Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Li Jinglong also said, "After the killing, I believe there will be living great scholars who will debate for Your Highness."

The Huaixi Group had loud voices and they were talking back and forth. Many officials from other factions were trembling with fear. These guys really came out of mountains of swords and seas of fire. They were really murderous.

The Ming Dynasty has just been established, and the people are still passionate. The imperial court really dares to kill people, and it also has the capital to do so.

In fact, it is easiest to implement various reforms in one generation.

In a few decades or a hundred years, it will not be so easy to promote reform.

Officials left the Fengtian Hall in groups of two or three, some were happy and some were sad.

……

Palace entrance.

Stretchers were carried out one by one, and immediately everyone's attention was focused.

Whether they were people from the Hundred Schools of Thought, Confucianism, or the School of Mind, as well as the common people who came to watch the fun, they all gathered here, waiting for today's results.

But when the palace gate was opened, what was seen were cold corpses lying on stretchers and covered with white cloth.

The bodies were laid down one after another, twenty-nine in number, not one less.

The eunuchs made way and countless students knelt on the ground wailing.

Seeing this scene, they already knew the result.

My own teacher died for his country!

The leading eunuch sighed. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen such a scene in his more than ten years in the palace.

"Kong Youde, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, brought along 12 lecturers from the Hanlin Academy and 16 readers from the Imperial College to die admonishing the Ming Dynasty. They all died heroically for their country. Everyone, please accept my condolences."

"Teacher! Wuwuwu, your disciple respectfully sends you off. Teacher, rest in peace on your journey to the underworld."

“Wuwuwuwu, my dear teacher, wuwuwuwu.”

“Teacher, woo woo woo woo, have a safe journey.”

"I will inherit your legacy, carry forward the past and create a prosperous Ming Dynasty!"

"What does the court say? Doesn't the court agree?"

"If the court still doesn't agree, all of us students from the Imperial College will smash our heads against the palace gate and die today!"

Everyone was crying and asking about the result. Including the Imperial College chief academician who died on the spot two days ago, there were already thirty people who died on the spot for their remonstrance.

Could it be that... the death of so many loyal ministers cannot bring about the court's determination?

"I was twenty-nine when I left, and I came back with no one alive. This is what a true scholar is like!"

"The scholars died for their advice, and the warriors died for their battles. They lived up to their status as scholars."

"Yes, at least it's better than some of the weaklings who have been demoted to the world."

"As long as the imperial court doesn't burn books and bury scholars, we, the hundreds of scholars, will continue to knock on the door!"

"Thirty loyal ministers died for their admonitions. From ancient times to the present, has there ever been a dynasty with so many people dying for their admonitions?"

People from all schools of thought expressed their respect to this group of literati who had died for their remonstrances.

The leading eunuch nodded slightly.

"In the court, loyal ministers died admonishing, and all officials seconded the proposal. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince decided to accept the officials' request and burn the books and bury the scholars alive!"

The eunuch conveyed the court's decision.

Burning books and trapping Confucius!

When these words came out, the voice was not loud, but everyone was stunned.

The court agreed!

"The imperial court agreed to burn books and bury scholars? Hahaha, the era when Confucianism oppressed other schools of thought is gone forever, hahaha!" The descendant of Mohism was the first to come to his senses and shouted excitedly.

The heir of the Zongheng family nodded and said, "Burning books and burying scholars is a great plan that benefits the country and the people! Your Highness is wise!"

The eunuch continued, "I haven't finished what I want to say yet."

Everyone fell silent.

"Eunuch, what decision has the court made? Should we start killing Confucian scholars today? We can do it for you. We guarantee that by the time we kill them all, there will be no one left who calls himself a Confucian in the capital!" asked the heir of a famous family.

The eunuch shook his head slightly.

"The court issued an edict. Lin Han, the chief priest of the Imperial Academy, died admonishing the Ming Dynasty. He devoted himself to the country and the people until his death. He was awarded the title of Minister of Rites and the title of Grand Master. The Ministry of Rites is authorized to arrange all funeral matters. He will be buried with the rites of a duke and given the posthumous title of Wenduan!"

The eunuch briefly conveyed the decree of posthumous honor.

"He was awarded the title of Minister of Rites posthumously, and given the title of Grand Tutor? He was buried with the ceremony of a Duke, and given the posthumous title of Wenduan? Is that true?"

"Wuwuwuwu, Jijiu, did you hear that in heaven? The court has not forgotten your heroic deeds!"