Chapter 524: Apologizing with Death

There is excitement to watch in Liangzhou every single day.

It seems the people of the entire Longyan Dynasty have already grown accustomed to it.

It is almost a show a day. Ever since this Prefect Liu debuted, there has been no shortage of excitement to watch in Longyan.

But this time.

The excitement is huge.

Many people have begun to gloat over others' misfortunes.

Offend the scholars?

This Prefect Liu has truly been getting carried away lately! Since ancient times, the integrity of scholars has not been something to trifle with! Even the Minister of Personnel, Zhu Zhen, suffered for this when he was young. While he was in the process of writing a policy essay, his wording offended the Confucian scholars. Was this acceptable? The scholars of the world rose up in unison to attack him. The imperial court had absolutely no Method to deal with this. Because in this era, there are too many people who revere Confucius and Confucianism; those old men leaning on their canes, when you speak of them, were all once the pillars of the Longyang Dynasty.

What can you do?

Use the army to disperse them?

Then the world would truly be in chaos.

In the end, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to come out and apologize, and donate money to build a Confucian Temple, but this matter was still talked about by these scholars for a long time.

A lesson from the past is a guide for the future!

Zhu Zhen only held a slightly inappropriate viewpoint at the time.

Good heavens.

You, Prefect Liu, are directly overturning Confucianism?

Of course.

Prefect Liu's situation at this moment is still much stronger than Zhu Zhen's was back then. At the very least, he possesses the entire territory of Liangzhou Prefecture and has two hundred thousand soldiers under his command. These scholars, aside from sitting in protest at the gate of the Liangzhou Prefecture office, dare not do anything else.

However.

Even so, this excitement is still a bit too big.

In three days, a steady stream of great literary masters from across the country rushed to the scene.

"Look quickly, is that not the Dean of Yuelu Academy, Ning Zhangdao?"

The crowd gasped.

It really was him!

"Heavens, Bailudong Academy has also sent people!"

"Songshan Academy!"

"Yingtian Academy!"

At the scene, shock followed shock.

This matter has truly blown up; the Deans of the Four Great Academies have arrived together. The status of the Four Great Academies in the Longyan Dynasty naturally needs no elaboration. Simply put, they represent the scholars of the world; they represent the literati of the world!

These four academies are the highest halls for scholars, the highest standard of academics in the Longyan Dynasty!

The Four Great Academy Principals arrived at the same time.

Whether they were people involved in this matter or those just watching the excitement, everyone was thrilled.

Of course.

Also thrilled at this moment was Xie Ling.

Finding life in a desperate situation!

Finding life in a dead end!

Seeing that his side was about to be unable to hold on, suddenly, the situation flipped. Now, every scholar in this world who is worth mentioning or has any standing has arrived! For him, this is undoubtedly like adding wings to a tiger.

Do it!

Keep doing it for me!

The Yinzhou Coin market is once again surging with activity.

The Deans of the Four Great Academies have all arrived.

As for the Liangzhou Prefecture side, they naturally cannot be negligent now.

Liu Dahao brought people out to welcome them; the proper etiquette must be observed.

Who would have thought.

These Four Great Academy Principals, however, one after another rejected the goodwill of the Liangzhou Prefecture office.

They only gave Liu Dahao one sentence.

"Let Prefect Liu come out and die to apologize to the world!"

Liu Dahao almost spat a mouthful of phlegm at them.

Are you crazy?

Are you all crazy?

You want my precious son to die?

A bunch of lunatics; in Zheng's words, they are a bunch of brainwashed lunatics! What kind of nonsense sage is he, that one cannot even say a few words against him? If you say a few words, you must die?

To these four Deans, they naturally felt that death was a light punishment.

Confucius is their faith.

He is their spiritual pillar!

Whoever dares to blaspheme must die!

These scholars naturally thought the same.

Prefect Liu will not come out?

Fine.

We, the Deans of the Four Great Academies, will also begin a sit-in.

The entire world.

Uproar.

……

"Absurd, simply absurd! This bunch of lunatics, lunatics, they are all lunatics!"

Liu Dahao appeared in Liu Zheng's study once again, stomping with rage.

"Those four old immortals, those four old immortal bastards! They actually want you to apologize with your death! Why don't they go die themselves?"

Liu Zheng was writing something; he heard this and smiled bitterly: "Father, please keep your voice down, keep it down, don't let them hear you. Do you really believe that this matter is because the scholars of the world are so united? I don't believe it for a second without those old fogies in Jinghua fanning the flames."

"Old fogies?"

Liu Dahao was stunned, slapped his forehead, and said angrily: "That's right, it must be those old immortals!"

Liu Zheng smiled: "There are far too many people in Jinghua who want me dead; it's not strange at all. Haven't I still been living quite well?"

Liu Dahao sighed: "My son is naturally gifted and possesses great talent, so it is natural to attract hatred. But, but, what should be done about the current situation?"

Liu Zheng shook his head and lowered his head to continue writing.

"The teacher is here!"

At this moment, Liu Dahao exclaimed.

Liu Zheng also put down his brush and looked over.

Sure enough, the travel-worn Qingyang Shuo was being pushed in on a wheelchair.

"Teacher..."

Liu Zheng was quite moved; it was the first time he had seen Qingyang Shuo in such a disheveled state. Qingyang Shuo had always been a person who loved cleanliness; he would never come out to see people without being perfectly groomed. Yet now, he had clearly been traveling in a hurry, with dirt on his body and his hair even becoming disheveled.

"Young Master, have you thought of a way to deal with this matter?"

Qingyang Shuo shook his head gently, indicating it was nothing.

"If this matter is not resolved, Liangzhou will surely fall into chaos!"

Liu Zheng smiled bitterly.

Qingyang Shuo's words were naturally not groundless. These scholars were the benchmarks of feudal society, and the common people viewed them as representing their own inner voices. It was fine for the past few days, as the people of Liangzhou still trusted Liu Zheng. But what about in the long run?

Many people with household registrations from other places had already started causing trouble.

After some time, the people of Liangzhou would naturally also feel that their Young Master had developed problems in his thinking.

If there were problems in his thinking, then the problems in Liangzhou would be even greater.

As time went on, it would be a miracle if Liangzhou did not fall into chaos.

Liu Dahao also sighed from the side: "We in Liangzhou fear nothing, but this 'killing with a soft knife' is truly hateful! Zheng, why don't we go out and apologize to end it? They wouldn't dare to kill you! Right now, the entire Longyan just wants to see you bow your head, that is all!"

Qingyang Shuo also nodded.

As for apologizing with death, they absolutely would not dare; it was just empty talk. The current situation was that everyone in Longyan was waiting for Liu Zheng to bow his head.

When had this Prefect Liu ever bowed his head?

Even when facing Xie Ling, the Crown Prince, he had never cowered.

Being able to make him bow his head would be a very satisfying achievement.

Who would have thought.

Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Father, Teacher, apologizing is impossible. Not only that, I am going to continue to stand firm against them!"

"What?"

"You..."

Qingyang Shuo's eyes flickered: "Could it be that you, Young Master, already have a countermeasure?"

Liu Zheng chuckled, let out a breath, and handed the volumes he had finished writing to Qingyang Shuo.

Qingyang Shuo took them suspiciously and began to examine them carefully.

At first.

His expression was one of curiosity.

Then, it became grave.

After reading a few more pages, his eyes were already flashing with brilliance.

He began to tremble all over.

His breathing became rapid.

Finally, he was completely petrified on the spot.

Shock!

He stared blankly at Liu Zheng.

Was he, in the end.

A man or a god?