"What kind of troops should be mobilized?!"
"Do you really think that the mighty emperor doesn't exist?!"
Sun Qin suddenly shouted and asked Du Ruojia a few questions.
Du Ruojia stood awkwardly for a while, and then said, "Then just sit back and watch them fool around?"
"Don't cause too much trouble then. In order to give them an explanation, the court will have to kill us to appease the public's anger."
"Yes!"
"That's what's disturbing."
"But I didn't expect that those poor men were not frightened."
Sun Qin's tone softened at this time, and he said with some frustration.
Then, he suddenly looked up at Du Ruojia and said, "I think the reason why they are so confident must be that they have the support of the New Party behind them!"
"That should be the case. It's not that they dare to make trouble, it's because someone wants them to make trouble!"
Sun Qin then added firmly.
Later, Sun Quan gave another decree to Du Ruojia and said:
"Moreover, the Privy Council has issued a decree that the soldiers of the governor's Biaoying camp are not allowed to move without authorization, and the soldiers of the Dusi Guard are also not allowed to move without authorization. They must first request the order before acting expediently. Otherwise, they will be severely punished on the grounds of colluding with right-wingers to influence the court's handling of cases. They should be dealt with, and we are just exiled officials after all, so there is no need to offend the court for them. It can be seen that the superiors are eager to cause chaos below."
After Du Ruojia looked at Jun Zhi, she frowned: "The higher-ups want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight! But we are in trouble if we are caught in the middle."
"I should resign directly! Don't wait for the court to deal with it!"
"So as not to suffer from both sides in the future."
Sun Qin took off his black gauze hat as he spoke.
At this time, his servant came to report that Tan Deqin, who was originally from Huguang, came to pay his respects.
Sun Qin had no choice but to invite someone in.
As soon as Tan Deqin came in, he said to Sun Qin in a panic: "Fuyuan, there is already a chaos outside!"
"Many student members refused to go to school and did not complain. They even went to brothels and dragged their classmates out to criticize them, saying that they violated morals and had a bad study style!"
"Even the scholars who were still having their wives, concubines, and daughters bind their feet were picked out and criticized, saying that they were disobeying the decree and ignoring the new rituals!"
"What's more, a large number of students have called on many tough people in the city to launch a massive new ritual movement to get rid of the old bad habits. A slave from a wealthy family who wore silk was directly beaten by them. Said it was against etiquette;”
"Even the children of officials who passed the examination were invited to question their knowledge, so that many officials and wealthy families could not live in peace all day long."
"There were even large-scale armed fights."
"Since you are the Fuyuan, how can you not send troops to suppress it?"
"You don't have to ask me about this matter anymore. I've already resigned."
After saying this, Sun Quan said: "See you off!"
At this time, there was indeed more and more movement outside.
As mentioned before, the old and new local conflicts brought about by the reform have already become more and more intense, so there cannot be no conflicts.
If the old party dares to kill, the new party will dare to cause trouble.
"How did you get the prize! Take him to the Gongyuan and ask Min Shouzheng!"
At this time.
Gong Dingxiao, a new imperial examination candidate who was celebrating by drinking flower wine in the Qinhuai River, was stopped by the poor people and asked him that he could not even recite the "Four Books". The poor people surrounded him and questioned him, and even took him to ask questions. Ask Min Shouzheng.
Gong Dingxiao was also not afraid of trouble. Seeing this, he was furious: "You are so presumptuous! Beat me!"
So, Gong Dingxiao's slave came over.
"The people from Shilang Gong's family are taking action, give me a beating!"
Ge Zisheng, who was following, shouted and kicked one of the Gong family slaves first. Seeing this, the other students couldn't help but become bolder, and they also swarmed and started beating these Gong family slaves.
Gong Dingxiao himself became a little scared when he saw this, and hurriedly sneaked out, but was stopped by the Jin Yiwei outside:
"Since you don't want to tell them why you were successful, just tell us Jin Yiwei."
Gong Dingxiao's mind suddenly went blank.
…
"What is domineering? This is domineering!"
"In order to monopolize the road to advancement, those powerful officials would not hesitate to kill us, ordinary people! Don't you think this is overbearing?!"
"Fellow folks, there must be many children among you who are starting to study. You are willing to spend a lot of silver dollars for them. Are you willing to let them study hard for ten years? But in the end, wouldn't it be because they are not diligent enough or good enough that they cannot get the honors? What if? If you don’t want to, let’s go together and denounce the dog official Min Shouzheng who refuses to admit his fraud!”
Lou Yi was also calling to the people passing by at the ferry. After hearing this, many people got off the boat and came over: "We are willing to go!"
A weaver even came up and said, "I'm going to ask my co-workers to come with us!"
"Seventy-six gentlemen, their bodies are lying on the water street like this. Why is it like this? The story has to start with the fire in Chen's house."
The storyteller even watched Li Zhi putting silver dollars in front of him while loudly speaking the newly compiled storybook.
Gu Xiancheng, who came to Nandu, was also listening to such storytelling, and asked Zhang Jing and Yang Yingkui who were traveling with him with an unhappy expression:
"You two have been in Nandu. Do you know who instigated these things?"
"No need to ask, it must be the New Party, who also used the title of gentleman to those fallen soldiers who were killed."
"Now, do we have to write a eulogy and express our remembrance?"
Yang Yingkui asked as he spoke.
Gu Xiancheng suddenly said with a serious face: "Then it's not advisable to stay here for a long time, lest you be coerced into making a statement."
"Mr. Donglin!"
But as soon as Gu Xiancheng finished speaking, Fang Yuying, a scholar, walked over to Zhang Jing and called him after giving him a look.
Gu Xiancheng had to stop and smile: "What's the matter with this friend?"
"I've heard about Mr. Donglin's name for a long time. I guess Mr. Donglin is also here for the Seventy-six Gentlemen?"
Fang Yuying asked.
Gu Xiancheng saw that Fang Yuying was followed by many scholars, and thought that these poor scholars were also scholars. Although he wanted only the scholars who were descendants of officials to be noble, he could not clearly rank the scholars, so he had to He nodded and said with a smile:
"Exactly! Gu felt deeply saddened by the incident involving the Seventy-Six Gentlemen, so he came to Nandu to express his condolences."
Gu Xiancheng pretended to choke as he spoke.
"This matter is all related to Min Shouzheng, Sun Qin and others. It was these dog officials who harmed the seventy-six gentlemen!"
Fang Yuying said something and then said: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Donglin has many old friends in the court. I also asked Mr. Donglin to write a letter to seek justice for the Seventy-Six Gentlemen."
"sure."
Gu Xiancheng replied.
Fang Yuying took out another book and said, "We are also planning to jointly inform the Holy Majesty of this matter. I wonder if Mr. Donglin would be willing to sign together to let His Majesty know about this matter?"
Gu Xiancheng had to nod: "Okay, that's what I meant!"
"Mr. Donglin, how could you do this?"
Just after Gu Xiancheng signed his name and left here, the scholar Ye Maoren who was following Gu Xiancheng asked him with a stern face.
"Don't you criticize the recalcitrant students? Why did you sign your name to support the recalcitrant students? Do you think it is right for the recalcitrant students of the New Party to do this? Do you also think that the recalcitrant students who have failed should not be killed? Do you also want to help the Jiangnan officials behind our scenes? Are you going to find them all and criticize them?"
"I!"
Gu Xiancheng was quite embarrassed for a while.
(End of chapter)
