Once the Son-Disciplining Rod was brought out, although the God-Slaughtering Department had spent an entire day wailing and crying, Tianjing suddenly grew much quieter.
From beginning to end, this entire affair was nothing more than a political farce.
There was almost no way to judge this from a strictly legal perspective. Even setting aside the fact that these students were merely being manipulated, a formal conviction—even if it only meant revoking their student status—would ruin countless lives. Furthermore, the Confucianist officials inciting these students from behind the scenes would never provide a venue where a legal trial could actually take place.
Chapter 497