"The students on the street seem to be trying to make trouble, what should we do?" Senator Kou Conghua stood helplessly in front of Lu Xiangsheng, and beside him was Liang Pu, the chief soldier of the Tianxiong Army.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at these two right-hand men, in the disposal of official documents and governance of the locality. These two people are capable officials! But the matter in front of them is far from what they can do, not because of their ability but because they don't dare.

The current political atmosphere is very delicate, and there is the Yongli court of the Tang King in Jinling City. Sitting in the capital is the Longwu court of King Lu. The two courts are all descendants of the Zhu family, and they are equal in blood. The Nanjing court was supported by Jiangnan Shilin, and this court in the capital occupied the Beijing division of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. The governors of the world are now worried about which court they are loyal to.

The officials from the imperial examination instinctively fell to Jiangnan Shilin. Because they have a blood relationship with Donglin Shilin that breaks bones and tendons, they were all the bigwigs of the Donglin Party who pulled them out in the imperial examination back then.

Of course, they are also officials who are not from the imperial examination, and most of these people have a wait-and-see attitude. Because they are not from the imperial examination, their official positions are generally not high. Therefore, although the number of these people is large, the energy is not very large.

A decree of the Longwu Imperial Court that the officials and gentry were one and one was one to pay food and one errand completely pushed Li Xiao to the opposite side of all the scholars in the world, and of course the opposite of all officials in the whole world. Others don't know, Lu Xiangsheng knows that in fact, there are many people under his command who are dissatisfied with this decree of the Longwu Imperial Court.

The current situation of the great enemy, who has just ascended the throne, is obscure, and it is strange that such a decree is hastily announced.

"The students are going to make trouble? Then wait for them to make trouble, our duty is to maintain law and order in the whole of Shandong. As long as they don't make trouble, we don't care. ”

Liang Pu and Kou Conghua glanced at each other, and it was obvious that their adults hadn't figured out what to do. Or rather, they haven't figured out which side to join. From an adult's point of view, the choice is indeed difficult.

In any case, Shandong is now under Li Xiao's rule. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the two vicious dogs, wiped out almost all the bandits in Shandong. Now they are chasing down a group of bandits in Jimo, and it is estimated that good news will come soon. Without bandits, the public order situation in Shandong as a whole has improved unprecedentedly. They have done a lot of errands for the yamen.

The elite third division of the Liao army was stationed around the city of Jinan, and Man Gui and his first cavalry division were also roaming throughout Shandong for an armed parade.

If you break with Li Xiao now, the end will definitely not be good. Although they are known as the Tianxiong Army, they all know it in their hearts. The Tianxiong Army is nothing in front of the fully weaponized Liao Army. Armed with a broadsword and spear, fighting against those with muskets is committing suicide.

But if you suppress the students, ......! From ancient times to the present, scholars have never missed trouble. From the opening of the imperial examination in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the power of the gate valve gradually weakened. The power of scholars is developing at an astonishing speed, to today's Ming Dynasty. The power of the scholars, led by the Donglin Party, can be said to be overwhelming, and it is not too much.

Li Xiao's decree has offended all the people who read all over the world. If Lord Lu is on Li Xiao's side, the pressure he will be under can be imagined.

"My lord, if they do make a fuss. What do we do? "My own adults are not ready, but the situation waits for no one. The latest news received, the students in the streets and alleys of Jinan City are agitating propaganda. Now Jinan City is like a powder keg, as long as someone strikes a match, it will explode with a bang.

"Liang Pu, don't embarrass adults anymore. If these people want to make trouble, let them make trouble first. Try to keep your men from hurting as much as possible, and try to maintain order. "Kou Conghua has read and written books to the end, and he is more far-sighted than Liang Pu.

"In fact, from the bottom of my heart, this official agrees with Li Xiao's decree that the gentry should pay food and be on an errand in one body. Since the Hongwu period, Shilin has become a leech lying on the body of this empire to suck blood. They relied on their own non-payment of taxes and frantically annexed land. The farmers were also happy to hide from taxes by hanging their land in their names.

Since Emperor Yongle, this kind of thing has intensified. Land has been annexed year after year, and the country's tax revenue has been reduced year by year. By the time of the first emperor, the country had reached a point where it was unsustainable.

And those Shilin leaders in the court only care about safeguarding the interests of Shilin. Ignoring the interests of the state, in order to prepare for the Liaoning salary, he even put his mind on the already impoverished northwest. The land in Guanzhong has been cultivated for thousands of years and has long been overwhelmed. Where can it withstand such a wanton levy and extortion, and this is why there is a northwest banditry. There was also the tragedy of the later Eight Banners soldiers entering the Guanzhong, and the bandits broke through the Tongguan soldiers under the city of Linjing.

If Li Xiao hadn't turned the tide, the capital would have fallen into the hands of the Tartars. We will wait for the descendants of China, and after death, we will have no face to see the ancestors and ancestors in heaven again......! ”

"Your Excellency, you can think about it. Li Xiao's decree has offended all the scholars in the world. No one dares to say anything about these officials at all levels in Shandong. But there are many people in my heart who resent Li Xiao, if you support Li Xiao at this time. Future......! Kou Conghua glanced out of the study and did not continue.

However, even Liang Pu, who has developed limbs and is simple-minded, understands what he means. A regime that is not supported by officials will not survive for long. The Yongli court in the south will still occupy Shandong sooner or later. When the time comes, settle accounts after the autumn, and don't even think about running.

"That's why this official is so embarrassed!" Although he knew that Li Xiao was right to do this, it was the only way to save the Ming Dynasty. But in the face of such great pressure, Lu Xiangsheng also had to think carefully.

"My lord, it's not good. The students took the gang to the governor's yamen, and it seemed that they were going to make trouble. A little official didn't bother to report and barged in.

"What?" Kou Conghua didn't expect things to evolve so quickly. He also thought that such a large Jinan city would have to wait until at least tomorrow to become angry.

"How many are there?" When the matter came, Lu Xiangsheng settled down. No matter how anxious you are, what should come will always come.

"There are about seventy or eighty people, but there are thousands of people watching the excitement, and there is a trend of continuous increase."

"What?" Liang Pu was shocked. The people of Jinan City love to watch the liveliness the most, and thousands of people march. It is not unusual to say that tens of thousands of people are coerced to watch the excitement. Although there is no governor in the governor's yamen now, there is a battalion of Liao troops stationed. In the event of a conflict at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"My lord, you have to make a decision early. Otherwise......! ”

"Prepare the horse, this official will go and take a look."