"It is not sinful to speak out for the people, but to ignore the lives of the people, instigate others to mobilize the people to complain before the Holy Emperor, and lead the powerful to massacre the people, while oneself hides behind the scenes, eats human blood, and uses the name of complaining for the people to suffer. Manipulating the situation of the government and completing political conspiracy is a crime."
Wen Tiren answered loudly.
Then, Wen Tiren looked at Lu Xuanyuan and asked, "Mr. Lu, is what I said correct?"
Lu Xuanyuan glanced at Wen Tiren with a complicated expression, but then avoided Wen Tiren's eyes.
He suddenly found that his tricks worked well in front of young scholars with little experience and simple ideas, but in front of cabinet ministers like Wen Tiren, the clues seemed to be immediately obvious.
Therefore, Lu Xuanyuan suddenly didn't know what to say and showed timidity.
This was the first time he felt overwhelmed when dealing with an incident.
"Since you are speaking out for the people, why don't you go directly to the court to report the evildoings of the Liu family? Why don't you come in person to stop the emperor and cry out for the injustice of the people?!"
Wen Tiren took the opportunity to ask further questions.
"Lu."
Lu Xuanyuan was questioned by Wen Tiren and didn't know how to explain it.
"Or are you saying that you have no intention of speaking out for the people, and just like the Tang magistrate, you turn a blind eye to the sufferings of the people?! It's only after an accident happened that you came to criticize it with dignity?!"
Wen Tiren continued to question.
"My father is the second best man in the list, and he is in charge of the cultural context of this province. How can he be required to do this in person to mobilize the people to cry out grievances before the Holy Emperor?"
Lu Zesi replied at this time.
"Yes, this matter does not require Mr. Lu to go personally. Mr. Lu has not turned a blind eye to the suffering of the people. He has always criticized the Liu family and other powerful families for their evil deeds, and has always encouraged us to fight against the powerful."
The scholar Guo Yushu also responded and replied: "And it is for this reason that we thought of going to the Holy Emperor to complain!"
"It turns out that Mr. Lu won't go out to plead grievances for the people in person because he has a respected position. Mr. Lu has always regarded himself as a superior person."
Wen Tiren replied with a smile, and then said with a serious face: "In any case, the Liu family's servants have indeed exposed the fact that your Lu family and his son are suspected of leading the wealthy family to massacre the common people. You two must now go to Dongchang for interrogation."
"False accusation!"
"This is definitely a false accusation!"
Lu Zesi shouted loudly at this time, and turned back to look at the scholars and said: "Gentlemen, you should know my father's character. My father has always cared for the old and the poor, and was kind and kind. How could he do such a thing and treat people's lives like grass? It must be someone with ulterior motives who is dissatisfied with us scholars criticizing the imperial court, so he slandered me like this and tried to blame my father!"
After Lu Zesi said that, he shouted loudly: "The mission of scholars is to criticize! Expose all injustices in the world in order to make the world righteous! Now the court wants to frame my father because he exposed the dark side of the powerful and powerful. , This is undoubtedly a blow to justice and a blockade of speech!"
"That's right. The mission of a literati is not to praise virtue, but to criticize!"
Lu Zuan's group also responded, and raised their arms and shouted: "Those who speak are not guilty!"
"He who speaks is not guilty!"
"He who speaks is not guilty!"
…
Other scholars also responded.
They are all loyal believers of Lu Xuanyuan.
What's more, Lu Xuanyuan has always behaved very knowledgeable, moral, and even kind and loving in front of them. He has long been a very upright teacher in their hearts.
Moreover, they were all dissatisfied with the imperial court's suppression of the scholar-official class, which resulted in the scholar-officials not having the freedom of civilians. They firmly believed that scholar-officials should oppose the imperial court, and the imperial court should respect the scholar-officials who opposed the imperial court.
Therefore, when Lu Zesi encouraged them, these scholars became very excited and excited.
"He who speaks is not guilty" seems to have become a truth that they are now willing to stick to for the rest of their lives.
"Criticism and exposure are not sins, but it does not mean that those who criticize and expose should not be punished, and they can be above the law! Therefore, 'the speaker is not guilty' is a fallacy! Whether the speaker is guilty or not depends on What does it say?"
After Wen Tiren said this, he waved his hand: "Get someone!"
"yes!"
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard Battalion surrounded the place first, and the people from Dongchang also drew their swords.
Seeing this, Lu Xuanyuan and Lu Zesi immediately hid behind a group of scholars.
However, Lu Zuanzu, Guo Yushu and others were willing to protect Lu Xuanyuan, as if they were protecting their spiritual leader. They clenched their fists and gritted their teeth as they stood in front of the people in Dongchang.
"The elder is also a civil servant. Do you really want to commit such a crime and break the backbone of the civil servants in the world and make the world full of flattery?"
Lu Zuanzu asked.
"That's right, even if the gentleman is guilty, it was investigated by the local government. How could it be taken away directly by the Dongchang? The Dongchang is a place to investigate corruption, rape and theft, not to judge people!"
Guo Yushu followed.
"The servant now represents the Chief Justice."
Wen Tiren replied.
"Whatever you say, you can't just take me and my father away! The king is the most important, the people are the most noble, and the country is second. Scholars are the leaders of the four people, and the court should treat them with courtesy so that they can correct the shortcomings of the government, and the court We cannot ban the voices of the people and the mouths of critics just because of the law!”
Lu Zesi shouted loudly at this time.
"Anyone who prevents the imperial court from arresting criminals will be killed without mercy!"
Wen Tiren gave a direct order at this time.
Seeing this, Li Ye hurriedly asked Wen Tiren: "Mr. Ge! How can this be done? They are all literati with noble moral character and dare to speak out for the people! How can they be killed like this?"
Wen Tiren snorted and said: "They can deceive you who are young and have a little knowledge, but they can't deceive me. These self-interested tricks in the name of the world are just remnants of what we played back then. "
"At that time, we were better at playing than they were, pushing each other and calling each other the country, but we spread the party and protected the party, and the loyal ones were always thrown away, so that in the end we did not distinguish between the wise and the foolish, only the regional party, if a party The party, whether it is greedy or evil, all compete to protect it; if it is not a party and one township, whether it is capable or loyal, they all compete to attack it! The moral of the scholars is therefore worse than when Jiangling (Zhang Juzheng) was in power. Fortunately, Your Majesty An iron fist can revive the morale of scholars, and those who are loyal and capable can always be promoted, and the country's affairs will be revitalized as a result!"
Having said this, Wen Tiren looked at the scholars in front of him: "Everyone in the world has his own family and his own children. This is normal! In the court, your Majesty and the scholars of Xingming Society have already discussed it, and they also know that the scholarly style has changed again." Degenerate, and gradually only seek fame and fortune, and threaten justice for all people while actually benefiting the people, or mistakenly regard the suffering of one party as the suffering of all people, and blind the eyes with a leaf, not knowing the true illness of all people, and not knowing how to pursue the future and be cautious! As a scholar-official, he does not think about the future of the people, but uses the people to seek immediate benefits. Such a person is either stupid or bad! So it is okay to kill, or not to kill!"
"But the king's law is ruthless. No matter whether they are stupid or bad, if they dare to disobey at this time, they will have to suffer the violence of the state!"
When Wen Tiren said this, he shouted: "Do it!"
Phew!
After listening to Wen Tiren's remarks, Dongchang Dahentian Heng was also very touched, so he stabbed Xie Yuanlu Zuanzu's abdomen with a knife first, and asked with a sullen face: "Death to anyone who blocks it!"
Lu Zuanzu's eyes widened, he vomited blood for a moment, and then fell to the ground softly.
Seeing this, one of the soldiers turned around and ran away, but not long after, another soldier from Dongchang shot him in the back and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Guo Yushu didn't dare to run away anymore. He immediately stepped aside and pushed Lu Xuanyuan forward: "I didn't stop him! I sent my mentor here in person. You can escort him away. Don't kill me. I didn't disobey!"
"Teacher, how could you do such a thing? How could the court frame you!"
Ying Zhenglun also scolded Lu Xuanyuan and hid behind him decisively.
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