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

After saying that, he looked at the steps of the palace, and found that there was no space left, so he looked at the dragon pillars on both sides, picked the one closest to him, and bumped into it directly.

After the collision, he fell beside Liu Sanwu.

"Brother Zhang, why did it come to this? Why did it come to this?" Liu Sanwu hugged Zhang Jinzhong and burst into tears.

Liu Sanwu and Zhang Jinzhong are fellow villagers. They both passed the imperial examinations and supported each other along the way. In the beginning, Liu Sanwu often asked Zhang Jinzhong to borrow money to make ends meet.

"Brother Liu, I... after I die, I will no longer be able to drink tea with you. Remember, as scholars, we must be loyal to the emperor and the people. We must do our best and work until our death."

Zhang Jinzhong stretched out his hand, Liu Sanwu held it tightly, and after he finished speaking, he fell into Liu Sanwu's arms.

"Brother Zhang is right. We study for the benefit of the people. We study for the advancement of civilization. For the sake of our country and the people, dying for the sake of the people is nothing but death! What is there to be afraid of? I, Xu Wende, will die for the sake of the people!"

As he said that, he rushed towards the dragon pillar that Zhang Jinzhong had just hit. He hit it so hard that the golden dragon seemed to be flattened and fell to the ground on the spot.

"If you study not for the country and the people, but only for your own petty gains, then what kind of books are you reading? You dare not be the first in the world, dare not set a precedent for destroying Confucianism, but we do! I, Li Bowen, will die in protest!"

"That's right, to plead for the people and be loyal to the country, these eight words are the innate mission of us scholars! I don't want to be a servile person, a person who loses power and humiliates the country, and I don't want my descendants to be like that! Today is nothing more than death!"

"I have studied for forty-eight years, not for fame and fortune, but to implement the Four Sentences of Hengqu! Today, I will die with my broken body, with corrupt morals, betraying my teacher and ancestors, so what? For the sake of the common people, for the country, I have no regrets! Today, I am willing to die to ask for your approval, please allow me!"

"We are ready to die today! We didn't expect to leave Fengtian Palace alive today! Even if we die on the spot, as long as Your Highness approves, I will die with my eyes closed!"

"I am willing to shoulder all the insults! I only ask Your Highness to grant my request to burn books and bury scholars, so as to revive the Ming Dynasty! I, Qian Wenzheng, am willing to die for you, and I beg Your Highness to grant my request!"

"Your Highness, I know that Your Highness is unwilling to disobey the words of the saints and depose the saints' ancestors, but today we are carrying the coffin and dying to advise you. For the sake of the country and the people, please bear the pain of burning books and burying scholars, and revive our Ming Dynasty. If you do so, I will die without regrets!"

The people who were kneeling behind Kong Youde to give him advice stood up one by one and died in the Fengtian Hall.

Watching them being crashed to death one after another, who in the court would not be moved?

Even Lan Yu, who had always looked down on them, felt at this moment that they were unparalleled talents in the country.

Among these people, there were several who were highly respected and virtuous. Even the late Crown Prince Zhu Biao treated them with great courtesy when he met them during his lifetime. Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to speak loudly to them, for fear that these elderly men would be angered to death on the spot by him.

Many young officials in the court, both civil and military, were taught by them.

Now, none of them had a good end. They all died in the Fengtian Palace for the goal of making everyone in the Ming Dynasty like a dragon.

How many teachers are there in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College now?

All the civil and military officials in the court bowed their heads. They couldn't believe that this group of people were all killed on the spot without exception. Wouldn't it be better to just live a good life?

People all over the world are living a hard life, what does it have to do with you?

Everyone should mind their own business and not worry about other people's problems. Is it worth it if you die for them?

Zhu Yunhuan was already in tears.

I wiped away my tears again and again.

Kong Youde kowtowed three times, "Gentlemen, have a safe journey!"

After the knock, Kong Youde's face was covered in blood. He stood up tremblingly, still a little unsteady. He was already old, and his brain could not withstand such a knock.

"Wow, oh, teacher! Teacher! How can you be so cruel as to abandon your disciple?"