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"A great calamity is approaching, the sky and the earth are dark, the Mahayana is victorious, the sun and the moon have no light..."

In July, when Liaodong was launching a rumbling farm division operation, a series of rebellious slogans also appeared in Shandong, Henan and other places within the pass.

"The imperial court is providing disaster relief, so why would the people listen to other people's deceptions? Alas..."

On the long road in Zoucheng, Yanzhou Prefecture, an old and a young Confucian scholar in Taoist robes were looking at some children wearing red scarves shouting slogans, shaking their heads and sighing.

A diner at a snack stall on the side of the road also said:

"Why should Dr. Meng care about them? In this world, isn't it normal for there to be some sects that cheat money every few years?"

"Having said that, it would be great if it was really just to defraud some money." The 40-year-old Confucian scholar named Dr. Meng shook his head, and after shaking his head, he also said to Lang, a 17- or 18-year-old boy next to him.

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"Hong Lue, if there is a monster causing trouble in the future, you must be loyal to the court and must not let down the court's kindness to our Meng family."

"Father, don't worry, I will never forget you." After hearing this, the young man bowed in agreement.

Seeing this, Dr. Meng could only shake his head and sigh:

"I still can't do it if I just sit back and do nothing. Now that I've seen it, I must go to the imperial court."

"Honglue, after you return home, send someone to Qufu to inform Duke Yan and ask him to come with me."

"Father, please don't worry. After I return home, I will write a handwritten letter and order it to be sent to the Confucius Mansion." The young man responded, and then Dr. Meng also shook his head and led the young man around Zoucheng.

It was a good thing not to look at it, but when I looked at it, I realized that it was not only children with red scarves tied on their heads and singing the rebellious nursery rhyme, but also some woodcutter and trackers.

Such a scene made Dr. Meng speed up his pace home, and finally the two of them stopped at the door of a mansion covering an area of ​​more than 60 acres.

This mansion has a three-couplet, single-eaves, hard-mounted design. There is a plaque hanging in the middle of the lintel, with three large gilded characters of "Yasheng Mansion" written on it.

There is a painted door god about seven feet high on the black painted door. There is a tall screen wall directly south of the door. A pair of carved stone lions stand on the left and right of the door. On both sides of the doorstep, there are a pair of square stone platforms for riding horses and carriages.

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This mansion shows the identity of the two people, that is, after the sub-sage Mencius, and Dr. Meng is Meng Chengguang, the 60th generation direct descendant of the sub-sage Mencius, and is the hereditary "Doctor of the Five Classics" in the Ming Dynasty.

The two returned to their home, and Meng Chengguang immediately started writing, preparing to use the false title of "Doctor of the Five Classics" to submit a report to the capital and the Chief Envoy of Shandong at the same time.

At the same time, his eldest son Meng Honglue also asked his grandmother Kong to write in handwriting, hoping to invite Kong Yinzhi, the 64th grandson of the Confucian family, Yanshenggong to write it together.

However, when Meng Honglue worked hard to ask for the handwritten letter written by his grandmother to be sent to the Kongfu Mansion in Qufu, Kong Yinzhi who received the letter only glanced at the content, then put the letter on the table, and then looked around the house.

The boss reprimanded:

"Don't hand such useless letters to me in the future."

"Yes..." The manager lowered his head helplessly, and Kong Yinzhi also waved his hand to signal the manager to step back.

After the minister retired, Kong Yinzhi looked through the records of this year's harvests in the fields under his command and whether any places had suffered disasters.

His inaction was the same as that of most officials in Shandong.

However, after Meng Chengguang's handwriting was sent to the Chief Envoy of Shandong, it was seen by Yuan Keli, who was diligent in political affairs.

He carefully read the contents of the handwriting, and then summoned the officials from the Chief Secretary:

"Dr. Meng of Ya Shengfu wrote in his handwriting that there are some believers in Lunan who shout anti-Italian slogans and wear red scarves. Have you ever heard of it?"

"Forehead……"

The two officials who were summoned looked at me and I looked at you, and finally bowed at the same time:

"Reporting to the governor, the Chief Secretary has not received the documents from the land of Lunan, and the subordinates do not know."

"Immediately order people to go to the counties in southern Shandong to investigate." Yuan Keli frowned and immediately issued the order.

"I obey my orders!" After hearing Yuan Keli's words, the two officials agreed respectively and then exited the Chief Secretary's Yamen.

However, after the two men left, Yuan Keli ordered someone to call in his trusted officers Li Xingzhong of Jimo Camp and Zhang Erxin of Wendeng Camp.

Li Xingzhong and Zhang Erxin were both from the Liao Dynasty. After Nurhachi captured Kaiyuan and Tieling, they thought that Liaodong was unstable, so they moved south with their families.

Later, because he was ostracized in Shandong, Yuan Keli happened to reorganize the third battalion of Shandong, so he joined the army, and then he rose to prominence and was promoted to the rank of general.

Therefore, the two of them respected Yuan Keli very much, and when Yuan Keli saw the two of them coming, he said straight to the point:

"There are demons in the land of Lunan trying to cause chaos. Although I sent the Chief Secretary to investigate, I still feel a little uneasy. You and I have chosen two close friends to go to Lunan. I want to know if there are really demons in the land of Lunan. Who are the demons?

Quantity is geometry.”

"Governor, please rest assured, we will order people to investigate clearly what happened in Lunan." Li Xingzhong and Zhang Erxin bowed in response respectively, and Yuan Keli also waved his hand and said:

"Go ahead."

"The last general will retire!" The second general saw this and retreated, while Yuan Keli continued to organize the memorial.

At the same time, the Chief Secretary officials and battalion soldiers went to Lunan to investigate.

It's just that the Chief Secretary officials seemed to know something, so they did not prioritize the investigation. Instead, they wandered aimlessly through the counties in southern Shandong as if they were on a business trip.

Their speed was extremely slow, giving the officials below enough time to prepare.

Therefore, whenever he came to a county, the local Wenxiang believers were driven away, thus creating a peaceful scene in the world.

The government's expulsion naturally attracted the attention of Wenxiang Sect's senior leaders, so they also began to order the followers to lurk carefully.

This led to the fact that when the spies from the camp came to the land of Lunan, they did not see many Wenxiang believers wearing red scarves and chanting slogans.

They patrolled for several days and found out some information before returning to Qingzhou Prefecture. The officials of the Chief Secretary also returned with a full load after receiving many benefits from various counties.

After returning to Linzi, the two reported the situation in Lunan and said to Yuan Keli:

"Governor, although the victims of the major earthquake in Yanzhou Prefecture have received relief, some ignorant people regard the so-called earthquake as the beginning of a "catastrophe" and privately mock the imperial court for its lack of honor."

"However, after my official inspection for several days, I didn't see as many monsters as mentioned in Dr. Meng's letter. Maybe there are only a few dozen stupid people in one county."

The two Chief Secretary officials responded in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. If you just looked at their expressions, others might actually believe it.

However, Yuan Keli had received reports from the camp soldiers in advance, and according to the camp soldiers, although there were not many demons from the Wenxiang Cult, there were hundreds of them in one county, not as few as the two people said.

But even so, Yuan Keli still didn't say anything, but waved his hand and said: "Since there is nothing to do, just step back."

"Yes!" After hearing what Yuan Keli said, the two of them felt happy and then left.

But after they left, Yuan Keli summoned the generals of the third battalion and ordered the three of them to mobilize their troops. If there was a demon rebellion in the area under his jurisdiction, they would be suppressed immediately.

After the three of them resigned, Yuan Keli attached Meng Chengguang's letter and personally wrote another memorial and sent it to the capital.

When the memorial was sent to the capital, the cabinet also began to discuss Yuan Keli's letter.

"Yuan Liqing and Meng Yongguan jointly announced that there are hundreds of demons in several counties in southern Luna. Please allow him to arrest the demons. What do you think?"

Ye Xianggao held the memorial jointly submitted by Yuan Keli and Meng Chengguang in his hand, and asked the ministers of the cabinet, six ministries, and six subjects sitting in the main hall. When Yang Lian heard this, he immediately said:

"If there are signs of rebellion among the thieves, there is nothing wrong with suppressing them."

"But Yuan Liqing also said in his memorial that it was just a guess. Yang Du might have reacted too much to the incident."

As soon as Yang Lian opened his mouth, Yao Zongwen immediately stood up and sang the opposite tune.

"A great catastrophe is approaching, the sky and the earth are dark, the Mahayana is victorious, the sun and the moon have no light... Isn't this slogan obvious enough?" Zuo Guangdou saw that his friend was refuted, and he immediately retorted.

However, as soon as he retorted, the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan and Kun became interested. Feng Sanyuan, who had been manipulated by Zhu Guozuo not long ago and was transferred to the civil service department, also responded:

"If you only focus on the words and then falsely accuse someone of treason, then will anyone who writes a poem with the words "sun and moon" be charged with treason?"

"Absurd, even if we don't talk about the sun and the moon, what about the first three sentences?" Yang Lian frowned and retorted, and at this time, the cabinet minister Shen Yan also coughed:

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate to arrest and suppress thousands of people based on just one slogan."

"It is still necessary for Yuan Liqing to catch evidence that the demon intends to rebel, such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, gunpowder in the stomach..."

"Chen Gechen..." Liu Yishen saw Shen Yuan's end and immediately followed suit:

"You also said, thousands of people..."

Having said this, Liu Yishui glanced at the people in the main hall, and then continued: "Thousands of people chanted the same slogan, can't this be used as evidence?"

"So what?" Yao Zongwen retorted:

"Tens of thousands of people chanted that one person would be a thousand years old, but Liu Cifu was not impeached..."

When Yao Zongwen spoke, his intention was to refer to King Zhu Youjian of Qi, and everyone could hear this.

The current Zhu Youjian means that he doesn't like to get involved in political affairs. Otherwise, he would be the one who would be attacked every time during the regular court meeting that happens once every three days.

It is precisely because he knows what he will face after going to court that Zhu Youjian has been avoiding going to court.

"Ahem! Yao Du is in trouble, what he said is a bit too much."

Zhu Guozuo took the initiative to smooth over Yao Zongwen's words, but of course he didn't want to put in a good word for Zhu Youjian. Instead, after reprimanding Yao Zongwen on the surface, this guy continued:

"Fusi of Jinyiwei's North and South Towns are divided into border towns, two capitals and fourteen provinces. Since the so-called slogans are spread in southern Shandong and eastern Henan, whether there is any suspicion of treason, Fusi of South Town will naturally know."

Zhu Guozuo did a good job. He pushed the matter that should have been discussed by the cabinet on whether to suppress it onto Jin Yiwei.

It's like, if Jin Yiwei doesn't speak up, this matter cannot be settled.

In this way, if Nanzhen Fusi opens his mouth that the Wenxiang Cult members are rebels, then Nanzhen Fusi will be in vain after the suppression. And if the Wenxiang Cult members have no rebellious intentions, Nanzhen Fusi will still be punished.
To be continued...