For the scholars in the world, this Mid-Autumn Festival is an extremely painful memory, which can be called the most significant setback that the scholars have suffered after the Yongle Year, even if it was the most ridiculous Emperor Yingzong and the most arrogant years of the eunuch Wang Zhen, the scholars have not been so insulted and despised. [No pop-up novel network]

Strike the ministers! Kill Shangshu! There are many detainees among the officials above the fifth rank of Shangshu, Shilang, Lang and Zhongzhong, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are all in danger, and everyone in the world is frightened, and they are even wondering if they are in a dream, if not, how can the good situation of many years be ruined in the blink of an eye?

The shocking news first spread only in the capital, but it soon spread to the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi and then to other places.

Most readers are shocked and inexplicable; Those who have meritorious fame are even more crying, and they can hardly help themselves, what is everyone reading hard for? Isn't it just to become an official in the court? Entering the pavilion to worship the prime minister is the ultimate ideal, as long as you can get along with the sacred Wenyuan Pavilion, future generations will be of infinite use.

But who would have thought that the high-ranking cabinet ministers would also be beaten to the dust one day, and they didn't even enjoy the treatment of Zhishi, but were directly deposed!

How is this possible? How can this be!

If there were no next few messages, I was afraid that the outside of Chengtianmen would be crowded with petitioners again, and I was afraid that there would be many scholars in the alleys who would stand up and preach to the people about the perverse actions of the imperial court, so as to set off an unprecedented tide of public opinion and put pressure on the emperor.

However, despite the outrage, most people dare not speak out.

The book of the military department was passed on the first nine sides! The criminal department Shangshu was detained pending trial! The Tobe squire was beheaded by a raider! More than half of the officials above the third grade in the court have been reduced! More than 300 officials of the fifth grade or above were interrogated!

Now, the important ministers of the DPRK and China, including the last cabinet minister, Li Dongyang, are all silent, who dares to jump out at such a time? Combined with the turmoil before, who can not see the emperor's determination to liquidate?

Biting the emperor and fighting for fame is actually a technical job, and before jumping out, it is very necessary to judge the situation and size up the situation. If you jump out regardless of the occasion, even if you get a clear name, I'm afraid you won't have the life to enjoy it.

The reorganization of the Metropolitan Procuratorate that was finally approved at the court meeting did not take much attention to it originally, and compared with major events such as the dismissal of the cabinet ministers, it is really not a matter of concern whether the small Metropolitan Procuratorate is still a branch of the lower court.

But it wasn't until after the dispersal of the dynasty and seeing the changes in the capital that everyone realized that Xie Hong's goal was to completely control public opinion.

Before the end of the court meeting, the Jinyi guards were divided into small teams, leading the soldiers of the Beijing camp to patrol around the capital, as long as they saw a scholar trying to gather people on the street to preach righteousness, they were immediately taken down on the charge of illegal assembly; If someone makes a bad comment on Zhengde in various forms, then once it is discovered, he will be immediately arrested for slandering the government or disrespect.

Although the influence of scholars is great, after all, they also need a terminal channel, and as soon as Xie Hong's move came out, he immediately completely cut off the influence of Shilin public opinion on the people within the capital.

The scholars in the capital were intimidated by this thunderous method, and the stage on which the scholars showed their style and bones was always the court of attention, not on the execution ground or under the butcher's knife.

Otherwise, there will be no such tragedy as the Five Hu Chaohua and the Tartars of the Mengyuan Dynasty entering the Central Plains, you know, the world is actually in the hands of the gentry, if they work together to resist, what is the little foreign Tartar? It's just that they're not good at showing character under the butcher's knife.

What's more, the history books of the readers are not read in vain, and they know very well that the rise of imperial power is likely to be just a flash in the pan, and for many years, even if they meet a strong emperor, they must be scholars who have the last laugh.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very strong, but after his death, Huo Guang immediately dominated the court and played the emperor in the palm of his hand; Taizu of this dynasty is also very strong, but after his death, Emperor Jianwen is not at the mercy of others? Chengzu is also capable of suppressing the court, not to mention that after his death, in the last years of Yongle, the power of the scholars has already risen, isn't Wenyuan Pavilion the rules established during the Yongle period?

Today, when the saint is only in the age of a weak crown, how can he compare to these emperors with great talents? Even if you add a first courtier throughout the ages, the final victory still belongs to the scholars.

But except for a few nerds, the scholars also know very well that even if the imperial power will bow its head in the end, anyone who catches up at the moment when the imperial power rises will undoubtedly end up with a broken body.

What's more, this time the emperor is menacing, and there is a great momentum to win, and the old Shangshu of the pavilion has fallen off his horse, and it will definitely take considerable courage to meet him at this time.

However, not daring to scold the emperor and the ministers did not mean that the scholars would remain silent, and after a period of chaos, the scholars once again reached a tacit understanding and unified their voices.

The gentleman is like water, forcing the strong and weakening, since he can't get rid of the annihilation, the spearhead of the people in the Shilin is also quickly turning, this time they are scolding the important ministers of the court, and the first to bear the brunt is the cabinet minister Li Dongyang.

The emperor passed such a resolution at the court meeting, of course, the people who were responsible for it were the hundred officials present, and the higher the status, the greater the responsibility, and Li Dongyang, the cabinet minister, was duty-bound.

Although Liu Jian and Xie Qian also had high status, these two had been deposed for disobeying the emperor, and no matter what the final charges were, the scholars were applauding their actions.

Those who have a strong sense of justice certainly feel that the two are upright and jealous like hatred, which can be called a model for scholars in the world; The rest of the people either feel that after there are fewer people in the DPRK, there will be a lot of vacant positions, and their own families are likely to get opportunities; Either that's just a matter of harm. If it weren't for the fierce flames of annihilation, maybe there would be someone who wrote a book for the two pavilion elders immediately, and it is not known.

The rest of Liu Daxia, Min Gui and others were also regarded as martyrs in Shilin, and many of them secretly made up their minds that they must overturn the case for several adults, especially Liu Shangshu, in the future to commemorate the high wind and bright festival of several people. Of course, not now, everyone still has to keep their useful bodies and wait for the future.

The wave of condemnation almost drowned Li Dongyang and the important ministers who were still in office in the court, and the corpse was a vegetarian! Adore the rising sun! Even radical rhetoric such as Sven sweeping the floor has appeared. If you scold the emperor, you will be arrested, but no one cares about scolding the courtiers, so what are you waiting for? Scold!

Of course, the scholars used this to vent their fears and depression in their hearts, and many ordinary people also joined in the scolding tide, and the momentum was close to the public opinion tide that denounced Xie Hong in front of the day, which made the ministers at the center of the public opinion tide panic and fidget.

"Elder Li Ge, you have to think of a way! We can't go on like this, now that the fierce flames of annihilation are rising, it is when we and other scholars are working together, how can we attack each other at such a time? Doesn't this make relatives hurt enemies quickly? ”

At the beginning of the court meeting, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, not only spoke, but also cried for a while, but Zhengde ignored him, and was directly frightened later, and he did not speak again until the end of the court meeting. It can be seen that this thing is suitable for all ages, not only to stop children's night crying, but also to use it on the old man.

And the misfortune is not a one-way street, and the invincible trick in the Hongzhi period not only hit a wall with the emperor, but also does not help the current situation at all.

In the past two years, whether it was the scholars outside or the prisoners of Guozijian, they all seemed to be crazy, and they did not persuade the Son of Heaven, but they all came to block their way and scolded the street. Ordinary people didn't dare to stop him from scolding, but they were all muttering behind his back, pointing and pointing, and the taste of Qianfu was not good!

Moreover, if it goes on like this, not to mention that his own face will be disgraced, where will the system of the imperial court be placed? It's not easy enough for his family to endure humiliation and burden, but he can't get the understanding of outsiders, Zhang Sheng is bitter in his heart, and he can't wait to hold Li Dongyang's leg and cry.

"This matter ......" In fact, Li Dongyang is more bitter than Zhang Sheng, when it comes to enduring humiliation, he is the biggest target, and at least half of the scolding in the capital in the past two days is directed at him. What's more, he still has to deal with Zhengde and Xie Hong, those two teenagers are worse than the other, it's easier for him!

What saddened him the most was that he knew where this public opinion came about. In addition to Xie Hong's intentional or unintentional guidance and connivance, it was his former colleagues who initiated the public opinion wave and targeted them, led by Xie Qian, a university scholar.

At the previous court meeting, Liu and Xie were deposed under the strong advice, and Li Dongyang hesitated to stay in office, Liu Jian was okay, he was disheartened and did not speak ill of each other, and even encouraged Li Dongyang a few words.

But Xie Qian was not so calm, he was indignant at Li Dongyang at that time, and he had many accusatory words, although he was persuaded by Liu Jian, but Li Dongyang knew that this mustard had been buried, and it would probably take a long time to calm down.

Xie Qian's excitement is understandable, because of the high degree of participation, the loss of Jiangnan scholars is also extremely heavy. Gu Zuo, who was beheaded by the raider, Min Gui, who was detained and convicted, and Shilin, the waiter, are all the backbone of Jiangnan Shilin, not to mention Xie Qian, a university scholar.

All of a sudden, the Jiangnan people had almost the same power in the court as they did a few years ago, how could they accept this? And how can Xie Qian, as the leader of Jiangnan Shilin, face it calmly?

However, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, although the losses were heavy, but because the targets of Zhengde's attack were mainly high-ranking officials, the power of the Jiangnan scholars in the capital was not broken. Perhaps because he felt that he could not confront Xie Hong for the time being, Xie Qian seemed to vent his anger and targeted his colleagues in the old way, and then set off this tide of public opinion.

“…… At this young age, where did Xie Hong get so many calculations? It's ...... to play with us on applause Alas! Li Dongyang sighed and sighed with emotion.

He knew that Zhang Sheng meant to let him persuade Xie Qian and calm the tide of public opinion, but how could things be so easy? Xie Qian is also an old fox, and he has already pointed out that he has attacked himself and others, where will he listen to his own persuasion? Eighty percent of them will be turned away if they come to the door by themselves.

"What did Li Ge Lao say?" Zhang Sheng was stunned.

Now no one will look at Xie Hong with the same kind of eyes as before, even if he says contempt, he still attaches great importance to the other party in his heart. It's not so much that he is a courtier who can only meet and pat horses, but that he is a scheming minister, and the series of actions to subdue the court at the court meeting are not all his ideas behind the emperor's back?

However, although he is vicious and scheming, the matter of public opinion should have little to do with him, right? Who doesn't know that this time it was also led by Xie Qian, and the Jiangnan scholars were thorns?

"Brother Baiya, on the surface, it seems that Ziqiao provoked the matter, but in fact, it was Xie Hong who laid the ambush line, which led to Ziqiao's next move." Li Dongyang shook his head and explained:

"Although the emperor was the first to deal with Zhang Gongshi, in fact, most of the people detained were Jiangnan people, and the old man was too angry to be a fellow Jiangnan colleague, and he went out to advise him, which is so, but in retrospect, it was not, the emperor did it on purpose."

"What does Elder Li Ge mean......" Zhang Sheng's brows also furrowed, he was shocked by Zhengde's murderous aura at that time, and he really didn't pay much attention to the situation in the palace.

Li Dongyang groaned and said: "Take Shi Lin as an example, in fact, he didn't go out to advise, and with Min Gui first, he didn't have to keep up, but the emperor just put him on the list of detainees." According to the old man's inquiry afterwards, there were many people in Jiangnan like this, so the old man concluded that the emperor did it on purpose. ”

"Then the emperor intends to weaken the Jiangnan forces, and then support other forces to balance?" Although Li Dongyang said cautiously, Zhang Sheng's brows opened a little, obviously letting go of some worries.

Pulling one faction to fight another faction is a common method in political disputes, and the more high-ranking people are, the more they like to use it. What reassures Zhang Sheng is that although this method will make the scholars fight inward, it will not damage the vitality of the scholar class, it is nothing more than a change in one and the other, turning around, and those in those positions are saint disciples and Confucian disciples.

Throughout the ages, how many emperors have instigated infighting among the ministers of the court and the central government, thinking that they are playing the ministers in the palm of their hands, and boasting of their strategies, but in fact, it is only themselves who are being played.

Although the theory of natural selection has not been summed up, scholars and doctors are rarely completely united, and infighting is their norm.

Therefore, listening to Li Dongyang talk about this, Zhang Sheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor and Xie Hong are not afraid of playing strategies, what they are afraid of is the unconventional means of the two, if it weren't for those unbelievable methods, how could the two teenagers be able to play with them old foxes?

Zhang Sheng even turned his mind in his heart, should he take this opportunity to step on the Jiangnan scholars, he has long been looking at those Jiangnan people who are not pleasing to the eye, all of them are rich in wealth and have thousands of dollars, but they still have to come to the court to fight for food, and leave no way for others to live? Now the wicked have their own wicked grinding, and this is called a deserved one!

(To be continued)