"Your Majesty, do you want to be punished?"
Han Zanzhou, the admiral of Dongchang, was naturally very angry. He did not expect that his people in Dongchang would behave like this. He was actually bewitched by the words of a scholar, so he took the initiative to ask for instructions.
"No need!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, then looked at Qu Shishu, the official of the Xingming Society who was responsible for ideological education among the officials in his entourage, and ordered: "Qu Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ming Dynasty Academy of Administration. Come and enlighten him."
"According to the order!"
Qu Shichen therefore came to Li Ye.
Li Ye and other members of the imperial court had always respected Qu Shichun. After all, Qu Shichun had also taught them political lectures on Xingming Society.
Therefore, when Qu Shichun came, Li Ye also bowed respectfully: "Sir!"
"What kind of person do you think Lu Xuanyuan is?"
Qu Shishu asked.
"Loyal to the emperor and loving the people, upright and elegant, humble and willing to teach, he is the literary sect of a province."
Li Ye replied.
"Since he is a gentleman, why do you want to harm him like this?"
Qu Shishu asked.
Qu Shishu's question was like a slap in the face to Li Ye, which made Li Ye's determination to die suddenly waver: "Why did you say this, sir?!"
Li Ye thought to himself that I had sacrificed my own future and life to save him, how could I harm my respected ideological mentor.
"How can you let him have the reputation of being a fearful absconder? How can you make him a hypocritical person who does not respect the law and is afraid of death?"
Qu Shiqi continued to ask.
Li Ye seemed to have some realization, his eyes dodge a little.
"For a great scholar like Lu Xuanyuan, do you think he would be willing to be taken away by the people of Dongchang and interrogated for his crimes so that His Majesty would know his integrity, and even if he is wrongly accused, he will die generously in the end! Or is he like that? Now, he has become a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and even has a reputation of being in league with internal ministers and having evil intentions?"
Qu Shishu then asked: "By doing this, where will the name of Mr. Lu, whom you admire, be placed?"
"I."
Li Ye didn't know what to say.
"Mr. Lu must be very disappointed in you now. He didn't expect that his admirer would be a traitor who betrayed His Majesty, and a stupid man who didn't care about his reputation. He even read all the articles in the world in vain, but he still only knows the world. Morality and chivalry will eventually destroy the path of the entire civilization! Even if he dies, it has no tragic meaning!"
Qu Shishu said.
"Excuse me sir, what should I do?"
As expected, only literati are the best at dealing with literati, and Li Ye was completely frightened now.
Qu Shishu patted him on the shoulder and said: "So, now the only thing you should do is to let Lu Xuanyuan be interrogated in accordance with the law. This is your most just mission."
Li Ye nodded because of this, and then looked at Zhu Youxiao: "The ministers know where he escaped. Mr. Lu and his friends have a literary society in Shandong called Weiluhui! They often gather at Lujia Dew Garden in Weifang. He went there. I We arranged for someone to send them there.”
"You go with Tian Heng and the others."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"yes!"
Li Ye replied.
Then, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wen Tiren again: "You go together! You are my imperial envoy. If something happens, you can kill him first and report later."
"According to the order!"
…
Weifang.
Shandong is a prosperous land.
It has always been a place where wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen live.
When Dongchang arrived at Luyuan as a guide at Li Ye, he saw Lu Xuanyuan, Lu Zesi and his son in the garden, together with Lu Zuanzu and other scholars who were the Jieyuan of Shandong, and they were talking eloquently.
"It's so lively!"
Wen Tiren said with a smile at this time, and then shouted: "Lu Xuanyuan, Lu Zesi, if you don't stand up on your own, do you need me to invite you personally?"
At this time, all the scholars present surrounded Lu Xuanyuan and Lu Zesi.
Seeing this, Wen Tiren only shouted loudly: "Father and son, Lu, you are decent people. You should stand up and accept the imperial decree on your own, instead of hiding behind others. How can you have the backbone of this?"
Lu Xuanyuan and Lu Zesi just glanced at each other unexpectedly.
They didn't expect that Li Ye from Dongchang would suddenly escort them here and then bring people from Dongchang and the Imperial Guard Battalion to pick them up.
Lu Xuanyuan and Lu Zesi and his son couldn't understand what Li Ye was thinking.
But now, the two of them also know that they can only maintain their decent personalities at this time.
So, Lu Xuanyuan first shouted: "Friends, please get out of the way. This matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to fight against the court for Lu and lose your life for no reason. Isn't this unfair to Lu?"
"Mr. Lu!"
The scholars present couldn't help shouting.
Lu Xuanyuan sighed: "Get out of the way, I am not afraid of the shadows slanting if I am upright, and I, Lu, am not afraid of being punished by the court!"
These scholars had no choice but to get out of the way.
And Lu Xuanyuan also walked towards Wen Tiren.
Lu Zesi also followed.
Moreover, Lu Zesi also took the initiative to ask: "May I ask, why did the court take us to expose the Liu family's affairs? Are we guilty of exposing the Liu family's crimes and seeking justice for the villagers?!"
"After hearing that His Majesty severely punished the Liu family and brought Liu Hongjie and other evil gentry to justice, my father and all of us Shandong scholars applauded and thought that Your Majesty was truly a prosperous and wise king, and that the imperial court was an upright and selfless court!"
"However, I didn't expect that the imperial court would suddenly want to arrest us! Just because we took the initiative to expose the crimes of the chief minister's family!"
Lu Zesi continued to speak, looking extremely indignant and dissatisfied.
After hearing this, the scholars present were very dissatisfied.
Wen Tiren quietly watched the Lu and his son's performance and was not in a hurry to express his position.
At this time, Lu Xuanyuan also scolded his son Lu Zesi with great righteousness: "You traitor! Shut up! Thunder, rain and dew are all for your kindness! It's nothing more than a dead ear, so there is nothing to be afraid of! Your Majesty has his own reasons for doing this. You don’t have to ask any more questions.”
Lu Xuanyuan said and walked up to Wen Tiren in person: "I'm really sorry, but I would like to ask Mr. Ge to come in person. The guilty minister actually didn't want to escape. Unfortunately, Li Juetou and other friends are too enthusiastic. Now it happens that you Now that I’m here, I don’t have to surrender anymore.”
As Lu Xuanyuan said this, he turned around and cupped his hands to the other scholars: "Gentlemen, take your leave!"
"Wait!"
Lu Zuanzu yelled at this time, then came to Wen Tiren, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Ge! Can you tell me why the court wants to take Lu Gong? It also helps us understand that after all, Lu Gong is the first generation of Shandong Wenzong, how can it be like this? Take it away without knowing anything.”
"Of course it's the Liu family who massacred the people who complained about injustice."
Wen Tiren replied.
"In this case, I would like to ask Mr. Ge, are the local wise men guilty of exposing the evils of the powerful families? Shouldn't the officials of the powerful families be supervised by the people? Taizu still allowed the local wise men to appoint officials illegally and expose the evils of the powerful! Why in this dynasty does it no?"
Lu Zuanzu asked.
Then, Lu Zuanzu said: "Perhaps, the imperial court thinks that Lu Gong did this to make the imperial court lose face? But if this is the case, it is better to take us all away. We people in the fire party often expose the dark side of the prosperous age through newspapers! To! Guilty, everyone is guilty! But I would like to ask, is it true that His Majesty and the imperial court cannot accept the criticism of critics? Can they not listen to objectionable words? Do you even think that this is sinful?"
"Yes! Do you have to sing praises for virtue?! Mr. Lu and others are just speaking out for the people, so what's the crime?"
Scholar Guo Yushu also asked.
"Is the imperial court really intolerant of voices that criticize and expose crimes?! In that case, why not take us all away!"
Scholar Ying Zhenglun echoed.
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