"What are you saying, His Majesty killed someone in Yangzhou?"
Quan Zongjing, the prefect of Yingtian, was shocked when he heard that Zhu Youxiao was in Nanjing.
"Yes, they are all sons of well-known families in Yangzhou City. In addition, in addition to killing people, officials such as the governor have also been demoted or dismissed. The matter has caused quite a stir."
Li Ce, the staff member who came to inform Quan Zongjing of the news, replied.
After hearing this, Quan Zongjing felt like cold water was pouring down his back and asked quickly: "What's the matter?"
"It is said that these young men pretended to be Tatars, wore barbarian clothes and beards, and feared that the world would not be in chaos. They rode horses swaggering through the city, and were caught by His Majesty. His Majesty was furious because of this, saying that they were sorry for their bloody fight for the peace of the country. We will execute all the officers and soldiers who have bad intentions in doing so to serve as a warning to the world. It is estimated that a formal announcement will be sent to us soon."
Li Ce replied.
"Because of this?!"
Quan Zongjing was surprised after hearing this.
As an official of the Taiping World, he also lacks a sense of crisis towards the cultural behavior of worshiping barbarism.
Li Ce nodded solemnly at this time: "It is true that because of this matter, some salt merchants begged for five million yuan of silver coins to atone for their son's sins, but it didn't work. Your Majesty is indeed doubly sensitive to the word 'nation'! It can be said that he is the emperor." Reverse scale!"
After Quan Zongjing heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "It's really unexpected. Nowadays, there are so many people vying for beauty, seeking novelty, not following etiquette, laws and customs, but worshiping everything! I thought this was nothing. , it is not unusual to worship Hu, but I didn’t expect that His Majesty would care about this and would go on a killing spree. We Yingtian Mansion must take advantage of the opportunity before Your Majesty comes to make corresponding preparations, so that our soldiers and people cannot suffer because of this, and we cannot cause Your Majesty to suffer. Hence the annoyance.”
With that said, he ordered his aide Li Ce: "We must immediately arrest all those pretending to be Tatars in Yingtian Mansion and cut off their braids!"
"There are also people pretending to be Japanese pirates. Some of the people executed in Yangzhou were pretending to be Japanese pirates."
Li Ce quickly reminded him.
"Well, there are also those pretending to be Japanese pirates. Catch these people! They are all required to dress and look like Han people. Your Majesty obviously cares about the word 'nation'. There can be no blasphemy against the nation! All major theaters and stages As well as rural temples, plays related to Tatars are not allowed to be performed, and all books related to Hulu are searched!"
Quan Zongjing nodded and replied.
"Then we'll do it right now."
Li Ce replied.
Next, the entire Yingtian Prefecture officials became busy because of this, not only the official officials from the Yingtian Prefecture's Yamen, but also the official officials from Dongchang and Chongwen Temple in Yingtian Prefecture, including those from other state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River.
The emperor's massacre of people pretending to be Tatars in Yangzhou was like a shot in the arm, injected into the blood vessels of the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, forcing all the officials here to have thorns in their backs. These acts of worshiping barbarism caused him to lose his hat, and he had to get busy because of it.
The scholars were also afraid that their children would end up like the young men in Yangzhou, and they were ordered not to go out during this period. Some of the more naughty ones were even locked in their homes.
"Promote Hu people's stories, confiscate them!"
On the market, books and paintings related to the Hu people were also confiscated from major bookstores, and all clothing related to the Hu people were destroyed before the emperor's arrival.
For a time, fires burning these things outside the city continued all night long.
The overly liberal people in Jiangnan had to make up temporary classes because of Zhu Youxiao's trip south, but there was also a phenomenon of overcorrection.
This naturally aroused even more dissatisfaction among the liberal scholar-bureaucrats.
"Sure enough, the monarch is not suitable to leave the palace. Leaving the palace will disturb the local area. An incident in Yangzhou will disturb the stability of the entire Jiangnan!"
Historically, Zhu Zhixi, who was an official in the Qing Dynasty and became Minister of War, started talking to Zeng Jingyun and other Jiangnan scholars.
Zeng Jingyun said: "This is the result of unrestricted monarchy! Now the emperor is the lord of the world, and all the people of the world are his guests. Therefore, no one can stop the king from going on patrol! And the officials below only follow the orders of the superiors and do not ask questions. The opinions of the people! Only when the world is the master and the king is the guest can this situation be avoided!"
"What Brother Liu said is true! The world should be dominated by all the people, and the king should rule the world for all the people. He should govern the country with the joy and sorrow of all the people, instead of only caring about the rise and fall of his own surname! The rise and fall of a clan!"
Zhu Zhixi agreed.
Zeng Jingyun then said: "Everyone, we might as well mobilize all the people with lofty ideals to go to the governor's office together and ask the governor of Jiangnan to convey the public opinion of Jiangnan to us, so that His Majesty can return to Beijing and not disturb Jiangnan again! And Chen Yi interests, and express our hope that the imperial court will reform the law, and ask the imperial court to follow the aspirations of Mr. Lizhou (Huang Zongxi) and change the law of one family to the law of the world!"
"I agree! I also recommend that the imperial court promote autonomy and limit the power of the king in order to pursue autonomy, abolish counties and counties, and restore feudalism!"
"That's right! People from Jiangnan govern Jiangnan affairs, Huguang people govern Huguang affairs, and each township and county is autonomous. Only in this way will there be no lazy officials!"
For a time, a group of liberal scholars from Jiangnan responded and came to the Governor's Yamen.
The Governor's Yamen they refer to refers to the Jiangnan Governor's Yamen.
Now the Ming Dynasty has removed the post of governor of the southeast and changed it to the governor of Jiangnan, which only takes charge of the southern Zhili area.
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"To Jun Yao and Shun, please make the customs pure again. We, the students, come to see you and make the platform, just for the sake of reform!"
Zeng Jingyun brought a group of liberal scholars to the governor's office, and after meeting Governor Tang Aiming, he expressed the reform demands of these Jiangnan scholars.
Tang Aiming was a scholar from the Royal Academy and received a new education. Naturally, he was not interested in the demands of these Jiangnan scholars, so he sneered: "Reform? Are you qualified to mention the word reform?"
"Why not?! Naturally, everyone in the world can speak about the affairs of the world."
Zeng Jingyun replied.
"that is!"
Other Jiangnan scholars responded.
After hearing this, Tang Aiming continued to smile and said: "Okay, tell me, what do you want the court to change?"
"1. Select the wise men from all over the country, go to the capital to discuss, establish the laws of the world, and abolish the laws of one family to limit the power of the king."
Zeng Jingyun replied accordingly.
"absurd!"
Tang Aiming slapped the table directly and pointed at Zeng Jingyun: "You are treasonous! You dare to limit the royal power! Who do you think you are to say this?"
"Second, allow local autonomy, elect officials by themselves, and return freedom to all people."
Zeng Jingyun did not respond to Tang Aiming but continued talking.
"Autonomy is nothing," Tang Aiming snorted coldly.
"Third, establish a prime minister, and the prime minister should be selected by the wise men from each province to assist the king and exercise the power of the world on his behalf!"
Zeng Jingyun continued.
Tang Aiming sneered: "You might as well choose the emperor!"
“Of course it’s better this way!”
Zeng Jingyun replied.
"Don't push yourself too far! Although this court no longer charges speech as a crime, I can still punish you for conspiracy!"
Tang Aiming scolded angrily.
At this time, Zhu Zhixi, who came with Zeng Jingyun, asked: "Don't Zitai like freedom?! Do you like to have all the people serve one person like now? Can the order of one person make the whole world bound, and even people?" People are not free?!"
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