I was compiling the daily records during the Wanli reign

Chapter 42 Famous Scene! Shen Nian’s Disciplinary Lesson (Part )

The next day in the afternoon.

In the northeast corner of the capital, there is Chongjiaofang and the Imperial College.

Doctors, bookkeepers, teaching assistants, principals, registrars, and stewards (collectively known as teachers) and nearly a thousand students gathered in the front courtyard.

There were crowds of people, standing shoulder to shoulder, filling almost every corner.

At this moment, the teachers and students were all confused.

Zhou Ziyi, the director of the Imperial College, only notified all teachers and students to gather in the front yard in the afternoon, but did not specify the reason.

As usual.

This scale either means the emperor or the cabinet ministers are here to give speeches, or the Ministry of Rites has a major event planned.

However, such matters are usually notified in advance and even communicated in writing.

But now there is nothing. The chief priest and the secretary have not appeared today, which is a bit strange.

……

After a while.

Wang Xijue, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and Zhou Ziyi, the director of the Imperial College, came to the front hall.

The two men were followed by several servants, carrying a round wooden platform about three feet high and five feet in diameter.

Wang Xijue walked to the center of the front courtyard and ordered the servants to place the wooden platform in the middle. Then he shouted, "Where is the Supervisor of the Shengqu Hall?"

The two supervisors walked out quickly.

"With this wooden platform as the center, the instructors will form a line in front, and the students will form a line in the back. The three elders will be here soon!"

The Second Supervisor did not dare to delay and quickly organized the team.

When the teachers and students heard that the three elders were coming in person, their expressions became serious.

Although they love to ridicule, argue and talk big, they are very timid in front of their superiors.

I dare not make the slightest mistake in etiquette.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, which regarded students of the Imperial College as a hot commodity, the Ming Dynasty was most fond of regulating the Imperial College.

Especially during the founding period of Ming Dynasty by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the first year of Hongwu, the Imperial College was still called the Imperial Academy.

The first chief priest, Xu Cunren, was impeached and died in prison; the second chief priest, Liang Zhen, was exiled to his hometown; the third chief priest, Wei Guan, was exiled and killed; the fourth chief priest, Le Shaofeng, was dismissed due to illness; the fifth chief priest, Li Jing, was dismissed for his crimes.

And fifteen years later in Hongwu.

The Imperial College was renamed the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy's chief academic officer was punished repeatedly and rarely had a good end.

It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang's death that life in the Imperial College became a little better.

The reason why the imperial court targeted the Imperial College.

This is because the Imperial College is the model of official schools in the world, but the school officials love to discuss state affairs, write nonsense, and from time to time are involved in some political parties.

Disciplined them.

The scholars and literati among the people will be more restrained, and the court will be more quiet.

But the students come in batches.

Among young people around the age of twenty, there is always a small group of people who are full of vigor and are not afraid of death for the sake of being honest and upright, but they have high expectations but lack the ability to achieve them.

Therefore, it is necessary to tidy up from time to time.

The reason why Wang Xijue and Zhou Ziyi did not tell them the truth about today.

This is because some of the teachers and students are very cunning and slippery.

If they knew it was a disciplinary lesson.

It would be better if Shen Nian, a seventh-rank Hanlin reviewer, gave them a warning lesson. He would definitely find an excuse to ask for leave.

In the past, some teachers and students who pretended to be sick or injured were beaten with sticks from time to time.

The way they ask for leave has now risen to another level of "self-abuse".

For example: wearing thin clothes and sitting on the roof at night to catch a cold; eating too much croton and having diarrhea to the point that you really can't pull up your pants; hitting your head on the doorpost and not stopping until there is no bleeding or swelling, etc.

The methods are varied and difficult to guard against.

For the sake of face, people can do anything shameless.

But now that I'm here, I can't leave.

If you want to find a reason to slip away, you must get approval from Wang Xijue and Zhou Ziyi.

……

About a quarter of an hour later.

The three cabinet ministers Zhang Juzheng, Lu Diaoyang and Zhang Siwei, the two grand secretaries Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing, Shen Nian, and several record-keeping clerks came to the Imperial College together.

at the same time.

Zhou Hai, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, led more than 30 Embroidered Uniform Guards to stand at the outermost edge, each holding a shiny black chestnut wood staff wrapped in iron sheets.

The teachers and students of the Imperial College were all shocked.

The Jinyiwei were directly under the emperor's authority, so their deployment was a major event. Bringing a chestnut stick meant they might punish someone. The Jinyiwei were the very face-hinderers of the Imperial College's instructors and students.

The three cabinet ministers, Zhang Juzheng, Lu Diaoyang and Zhang Siwei, strode into the middle of the crowd, and then Zhang Juzheng stepped onto the wooden platform on a stool.

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard lightly and coughed twice, and the courtyard instantly became quiet.

No one even dared to breathe deeply.

"Since the imperial court began rectifying academic trends, the Imperial College has performed reasonably well. However, some instructors still have little regard for academic affairs, some dreaming of changing jobs, or writing private books within the government offices. Furthermore, some students are lazy and unmotivated, earning a very poor reputation among the people of the capital."

"The Imperial College is the model for all schools of learning. If it has bad conduct and poor academic performance, how can officials across the country learn from it?"

"According to the cabinet's decision, today we will hold a disciplinary lesson for all the teachers and students of the Imperial College. The lecturer will be Shen Nian, the reviewer of the Hanlin Academy!"

Swish!
It was like someone spat in the faces of the instructors in the front row.

The latter collectively turned black.

Immediately, seven or eight people took a step forward and were about to speak.

What is admonition? It means criticism and education.

For example, if a teacher scolds a student, a father scolds his son, or even if a superior scolds a subordinate, the word "admonition" cannot be used if the person is not senior enough or has a high enough rank.

If the cabinet ministers come to give a lecture.

If what you say is right, they can tolerate it, but if it is wrong, they will definitely refute it.

now.

A 25-year-old seventh-rank official came to reprimand him, which was unacceptable to the eighth-rank instructors.

Being reprimanded by Shen Nian here.

That is equivalent to Shen Nian acting as their elder and their teacher.

Isn't this insulting?
It is a great shame and humiliation, and it damages one's reputation.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the several teachers who had come out and said sternly, "Listen to the instructions first, and then talk about other things after it's over. Anyone who disrupts order will be punished with forty strokes of the cane!"

boom! boom! boom!
The Jinyiwei outside coordinated by hitting the ground with chestnut wood sticks.

The instructor who stepped out of the line suddenly became a little timid.

Forty strokes of the cane, if you want to kill someone, it will definitely kill them.

They expressed their dissatisfaction to the court.

It has always been done through metaphors in poetry, indirect hints in writing, riddles, or allusions to satirize the present.

If they were asked to confront the three elders in person, they would not dare to do so.

"Are you going to contradict the elder? Retreat immediately!" Wang Xijue said to the instructor who stood up.

He knew that if these people did not obey, he would definitely punish them with a stick in court to establish his authority.

Immediately, all the teachers retreated.

I began to think about how to explain today's shame to the common people in a subtle way.

immediately.

Zhang Juzheng, Lü Diaoyang, Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Zhou Ziyi walked to the front entrance of the hall and sat down.

Sitting there, they could see everything without affecting Shen Nian's instruction.

at the same time.

Shen Nian strode onto the wooden platform.

Two Jinyiwei stood on both sides of him, holding embroidered spring swords in their hands, with very serious expressions.

It is impossible for ordinary young people not to be nervous when encountering such a big scene.

But Shen Nian, he was a famous teacher who had lectured to three thousand people, how could he be stage fright!

If he really got beaten today.

What remained on his body was not a wound, but glory! It was his performance review! It was the jade vine and golden vine that helped him soar to the sky!
He stood on the wooden platform and looked around.

He waited until everyone's attention was on him before he spoke.

"Teachers and students of the Imperial College, I, Shen Nian, will be serving as the Imperial Academy's Reviewer, concurrently serving as the Imperial Lecturer and Recorder of the Daily Records."

After he said this, there was an obvious sound of gnashing teeth.

There is no young person who does not envy Shen Nian's assignment.

Shen Nian raised his voice and continued, "You must be wondering, how can a seventh-rank official like me be qualified to teach you at the Imperial College, a fourth-rank institution? Let me tell you, why?"

"Because if the elders come to lecture you, I'm afraid many of you here will pack up and go home!"

"My coming to admonish you means you can still be saved, and you're not that bad!"

After Shen Nian finished speaking, all the eyes were fixed on him, and in their eyes, it was clearly written: a villain who has achieved success, grandstanding, alarmist, and shameless...

This group of people cannot be successfully disciplined just by talking.

(End of this chapter)