Weng Tonghe is a typical Confucian official. He shows everyone that he is gentle and elegant on weekdays, but this does not mean that he will not get angry, nor does it mean that he is clumsy and unable to debate.
Facts have proved that once Weng Tonghe starts to fight back, his sharpness is definitely no less than Xiao Letian. The imperial master in his thirties looked around at the powerful Manchu princes in Dongnuan Pavilion and said with a sneer.
"Where is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty? There are no outsiders here and I will tell you the truth. The Eight Banners ruled the Central Plains with alien races and were able to continue to rule the country for more than two hundred years. This is rare in Chinese history..."
"There are Wuhuahua in the distance, and Yuan Dynasty in the near future. Which one can capture the hearts of the Han people like the Guo Dynasty? How did this miracle come about? I think you should have thought about it..."
"Hahaha, the Qing Dynasty has come to this day only because of the knives in the hands of the Eight Banners and the sharp mouth of us scholars. When the country was founded, there was no hair. Although it was the Eight Banners' disciples who used knives to forcefully promote it, but then Without us Confucian scholars to ease the mood of the people a little bit, do you really think that the country can be stable?"
Weng Tonghe's words made all the ministers present blush slightly, but what he said next irritated them even more, and Weng Tonghe simply started to expose the truth.
"It is us scholars who have been helping the court to appease people's hearts for two hundred years, so that the Manchu people can always sit down. Those old farmers in the countryside who cannot read a lot of Chinese characters, what truth they can understand, they have to rely on We scholars tell them that whoever we say is orthodox is orthodox..."
"My lords, the country has now reached its most critical moment. How is the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners? Has it declined? The battle between the Monk King and the British and French forces damaged the core strength of the Eight Banners." Wei Chen said To be completely treasonous, if the Hunan Army goes north today, where will the imperial court send troops to stop it?"
This sentence shocked the whole hall. When Ci'an heard this, he quickly looked at the eunuchs. The chief eunuchs Zhou Daoying and An Dehai quickly took away all the servants, leaving only high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the hall.
Weng Tonghe finally gave up, "The knife in the hands of the imperial court is no longer sharp enough, and it is too late to sharpen it now. This is the reality of Tie Zhengzheng. Doesn't it mean that the imperial court no longer wants the knife, and now it has to cut off the mouthpiece? Without us Confucian scholars using heavenly principles Conscience, use Confucian classics to lock the hearts of the Zeng brothers, what other good ways do you have?"
"Your Majesty! Queen Mother! Dear nobles, haven't you seen the situation clearly? Now we Confucian scholars are desperately trying to use moral articles to force Zeng Guofan. We are trying every means to push him into the loyal ministers! Now! If a Japanese devil comes and prints a few leaflets, will the court give up on our teaching?"
Speaking of this, Weng Tonghe let out a long sigh and knelt down in the center of the hall, "Wei Chen has spoken out his heart. If you want to kill or cut into pieces, it's up to you!"
How could he kill him? Weng Tonghe had already lifted the biggest worry in the hearts of everyone present. How could the imperial court dare to take action if he just left it in the hot sun?
Cixi glanced, and Prince Gong quickly stood up and helped the imperial master: "Shu Ping, Shu Ping, what are you doing? I'm here to help you, what I just said was too rude, don't blame me, of course the court will use it Of course, to show your knowledge, you must use Confucian scholars. This is the ancestral family law and will never change..."
Yi? He dragged Weng Tonghe forcefully and pushed him into the chair again. "Aren't we just discussing this? Xiao Letian has already made a move. How should the court respond? You scholars have smart minds. You need to come up with more ideas..."
At this time, the Queen Mother Dong also spoke: "Uncle Ping, all these evidences were passed from Tanggu Kuaima. Xiao Letian has ironclad evidence in his hand, and even has photos of foreigners. Originally, the court was not afraid of him playing tricks. But when he handled the flyers like this, I was a little confused..."
"What if Xiao Letian goes on like this endlessly and the people's hearts are deceived? This is what the court is most worried about..."
Weng Tonghe shook his head, "No, the court is overly worried. Xianxue has been controlling people's hearts for thousands of years. The people have long formed the habit. This cannot be changed by a few unveiling posts. What's more, the people in the countryside are already literate. Not many. After seeing these announcements, we scholars have to explain them to them. This is our advantage..."
"It is undeniable that Xiao Letian's heresies are very confusing to some half-literate people. Those shop clerks, green forest people who run around in the world, and countless businessmen, this group of people The number is not small, and there are also many literate people. They are the most easily deceived by Xiao Letian..."
"Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, please calm down. Xiao Letian's poisonous plan is indeed very clever, but it is not that urgent. The court still has time to deal with it. The biggest question now is how big Xiao Letian's plan will be and how far it can be carried out. How long, if we don’t figure this out, we won’t be able to deal with it at all..."
Everyone in the palace was lost in thought, and the wise Emperor Tongzhi suddenly spoke: "Shuntian Prefecture came to report that there were countless flyers flying in the capital yesterday, and there must be 80,000 if not 100,000... I was puzzled, printing these Don’t things cost money? Even if Xiao Letian has a lot of money, he can’t afford to waste it like this? Also, how on earth did he print so many leaflets in a few days? "
This question is so critical. Yi? once asked the same question to the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, but those craftsmen were also confused. First of all, they don't understand what kind of printing technology this is. Secondly, there are cost and efficiency issues. If the Ministry of Industry were to do it, one hundred thousand leaflets would cost at least one hundred thousand copper coins, and it would take half a month to print them.
How Xiao Letian accomplished such a miracle, no one in the entire Manchu court could figure it out.
The little emperor frowned and said, "According to the master's analysis, if these leaflets are the limit of Xiao Letian's ability, and if he can only do this step, then the impact on the people's hearts should not be very big... I am afraid of Xiao Letian." His methods don’t stop there. Now he is a direct subordinate, and maybe Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu will follow..."
"Impossible!" Weng Tonghe jumped up like a mouse whose tail was stepped on. "Absolutely impossible. How could there be such a magical printing technology in the world? Even if he had Xiao Letian, he wouldn't have that much financial resources to do this. . One leaflet costs one copper plate. If you want to cover the entire Qing Dynasty, don’t you need tens of millions of them? How could he have so much money to waste..."
Everyone thought about it and thought about it. What is the concept of hundreds of millions of copper coins? That is one hundred thousand taels of silver. It can support an army of tens of thousands of people. Only a fool would print this thing for fun.
At this point in the meeting, everyone was in a better mood. The next topic was how to deal with Xiao Letian's aggressive attitude.
According to the practice of the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years, what Xiao Letian did was enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the family. Everything he did was too late, but no one here could say the word "annihilation".
The situation has become too complicated for Xiao Letian. The forces of foreigners and the Hunan Army have been involved. In addition, Xiao Letian is willing to start a propaganda war with the court. If he uses weapons again, Xiao Letian may be naive. It's all over the place.
If you want to wipe out Xiao Letian, it won't work if you send too few troops, but if you send too many troops, this slippery guy will definitely escape to the sea. The end result was nothing more than a pirate-like attack on the coast of the Qing Dynasty, and then all the big cities were filled with posters and leaflets. If it really comes to that, the court's dignity and face will be lost.
But if Xiao Letian is not suppressed, the imperial court really cannot swallow this sigh of relief. At any rate, the imperial court has also put down the Changmao and Nian Army. This is a period of gradual recovery of the imperial court's prestige. If it bows to a stinky businessman, it will not be laughed at by the world. ah.
There was a dead silence in Dongnuan Pavilion. This dilemma seemed to be difficult to overcome.
"Wait, wait for two more days, it is estimated that the ancestor of the protector will be back in the next few days. There will be no information that he can't get. He sent a message to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Jiao Si is the spy they sent out. Although Sun Sanhu has been arrested now But he escaped, so we have to dig deep to find him and see if we can get any information from him..."
Yi?'s words ended the imperial meeting. Although they did not discuss how to deal with Xiao Letian, Xianxue successfully broke through. No one in the court dared to weaken Xianxue anymore. These troublemaking scholars were completely safe.
Parading is not guilty, but demonstration is justified. These two sentences spread to the ears of all the scholars in the capital that night. Now they were very proud. After a forced palace and a grand parade, the court actually tolerated it. This was simply a great event worthy of celebration for scholars all over the world.
That night, all the entertainment venues in the capital were packed with scholars. These loyal slaves of Xue Xue drank happily. There was no longer any provocation from the lackeys of Western Xue around them. The world was back under their control.
"Congratulations to Mr. Wang Mian... Congratulations to Mr. Luo Tongwen and Luo... Congratulations to Mr. Fan Minxing and Mr. Fan... Congratulations to all the classmates and fellow students who protect Xianxue... Let us drink this cup to the full!"
The walls of all the brothels in the Bada Hutong were about to be broken open. There were drunken people everywhere, and the names they shouted were the three scholars who had made the most contributions in this demonstration.
Needless to say, Wang Mian did not forget to participate in the gathering of scholars when he was mourning, and he was the serious leader of the main force on the day he was forced to convict.
Mr. Luo and Mr. Fan were even more unambiguous. They fought the most fiercely in the martial arts in front of Prince Gong's palace. Whenever morale was low, they could always take the lead and rush forward. They were indeed good at causing trouble.
The three of them are now collectively known as the "Three Masters of Revealed Learning". The three of them can be said to have carried the banner of Confucianism's future prosperity.
"Everyone, everyone... please be quiet and listen to what I, Wang Mian, have to say..." Wang Mian, who was drunk and crazy, jumped on the table, surrounded by scholars and brothel women. At that moment, he had found the feeling of a leader.
"The power of scholars of our generation has shaken the government and the public. This matter will surely go down in history. We are all great contributors to learning... Let us work harder and move forward. I firmly believe... I I firmly believe that the literati style of the Song Dynasty is not far away, it is already close at hand..."
With one sentence, the whole house was filled with applause. This group of scholars clapped and cheered like crazy, "The great Song Dynasty is so romantic. We scholars will restore the glory of the Song Dynasty... let the court kill the white horse and swear an oath..."
Xiao Letian did not expect, nor did Weng Tonghe, nor did the Manchu Qing court expect that a grace chaos would actually allow this group of scattered scholars to find a political program of their own. They actually wanted to restore the status of literati in the Song Dynasty.
I have to say that the Song Dynasty was really a paradise for scholars. As long as you were an official, there was no death penalty. Being a scholar was a gold medal for immunity from death. This alone was enough for these scholars to revel.
No one expected that the Enke Rebellion would lead to so many changes, many of which even Xiao Letian could not grasp.
The water has been completely muddy. Whether Xiao Letian can cultivate into a spirit in this muddy water depends on his ability.
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