As soon as the news came out that Fang Yuan was going to change Donglin Academy into a Donglin brothel, it was like dropping a bomb in Changzhou Mansion, setting off a monstrous wave.

"The literati of Changzhou Mansion began to collectively sit in front of the government office and went on hunger strike, blocking the Changzhou government office, with a total of 3,000 people."

"Literati in Yixing and Wuxi counties, the capital of Changzhou, also began to march in the streets, at least 5,000 people."

"The Changzhou Mansion has written eight letters in a row, asking the boss to go to the Changzhou Mansion to preside over the overall situation and appease the people."

"The thirty-six bureaucrats of the Donglin Party began to collectively send blood letters to the imperial court to impeach the emperor for your crimes."

In just ten days, a steady stream of urgent reports were delivered to Fang Yuan, the content of which was that the literati in Changzhou Mansion rebelled, and even began to go on hunger strike to protest and march on the streets.

The entire Changzhou Prefecture, including Wujin, Wuxi, Yixing and other counties under its jurisdiction, was in a mess.

The officials of the Changzhou Mansion were caught between Fang Yuan and the literati, and they were already frightened by this sudden change.

Support the literati! As soon as Fang Yuan's Jinyiwei arrived, he was really good at seeing blood, who didn't have a wife and children, who dared to try whether Jinyiwei's butcher's knife was sharp?

Support Fang Yuan's side! The people who made trouble outside were all villagers in the village, seven aunts and eight aunts, and all the relatives who came to the door to intercede turned a corner. What's more, these officials were blocked in the mansion by the Donglin Party who were on hunger strike and protested, and they couldn't go out at all.

Qin Zhan reported to Fang Yuan for five days, but Fang Yuan still had a tepid and ignorant attitude. I went to the government office on time every day to deal with government affairs, and when I got off work, I returned to the house on time, talked and laughed with Xiaoyuan, and then went to bed to rest, and I didn't talk about the literati rebellion in Changzhou Mansion as a thing.

After another three days, Qin Zhan couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly entered the Canglang Pavilion and directly found Fang Yuan to report the situation, but saw Fang Yuan lying on the couch in the garden, eating fresh melons and fruits on the one hand, and looking at Xiao Yuan and a few lively girls, laughing and playing hide and seek in the garden.

Xiao Yuan stepped forward and grabbed his hand and said, "Childe, you are blindfolded to catch us!" ”

Fang Yuan sat up and said repeatedly, "Okay! You cover me. ”

Qin Zhan saw that he was leisurely, and hurriedly stopped in front of him, "Boss, Changzhou Mansion is in a hurry, and it's about to turn the sky upside down, are you still interested in playing here?" ”

Fang Yuan took off his blindfold, looked at Qin Zhan, and said unhurriedly, "Fourth, you are the emperor who is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is not in a hurry, and it is definitely not your temperament." Go ahead! How many benefits did the Changzhou government give you, and you came to me in such a hurry? ”

Qin Zhan was stunned for a moment, and when the Changzhou Mansion saw that Fang Yuan, who had caused trouble, did not respond for a long time, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and immediately scraped together five hundred taels of silver to go to Qin Zhan's backdoor relationship, hoping that Qin Zhan could persuade Fang Yuan to go to Changzhou Mansion to calm down the situation.

His little trick was seen through by Fang Yuan at a glance, and he smiled awkwardly and said, "It's only five hundred taels, in fact, this silver ......."

Fang Yuan didn't bother to listen to his explanation, and interrupted him, "Fourth, let's talk!" There's something urgent, I can't even play a game of hide and seek. ”

Qin Zhan hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "Actually, it's nothing, I just heard that the boss is going to change Donglin Academy into a Donglin brothel, and those literati came out to march like crazy one by one, and there were hunger strikes to protest, and it was estimated that there were 8,000 to 10,000 people in several counties together." ”

Fang Yuan ate a grape fed by Xiaoyuan, and said lightly, "I already knew this, there was such a big mess in Changzhou Mansion, what is the Changzhou Mansion doing now?" ”

Qin Zhan hurriedly said, "They are all blocked in the mansion, in the mansion, they don't dare to go out, what else can they do?" They hoped that the boss could bring the Xuanjia Army and the Jinyi Guard to arrest people and quell the chaos of the literati. ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and continued to ask, "Is Xu Hua, the big boss of the Qinglou, scared to go back to Suzhou Mansion?" ”

Qin Zhan said, "Xu Hua went in the name of the boss, and the Changzhou Mansion protected him, and those Donglin Party literati didn't dare to touch him." ”

Fang Yuan already knew in his heart, with the precedent of Songjiang Mansion, if Xu Hua had three longs and two shorts, the Changzhou Mansion was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around, so he would strictly protect Xu Hua. As for those literati in Changzhou Mansion, under the deterrence of the Xuanjia Army and the Jinyi Guard, they did not dare to engage in a frontal violent conflict with Fang Yuan at all.

A mere march and hunger strike can not only gain fame but also not lose your head; If Xu Hua is moved, he will definitely be buried with the whole family. Although these Donglin Party literati are shouting loudly, they are actually like mirrors in their hearts, and they are very well controlled.

Fang Yuan smiled dumbly, and asked again, "What is Mao Bijiang doing?" ”

Qin Zhan also said, "Mao Gongzi organized hundreds of people and is persuading the literati who are on hunger strike not to gather to make trouble, and to go back to the academy to study, and to take the imperial examination."

Fang Yuan didn't expect that he would dare to stand up in support of such a menacing protest in the face of such a menacing protest, this responsibility and courage made Fang Yuan very satisfied, "Did he break out a conflict with those literati?" ”

Qin Zhan said, "No, the disputes between these literati are rarely used, and almost all of them are debates and debates. It is said that what is the name of Mao Gongzi and the leader of the parade organization, oh, Gu Yanwu, they have been debating for three days in a row. ”

Gu Yanwu?

This name is still well-known, this person is a thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, not only a literary master, but also proficient in geography and water conservancy, and he is also a righteous man who has devoted his life to resisting the Qing Dynasty, and is by no means an ordinary corrupt Confucian.

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Okay, fourth, I know." ”

Qin Zhan saw that he responded lightly, but he didn't say the next way to deal with it, and asked, "Boss, then what?" Just let them continue to go on hunger strike, march, and ignore it? ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Fourth! The so-called defense of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, whether it is the common people or the literati, they have the right to express their own opinions, right? These young literati have a little money and a little land at home. They don't have to work all day, they are full of food and clothing, and their energy is nowhere to be released, so they either go to the Qinglou to find a woman to vent, or they come to acupuncture the disadvantages of the times and be impassioned. Since they want to make trouble, let them make trouble, and stop when they have enough trouble. ”

Qin Zhan said hesitantly, "There are some of them who take the opportunity to make trouble and fan the flames!" ”

Fang Yuan glanced at him and said, "The current parade is a mixture of all kinds of people, and it is impossible to distinguish them, so we have to wait slowly. The so-called seeing people's hearts for a long time, making trouble for a few more days, who is venting emotions, who is fanning the flames, who is fishing in troubled waters, not all of them are exposed? When the normal life of the people in Changzhou Mansion has been seriously affected, and these troublesome literati are deeply disgusted, we will send the Xuanjia Army and Jinyi Guards to suppress it, and we will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Qin Zhan suddenly realized that Fang Yuan seemed to ignore the Changzhou Mansion Demonstration, but in fact, he had already planned to completely quell this literati riot, that is, to fight for the hearts of the people first, and then suppress it. If the Xuanjia Army and Jinyi Wei intervened at this time, it would be easy to involve ordinary Baixin and cause even greater riots.

He was not interested in these literati's bad things at all, and he was concerned about how to give an explanation to the Changzhou Mansion in order to be worthy of the five hundred taels of silver, "Then, boss, how can the Changzhou Mansion Government reply?" ”

Fang Yuan pondered for a while, and Zhengrong said, "Fourth, immediately send a message to the Changzhou Mansion for me." ”

"First, the government officials all went to the countryside to inspect this year's agricultural affairs, and the autumn harvest must not be delayed; Second, it is the literati's right to go on a hunger strike and march to march, and they must toss and not interfere with it; Third, whether it is a hunger strike or a march, you must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and if you take the opportunity to make trouble, disturb the people, smash cars, or burn houses, you must immediately record it; Fourth, the literati who organized the march and hunger strike elected three deputies who could talk to me face to face, and if they had any grievances, grievances, or grievances, they could talk to me face to face. ”

Qin Zhan wrote them down one by one, and then asked, "Those officials of the Donglin Party went to the capital to shout grievances, and the boss didn't ask?" Do you want us to write a letter and state the reason? ”

Fang Yuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Your Majesty is now annoyed by Li Zicheng, where do you still have the heart to take care of this?" Your Majesty hates these Donglin Party members to the core, and it is estimated that killing these Donglin Party is even more powerful than me. ”

"That's right! Fourth, you immediately send Jinyi Wei to Wuxi County secretly to secretly investigate the Wuxi County Commander Lin Yan, as well as Gu Xiancheng's grandson Gu Shan, who built Donglin Academy, whether these two people committed adultery or not, and report them to me. ”

Qin Zhan suddenly said, Fang Yuan is going to repeat the old trick, capture the thief and capture the king first, in this era when all officials are greedy and officials and gentry collude, the county commander Lin Yu, the famous family Gu family, if there is no case in the body, it is a fantasy. As long as a few cases are found, you can stand on the moral high ground and justifiably try the two people.

Fang Yuan looked at Qin Zhan's departing back, the reason why he didn't go to Changzhou Mansion for a long time was a more important reason, that is, he was watching Songjiang Mansion and the movement in Zheng Zhilong's direction.

Nine times out of ten, the literati riots were planned by the Donglin Party organization, and since the Changzhou government began to move, Zheng Zhilong's side should also take action, and before the negotiations with Zheng Zhilong reached results, he still had to strictly guard against harassment from Haijiang.

Fang Yuan ordered Xiao Yuan to write a letter to Shi Lang of Jin Shanwei for him, telling him to pay close attention to possible intrusions from the sea, and to report immediately if there was a police.