Peng Mingzhi saw Zhang Yan's swing, and the other party's head exploded, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, and his whole head was blank.

Zhang Yan looked back at Peng Mingzhi, the two sides looked at each other, and saw that he was sitting up with his shoulders covered, and he tried to smile at Zhang Yan.

Two people rushed out on each side of the long street, dressed in the same way as the two just now, both dressed in short clothes, and surrounded the three of them in the middle.

The man who is right with Zhang Lu, the double knife kung fu is excellent, this person is obviously the most powerful of the six, the two sides are fast and fast, Zhang Lu is because of the old injury in his right leg after all, which affects the speed of turning and moving. Gradually at a disadvantage.

The four people who came from the street had weapons in their hands, and Zhang Yan was immediately involved in the battle, although his own martial arts were also good, but after all, he was protecting Peng Mingzhi, and he was besieged by several people, and he couldn't rush out for a while.

The relatively tall and thin man had already gained the upper hand at this time, and with the swing of his double swords, he left several wounds on Zhang Lu's body in the blink of an eye.

He glanced back at this side, and saw that his companion's head was smashed open, Zhang Yan held the bench, and wanted to rush over with Peng Mingzhi for a while, the tall and thin man looked at him a few times, and the fierceness in his eyes was not inferior at all.

With a whistle, one of the four people besieging Zhang Yan broke down, knocked Peng Mingzhi who was sitting on the ground unconscious with one punch, and then carried him on his back and ran towards the way he came.

Seeing that Peng Mingzhi had been robbed, Zhang Yan exerted all his strength to break through the bag of the three people, and formed an angle with Zhang Lu, and the four enemy saw that the goal had been completed, and they quickly converged.

Zhang Yan slammed the bench again, and smashed it on the head of the giant man beside him, the wall next to him was originally wooden, and it was considered strong, but it was just hit, and this time it was hit again, it was cracked alive, and the head of the scarface man had been beaten beyond recognition at this time.

"Come on!"

At this time, someone on the corner of the street in the distance thought that this was the original, and the leader glanced at Zhang Yan fiercely, led his subordinates, and retreated into the distance.

When the reinforcements came to Zhang Yan and Zhang Lu's brothers, Zhang Yan had already lost his strength and was crooked on the side of the road.

On the south bank of Xuanwu Lake, Taishifu.

When Peng Mingzhi woke up, he found that he was placed in a guest room, not in prison as he imagined.

A quarter of an hour later, Jia Ru walked in with the young Yin of Jiankang Mansion and a monk, Peng Mingzhi hurriedly stood up and saluted, Jia Ru showed a kind smile, waved his hand, and said: "Now that you are in the old man's mansion, this is not a court, and you don't need so many vulgar courtesies." Everyone sat down. How about we talk about it openly? ”

Peng Mingzhi didn't know what medicine was sold in Jia Ru's gourd, so he didn't respond.

"You are all the leaders of hundreds of thousands of students in Daxia, and you can enter Taixue, all of them have been admitted step by step from thousands of students from all over the world, I can feel the hard work and bitterness you have paid, and it is not easy to be cold for ten years! The high expectations of your parents and relatives at home will make you feel grateful for your visit to Kyoto. ”

"My generation and children, since they have entered the wall of the saint's door, how can they ignore the dawn people and water and fire, so that it is not contrary to the teachings of the saints, and it is clear that Daxia is now full of holes, if we don't work hard, there are tigers and wolves sleeping on the side of the couch. Will I be able to go to school with peace of mind? Peng Mingzhi replied.

"The delay in helping the victims outside the city is precisely due to the different orders of the imperial court, and Lord Wang is the ambassador for disaster relief, which is responsible, and most of the officials at all levels in the Jiankang Mansion are new, and there are also those who are not familiar with government affairs, and they will be punished accordingly. This is also the result of the inability of the Holy Lord to govern and the rebellion of Chai and Rui, which caused the imperial court to lack a large number of powers. ”

"Prime Minister Wang Cheng is committed to change, and the old man is not fully opposed, but the governance of the country still needs to be supported by scholars such as me. What fools have understood? ”

Jia Ru continued: "When they understand the truth of the sage, they can also become officials, the world has a lot of prejudice against the old man, if it is not the old man, how can the poor people account for the majority of the Taixue now." ”

"You should study hard now, and in the future you should shepherd one side and benefit the other, no better than shouting two slogans. Although Great Xia is not guilty of speech, your behavior has exceeded the bottom line of the imperial court, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rebellion. ”

"The old man doesn't want your ten years of hard work to go down the drain, and the old man will try to exonerate you in the political hall. As long as you wait for each person to write a confession, the old man will fight for the black sand on his head in exchange for you waiting. Let you continue to study in Taixue. ”

"The Jiankang Mansion Officials and the Urban Defense Department have arrested more than 300 people who took the lead in causing trouble today, Mingzhi is willing to contribute to your classmates? As long as you write a confession and show that the turmoil was instigated and deceived by people with bad intentions. It's good that the old man has a reason to meet the queen mother and the official family, so that you can be spared from waiting. How is it? ”

This last sentence hit Peng Mingzhi's key point, and now his choice is no longer about his own fate.

Jia Ru observed Peng Mingzhi's face while theorizing, and saw Peng Mingzhi's face struggling, and said with concern: "The imperial court will arrest other students, and the old man can't do it in front of so many people, only there are relatively few people who want you, so if you are admitted to the mansion by the old man, you can save one more person!" Every one of you is like the younger generation of the old man, the old man can still reign for a few years, and Daxia will eventually be handed over to you. This can be regarded as an old man who knows the law and breaks the law! After speaking, he showed a painful look.

"Do you think you are taking refuge in the old man's mansion, or are you going to preach among your classmates? The old man knows that you are still influential among them. ”

"Otherwise, you can do nothing, you can leave now, and the old man will not stop you."

Not far from the Taishi Mansion, there is a house of five or six acres of three courtyards across the street, it is the mansion of Peng Daya in Beijing, according to the management of Daxia, the big man who holds a military power in the field, must keep his descendants in Beijing, this mansion is the new mansion after Yu Jie was promoted to the Taiwei of Xifu, and Peng Daya took over the new mansion after Sichuan Road.

Now the owner of the house is Peng Jian, the eldest son of Peng Daya, who works as a foreigner in the Ministry of Rites, and Peng Mingzhi is Peng Jian's distant brother.

Peng Mingzhi and Peng Jian are not close, Peng Mingzhi is the first time since he studied in the capital and came to Peng Dashuai's mansion.

Immediately, the Tuo brothers sent the officials in the mansion to make an appointment with Li Mo'an, who was temporarily sheltering in the Li Mansion, to come over to discuss.

At this time, in the guest room, Peng Mingzhi told the drunken Li Mo'an about his conversation with Jia Ru in the Taishi Mansion. He continued: "I think that Master Jia is not an unreasonable person, can we jointly write a letter asking the court to release the arrested students and urge the court to change the rule of officials?" ”

Shi Zui didn't say anything, he secretly praised Peng Mingzhi for taking responsibility, but he didn't think that Jia Ru was so simple to meddle in this matter, he thought that this was part of Jia Ru's plan to control the Tai students, and it was also a measure taken by Jia Ru to prevent Wang Mingzhi's reform faction and Gantang's reform faction.

"Mo'an, what do you think?" Li Mo'an didn't answer directly, he was still thinking about how to phrase it.

"There is some truth in what Mingzhi said, I thought it was okay to go to the book, but don't make the problem so serious." Li Mo'an added: "Taishi Jia made the chief consul of the political affairs hall, and since he is in power, he has the obligation to urge the imperial court to change the law and directly submit the letter. ”

Shi Zui thought of the wording, so he said bluntly.

"I agree with Mingzhi's point of view, but I am against the book."

"Why? Li Mo'an and Peng Mingzhi were a little surprised, since they agreed with Peng Mingzhi's point of view, why did they oppose the book.

"Because there will be no results from the book, it is likely to have a negative effect."

Shi Zui also explained: "Jia Taishi repeatedly preached on various occasions the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower status of the peasants and industrialists, and his remarks not only did not advocate the promotion of the status of practitioners in various industries, but there was a tendency to suppress the merchants. ”

"My Great Xia is now like a wooden barrel, and all industries are like the planks that make up the barrels, only the two planks of scholars and merchants are as long as normal barrels, just like the king of Xiangyang and Taishi Jia saw, the army, craftsmen, cultivators, etc. have not reached fifty percent of the required length of the barrel, and some are even less than one percent. The king of Xiangyang wants to lengthen the short one, which has to take a huge risk. And Jia Taishi's method is to cut the long saw, so that there is no risk in preaching at the moment, since the Qin Dynasty, the status of Shang Jia has always been very low, they have always been suppressed by various dynasties, and they have been used to kneeling to live, for Jia Taishi, they can't come out of anything. ”

"Compared with the previous dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, my Great Xia is richer than half a star, and there is more hot money in the world, if Jia Taishi's method is adopted, since the hot money in the world cannot be used for business, it will flow to the cultivated fields in the countryside, and it will speed up the annexation of land. In the end, this Great Summer will collapse with a bang. ”

Shi Zui thought for a while and said: "Expand Taixue and recruit more students from the children of cultivators, this is also a gesture of goodwill by Master Jia to the vast number of cultivators, and make preliminary preparations for suppressing businessmen." Since the southern crossing of Great Xia, Jia Taishi has been under Shi Mijian and Song Ci for a long time, he has just ascended to the top of the people, his authority has not yet been fully established, at this time Shangshu to express opposing opinions, will be seen by Jia Ru as a challenge to his authority, so not only will he not retract his fate, but it is likely that he will also impose punishment on the students who have written in the book. ”

Peng Mingzhi and Li Mo'an immediately understood that Shi Zui's words were reasonable, and Jia Ru repeatedly emphasized the concept of humility in Shinong and industry on various occasions, and even wrote it into a note to the imperial court, so Shi Zui's description of the result is likely to become a reality. Peng Mingzhi said unwillingly: "Then let Jia Ru destroy the ancestral system established by the Taizu, and the Queen Mother will not interfere?" ”

"Mingzhi, I don't think anyone will interfere, at least the Queen Mother and the political hall will not interfere, and they will even secretly support Taishi Jia's approach." Shi Zui whispered.

"Why?"

"If you think about it, there are a few civilian-born Zaisuke in the political hall, and a few of them were born in the noble family. Master Jia can say that this move is to protect the rights and interests of the nobles of the family, as long as Jia Ru puts forward this reason, the political hall will not care, and even the Queen Mother will support him. ”

Li Mo'an completely understood, and at the same time had a new understanding of Shi Drunkenness's ability, he thought that he himself had not noticed these situations, what national policies and rules were all appearances, and the deep reason was the group problems represented by the reformers and the old school. He immediately said: "Mingzhi, Brother Shi is right, it's better to be cautious." ”

Peng Mingzhi pondered for a moment and said resolutely: "No, I still have to go to school." I admit that Brother Shi has some truth in what he said, but then I should go to the book, which is a matter of principle related to the future of the country, and there can be no concessions. Brother Shi and Brother Lu, thank you. ”

After speaking, he arched his hand to the two. Walk towards the study.