Chapter 1252: Contest

In the hall of the teahouse of Nuoda, dozens of scholars gathered.

There are not only scholars who live in the capital here, but also scholars from Shuntianfu who are preparing to take the college examination, scholars who travel to study here, and inmates who study in Guozijian.

It's just that they all belong to the category of readers, and they all see this unbelievable scene in their eyes.

No one thought that the few hot-blooded gentlemen who asked for the people's lives just now would be pretended to be a group of ruffians and staged a drama that seemed a little absurd.

Asking for the people's lives has always been their scholar's business, when will they bother these ruffians who are causing trouble to the people? Isn't this going to smash their jobs?

After discovering that they had been deceived by the three ruffians, although they felt a burst of anger in their hearts, their attention was quickly attracted by the young man who was also a "fake scholar".

Lin Haoran was born in a poor family, and was born with the figure of Lianzhong Liuyuan, and has been in the office for less than five years, and has become the idol of the world's scholars.

"The late Zhang Wanrong has seen Lord Fu Yin!"

"The late Liu Zaihui has seen Lord Fu Yin!"

"Late Chen Mingjing has seen Lord Fu Yin!"

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After many readers learned of Lin Haoran's identity, it was as if they had seen a star, and their eyes immediately revealed a bright light, and they all gathered around, all of them rushed to introduce themselves.

Just a foot away from the table, there were already dozens of scholars. If it weren't for the guards in front, they would probably have disregarded the image of the scholar, and would have already jumped at Lin Haoran's feet and knelt and licked.

Wang Jun exchanged glances with Shen Tao and the others, although they knew that their teachers were deeply admired by scholars all over the world, but they never expected that these scholars would be so fanatical.

Lin Haoran's face remained modest, stood up and saluted the scholars, and then grabbed a scholar who was very active just now and asked, "Are you Liu Sheng?" ”

"No, Liu Sheng, I've seen Lord Fu Yin!" Liu Sheng was surrounded by the enthusiastic scholar in front, and he couldn't leave at all, so he looked nervous and saluted at this time.

All the scholars didn't know why, and they all looked at the scholar named Liu Sheng with envy.

Lin Haoran saw through him at a glance, immediately stared at Liu Sheng's eyes, and asked with a calm face: "I just heard you shouting to jointly restore the old rules of the salt administration, but is this so?" ”

When the scholars heard that they were talking about business, they also closed their mouths one after another, and their eyes fell on Liu Sheng.

"Learn ...... The students thought that Yan Maoqing was a disaster to the people in the local area, and it was time to abolish his evil government and let the two Huai restore the old rules! Liu Sheng faced Lin Haoran's sharp gaze and replied stubbornly.

When the surrounding scholars heard this, they all nodded and looked at Lin Haoran, to show that they also thought the same.

I have to admit that in the current concept of many people. Once the person's character is considered to be inferior, they will arbitrarily assume that what the person is doing is also despicable.

As everyone knows, many things have to be looked at separately. Even Liu Jin, who was regarded as a traitor by later generations, although he did a lot of bad things, he once wanted to rectify the military tun, and rectifying the military tun was actually a good strategy to save the Ming Dynasty.

Although Wu Shan openly stated his position at the Jiuqing financial management meeting, this kind of news is relatively secret, and many officials deliberately downplay it, so the vast majority of scholars in the capital do not know, so naturally they will not know Lin Haoran's position.

Lin Haoran was not surprised by this answer, but took the initiative to meet everyone's attention, and immediately said eloquently: "You scholars are the pillars of the future of the Ming Dynasty, but there are some things that you still don't have a comprehensive understanding!" You say that Yan Maoqing should be severely punished, and this government also thinks so, and this person's character and behavior are spit on by the world. However, the matter of salt politics is not that the court takes a share of profits, and the people lose a share of profits. Instead, the imperial court took one cent of the profit, the salt merchant gained eight cents, and the people lost nine cents. This year, the imperial court will take two cents of profit, and the salt merchant will still take eight cents of profit, so the people will lose ten points. At present, the price of local salt is high, and the crime is not the imperial court, but the salt merchants. ”

There was no excessive subtlety, and there was no beating around the bush, and the spearhead was directly pointed at the salt merchants. If it is still unclear about Lin Haoran's attitude towards Yan Zheng, then it is really in vain.

The reason why he made a statement in public was the result of Lin Haoran's careful consideration.

As Wu Shan made his stance clear, not to mention that he was the actual advocate of rectifying the salt administration, with his close relationship with Wu Shan, the officialdom would naturally classify him as an "oppositionist".

Now Xu Jie's side deliberately ignored their side, and still pushed forward their plan step by step, so as to restore Huaiyan to its old routine. If they don't do anything else, the matter will soon be closed, and there will be no room for manoeuvre.

Lin Haoran chose to take a stand here, firstly, to take the initiative to enter the whirlpool of the struggle around the salt policy, and secondly, to disrupt the public opinion of the Xu Party and the two Huai merchants.

After all, political struggle is not only a contest of strength, but also a contest of public opinion. The reason why the Xu Party and the Lianghuai salt merchants chose to build momentum was precisely to deceive public opinion, so as to restore the old system logically.

This......

After hearing these words, not only the surrounding scholars were shocked, but also the mouths of the tea people who came to deliver the tea opened slightly, and their faces showed a surprised expression.

Everyone thought that the rise in salt prices was the result of Yan Maoqing's "tyranny", but they didn't expect that it was the mercenary salt merchants of Lianghuai who were behind the trouble.

"Lin Fuyin, there is no evidence for what you say, and the students think you are talking about it?" Liu Sheng hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and questioned.

Hey?

Wang Honghai and the others turned their eyes to Liu Sheng, and had already found that there was a problem with this scholar, and the scholar next to him looked at Liu Sheng even more fiercely.

Lin Haoran saw that Zhang Jun was about to make a difficulty, so he raised his hand to stop it, but met Liu Sheng's gaze and sneered: "Just now, those ruffians are lazy and agitate to restore the old system of Lianghuai, they obviously claim to be from the capital, but they say that some people in Huguang have necks as big as water tanks, can you ask them for real evidence?" Why did you come to this Mansion Yin, but you think that this Mansion Yin is talking about the river and asking for real evidence? ”

"This ......"

Liu Sheng was immediately speechless, and suddenly found that the young man in front of him was not a master who could be easily provoked at all, and his words were even more like blades.

"I think he's so positive, it's clear that he's one of them!"

"Just now I saw him outside in the alleyway with the three ruffians, and only after coming in did he sit at the same table!"

"It couldn't be clearer! He was one with those three ruffians, deliberately singing and harmonizing, so that we all fell in love with their ways! ”

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These scholars naturally stood aside with their idols, and they also began to re-examine this scholar named Liu Sheng, especially after the scholars stood up to expose Zhang Sheng's face, they pointed the finger at Liu Sheng.

It is already obvious that Wang Monkey is not lazy with the three ruffians, but needs a scholar to cooperate, and Chen Sheng is undoubtedly their comrade.

Liu Sheng was a scholar after all, and was exposed by the scholar in front of him, and in the face of the accusations of the scholars, his face immediately turned red into the color of pig liver, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground at this moment.