidence? You have to show us the evidence, right?"
A student who opposed Confucius replied in the same voice: "How can we have evidence? The evidence is in the hands of the court. If you don't believe it, you can verify it with the officials of the six ministries and nine government departments."
"There is no so-called evidence at all! This is a complete conspiracy against Duke Yansheng!" The student of the Confucius faction said excitedly: "Your attack on Duke Yansheng is an attack on Confucius, and it is also a denigration of the Confucian way of governing the country! I advise you to turn back as soon as possible and not to persist on the wrong path."
"What nonsense!" The anti-Confucian students were not happy about this and stood up one after another: "Duke Yansheng is Duke Yansheng. He can neither represent Confucius nor Confucianism. He can only represent himself."
"As the Duke of Yansheng of the Ming Dynasty, he pledged his loyalty to the Jiannu in his letter, and even committed the evil act of aiding the enemy. Such a heinous person must be sentenced to death, otherwise it would be a sulliment to the reputation of Confucius."
"You are making trouble!"
"You are making up stories!"
The two factions of students were at loggerheads with each other and refused to give in.
The centrist students sat together in groups of three or five, eating melon seeds, drinking tea and watching the fun.
How pleasant.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Xue Suoyun, the chief academician of the Imperial College (the top leader), stepped out to stop it.
"Quiet, quiet down!" Xue Suoyun said loudly, "The Imperial College is a place for learning, not a place for quarreling. If you delay your studies, you will be the ones who suffer in the end."
"They openly talk about the alleged crimes of Duke Yansheng without any evidence. This is a complete contempt for the saint and an insult to Confucianism!" The students of the Confucius faction began to complain.
The anti-Confucianists countered, "The court has already found the evidence, but they are still shielding the murderer! These people not only insulted the saints and Confucianism, but also insulted the Ming Dynasty."
Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Xue Suoyun shouted, "Shut up! If you want to quarrel, go outside and don't quarrel in the Imperial College."
The scene suddenly became quiet.
All the students wanted to graduate as soon as possible and then go to various government offices for internships.
After the internship, he became a member of the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy.
Whether or not you can graduate has a lot to do with the chief priest.
It is better not to offend the Lord Jijiu if possible.
Just when Xue Suoyun thought he had the situation under control, a student suddenly shouted, "Get out if you want. The ancients said that those who benefit the country should be loved, and those who harm the country should be hated. Now that Duke Yansheng has surrendered to the enemy, shouldn't we spit on him?"
"Everyone!" A student stood on a high place and raised his arms and shouted: "Follow me if you have blood, and go to the Yanshenggong Mansion to seek justice!"
"Yes, let's go to Duke Yansheng's Mansion to seek justice!" The anti-Confucius students around responded in unison.
"Let's go to Duke Yansheng's Mansion to seek justice!" Hundreds of anti-Confucius students quickly reached a consensus and rushed to Duke Yansheng's Mansion in the capital.
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