The south is directly under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture.
More than a dozen Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats were sitting in the back hill of an academy giving lectures.
Among them are celebrities such as Qian Qianyi and Ye Maocai.
"Now it is obviously not possible for us to directly oppose the clearing of land and the collection of taxes. Today's world is cruel and harsh, and we are often dismissed from our honors and even beheaded, but we, the Jiangnan gentry, cannot let them harm us;
Therefore, Mr. Qian said before that we should form more literary societies, organize more lecture activities, and even use the name of offering sacrifices to Confucius, loyal sages and great philosophers, and even recent loyal ministers and good scholars to inspire the righteousness of scholars, so that all scholars in the south of the Yangtze River can be encouraged. Be able to work together as one, and let more people know that the harsh government carried out by the court is harmful to the people! And know that the way of benevolence and forgiveness is the right way;
In the future, when the situation in the world changes, new kings or new kingdoms will know what is the right way for the world!
Now that everyone is gathered here, Qian still has to talk about this matter, such as Xu Yuanqing, Dong Zuhe, Gu Yongcheng and other people who were harmed by Xichang and the traitor Feng Quan. We have to ask, in Qian's opinion, should we initiate I, the scholars of Jiangnan, would like to offer my sacrifices to these people who died defending the Tao because of our Jiangnan scholars’ resistance to taxes! In order to make us, the people of Jiangnan, understand that these people died because of them. "
Qian Qianyi started talking to Ye Maocai and other Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats at this time.
After hearing this, Ye Maocai couldn't help but nodded and asked: "Mr. Mu Zhai is right. It's useless to just write a letter to scold Feng Quan and other treacherous ministers. Many people in the south of the Yangtze River don't care much about this. If we can say that these people are fighting against the imperial court, The people of Jiangnan who died after being urged to pay taxes and grains and paid tribute to them can impress the people of Jiangnan. After all, the court is urging the people of Jiangnan to pay taxes and grains. No one is dissatisfied with this!"
"This is exactly the reason! In Chen's opinion, we should indeed unite the hearts of our Jiangnan people by paying tribute to Xu Yuanqing, Dong Zuhe, Gu Yongcheng and other martyrs!"
Chen Yutai also spoke.
Therefore, Ye Maocai continued: "Then let's prepare now?"
"Of course! With Qian's intention, I went directly to Suzhou Confucius Temple to pay homage to these martyrs, and by the way, I cried to the late emperor and let him know his injustice!"
Qian Qianyi said, and then added: "Now we need to write an eulogy for these martyrs. I wonder which dear friend is willing to write it?"
"Of course it's you, Mr. Mu Zhai! You are from Tanhua, and you have always been a literary giant in the south of the Yangtze River!"
Ye Maocai smiled and said.
Others echoed.
Qian Qianyi stood up resolutely and said, "In that case, Qian will write a memorial for the anti-tax fighters!"
As a result, articles praising Xu Yuanqing, Dong Zuhe, Gu Yongcheng and others began to appear in the market throughout South Zhili, and they spread very quickly. Such articles could be seen in almost all towns and cities in South Zhili.
"Taiwan, now the market is full of this kind of posters, and many Jiangnan scholars even said that we, the people, should pay with blood for this!"
At this time, Feng Quan also learned about this from Ruan Dacheng.
Therefore, Feng Quan slapped the table directly: "Then how on earth do they want us to pay with blood! We are doing things for the court and are loyal to the emperor and the people, so what is the crime! And Xu Yuanqing and others deserve to die! Gu Yongcheng has even instigated If the villagers want to murder this official, shouldn’t they be cut to pieces with a thousand swords?!”
"Stop the situation and calm down the anger. They don't care about this. Now they just want to confuse right and wrong, confuse right and wrong, and use the motivation of Jiangnan people who don't want to pay taxes to confirm our reputation as treacherous ministers and evil officials!"
Ruan Dacheng spoke.
"Even those who are familiar with political strategy should know that the collection of Fu Fu and the clearing of land and land are both things that benefit the country and the people. First of all, the purpose of calling for Fu is to ban the additional levy of taxes. The purpose of clearing land and land is to make the people free. Those who have little land will not be taxed too much! This is all good governance! I am lucky enough to do this good governance that benefits the people, but I am also scolded as a traitor!"
Feng Quan spoke excitedly, and then said angrily and silently: "Although I am also a scholar, I have to admit that the most hateful ones are these unreasonable scholars. I think that after I came to Jiangnan, I was trying to clear my father-in-law's land. We only have enough food and clothing at night, but look at these posts, what are they scolding me for? They say that I committed adultery and robbery in the south of the Yangtze River, and that I committed corruption and extorted bribes, which led to the destruction of countless families!"
"This is also the dereliction of duty of our Chongwen Temple. We did not bring enough people, so Taiwan was scolded so miserably! For example, this time, my subordinates reported that these Jiangnan scholars were going to Suzhou Confucius Temple to mourn Xu Yuanqing and others. , and they also wanted to cry to the late emperor, saying that they wanted to let the late emperor know their grievances. It was obvious that they felt that the current saint was stupid and cruel, and could no longer uphold justice for them! And this time the people in the Confucius Temple were crying according to inquiries from the lower officials. There are thousands of them, so at the moment, unless we use soldiers, I really can’t stop them from doing this."
Ruan Dacheng said a little ashamedly.
"Hmph, as expected, as Mr. Xiaoge said, the gentry, students, and subordinate staff are the three greatest harms to our Ming Dynasty! And the gentry and students in Jiangnan are the most numerous. These people like to cry at the Confucius Temple and threaten the government or criticize the government through lectures, or even It is not uncommon to incite the people to cause trouble in the government. This is because the court was too lenient to them in the past. This time, no matter what, I was able to report the matter to His Majesty. Directly impeaching these people is an attempt to commit rebellion! "
As Feng Quan said this, he sat down in front of the desk and started writing the memorial.
"Report!"
But at this time, Li Ruobi walked in: "Zi Tai, there is a new decree from the imperial court."
Feng Quan therefore hurriedly took over the decree from Li Ruobi.
Feng Quan couldn't help being overjoyed after seeing this, and hurriedly smiled at Ruan Dacheng and said: "Your Majesty has issued a decree prohibiting associations, lecturing, worshiping Confucius, and even worshiping local sages and famous officials without the permission of the government. Once violated, he will be punished as guilty of conspiracy. , at worst, those who threaten to obey should be expelled from their jobs, at worst, they should be executed directly! What you just said about crying about the Confucius Temple was not approved by me at all, it is really evil!"
Therefore, Feng Quan directly ordered: "Li Ruobi, order all the soldiers and horses of the Biao camp and immediately surround the Confucius Temple where they are offering sacrifices! Arrest all these people first, and kill anyone who dares to disobey!"
With that said, Feng Quan handed the decree to Ruan Dacheng: "Old Xiaoge is also coming to Nanzhili, as well as Commander Xu from Dongchang. This time, Your Majesty will severely crack down on the scholarly style of Nanzhili!"
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Fang Shihong and Xu Xianchun did come to Nanzhili with their own troops on Zhu Youxiao's order.
Moreover, as soon as Fang Shihong arrived in Yangzhou, he asked the Chongwen Temple troops he brought to check various bookstores.
""Records of Dirty Things in the Harem" and "Records of Fang Shaoqing's Adultery Crimes in the New Gold Ping Mei Ci", I dared to compile these, maybe because I thought my neck was tough enough, so I ransacked the bookstore, and included the bookstore owner and the accountant, including the small Catch them all! In addition, write a memorial to me to impeach Yangzhou Magistrate Ma Zhilu for his inability to ban evil talk!"
At this time, Fang Shihong discovered a major case during a surprise inspection at a bookstore in Yangzhou, and shouted loudly.
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