Hangzhou City, north of the General's Mansion, is a street that runs through the east and west, and belongs to the boundary of Renhe County.

On the north side of the street, facing the north wall of the general, is a restaurant, the name of the store is quite chic, called "Outside the Mountain".

Because of the special location, the business is very prosperous and the customers are surging.

Therefore, in order to maximize the profits, the restaurant does not have private rooms, all in the lobby.

It's just a shallow partition with a shoulder-length screen, and when it comes to dinner, hundreds of people eat and drink in the same house, which has a unique flavor.

On this day, the main hall and the east side facing the store door, a total of seven or eight tables were occupied by a group of students and scholars.

These people are all scholars, and their speech and demeanor are also elegant, and they are neatly dressed and dignified, so that the guests who enter the door do not feel the slightest noise.

But the problem is that the most knowledgeable people can't compete with three cups of yellow soup.

After three rounds of drinking, the situation is different.

"Brother Su, you say, I waited for ten years in order to learn literature and martial arts, and to sell goods to the emperor's family...... Learn with the talent in the womb, and govern the country and the world. But now that the war is raging, and the imperial court has not opened a department for several years, we have nothing to do all day long, so as to buy drunk and spend the day...... How can love be embarrassed, how can love be embarrassed? A gentleman with a delicate face who looked like he had just reached the crown slapped the table and complained loudly.

Opposite him, the scholar known as Brother Su nodded and replied: "Brother Huang is very right, we were born at the wrong time, just encountered this troubled world, if it is in the peaceful years, you and my brothers, which one is not a talent to lift people and enter the scholars, why did you fall here?" ”

When the scholar surnamed Huang saw someone responding, he suddenly perked up and shouted: "I propose, while all the brothers are here today, go to the gate of the general's mansion to petition...... You have to let me and other students be useful, right? ”

The scholar surnamed Su didn't agree this time, he shook his head and said, "Brother Huang's words are wrong. The General's Mansion does control the military and political power, almost single-handedly, but the power to open the department and take the scholars, but in the hands of the imperial court, if you really want to petition, I am afraid you have to go to Beijing. ”

All the scholars nodded yes again and again.

But the scholar surnamed Huang probably drank too much, and he still patted the table and said, "The general guards the three mansions for the imperial court...... No, now with the addition of Shaoxing, Jinhua, and Ningbo, it is enough for the land of six prefectures, even if the power of the Kaike is in the imperial court, the general should also write for us. ”

A thin scholar stood up and said, "Brother Huang, doesn't you know that there is a disagreement between the general and the imperial court?" The Qingtai Dynasty was better, and now the Yixing Dynasty has a new son of heaven, and the general is afraid that he has been squeezed out of the court. ”

The scholar surnamed Huang glared and asked, "Brother Zhang...... Uh, how so? ”

Zhang surnamed Shizi said: "You may not have seen the Di Bao, my cousin is the county of Qiantang County, according to what he said, the Son of Heaven will change the imperial cabinet, but anyone who is related to the general, either dismissed or idle, even the general's future husband Taifu Qian was dismissed from the cabinet, I heard that the emperor sent a forbidden army to besiege the mansion. You say, "What is this not exclusion?" ”

The scholar surnamed Su hurriedly persuaded: "Gossip is gossip, don't refer to the surname." ”

The scholar surnamed Huang glared and said, "What are you afraid of?" This is Hangzhou Mansion, not Ying Tianfu! The generals have said that I disagree with your words, but I swear to defend your right to speak! ”

The scholar surnamed Zhang echoed: "That is, freedom of speech, even the Ming Dynasty does not advocate being convicted of words, and we have not slandered and slandered, what are you afraid of?" ”

Many of the scholars echoed.

The scholar surnamed Huang was even stronger, he actually swept the wine table in front of him, then stepped on the chair, stepped on the table of eight immortals, stood on the table and shouted loudly: "Although the general Wu Zheng is like a warlord and acts arbitrarily and alone, after all, he led the children of Jiangnan to recover. Whether it is King Lu supervising the country or the former prince ascending the throne, what has the court done? Is it to expel the Tartars or to recover the rivers and mountains? Besides, no matter what, Wu Zheng is also my son of eastern Zhejiang, in my opinion, we have to unite and support him as the emperor ....... ”

This is too ridiculous to say, and for a while, some of the scholars present looked at each other, and the guests in the restaurant also opened their mouths.

But there were also scholars who took the opportunity to echo the scholars surnamed Huang loudly.

Since it is directly opposite the door of the store, passers-by have begun to slowly gather to eat melons and watch the excitement.

In the west corner of the restaurant, there are old and young.

Originally, he was drinking and eating, but when he heard this, the old man pointed his finger and said to the young man: "Listen, you listen, this is the scholar under his rule." Does he think this is public opinion? Even if this is public opinion, he is only making up and stealing public opinion. ”

The young man covered his mouth, "Daddy can't bear to accuse until now...... Isn't it because it's pretty ...... Is it fun? ”

The old man glared and scolded, "Fun? The people are stupid, they only see one side of things, they don't see the whole leopard, they are easy to be bewitched by others, but if they really want to agitate, they can't easily control it, this is a double-edged sword, it can hurt others, and it will also hurt themselves...... He's too young. There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm! ”

Just when the scholars were getting more and more happy, a middle-aged catcher squeezed in from outside the door.

He quietly knocked on the door with the Pu knife in his hand, "Who is making trouble?" Causing trouble in my realm, do you want to eat in jail? ”

The noise gradually subsided.

The middle-aged headcatcher looked at the scholar surnamed Huang who was still on the table and said, "Do you want me to drag you down?" ”

The scholar surnamed Huang had the courage to say loudly: "The general said that there is freedom of speech, I am not a traitor, you ...... You don't care! ”

The middle-aged head catcher sneered lightly: "You are still a scholar, looking at your clothes and headband, you should have a reputation for showing talent, but you have to listen to all the words, and the general still has something to say behind - freedom is relative, if your freedom disturbs the freedom of others, then you have to go to prison." ”

Tapping the table with a scabbard, the middle-aged head catcher said: "If you come down by yourself, I will be your first offender, and I will not be held accountable." But if I drag you down, you'll have to go to jail. Remind you that if you eat in prison, you will lose fame and will not be able to enter the government again, you have to think clearly. ”

As soon as these words came out, the scholar surnamed Huang hurriedly jumped off the table, his face flushed and said, "Come down, come down, but you have to let me say it, right?" ”

The middle-aged head catcher turned around and said, "Say yours, but don't disturb the store's business." ”

After speaking, he said loudly to the onlookers: "There's nothing to see, just a bunch of sour Xiucai poured yellow soup and complained, let's go back!" ”

It's no wonder that as soon as the middle-aged head catcher shouted like this, the people gradually dispersed.

The young man in the west corner smiled and said to the old man: "Daddy, in fact, in his hands, public opinion is also controllable. ”

The old man was a little embarrassed, and he snorted, "My father values that headhunter more." If it weren't for him, I'd be afraid of another riot. Walk...... Let's go, accompany my dad to the streets. ”