After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

Zhang Zhe and Liao Chengyi inside knew about the commotion outside at the first time. Master Su was also surprised and stopped questioning Zhang Zhe, because now the situation was reversed and Zhang Zhe started to question them.

"No wonder you are so confident and aggressive. It turns out you were well prepared. Humph!" Liao Chengyi said coldly, "Mr. Zichun is even more powerful than the previous officials. The students he teaches can all respond to his call."

Mr. Zichun was speechless. Before, he could say that he was not clear and firmly said that it was not him who did it. But now those students acted so uniformly, it was obvious that it was premeditated. No matter what he did, he could not defend himself and even felt a little unbelievable.

"I didn't know about this matter in advance, and it wasn't arranged by me. You should know that Su Qinghe has always had a good reputation among the students and has a good relationship with his classmates. Now that he's in trouble, his classmates will naturally come to show their concern." "After all, it's because you haven't acted prudently all the time. You arrested people, arrested Zhu Nian, arrested his neighbors, arrested students, but arrested them without trial. Everyone is suspicious, and they are in a state of panic all day long. Won't something happen when they reach their limit? You haven't solved the previous problems, and then you go to do other things. How can the students not be in chaos?"

Liao Chengyi said, "So you have a point. Shouldn't students be arrested if they make mistakes?"

Zhang Zhe said, "When Lord Lu died, we found out that the student was near Yi Garden, and Su Qinghe himself admitted that he distributed the leaflets, saying that he was defending Zhu Nian. So, shouldn't these people be arrested?"

Liao Chengyi continued his words, "We are just following orders. As officials appointed by the court, do you think we are afraid of a group of students?" His voice was high and sharp because of anger.

Then he said, "They were fighting and burning Yi Garden, they were criminals, they were no longer students at that time, Master Zhang, listen to my order, arrest all these unruly people! Just tell the group of criminals who are causing trouble that if they cause trouble, he will dare to kill people."

Liao Chengyi, who has always been indifferent to everything, is the main person in charge of Daomo City this time, and Zhang Zhe is just following his orders.

His orders were not as gentle as Zhang Zhe's, but were full of murderous intent.

Are you trying to incite officers and soldiers to kill people?

Zhang Zhe responded yes, and both Mr. Zichun and Mr. Su were shocked.

A guard hurried in from outside the door and reported that Magistrate Liang had arrived.

Liao Chengyi was like a madman at this time, biting whoever he caught. When he saw Liang Zhifu coming, he said, "Liang Jingtian, did you instigate this? This is really a good trick!"

Liang Jingtian glanced at him coldly and said, "I am a good tactician. Not only did I instigate the students to make trouble, I also invited the parents of the seniors to join in the trouble."

Liao Chengyi was about to say something when a general came in from outside and asked Liao Chengyi, "Which students' parents are persuading which students to leave?"

To persuade them to leave, which parents came... Liao Chengyi now understood that the parents Liang Jingtian invited were here to persuade the students.

"This Mo City, hum, is really extraordinary!"

Liang Jingtian said, "Mocheng itself is an ordinary town, but it became very special after the adults came."

He changed from his previous cautious and hesitant attitude. His words were sharp and his tone was firm. He was the Hanlin scholar who dared to confront Liang Ping and was demoted out of the capital.

Liao Cheng said angrily, "Liang Jingtian, you dare to stop us from doing our job? We are going to report you."

"You still want to report me, but I want to report you too. You've gone too far in correcting a wrong, bringing disaster to the country and the people. The entire Mo City has been ruined by you."

It is impossible to gain the upper hand in a fight with a civil servant, let alone a Hanlin.

The superiors were arguing so fiercely that their faces turned red, so the subordinates had to mediate and ease the atmosphere. For a moment, both Liao Chengyi and Prefect Liang stood up to give advice.

"Lord Liao, please calm down. Magistrate Liang didn't mean that either. We all hope to resolve the matter quickly."

"This is not what everyone wants to see..."

“Everyone means well...”

After some persuasion, Liao Chengyi and Liang Jingtian finally calmed down a little and sat down.

Liao Chengyi said, "Since they are young and immature, I can let them go. As long as they retreat now, that's enough."

Liang Jingtian said: Just saying this won't solve the problem. Even if you retreat, it will happen again. What's the point of doing this?

When Liao Cheng heard him say this, he became angry again and immediately stood up and argued, "Don't even think about pushing your luck. We are not easy to bully."

The subordinates again spoke in a gentle and consoling voice, which prevented another quarrel.

An official pulled Prefect Liang and said, "Most eunuchs are narrow-minded and have strange tempers. They are not fair in their work. If they really get angry and arrest the students outside the gate, the students will suffer in the end!"

Liang Jingtian stood up and looked at Mr. Zichun beside him. "How do you so-called teachers teach your students? It's the teacher's fault if you don't teach strictly."

When superiors quarreled with each other, the anger eventually burned the subordinates and them. After all, they were the ones who directly supervised the students.

The officials in the government and the subordinates all lowered their heads in silence. Mr. Zichun's face suddenly darkened, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes, but it eventually dissipated.

Liang Jingtian said, "Why don't you hurry up? Are you waiting to go to the prison to give lectures?"

All of a sudden, the teachers and clerks of the prefectural school stood up and left quickly. Mr. Zichun stood up and wanted to follow them, but before leaving, he said, "Master Liao, please treat my students well. They did make mistakes after the inspection. I didn't discipline them strictly at that time. Please don't punish them."

Master Su, who had been silent since hearing that the gate of Yi Garden outside was blocked, stood up and bowed to Liao Chengyi.

"Please bear with me, Lord Liao."

Liao Chengyi pretended not to hear and just turned away.

There was another commotion at the gate of Yiyuan, but at that time the students' parents were crying and cursing.

"We worked so hard to send you to school, are we going to let you die?"

"Get back here!"

"Even if you die, please don't drag down your family."

"If you don't go back, I won't live anymore. Just watch me die for your own justice."

These voices came one after another, but more of them were harsh and eloquent.

"I can't discipline you anymore, right? Tie you up for me."

"take away!"

"Let me go, Dad, you can't do this!"

"If he doesn't obey, I'll break his legs and prevent him from leaving the house."

There were students who were constantly persuaded to leave or abducted by their parents, and there were also many people who tried to dissuade them and fought hard.

"If there is no result today, I would rather die than regret it." When the dispute became more serious, the young man lay on the ground and shouted loudly.

This is also a lesson for those students who are powerless to resist.

"When your classmates are in trouble, why are you so scared?"

"I can't just sit there and watch. How can I know that what happens today won't be what I will be like tomorrow."

The scene was in chaos. Xue hugged Yingge and said, "Son, let's go home. Did they beat you? You are still injured!"

Liu Wenru stared at the boy in front of him with wide eyes. "Just tell me what you want to do. Do you want me to help you go, or do you want to go by yourself?"

Yingge said, "I choose not to leave."

Liu Wenru said with a spit, "Why are you trying to be a hero? Kidnap him!"

Just as Mr. Zichun and the officials from the prefectural school who were following him came out, the students all looked at him and immediately asked him questions.

The official of the prefectural school said, "Okay, everyone go away. Stop making trouble and bring trouble to your family and the government."

Before the students could ask him, someone asked loudly, "Has Young Master Qinghe been released? Will Zhu Nian be interrogated?"

As soon as the student finished speaking, Yingge asked again, and then more students asked about this matter.

Mr. Zichun raised his hand and the students immediately quieted down.

"Qinghe confessed his guilt, so he will not be released," he responded.

The students were in an uproar. They wanted to ask more questions, but Mr. Zichun asked first, "After you know this, what will you do? You are helping them by doing this now. I think you are actually harming them. This is simply ridiculous and absurd."

The students fell silent upon hearing this.

Yingge asked, "Then how can we help them?"

Liang Jingtian also came out and saw that it was Yingge who was speaking in front of him, so he said sternly, "Help? How can we help? If they are innocent, they will be released naturally without your help. But if they are guilty, your help will be useless."

Yingge said, "As long as the government is fair and just, there is no need for us to help."

After just a few days of study, he became eloquent. Liang Jingtian looked at Mr. Zichun with hatred.

Then the other students started shouting as well.

Liang Jingtian said, "The matter is not clear yet, and the follow-up is still to be verified. How can you say that the government is unfair? The murderer in Ruijin is on the run, and people are panicking. You are still acting like this. How can you not be regarded as a suspect? Leave quickly, otherwise no one can help you. Besides, you are still students now. If you make trouble again, you will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination next year..."

As the prefect of Mo City, he has the power to decide matters concerning the next imperial examination. If they cannot take part in the prefectural examination this time, their lives will be over.

This threat immediately silenced the noisy people around. What is the purpose of studying? To put it bluntly, isn't it to bring honor to the family? If this opportunity is gone, what is the meaning of studying?

If that's the case, what's the point of reading books?

After a moment of silence, the parent's voice of consolation was heard.

"Go back quickly and stop making trouble."

But there are still students laughing and saying ""

"Fearing power and avoiding the world, studying is useless, being an official without moral integrity is just stealing fame." He said loudly, "Sir, we study not for the imperial examination, but for the truth. If we avoid justice for the sake of the imperial examination, how can we face our past selves in the future? If that happens, we might as well not take the imperial examination."

More students agreed. "We are not studying for the imperial examination."

"We study for the sake of the Tao, the Tao of justice."

"To uphold the great principles of heaven and earth, to ensure the livelihood of the people, to continue the legacy of the predecessors, and to usher in a century of peace."

"If I don't even have this much courage, how can I have the face to study and how can I have the face to be an official in the future?"

"If you're studying like this, you might as well go back and sell sweet potatoes!"

The shouts shook the crowd. Liang Jingtian looked at the group of students in front of him with a gloomy face. Even the teachers and school officers beside him were stunned. This group of students who they didn't pay much attention to seemed to have grown into a towering tree without their knowledge. The parents were also stunned, as if they had to get to know their children again. In addition, what are the sweet potatoes they are talking about...

At this point, the students did not come over again, but just sat on the ground.

"We are here to study, so let's study now." Someone shouted loudly, singing "The way of university is to manifest the bright virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at goodness."

The sound of reading can be heard everywhere.

“Only when you know your limits can you be determined; only when you are determined can you be calm; only when you are calm can you be at peace; only when you are at peace can you think; only when you think can you achieve.”

"In ancient times, those who wished to manifest the illustrious virtue... first governed their country; those who wished to govern their country first governed their family; those who wished to govern their family first cultivated themselves...."

For a moment, the young men who were sitting cross-legged all shook their heads and recited in unison. Their voices were as loud as clouds, and the audience was in awe.