In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the torture policy of the Dashun army pushed them to the opposite side of the landlord class, and the good situation that had been spread in the north completely collapsed under the shock of a stone's defeat, and the gentry from all over the north flocked to organize armed attacks against the local Dashun army and the officials appointed by the Dashun army with the greatest enthusiasm. It can even be said that if the gentry in various places could be so crazy when the Dashun army marched eastward at www.biquge.info the beginning of the year, it was unknown whether Li Zicheng could escape back to Shangluo Mountain and hibernate.

Now, when he noticed the existence of the remnants of the Dashun army, the fear in Wang Shimin's heart instantly exceeded the limit of bearing, and then further burned the class hatred more and more.

"The Qi Wangfu dared to contain the thieves, that is, it was an enemy of the righteous men and gentlemen in the world. This is no longer as simple as the government is chaotic, this is a matter of principle, and our Suzhou gentry should set an example for the gentry in the world. If the king of Qi does not behead those thieves this time, he will never stop with him. ”

Upstairs in Deyue, Wang Shimin made a generous statement and spoke out, but there were very few responders. Especially those businessmen, they all sat there, silent, and completely lost the fierce fighting spirit they had before.

In fact, their original intention from the very beginning was to act in response to the government's anti-smuggling decree, what about the thieves, more than ten years have passed, and the businessmen have not felt the pain, so they will not be like Wang Shimin.

"Xun Weng, the student asked, those thieves are all loyal battalions incorporated by the imperial court, and they have fought with the Tartars for more than ten years in the service of our great tomorrow, not like Li Chuang. At the very least, it can be regarded as a reform. The so-called knowing mistakes can improve the great way, we are all loyal ministers and righteous people, and we must always maintain the dignity of the court. ”

"Yes, Xun Weng, it is impossible for King Qi to agree, let's just drive those thieves away this time, there is really no need to tear up his face with His Royal Highness King Qi."

"That is, that is, our purpose is to let the government abolish those chaotic governments, so that the Qi Palace's voice can hear our voice and learn to respect the scholars. In any case, His Royal Highness the King of Qi recognizes the preferential exemption policy, which is still different from those thieves. ”

The merchants are like this, and most of the gentry are not like Wang Shimin.

The gentry chattered and persuaded themselves, and the southeast gentry spoke for the Dashun army for the first time, and they were afraid that everyone would have to pump their mouths to see if they were in a dream. can be like this, in the final analysis, I am afraid that it will anger Chen Wen.

Boycotts and troublemakers are at least maintained within the scope of local commercial rights and interests, and the imperial court generally will not surrender its status for this reason, so as to kill merchants and gentry. But if it rises to the point of forcing the Qi Wangfu to attack the friendly army, it will rise to the political level, and forcing Chen Wen to harm the interests of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang according to their wishes, it will no longer be such a simple matter. At that time, even if it is the best ending, the government is appeased on the surface, and the people here will definitely be jealous of the bureaucrats of the Qi Palace, and there will always be a few who will not be good in the future, and none of them want to be that one.

"Xun Weng, for the sake of the world, and endure the anger of this moment. The king of Qi is powerful, we must protect the rights and interests of the gentry and merchants, we must always come step by step, step by step, students beg you. ”

With that, the gentry fell to the ground, and several other gentry of the younger generation also got up. Seeing this, Wang Shimin also sighed, and then helped the gentry up.

"Then let's leave it at that, in the future, when we enter the court, we must not spare these chaotic ministers and thieves in the cholera world."

"What Sunman said is extreme, for the time being, for the time being."

A consensus was reached, and these gentry and merchants also took action. On the first day, the materials mobilized by the Qi Wangfu were sold in unlimited quantities in various parts of Suzhou Fucheng, and the business was in full swing, which was not much better than the large purchases that were carried out in the previous years. By the next day, the sales were still the same, and the popularity had dropped by a point or two, but it was also inevitable that the rubbing was one after another.

However, as soon as the city gates were opened in the morning, the carriages sent out by the gentry and wealthy families of the city after the failure of the troubles yesterday rushed back.

After more than an hour, in the east section of Dayjinfang Lane in the southwest of Fucheng, more and more gentry and scholars gathered here, including local celebrities and students in Fucheng, as well as squires and those who have not made a name for themselves in the county seat, villages and towns, all relying on the cultivation and reading of heirlooms.

"Gentlemen, the Emperor of Martial Arts tried his best to govern the country, but the thieves were brutal and killed the king. The thieves are the culprits of cholera in the world, and we must not allow those thieves to run rampant! ”

Wang Shimin contacted several celebrities in Suzhou, but with his nearly 70 years of age and body, it was really not suitable for him to participate in person. This time, the gentry and businessmen organized many scholars inside and outside the city, as well as in the neighboring counties and villages, among them, such as Jin Shengsi, who is a famous scholar in the world, but this time Jin Shengsian seemed a little absent-minded, but Wang Liang, who represented Wang Shimin, took the limelight.

Wang Luo is the eighth son of Wang Shimin, and he is also the most talented among the nine sons of the Wang family, and he is also the son who is most favored by Wang Shimin. As a result, the readers present all echoed each other and strengthened each other. After getting a response, Wang Luo looked at Jin Shengsigh again, his face was pale, and he simply took the god card of Confucius handed over by his family, stood at the front of the team, and took the lead towards the Temple of Literature in the west.

Suzhou Confucian Temple, covering an area of no less than 200 acres, is known as the crown of Jiangnan universities. Wang Luo took the lead, and the more than 200 scholars behind him, regardless of their fame, followed closely behind.

In the crowd, Jin Shengsian did not have the same fighting spirit as the other scholars around him, but frowned, and uneasiness was written all over his face.

"Holy sigh, what's wrong, are you not feeling well?"

Jin Shengsi's original name was Cai, the word Ruocai, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Renrui, and the word Shengsigh. Jin Shengxi is talented, and is known as the first strange person in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, but for the government, he is a famous thorn in the head, idle and idle, comments such as "Water Margin", "The Legend of the West Chamber" and even "Tui Bei Tu" are just that, there are many comments on the governance of the government, whether it is the Jiangnan officialdom of the Manchu Dynasty, or the current Su Songchang Town Governor under the Qi Palace, the officials don't like this guy very much.

is also a student of Wu County, Ni Yongbin and Jin Shengxian are very familiar. It stands to reason that there are thieves in the city, and they also beat up the locals, and the government does not treat the crimes of those thieves, but instead takes those locals into the prison.

Ni Yongbin asked this, Jin Shengxian still frowned, shook his head, and then replied to Ni Yongbin with just a nonsense of "I feel that something must happen today", and then he turned into such an uneasy state.

From the east section of Jinfang Lane all the way to the west, everyone soon came to the left of the main gate of the Confucian Temple. Along the way, it was not very long, but there were not many onlookers. In a big city like Suzhou, the daily events are too complicated, and the people in Suzhou are also well-informed.

The flow of people who followed them gathered more and more, especially those scholars who were still telling the people along the way that they were beaten by thieves for the sake of "local goodness", and then they were put in prison by the government before they gathered together to cry at the temple.

Not far from the Confucian Temple, the government had obviously received the news, and the officials were waiting for it. Seeing these scholars gathering together, the white-bearded professor of Suzhou Fuxue came out of the crowd, and directly asked Wang Wei, who was the leader: "What do you want to do when you are not at home to study at ease, waiting for the imperial examination to reopen, and gathering the crowd here?" ”

Professor Fuxue, a seventh-grade prefecture-level official, is only equal to the magistrate in terms of rank, but no matter what kind of fame these scholars have, they dare not make the slightest mistake.

"Back to the old teacher's words, the students and others gathered here today because they came here for the Cheung Chau County government to shield the thieves and detain the local goodness. Thieves are thieves who cause trouble in the world, and it is the supreme grace of the country and dynasty to allow them to wear their crimes and make meritorious contributions, and such sinners dare to commit crimes in Suzhou, a place that has long been admired and educated, while the county government indiscriminately shields criminals and frames good people and imprisons them. We are here to ask what is the existence of this axiom and justice! ”

Wang Luo's words aroused the echo of the surrounding gentry and people. The locals were beaten by outsiders, and they didn't know that the beaten people were hooligans and ruffians who went to stir up trouble, but they knew that there would be many people who would defend it out of local friendship.

The gentry and the common people were like this, and the professor also sighed, and then said to Wang Luo: "What crime is committed, I have to submit it to the Criminal Division for investigation." If this is the case, where will the government be placed? ”

"The old teacher's words are wrong, I wait to read the books of the sages, in order to benefit the people, now the people are in trouble, but the government is biased towards criminals, at this time the scholars do not stand up, who else can serve the people justice!"

"Well said!"

The sound of congratulations sounded around him, and the professor knew that persuasion was useless, so he shook his head and retreated. Without the professor's obstruction, the officials did not dare to face these gentry, the human wall was quickly broken through, and the square in front of the Temple of Literature was also exposed to everyone's eyes.

The Temple of Literature is no different from usual, except that on both sides in front of the gate, there are eight more wheels underneath, and the protruding part above has two handles, and another hose sticks out from nowhere, so I can't see it clearly from a distance.

In front are strange cars and officials, and behind are the extra-large water tanks and water tanks that are prepared for water walking in the Confucian Temple. Wang Luo and the surrounding gentry glanced at each other, and neither of them seemed to understand what this meant, but they didn't care about it, but strode to the square in front of the Temple of Literature.

"On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month of the twelfth year of Yongli, Jiangnan was born as Fu Dingchen of Changzhou, who was bold and daring, deceived the world and destroyed his ancestors, openly broke the rules of thousands of years, ignored the benevolent government of the Holy Dynasty, shielded the thieves, and framed the good. The crime was outrageous, and the people's sentiment was boiling. Those who read should take the four dimensions and eight virtues as their rituals. Unexpectedly, he came out of the well-dressed beasts, such as Fu Dingchen's generation, the students were ashamed, and the grandmaster was dishonored, so he went to the Temple of Literature to cry ......"

The text was full of joy and explained the reason why they came. In the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou had a developed economy and a gathering of humanities, and whenever the gentry were unaccustomed to something, whether it was illegal acts by the government or the mistreatment of scholars, they would always gather here to write a letter and cry to Confucius.

Scholars are a powerful social force among the people, and they also have a network of classmates, fellow villagers, and the same year in the DPRK and China, and their influence is huge, so the local government often has to pay attention to and appease them.

At this moment, the governor strode forward and asked about the request, Wang Luo held up the god card, and the request was very simple, that is, to expel the Kui Dong Ming army and release those "local goodness" who were engaged in the "work" of green skins, wanderers, fighting and salt gangs.

The request was simple and seemed reasonable, the natives sheltered the natives and expelled the rebellious thieves who disgusted and feared them, which was not too much of a request in the previous weeping temples.

In fact, this is just a façade. The scholars, including Wang Lianghe and the others, knew that the expulsion of the thieves was only the first step, and that if the thieves were expelled today, they would be able to expel the pirates tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they could even slander other traders who had made cameo appearances in the armaments of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming Dynasty as "thieves" and "pirates," and thus expel them. As long as these traders are driven away, they can continue to strike the market and force the government to compromise and achieve their real goals!

The conditions were proposed, but the governor did not agree, and did not even think about it, but only told them unequivocally that according to the testimony of witnesses, it was those ruffians who made trouble and disrupted the market order at that time, and now the case is still under trial, so naturally there is no reason to be released directly before the trial.

"Unconscious officials and chaotic government, let's go to Sage Kong and cry, let the sage take a good look at the faces of these dog officials!"

The governor was so tough, and when he raised his arms here, the scholars were also enthusiastic, and they were about to break into the Temple of Literature with Wang Luo, who was holding the god card.

"As a scholar, you dare to be presumptuous in the Temple of Literature. The official only said once, if there are those who dare to cross the line, don't blame the official for ignoring the friendship of the soldiers. ”

Near the steps of the Confucian Temple Square, a white line drawn by lime crossed the wall between the gentry and the officials of the Wailing Temple. The identity of the scholars, coupled with the god card of Confucius, this is their talisman, just now the officials did not dare to stop it, at this moment in front of the gate of the Temple of Literature, they have tens of millions of confidence, how can they hear the governor's angry shouts again.

At this moment, I saw the governor frowning, waving his right hand, and those officials guarding in front of the strange car got the order, one picked up the hose in front, two held the handle on both sides in the middle of the left and right, and there were a few people who took small buckets to the water tank to fill the water.

"Do it!"