Hearing the other party mention the words "stipend grain," Imperial Academy Chancellor Hou Yongfeng interrupted Jiang Gui: "Jiang Gui, if you confess your crimes to His Majesty right now, you might still be granted the mercy of exile to Lingnan. If you remain stubbornly deluded, I'm afraid you won't even keep your corpse intact!"
Jiang Gui wore an expression of absolute resolve: "Death it is! I have long since been ready to die!"
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Gui turned his head and said, "According to the regulations of the Imperial Court, any student of the Imperial Academy whose family is in financial difficulty may receive one *sheng* of stipend rice per person per day, along with official provisions of fish, meat, salt, and vinegar."
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