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Seeing this situation, Xu Guangqi became a little anxious. It is very rare to have Yan Shenggong take the lead and have the support of so many officials. What should the emperor do if he cannot withstand the pressure? Is it possible that the newly popularized scientific and technological knowledge will be refrigerated again?

For Xu Guangqi, he is already old. At this time, his wish was to promote these scientific and technological knowledge and benefit the Ming Dynasty. In the past, in order to learn these scientific and technical knowledge, he even did not hesitate to change his faith and believe in the Western religion. This shows that he attaches great importance to these scientific and technical knowledge. Therefore, he is unwilling to see the possibility of regression in the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge.

Thinking like this, he also wanted to speak out against it.

However, at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen frowned, slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, stood up, and shouted sternly: "That's enough!"

The emperor was angry, and the court meeting suddenly became quiet. They can ignore the imperial guards, but they cannot ignore the emperor.

"You are so self-righteous that you jumped out one by one and interrupted Duke Yan Sheng's performance." Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the ministers who stood up and shouted angrily, "Do you respect Duke Yan Sheng? Do you respect the etiquette of the court? Eyes. Is there me here? Everyone is acting arrogantly, because they think that since you are so numerous, I can't cure you?"

There are at least 190 officials, nearly 200 people, who have stepped forward. Standing in the middle of the queue, it was quite dark! To some extent, there is indeed strength in numbers.

In fact, we can't blame them, because most of the officials who came forward were in lower positions, starting from the fourth rank to the highest. No matter how high the officials were, those who were resistant to scientific and technological knowledge had actually been replaced by Emperor Chongzhen. It's just that there are too many low-level officials below, and it's impossible for him to worry about it in detail, so it's impossible to replace people for this matter.

Originally, these low-level officials, so-called soft-spoken people, did not dare to take the initiative to resist. They could only watch helplessly as the court promoted scientific and technological knowledge step by step. However, now that Yan Shenggong is here, Yan Shenggong is standing in front of him. If these people don't take this opportunity to stand up, if Duke Yansheng is alone and refuses to convince the emperor, it will basically be difficult to suppress the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge in the future.

Therefore, under the leadership of Kong Debin and others, with the idea of ​​not punishing the public, they all stood up. Even the imperial guards and even the censor in charge of imperial etiquette followed suit, but it was of no use at all.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen became angry, and Duke Yansheng naturally shut up first. He stood there quietly, neither looking up at Emperor Chongzhen, nor turning to look at the supporters behind him, but just lowered his head.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at him, then continued to look at the large group of people, and shouted angrily: "It seems that I am usually too kind to you, but I am so rude to you in the court. You are rude to Yan Shenggong, and you are rude to me. Rude, haha, this time, I want you to remember the rules in the court! Each of you will be rewarded with ten royal sticks, okay?"

There are nearly two hundred ministers, and each of them has to receive a royal stick. This is a big deal! Most emperors really wouldn’t dare to fight like this! Even Emperor Jiajing only spanked a minister who was in his early 100s during the great etiquette dispute.

Regarding Emperor Chongzhen's words, everyone was stunned for a moment. About two hundred courtiers lined up outside the Meridian Gate to beat the imperial staff. This scale was the largest in the founding of the country!

There was no sound from below, and the spring breeze was so chill that it made everyone's neck shrink.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that no one answered, and immediately sneered again: "Why, you just had the guts to ignore the etiquette of the court, ignore the reprimands of the imperial guards and the supervisory censor, and interrupt Duke Yan Sheng rudely. The memorial is right, you despise Duke Yan, despise me, but no one speaks at this moment? Do you think that the lesson I gave you is too light, and it is not long-lasting? In this case, each person will be rewarded with twenty imperial sticks, but good?"

The so-called thunder, rain and dew are all due to your kindness. If the emperor wants to spank them, according to the teachings of the sages, they have to give thanks. They were just in a daze for a while, and Emperor Chongzhen doubled his imperial staff, which frightened many people.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen's behavior, there is no such thing as the law not punishing the public. If you wait any longer, what if the imperial staff doubles again? More importantly, the emperor also slapped his hat. The imperial staff was not used for the orthodoxy of Confucianism and Taoism, but because it interrupted Duke Yan Sheng's performance, ignored the court etiquette, and was disrespectful in front of the emperor.

Thinking of this, the ministers who came out immediately felt aggrieved. At the same time, they also scolded Kong Debin and Ma Deli who rushed out: What are you robbing? Can't we wait until Yan Shenggong's performance is over? Okay now, disrespecting Yan Shenggong, is this what a scholar should do? If word of this spreads, what will other readers think? The most important thing is that he has to be slapped with a stick for no reason! It would be a shame to hit you with this imperial staff!

A few clever people saw that Emperor Chongzhen looked angry and seemed to want to speak again. At this time, they ignored it and hurriedly said: "I accept the decree and thank you!"

If Emperor Chongzhen doubled the number of imperial staffs, it would really cost lives! It's not worth it to be beaten to death unjustly like this!

Don't think that the emperor doesn't dare. You must know that the emperor is the one who personally conquered the country and wiped out all the ferocious prisoners. At that time, he built a siege city and said that all the people on the city wall were on the wall. Look again, among those cabinet ministers and seven ministers, who came out to intercede?

Thinking like this, more and more people cursed Kong Debin, Ma Deli and others angrily in their hearts, and had to follow the chant: "I accept the decree and thank you!"

Emperor Chongzhen was not polite to them and would let them go when he saw they confessed. Soon, the guards from the brigade came forward and escorted the officials out of the Meridian Gate.

At the Meridian Gate, many scholars and craftsmen had gathered before. They were waiting for the outcome of the court meeting and quarreling with each other. Of course, there is no way to start a fight. Both parties have a lot of scholars and want to keep their dignity. The most important thing is that there is a Jinyi Guardsman watching not far away. If you dare to fight under the roots of the imperial city, believe it or not, it is not worth it to go to the jail.

At this moment, I suddenly saw many people coming out of the Forbidden City. Looking closely, it turned out that teams of uniformed guards came out suppressing a group of officials. The number of people was far beyond the imagination of the scholars here at Meridian Gate. So, everyone here fell silent and looked over there curiously, wondering what was going on?

I saw the officials lined up in about four rows, taking off their pants, exposing their white buttocks. After giving the order, the "crackling" sounds suddenly started to sound one after another. It was only then that the scholars who were paying attention came to their senses, and they were all shocked.

"Ting Zang, this is hitting the Ting Zang!"

"The Chongzhen Dynasty didn't use the royal stick a few times in total. I didn't expect to see it this time!"

"Not only did I see it, but there were so many officials beating the imperial staff together. What's going on?"

"..."

Some people were immediately worried about the morning court in the Forbidden City, and asked loudly, wanting to know the situation.

Jin Yiwei had obviously received instructions and did not ignore them. He immediately told these people that these officials who received the imperial staff were punished for being rude to Duke Yan and ignoring the etiquette of the court.

As soon as they heard this, those sour scholars immediately became angry and dared to be rude to Duke Yan Sheng! These people immediately cursed loudly.

"It's a good thing that you are also educated by sages, but you don't even care about the court etiquette. Well done!"

"Yes, Yan Shenggong is a role model in the minds of us scholars. He is too late to respect him, and he dares to be rude and beat him to death!"

"..."

These sarcastic people who are here are originally quite extreme people. When they scold someone smoothly, they start to humiliate them.

"It's really rare to see so many white butts, whiter than the little lady's!"

"The old man knows how to paint. This is such a grand occasion. I must go back and paint it!"

"..."

While those officials were being beaten, they felt even more aggrieved. We are friendly forces, okay? You are calling the wrong person! When they heard the harsh words of those mean-spirited scholars later, they all blushed with shame and hated the mean-spirited scholars.

We worked our butts off at the front, and for this we accidentally got slapped with a cane. It’s better for you to just not encourage us. Instead, we actually made sarcastic remarks, humiliated you, and even drew pictures, you pigs!

The imperial stick of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to kill someone, it doesn't matter how many sticks you have. Fortunately, this time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to beat them to death for this matter. Therefore, they were beaten until their butts were bruised, but no one was killed, but they were sure to suffer.

After hitting the imperial staff a few times, some officials couldn't help but started shouting. After ten marks, most of the officials who were used to being pampered couldn't help shouting. There is no other reason. So many people are shouting, so there is no shame in shouting yourself, and no one should criticize anyone else. Shout out, and at least the pain in your butt can feel relieved a little.

After beating the imperial staff at the Meridian Gate, there was no delay. After a short while, the two hundred officials were carried back to attend the court meeting.

The place where the morning court was held was still very quiet, and all the courtiers were waiting there quietly. Emperor Chongzhen sat there drinking tea, and also gave Yan Shenggong a cup of royal hot tea to show his kindness to Yan Shenggong.

Logically speaking, it is still a bit cold weather, so drinking a cup of hot tea to moisten your throat and drive away the cold should be a pleasant thing. Moreover, the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty were owned by Duke Yan Sheng, which was even more glorious.

However, Yan Shenggong's expression was a bit strange. Listening to the wails coming from the Meridian Gate, Yan Shenggong drank the cup of tea without finishing it even when the officials who were holding the imperial staff were brought back.

However, about two hundred officials were brought back. The movement was a bit loud, and Yan Shenggong finally couldn't help but take a look. When he saw these officials who had been brought back, although they had tidied them up, their butts were spanked, and the misery could not be concealed no matter how hard they were. Many people couldn't even stand anymore and had to lie down there to go to court, which was considered a spectacle. The sheer number of people means even more generosity.

Duke Yan Sheng didn't dare to look any further, and quickly withdrew his gaze, focusing only on drinking tea. This time, he finished the tea in a few sips.

When all the officials were back in place and the court became quiet again, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Duke Yan: "These people are rude to Duke Yan. I have already taught them a lesson. I believe they have a long memory." Sir, I would like to know if you come again, I really want to know what Duke Yan Sheng thinks of the scientific and technological knowledge I have compiled? Don’t worry, Duke Yan, no one will disturb you this time!"

I don't know why, but Duke Yansheng felt that there was something in Emperor Chongzhen's words. In just a few words, the emperor said it several times. Could it be a hint?

The more he thought in this direction, the more he thought it was possible. He thought again of the emperor's majesty just now. The emperor's wrath, not to mention laying down millions of corpses and bleeding for thousands of miles, but the beating of two hundred officials with imperial rods just now was quite severe! And none of the princes in the court objected. It can be seen that the prestige of the current emperor is already very high!

Duke Yansheng was thinking about it, and Xu Guangqi, the official minister, was also thinking about things in his mind. He was a little unsure. If he had performed correctly just now, would he have accompanied these two hundred officials to receive the royal cane? He looked at Emperor Chongzhen who was talking to Duke Yansheng with a smile, and in the end he didn't think about it, yes or no, it was somewhere between five and five!

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the eyes of all the officials at the court, including the Han generals, were all focused on Duke Yan, eager to hear what he was going to say next.

Duke Yan Sheng seemed to have forgotten what he had said before. He seemed to think for a while before he bowed and loudly said: "I believe that the knowledge of science and technology is truly a work that has been passed down through the ages! I think that if your majesty's science and technology If knowledge had appeared during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it would have been on par with Confucianism and Taoism, or even better. Therefore, I believe that this scientific and technical knowledge should be vigorously promoted in the Ming Dynasty. I believe that the most urgent task now is to Reforming the imperial examinations and incorporating science and technology knowledge, as well as the Four Books and Five Classics, will be a blessing for scholars in the Ming Dynasty! From now on, our Ming Dynasty will have science and technology knowledge and Confucianism and Taoism to complement each other. They will be the right and left arm of our Ming Dynasty for the eternal foundation. Both are indispensable! "

Having said this, he bowed deeply, raised his voice a minute and said: "This is what I said from the bottom of my heart. I won't be happy if I don't say it. This is also the purpose of my visit to Beijing this time. It is urgent to reform the imperial examination. It is for the sake of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the country of the Ming Dynasty, if your majesty does not accept the advice of the ministers, the ministers will not be able to kneel down!"

After saying that, Duke Yan Sheng actually knelt down. But he straightened his upper body and looked straight at Emperor Chongzhen with a determined look on his face.

His words and actions were almost completely unexpected by everyone in the early morning. After he finished speaking and knelt down, although there were so many people in attendance this morning, it was very quiet, so quiet that the only sound was the wind.

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