"What do you want to do next?" Lu Zhao asked.

Prime Minister Zuo was very clever in pulling the heavenly people into the battle, although Chen Xueying responded with "give money if you scold", curbed the situation of the literati controlling the field, and did not let the hat of "the queen of the country" be buttoned up, but in fact, she was not sure to win.

After all, the literati of Northern Qi are not all sour Confucians, there are also real Confucians, real scholars, they don't know Chen Xueying, they just think that a young queen suddenly comes to the court, which is obviously an unreliable thing.

What's more, this queen is still a princess of an enemy country, and she has not made any outstanding contributions, and she can't convince people at all, so when some of them stand up and speak, it is really a response.

After all, these great Confucians are really full of peach and plum all over the world, even ordinary people, there are many people who have heard of their reputation, even if there is a temptation of money, in the face of the voice of these great Confucians, the people will become weak-minded, and even avoid confrontation with them.

If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid it will be Chen Xueying who will lose.

Even if she is the lord of the six palaces, she is also a woman, and in a country like Northern Qi where men are extremely inferior to women, the infringement of reputation is very unfavorable to Chen Xueying, so she must not sit still.

"If I don't move, it's not good for me, so I naturally have to move, and I have to force those literati to move first. Soldiers, treacherous ways. ”

Chen Xueying had obviously thought about it, and she picked up a military book and shook it, which she had been reading recently.

"Your Majesty, I have to ask your shadow guard for help again, this matter is extremely important, and I can't leak the slightest bit of news, otherwise I will really become the queen of the demons." She spoke softly.

"Well said." Lu Zhao waved his hand, "Husband and wife, those old guys have taken out the ancestors of the Lu family to suppress me, if you don't give them a little color to see, you really think I'm a good person." ”

Speaking of the back, his tone became much lower, and the atmosphere became dull.

These courtiers have been suppressed by Lu Wuji for many years, and they will still try their best to make trouble, after all, the monarch and the courtiers are both effective and loyal to submission, and also have the intention of containment.

The imperial power is too centralized, and the will of these courtiers has no place to be exerted, they only need to obey orders, but who doesn't want the emperor to listen to their opinions more when they climb to the position of a first-class master.

Now that Lu Zhao has ascended the throne as the new emperor, the courtiers' new intentions have become more and more obvious, and they are completely eager to try to suppress the imperial power so that they can control the government more.

The couple exchanged ideas and opinions with each other, and then called the shadow guard over and explained what they had to do.

The bazaar was very lively, and the topics discussed by everyone no longer revolved around the queen and the heavenly people.

After all, there was a fight on both sides, and many people were busy, but they were busy for several days, and they went to the teahouse and restaurant every day to prevent them from saying bad things about the queen, but the money didn't get a few pennies.

These shopkeepers are also united, and even if their business is affected, they will resolutely not give money, otherwise they will feed the appetite of these scoundrels.

Sure enough, half a month has passed, and there is no money in sight, and everyone's thoughts of wanting to squat have faded.

The heat gradually dissipated, but the condemnation of the literati never stopped, and they still criticized them with all kinds of passionate words and flowery articles.

Over time, in fact, yes

Many people can see the queen's defeat.

There are a lot of scholars in this world, and they will arm themselves with etiquette, and what they say sounds so reasonable, if the husband accepts apprentices, the political views they advocate will also affect the students, and even directly pass them on.

This kind of efficiency of passing ten to ten hundred is simply terrifying.

And although the queen is the lord of the six palaces, she is not the monarch of the world after all, she was hung by money before, and there are many people who help her speak, but most of them are rabble, and her words and conversations are not inflammatory, and even have the virtue of a scoundrel.

Just when the ministers felt that they were about to usher in the dawn of victory, suddenly there was bad news outside.

On one of the busiest streets in Jicheng, two people suddenly jumped out one after the other, obviously staging a chase battle.

"Stop, catch the thief!" The people chasing behind shouted loudly, hoping that there would be people on the road to see the unevenness.

But the person who was running in front of him was also shouting loudly that he was wronged.

"Help, there's a bad guy chasing me! I saw that the students of the Institute of Meditation were secretly giving people money and making people speak ill of the queen. I also wanted to ask for a job, but I didn't expect those students to catch me when they saw me! ”

"Who's going to save me, this must be to kill people!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense, it's nothing, this thief is talking nonsense in order to exonerate himself!"

"I'm telling the truth, I've seen it with my own eyes! The student uniforms of the Jisi Institute are very recognizable, unless they are burned to ashes, otherwise most of the people in Jicheng can recognize them, don't try to slander me! ”

The two of them chased and shouted, instantly attracting the attention of everyone else on the street.

Soon there were more and more people chasing, and it was obvious that there were many helpers.

The evasive man saw more and more people, and his shouting should have been heard, so he simply began to run into the intricate alleys.

"What I said is true, but I broke their secrets, and they will be killed after all, and it is estimated that there will be no corpses left." After shouting this last sentence, he turned into the alley, and his figure was never found again.

Later, an official messenger also came to investigate, and went from house to house along several nearby alleys, saying that the person who escaped was a Jiangyang thief, and if he hid, he would be guilty of a big crime.

Although the matter was checked very quickly, and the final result was in vain, the news was still spread all over the world, and even everyone began to conspire about it.

Immediately afterwards, many inside stories were exposed in various places, saying that there were literati and businessmen colluding, literati contributing, businessmen contributing, and sending money to the people together, as long as someone seriously slandered the queen, then give money on the spot.

The people who had stopped before rekindled their enthusiasm again, and began to inquire privately where they could give money, they were willing to say that the queen mother was not good, as long as they really gave money, the money was too much, and they would change their tricks.

When the statement was released before, the scholars who were surrounded and beaten by the people were surrounded and beaten again this time.

"Erniu, it was wrong for your uncle to beat you before, but you have also seen your uncle scolding people, it is a ghost who is worried. Uncle scolding people is more fancy than you write articles, you tell me where to get the money, I promise to scold all the swear words that I will meet in this life! ”

"Iron Egg, Iron Egg, my aunt is looking for you. Look and lose weight again, hurry up and eat an egg first! The aunt is a well-known shrew in Shili Eight Villages, one crying and two crying

Hanging yourself three times is a strong point, and I won't be soft on the queen. I scolded in front of you, can I settle the money immediately after scolding? ”

All of a sudden, these students and scholars were once again begged for money.

The scholars who can be entangled in the village must be from poor families, and they are all living tightly, and they can't wait to break a child in half and spend it, and in the face of so many people's self-recommendation, they all want to say, where there is money, they will go in person.

"Uncle, aunt, uncle and aunt, I really don't know where there is money, there is no place to send money to scold people, you must have heard it wrong."

"There really is, don't try to hide it, who earns this money is not earned. Folks, when your family was the most difficult, we all made up money, why did you turn your face and don't recognize people? ”

"I really don't, if I really have money, I have written so many articles to expose my true face, and I haven't gotten a penny!"

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately understood, and their faces changed in an instant, and they sneered at him.

"Tiedan, then you can't make it. I also said before that my classmates are good friends with you, but I don't even take you to a big job to make money! ”

"Okay, give me back the eggs, it's not easy for my aunt's chickens to lay eggs, you are a brain that wants to study, you can't choke to death by eating eggs!"

The crowd scattered again, and even snatched back the eggs in their hands.

The scholar couldn't laugh or cry, and after watching the villagers leave, his eyes were full of worry.

They were scolded as poor scholars, but they were able to stand up and confront the imperial court, and asked the queen to go to the court, isn't it because they have a passion and are not confused by financial interests?

They will neither bend their waists for five buckets of rice, nor buy for gold and silver, they have enthusiasm and ambition.

But if this matter really involves gold and silver, then what qualifications do they have to criticize the queen? It's just a raccoon dog.

Among the Jisi Academy, this is the oldest academy in Jicheng, with countless students, and many officials in the court were students here before the imperial examination.

At this moment, in the Qingzhu residence where the dean lives, there are two old men playing chess face to face.

One of them is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is an old man with a childish face, who is obviously the dean.

"Lord Shangshu, isn't it too much for you to induce students to collude with businessmen? Forget about the collusion between officials and businessmen, and now they don't even let go of this pure land? ”

"Yuzhi, you dissipate your anger, this is nonsense at all, but someone deliberately created a misunderstanding to slander the reputation of my Northern Qi literati. The queen harbors evil intentions and obviously wants to seize power. At this moment, it is the time when you great Confucians need to take action, let her retreat from the difficulty, otherwise I am afraid that the situation will be unimaginable. ”

Yu Zhi is the word of Dean Xing.

The two of them, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Dean Xing, were friends when they were studying, but Dean Xing's luck was not good, and he was ranked low in the imperial examination, and he was assigned to a remote place as a magistrate, and his political achievements were not outstanding.

After being transferred, he also went to another remote place, and he was displaced for ten years, but he was never transferred back to Jicheng, and he was depressed.

And in the ten years when he was an official, he was frustrated in officialdom, so he went to compile books, was good at learning, and accepted a few students, and the students' results in the exams were excellent, and they even came out with a flower.

All of a sudden, everyone said that he could teach, not be an official.

Dean Xing simply resigned

official, dedicated to teaching and educating people, and then successfully returned to Jicheng and became the dean of Jisi Academy.

And the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is prosperous and has climbed to his current position.

"It's true that the queen's behavior is a little inappropriate, but she didn't do anything excessive, don't say Ji Si Chen, I think she just cares about rare treasures and wants to make her life more comfortable. At this moment, it is like facing a great enemy, is it too nervous? Dean Xing did not agree as usual, but questioned it.

"It is precisely because the queen is an arrogant and lascivious person, and then her ambition is getting bigger and bigger, and the emperor and queen are coming to the court together, which is too high for her status, in the face of power, few people can maintain their original intentions, and she will be tempted to intervene sooner or later. Say something unlucky, if the emperor suddenly goes, and the crown prince is young, then the queen is completely able to control the government, not to mention that there is no prince now, it will be more dangerous. The Ministry of Rites continued to persuade.

Dean Xing ate several of his chess pieces in a row, and then looked up at him.

"I can't say yes."

"Why?"

"I'm just a teacher now, where do I get so much energy? I don't have the ability to compete. Dean Xing directly refused.

The Ministry of Rites' face was uneasy, and he simply opened the skylight and said brightly: "There is no need to say these nonsense, everyone knows that Dean Xing is full of peach and plum all over the world, and the champion Lang handed over can't be counted on one hand, so you don't go to the court, otherwise half of the officials in the court may be your students, if you don't have the ability, then even the two prime ministers have to resign and go home." ”

He no longer addressed Dean Xing, and his tone became serious, obviously with some coercion.

Dean Xing's face was solemn, and he became serious: "Since my lord said so, then I might as well tell the truth." You just said that letting students collude with businessmen is nonsense, and someone is behind it and deliberately doing it. But is that really the case? ”

"Originally, you threatened the queen of the country, and you thought it was a sure thing, but it was resolved by the queen, and she used gold and silver to guide public opinion, standing opposite you. No matter how many articles the literati publish, they are not as good as two strings of copper plates, will you really put this matter down? ”

"Don't you think that if she can use gold and silver to induce public opinion, so can others? A few of the academy students came to visit almost front and back, and I met you first and let them go to the side courtyard, and guess what I could ask from their mouths? ”

His series of questions instantly forced the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to retreat.

They are all masters of playing with words, and some things don't need to be said too bluntly to understand each other's meaning.

The face of the Ministry of Rites changed several times, and finally returned to indifference.!