You know, even when they met Sun Hong, they had to respectfully call him "Parents", but they never thought that the situation would change so much in the blink of an eye.

On the contrary, after the initial shock, the instructor Meng Guang didn't know what he thought of, and his face became extremely ugly. He just looked at Li Huan and said tremblingly: "You... you are the commander of the Jinyi Guards, the governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion."

What happened, imperial envoy Li Huan?"

Meng Guang was able to tell Li Huan's ministry in one breath, but it was thanks to the connections in the academy. It can be said that every three to five days, an old friend from the court would tell them about the major events that happened in the court.

Inform these former colleagues in the academy through letters.

Meng Guang had just read the news from the capital not long ago, including the news that Li Huan was appointed as an imperial envoy to go to Fujian to investigate the case.

When Li Huan revealed his name earlier, Meng Guang did not associate the name Li Huan with Li Huan, the famous imperial guard in the capital.

After all, according to Meng Guang's knowledge, Li Huan was ordered to patrol the southeast and had been away from Beijing for nearly a month. The imperial envoy's honor guard might have already arrived in Fujian, so how could he appear in their Kaifeng Mansion, which is thousands of miles away from Fujian.

Li Huan glanced at Meng Guang lightly and said, "Oh, I never thought Meng Jiaoxi also knew Li's name!"

Meng Guang's face was extremely ugly, and he tried hard to keep calm. He looked at Li Huan and said, "Didn't you go to Fujian to investigate the case? Why are you here in Kaifeng Mansion?"

Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "Li wanted to enjoy the scenery of this world along the way. He had heard about the name of Songyang Academy for a long time and specially invited the Supervisory Censor Wang to come. He never thought..."

After a moment of buffering, Meng Guang slowly calmed down. Although he was still a little panicked, he was not nearly scared to death like Sun Hong, the Dengfeng magistrate on the ground.

Meng Guang saluted Wang Yangming and said, "I never thought that it would be Mr. Wang, the Supervising Censor, in person. Meng is rude. Please forgive me."

Wang Yangming slightly arched his hands.

At this time, Meng Guang said to Wang Yangming: "Since Mr. Wang is here in person, why not let Meng accompany Mr. Wang to enjoy the scenery of the academy."

Meng Guang remained somewhat polite to Wang Yangming, but turned a blind eye to Li Huan, obviously not taking Li Huan to heart.

It seems that when he became an official, Emperor Xiaozong was still on the throne, and several officials in the civil service group would take Jinyiwei to heart. Obviously, Meng Guang's understanding of Jinyiwei was still in the Xiaozong period.

Even though he learned from letters exchanged between old friends in Beijing that there was a ruthless Li Huan in Jinyiwei, Meng Guang obviously did not think that Li Huan could do anything to him.

Firstly, he did not break the law, and secondly, he did not do anything to Li Huan. In Songyang Academy, a sacred place of culture and education, Li Huangui was the imperial envoy. Could it be said that he could be framed out of thin air?

As for whether offending Li Huan would affect his official career, he has already become an official, so naturally he doesn't need to worry about this.

That is to say, he has nothing to desire and nothing to ask for. Therefore, after correcting his mentality, the tension and fear caused by the sudden discovery of Li Huan's identity naturally disappeared.

Li Huan waved his hand and motioned for Chen Yao to take Sun Hong aside, while his eyes fell on Meng Guang.

"So Professor Meng doesn't welcome Mr. Li to visit the academy?"

Meng Guang was neither humble nor arrogant, and said calmly under Li Huan's gaze: "Songyang Academy is a private academy, so it doesn't matter if Mr. Li is an imperial envoy. I don't welcome you at Songyang Academy!"

The other scholars now opened their eyes wide and looked at Meng Guang with admiration. They felt that Meng Guang could refuse an imperial envoy without being humble or arrogant. What a character this was.

Especially since Li Huan is still a royal guard, the eyes of these scholars are shining, as if they have been injected with chicken blood. If their Songyang Academy can refuse Li Huan entry today, then it will definitely spread throughout the world. , praised by scholars.

When I thought of this, the imperial guards and imperial envoys all became less scary. These scholars even puffed up their chests and stood in front of Li Huan and all the imperial guards. Just look at the excitement on the faces of these scholars. You can tell what these people are thinking by looking at them.

Wang Yangming also had a look of astonishment on his face. He obviously didn't expect that Meng Jiaoxi would be so stubborn after they revealed their identities. He only invited him to enter the academy, but kept Li Huan outside the mountain gate.

With a sigh, Wang Yangming knew that he might not be able to be kind now. Based on his understanding of Li Huan, and from previous conversations, he could tell that Li Huan did not have a good impression of Songyang Academy.

With Teacher Meng's attitude this time, if this matter was just settled, it would be impossible for Li Huan to gain such a great reputation in Beijing.

Looking at Meng Guang with a half-smile, Li Huan said lightly: "It seems that Professor Meng really does not allow Li to enter Songyang Academy."

Meng Guang was wearing a green shirt and waved his long sleeves: "We are not welcome in this private place!"

The rest of the scholars were very excited and shouted: "We are not welcome in this private place!"

When Chen Yao saw this, he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "You even dare to stop the imperial envoy. I think you are crazy."

Li Huan waved his hand, but his eyes turned to Sun Hong, the magistrate of Dengfeng County, who was almost paralyzed with fear.

Compared with Meng Guang and other scholars, Sun Hong actually ordered people to put shackles on the imperial envoy. What kind of sin was this?

To put it more seriously, it was a crime of disrespect to the emperor. Losing an official position was a minor crime. If Li Huan, the royal guard, had been crueler and thrown him directly into the imperial prison, his life would not have been saved.

"Sun Zhixian, right?"

Hearing Li Huan's voice, Sun Hong, who was desperate in his heart, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Huan with gleaming eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Sun Hong, is short-sighted. Please forgive me." Sin!"

Li Huan waved his hand, and immediately held Sun Hong's two guards in golden clothes to release Sun Hong. Sun Hong, who had regained his freedom, couldn't help but kneel down in front of Li Huan with a thud.

Li Huan looked at Sun Hong and said slowly: "Sun Magistrate, I would like to ask you, if I remember correctly, this Songyang Academy was founded strictly by the imperial court. Since Emperor Taizu, the imperial court has Academies were opened in strict local areas, and Songyang Academy was banned and destroyed several times..."

Sun Hong kowtowed repeatedly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty is right, your Majesty is right. According to the laws of the imperial court, private academies are prohibited in the world. If students want to study, they can have their own official schools. If they can become high school scholars, the imperial court will also provide monthly subsidies. Too Emperor Zu was extremely kind to the scholars of the world."

The conversation between Li Huan and Sun Hong was naturally heard in the ears of Meng Guang and other scholars, and the expressions of each of these people changed drastically.

Few people who can become scholars are fools. It is impossible for them not to understand the meaning of Li Huan's words. It is precisely because they understood what Li Huan meant that they looked panicked.

Meng Guang shouted to Li Huan almost instinctively: "Li Huan, Songyang Academy is famous all over the world. The president of the academy is the censor of the former Zuo capital, and all of your teachers are veterans who have served in the imperial court. They have connections all over the court.

you……"

Li Huan just glanced at Meng Guang lightly and said: "The imperial court is strict about opening private academies. Since Meng Jiaoxi was once an official of our Ming Dynasty, doesn't he know this?"

"you……"

Meng Guang couldn't help but point at Li Huan angrily, but for a moment he couldn't argue, because what Li Huan said was correct. The Ming Dynasty had expressly stipulated that private academies were not allowed to be opened.

Although this provision is now as if it were a fiction and no one takes it to heart. But just because people don’t care doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

As long as there is a provision, it doesn't matter if it is not used in daily life. But once someone uses this provision to make an issue, it is a solid legal basis.

Just like now, Li Huan made Meng Guang speechless with just one sentence, unable to refute.

No longer paying attention to Meng Guang, Li Huan just looked at Sun Hong and said: "Sun Zhixian, as the magistrate of Dengfeng County and a local official, do you know that Songyang Academy is running an illegal school and blatantly violates the holy will of Emperor Taizu?

?”

Sun Hong's body went limp and he almost collapsed to the ground. He didn't expect that Li Huan would slap such a big hat on him.

He is just a small county magistrate, but he cannot bear such a heavy blame.

At that moment, Sun Hong shouted: "Your Excellency, it is clear that Songyang Academy was rebuilt in the reign of the late Emperor. By the time Xiaguan took office, Songyang Academy already existed. The affairs of Songyang Academy have nothing to do with Xiaguan."

Meng Guang saw that the situation was not right, and whispered to a scholar: "Go quickly and ask the masters and other teachers to come and tell them that it is about the survival of our Songyang Academy."

The scholar's complexion changed drastically when he heard this, and he stumbled into the depths of the academy.

Li Huan and a group of Jinyi guards naturally noticed the actions of Meng Guang and the scholar, but no one had any intention of stopping them. Li Huan was even looking forward to seeing what kind of person the official was here.

Here Li Huan asked Sun Hong about Songyang Academy. From Sun Hong's mouth, Li Huan learned that Songyang Academy had been slowly rebuilt not many years after it was banned and destroyed. It was not until the Xiaozong period that it was restored to what it is today.

Heyday.

And according to what Sun Hong said, Songyang Academy occupies an area of ​​​​Aurora, and even the nearby mountains and forests are included in the academy.

Li Huan raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, let me ask you, is the title deed of Songyang Academy in the name of the government or..."

Sun Hong said quickly: "Sir, the land and forest land occupied by Songyang Academy are all in private hands."

While he was talking, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps, and someone shouted: "The principal and other teachers are here!"

All the scholars looked towards the visitor one after another, and saw a dozen figures walking towards them quickly. Although their hair was gray, they all had strong and strong figures, and it was obvious that they had taken good care of themselves.

The Chancellor of the Court, Mao Wenli, was the former Zuodu Censor who became official in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. He was a high-ranking official. Many of his former disciples hold high positions in the court today.

The status of the rest of the teachers who followed Mao Wenli were also good, and almost all of them were officials who had become official.

At this time, Mao Wenli had a look of worry on his face. Before anyone arrived, the loud voice came: "Who is it? Who is going to destroy Songyang Academy? Ask me first if I agree!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mao Wenli was already approaching. When Wang Yangming saw Mao Wenli, he hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Wang Yangming, the censor of the Supervisory Office, pays homage to Mr. Boming!"

Mao Wenli was stunned, glanced at Wang Yangming, and said with a somewhat thoughtful look: "Who are you, Wang Hua, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing?"

Wang Yangming hurriedly said: "It's my father."

Hearing this, Mao Wenli stroked his beard, nodded slightly and said, "No wonder I feel that you are very similar to my old friend. I never thought that you are actually my old friend's queen."

As he spoke, his expression changed, and he looked at Wang Yangming coldly and said, "You want to destroy Songyang Academy? Did your father teach you to trample on the place taught by saints?"

Wang Yangming had a wry smile on his face, but at this moment Li Huan said: "This old gentleman must be the dean of Songyang Academy."

Mao Wenli glanced at Li Huan and the royal guards around Li Huan, his expression remained unchanged, and he said coldly: "Who are you?"

Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "I'm Li Huan!"

Mao Wenli's eyes narrowed and he immediately said: "Is it the emperor's eagle dog that killed Shi Haoshi's brother, Li Huan?"

Li Huan raised his brows and said calmly: "I don't dare to be the emperor's eagle or dog, but if you want to talk about Shi Hao, who has a human face and a beast's heart, and is worse than an animal, then it is true that Li personally led people to ransack his house."

"Shi Hao is just a traitor. Brother Xie, Brother Liu, what's the crime? They have worked hard for our Ming Dynasty all their lives, but you have caused such harm to them in their old age."

Li Huan just sneered: "Are you questioning His Majesty's holy will?"

Mao Wenli couldn't help but was stunned, and immediately laughed and said: "Junior, you also want to give me a hat? Remember when I was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you didn't know where you were?"

As he spoke, Mao Wenli's expression straightened, and he looked at Li Huan coldly and said: "Songyang Academy is famous all over the world, and it is the Holy Land of our Shilin. If you, Li Huan, dare to cause trouble to this Holy Land, I will make you infamy for thousands of years."

Li Huan glanced at Mao Wenli with disdain and said, "If the old gentleman has nothing else to say, then don't say any more."

As he spoke, Li Huan said to Sun Hong who was standing aside: "Sun Magistrate, I order you to immediately dispatch your officers to destroy Songyang Academy for me..."

"You dare!"

Mao Wenli, who was furious, immediately shouted like an enraged lion. Not only Mao Wenli, but also the dozen teachers heard that Li Huan ordered the destruction of Songyang Academy, and each one of them seemed to have their own life-blood affected.
To be continued...