"Lao San, wouldn't this be the same as the "Wutai Poetry Case" in the former Song Dynasty, in which words were used to incriminate people?"

In the Qianqing Palace, after hearing Wang Bing's 'idea', the little fat man couldn't help but asked with some surprise and worry.

‘What’s wrong with this? If you saw the various literary prisons of the Pig Tail Dynasty, you would blush for what you just said.’

Seeing the surprised look on the little fat man's face, Wang Bing couldn't help but curl his lips inwardly.

It turns out that in Wang Bing's new implementation details of banning the destruction of Tianxia Academy, in addition to vigorously publicizing the correctness of banning the academy in newspapers and letting Jin Yiwei and Dongchang serve as supervisors, it also stipulates:

In all banned private academies, no matter students or teachers, everyone must write an essay based on Emperor Taizu's decree that "everyone can speak frankly about government affairs, except students." Then hand it over to the students of the official academy. Review by members and teachers. If you still fail to pass the exam three times, you will be handed over to the bureau for punishment according to law.

"Your Majesty, don't these scholars always call themselves saints when they talk and mention the ancestral system when they talk? Aren't the decrees made by the great ancestor not the ancestral system?"

Seeing the surprised and worried look on Xiao Pang's face, Wang Bing couldn't help but said with a smirk on his face.

"Yes, this is the ancestral system established by Taizu! As members of the Ming Dynasty, if they don't even abide by the ancestral system established by Taizu, do they still want to serve Bei Yuan?"

Well, just now, when Wang Bing was pouting over how rare and strange this little fat guy was, the little fat guy had already drawn inferences from one example and started custom-making traitor hats loyal to Bei Yuan for these people.

But speaking of it, Zhu Yuanzhang has formulated many ancestral regulations. If we really want to abide by and implement them all, not to mention anything else, just on the issue of corruption, it is estimated that all the officials in the dynasty, except Hai Rui, will not count. A person can escape the fate of being stripped of his skin and made of grass.

Therefore, this ancestral system is, in the final analysis, just a gorgeous piece of rotten wood with a glossy appearance and has no practical use.

But now if it is used to deal with those corrupt private scholars who form cliques, it is an excellent weapon. Of course, the most important thing depends on the strength of the person who uses this weapon.

Although in Wang Bing's view, neither Zhang Juzheng, the actual leader of the Ming Dynasty, nor Little Fatty, the nominal head of the empire, have this ability at the moment.

But because of Wang Bing, in this historical time and space, the pair of masters and disciples, Xiao Pangzi and Zhang Juzheng, can be regarded as the Ming Dynasty version of the 'filial piety and Shang Jun'.

Therefore, as long as the two of them work together, it will be more than enough to use this ancestral weapon!

"That's it. I want to see if these people want to be my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, or if they want to be the lackeys of the Tatars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

In the end, the little fat man gritted his teeth and spoke with a fierce expression.

In fact, since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the rise of these academies actually represents the weakening of the centralized control of the imperial court, and the influence of the literati and gentry groups has been continuously increasing.

Therefore, even after the Jiajing Dynasty's two nationwide bans on academies, the rise of these academies has not been curbed, but has continued to rebound and strengthen.

Therefore, after more than a year of real political 'internship', the little fat man, who had a very good understanding of the imperial 'disease', showed his behavior in Zhang Juzheng's action of once again banning and destroying the academy through this incident of granting aid to the people. Got great support.

But in Wang Bing's view, banning the destruction of the academy is actually far from enough. At best, it can only be regarded as a way to stop the boiling water and treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

If you really want to fundamentally defeat the power of this literati and gentry group, in fact, the literary inquisition of the Pig Tail Dynasty was the most effective method in the original history. Although the process was a bit cruel and the side effects were a bit bigger, but from the perspective of dominance,

From the perspective of the author, it is a once and for all solution.

However, this method is like Pandora's box. It is easy to open, but difficult to close again. And once the box cannot be closed, the backbone of the scholar will be completely broken.

Therefore, in this time and space, even though he was a member of the ruling class, Wang Bing still did not dare to truly open this magic box. He could only use the ancestral system set by Zhu Yuanzhang to replace it with a weakened version of the 'literary prison'.

…

"Sir, what do you think of Laosan's method? If it is implemented in this way, is there anything wrong with it?"

After Wang Bing sneaked back to Yongnian Bo's Mansion for vacation, the little fat man summoned Zhang Juzheng and directly told Wang Bing's suggestion, but he did not take the idea as his own. After all, it is not as good as before.

This is necessary.

"Uncle Guo's method is quite cruel, but the effect is definitely much better than that of the late emperor and the old minister! It's just...hehehe!" Before he could finish his words, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

"Just what? Sir, please make it clear. If this method is not feasible, then try another method!"

I am afraid of 'but' and 'just' in everything. Therefore, when he saw Zhang Juzheng, who was very much in agreement at first, suddenly had a wry smile on his face, the little fat man was full of doubts and confusion.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to change, just use Uncle Guo's method. As long as this method is used properly, at least within a few decades, those literati and gentry will no longer have the power to fight against the imperial court. As for decades later, if they rise again, hehe,

Just follow Uncle Guo’s method and do it again!”

Zhang Juzheng is worthy of being the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty. If nothing else, it is his ruthlessness that ordinary people cannot match.

"Then why sir?"

"Your Majesty, please wait until the veteran official writes a formal memorandum tomorrow to implement this method."

Zhang Juzheng did not answer the little fat man's doubts. Instead, he openly took Wang Bing's method as his own.

"Sir, why bother so much? Can't I just give the order?"

"Your Majesty, you must not! This decree must wait until the veteran ministers submit a formal memorial. Your Majesty must not issue the decree directly!"

Seeing that the little fat man wanted to issue the imperial edict directly, Zhang Juzheng quickly stopped him.

'Sir, why are you going to such trouble? I can just give the order directly, so why do you need to do this more... hmm? Could it be?'

After Zhang Juzheng left, the little fat man, who was puzzled, accidentally scanned the "The Chronicles of the First Emperor" on his desk, and suddenly realized it.

"Burning books to deceive scholars? Sir!!!"

The little fat man who had reacted could not understand at this moment that Zhang Juzheng was trying to help him take the blame for persecuting scholars!

…

'Uncle Guo, Uncle Guo, you just ran away after coming up with the idea. This means that I have no choice!'

In the small sedan with green curtains, Zhang Juzheng, who had just come out of the palace, could not help but sigh secretly in the sedan at this moment.

But what he didn't know was that Wang Bing, who he thought was deliberately using this conspiracy to 'calculate' against him, had already forgotten the matter and was transforming into a filial son to cook for his mother.
Chapter completed!