Cao Changhe smiled and said, "With my brother's words, the foolish brother feels very comforted in his heart. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" immediately his eyes flashed, and he said to him, "As far as Brother Yu knows, your Fenghua Society has now expanded greatly, and has even set up lecture halls in many places, opened academies, and recruited thousands of literati. ”

Sun Yueling shook his head and sighed: "Cao Gongyan is serious, although Fenghua Society is rooted in Shilin, but it only has some say in the Hanmen Shizi, and now it is still Zhou Shunchang, Qian Qianyi and others who control the entire Jiangnan Shilin, Qian Qianyi is the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, how can Sun Mou compare with it?" ”

Cao Changhe took a moment to say: "It's man-made, the old man can't be wrong to look at people, although they have the upper hand at present, but the name of the leader of the Donglin Party and the leader of Shilin is afraid that sooner or later it will fall on your head." ”

Sun Yueling took a deep breath and said, "Since Cao Gong has such high hopes for Sun, Sun will definitely work hard to live up to Cao Gong's expectations." ”

Cao Changhe laughed and said, "Okay, foolish brother is waiting for that day to come." After changing the topic, he said, "I heard that the day after tomorrow, your Fenghua Academy will hold a 'Speaking Conference' in Tiger Hill, forgive the foolish brother for being slow, I don't know what kind of writing is being discussed and what is being discussed in this 'Speaking Conference'?" ”

"Yes, this matter has spread throughout the south and north of the Yangtze River, and countless literati and Confucian scholars have rushed to Suzhou City, wanting to see the style of this 'Saying Literature Conference', although the last general is a martial artist, but he is really curious, I don't know what kind of grand event this is?" Lu Chong also interjected when he heard about this conference.

Sun Yueling smiled slightly and said, "Let the two of you laugh." In fact, the origin of this 'Speaking Conference' was originally a dispute between some student literati in the academy over some opinions on Shiwen, and then it intensified, and it developed to the point that the entire Jiangnan academy and lecture hall were debating and contending about this matter, so in order to allow them to speak freely and express their hearts, our Fenghua Society decided to fund such a conference, which can be regarded as a modest contribution to the Jiangnan literary circle! ”

Cao Changhe high-fived and praised: "Okay, this is a grand event in the literary world, and Cao fully supports it." There are many portals in the Jiangnan literary circle, and there have always been endless arguments, and now being able to openly debate and discuss a discussion is indeed a good thing for the collision of views, turbidity and purity, and Cao will definitely go to see it one day after tomorrow. ”

Sun Yueling said: "Even if Cao Gong doesn't say it, Sun Mou also wants to invite Cao Gong to go, this kind of literary meeting, it is very inappropriate to have a learned person like Cao Gong in charge!" ”

After that, the three of them laughed in unison, and the laughter spread in the vast Taihu Lake, which seemed to have penetrated the heavy smoke on the lake and reached the other side.

……

On the Yangtze River, three big ships broke the waves and headed towards the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be seen from the pennant fluttering high on the bow of the ship that this is the banner of the Jinyi Guard, these three big ships must also be the official ships of the government, and the sides of the ship are full of Jinyi captains wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on their waists.

On one of the official ships, a soft chair made of brocade was placed on the high platform at the bow, and a long table was placed in front of the chair, which was full of all kinds of snacks and fruits. At this moment, an old eunuch dressed in a blue brocade robe and wearing a gauze hat was sitting in a chair, eating pastries while raising his eyes to look at the other side of the Yangtze River.

On both sides of this eunuch, there are several red-robed brocade guards, judging from the style of dress, they should be the leaders of these brocade-robed captains. One of them, a dark-faced and stocky man, said to the eunuch, "Gonggong Liu, the Zhenjiang Mansion is ahead, and we have entered the hinterland of Jiangnan. ”

This father-in-law Liu let out an "oh" and said lightly: "It's so fast, it's time to get to Jiangnan." ”

The black-faced man said again: "Dare to ask Gonggong Liu, are we going to Yingtian, or are we going directly to Suzhou?" ”

Gonggong Liu smiled and said, "I said Qi Liao, when did you get confused." We came to Jiangnan this time, we were ordered by the palace, and we came according to the will of Grandpa Wei, what happened to those old guys in the Nanjing Political Affairs Hall? Of course, he went directly to Suzhou, went to the governor's yamen, and found Mao Zhongcheng to announce the decree. ”

Qi Liao said: "What my father-in-law said is that Qi Liao is confused. ”

This black-faced Jinyi Wei is Sun Yueling's fourth brother Qi Liao, who was sent to Guanwai to replace Li Rukui, the fourth head of the Jinyi Guard, who was already old, and reorganized the Jinyi Wei system outside the Guanwai. In the past three years outside the Guan, Qi Liao, with the support of Sun Chengzong, while rectifying the secret spies scattered in various places by Jinyiwei, contacted the Dongjiang Army in southern Liaoning, and made countless meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty, won the support of Liaozuo soldiers and Dongjiang departments, and provided countless accurate information for Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong in the so-called "Ningyuan Great Victory", so that Nurhachi had to retreat.

In particular, the Dongjiang Military Department, under the information of Qi Liao's communication, learned that Houjin poured out of the nest and the rear air defense was weak, so he did all his strength and blossomed everywhere in the hinterland of Houjin, not only recaptured Lushun, attacked and harassed the four cities of Liaonanhai, Yao, Fu and Gai, but also broke through Lianshan Pass, and the soldiers pointed directly at the city of Liaoyang, the capital of Houjin, which made Houjin tremble and hate.

After the "Ningyuan victory", Qi Liao was also promoted to the seventh leader of Jinyi Weiqi because of his military exploits, and served as the commander of the Jinyi Weidu Division. This time, they were ordered by the superiors, and Liu Dexi, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor and the head of the East Factory, led a team to Jiangsu on a business trip to investigate and deal with the remnants of the Donglin Party in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, Jinyiwei went south, dispatched a total of more than 100 Tiqi and school captains, and sent two masters to sit in person, in addition to Qi Liao, the other person is Sun Yunhe, the criminal officer of Dongchang in the "Five Biao".

This time, Qi Liao knew that it was to deal with the Donglin Party in Jiangnan, so he proposed to Liu Dexi whether to go to Yingtian, after all, many adults in the Nanjing Political Hall were close to Donglin, so that they could be informed early and prepare in advance.

In his heart, although he did not approve of the Donglin Party's approach very much, because of Sun Yueling, he did not have much ill feeling towards the Donglin Party, after all, Donglin was not all talkative, and there were also some officials who were dedicated to the country and devoted themselves to their work. Unexpectedly, Liu Dexi directly rejected his proposal, but planned to go directly to Jiangsu, so that the matter would be very urgent, and I don't know how his old brother Sun Yueling in Jiangnan would react when he learned about it.

But this matter is obviously not his master, Liu De likes to take a moment, and said to him and Sun Yunhe without looking back: "Two adults, what are you going to do when you go to Suzhou this time?" ”

Sun Yunhe replied first: "If you go back to your father-in-law, you will naturally target the head of Donglin in the south of the Yangtze River, and whoever opposes the factory will be fierce, and whoever will be locked up and sent to prison." He smiled and said, "This time I went down to the south of the Yangtze River, but our Jinyiwei issued more than a dozen blank driver's posts, if anyone dares to object, fill in the name and take it away." ”

"Confused!" Liu Dexi scolded angrily and said, "Issue a blank driver's post, fill in the name lock at will, who gave you Jinyiwei such a big right?" ”

"This ......" Sun Yunhe was robbed by him for a while, and he was speechless. Issuing a blank driver's post and temporarily filling in the name to take the person, although it violates the procedure, it has become a "practice" in Jinyiwei's case, and it is a tacit thing in the Dusi Yamen, and there is nothing wrong with it in his opinion, but he didn't expect Liu Dexi to reprimand.

Liu Dexi continued: "Have you forgotten what the Holy Decree says? ”

Sun Yunhe looked embarrassed and said: "The Holy Lord's will is for us to investigate and deal with the remnants of Wang Wenyan's case, and urge the governors of all places in Jiangnan to seal up and close down all the Donglin Academy. ”

"If you know, it's good." Liu Dexi snorted coldly and said, "The Holy Lord just asked us to investigate and deal with the remnants of Wang Wenyan's case, and to seal up the Donglin Party's academy in Jiangnan, and did not let us directly lock people into Beijing. Are you not afraid of being blamed by Jiangnan Shilin and being taken into account by those Donglin officials who are still in the court? ”

Sun Yunhe's face became very ugly, and he sobbed, "That'...... In my father-in-law's opinion, what should we do? ”

Liu Dexi ignored him, turned his head to look at Qi Liao, and said, "Qi Liao, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Qi Liao pondered for a moment and said: "Although the will of the Holy Lord does not explicitly say which person to arrest, but presumably we all know that this is also the meaning of the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong, this time I was sent to the south, which is to completely destroy the foundation of the Donglin Party in the south of the Yangtze River......" Speaking of this, he paused and looked at Liu Dexi's reaction.

Liu Dexi nodded with satisfaction and motioned for him to continue.

Qi Liao said again, "Since the will does not clearly lock up who to take, but just let us investigate and deal with the remnants of Donglin and close the academy, then, we may be able to make some articles from this, the academies in the south of the Yangtze River are the lifeblood of Donglin, and the reason why Donglin can comment on the government and discuss the world is all because of these academies to convey their purpose and concept, so as long as the academy is one, the head of Donglin will inevitably be unbearable, and will inevitably jump out to obstruct it, and then there will be truth and evidence in our hands, and we can take advantage of the situation to take people, Completely defeat Donglin, at this time, even if Jiangnan Shilin is dissatisfied, what can he do? We are impartial, and no one will have anything to say! ”

When Liu Dexi heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, and he praised: "Qi Yishi is really cautious and scheming, no wonder many adults in the court and China respect and praise you." ”

Qi Liao hugged his fists, leaned over and said, "My father-in-law praises falsely, Qi Liao is ashamed." ”

……

Outside the city of Suzhou, Huqiu Mountain.

Today is the day of Fenghua Academy to hold the "Speaking Conference", in the whole Jiangnan, such a grand event has not been held for many years, so that the various literary schools in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the lecture halls of various academies have sent representatives to participate, and even some famous Confucian scholars who retreat to the mountains and forests on weekdays and do not ask about world affairs can not bear the loneliness and come to watch the meeting.

It can be said that it is very difficult to organize these literary schools and academy lecture halls that are at odds with each other to gather together to discuss the current literature, but under the kind invitation of Sun Yueling, Han Qianshui and others, this originally unbelievable thing was done, and even Sun Yueling himself was a little surprised.

But when you think about it, although this thing sounds outrageous, it is actually reasonable. The Jiangnan literary world has many portals, each with its own opinions, and it is constantly arguing, and the mutual accusations and quarrels over the years have made them tired. Although the leaders of each faction and each family blame each other from their own standpoints, it is undeniable that most of the scholars at the bottom of the folk are completely blind to their mutual accusations, and are not interested in their portal dispute at all.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, although there are many schools of thought in the literary world and mixed opinions, to a certain extent, they can also be interconnected and complement each other, because the leaders of these different schools have readily agreed with Sun Yueling's idea, and decided to debate and discuss this matter before the public, so that they can expand the influence of their own schools and promote their own opinions to more readers; Second, under the collision and blending of multiple views, they also hope that their own genre can reach a preliminary agreement with its genre, achieve a certain balance, and end this kind of endless and meaningless quarrel; Third, the holding of this kind of literary event must cost a lot, extremely rare, with Jiangsu Fenghua Society to contribute to the effort, it does not cost them a penny, why not do it?

When Sun Yueling and his entourage drove out of Suzhou Changmen and came to the foot of Huqiu Mountain along Qili Mountain Pond, but seeing that the scene was so lively, countless literati and scholars from all over the province rushed to this place early, waiting for the moment when the conference was held. In the wide field outside the gate of Huqiu Mountain, it was already crowded and noisy, thanks to the Suzhou prefect Yamen who sent a large number of soaps to maintain order.

After squeezing through the crowd and entering the field, Sun Yueling saw Kou Shen, the prefect of Suzhou, who was busy sweating, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Kou Futai, thanks to you today, Sun Yueling would like to express his gratitude to the adults on behalf of the Fenghua Society!" ”

Kou Shen saw that it was him, waved his hand and said: "Brother Sun is polite, such a grand event can be held in the place of the governor's house, and it is too late for the government to be happy, the government should give full support, how can I thank you?" ”

Sun Yueling was deeply respectful to him and said: "In this way, don't disturb the affairs of Koufu Taiwan, Yueling still has affairs to do, and I will talk to Koufu Taiwan after I am done!" ”

Kou Shen smiled: "Go get busy, you are the host today, so you have to work hard." ”