Chapter 289: Outside the General's Mansion
The political envoys of He1 Nanbu and many officials of the Kaifeng Prefecture were very "upright" and resolutely refused to change their doors and took refuge in Li Xiuwen's account. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Li Xiuwen was not polite to them at all, refused to take refuge, and did not dare to speak out against them, and drove them out of Kaifeng. Those who dare to stand up and accuse themselves of rebellion - kill!
In a few days, the officials in Kaifeng Mansion have decreased by more than half. That's fine, if they all stay, I don't want to spend money to support them.
If you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, Li Xiuwen has saved so much money, and he will have to raise his own troops in the future, so he can't squander it at will.
In the past two years, many of the more than two million taels earned in the capital have been transferred to Kaifeng by Li Xiuwen early. When he was still an official in the capital, he was ready to run away in advance.
As for the money earned some time ago, Li Xiuwen asked Wang Bing to hand it over to Zhao Yuanliang to transport it back.
Life is more important than money!
Safety first, money second. Compared with the safety of his wife, Li Xiuwen is more willing to give up that little money, and it is best for them to travel lightly.
After settling the affairs of the palace and temporarily stabilizing the situation in Kaifeng City, Li Xiuwen ordered someone to open the city gate.
After the city gate was opened, it didn't take long for Chen Yi and Sun Mingwen to bring Li Mingshan back, and Wang Wu came back with them.
On the same day, Zhu Shaoyu wantonly arrested people and sent palace guards to surround the Li family and the Wang family.
In fact, Li Xiuwen was holding heavy troops at that time, and he was suppressing bandits outside, and the imperial court would not openly order the arrest of his relatives before Li Xiuwen was arrested, so as not to leak the news and force Li Xiuwen to rebel.
But Zhu Shaoxu has his own considerations.
Kaifeng is too far away from Shandong, and it is impossible for the news in Kaifeng Mansion to reach Li Xiuwen's ears so quickly. He speculated about Zhu Youzhen's intentions without authorization, and wanted to kill Li Hongshen and Wang Wu in advance, so that he could ask the emperor for credit.
Although Zhao Xiong also has some relationship with Li Xiuwen, as the leader of the First Mansion, Zhu Shaohong didn't plan to attack him so quickly.
When Sun Mingwen arrived at Li's house at that time, Li Hongshen had already been arrested. In desperation, he had no choice but to rush to Wang's house immediately, and found that the Wang family had also let the guards surround him.
After all, Wang Wu is an old man, and he is very well-informed, so he escaped from the Wang family in advance, so he can survive.
The two of them met on the outskirts of Kaifeng, and everyone knew that the situation in the city was chaotic, so they hid in the small courtyard where Hawkeye trained spies.
Li Mingshan had already learned the news of Li Hongshen's death, and sadness was inevitable. After seeing his eldest brother, he finally found a shoulder to rely on, leaned on Li Xiuwen's arms and cried for a long time.
The Li family has now changed Li Xiuwen to the General's Mansion, and the plaque has just been replaced, and the pro-soldier team has directly settled in the General's Mansion and is responsible for the daily defense work.
This general is self-appointed by him, in short, it means to control everything inside and outside Kaifeng Mansion. It's all the opposite, and you can't continue to hang on to the official position of the imperial court, right?
After careful consideration, Ma Mingda finally made up his mind and took refuge in Li Xiuwen.
At the beginning, Li Xiuwen actually wanted to remove the political envoy, after all, now he has a Kaifeng City in his hands, and such a big official is not of much use.
However, Ma Mingda was originally a dignified court official, a member of one party, and an official position from the second rank. If the political envoy is abolished, he will not be able to come and serve as a staff member for him, right?
If it is arranged in the government office, it is not suitable. If Ma Mingda is put in the previous prefect position, it is already equivalent to demotion, and Zhao Xiong naturally has to follow and descend and become a fellow intellectual?
I have just started an incident, and such an arrangement will chill their hearts, and they can't do it!
Anyway, I want to develop rapidly, so let's keep it for the time being.
The inside and outside of the general's mansion were all hung with white satin, and everyone in the entire Kaifeng City knew that the Li family was doing a funeral. At this time, no one dared to touch Li Xiuwen's moldy head easily.
But there are really so many people who don't open their eyes, and suddenly they gather to make trouble.
"Li Xiuwen, you chaotic minister and thief, dare to rebel against the imperial court, everyone in the world will be punished!"
"Li thief, return my father's life!"
"Li Xiuwen, get out of here!"
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Li Xiuwen heard the noisy voices outside, and couldn't help frowning: "It seems that many people still don't know whether the court has the final say in Kaifeng City today, or whether I, Li Xiuwen, have the final say!" ā
A personal soldier appeared at the door and reported: "General, the scholars in the city have gathered, saying that they want to denounce us!" ā
Li Xiuwen nodded and said, "Let's go out and have a look." ā
At this moment, outside the general's mansion, there were already many scholars and scholars, who were denouncing Li Xiuwen, and at the beginning they also took into account the identity of the literati, but in the end, they scolded all the dirty words and ugly words.
Kaifeng Mansion is a big mansion, under the jurisdiction of four states and 28 counties, although the peak of the essay style is not as good as the Jiangnan region, there are still many literati.
Just the students who have meritorious fame, the entire Kaifeng Mansion can be admitted to more than 100 people every three years, and once these people are gathered, they are also very powerful.
Now there are about a hundred people around the gate of the General's Mansion, and this is just some scholars near the mansion.
These scholars, when they were really full and had nothing to do, gathered together to make trouble.
Li Xiuwen was about to give an order to let his own soldiers go out and knock these people, but a horse came from a distance.
The soldiers on the horse saw that the gate was full of people, so they had to report loudly on the horse: "General, the ladies are back, but there are many scholars at the gate of the city, and they are still shouting that they want to crusade against the Li family. ā
Li Dong went out to greet Yang Yuxuan and the others this time, and he only brought a team of light horsemen with him, and the number of people was not too many. However, it is more than enough to deal with a hundred and ten weak scholars. It's just that once these big-headed soldiers start, I'm afraid they won't know the severity. Xiucai and Juren have meritorious reputations, and even the government cannot punish them at will.
Li Dong had this concern, so he didn't dare to make the decision on his own, but sent people into the city to ask Li Xiuwen for instructions.
"Li Thief, we all have a reputation, you dare to send the government to arrest us?"
"Hahaha...... General Li has a lot of ability, come on, you will arrest all of us. ā
"Rebellious ministers and thieves, dare to be so arrogant, is it really that there is no one in the court?"
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Before Li Xiuwen could speak, the group of scholars began to shout first. At this moment, a mass of things was thrown out of the crowd and flew towards Li Xiuwen's front door.
Li Xiuwen turned sideways to dodge, and the mass smashed into the pillar behind him, and the yellow-brown viscous liquid suddenly splashed out, staining the hem of Li Xiuwen's shirt behind him.
"Haha...... Li thief eats! ā
As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately erupted in wild laughter, mocking Li Xiuwen.
At this moment, Sun Mingwen also desperately squeezed to the door from the back of the crowd. He came to Li Xiuwen's side and reported in a low voice: "Childe, Miss also let some scholars surround the street, and the soldiers are guarding her thoughtfulness, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ā
It's too much of a deception!
Li Xiuwen was really angry this time, it seems that there are too few people dead in this Kaifeng Mansion, and the blood shed is not too much!
What to do?
Any provocation can be solved by killing!
If you can't solve it after killing once, then kill one more time!
If you can't make them respect you, let them be afraid of you! (To be continued.) )