It was nearly evening, and the notched crescent moon had already shown its face.

Passing by a lush towering ancient tree, he turned into the alley, knocked on the wooden door twice, and then heard a voice from inside, "Zhou Gong." ”

Outside, he whispered, "Mingli." ”

It was like a code, and then a deep eye with deep bags and eyes that seemed to have some cataracts was revealed behind the crack in the door, "Shape? Fast forward. ”

"Is Mr. Tokai here?"

"Inside."

The man was very young and handsome, with a strip of silk tied around his waist, his hair tied up and down his back, and his steps were very swift when he walked.

After entering through the gate, I walked past the front yard in three or two steps, then turned into the promenade, and then made two more turns into a room.

There is a statue of Confucius hanging in the room, and there is a man in the prime of life standing with his hands in his hands, and he immediately turns around when he hears a voice.

"How's it going?"

"Big bad! Mr. Huide (Jiang Tongzu) and Mr. Yeqiao (Lu Mengzi) were arrested. ”

The middle-aged man snorted when he heard this, sat down on the chair, his beard trembled, beat his chest and scolded: "The factory guard is like a tiger!" Factory guards are like tigers! ”

"It seems that Jin Yiwei did not plan to arrest Mr. Ye Qiao before, but just happened to meet him. These eagles and dogs were caught without hesitation! ”

The handsome man was also very angry when he talked about this, "In the opinion of my subordinates, it is imperative to hide Mrs. Lu and the two sons as soon as possible." Jin Yiwei is vicious and ruthless, Jiang and Lu were both arrested for the crime of rebellion, and this disaster will definitely affect his wife and children. ”

"I've already sent someone. Also, some things in your home can be incinerated as soon as possible. Now they are checking our own newspapers, and the articles they have carried in the past few years are not counted, no matter how careful they are, they will not be able to tell ten mouths when they encounter people who are imposing crooked reasoning. ”

The person who gives the orders here is none other than Ma Yiqian.

Back then, he was deposed along with Jiang Tongzu, and after staying away from the temple, he had been active with Jiang and Lu because of his similar temper.

It used to be a good day.

Although the imperial court doesn't care about them at all.

But they held lectures together and met friends with literature, and gradually gathered a group of people, some of whom were even officials. Being the head of the crowd brings some sense of accomplishment.

After all, they are deposed, and the officials are still willing to honor them, for what? Of course, it's not the so-called career, but the real identity.

The things preached by the three of them are not complicated, just four words of self-denial and revenge.

The meaning is also easy to understand.

It is really the so-called 'new' word that is becoming more and more popular in the court today.

The emperor took the lead in destroying the ancestral system of the imperial court, and personally drove away Liu Daxia, Liu Jian and others.

But then again, they are not a political organization, and they don't have a clear political goal, because they don't care about fame and fortune, and this hat must be worn.

So if you really want to talk about it, you don't agree with each other.

These people do not agree with Zhu Houzhao's behavior as an emperor who is somewhat unusual, he is not like an emperor who really reads sages and grew up with Confucian education, in fact, in the process of sitting in the court to govern the government, he also embodies some Legalist thoughts, for example, the treatment of some officials is very strict, just like the old Qin back then.

Zhu Houzhao also doesn't like this group of courtiers who talk every day and are noisy, it's not that he can't listen to opposition, nor is he completely disobedient, he can't accept that kind of pedantic person. You just can't convince him. For example, the sea ban, the premise of an ancestral system is put in front first, no matter what your reason is, people will not listen.

There are not a few such people. What can you do?

In the early years, he was a little restrained, but then he completely let go of his hands and feet. These people, he didn't use them in the court, and even if he did, he ignored them. When I meet the right person, I will replace you.

Anyway, he has someone in his hand, and these people can't put the faint king's hat on his head. Because he is really strengthening the army and serving the people, the treasury has been abundant, and with some means, public opinion has never been lost.

In this way, many courtiers have the feeling of not meeting talents, and many of them are really for the country and the people, and speak out, but unfortunately the court does not listen to them, and they naturally gather under depression.

As a result, I didn't expect that disaster would come suddenly.

Ma Yiqian didn't know what was going on, the first day he heard that a person was arrested, he originally thought it was nothing, but today he heard that Jiang Tongzu and Lu Meng were arrested, and he finally confirmed that something was wrong.

"Mr. Donghai, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood, we have to escape and leave the Jingshi!"

Ma Yiqian disagreed, "Let's go? Who's going to save the two of them?! I've already inquired about this matter, it's the Son of Heaven who acted absurdly and suddenly chose to leave the palace, and as a result, he met an assassin! After returning to the palace, Long Yan was furious, so there was today's thing! ”

"It's ridiculous! I have heard Mr. Hui Tak give lectures, loyalty to the monarch in the court, and support close relatives in the country, these are the two points that Mr. Hui Tak often talked about. Such a brilliant gentleman was finally framed as the mastermind of the assassination of the Son of Heaven. Which prosperous age has ever had such a thing? ”

Ma Yiqian emphasized, "So we can't go even more. Huide and Yeqiao are both well-known people, and among the people they can contact, there are also officials in the court. We'll contact them right away and ask them to do their righteous! ”

"What's the use of sparseness? Mao Yuyu is the person of the Son of Heaven, and he can do this, which is also the will of the Son of Heaven! ”

"Nope! This matter is to be fought for! It's all about human life, and if you don't fight, it's death, why not? ”

Ma Yiqian recalled that he had refuted his words at the imperial court. Although there are some strong words, the prince has to occupy a great righteousness for the country and the people everywhere.

In other words, even if he doesn't care much about etiquette......

"Today, the Son has a talent for sophistry, and what he does is a word of reason, not a rite of retribution, but a principle of truth. If it is reasonable, it is right, and if it is right, it is good! The assassination of the Son of Heaven is indeed a major event, but this matter is obviously not our doing, no matter what kind of torture Jin Yiwei uses, Jiang and Lu will not admit their guilt. We also have to contact our comrades and discuss this matter, as long as the momentum is loud enough and unreasonable, then the Son of Heaven will not kill anyone! ”

"But didn't Mr. Tokai say that there is something wrong with the article we are spreading? What if Jin Yiwei catches on to this? ”

Ma Yiqian frowned, and said boldly, "If our proposal to repay the salute is wrong, then why don't we kill these people?" If there is a mistake in revenge, then I, Ma Donghai, am willing to die for it. Life is also happy, death is also fearful, at this moment, should you and I have the idea of stealing life? ”

"Mr. Tokai Gao Yi!!"

……

Li Dongyang is packing his bags.

The emperor has not yet sent down a formal edict on where to send him.

However, leaving Beijing is inevitable.

In fact, he was a little confused, and now Jinyiwei was arresting people, many of whom were well-known scholars.

At this time, the emperor kept him with a very sincere attitude, was it really because he recognized him in his heart, or did he want to show his generous and tolerant side at this time?

And the cabinet itself is 'turbulent', the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng Jian is sick in bed, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lin Han, the Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuodu Yushi Zhang Fuhua has always had no sense of existence in the Son of Heaven,

Jin Yiwei seems to be unstoppable.

Could it all be a coincidence?

Li Dongyang is also difficult to determine.

And people from the outside world still recognize him as an old man.

After all, the Son of Heaven gave him very high etiquette.

Soon after some celebrities were arrested, letters for help were handed to his desk.

Among them, there are many people who have worshiped him as a teacher over the years, or people from the Chaling Poetry School.

The Chaling Poetry School is a poetry school in the Ming Hongzhi and Zhengde periods, and the founder is Li Dongyang. Because he is a native of Chaling, Huguang, he is called the Chaling Poetry School.

The background to the birth of this school of poetry was that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the decline of the dynasty, many literary works also lost their sharpness and became tedious. What the Chaling Poetry School advocates is the revival of the literary style of the Tang and Song dynasties, advocating that words are born from the heart and the writer is angry.

Because Li Dongyang is a cabinet elder, he personally presided over this activity in the literary world, and there are many followers, and there are many famous people in the literary world.

Of course, they don't have to be very big.

Because Li Dongyang is not the kind of powerful minister who controls the government, he will not install people from the Chaling Poetry School everywhere.

These famous literati all knew each other, and Jiang Tongzu and Lu Meng were not the kind of little-known people.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to intercede for them. Anyway, the bad thing was done by Jinyiwei.

Li Dongyang received letters from two disciples in a row, and the whole person sat in the courtyard and was silent.

Seeing that the time was getting late, someone suddenly came to the palace, saying that the emperor had summoned him.

The old man didn't dare to delay, so he packed up and went to the palace.

The lamp was lit in the palace, and the emperor was still watching things under the lamp, and Li Dongyang sat down on the soft bench given by the emperor after he arrived.

“…… Mr. Jizhi is a native of Suzhou Prefecture, and he once told me that people all over the world think that Susong Prefecture is rich, but in fact, the local people pay a lot of taxes, and life is not easy. ”

This was the policy left by Zhu Yuanzhang back then.

The current Susong Second Mansion, the tax can basically be worth some provinces.

"So I've been thinking that it's best to open a port in Songjiang Mansion and add a city department. Xixian Gong also mentioned with me in Shandong to add a city of Bosi, so that it would be implemented together. Think of a way to add some silver to the hands of the common people. There is another thing, Jiangnan Wensheng, Ge Lao is also a Taishan Beidou-style figure in the literary world, so when you go to Jiangnan, you should also cheer up the literary style there. To study for officials and govern people and land, we must first put practice first, apply it to the world, and benefit all people. ”

For that place, Zhu Houzhao always has these two requirements.

Li Dongyang thought that it was the governor Yingtian, and the emperor really treated him favorably, "The ministers are favored by the country." I will not forget Your Majesty's instructions today. ”

"Li Ge Lao I can still be trusted." Zhu Houzhao glanced at the old minister slightly, "In the early years of Zhengde, Duke Xixian didn't even participate in the court meeting, and under the pretext of busy government affairs, he hurriedly returned to Lu. Although I want to stay in the pavilion for a long time, you and I should put the people first. ”

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao called Xie Pi again, "In the middle, you send it." ”

Xie Pi was quite obedient, and when he came up, he held Li Dongyang's arm, and it was indeed a little dark outside, the old man's eyes were not necessarily good, and there were steps everywhere in the palace.

Xie Pi didn't understand, what was said on the road that the emperor had the emperor's difficulties, but it was actually to comfort the elder Ge and make them not so uncomfortable. After all, the Son of Heaven is still a holy king who is dedicated to the people.

Li Dongyang didn't say anything, Xie Yizhong was still young after all, so Xie Yuqiao couldn't let go.

Where does the emperor mean what is for the people.

The emperor meant that Liu Jian left early in order not to get involved in the affairs of the court. The emperor was very satisfied with this, so he called him,

Don't meddle in things.

But despite this, the emperor was also still a generous man.

After all, when I called him over at night, I just wanted to say it first, so as not to say it first, wouldn't it be stiff at that time?

At first glance, this has no connection. But Li Dongyang knew that he hadn't thought much about it, otherwise how could there be a reason to summon him after dark, and there was nothing important, so why didn't he wait for tomorrow?

And in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao also put the secret letter of Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Si on the candle and burned it out.

The light of the fire loomed over his face.

"Send a message to Mao Yuyu, people can arrest him, but tell him to pay attention to collecting evidence."

Because it's not enough to kill people, you have to punish your heart.

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(End of chapter)