Shandong Governor Wang Zaijin and other officials expected the next changes because of the events in the central court, and began to prepare for the future. However, many officials were still living in a daze and even gloating.

At this time, Zhou Qiyuan, an official of the Donglin Party, said in a Jiangnan Guild Hall, to Qian Qianyi and other Donglin officials, "The nearly a hundred scholars, most of them are my southern scholars, who will be killed as soon as they say they are killed. Mr. Xiuwu was also punished like Liu Jin! What's even more annoying is that in order to charm the thief, Gu Bingqian even ordered Mr. Xiuwu to be cut off from his tongue! Humph! The court treated our scholars like this, and waited for the transportation of grain to stop, and the world would be in chaos!"

"That's right, what happened to our scholar killing a few Jinyiwei? It's just a group of hawks in the court. If you beat it to death, it's for the people to eliminate the harm! You actually asked our scholar to pay for his life! It's simply outrageous! It also shows how cruel the court is now!"

The censor Hou Xun also agreed.

The son Chen Xiancai also bowed to the officials of Zhudonglin and said, "Donalds, students, many southern scholars who are still in Beijing, as well as like-minded Northern Zhili scholars, all decided to terminate the Northern Zhili provincial examination and the next year's imperial examination. This way, the court that slaughtered the scholars for the military officers is not worthy of our service!"

"It's great! That's it. If I haven't passed the Jinshi yet, I'll give up the exam!"

Ding Kuichu was very sure of Chen Xianshu's approach at this time and said, "The exam should be stopped! Then there are not many people in the court who can choose!"

"We are planning to do this. We have mobilized more than 800 candidates to take the exam and more than 100 students from Beizhili to take the exam! I have also decided not to take the exam this time and will go home next month!"

The juren Kong Wenxiu also started to say with a smile at this time.

The son Miao Taiji also said, "We have purchased land in Zhangjiawan to bury Mr. Xiuwu because his own land has been detained as an official. In addition, we are preparing to go to Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou to pay homage to Mr. Xiuwu after the examination is over. As well as the corpses of Mr. Wu and Dong, who died of fear of the hawks and dogs of the court, we have raised funds for them to buy coffins and prepare to transport them back to their respective hometowns for burial! The court is ruthless, but it does not mean that our scholars are unrighteous!"

"Whoever doesn't give up the exam this time is just to be sorry to Mr. Xiuwu, and to the eighty-seven gentlemen who died bravely fighting the factory guards!"

Chen Xiance shouted excitedly after Miao Taiji said this.

The disciple Kong Wenxiu also said, "Brother Chen is right. Whoever doesn't give up the exam this time is just to be sorry to Mr. Xiuwu and the 87 gentlemen who died bravely fighting against the factory guards!"

The other pickets responded.

This time, the tough behavior of Emperor Zhu Youxiao, such as the forcibly executed Li Sancai and the troublemakers, did arouse great dissatisfaction among the scholars and civil servants from Jiangnan, especially some scholars and civil servants from Jiangnan.

In other words, the Later Jin regime established by Nurhaci has not yet been seen by scholars of this era that it has investment potential.

Otherwise, these people would have been to the Later Jin Dynasty.

But because Zhu Youxiao now used Xiong Tingbi and others to suppress the trend of Nurhaci's Later Jin regime in Liaodong and still maintained an offensive, these civil servants were dissatisfied with the court and only dared to give up the exam.

After all, they are still the ruling class of the Ming Empire and still enjoy the privileges given to them by the imperial court.

Qian Qianyi laughed at this scene: "After the exam, the grain transportation was cut off, and the tax increased sharply. I don't know how the emperor and his favorite ministers would deal with it. I will first tell Master Han and let him inform the court."

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"What, nearly a thousand scholars are about to stop the exam?"

After learning about this from Qian Qianyi, Han Yu immediately sat up in a panic and asked Qian Qianyi uneasy: "You are quite famous in the literary world of Shilin. Can you persuade them? How can you act irritably?"

"This is public outrage, not a functional barrier."

Qian Qianyi replied.

Han Yu sighed and hurriedly sent someone to invite Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, to the cabinet, and informed him of the large number of scholars preparing to take the exam.

After hearing this, Sun Ruyou couldn't help but stamp his feet and said, "The officials guessed that such a thing would happen. Unfortunately, Your Majesty refused to listen and insisted on severely punishing the troublemakers to maintain the majesty of the court, but he refused to be kind. Now, the scholars in the world were disappointed with the court, which led to nearly a thousand scholars being dismissed. How can the court obtain talents? Should this provincial examination be conducted?"

When Qian Qianyi saw that the second assistant Han Yu and the Minister of Rites Sun Ruyou sighed so much, he laughed secretly and said to himself: "The ministers and the officials of the Spring Festival are already so panicked, and I don't know what the emperor knew about so many scholars' reaction after the exam."

"From the servant, I should tell Yuan Fu immediately. This time, this time it has reached this point, Yuan Fu will be blamed! If he hadn't helped Gu Bingqian as the Minister of Justice, these troublemakers and Li Xiuwu would not have been executed so soon!"

Han Du said as he said to Qian Qianyi: "Go to see Yuanfu with us!"

"yes!"

Qian Qianyi replied, thinking: "Shifu is indeed a clever one. It is not easy to blame the emperor directly for this matter. After all, it is not easy for the minister to directly talk about the emperor's faults. Unless it is really necessary to rebel, it is better to take this opportunity to let the emperor blame Fang Congzhe, so that it will be easier to defeat Fang Congzhe."

Han Yu did have such an idea, so he came to Fang Congzhe's duty room and asked him again and said, "Yuan Fuke already knows that because of the murderer and Li Xiuwu's execution, nearly a thousand scholars have decided to take the exam in secret?"

"Yes! Yuan Fu, you must ask about this matter. Do I still want to compete in the Ming Dynasty and win over the wise men of the world?"

Sun Ruyou also started asking.

Qian Qianyi looked at Fang Congzhe secretly, and he wanted to see how this treacherous minister who was wanted to be eaten alive by his Donglin Party would deal with it.

What a big deal!

Fang Congzhe glanced at the three of them speechlessly.

Qian Qianyi was secretly surprised because of this. He didn't expect Fang Congzhe to be so calm.

"I will take you to see Your Majesty! At that time, Qian Yude, you will report what you know to Your Majesty truthfully."

After listening to the retelling of Han Yu and Sun Ruyou, Fang Congzhe knew that it was Qian Qianyi who came to report it, so he ordered Qian Qianyi.

"yes!"

Qian Qianyi replied.

So, Fang Congzhe brought these three people to Zuoshunmen and asked to enter the palace to meet Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

After Zhu Youxiao learned about it, Fang Congzhe was allowed to bring them in.

Fang Congzhe also informed Zhu Youxiao of nearly a thousand scholars going to take the exam.

Han Yu followed and said, "This matter is very important, so please let Your Majesty decide, how can you make the scholars in the world change their minds?"

"This matter is due to the previous incident. I think that although the court cannot make up for the previous mistakes, it can posthumously posthumously and bury the court to magnify the hearts of the people of the world. Otherwise, if this continues, the court will have few talents to be gained. I would like to ask Your Majesty to give a clear review."

Sun Ruyou returned.
Chapter completed!