Shandong Jinan Prefecture, Zichuan County.

In the backyard of Sun's Mansion, a thin old man in his fifties was lying on the Taishi chair, holding the "Huangming Times" in his hand, and smiling happily.

"What's the use of refuting rumors and clarifying? The ignorant people were more willing to believe the old man's words. ”

This old man's name is Sun Zhiqi, he is a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and he was selected as a Shujishi after the palace examination, and he has done a review in the Hanlin Academy, and his qualifications are comparable to those of Yang Tinglin, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Sun Zhiqi served as an examiner in Shuntianxiang in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and there were many protégés and deceased officials.

Originally, he pointed to his fame and the identity of the gentry, and he ate a good life.

After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, Sun Zhiqi went to Nanjing many times to restore his official status and get a prefect or county governor, but he was frequently rejected by the officials.

Since the Tianwu New Deal canceled many of the gentry's treatments, Sun Zhiqi's net worth immediately shrank by more than half, and his small life became more and more miserable, and he couldn't help but feel resentful.

What if you are the emperor, if you smash my job, I will smash your job!

Under this mood, Sun Zhiqi began to write books and scold people.

If you can't beat it, you can only scold, what is the emperor most afraid of? Fame stinks!

The reputation is stinky, and the new deal will not be implemented!

Isn't Emperor Chongzhen a Zen man? Then I'll write that you forced your father to seize the throne!

Didn't you give your grandfather death? It's very good, so that the old man will be planted, and it will be written as strangulation of blood relatives!

Didn't you cut down the feudal domain and abolish the hereditary replacement? Then I will write that you have violated the ancestral teachings, oppressed the clan, and been mean to the heroes!

There are all kinds of things before ascending the throne, those atrocities are countless, killing ministers without permission, insulting scholars, I will expand it ten times and write it a hundred times!

The book was written, and Sun Zhiqi suddenly found that he had no money to publish it!

Due to the explosive content, the dozens of copies he had just printed were immediately snapped up.

What surprised him was that at this time, there was a financier who took the initiative to ask for financing to fund his own printing, or printing in large quantities!

Sun Zhiqi knew that someone was going to do something, and he was even more ruthless than himself!

Listening to the man's accent, it seems to be a southerner, with a very big background, in addition to letting himself envelop the rumors of the scholars, he also wants to let himself go to win over Yang Yufan, the governor of the Eastern Military Governor's Mansion, and after the matter is completed, he is allowed to serve as a cabinet minister or a secretary of the six ministries.

Sun Zhiqi knew that his opportunity had come, but he was not stupid.

Although Yang Yufan is his hometown, after all, he is also a general who followed Emperor Tianwu early, and he rashly persuaded him, but he would fall into the tiger's mouth......

In the afternoon of the same day, Sun Zhiqi made an appointment to meet his most loyal student, Xia Jianren.

After a meal of wine and food, the teacher and student had a long talk, and Sun Zhiqi pushed a book he wrote in front of Xia Jianren and said, "This is a new book, you can take it and read it." ”

Xia Jianren took it and took a look, it turned out to be the wild history of scolding Emperor Tianwu, among which there was a rumor that Emperor Tianwu stayed in Meixianglou at night, and there were thirty maids in one night......

Xia Jianren carefully flipped through a few pages, couldn't take his eyes off it, and blurted out: "Students admire!" ”

Sun Zhiqi stroked his beard and said: "This is just one of them, since ancient times, all the countries that are about to die, there must be a perverse tyrant, you look at the king of the Han Dynasty, and then look at the Tianwu today." ”

Xia Jianren said indignantly: "Tianwu forced his father to usurp the throne, bullied his brothers, strangled blood relatives, persecuted clans, killed ministers without permission, insulted scholars, and was mean to heroes, but he himself was clothed and fed, amassed the wealth of the world, and ruled the beauty of the world at night!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Zhiqi smiled with sympathy, he really didn't teach this fool in vain, and his brainwashing was successful.

He said seriously: "Looking at the rule of officials and the hearts of the people, he will not end well!" ”

After Sun Zhiqi counted all kinds of abuses since Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, he said: "The plan now is to persuade the vassal kings and generals in various places to raise troops anyway, and ask the emperor to reinstate the throne, which is the best policy!" ”

"Once the vassal kings are united, plus the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion stationed in Huguang, the situation in the world will be very good......"

Xia Jianren was so excited by what he said, he stood up and said loudly: "The student is going to go to Yang Yufan, the Metropolitan Governor of the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion, to talk to him in person!" Dong Anbo's father, Yang Zhaoji, was favored by Emperor Chongzhen, and believed that the Yang family would not do such a thing as acting for the tiger and betraying the master! ”

When Yang Yufan's father Yang Zhaoji died, Emperor Chongzhen cried for him, personally led the minister of civil and military affairs to hold a memorial meeting for him, posthumously presented him as the pillar of the country, the gift of the Taishi, the nickname Wuxiang, and the imperial funeral (state funeral), the Yang family is indeed grateful.

Sun Zhiqi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, you are in a hurry, it is not easy to persuade Yang Yufan to raise the flag, who can guarantee that he will not sacrifice your head to the little emperor?" ”

"So what?" Xia Jianren frowned.

Sun Zhiqi sighed and said: "This time, it is like Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin, there are many auspicious and auspicious, you are still young, you have an old mother, and there are young brothers and weak sisters." ”

Sun Zhiqi shook his head and sighed: "Let's let the teacher go, the teacher is close to the sixtieth birthday, everything has been put out of the way, even if it is a failure, it is fearless, and it will not affect you." ”

Xia Jianren patted his chest and said angrily: "Teacher, rest assured, the student has already thought carefully, and the family has made arrangements, and the mother is a person who understands righteousness and will definitely support the student!" ”

"No!" Sun Zhiqi is otherwise otherwise.

Xia Jianren repeatedly begged to lobby, as if I was very capable......

"The student is confident that he can convince Na Wufu, and even if he fails, he will not affect his teacher!"

On the same day, the two said goodbye in tears, and Xia Jianren went to Huguang Wuchang Mansion under Sun Zhiji's flickering.

From Shandong to Huguang Wuchang Mansion, thousands of miles away, Xia Jianren was not idle along the way, spreading the remarks of Emperor Tianwu's conspiracy to usurp the throne everywhere.

Whenever the teahouse rested, he said that he would leave when he was finished, trotting all the way, never taking the avenue, and not giving the local officers and soldiers the slightest chance to react and arrest.

Xia Jianren had just walked to the territory of Huguang, and before he crossed the Yangtze River, he heard an extremely shocking news: King Jingjiang and King Ji supported the restoration of Emperor Taishang in Guilin!

"God help me!"

Xia Jianren, who originally came to lobby with a mortal heart, trembled with excitement, these princes and grandfathers!

At this time, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be peaceful, but in fact, there was an undercurrent, and the vassal kings in various places had already begun to form alliances and secret meetings in private while training their troops.

Huguang and Henan have the most princes, and they are all gathered together, and most of the vassal kings of the whole country are concentrated here.

The King of Jin was responsible for liaising with the vassal kings of Henan, a neighboring province of Shanxi, while the King of Jingjiang was responsible for liaising with the vassal kings of Huguang, a neighboring province of Guangxi.

The secret agents sent to Huguang by the King of Jingjiang accidentally discovered the traces of the Emperor Taishang, and Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang, who was excited, forcibly sent someone to "invite" the Emperor Taishang to Guilin.