Chapter 77 Section 17

The imperial edict to petition the students was written impeccably. On the one hand, they severely blamed the students for acting impulsively and exceeding the rules; , the emperor should act in accordance with the rules of etiquette and laws, and should show the world to be fair when dealing with things. Therefore, the Baishuitan prison can only be dealt with after a trial. But please rest assured, the court will have a fair result. Deng Wan mishandled it. The imperial court should appoint another official to review; and asked the students to abolish the exemption from military service and the Baojia Law, they raised severe questions, thinking that this matter should be decided by the imperial court ministers.

"... (Sang Chongguo) If he is guilty, even if thousands of people kowtow, I will not forgive his crime; if he is innocent, everyone will bite him, and we will not be able to punish him. As the Son of Heaven, I should show the world that Lord..." Feng Jing read the edict aloud while watching the students' reactions. The students really began to waver. Although a few of them seemed to want to make some clear promises, before the imperial edict of righteousness, most of the students were moved by the fact that there was such a sympathetic emperor. After that, thousands of people began to shout "Long live my emperor".

Zhang Chun, Yuan Jingwen and others looked at each other, and found helplessly that even among the seventeen leaders, more than half expressed satisfaction with this achievement and shouted "Long live".They could only express their acceptance, and several people discussed and wrote a form of thanks and apology, and handed it to Feng Jing. The first large-scale student petition in the history of the Song Dynasty, the results were not satisfactory.The students made a bunch of demands, and the actual concession given by the court was only to replace Deng Wan.Although a few students were dissatisfied with the result, they could only submit to the court that held the banner of righteousness high.After all, student petitions will never succeed if they lack strong justice.

Hiding behind this incident with a slight sneer was a man named Pan Zhaolin.The whole thing never really got out of control from beginning to end, and Shi Yue finally won the first battle in his political career at the least cost. But this so-called "minimum price" is also quite troublesome for Shi Yue.A one-year salary penalty and dismissal of the head of Baishuitan are irrelevant, but after the determination of the head of Baishuitan, how to prevent the imperial court from taking this opportunity to strengthen control over Baishuitan by appointing and dismissing the head of Baishuitan?How to eliminate the negative impression of Baishuitan Academy on the emperor?These are all serious problems.Especially the negative impression given to the emperor will directly affect the reluctance of many people with official titles to come to Baishuitan to teach. It is definitely not a good thing to have the impression that "white water pools are the source of trouble".

In addition, the case of Baishuitan Prison has not been closed, Sang Chongguo is still in prison, the thirteen sons of Baishuitan are still guilty, and the new 17 student leaders are facing a crisis, etc., are all things that Shi Yue wants to plan . At the same time, along with this student movement, there was another matter that Shi Yue and Pan Zhaolin should pay attention to together.That is how to persuade Wang Anshi to return to Zhongshu as his prime minister.Both Shi Yue and Pan Zhaolin admitted that if Wang Anshi resigned at this time, it would be harmful to Shi Yue. On the one hand, it is necessary to restrict Wang Anshi, but on the other hand, Wang Anshi cannot be allowed to leave the center of power. When Shi Yue thinks about this matter, he finds it ironic.