When Le Cheng heard this, he was obviously dissatisfied with this: "Wen Xinjun, he is just a scholar, why is this?"

Lin Xiangru was anxious and grabbed Le Cheng directly and roared: "What do you mean just some scholars?

That is the reputation of Da Zhao among the scholars in the world!”

The Zhao Guo Academy is now a holy place in the hearts of all scholars in China. Every scholar regards entering the Academy as a great achievement, and many people regard many knowledge and thoughts in the Academy as a guideline.

Any famous scholar in the academy who is willing to become an official will immediately receive an official position in any vassal state in China.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Academy has now become the mainstream of the entire Chinese ideological world and has a significant influence on the scholars in the world.

Once the scholars in the academy were arrested by the Zhao government and even sent troops to suppress them, the news would be very complicated.

By that time, scholars in the world would inevitably think that Zhao was a place that treated scholars very harshly, and would inevitably be disinterested in Zhao State.

Someone is going to ask, isn’t it important to be a scholar at the bottom?

Very important! Unlike any past era, the scholars at the bottom actually really dominated the entire Warring States Period.

In the Warring States Period, there were no imperial examinations and schools, such as institutions that could cultivate cultural people in batches, but if they wanted to govern the local area, cultural officials were essential.

Where did these officials come from?

Of course, it comes from these scholars at the bottom.

Scholars were actually the lowest and largest layer of the bureaucratic class among the vassal states in the Warring States Period.

Since the seven heroes of this era were united, the scholars were quite free to interact.

If you don’t stay here, you will stay at your place. If this country is not good to me, I will just continue to do it in another country.

Shang Yang, the concubine's son of Wei, entered Qin and helped Qin to reform and become stronger.

The State of Wei and Wu came to Chu, helping Chu to reform and become stronger.

Zhang Yi of Wei State entered Qin and helped Qin to dominate the world with the strategy of uniting tyrants.

There are many other examples of this, which are manifestations of the scholars' significant contributions after changing their families.

Therefore, the monarchs of various countries have always been very polite to the scholars. In many cases, the monarchs were even squirted in front of some respected scholars and could only smile. This is a situation that many dynasties in later generations could not see.

Therefore, once a country is labeled as "discrimination and suppression of scholars", the country will be in big trouble.

Not to mention everything, at least most scholars will not go to this country to serve as officials, and this country will lack a large number of grassroots officials and senior talents, which will lead to the operation of the entire country's ruling machine being stuck or even failing.

Lin Xiangru said this and said viciously to Le Cheng: "Do you understand now, my Grand Sima?

If there is something wrong with the scholars, even if only one scholar dies in this suppression led by you, Da Zhao’s reputation for abuse of scholars will be completely launched! At that time, in order to calm the anger of scholars all over the world, what else can the Queen Mother do if she doesn’t attack you?”

Le Cheng was stunned and cold sweat spread across his back in an instant.

After all, he was just a general of Zhao State. He has been paying attention to military affairs for many years. How can he understand these twists and turns?

Le Cheng's face collapsed and he said to Lin Xiangru: "Mr. Wen Xin, save me!"

Lin Xiangru took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "You go to the place where scholars gather and let people stop.

I will go into the palace to meet the Queen Mother!"

Handan Government Office.

Handan upset Zhou Shao’s conscience and shouted: “Those damn scholars are not leaving yet?

Where is the Grand Sima, what is he doing?”

The officials in front of Zhou Shaoliang looked at each other. It was not that they didn't want to report, but that the angry scholars had blocked the entire government office and had no choice.

Zhou Shaoliang's eyes flashed and his face looked extremely ugly.

At this moment, a lower-level official from Handan Mansion suddenly appeared and made a gesture to Zhou Shaoliang quietly.

Zhou Shaoliang breathed a sigh of relief, then gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, open the door, let me go out and talk to these scholars!"

The officials of Handan Prefecture were shocked and said, "Master, this is impossible."

"The Lord of the House, there are all thugs outside. If they commit murder on you, what should we do?"

Zhou Shaoliang shouted: "If you don't go out, the government office will be demolished, open the door!"

A moment later, the door of Handan Government Office opened, and Zhou Shaoliang stepped forward with more than a dozen Handan officials.

As soon as he came out, the dark scholar suddenly appeared in Zhou Shaoliang's sight, which scared him.

A burst of shouts came: "Release the scholars of the palace and many innocent people!"

"Call the incompetent Lecheng!"

But he forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart and said loudly: "Sir, I am Zhou Shaoliang, the ruler of Handan. I have something to say, so listen quietly!"

After Zhou Shaoliang shouted for more than a dozen times, the scholars gradually became quiet.

Zhou Shaoliang coughed and said loudly: "About the arrested scholars, the people who were arrested according to the orders of Grand Sima Lecheng. They are now detained in prison, but they are not life-threatening! As long as the interrogation proves that they are indeed not criminals who spread rumors in the city who want to dismiss the Grand Sima to dismiss the post of important officials, the government will release them immediately!"

After listening to Zhou Shaoliang's words, the scholars did not feel at all quiet, but became more and more restless.

"So it's really the instructor of this despicable man Le Cheng!"

"We scholars in the Academy are innocent, and freedom of speech is innocent!"

"He is happy to do it, we can't say it?

Release the sages of the academy immediately!”

Zhou Shaoliang waved his hand repeatedly and signaled the scholars to listen to him quietly. However, the scholars had been waiting outside the government office for a long time, and the anger in their hearts accumulated, forming a breakthrough. For a while, no one listened to Zhou Shaoliang's words.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out.

Many Zhao soldiers rushed out of nearby streets and surrounded these scholars from the academy.

The young general in charge was named Le Zhen, who was Le Cheng's nephew, and he issued an order without hesitation: "Dispel these scholars immediately!"

The next moment, the Zhao soldiers began to rush towards the scholars and began to fist and kick the scholars of the Academy.

The scholars are unarmed, and they don’t all practice martial arts on weekdays, so how can they be the opponents of Zhao’s soldiers?

Many people were beaten to the point of falling or even fainting at once, and various sounds of fractures kept ringing.

But there are also many people with martial arts and courage among the scholars of the Academy. They shouted: "Fight with these bastards!"

So the two sides began to get fiercely entangled together, directly making the square outside the Handan Government office a large-scale fight venue.
Chapter completed!