He respectfully submitted the petition.
The Grand Secretary took it, didn't even glance at it, but threw out a stack of papers and said, "The Imperial Censorate has had many such petitions recently. The scholars being treated like fish and meat, quite novel indeed. However, Mr. Liang should first take a look at these petition letters."
Mr. Liang took the papers, carefully read through them, and calmly said, "This is indeed a major evidence of Xu Qing treating the scholars like fish and meat. I ask, if not for Xu Qing pressing them too much, how could these people have written petitions about land survey?"
The Grand Secretary glanced at Mr. Liang, "Does Mr. Liang mean that every scholar harbors ill intentions, daring not to let the Court survey the lands?"
