After entering April, the turmoil in Beijing did not subside due to the warmer weather. Instead, the public opinion war in newspapers became more intense.
Large-scale debates took place in restaurants, tea shops, streets and alleys, and even in Qinlou and Chuguan.
With the public support of several bachelors in the cabinet and He Yaomin, the Minister of Rites, there was almost no support for the implementation of compulsory education.
There is actually only one thing that is causing the most quarrel at this stage, and that is whether women should be eligible to receive education in government-run schools just like men.
The opponents have two views. One is that they hold the theory that it is a virtue for a woman to have no talent; the other is that it is against the etiquette and etiquette for women to show up in the same room as men and study in the same room as men.
These two points are quite unexplainable, because those who hold these two points are basically officials in the DPRK and China who have the right to speak or gentry in the opposition.
On the contrary, those who supported women's equal enjoyment of education rights with men, except for a limited number of enlightened sages, were mostly young scholars and teenagers.
The chaos in Shanxi did not have a great impact on the Central Committee. On the contrary, Jia Lian went on a killing spree in the Xuan Mansion, which forced several big bosses in the Central Committee to urgently adjust national policies and send the firearms originally intended to be sent to southern Xinjiang. North.
Jia Lian killed more than 10,000 Tatars in Xuanfu, and built a large Beijing temple outside the Great Wall with great arrogance. The Tatars finally couldn't bear it anymore.
At the end of March, the Tatars first sent envoys south, intending to go to Beijing to ask for an explanation. Unexpectedly, Jia Lian didn't give him a chance at all, so all the members of the mission had their heads chopped off and thrown outside the city to add bricks and tiles to the Beijing temple.
Perhaps Jia Lian's behavior really angered the Tatars. On the second day of April, the Tatars officially marched southward, claiming to have a hundred thousand cavalry to knock on the pass.
This was like poking a hornet's nest, and for nine consecutive court meetings, many people came forward to impeach Jia Lian for provoking provocations without permission, and demanded that Jia Lian be escorted back to the capital and severely punished.
It was another great dynasty, and the civil and military officials in Fengtian Palace got into a quarrel.
The envoys sent by the imperial court to Goryeo had to return to the capital halfway. The Goryeo people rebelled. Taking advantage of the ice of the Yalu River, they quietly crossed the border and sent 80,000 troops to attack Changbai Mountain.
As soon as the news came back to the capital, the impeachment, which had been slightly retreated before, became turbulent again.
Including the southern Xinjiang that has not been completely pacified so far, is Daxia going to be attacked on three sides? As long as there is a war, there will never be a shortage of leaders and factions in the DPRK, especially civil servants.
"What are these people thinking in their minds? Are they stupid? The war is about to call back the border generals. Fortunately, they can figure it out. The Tatars should invite these people to drink."
As soon as the court meeting ended, the emperor was called to Longshou Palace by the Supreme Emperor.
The father and son sat opposite each other in the Huangji Hall. The old man listened to his son's complaints as if he were watching a play, and handed over a stack of letters: "Korea is nothing to worry about. Even Tatars are not a big threat. Look at this..."
Um?
Liu Heng was quite puzzled. He took the letter and opened it. After reading only one paragraph, he raised his head in surprise and asked, "Did your father arrange someone at the Prince's Mansion in Beijing County a long time ago?"
The old man glanced at his son, his expression extremely speechless: "What a fuss, there are so many shady people in the Shui family in this house, I have to be on guard against you."
Liu Heng ignored his father's disdain and asked again: "So, you planned the turmoil in Shanxi?"
"Not entirely, it's just that I pushed it after learning about the case in Baoding Mansion. In the final analysis, those people have hard-to-satisfy desires. Desire, if not controlled, will often lead to death."
Sure enough, the Supreme Emperor is the most playful person in Daxia!
Liu Heng read one letter and then opened another. The letter detailedly reported how the owner of the letter stirred up the ambitions of Lu Huan, the head of the Lu family in Pingyang, and encouraged the Shanxi gentry and wealthy businessmen to collude to fight against the imperial envoy...
"Dad, you already knew about Liu Kan's group of beasts harming innocent women? Why didn't you kill these beasts? And why didn't you tell your son?"
"Are you blaming me?"
The Emperor's expression became stern, and he looked at the angry Liu Heng coldly.
Liu Heng clenched the letter in his hand into a ball, his chest heaving.
"Those eight hundred coffins once appeared in my son's dream...Father, my son is the Emperor of Great Xia. The nephew of a clan official of the imperial dynasty committed such a shocking crime. You have known about this for a long time, but you did not stop it. I didn’t even say a word to my son..."
"The kindness of a woman! Without sacrifices, where does your position of Holy Emperor come from? Without paying a certain price, what reason do you have to plow the land in Shanxi? Do you really think that an imperial edict can make the people of Shanxi behave? You are the Lord?"
Emperor, you must be cold-blooded when you should be cold-blooded!
The Supreme Emperor really wanted to teach his son how to be cold-blooded, but unfortunately the stubborn fourth child was indeed the stubborn fourth child. Even though he understood that there was no right or wrong in this matter, he just didn't want to become what his father said...
"Perhaps what my father said is right, but I would rather bear the reputation of murder and cruelty than use the blood of innocent people to build a cold throne."
Liu Heng said to the old man in a tough tone for the first time: "I hope this is the last time my father will hide it from me. I am the emperor of Daxia!"
The Emperor's Palace suddenly became extremely cold and cold. The emperor with a tough attitude faced the arrogant father and son, and neither of them gave in to the other.
The confrontation between the two saints was even unbearable for Dai Quan, who was used to seeing big scenes. The cold sweat on his back soaked his clothes. He wanted to persuade the emperor but only glanced at the emperor secretly, and was dismayed by his face. He was so cold and frightened that he dared not say a word.
In the end, it was the Supreme Emperor who broke the silence first. The old man didn't seem angry. Instead, he suddenly said happily: "You finally look like an emperor..."
"father……"
Before Liu Heng could finish speaking, the old man raised his hand to interrupt what he was about to say.
"I said, listen. After Jia Cong cleans up Shanxi, all you have to do is to roll out the new method as quickly as possible without any reservations. There is a ready-made testing ground, and there will be no restrictions. .When Shanxi is finished, Shandong will be almost done."
The old man's last words frightened Liu Heng, and Dai Quan couldn't help but shudder.
Liu Heng couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah? Dad, dear dad, what did you do in Shandong again?"
…
The emperor ignored him, the big bosses in the central government remained silent, no matter how fierce the quarrel was in the court, no matter how many memorials were issued to impeach Jia Lian, everything was useless.
Not only was Jia Lian not recalled, but he received the emperor's personal edict. The Beijing camp dispatched 30,000 troops to the north to support the Xuanfu. Jia Lian temporarily acted as the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, led the Ministry of War, and served as the prime minister in the military and political affairs of the Xuanfu.
But Liaodong didn't even say a word to the emperor, let alone issue an order. Because Liaodong has the most capable person in the old Liu family.
King Jing Liu Yi had long been on guard against Goryeo. He deliberately put the Goryeo army into Changbai Mountain, just like fishing. When the ice on the Yalu River melted, Changbai Mountain became the burial place of the Goryeo people.
Tens of thousands of troops from Liaodong Town entered Changbai Mountain. The situation of the war was completely one-sided. Just a few days after the capital received the report that the Korean troops had entered Changbai Mountain, Liaodong sent the first good news.
Prince Jing Liu Yi, who was "hunting" with an army of 20,000 in Changbai Mountain, caught the Koreans off guard by waiting for work. 20,000 against 80,000, they actually achieved a brilliant record of killing 25,000 people in one formation.
Now the remaining 50,000 Goryeo defeated troops are fleeing across the Songwa River in the direction of Tatar. Liu Yi plans to lead troops to raid Goryeo and petitions the emperor to send the Beijing army north to Jinzhou to prevent the Goryeo defeated army from suddenly moving south.
The battle in Liaodong was lively, with two armies confronting each other outside Xuanfu City. Jia Cong, who had just arrived in Pingyang Mansion, did not know that his second brother was sharpening his sword and planning to go to Mobei to seal Lang Juxu.
The imperial army suddenly descended on Pingyang and surrounded the Lu family's mansion in the city. Lu Huan had no way to refuse Jia Cong's "invitation". He didn't even have time to settle things at home before he was escorted into a carriage by the Jia family's soldiers.
The government office was temporarily requisitioned by Jia Cong, and the outside of the main hall was guarded by soldiers from Rongguo Mansion. Even Lan Jingwen, the prefect, was not allowed to enter.
Lu Huan saw the famous Uncle Yongfeng for the first time. Facing Jia Cong, his originally upright figure seemed to be much shorter.
Jia Cong looked up and down at Lu Huan, who was hunched over, and said: "Lu Huan, Lu Daru, is hiding behind his back to encourage the Shanxi gentry to fight against this uncle. His method is very good."
"I can't understand what Uncle Yongfeng is saying."
Lu Huan tried to pretend not to understand, but Jia Cong only showed disdain and ridicule.
They have been fighting each other for two months. Is it too late to pretend not to know?
Jia Cong chuckled and said: "Lu Huan, people in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets. The things your Lu family did are enough to punish the nine clans. I have already sent people to Datong and the ancestral land of the Lu family. Don't worry, the family will always Everything is neat and tidy, even a dog from the Lu family will accompany you on the road."
"Uncle Yongfeng, do you really want to kill everyone?"
Lu Huan knew that it was futile to keep pretending, so his rickety body became straight and straight again, trying his best to maintain the arrogance and posture of the aristocratic family in his heart.
He stared at Jia Cong's eyes full of murderous intent and disgust, and said seriously: "I ask myself, I have never offended the Ning Rong Jia family, let alone Uncle Yongfeng. Why do you insist on holding on to the Lu family? ? What good will it do you to destroy the Lu family? Most of Shanxi’s noble families were destroyed by Uncle Yongfeng, aren’t you afraid of being cast aside by the world in the future? "
When Jia Cong heard this, instead of being angry, he burst into laughter. The laughter made the sparrows on the eaves flap their wings and fly away.
Lu Huan was startled by Jia Cong's sudden laughter. He asked, "Why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughing at you, you are so shameless! A nobleman? Are you worthy of being called a scholar?"
Jia Cong stood up and pointed to the north: "There is a saying in "Mencius" that poverty does not violate justice, so a scholar will gain himself; if he achieves his goal, he will not deviate from the way, so the people will not be disappointed. In ancient times, when people achieved ambition, they benefited the people; Ambition, self-cultivation can be seen in the world. If you are poor, you can be good at yourself, and if you are successful, you can help the world. Only by respecting the virtuous and empowering can you become a scholar. What have you accomplished? Bah!"
People in the world often say that scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are respected.
Although Jia Cong did not agree with this view, he agreed with people's moral requirements for the scholar class.
From ancient times to the present, we call it a scholar without arguing; a scholar is called a scholar by his position; a scholar is called a scholar by his ability and wisdom; a scholar is called a scholar who cares about the country and the people...
Lu Huan also has the nerve to call himself a scholar?
"You dare to be called a scholar? Are you worthy of being called a scholar? Duke Wenzheng Wei is the real scholar!"
Jia Cong spat and slapped the table hard: "Lu Huan, the crimes committed by the Erlu clan are too numerous to describe. Today, I will let you take a good look at what Heaven's way of retribution means! Send an order, and the Imperial Army raids Pingyang. The Lu clan, the entire clan, and others were all detained in the Pingyang Mansion Prison and interrogated severely..."
"Jia Conger dares!"
Lu Huan was shocked and said angrily: "What evidence do you have? I am a Jinshi of the imperial dynasty, with a literary name, and my daughter is the acting princess. Without an imperial edict, you dare to take me?"
Jia Cong laughed and shouted angrily: "Evidence? I, Jia Cong, never need evidence to do anything!"
With a snap, he slapped the Yanling knife at his waist on the table. The jade handle shimmered, making Lu Huan feel frightened.
Just listen to Jia Cong shout: "Let alone confiscate the house, even if you directly kill all the Erlu family today, Your Majesty will not blame me. As for what the world despises? Who dares?"
Lu Huan did not expect that Jia Cong would be so tough and cruel. He was so shocked that he took two steps back and pointed at Jia Cong with a trembling hand: "You...you..."
"Goodbye, you, you, you. Uncle Ben called you here today just to satisfy my curiosity. After all, this is the first time I have seen a beast that even defiled his own daughter!"
Jia Cong sneered and waved to the soldiers outside the door: "Take this beast down for interrogation..."
The soldiers immediately walked in and took him down. Jia Cong looked at the puddle of water on the floor in the hall with disgust, curled his lips and muttered to himself: "What kind of great Confucian are you calling yourself a noble? Bah, shame!" "
"Little Third Master, Zhu Jiangming sent a letter..."
Jia Shiyi walked around the puddle of water and handed a letter to Jia Cong.
Jia Cong was a little surprised. He had only left Taiyuan for a few days, so why did Zhu Jiangming suddenly send him superstition.
He took it and opened it and saw that it was actually the emperor's handwriting, and there were several other letters inside.
"Fuck me!"
Jia Cong hurriedly opened the attached letters and read them.
The more he looked, the more surprised he became. Behind the Pingyang Lu family, there was really someone from the Beijing County Prince's Palace. However, this person named Shui was not from the same family as the people from the Beijing County Prince's Palace. He was a spy inserted by the Supreme Emperor early on.
It's not right to call him a spy. This person named Shuixing, a member of the royal family of Beijing County, was the pawn originally planned by the Supreme Emperor to succeed Shui Rong's father.
It's a pity that Shui Rong's father was too anxious to use it. Later, it happened to be placed in Shanxi to prevent the Prince of Beijing County from stirring up trouble in Shanxi.
This time the case of Liu Kan and others came to light, and the Emperor took the opportunity to conduct a major purge to clear obstacles and pave the way for the Emperor's career...
"Strange, if all this is the old man's trick, then why hasn't the court received any news about Liu Kan and others? The crimes of these beasts were committed ten years ago!"
Jia Cong carefully read several letters in his hand several times. Instead of solving the doubts in his heart, he became even more confused.
Could it be that the Supreme Emperor just watched Liu Kan and others harm those innocent women?
I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
