Ma Wensheng was indeed said by Li Mengyang that his heart disease almost relapsed, and he was completely disappointed. Now Zhu Houzhao happened to appear and patted him on the shoulder, which calmed down slightly: "Your Majesty!"

However, Ma Wensheng didn't know what to say at this time, because he seemed to be unable to find the answer to convince himself why he was betrayed the entire Shilin. At the same time, he became confused and thought that it was wrong to make the decision for the people of the world, otherwise why was he hated so much, even more hated than a monarchic minister.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that Li Mengyang's words completely exposed the selfish nature of the gentry group, and it can also be said to be the essence of human nature, and also shocked the confidence and confidence of the reformist civil servants to oppose the sages. He now must give these reformists the confidence and motivation to continue to persevere.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Mengyang with a look of surprise: "You said that when scholars today will scold Ma Wensheng for the rest of their lives, even a hundred or even a thousand years later, Ma Wensheng is a treacherous minister, right? But those common people in the world who should really thank Ma Wensheng will forget Ma Wensheng and even don't know who Ma Wensheng is, right?"

"I will tell you today that during my lifetime, I will turn all the common people in the world into scholars. You scholars and officials are just relying on fooling the people and manipulating history and the world today. But if I let all the people study, from peddlers to emperors and generals, they are scholars, I will not believe that all the people in the world will be blind, and you will only listen to you slander and cannot distinguish right from wrong!"

Knowledge in the hands of a few will become a means of enslaving others, while knowledge in the hands of everyone will become a tool for safeguarding human rights.

Therefore, the literati of Zhu Houzhao's era were so arrogant because they controlled their right to speak. What was beneficial to them was good, and what was disadvantageous to them was bad. But the elites of this era might not know that one day in the future they would receive national supervision after the education of the whole nation. Public opinion will no longer become a tool for these elites, but will restrict them from enjoying privileges! Public opinion pressure will make them extremely uncomfortable! They will hate public opinion very much.

And a hero like Ma Wensheng will not be fighting alone! Behind him will be a class of people cheering for him!

Li Mengyang also understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and even directly threatened Zhu Houzhao: "But Your Majesty, if you do this, you will harm yourself! Because if you do this, you will not only be supervised by Shilin, but also by people all over the world!"

"What am I afraid of? When I think I am a greedy and selfish person like you? If the world can make you a hypocritical and arrogant villain like Li Mengyang unable to survive, so what if I don't become this emperor!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng was so scared that he bowed directly: "Your Majesty, don't say this. The world must not be without a king, and the country must not be without a master!"

"I just said that, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Houzhao said.

At this time, Li Mengyang laughed directly: "Okay, since Your Majesty is so calm, I don't want to say anything else, please give me the death penalty!"

"I'm in a hurry so quickly? I haven't finished speaking yet."

Zhu Houzhao said and ordered: "After returning to the palace, he would like to write a decree. A hundred years later, if the kings in later generations dare to rehabilitate Li Mengyang, the subjects of the world can be punished. Such a king is not worthy of inheriting my throne! If the ministers in later generations dare to restore their reputation as the villain Li Mengyang, they will be punished for the crime of treason. Such a minister is not worthy of being a minister of the Ming Dynasty!"

When Li Mengyang heard Zhu Houzhao's words, he felt like he was slapped hard. His current confidence was that he could have a king and minister of later generations to restore his reputation and give him a posthumous title. Now, Zhu Houzhao's doing this is equivalent to breaking his thoughts.

Li Mengyang was extremely shocked and reluctant: "Your Majesty! You are leaving me to die without a burial place! I am just impeaching the treacherous minister, why do you treat me like this!"

"In addition, this imperial edict is placed in Fengtian Hall and engraved on the golden pedestal of Fengtian Hall! As long as my Ming Dynasty has not yet perished, Li Mengyang will not think of the name of loyalty and wise!"

Zhu Houzhao ignored Li Mengyang at first and continued to give orders, and then said to Li Mengyang: "You are willing to be a lackey of the gentry and scold my loyal minister, intending to eliminate my intention to reform the Ming Dynasty and reform the Ming Dynasty. You want my Ming Dynasty to have no way to retreat, so I will let you die without a place to bury you first!"

Li Mengyang began to feel fear at this time. He didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to protect Ma Wensheng so much.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao continued to order: "Issuing an order to escort Li Mengyang's relatives into Beijing, confiscate his family genealogy, destroy his ancestral tombs, and burn them together. After escort his relatives into Beijing, they will be scolded by Li Mengyang and exiled to Dongfan Island. Otherwise, they will be killed on the grounds of resisting the order and not obeying the order!

Before this, Li Mengyang was escorted and asked all officials to curse him, and wrote to scold him. The scolding was engraved on the stele and inscribed in the various Confucian temples in the capital!

The imperial edict ordered the world to criticize Li Mengyang's articles. Those with excellent ones can receive ten stones of grain and the whole clan is exempted from labor for one year! The Emperor Ming Pao selects excellent ones to publish them! The Hanlin Academy compiles a book to save it for future generations! Anyone who has sympathy with Li Mengyang will copy and burn it!"

After hearing this, Li Mengyang became even more scared and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, why are you so cruel! Why!"

"If you want to destroy the foundation of my Ming Dynasty forever, I will destroy the foundation of your Li family forever and let you go for thousands of years. I don't believe it. Hundreds of years later, people in the world can really think that you, Li Mengyang, are a loyal minister." As he said, Zhu Houzhao said again:

"It is allowed to be fabricated, and there is no need to pursue the authenticity of the truth. The content is shameful, including adultery, collusion with enemies, incest, chaos in the country, seeking money, killing lives, and writing everything that is inferior to others can write!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Li Mengyang couldn't help but tremble in anger, trembling: "Your Majesty, you, you!"

"Don't worry, I will let you die, and I will not let you live through this year! And I will let you die heroically enough to satisfy your wishes. Killing by sticks, cracking the car, dismembering the corpse of five horses or lingchi, you choose yourself! I give you the right to choose!"

Zhu Houzhao said again, "Aren't you still worried about Ma Wensheng? Are you worried that he will be scolded by scholars all over the world? I am now issuing an order to make scholars all over the world praise him, and a decree is issued to the whole country. All students and above must express their praise for Ma Gong's wiseness! If there are any violations, they must remove their fame and reputation! Local officials must establish a temple for Ma Gong in the place where the government office is under the jurisdiction. There are as many Confucius Temples in the world, so many temples will be included in the genealogy of the writers. They must not resist the order, and will be given ten stones of food. The entire clan is exempted from labor for one year!"

"In addition, the reasons for the success of Ma Wensheng and others in the examination of the law were written on the stone tablets, listed in the Wenhua Hall and the Ministry of Personnel's main hall, so that the kings and ministers of later generations can be viewed! From now on, daily notes must be reviewed by me before they can be left behind, and those who have not passed the exam will be burned! Those who dare to slander Ma Gong or even the new policy will be eliminated by those who have official positions and fame, and then demoted them, and exiled for three thousand miles. The civilians will also be exiled for 3,000 miles. Those who report will be rewarded with ten stones of grain and exempted from labor service for one year!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Li Mengyang was really stupid. Instead, Ma Wensheng couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, will this block the mouths of the scholars and people in the world? Will the prison for writing be promoted in the future?"

"Not hindrance! I just don't allow them to slander my loyal ministers, not to slander their affairs in the world, not to let them not impeach others, nor to take their lives. I just protect your reputation, this is your right to be honored. Maybe one day in the future, everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty will have the right to be honored, and no one will slander or slander them at will!"
Chapter completed!