Chapter 404 This Grand Master is doing things, why do you care about the feelings of scholars!
"What, someone from Dongchang?"
Zhejiang governor's yamen, Li Jinan was shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly dropped the hand holding the little maid's feet, her legs became weak.
Not long after, the official school Dongchang came to fetch him really came to him with an imperial edict.
The hundred households headed by Liang Zhidong said: "Li Jin'an, you have been dismissed, and we are here to take you to Beijing by order."
"What crime have I committed?"
Li Jinan asked.
Liang Zhidong replied: "The crime of resisting the order!"
Li Jinan collapsed on the ground after hearing this, and suddenly turned over and knelt on the ground again: "Master Imperial Envoy Mingjian! The lower officials did not resist the decree. Now, if there is any resistance to the decree in the local area, it is all done by the parents and officials of their prefectures and counties. The lower officials do not know ah!"
"You maidservant still has the cloth on her feet, how can it be considered a rebellion, isn't she a Han woman?"
Liang Zhidong asked after speaking.
Then, Liang Zhidong asked the maid: "What's your name?"
The servant girl replied: "Slave Yulian."
"It is a Han woman. According to the imperial rule of judging Han people, those who can speak Chinese are Han women."
Liang Zhidong looked at Li Jinan after speaking: "How do you say?"
Li Jinan tremblingly said: "She did it voluntarily, she entangled herself, and she resisted the order!"
Liang Zhidong said after hearing this: "Okay, I will **** you, a woman named Yulian, to Beijing and kill you! Who told you to resist the order!"
The servant girl named Yulian was also clever, and knelt down quickly: "My lord, please forgive me! The servant girl is not voluntary. The servant girl wished to be the maidservant of the county lord Yu's family. She was released by order a long time ago. It was because Master Li refused to do so. He wrapped it up again, and asked his servants to come here, and asked them to be his housemaids."
Liang Zhidong looked at Li Jin'an after hearing this: "Li Jin'an, you kept Han women as slaves, and violated the edict to bind Han women's feet, and said you were not resisting the edict?"
"That's not the end of the crime!"
Li Jinan hurriedly shouted.
He also felt aggrieved for a moment, because he just disobeyed the edict prohibiting footbinding.
After all, the content of the edict prohibiting foot-binding clearly states that if the foot-binding still violates the order, half of the family property will be confiscated, and it is not necessary for Dongchang to arrest and bring it to Beijing for strict punishment.
"What about the innocent sticking to the Han family's female life?"
Liang Zhidong asked.
Li Jinan was taken aback when he heard this. He didn't expect Dongchang to know about it: "Officials who patrol the places on behalf of the emperor have the right to beheaded first and then played. Let alone officials who kill people. Is it necessary for Dongchang to mobilize the crowd like this?"
Boom!
Liang Zhidong directly kicked Li Jinan over: "How many times has the emperor talked about the 'love of fellow countrymen', and you are still emphasizing that the official respects the people here, why are you so unprogressive!"
"Just want to talk about the difference between the government and the people, not about the feelings of fellow nationals. In your eyes, you are just an ordinary Han family girl, but you are killing the lives of Han people in vain, do you know that?"
"The governor has the right to kill first and then act, but it doesn't mean that he will not settle accounts afterwards!"
Li Jinan was also dragged away.
And when Li Jinan was dragged away, he only shouted at the maid named Yulian: "Bitch! Thanks to the old man who favors you so much, you actually betrayed the old man! You have no sense of etiquette and shame!"
Although Li Jin'an is the governor of Zhejiang in the officialdom, he is very high in the Confucianism.
Therefore, shortly after Li Jinan was dismissed and taken to Beijing for the crime of resisting the decree, the matter caused an uproar among scholars.
Many scholar-bureaucrats who still respect Neo Confucianism also ran for Li Jinan to intercede.
Famous Confucianists Sun Qifeng and Lu Shanji even came to Zhang Gui’s Sui State Mansion in person to seek an audience and intercede for Li Jin’an.
"Li Jin'an violated the national law, resisted the imperial decree, and violated the sacred will. What's the use of you looking for this grand master?"
However, after Zhang Gui saw these two people, he did not agree to intercede for Li Jinan, but only asked this sentence.
"That's what I said, but the grand master has the most holy family, and His Majesty will always obey the grand master's words. Now, as long as the grand master speaks, it might not be impossible to save Mr. Merlin's life."
Sun Qifeng replied after hearing what Zhang Gui said.
Lu Shanji also followed suit and said, "That's right, how can the common people be more important than the great Confucianism? It's been difficult for ten years to be a great Confucian, Grand Master! Can Li Jin'an be dismissed instead of exiled or executed?"
After hearing this, Zhang Gui said: "Talk more about the feelings of fellow countrymen, and less about the differences between scholars and people, officials and people! How many times have I said it!"
Sun Qifeng and Lu Shanji's expressions turned ugly after hearing this.
At this time, Lu Shanji couldn't help but continued to speak for Li Jin'an, and changed his address to Zhang Gui: "Uncle Guo, although you are a noble family and have made great achievements, you have not been popular all over the world. Scholars respect you very much." The reviews have always been poor, but now if Uncle Guo is lenient to Mr. Merlin, it may not be possible to win the favor of scholars all over the world, and thus gain a good reputation."
Sun Qifeng followed suit and said, "As Duke Lu said. Uncle Guo, scholars all over the world are watching. If you take this opportunity to spare Li Jin'an, you might be able to make friends with scholars all over the world."
boom!
Zhang Gui put the teacup heavily on the table, and said: "Are you trying to kill Grand Master Ben, or are you really stupid?! Let Grand Master take advantage of this to make good friends with scholars in the world. What are scholars in the world? The teacher must go to make friends? Why do I have to please some scholars when I have been doing things all my life?!"
After Zhang Gui finished speaking, he said: "Get out! It's too much to speculate, is it that the repair of "Apocalypse Canon" is not enough to keep you busy, and you have to come here to find yourself uncomfortable!"
Lu Shanji's face turned red all of a sudden, he didn't expect Zhang Gui to see through his little thoughts all of a sudden, so he had no choice but to leave here with fear.
Sun Qifeng was naturally the same, he left here in embarrassment, and could only secretly sigh that Li Jinan might not escape death.
Not long after Lu Shanji and Sun Qifeng left Zhang Gui's place, Zhang Gui was called into the palace by Tianqi.
It turns out that Tianqi summoned Zhang Gui to Beijing for no other reason than for a book he recently finished writing by staying up all night. He wanted to invite Zhang Gui to read it first.
After Zhang Gui read it, he found that it was all related to Tianqi’s own analysis of what he knew.
Tianqi also said at this time: "The books of the sages like to reason. Naturally, I can't be like the sages and reason, and I may not be as good as them. I don't like books that only know reason. So I just wrote what I know, many of which you told me, such as what is electricity, what is an element, what is wind, what is force, and what is steam."
As he spoke, Tian Qi said again: "It's just that I haven't figured out what to name this book, and I want to hear your suggestion."
After Zhang Gui heard this, he thought for a while and said, "In that case, why not call your Majesty's book the Great Encyclopedia? The so-called Encyclopedia is the true definition of all things, and the science that Ko Naichen said is practical learning, which is the definition of seeking truth from facts. "
Tianqi thought for a while and said, "That's the name!" Then he smiled and said, "It's you after all, who can think of such an easy-to-understand name."
Zhang Gui just smiled slightly.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian rushed in: "Your Majesty! Many Confucian students from the Imperial College and various colleges knelt outside the Daming Gate, saying that they wanted to intercede for Li Jinan!"
"Li Jinan?"
(end of this chapter)