The third day of the negotiation began in full swing, Xiong Mingyu felt very strange about the fourth prince's choice of the negotiation location in the Jinchai Building, because he knew that the Jinchai Building was Yang Chao's industry, and Yang Chao was actually the behind-the-scenes figure who promoted the government's negotiations, but the fourth prince chose the negotiation location in the Jinchai Building, which made Xiong Mingyu feel that what Yang Chao said, if he had someone in the Erli Society, he was indeed not lying, and the people he placed in the Erli Society still had a lot of weight, and could faintly influence the actions of the scholars.

As for who Yang Chao installed was, Xiong Mingyu couldn't guess it, and he didn't want to waste his strength to guess, these scholars, as long as they didn't make trouble, he didn't bother to care about it.

Yang Chao lived in the Jinchai Building again, so that he could keep abreast of the specific trends at all times.

Yang Chao secretly commanded behind-the-scenes control, a governor of the Ten Mansions, a Ying Tianfu Yin, a scholar of imperial history, and a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, all of whom listened to Yang Chao's command, and felt like they held a lot of power.

Of course, these high-ranking officials do not think that they are being manipulated, they think that they are just accepting Yang Chao's suggestion, and they only regard Yang Chao as one of their senators, a staff member who will come up with ideas.

Yang Chao doesn't care about these, anyway, these people are obedient, if they are disobedient, they will sue Huang Jin and Xiong Mingyu, and the high-ranking officials of the Sixth Department of Freedom will suppress them.

But that didn't happen.

Everyone was very honest and carried out Yang Chao's plan.

In the second hall, there is a long table, four people sit on each side, and there is a clerk next to him to make records, and the clerk is Huangfengfu.

As soon as the two parties arrived, they first greeted each other.

"Sons, you've admired your name for a long time."

On the side of the government, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian, Suzhou and other important ten prefectures, said.

Although the two sides were negotiating, he was still very polite as a literati.

"I've met Master Zhang and I have seen all the adults."

The fourth prince also saluted one by one, but his face was pale. If the high-ranking officials of the imperial court were forced to sit down and negotiate with them, they felt that it was a great victory, and it would be spread in the future. It's their huge prestige, their huge capital.

Zhang Guowei said: "Sit down." ”

Only then did the fourth prince sit down.

Next, Xu Zhihuan, who was on the side of the government, took the lead in making trouble. He is an official who specializes in academic administration, and these scholars are under his control, and of course, he was the most implicated in the scholar's commotion this time.

Xu Zhihuan said: "Ladies and gentlemen, tangled students, gathering in the court, and disturbing troubles, this is what you read from the books of the sages?" ”

Mao Xiang retorted on behalf of the fourth prince: "Lord Xu's words are wrong. The Scholars are only righteous and righteous, as is read from the books of the sages. As for the Xiaoju court, the late students did not dare to agree, which scholar had entered the court. As for the nuisance, it is even more nonsense! ”

The fourth prince couldn't help but be secretly proud, fortunately they listened to Huang Fengfu's suggestion, and did not rush directly into the court to make trouble like Wuxi, otherwise they would be passive now that Xu Zhihuan took out ironclad evidence, and now Xu Zhihuan can't find evidence that they are making trouble in court, and empty white teeth can't threaten them.

First encounter. The four sons felt that they had won, not only won but also stood on the moral high ground.

Xu Zhihuan sneered: "What a clever person, even if there is no disturbance in the court." But there is no escaping the responsibility of a person who flouts the government. The official has made up his mind, and the Ministry of Rites and Rites will remove the merits of all the members of the Erli Society. ”

The current Erli Society is not what it used to be, not to mention the five hundred members, and they are all meritorious and famous Xiucai people, as for Tong Sheng, even if he is the earliest batch, he can only be a reserve member, unless he is admitted to Xiucai, Erli Society will not let them become regular members.

Hence the removal of fame. Almost wiped out the 500 core members.

But the fourth prince was not afraid: "Adults can try!" ”

They have no fear, and Huang Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Xiong Mingyu have jointly invited them. have said that they will not get rid of the fame of the students, a small mention of the imperial history. It doesn't count. I have to say that last time Huang Jin and Xiong Mingyu put aside Yang Chao and dealt with the affairs of the fourth prince alone, they actually messed up, they wanted to end the scholarly commotion as soon as possible, but it instead boosted the courage of the fourth prince and was self-defeating.

Xu Zhihuan didn't let it go at all: "Try it, try it, since this official took office, he has never seen such an arrogant scholar." ”

Xu Zhihuan's words are not false, he used to do a school in Huguang, and when the scholar commotion began this time, he had been in Nanjing for less than a month, so it can be said that he bumped into him, which was really unlucky.

Next, Feng Kezong of Jinyi Wei Qianhu spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen. It's true that you didn't gather in court, but the evidence is conclusive for smashing the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division. This official has already collected evidence, and I ask Tianfu to arrest people with this list. The four sons can take a look, can the list of this official be fake? ”

Feng Kezong directly sent a list to the side of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince took a look, and the name of Mao Xiang was listed in the first place, it was he who led people to attack the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, and after him, there were Huang Fengfu and other cadres, among whom there were many backbones of the Erli Society.

The fourth prince sneered.

Mao Xiang snorted coldly: "You can try to arrest people, it's best to arrest this son now." ”

Feng Kezong didn't talk to the fourth prince, but only responded to Yin Ling Yiqu of Tianfu and Zhang Guowei, the governor of the Ten Mansions: "Two adults, the evidence of the Zhenfu Division has been collected, but this matter is not under the jurisdiction of the Zhenfu Division, and it has been submitted to Ying Tianfu in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope that Ying Tianfu will enforce the law impartially." ”

After saying that, Feng Kezong was silent, and he didn't want to say a word, if Yang Chao hadn't done enough ideological work for him, and he was accompanied by big officials like Zhang Guowei, he wouldn't want to mess with scholars.

The list was passed around and passed to Ying Tianfu Yin's hands, and Ling Yiqu sighed: "Meng Lang, the presumptuous son." Gathering crowds to besiege the Zhenfu Division, something that has never happened in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Mao Xiang said: "For the justice of heaven and earth, my generation of scholars is not afraid of the power of Jinyi Wei, which is also something that has not been done in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Ling Yiqu sighed: "Even if it is for the sake of justice, with the national law as the basis and the hundred divisions and yamen as the basis, how can you gather people to make trouble and put the national law anywhere." In the eyes of your and other scholars, there is still no royal law, and there is no saint. ”

The fourth prince was resentful, but it was not right for them to gather the crowd, so there was no way to argue with it.

Zhang Guowei presided over the meeting, and spoke at this time: "Ladies and gentlemen, the government is willing to talk to you, and it doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, and it is also with the heart of caring for the seeds of reading. ”

After speaking, Zhang Guowei announced that the peace talks would end here.

Of course, he didn't use the word peace talks, peace talks are foreign enemies, and even if the Ming Dynasty is a foreign enemy, it never uses the word peace talks, only the word appeasement.

This time the government negotiated with the four princes, and the Jiangnan government used the word appeasement.

"It's too amateurish!"

Yang Chao held the negotiation record in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh at the amateurism of the fourth son's negotiation skills.

Yang Chao asked the government to negotiate on the first day, and first played a few cards.

The first card is to remove fame, and the second card is to capture criminals.

thought that the fourth prince could argue with reason, even if it was nonsense, but the fourth prince did not refute it at all.

The phrase 'you can try' is their attitude, which is a complete hysterical struggle, exposing the last hole cards.

Yang Chao felt that this probably also exposed that the fourth prince was still afraid, and he would not threaten him if he was not afraid, and they probably did not dare to guarantee that the government would not pursue them.

This is also a common problem of readers, who not only want to play a hero to gain fame, but also dare not take risks because they are afraid of death.

Negotiating, the same as playing cards, you have to have cards in your hand, Yang Chao first played two cards to test it, but the four sons didn't know how to play cards to deal with it, and they would only bluff threats.

However, the fourth prince has always been at this level.

He has never been an official, nor has he done business, has never fought a war, has never farmed, and has never made friends with three religions and nine streams.

In their lives, they only have to study, take the imperial examination, and at most add one to visit the Qinglou, so naturally they don't have any practical experience, and they don't look down on people with experience in doing things, but look down on the mud legs who farm the land, the businessmen who do business, the craftsmen, etc.

Therefore, they did not even have hearsay experience, and their performance was too poor, not because they were not taught, but because the education system did not teach them. (To be continued)