Because Yang Yiming, the doctor of the Imperial College who often stirs up trouble, was not there, the Imperial College was peaceful, but the court was in an uproar from the morning of this day. The focus was not on Zhang Shou's plan to split up Banshan Hall, or even on Zhang Shou's suggestion to swap Banshan Hall with Ruxing Hall, but on one thing.
Xie Wanquan, the former head of Ruexing Hall, actually wanted to quit Ruexing Hall because of a momentary indignation!
If Xie Wanquan was once famous for being the youngest head of the Imperial College, then with Lu Sanlang, Zhang Chen, and later Zhu Er, three representatives of the dandy class, becoming heads of the college, he was no longer as glorious as before. Moreover, he had a big setback with Zhang Shou, and he probably offended Grand Tutor Ge, so his former backers also stopped supporting him.
Therefore, when Prime Minister Jiang Ge Lao accused Xie Wanquan of betraying his teacher and ancestors at the morning court, and demanded that his honors be revoked, his status as a student be revoked, and his expulsion from the Imperial College, he did not expect any opposition. In his opinion, Zhang Shou and Xie Wanquan were probably not in the same group, but Yang Yiming was stupid enough to misinterpret the student's good intentions, which led to such an end.
But from his perspective, he would never indulge Xie Wanquan's behavior - otherwise, if everyone in the Imperial College followed suit, what would happen? Moreover, as the Prime Minister, he had so many students, what if Xie Wanquan, who was a traitor to his teacher, showed up
"The teacher is the leader. Even if Yang Yiming really made a mistake, he is still the leader. Let alone scolding Xie Wanquan, even if he is beaten, he should bow his head and accept it! How can such a rebellious person not be severely punished? Can he enter and leave the Imperial College as he pleases?"
However, Jiang Ge Lao's righteous words not only failed to gain the approval of the majority of people, but instead attracted attacks from the public.
Scholar Kong, who always had a problem with Jiang Gelao, was the first to stand up. He sneered and said, "Students should respect their teachers, but they must be strict with themselves. A guy like Yang Yiming who is lenient with himself but strict with others is not fit to be a teacher! Xie Wanquan has been insulted in public to this extent. If he can still tolerate it, he is not a saint..."
"That's useless trash!" Scholar Kong suddenly raised his voice, not even looking at Jiang Gelao's angry expression, and then said word by word, "So, Xie Wanquan is a man who knows his mistakes and can correct them. He is quite brave. Even if he went too far this time, he should not be blamed too much."
At this time, the always nice old man Wu smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it was obviously Yang Yiming who caused the trouble. Xie Wanquan just wanted to be a peacemaker and settle the matter. Who knew that Yang Yiming would misunderstand him? His words were very insightful, but he was just caught in the crossfire. If we follow the old man Jiang's way of handling it, it would really hurt a talented person!"
The second and third ranked Grand Secretaries in the Cabinet came out to challenge him, and Jiang Ge Lao was naturally shocked and angry. But what he didn't expect was that after these two Grand Secretaries, Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, who actually attended the court again today, was even more straightforward;
"Yang Yiming is not fit to be a role model for a teacher. He is simply mean, narrow-minded, and selfish! How can a person who only knows how to fight for fame and fortune teach good students in the Imperial College? Zhou Dasicheng was too lenient just now. He even said that he should be demoted to a prefecture-level county school official? Forget it. You are misleading the students!"