The scholar who respected his studies asked in surprise on the spot.
At this time, Zhen Yu shouted to Xu Kun: "Mr. Xu, are you going to hit the pillar and die now?"
Xu Kun didn't answer, just looked gloomy.
"Who is Luo Rufang? If she doesn't come out and go with us, will she really become a fugitive and violate the king's law?!"
Zhen Yu then yelled another question, got off his horse, brushed aside the soldiers who were confronting him with their swords drawn, and walked towards Xu Kun.
The scholar didn't dare to say a word and just stepped aside.
Although he was full of enthusiasm at first and wanted to fight tooth and nail to defend Taoism, when he saw He Xinyin's autographed confession, he was completely exhausted.
The other scholars and officials did the same. They all stepped aside and only looked sideways at Zhen Yu and other royal guards.
Luo Rufang also came over from Xu Kun at this time: "I am!"
"Mr. Chikai!"
At this time, a scholar couldn't help shouting.
Luo Rufang waved her hand: "You are not allowed to do anything against me. Besides, Mr. Fushan has confessed to me. What else can I say?"
“I can only lament that people’s hearts are unpredictable!”
After saying that, Luo Rufang smiled bitterly, then stretched out her hands, clenched them into fists, and said to the Jin Yiwei: "Put on the shackles for me."
Zhen Yu then asked his Jin Yiwei to put the shackles on Luo Rufang and put her in a prison car, under the attention of all the scholars and officials who were listening.
Then, Zhen Yu asked Xiang Xu Kun: "Second Young Master, do you really want to hit the pillar?"
Xu Kun was asked.
After a while, Xu Kun said: "How could He Fushan write such a confession in his own hand? Why did he suddenly become so cowardly?!"
Xu Kun really couldn't understand this matter.
Since the beginning of Xu Jie, the Xu family has had a tradition of wooing famous Confucian scholars in the academic world. They often provide financial support for the lectures of famous Confucian scholars, thereby achieving the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the entire landlord class.
For example, Xu Jie once held a Lingji Palace conference in the capital, and asked Luo Rufang to give a lecture, which was attended by thousands of people.
But now that Xu Jie is old, he has left the matter of making friends with famous scholars to Xu Kun.
After Luo Rufang was dismissed, Xu Kun invited him to Songjiang to give another lecture in Nanzhi.
However, Xu Kun did not expect that He Xinyin would inform the Jin Yiwei of Luo Rufang's whereabouts, and even accuse him of being a member of the alien party.
"He Xinyin! Even if you can't stand the torture, you shouldn't have confessed Mr. Jin Xi and us! The most you can do is just confess Hu Chen and them! Could it be that his Jin Yiwei can really find out so deeply? ?”
Xu Kun couldn't help complaining and angrily called out his name.
"Why do you need to say so much, Second Young Master? Isn't it obvious? He Fushan did not confess after being tortured, but confessed on his own initiative to flatter Jiangling in order to gain wealth and honor. This person has a weak heart and no innocence. , I really saw it wrong."
Luo Rufang said something at this time.
"indeed."
Xu Kun walked towards Zhen Yu as he said this: "I'm going with you, I'm going to ask He Xinyin why he did such a shameless thing!"
As a result, Jin Yiwei successfully escorted Luo Rufang and Xu Kun away.
The scholar-officials who came to listen either didn't know what to say, or they just scolded He Xinyin, or discussed why He Xinyin did what he did.
"What did you say?!"
"When did this happen?"
I was walking in the garden with a crutch. When I learned from my third son Xu Ying that my second son Xu Kun and Luo Rufang were taken away by Jin Yiwei, I immediately stopped and asked a few questions.
Xu Ying sobbed: "What happened yesterday, but after it happened yesterday, it was getting late, so I didn't dare to tell you immediately, for fear of disturbing your sleep."
"Go! Bring a chair."
The crutch in Xu Jie's hand shook.
Xu Ying hurriedly asked someone to bring a chair behind Xu Jie, and Xu Jie sat down: "Please tell me the situation in detail."
Xu Ying started talking: "It's all because of that He Xinyin..."
So Xu Ying informed Xu Jie about what happened yesterday.
After hearing this, Xu Jie murmured to himself: "How could such a thing happen? He Xinyin shouldn't be such a person! What happened after He Xinyin was captured and sent to prison?"
Then, Xu Jie asked Xu Ying: "Is there a letter from Ziwei?"
"Return to father, no."
Xu Ying replied.
Xu Jie frowned for a moment: "It seems that Zhang Ziwei, the second assistant, doesn't know what's going on here!"
"Well, this is the difference between still being the first assistant and not being the first assistant. As long as you are not in that position, even if you are just close to that position, there are some things you cannot know."
"For example, in the current matter, whether He Xinyin met Zhang Juzheng, or whether Zhang Juzheng said something to He Xinyin in the name of the emperor in front of the emperor in the name of the emperor, or whether the emperor directly said something in front of He Xinyin, it all depends on Not sure!"
"Father said so."
"The key is that we can't know what happened around the emperor."
"The inner court is conducting strict investigations now. Not to mention the people who were placed in the palace, all the people who were placed in Jinyiwei have been dug out."
"It's just lucky that we didn't directly insert anyone. Otherwise, if we were found, Zhang Jiangling would have another way to hold us in check."
Xu Ying replied.
"There are many things that our Xu family should not come forward directly, and we cannot break up with Zhang Jiangling directly to avoid getting into trouble, but this also brings a disadvantage."
Xu Jie glanced at Xu Ying as he spoke: "As you said, we really don't know the details of our emperor. What kind of temper he has, and whether he has any feelings for Zhang Jiangling as a teacher or a student. , and are you selfish enough to not care about the common people of the country?"
"Ziwei only said in the letter that he was cowardly and smart, that he was afraid of Zhang Jiangling but also knew how to disguise himself. But could an emperor who used domineering techniques to hide his true thoughts actually have domineering intentions? And even in the future. I want to imitate Wuzong."
"If this is the case, it's all Zhang Jiangling's fault! He actually made a direct statement during the banquet to make the emperor pay attention to the military ministers!"
Xu Ying replied.
Xu Jie slammed his crutch on the ground: "That's what I'm worried about!"
Saying that, Xu Jie added: "If the emperor is really as timid as Ziwei, but smart and wise, then if Zhang Jiangling continues to teach him like this, wouldn't it be easy to become the second Xianmiao?"
"Now this official residence is very similar to Xichang, it can be said to be even more sophisticated than Xichang!"
"You said, His Majesty shouldn't have thought of this official residence, right?"
Xu Jie asked Xu Ying as he spoke.
Xu Ying replied: "That's right. The emperor has just been married for a year. He has never been out of the palace. He is only good at women's hands. Although the eunuchs around him are knowledgeable, they are also taught by my Hanlin civil servants. Who will take it? If you teach a tiger how to climb trees, even if the emperor wants to control the officials, he will only think of setting up the West Factory."
Xu Jie nodded: "For now, let's just believe that Jiang Ling did it alone."
Xu Jie sighed as he spoke: "My father really misjudged Jiang Ling again and underestimated his methods!"
"Especially this time, even He Xinyin can be used to make a fuss about it. He is afraid that he is not only trying to 'spend a hundred percent of his savings to finish his years of misfortune,' but also has a bigger fuss to make. ! That’s why we have to clean up the family, and we have to completely cut off He Xinyin’s purpose of preventing him from continuing to restructure through lectures.”
"What my father said is that this Jiangling is really amazing!"
Xu Ying gritted her teeth and said, "It's a pity to think about it now. We have already been dragged into the water seven times, and Zhang Cheng and Eunuch Zhang in the inner court also stood on our side. As a result, they are all cleared now. Even the people who accompanied us since childhood have been eliminated." When he was older than You Qi, he was willing to kill him with a stick!"
"Who would have thought that Jiang Ling would have made peace with Gao Gong a long time ago?"
Xu Jie said with a wry smile, and then said with a stern face: "However, this is also where I question whether the emperor is really influenced by Jiang Ling. Logically speaking, according to Gao Gong's temperament, I am afraid that except for the two empress dowagers and your majesty, , no one can make him willing to forgive Jiang Ling."
"Even if His Majesty did not contribute, I am afraid that someone among the two Queen Mothers contributed to this matter!"
(End of chapter)
