Chapter 329 Never Compromise
At noon in the morning, the Caishikou area in the south of Bianjing Outer City was under martial law, and many people surrounded the road on both sides.
This execution was publicized in advance. The previous execution of Feng Deguang by the Supreme Emperor was not made public. This execution of an official was the first public execution of an official in decades.
For the common people, they like to see high-ranking officials being executed.
Class hatred exists at all times.
If it hadn't been for the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division searching everywhere this morning, I'm afraid more people would have come.
At this moment, a group of men dressed as scholars came over.
"This is an important place for law enforcement. No unauthorized entry is allowed!"
The vigilant soldiers quickly stepped forward and stopped the group of people.
"Shilang Peng died unjustly in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The reason has not yet been found out. How can we continue to execute the other adults?"
The leading scholar looked upright, raised his hands in the direction of the palace and said: "The Minister of Punishment is a treacherous man who excludes dissidents. Your Majesty has expired. We are scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam, and we must not sit back and watch this happen."< br>
After saying that, he continued to move forward regardless of the swords and guns of the soldiers, and he had the momentum to go forward despite thousands of people.
The soldiers armed with swords and guns were forced to retreat step by step.
They are just ordinary servants of the Ministry of Justice. If these scholars are injured, they will be in big trouble.
"What's going on?"
Dutou from a distance came over in a hurry.
A soldier came forward and explained the situation to Dutou.
Everyone looked at this group of scholars and felt a headache. He thought for a while and said, "Ignore them for now. I'll report it to you!"
He's just a bigoted guy, and he can't afford to deal with anything that happens, so it's better to leave it to the officials above to have a headache.
With Dutou, the soldiers would no longer care about the scholars.
Dozens of scholars walked directly onto the guillotine built in the center of the mouth and sat down cross-legged.
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Yan Kuan led a group of officials in the car in front, followed by four prison cars, escorting the four officials to the execution ground.
As they were walking, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"What's going on?" Yan Kuan opened the car curtain and frowned.
"My lord!"
They all stepped forward and saluted: "A group of scholars came from the execution ground to block the execution. I don't know what to do, so I came here to ask for instructions!"
"Bastard!" Yan Kuan's face changed dramatically when he heard this, and he shouted: "Don't you know you stopped him?"
"Sir, those scholars are marching forward with swords and guns, how dare you stop them?" Du said with a grimace.
"Waste!"
Yan Kuan wished he could kill this Dutou. If he didn't stop him and let him go, wouldn't it be more troublesome?
Zhao Xing ignored even Zhu Shi and insisted on executing these officials. If the execution could not be carried out as scheduled, Zhao Xing might be tempted to kill him.
Yan Kuan's face was ugly, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about countermeasures.
It was already a quarter past noon, and it would definitely be too late to go to the palace to ask for instructions.
But those scholars risked their lives to stop him, and he was also in a difficult position.
If he hurt those scholars, his reputation would be ruined.
But if the execution is delayed, Zhao Xing will not let him go.
After thinking for a moment, Yan Kuan gritted his teeth and said, "Go back immediately and arrest those scholars for interfering with the law field."
"Sir, there are quite a few of those scholars, and they are very emotional. If we arrest them by force, I am afraid they will be injured." They all felt confused.
Although he is just a small person, he is not stupid. He is worried that if he does what Yan Kuan says, he will be treated as an outcast later.
"What nonsense! When I arrive at the execution ground, if you don't get the person away, I won't be able to spare you!" After Yan Kuan finished speaking, he lowered the car curtain.
Everyone saw this and had no choice but to go back and arrest them.
By the time Yan Kuan arrived at the execution ground, the scholars had already been taken away.
Yan Kuan had the officials' crimes read out to the public, and nothing happened until the execution. When the knife fell, four heads fell to the ground, blood spattered out, and the people watching screamed in surprise. Yan Kuan was not in the mood to care about this. He asked the accompanying officials to collect the corpse and deal with the aftermath, and immediately left the execution ground and went to the palace.
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Inside Longtu Pavilion
Zhao Xing looked at Yan Kuan who came in anxiously, waved his hand and said: "I already know the matter, you did a good job."
Yan Kuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He knew that he had made the right bet.
But there's another big problem.
Yan Kuan saluted and said: "Your Majesty, what should we do with those scholars?"
"These scholars are all scholars who participated in this Enke. They forced themselves into the execution ground. How qualified are they to participate in the imperial examination and become officials? They will all be revoked and will never be hired!" Zhao Xing said calmly.
Yan Kuan didn't expect Zhao Xing's attitude to be so determined, and was stunned when he heard this.
"How..."
Just as Zhao Xing was about to speak, a chamberlain hurriedly walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, there are hundreds of scholars sitting quietly outside the palace gate, saying that they are asking Your Majesty to get rid of the traitors and go to court!"
"Get rid of traitors?"
Zhao Xing laughed angrily when he heard this, looked at Yan Kuan and said: "Yan Aiqing, the traitor they are talking about is not you, right?"
Yan Kuan had cold sweat dripping from his forehead and said anxiously: "I did everything according to your Majesty's instructions."
"Look how scared you are!" Zhao Xing said lightly: "Do you think I will compromise with them and leave you behind to calm the storm?"
"I don't dare." Yan Kuan lowered his head and said.
He did think so, but he didn't dare to admit it.
"Hmph!" Zhao Xing snorted coldly: "You are a traitor, am I not a fool?"
Zhao Xing was very angry now and wanted to kill all the people outside the palace.
He knew that many of these people were bewitched, and the people behind the scenes were doing all this to force him to compromise.
Starting from the impeachment of Zhu Shiquan and his son, to the scholars going to the execution ground to prevent the execution, including the scholars sitting at the gate of the palace to petition.
All of this is to force him to compromise.
Even though Zhao Xing had killed those officials, these civil servants still wanted to force him to compromise.
As long as he compromises, whenever he does something in the future, as long as the civil servants don't agree, this kind of thing will happen again.
Because the civil servant already knew what he was afraid of.
"Pass the message to Zhang Feng!"
Zhao Xing said coldly: "Those people outside the palace are blocking the palace gate. They are suspected of trying to assassinate the palace. Take them all down!"
"Your Majesty, you can't."
Yan Kuan heard this and said anxiously: "If your Majesty does this, I'm afraid you will lose the heart of the world's scholars!"
"Your Majesty, what Yan Shangshu said is right!" Zhang Qingzhi also advised: "Your Majesty did this, and those scholars who were rushing to take the exam were very angry. They were afraid that they would not take part in the imperial examination, and then the imperial examination would become a joke!"
"Ai Qing's words are a joke!"
Zhao Xing sneered and said: "Is it possible that you want me to compromise and ask them to take part in the imperial examination? Is this recruiting officials for the Song Dynasty, or is it looking for my ancestors?"
After saying that, Zhao Xing looked at Yan Kuan and said, "If you stop me, are you willing to go out and commit suicide and let them retreat?"
"Chen...chen..." Yan Kuan opened his mouth and lowered his head.
Zhao Xing looked at the two of them and said: "I will not compromise on this matter. As for no one participating in the imperial examination, it is even more of a joke."
Lao Zhu didn't have enough officials to kill, so he had to spare the lives of those prisoners and let them deal with official duties temporarily.
Under this situation, there are still countless people taking part in the imperial examination and thinking about becoming an official.
He just took away those people's fame and deprived them of their qualifications for reference.
I'm afraid it's too late for the other scholars to be happy.
After all, this way they lose a lot of competitors.
This is human nature!
"The purpose is that this time Enke will admit 200 people regardless of their grades." Zhao Xing said.
(End of chapter)