Five days later, Liu Ru came with the news that Qian Qianyi's choice was to commit suicide and martyrdom.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Jiangnan literary circle immediately became a sensation.

Those who supported Qian Qianyi's subversion of Fang Yuan behind their backs, of course, hoped that Qian Qianyi would die of martyrdom, they were just waiting to eat Qian Qianyi's human blood steamed buns, continue to contact more people, and collude against Fang Yuan behind his back;

Qian Qianyi's close friends, disciples, Qu Shiyun, Qian Longti and others naturally hope that Qian Qianyi will seek benevolence and be benevolent, and fight to die to change his name in history;

There are also literati who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, anyway, it's not their own who died, and they looked at Qian Qianyi to jump soon, so it was lively and exciting.

These waves of people openly and secretly supported Qian Qianyi to be martyred, but few persuaded Qian Qianyi to surrender.

These days, there are many people who come to the Governor's Mansion to persuade Fang Yuan to release Qian Qianyi. The three members of the cabinet, the leaders of several chambers of commerce, and the prefects of Suzhou Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion, and Songjiang Mansion all came to persuade Fang Yuan, and Qian Qianyi did not kill him, but instead fulfilled his reputation.

Fang Yuan comforted everyone one by one, ordered them to retreat first, and then found Gu Yanwu, so that his Guangming Daily spread a news that after Qian Qianyi, a leader in the Jiangnan literary circle, was arrested, he was unyielding on the verge of death and wanted to throw himself into the water to be martyred, and his wife Liu Ru was also martyred with her husband. If the literati in the south of the Yangtze River are willing to come to see Qian Qianyi for the last time, they can come to Suzhou Mansion to visit the Taohua River in half a month.

Not only did he not stop calming people, but he also added the exciting news that Liu Ru was going to be martyred, which created enough momentum for Qian Qianyi's suicide, so that the literati of the whole Jiangnan came to watch.

The three members of the cabinet, as well as a few prefects who pleaded for mercy, saw that Fang Yuan was making the matter bigger and bigger, so they knew that Fang Yuan had decided to go his own way and would not release Qian Qianyi, so he no longer talked too much.

The princess was also puzzled by Fang Yuan's behavior, and found Fang Yuan and asked, "Don Ma, you should have killed Qian Qianyi in Guangdong, but you wanted to bring it back to Jiangnan." It's just a matter of bringing him back to Jiangnan, just try a crime directly and execute him, why give him a chance to commit suicide and martyrdom? As soon as it spread, Qian Qianyi was an upright and outspoken literati, and the horse became a comatose person! ”

Fang Yuan looked at her with a smile and said slowly, "Princess, do you really think that Qian Qianyi dared to commit suicide?!" ”

The princess looked at him in amazement and said, "Qian Qianyi is a great fighter in the Jiangnan literary world, as soon as he committed suicide, he immediately became famous in history, why didn't he dare?!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "It seems that this Qian Qianyi has indeed packaged himself in a watertight manner before, and even the princess with her eyes like a torch thinks that he is really a person who is not afraid of death, haha!" ”

The princess asked in surprise, "Don't think he dares to kill himself?" Just bluffing? ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "If Qian Qianyi chooses to surrender without even thinking about it, it is too underestimated to underestimate this literary giant." But if you want to say that he really dares to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, I don't believe it, he wants to put on a show, just do it, and I will help him make things bigger, just to give a surprise to the literati of the whole Jiangnan on the day of his martyrdom. ”

The princess was stunned and said, "Horse, are you so confident? The literati in the whole Jiangnan have arrived, and if Qian Qianyi is really martyred, the horse will be infamous through the ages. ”

The reason why Fang Yuan was so confident was because he knew the history, Qian Qianyi was afraid of the cold water and gave up before throwing himself into the water, otherwise he would not dare to make such a big gamble.

Of course, these words can't be said to the princess, Fang Yuan could only smile confidently and found Hu Qi, "Old Hu, on the day of Qian Qianyi's martyrdom, you mobilized three thousand brocade guards to surround Taohuawu, but all the literati who watched Qian Qianyi's martyrdom were not allowed to leave without permission!" ”

Hu Qi was taken aback when he saw that he actually pointed the finger at all the literati who came to observe, "Governor Fang, what do you want?" ”

Fang Yuan's eyes flashed, and he said coldly, "The sworn friends who colluded with Qian Qianyi will definitely come to see Qian Qianyi off." When the time comes, Qian Qianyi will recruit one and arrest one for me! ”

The princess and Hu Qi looked at each other, and they had to admire Fang Yuan's thoughts and methods. It turned out that Fang Yuan committed suicide for Qian Qianyi, just to lure the snake out of the hole, lure out all these dead friends who plotted to subvert, and then wipe them out. Otherwise, they will be caught one by one afterwards, and there will inevitably be fish that slip through the net.

Of course, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Fang Yuan still decided to go to the edict prison five days before Qian Qianyi's martyrdom to meet this literary champion of the Donglin Party for a while.

Qian Qianyi has no worries about food and accommodation in the edict these days, and he can also change his clothes crown, although he has been imprisoned for nearly three months, his expression has not languished.

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Old Qian, we meet again!" ”

Qian Qianyi saw that as soon as Fang Yuan arrived, thinking that the day of martyrdom was approaching, Fang Yuan came to persuade him to surrender, so he simply closed his eyes as if he were dead, "Fang Yuan, I would rather die than fight for the tiger!" ”

Fang Yuan ordered Jinyi Wei to open the prison gate, and just went in and sat next to Qian Qianyi, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, "Old Qian, I am not here to talk to you about surrender today, but to talk to you about what happened after your martyrdom." ”

Qian Qianyi opened his eyes in surprise and glanced at him, then closed his eyes and said, "Listen to the old man!" ”

Fang Yuan said leisurely, "On the day of Qian Lao's martyrdom, naturally everyone thinks that Qian Lao is a great hero who observes the festival, and they will applaud Qian Lao; In another ten days, people will still compete to discuss the deeds of Qian Lao's martyrdom; Another month! People began to look for new points to talk about, and the martyred Qian Lao became a talking point after dinner. In another year, people will not even talk about Qian Lao's deeds after tea and dinner. In another five years, Mr. Qian's protégés and friends will only occasionally be able to think of Mr. Qian. ”

"In another ten years, it is estimated that no one will mention it, and even Qian Lao's protégés and friends have long forgotten that there is such a person as Qian Lao. In another thirty years, after all Qian Lao's protégés and friends passed away, no one would know about Qian Lao's existence. In another hundred years, when I open up a peaceful and prosperous era, and after passing it on to several generations, people may start to discuss it again, that Qian Muzhai was an extremely pedantic Confucian, and for his own selfish interests, he formed gangs and factions for personal gain, and confronted Emperor Taizu of this dynasty. In another thousand years, Qian Lao will become a historical position similar to the four murderers in ancient times, Fei Zhong, who aided and abused, and Qin Hui, who was a traitor. ”

Although Qian Qianyi still closed his eyes and didn't speak, Fang Yuan could clearly feel his shock. He was martyred, but for the sake of Bo an eternal wisdom, if Bo came to the eternal notoriety, what was the purpose of him losing his life in vain?

Fang Yuan continued, "History is written by the victors. King Wu of Zhou is really more merciful than King Shang?! Tang Gaozu is really more wise than Emperor Yang of Sui?! Even Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, if the battle of Poyang Lake was lost to Chen Youliang, the historical image of Emperor Taizu of this dynasty is just like Chen Youliang today, just a rogue in troubled times. Even the Fang Xiaoru, who was loyal to Emperor Jianwen and was completely annihilated, died more heroically than Qian Lao! It's only been 200 years, is it a British name or a corrupt Confucian name?! Of course, being able to leave a notoriety is finally a head in the history books, and Fang Xiaoru should feel lucky. More people who followed Emperor Jianwen's martyrdom were unknown, dead and buried, and that was it. ”

"So the historical reputation of Qian Lao is Yue Wumu or Qin Hui, and whether Qian Lao was martyred or not, has nothing to do with half a dime. It's me, Fang Yuan, if you want Qian Lao to leave your name in history, you will leave your name in history, otherwise there will not be a word of you in the history books at all. I want you to be Yue Wumu, you are Yue Wumu. I want you to be Qin Hui, you are Qin Hui! ”

"Qian Lao gave up his life, but he was a hero for less than a year, is it worth it?! Isn't it worth it to keep a life, write more works in your lifetime, collect poems and pass them on to future generations, and be a veritable literary giant?! ”

Qian Qianyi listened to Fang Yuan's words, his lips trembled, and his whole body trembled, obviously in a fierce inner struggle.

Fang had already said everything he should have said, and he quietly waited for his final reply.

Qian Qianyi opened his eyes and looked at Fang Yuan, and said with a sigh, "Governor Fang, I admit defeat!" ”