Chapter 62 second quarter

Shi Yue's hands were trembling all the time, and the shocking questions made him feel like he had smashed the five-flavored bottle in his heart, and he didn't know what it was like.Desperately suppressing the anger and resentment in his heart, Shi Yue said in a trembling voice: "Chang Qing, call all the authors of these articles; whoever allows the publication, please come here too." Sang Chongguo didn't know what happened, he had never seen Shi Yue with such an attitude, he quickly ordered a few students to call for someone, and then invited all the idlers out, and then asked: "Ziming, what's the matter?"

Shi Yue watched Sang Chongguo quietly, wanted to blame him, but couldn't bear to say it; but seeing that two or three years of hard work might be ruined because of these articles, Shi Yue felt a colic in his heart.He tried his best to restrain his emotions and asked softly, "How did these articles get out?" Sang Chongguo took a look at the "Bai Shui Tan Academic Journal", and said with a smile: "Several articles were requested by Sun Jue and Cheng Yi. According to the regulations of the college, they can be published as usual with the consent of both of them. Originally, both Mr. Shao and Cheng Hao were against it, but we can’t refute the truth they said. The couplet at the gate of our Baishuitan College is “Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and everything concerned”. This sentence is also our school motto, reasonable The spirit of the Academy is 'Writing to convey the truth, and learning to apply', I saw that what they said was reasonable, and I did not object."

Shi Yue remembered that the rule of "publishing with two people's consent" was set by himself, and all the school mottos were also set by himself, and he was speechless for a while - freedom of speech will eventually have a price! Not long after, Sun Jue, Cheng Yi, Shao Yong, Cheng Hao and more than ten students who published articles were invited.Shi Yue tried his best to calmly tell what happened in the Imperial College.These people are all outstanding people, and they know the elegance after hearing the string songs. Sun Jue glanced at the "Bai Shui Tan Academic Journal" in Shi Yue's hand, and said with a smile: "Zi Ming don't have to worry, I have nothing to be afraid of, Wang Jiefu wants To clean up Baishuitan, you have to worry about the public opinion of the world and the emperor. Baishuitan was inscribed with the name of the school by the emperor himself." The royal recognition was always a great honor in the hearts of people at that time.

Shao Yong thought for a while, then asked: "Ziming, Changqing, is Wang Jiefu going to clean the Baishuitan?" When some students heard this, they immediately said excitedly: "Why is he? Fangmin's mouth is better than Fangchuan. If he dares to clean up the academy, we will go to Dengwen Drum Academy to beat drums and write a letter." Cheng Yi's face is calm, true Neo Confucianists value integrity and reputation, and death is nothing but a trivial matter, let alone other things.But Cheng Hao couldn't help but worry. He was once a close subordinate of Wang Anshi and knew Wang Anshi's character quite well, so he was very opposed to publishing these articles at that time.

Shi Yue glared at these students, and said sharply: "Don't you know that it is a crime to slander the government? You are still talking nonsense here!" A student sneered and said, "Master Shi Shan, one person does the work and the other is in charge. Don't worry, we won't implicate the college." Seeing that he was so ignorant, Shi Yue was so angry that he really wanted to beat him up. Sang Chongguo hurriedly shouted: "Li Zhiping, you are too presumptuous!" Shi Yue knew that he had to be calm at this moment. He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said calmly: "Since we are all from Baishuitan College, we should share our blessings and misfortunes, and we can't say whether we are involved or not. It is also a kind of honor. It’s just that Wang Xianggong will definitely read these articles—even if he doesn’t read them, there are thousands of people in Kaifeng Mansion who read "Bai Shui Tan Academic Journal", and some villains will tell him." Here, he paused for a while, looked around, and then continued: "Therefore, there is no way to escape, and we have to plan early. I will go back tonight to write a memorial and explain this matter to the emperor. Mr. Sun and Mr. Zhengshu, You are too famous, and you are not an official at this time, forgive me Wang Jiefu can’t do anything to you. What needs to be worried about is these ten or so students, we should protect these young people for the national court.”

Cheng Hao nodded approvingly, there were quite a few of his students among them, and he couldn't sit idly by, saying: "Ziming is right, we people have nothing to fear, but these students are very dangerous." Li Zhiping felt ashamed and said in a low voice: "Master, the students are ashamed and feel ashamed. But one person does one's job and one person is responsible. We don't want to hurt the teacher because of this." Those students also shouted yes. Shi Yue waved his hand and said: "Don't say too much, it's no good to show off your blood and courage. Changqing, you go and destroy the files of these students. I guess the punishment for these students will be that those who have merit will be dismissed, and they will not be allowed to participate again." Exams; rod punishment without fame, and even assassination are possible. If you want to earn a future in the future, it will be difficult. There are no outsiders here, so let me just say it. Everyone can go home and hide their names until the limelight passes, or After the amnesty of the world, come out to serve the country; if you don’t want to go home, I will arrange a place for you, in short, I can’t watch my students ruin their future.”

Sang Chongguo, who had never experienced waves in his life, was really surprised to hear that the matter was so serious.Because he said, "It's just a few articles. Is that the case?" In the Song Dynasty, there were scholar-bureaucrats in Song Dynasty, and it was not a serious crime to scold the prime minister. Cheng Hao smiled wryly and said: "Chang Qing, Zi Ming is very worried, so just follow Zi Ming's instructions. You have heard about Wang Jiefu's treatment of the Imperial College just now. All the teachers were replaced, and Su Jia, who wrote the article, also He was expelled from the Imperial College. Our Baishuitan College is not comparable to the Imperial College in terms of status."

Shi Yue said again: "There's no need to make people panic, everyone knows what's in their hearts, so don't say anything. Everyone come to my house tonight." After speaking, he said goodbye and left, and went back to discuss with Pan Zhaolin how to arrange these students and how to write a memorial.