"Damn Li Huan, in this Fujian officialdom, who doesn't know that the eldest brother is the sworn enemy of Cai Wen and Gu Huang. He actually said that the eldest brother is Cai Wen's comrade. This is simply a frame-up..."
Looking at the angry Qian Yong, Qian Yu said: "Father, have you forgotten that he, Li Huan, was born in Jinyiwei? Now he is in charge of Jinyiwei. Framing and frame-up seems to be his specialty as Jinyiwei."
Qian Yong said directly: "Jinyiwei can arrest people at will, frame them at will, and accuse people of their innocence?"
Looking at the furious Qian Yong, Qian Yu couldn't help but said: "Father, it's useless to say this now. Let's still find a way to rescue the uncle."
Anyone in the Qian family can get into trouble, but Qian Zhong, the pillar of the Qian family, can't get into trouble.
The Qian family is able to have today's huge wealth. All the brothers are powerful figures, and it is not because Qian Yong is the chief secretary and the right chief minister.
If anything happens to Qian Zhong, the Qian family will really be doomed by then.
After reacting, Qian Yong stared at Qian Yu and said: "Yu'er, you are a scholar. Scholars are very smart. There must be a way. Please help me think about it for my father."
Qian Yu took a deep breath and said: "Father, please quickly send someone to invite the third uncle, fourth uncle and several cousins. Such a big matter must be discussed together by everyone.
"
Qian Yong was stunned and nodded repeatedly: "You are right, we must call the third and fourth children to discuss."
Soon the rest of the Qian family hurried over.
Because the news spread quickly, other members of the Qian family now also knew that Qian Zhong had been captured by Li Huan's order and was taken to the government prison along with Cai Wen and Gu Huang.
As for what is going on, these people really don't know. After all, the news is getting more and more exaggerated. The news is outrageous. There are all kinds of news, and the Qian brothers are naturally confused.
What happened, why was this so good, but suddenly my eldest brother became Cai Wen's accomplice and was captured by the imperial envoy.
Qian Yi and Qian Li are the third and fourth sons of the Qian family. In addition to the two of them, there are also two scholars. These two scholars are naturally the sons of Qian Yi and Qian Li.
Of course, compared to Qian Yu's status as a scholar, Qian Fang and Qian Gu were just children.
It can be said that these people can be regarded as the real core of the Qian family. Of course, Qian Fang and Qian Gu brothers are not included, but Qian Yi, Qian Li, Qian Yong, plus Qian Yu, the four of them can definitely be half of the Qian family.
Lord.
Especially now that Qian Yong is in jail.
After listening to Qian Yu's narration of how Qian Zhong was framed and sent to prison by Li Huan, Qian Li and Qian Yi finally figured out what happened.
Sure enough, just like Qian Yong's reaction, when Qian Li and Qian Yi learned that their eldest brother would be accused of being an accomplice of Cai Wen, they were so angry that they cursed on the spot.
Qian Yong looked at Qian Li, his fourth brother. Compared with Qian Yong, who was wearing a Confucian robe, Qian Li had a refined temperament and looked more like a man who had read poetry and books.
In fact, Qian Li was really a scholar. However, after losing his reputation several times, Qian Li focused on helping his elder brother Qian Zhong handle various matters.
Even though Qian Li was just a scholar without the title of a civil servant, because he and Qian Zhong were brothers, no one among Qian Zhong's staff dared to look down upon Qian Li.
Moreover, Qian Li is also very scheming and resourceful. It can be said that Qian Zhong can achieve his current status because of Qian Li's suggestions.
Now that something happened to Qian Zhong, everyone's eyes were turned to Qian Li, who had always been resourceful.
Qian Yu also looked at Qian Li and said: "Fourth uncle, Li Huan is simply crazy. He has arrested almost half of the high-ranking officials in Fujian, and there are only a dozen people left. He is really not afraid that Fujian will be captured by him."
It’s such a mess.”
Hearing this, Qian Li glanced at Qian Yu and said: "Yu'er, if you can see this, you have made some progress, but if you think that there will be chaos if there are dozens of officials missing in Fujian Province, it will be a mess."
It was a bit wrong!"
Hearing what Qian Li said, Qian Yu couldn't help but look at Qian Li in shock and said, "Why did fourth uncle say this?"
The other people also looked at Qian Li and listened to his explanation. After all, in their opinion, it would be strange if Fujian was not in chaos after so many high-ranking officials were suddenly lost.
Qian Li slowly shook his head and said: "As you just said, Li Huan ordered the deputy imperial envoy Wang Yangming to temporarily replace the Chief Secretary to handle Fujian official affairs. In addition, there are still some officials who have not been captured, so there are those officials
Assistance, there may be some minor problems, but it is simply impossible to say that Fujian will fall into turmoil."
After working under Qian Zhong for so many years, Qian Li naturally understands what the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is like. When officials govern a place, most of them rely on their subordinates to manage, rather than relying on their own efforts.
Download all government affairs.
If that were the case, at the end of the day, there would be so many government affairs involving all aspects, even if the official was an all-rounder, his body would not be able to handle it.
It can be said that in the officialdom, as long as there is no chaos among the lower-level officials, even if some high-level officials are missing, it will never affect the normal operation of people's livelihood.
Hearing Qian Li's explanation, everyone including Qian Yu had a look of astonishment on their faces. Apparently they didn't expect that Li Huan would arrest so many officials at once. He thought it would cause chaos to the people's livelihood in Fujian, but he didn't expect that so many officials would be arrested.
There are so many senior civil affairs officials who seem to have no impact on people's livelihood at all.
This seems to be somewhat inconsistent with their previous understanding.
Qian Yong looked at the worried expression on his fourth brother Qian Li's face and said, "If you say so, fourth brother, doesn't that mean that boy Li Huan has no scruples anymore."
After all, according to their previous thoughts, Li Huan would definitely release most of the people after arresting them. After all, once Fujian is in turmoil, even he, the imperial envoy, may not be able to shoulder such a huge responsibility.
Qian Li nodded solemnly and said: "Just seeing that Li Huan asked Wang Yangming, the deputy imperial envoy, and the remaining officials to take over the Chief Secretary, we know that Li Huan must have thought of this a long time ago, so don't expect Li Huan to let him go because of this.
.”
Now everyone was anxious, Qian Yu looked at Qian Li and said: "Fourth uncle, please think of a way quickly. If you don't think of a way to save your uncle, no one knows how Li Huan will deal with the fourth uncle. Our Qian family is absolutely
I can’t miss my uncle.”
Qian Li frowned and walked back and forth in the spacious living room, while the eyes of the other people fell on Qian Li and followed Qian Li's movements.
But in this case, Qian Li was also confused, and he couldn't think of any solution.
Qian Yu couldn't help but became anxious and stamped his feet: "Damn the Jinyiwei, I never saw them so arrogant when the late emperor was there. Even after decades, no Jinyiwei official dared to arrest so many high-ranking officials at once. It's really not possible.
I went to find my classmates and friends and went to the government office to block the door..."
Qian Li, who was frowning, happened to hear Qian Yu's words. His eyes lit up immediately. He suddenly looked up at Qian Yu and said, "Yu'er, what did you just say? Say it again..."
Seeing Qian Li's excited look, Qian Yu was stunned and said subconsciously: "My nephew just said that if there is nothing else to do, my nephew will contact a group of classmates and friends, and they will all go to block the gate of the government office.
If we go, we must seek an explanation from Li Huan."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
When Qian Li heard this, he immediately slapped Qian Yu on the shoulder. His face was full of excitement. He looked at Qian Yu who looked stunned and said: "Okay, okay, Yu'er, you are indeed worthy of being my Qian family member."
Qilinzi, there is simply no better way than this!"
Hearing what Qian Li said, Qian Yong and Qian Yi couldn't help but look at Qian Li and Qian Yu.
Qian Yong said even more eagerly: "Fourth brother, do you think Yu'er's method can work? After all, it is a government office. What would happen if Yu'er and a group of scholars went to block the gate of the government office?
"
Qian Li chuckled and said: "We just want to make a big fuss. Just imagine, if hundreds of scholars go to the gate of the government office to surround the imperial envoy, will it cause a sensation in the world? It will definitely alarm the court, the emperor, and all the civil and military officials.
I will definitely not let a Jin Yiwei like Li Huan do whatever he wants."
Qian Yong and others were stunned for a moment. After they realized what they were doing, their faces showed excitement. They couldn't help but nodded and said: "Okay, okay, this is a great idea. This bastard Li Huan should be blocked."
Let’s go to the government office to completely ruin his reputation and see if he dares to use his status as a royal guard to frame court officials at will.”
At this moment, Qian Li said to the three brothers Qian Yu, Qian Gu and Qian Fang: "Yu'er, Gu'er, Fang'er, you three must have many classmates and friends on weekdays."
In fact, no need to ask, Qian Li also knew that the three Qian Yu brothers must have made friends with many literati. The Qian family was rich, powerful and powerful. In the official school, they were the friends of literati who were willing to make friends and fawn over. Naturally, they made many friends.
of literati.
The three brothers nodded in unison.
Qian Li said slowly: "Then go out and contact them immediately. Be sure to denounce Li Huan's evil deeds of the Jinyi Guards in framing the imperial officials, and then invite them to go to the government office to question Li Huan, the imperial envoy, why he framed the loyal officials of the imperial court.
"
Qian Yu's eyes lit up, he nodded repeatedly, and called friends. He was good at this, and as a scholar, he despised and hated the notorious Jin Yiwei the most. Now he invited them to question Li Huan.
Qian Yu could imagine that he was an official of Jinyiwei. He would definitely be able to win over a group of literati without spending much effort in persuading him.
Thinking of this, Qian Yu said to Qian Li: "Fourth uncle, my nephew understands. My nephew will go find someone right now."
Although brothers Qian Fang and Qian Gu are just Tongsheng, Tongsheng has also entered the threshold of scholars. In daily life, he has some status among the common people and has a small influence in the local area, so the two brothers are also the same.
Face ran out excitedly.
In an instant, the three brothers Qian Yong, Qian Yi, and Qian Li were left in the living room.
At this moment, Qian Li stroked his beard and said to Qian Yong and Qian Yi: "Second brother, third brother, I will go find the heads of the He family, the Yang family, and the Dou family and have a chat."
Qian Yong was stunned for a moment, and after he realized it, his expression changed and he said: "Fourth brother, these families are all Cai Wen's accomplices. They usually don't deal with our Qian family. Why do you suddenly want to go to them at this time?"
Home……"
Qian Li's eyes flashed and he said: "The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Normally we don't deal with each other, but now Li Huan wants to uproot us people. At this time, don't worry about other people."
Now, the most important thing is to find a way to deal with Li Huan first."
The pillars of the He family, the Yang family, and the Dou family were all taken down by Li Huan like Qian Zhong. The Qian family was in chaos. It can be imagined that the He family, the Yang family, and the Dou family were not in good shape either.
How many.
Qian Yong and Qian Yi were overjoyed when they heard this. They looked at Qian Li and said: "The fourth brother is indeed the Zhuge Kongming of our Qian family."
Qian Li stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "Brothers, just wait for my good news."
Soon Qian Li came to the He family, the most powerful one. He Bang was in the Prosecution and Envoy Department. He was the number two figure and Cai Wen's number one confidant. After following Cai Wen for more than ten years, he could definitely do it.
He is said to be Cai Wen's die-hard loyalist.
Now that He Bang has been thrown into prison, the He family is still in a mess. As the patriarch of the He family, He Huai is looking at the core members of the He family anxiously.
Several clan elders and several children of the He family were in the hall, and no one had a relaxed look on their face.
He Huai patted the table and said, "Think of a way quickly. If we can't think of a way, our He family will really be in trouble."
Ever since I learned that Cai Wen had sent people crazy to attack the imperial envoy's camp and burned the Green Bamboo Garden to ashes, but he failed to burn Li Huan to death, so that Li Huan burned a group of people in front of the Green Bamboo Garden.
The officials took most of it, and He Huai was like an ant on a hot pot, with his heart pounding and unable to calm down.
Seeing that several clan elders and a group of core family members didn't even have an idea, He Huai was so angry and anxious.
"Trash, they are all trash. The family provides you with food, clothing, education, and women. But when it comes time to use you, have you all become mute?"
Just when He Huai was roaring loudly at several people to vent his uneasiness and panic, he saw the housekeeper stumbling over.
Seeing the housekeeper, He Huai became even more angry and shouted directly at the housekeeper: "You are so panicked, how can you behave like this? The sky of the He family has not fallen yet!"
The housekeeper was a little confused by He Huai's scolding, with a look of astonishment on his face, but he quickly came to his senses and said: "Sir, the fourth master Qian of the Qian family is here. He said he has something important to discuss with you!"
He Huai was stunned and said subconsciously: "Qian Laosi, what is he doing here? Could it be that he came to see our He family's jokes? No, no, no, send someone to drive him away."
At this moment, a descendant of the He family whispered: "The head of the family, Qian Zhong, the right chief minister, seems to have been thrown into prison by the traitor Li Huan. Qian Li's visit this time may be...
…”
He Huai reacted immediately when he heard this, looked at the family member and said, "Has Qian Zhong been arrested too?"
Previously, He Huai was only thinking about He Bang being arrested and that the He family was going to be in disaster, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, and naturally he ignored the fact that Qian Zhong was also arrested.
After hearing what the children of that family said, He Huai couldn't help but look confused.
The family member nodded heavily at He Huai.
He Huai took a deep breath and couldn't help but think about why Qian Li came to see him at this time. If he didn't come to see the He family's jokes, then why.
Suddenly, He Huai's eyes lit up and he immediately said to the housekeeper: "What are you still waiting for? Go and bring Qian Laosi here."
The housekeeper stumbled out and soon saw Qian Li, dressed in Tsing Yi, striding over.
There was a faint smile on Qian Li's face, which was completely different from the sad and gloomy look of everyone in the He family, as if the sky was about to collapse.
Seeing the smile on Qian Li's face, He Huai snorted coldly, looked at Qian Li expressionlessly and said: "Qian Li, we don't have any friendship between our families. If you come here at this time, do you want to see us?"
The He family’s joke?”
Qian Li cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother He is really joking. Your Lord He Bang was sent to prison by Li Huan, but Optimus Prime of our Qian family was also framed by that traitor Li Huan, and became Cai Wentong."
If the party takes over, what qualifications does Qian have to make fun of you?"
Hearing what Qian Li said, He Huai just stared at Qian Li and said, "If that's the case, then why did you come to my He's house?"
Qian Li smiled slightly and said, "Qian came here just to help your He family solve their problems."
Hearing what Qian Li said, everyone in the He family almost became angry at Qian Li's words. The Qian and He families almost broke their heads. Qian Li actually said that he would help them solve their problems. What does this sound like?
It's like a weasel greeting a chicken.
However, He Huai suppressed the displeasure in his heart and said: "Then tell me how you can help our He family solve their problems and help our He family get out of the current predicament."
Qian Li stroked his beard and smiled and said: "The reason why your He family is like this is naturally because Lord He was imprisoned by the traitor Li Huan. As long as we find a way to rescue Lord He, wouldn't the problem of the He family be solved?
Can it be solved?"
Hearing what Qian Li said, everyone in the He family couldn't help but their eyes lit up, but their expressions soon dimmed.
How could things be so simple? Li Huan sent people to capture a group of officials, and how could he release them easily? Especially when He Bang was Cai Wen's confidant, the hope was even slimmer.
Qian Li saw the expressions of everyone in the He family and said with a smile on his lips: "Is this difficult to say? In fact, Qian came here not so much for your He family, but also for us."
The Qian family themselves.”
Qian Zhong was also captured by Li Huan, and everyone was in a similar situation, so after listening to Qian Li's previous words, the people of the He family did not think that Qian Li was teasing them and directly sent people to drive Qian Li away.
Otherwise, I am afraid that as soon as Qian Li opened his mouth, He Huai would directly call on his servants to whip Qian Li into He's house.
"If you have any ideas, you might as well tell me. As long as we can really save people, there will be no problem if our two families join forces."
Qian Li looked at everyone in the He family with a serious expression and said: "My nephew Qian Yu is not very talented and has come up with a plan. Qian thought it was feasible. You might as well give us some details."
With that said, in the expectant eyes of everyone in the He family, Qian Li will contact a group of scholars, scholars, and literati. As many people as possible will go to the gate of the government office to surround Li Huan, ask Li Huan for an explanation, and give Li Huan an explanation.
Huan put pressure on him and forced him to tell him how to release him.
After hearing this, everyone in the He family looked thoughtful, and saw excitement gradually rising on He Huai's face. He slammed the table and said, "Okay, this method is feasible, this method is feasible!
"
The people of the He family are not fools. They can still judge whether Qian Li's method is feasible or not.
Among other things, the He family supported several scholars, so they naturally knew better than anyone else what kind of influence and special status scholars had in the Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps three or five scholars would not be of much use to the Shangguan government, but when the number of scholars reached hundreds or even hundreds of people, even if they surrounded the government offices, the officials of the imperial court could only deal with it cautiously without daring at all.
Offended these scholars.
Just like a news came from Jiangnan not long ago, it was said that in order to implement the New Deal, Liu Jin sent a large number of eunuchs to the local areas to collect mining tax, salt tax, tea tax, cloth tax and other taxes.
The local gentry directly summoned a group of literati, and then gathered a group of servants to pretend to be common people, directly surrounded the local tax superintendent's yamen, broke into the yamen, and killed those responsible for collecting taxes and money.
The eunuchs were dragged out of the yamen and beaten to death in front of countless people.
After such a big incident, the local officials, faced with the angry scholars, could not stop such a shocking incident, such as breaking into the government office and beating to death a court tax collector.
Even if this incident finally reached the capital and Liu Jin was furious, there was nothing he could do.
Even after a few months, the dozen or so literati who took the lead in attacking the tax superintendent's yamen have now become a generation of celebrities praised and respected by thousands of people in Jiangnan, who are known as asking for orders for the people.
When they heard such news, they couldn't help but feel envious.
Now think about it, if those literati in Jiangnan can do this, why can't they do this.
Not only must Li Huan, the great traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people, be dragged out of the yamen and beaten to death, but at least we must put pressure on Li Huan and force him to release all the innocent officials he captured.
After thinking about this, He Huai immediately said to Qian Li: "Qian Laosi, tell me what we are going to do. Our He family will fully cooperate."
Qian Li was not surprised at all by the He family's reaction. If the He family didn't see the feasibility of this approach, it could only be said that the He family had raised a bunch of wine bags and rice bags over the years.
Looking at He Huai, Qian Li smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to do anything. As long as you, Head of the He family, go to the Yang family and the Zhao family in person to contact them and ask them to send scholars supported by their families to contact their classmates and friends.
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He Huai took a deep breath and said: "Okay, He has accepted this matter. Tonight, He can guarantee that at least a hundred distinguished scholars will be summoned to help us participate in this grand event."
It is said that people love to form cliques, and this is not true at all. After all, literati have their own small circles. Qian Li asked himself that with his relationship with the Qian family, he was able to gather thirty or fifty people with high status in a short period of time.
Taxis are pretty good.
And if the He family unites with the Yang family, Zhao family and other families, they can really easily summon hundreds of scholars.
Although the literary style in Fujian is not as prosperous as that in Jiangnan, there are still a lot of children, scholars and even candidates accumulated over the years.
After Qian Li left the He family, He Huai immediately sent his children and clan elders to the Yang family, Zhao family and other families who shared the same fate as the He family.
You must know that there were dozens of officials arrested by Li Huan directly in the name of Cai Wen's comrades.
At least half of the families of these officials live in Fuzhou City, so He Huai cannot guarantee that he will contact all the families, but he will definitely make a trip to those families who have good relations with the He family.
As for the other families, they are all connected to each other. Even if He Huai doesn't inform them, I believe that it won't be long before these families will know about it and make the same choice as the He family.
Fuzhou City, Taibai Publishing House
At first glance, Taibai Book Club sounds like a bookstore, but this is not a bookstore, but a book club spontaneously established by some scholars in Fuzhou City.
The book club was built in a land with elegant scenery and densely planted peach groves. Although the peach blossom season has passed, the peach trees are now full of fruits and shaded by green trees, making the scenery extremely extraordinary.
At this moment, a group of scholars gathered in front of a pavilion and looked at Qian Yu, who was standing on the stone bench with an excited look on his face.
The Taibai Book Club was established, and the Qian family made a lot of money from it, so Qian Yu still has a very high appeal among the scholars in the book club.
At this moment, Qian Yu stood on the stone bench and loudly denounced Li Huan's crime to the crowd: "... Li Huan, a thief, relied on the emperor's favor and the status of Jin Yiwei to humiliate the supervisor in the capital.
Censor Luo Wenxiang, Du Wen and others even persecuted Xie Qian, and Liu Jian, the two pavilion elders, can be said to be vengeful, insidious and cunning..."
Officials were the most well-informed. What happened in the capital was far away from the Emperor, and perhaps even local scholars had no access to it.
Just like now, even though the civil service group has worked hard to discredit Li Huan, there are still many scholars in Fujian who don't know what Li Huan did in the capital.
At this moment, listening to Qian Yu recount what Li Huan did in Beijing made many scholars angry.
Looking at the reactions of the people below, Qian Yu was secretly happy. At the same time, he changed his voice and said with a look of sorrow and anger: "Who would have thought that this traitor not only harmed the civil and military officials in the capital, but now he has even harmed our fellow countrymen?
It will cause harm to everyone."
Since ancient times, the Township Party has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Li Huan himself came out of Fujian. It is said that he should favor Fujian officials such as them, but he never thought that when Li Huan arrived in Fujian, he directly captured most of the officials in Fuzhou, including
At least half of them can be regarded as Li Huan's township party members.
Therefore, Qian Yu's statement about Li Huan's harm to his hometown can really win the resonance of these scholars.
A scholar supported by the Qian family shouted loudly: "Li Huan, a traitor, is a scourge to his own countrymen. He is simply the scum of our Fujian people! We don't ask him to become a prosperous person and give back to his hometown, but
You can't turn your back on others and cause harm to your hometown. Everyone thinks this is true."
The other scholars were so aroused that they immediately shouted loudly: "Li Huan, you are a scum! Li Huan, you are a scum!"
Qian Yu took a deep breath, waited until everyone had finished shouting, and then said loudly: "Dear classmates, as scholars of the Ming Dynasty, we have been taught by saints and bathed in the emperor's grace. How can we sit back and watch traitors like Li Huan do this?
Are you going to harm Fujian as a whole?"
"Can't, can't!"
An extremely strong sense of responsibility arose in their hearts. At this moment, almost all the scholars shouted loudly as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Qian Yu shouted: "Yes, as a land of saints, we should plead for the lives of all people in the world, and we must not allow traitors like Li Huan to act recklessly."
As he spoke, Qian Yu bowed with both hands and bowed to everyone: "Comrades, please follow Qian Yu's example and go to the government office to ask for an explanation from Li Huan and for all the elders who have been wrongfully imprisoned."
justice."
"We are willing to go!"
"Hahaha, we, the scholars, should do this!"
"Please pray for the lives of all people, even if you die!"
I saw that each of these scholars was full of passion and enthusiasm, and many of them even had excited faces.
At this moment, Qian Gu trotted over and said to Qian Yu with a face full of joy: "Brother, eldest brother, the people from Shaoling Publishing House are here, saying that they want to meet the literati from Taibai Publishing House
All the patriots went to the magistrate's office together to seek an explanation from the traitor Li Huan."
If the scholars of Taibai Publishing House can be said to be influenced by a series of officials with Qian Zhong as the core, then the scholars of Shaoling Publishing House are naturally influenced by Cai Wen, Gu Huang, and He Bang.
It has to be said that the actions and influence of the He family, Zhao family, and Yang family are still very large. These families alone have supported more than a dozen scholars, and then scattered these more than a dozen people,
Soon, hundreds of scholars gathered together by calling friends.
At this moment, a group of scholars from Shaoling Publishing House were walking along the long street towards Taibai Publishing House, led by He Chang, the elder of the He family.
Hundreds of scholars, all dressed in green shirts, old and young, gathered together in a dark crowd. This kind of scene is extremely rare.
So when these people appeared on the long street, they naturally attracted many people to watch.
As scholars, it can be said that they are all celebrities among the common people. Some common people may only know three or five of these people, but if added together, there are hundreds of these scholars, enough to cover the entire city of Fuzhou.
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Some people on the street shouted into the crowd: "Ma Xiucai, what are you doing? Is there anything good you can do?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Ma Xiucai, a man in the crowd, with a face full of passion, shouted loudly to the acquaintance of the neighbor: "We are going to ask for your life for all the people!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around who heard it couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, with puzzled faces on their faces.
Someone whispered softly: "Pray for the lives of all the people? Are they asking for lives for us? But what kind of lives are they asking for for us?"
Someone on the side immediately said: "No matter what kind of life he is asking for, he is a scholar, so what he said makes sense. You are a guy like you who can't read a word, and he is a scholar, how can he still lie to you?"
Some people couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why don't you all follow us and take a look? Aren't you curious? What are these so many talented people and masters doing?"
Everyone is curious, especially when the scholar Ma asked for orders for the people, it piqued the hearts of many people, and soon a group of onlookers followed behind these people.
From time to time, readers from Taibai Book Club heard the news and hurried over to join these people.
By the time He Chang led a group of people from Shaoling Book Club to Taibai Book Club, there were more than a hundred people from both sides. It can be said that these people accounted for almost half of the scholars in Fuzhou Prefecture.
On the long street, hundreds of scholars gathered and passed through the street. In this era, it was definitely a sensational event.
Immediately, the police patrolling the streets and the Jin Yiwei who were sent out by Li Huan to monitor the movements of Fuzhou City discovered this.
I saw Xiaoqi, a member of the Imperial Guard, looking solemnly at the crowd going away, and said to the Imperial Guard Captain next to him: "You rush to the government office immediately and tell everything you saw here carefully.
Tell the adults in detail."
The Imperial Guard Captain was not stupid. He obviously realized that it would not be easy for so many scholars to gather together. He immediately nodded and said: "I understand."
At this moment, in the prefect's Yamen, Huang Wenzheng, the original head of the Yamen, had already vacated the main hall for Li Huan and Wang Yangming to use.
Wang Yangming did not disappoint Li Huan's expectations. With the help of more than a dozen officials, he successfully took over the affairs of the Chief Secretary, stabilized the civil affairs of Fujian Province, and prevented Li Huan from having any worries.
Li Huan saw that Wang Yangming handled various people's livelihood affairs with ease and couldn't help but sighed: "If Mr. does not join the cabinet, it will be a great loss for our Ming Dynasty."
Wang Yangming stroked his beard, shook his head slightly and said, "How can Yangming's ability be compared to that of several senior officials in the court?"
While he was talking, he saw a guard in golden clothes coming in a hurry, walked into the hall, and saluted Li Huan.
Wang Yangming didn't squint his eyes, lowering his head to deal with government affairs. Li Huan looked at the imperial guard and said, "We are in a hurry, but what's the matter?"
He heard the Jinyi Guards tell Li Huan directly about the hundreds of literati he had just seen gathering on the long street.
After listening to the description of the Jinyi Guardsman, Li Huan couldn't help but reveal a strange smile and said softly: "Please pray for all the people, tsk tsk, they really dare to say that!"
As he spoke, Li Huan turned to Wang Yangming and said, "Mr. Yangming, did you hear that?"
Putting the brush in his hand on the inkstone, Wang Yangming stroked his beard, shook his head and said: "This matter must not be underestimated. Since the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu has paid great attention to scholars. If so, scholars
If there is a gathering to cause trouble, the court will first question the local priests and even hold the local officials accountable."
Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "Li Mou naturally knows what Mr. Wang said. After all, in the eyes of the imperial court, if literati in a certain place gather in a crowd, it must be because the local officials did something wrong, which attracted a crowd."
Scholars were dissatisfied, so the court's decision often fell on local officials."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Sir, you are worried that these people are coming for Li."
Wang Yangming did not speak. In fact, he knew that Li Huan did not need to remind him that at this moment, the literati in Fuzhou suddenly gathered. It would be strange if they were not coming for him, the imperial envoy.
Li Huan chuckled and said: "Let them come if they come. To be honest, Li is really looking forward to seeing what tricks they can come up with!"
When Wang Yangming heard what Li Huan said, he nodded slowly and said, "Master Li, it's good that you have an idea. After all, there are precedents in Jiangnan. Learning from past mistakes will guide future events. Master Li, please don't be careless."
Li Huan cupped his hands towards Wang Yangming. From Wang Yangming's point of view, it was quite difficult to be able to remind him so much.
Li Huan waved his hand to signal the Jinyi Guard to go down. Just as the Jinyi Guard left, a figure came in a hurry and passed by the Jinyi Guard.
The visitor was none other than the owner of the Fuzhou government office, the prefect Huang Wenzheng.
Huang Wenzheng's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his face was full of worry. When he saw Li Huan, his eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and bowed to Li Huan and said: "I'm the official
I have met the Imperial Envoy."
Previously, Li Huan gave an order and directly captured so many Fuzhou officials, many of whom had close contacts with him on weekdays. Although he was lucky enough to escape and was not captured by Li Huan, Huang Wenzheng
My heart was still filled with anxiety and uneasiness.
Just then, his subordinates received a piece of news. Huang Wenzheng was shocked when he heard it, and came to look for Li Huan without any hesitation.
After taking a look at Huang Wenzheng, Li Huan said in surprise: "Oh, didn't Mr. Huang go to handle official business? How come you have time to see me?"
Huang Wenzheng took a deep breath and said respectfully: "Sir, I just received news that a group of scholars in the city gathered together for an unknown purpose. I am worried that the other party may come to attack the government office, so I came here to call.
Lord Bing."
According to Jin Yiwei, the commotion caused by those intellectuals was not small at all. If the servants in the government office were not aware of it, then the prefect Huang Wenzheng had failed too much.
However, compared to the speed of Jinyiwei, Li Huan did not expect that the servants in the government office could deliver the news so quickly. Huang Wenzheng obviously got the news and rushed over. This attitude made Li Huan very satisfied.
Li Huan glanced at Huang Wenzheng and said: "Oh, in my opinion, Master Huang, if those people come to cause trouble for me, how should I deal with them?"
Huang Wenzheng glanced at Li Huan secretly, pondered for a while and then said: "My lord, I think these scholars must have been deceived by others. No matter what you say, it will be difficult for you to communicate with those scholars. Instead of what you may say, it will be difficult for you to communicate with them."
If there is going to be some kind of uncontrollable chaos, my lord, why not send someone to guard the government office and close the door of the government office, so that those people can't break in and see you, and they can't cause any trouble."
Li Huan couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Huang, this is a good method."
Hearing Li Huan's praise, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help showing a bit of joy on his face, but the next moment, Li Huan said lightly: "But if I do what you said, Mr. Huang, wouldn't it seem that I am afraid of them?"
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As he spoke, Li Huan glanced at Huang Wenzheng and said: "After all, they are the scholars raised by me in the Ming Dynasty. As scholars, they must be sensible and reasonable. Li believes that they will not do anything to his relatives."
Pain, the enemy will soon do ridiculous things."
Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but said anxiously: "My lord, you can't..."
Seeing Huang Wenzheng's anxious look, Li Huan said lightly: "If Mr. Huang has nothing else to do, you should continue to deal with official duties. Li already knows about those scholars."
Huang Wenzheng opened his mouth. Seeing that Li Huan didn't want to mention it anymore, he couldn't help but cupped his hands at Li Huan and said, "I'm going to resign."
Watching Huang Wenzheng's figure disappear at the door, a look of hope flashed in Li Huan's eyes.
But it is said that the Taibai Publishing House is located in the peach forest.
Qian Yu stood on the high stone bench and happened to see a dark crowd approaching, including many familiar figures.
As for the leader, Qian Yu was naturally familiar with him. He was none other than He Chang, the old member of the He family.
As an old Juren during the Chenghua period, He Chang had no intention of entering the officialdom after he gave up the idea of continuing to take the Jinshi examination. Instead, he presided over the private school run by the He family, taught elementary school education to the children of the family, and occasionally supported some poor families.
student, so He Chang was quite prestigious among the scholars in Fuzhou.
When nearly a hundred scholars from Taibai Publishing House saw the group of scholars who followed He Chang, their morale immediately rose.
Especially among the visitors, they saw many familiar faces, and some of them were even close friends with each other.
Now it seems that there are more than a hundred people from both sides combined.
So many literati can even control the public discourse in Fuzhou if they unite. As long as they are willing, they can smear a saint into a heinous villain at any time, and they can also praise a murderous villain into a heinous villain.
A great virtuous man who has lived countless lives.
Qian Yu nodded at He Qian, still standing on the stone bench, and immediately attracted the attention of all the scholars with a loud laugh.
Qian Yu laughed loudly and said, "Fellow people with lofty ideals, we are gathered here today for no other reason than to imitate the actions of our predecessors, to pray for the people, and to ask for an explanation for the elders who have been unjustly imprisoned."
"Ask for an explanation, ask for an explanation."
Suddenly the crowd was furious.
However, a scholar who looked weak and weak said timidly: "Mr. Qian, I heard that the imperial envoy is a high-ranking official of the Jinyiwei, and he is accompanied by a group of Jinyiwei. If we anger him,
, will he let Jin Yiwei take us?"
There are so many people, and it is impossible for all of them to be hot-blooded and not care about anything. There are also people who are timid and afraid of getting into trouble.
It's just that these people were called here because of their classmates' friends. At first, they didn't know what they wanted to do when they gathered together.
But now it was heard that they were going to besiege the prefect's yamen, and they even had to face Li Huan, the imperial envoy, to ask for an explanation from Li Huan, who had a terrible reputation.
Just thinking about it made some people feel afraid, so the words of the weak scholar also represented the thoughts of a small number of them.
Qian Yu was slightly startled, but he quickly reacted. At this moment, He Chang, who had been silent until now, suddenly coughed slightly and said, "Everyone, please listen to me."
Compared with Qian Yulai, He Chang's appeal is obviously stronger. After all, Qian Yu is young, and He Chang is a well-known scholar in Fuzhou City. Everyone is more willing to trust He Chang.
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Qian Yu was not angry, but looked at He Chang, wanting to see how He Chang could appease people. After all, only by working together could they force Li Huan to compromise with them. Once any of them showed fear,
, weak emotions, or even fear, may lead to failure.
He Chang stroked his beard to prevent Qian Yu from being outdone by his beauty and said with a smile to the weak scholar: "If I remember correctly, you should be Jiang Jing from the Jiang family in Tianjing Lane, a scholar in the first year of Zhengde, right?"
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Jiang Jing did not expect that He Chang, a senior from a wealthy family in Fuzhou, would know about her, a scholar from a poor family, and she was immediately moved.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Jing bowed to He Chang and said: "To answer the old man's question, it's Xiaosheng. I never thought that the old man also knew Xiaosheng's name. Xiaosheng feels very honored."
He Chang stroked his beard, accepted Jiang Jing's bow, and said with a smile: "Not only do I know you, but I also know a thing or two about us scholars in Fuzhou City."
At this moment, a scholar suddenly said: "Senior He can be said to be the guide for us students from poor families. As far as I know, Senior He has helped more than a dozen students from poor families to study, study, and gain fame.
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Someone on the side immediately echoed, praising He Chang for supporting poor students to study and generously donating money. He was actually the benefactor of many scholars in Fuzhou.
He Chang stroked his beard, shook his head with a smile and said: "I just can't bear that the jewels of a poor family are left out in the countryside because of poverty. He has a small amount of money and is willing to use it to cultivate a few useful talents for our Ming Dynasty."
Jiang Jing was so impressed that she turned to He Chang and said: "Sir, you are so righteous, please accept my respect from the young man!"
"Sir Gaoyi, please accept my greetings."
The other scholars were very moved and all bowed down to He Chang.
Qian Yu couldn't help frowning when he saw this scene, and made up his mind that if the Qian family could survive this disaster, he would definitely follow He Chang's example and give some small favors to buy fame among the scholars.
Smiling slightly, He Chang stepped forward to help Jiang Jing up, and said with a smile: "My little friend just spoke, as if he was worried that Li Huan, the traitor in the Jinyi Guard, would vent his anger on us."
Jiang Jing nodded.
He Chang smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to worry. You might as well think about it. You are all my Ming Dynasty's reading seeds and future pillars. Whether you are His Majesty or the civil and military officials above the court, you are all right.
Everyone attaches great importance to it. Once there is an incident involving scholars gathering in crowds, it will definitely be heard by Heaven."
He Chang said with a bit of disdain on his lips: "If we work together, even if we besiege the government office, the only person we will be afraid of is Li Huan. Even if we lend him ten thousand courage, he will not dare to deal with me."
wait."
Seeing that everyone was listening in rapt attention, He Chang looked around the crowd, with a flash of light in his eyes and said: "Don't forget, you are not alone, but have hundreds of classmates and friends. If he dares to attack so many of us who have great reputations,
If a scholar takes action, not to mention that he is just a guard in royal robes, even if he is the son of a dragon or grandson of a dragon, the princes of the imperial court will never spare him, and the princes of the world's scholars will ruin his reputation and be infamy for thousands of years."
There was a strange look in Jiang Jing's eyes, and she bowed to He Chang respectfully: "Sir's words were like thunder, Jiang Jing thanked you for reminding me. Now I know that we, the scholars, should serve the people and the country, and we should not be afraid of treacherous people.
If you are a common people, why should you cherish this body for the sake of the country?"
He Chang, who was stroking his beard, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and his hands could not help shaking slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. He still looked like a kind old gentleman and nodded: "Boys can be taught."
Qian Yu smiled and cupped his hands at He Chang and said: "Senior He, senior will lead us to the government office to ask for an explanation from the traitor Li Huan."
He Chang raised his brows and took a deep look at Qian Yu. If it were any other time, he would never do such a risky thing by taking the lead in making trouble. With his temperament, he would never do it.
But now that He Bang is imprisoned, the He family has no way out. They can only take a risk and use the power of many famous scholars in Fuzhou City to force Li Huan to compromise with them, even if they only release some officials.
That’s fine.
Of course, the premise is that there must be a member of their He family, otherwise, they will never give up.
Taking a deep breath, He Chang laughed loudly and said: "For the sake of the country and the people, why should I cherish this life? All my friends, would you like to meet the imperial envoy with me for a while and ask him about this glorious Ming Dynasty?"
, but there is still Wang Fa!"
Jiang Jing and other scholars all raised their hands to He Chang and said: "I am willing to join the seniors in this grand event!"
As he spoke, He Chang immediately turned around and strode towards the government office, laughing loudly and saying: "Everyone, what we do in the future will surely spread throughout the world and become a good story among scholars."
As soon as these words came out, hundreds of soldiers were all shocked and followed He Chang with their steps.
On the long street outside the government office, people were coming and going, and not far away was a tall restaurant.
At this moment, in the restaurant, there are He Huai, the head of the He family, Yang Ming, the head of the Yang family, Zhao Zheng, the head of the Zhao family, the Zuo family, etc. There are more than a dozen families of members of Cai Wen and Gu Huang's party alone.
At this moment, these family leaders, who had a lot of contacts and close relationships with each other on weekdays, gathered here after the mainstay of the family was sent to prison.
Although there were delicacies, fine wines and delicious food in front of them, each of the dozen or so people had sad faces and no appetite at all. They even raised their heads from time to time and glanced in the direction of the prefect's Yamen in the distance.
Compared to the past, the magistrate's Yamen was guarded by a team of guards in gilded robes. This happened after the two imperial envoys, Li Huan and Wang Yangming, entered the Yamen early in the morning.
After all, when an imperial envoy is stationed in the government office, he must be guarded by the imperial guards. Who made the fire at night too scary? It would be a strange thing if Li Huan and Wang Yangming did not arrange for someone to guard the government office.
The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zheng, couldn't help but glance at the long street in the distance, and couldn't help but look at He Huai and said: "Brother He, why haven't you come yet? How long has it been?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone else also looked at He Huai.
After all, more than a dozen of them have united this time, activated their respective networks, and even sent out all the scholars trained by each of them, in order to unite many scholars and put pressure on Li Huan.
Forced Li Huan to release him.
They have been waiting here for a long time, and their patience has long been worn away by the passage of time.
After hearing this, He Huai took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, my old uncle is taking action on his own this time. I think everyone should believe in his abilities."
Seeing He Huai mentioning He Changlai, Zhao Zheng, Yang Ming and others all nodded slightly. They were no strangers to He Chang. Their own children had even been taught by He Chang. Now they learned that He Chang was a Fuzhou scholar.
Taishan Beidou took action in person, his eyes lit up and he gained a little more confidence.
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother He, we have confidence in Mr. He's ability, but it seems that Li Huan is not easy to deal with. It is said that this person is narrow-minded and will retaliate. He is known in the capital as revenge. If this happens
He refuses to let him go, so we should..."
A stern look flashed in He Huai's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If he dares not to let people go, then don't blame us for imitating our ancestors..."
At this moment, the sound of footsteps was heard outside, and then a servant was heard shouting excitedly: "Master, here we come, people are here!"
Everyone's spirits were immediately shaken. They all stood up and walked towards the window, looking through the window towards the long street in the distance.
Immediately, I saw on the long street, a dense mass of human heads, rushing towards the government office.
You can still faintly hear shouts of high morale.
"Release all the elders immediately, release all the elders immediately..."
A group of literati, old and young, dressed in green shirts, gathered in one place, shouting loudly and with such force that they dumbfounded countless people.
Especially the many people who came to watch the excitement looked straight-eyed. They surrounded the gate of the government office like this, and even asked the imperial minister for an explanation. Such a thing was not even mentioned in the script.
It has appeared before.
Now that they can see it with their own eyes, how can they not be excited by it?
"I really didn't expect that when these poor people who usually look weak and weak get together together, the power they can explode can be so strong!"
In the restaurant nearby, a wealthy businessman was stroking his beard and marveling again and again.
If Lin Zhennan saw these wealthy businessmen, he would definitely recognize them as Wang Zuye, Hu Hai, Fang Ke and others who came to force the Lin family to pay off their debts a few days ago.
At the beginning, a few people were severely punished by the prefect Huang Wenzheng, who gave them thirty beatings. Fortunately, they were smart enough to let their servants give money to the servants who beat the beatings. In addition, Huang Wenzheng had no intention of killing them.
This only caused them to suffer a little physical pain.
After these days, the flesh and skin injuries have healed to some extent. During this period, these people have also activated their personal connections, and it is easy to understand why they have always stood by them as long as the money is delivered.
The prefect Huang Wenzhenghui suddenly turned his back. Instead of helping them, he gave them a severe beating.
However, when they learned that Lin Zhennan actually had an in-law like Li Huan who was an imperial envoy, all the calculations in their minds disappeared.
It is true that they are wealthy businessmen, and they seem to have some influence on ordinary days, but compared to the government, they are nothing.
Not to mention that he was a dignified imperial envoy. Unexpectedly, even the prefect Huang Wenzheng treated Lin Zhennan as a guest politely because of Li Huan.
Although he no longer thinks about the trouble caused by the Lin family, and he doesn't even plan to ask for compensation for the goods, he still feels a little bit unhappy in his heart.
Not long ago, they learned that Li Huan's imperial mission was besieged and burned to the ground by thieves. They subconsciously thought that Li Huan was dead. Before they could be happy, they got Li Huan and dozens of high-ranking officials who could easily crush them to death.
News of going to jail.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the news that many literati in Fuzhou wanted to unite and besiege the prefect's Yamen, asking Li Huan for an explanation.
So Wang Zuye and others rushed to the government office as soon as possible, booked a private room, and prepared to watch a lively show in this private room.
The one who opened his mouth to marvel was Wang Zuye, while Fang Ke on the side had a strange look in his eyes, and suddenly said firmly: "Scholars, we must cultivate our own scholars. No matter how much money we have, if we don't have the status of an official
If we protect it, any county magistrate with a rank of seventh-grade sesame officer can destroy our family and our family."
Hu Hai nodded in agreement and said, "You're right. After I return, I will invite the best gentlemen for our little brats to teach them how to read and write, so that they can gain fame and become high-ranking scholars."
Wang Zuye looked at a group of famous intellectuals passing by on the long street and said with bright eyes: "Only now does Wang understand why these scholars always say that reading is the only way to be good in everything."
I'm afraid no one would have thought that these wealthy businessmen would have the idea of devoting all their efforts to train the children of their families to gain fame when they saw the powerful literati on the long street who even dared to block the prefecture's yamen.
Although He Chang is old, he is full of energy at his feet. He does not appear tired at all, and his spirit is obviously in an extremely excited state.
Thinking about what happened in Jiangnan not long ago, everyone was a scholar. Since they could surround the Yamen with dozens of people, they even broke into the Yamen and dragged the tax inspector out of the Yamen and beat him to death. For this reason, he still won a huge reputation among the scholars.
A good name, spread all over the world with this name.
So why can't he, He Chang, become famous all over the world? As long as he, He Chang, can lead a group of scholars to force Li Huan to retreat and release the officials who were captured by him, then he, He Chang, will definitely become famous by then.
The world, became a great celebrity respected by the world.
Thinking of this, He Chang couldn't help but have a strange flush on his face, which was caused by his excited mood and boiling blood.
"It's coming, it's coming! Look, that's Mr. He. He is indeed my Taishan Beidou in Shilin, Fuzhou!"
"With so many scholars putting pressure on each other, let's see how Li Huan responds!"
Many people who obviously wanted to see the imperial envoy Li Huan's joke couldn't help but sneer at him.
In a corner on the long street, Chen Yidao, Zhao Zhi, Lin Zhennan, Lian Qiao, and Cao Yu were all looking at the group of literati walking in front of them from a distance.
Chen Yidao looked at these soldiers shouting slogans and wanted to step forward and beat all these annoying guys half to death with three punches and two kicks.
"Damn it, a bunch of losers who don't know the difference between right and wrong and have become stupid in reading dare to force Brother Huan to release him. They are really crazy..."
Chen Yidao viciously spat at the retreating figures of the literati and cursed loudly.
Zhao Zhi said with a worried look on his face: "I don't know how the young master will respond. If you are not careful, it will be a major event that will shock the world's scholars and even the heavens, and alarm the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty."
Lin Zhennan often dealt with these officials, gentry, scholars, and civil servants. He saw a lot and saw a lot. He knew the energy contained in these people. Even though they were weak and powerless, once he provoked these people
People, it’s not as simple as trouble, and if it doesn’t work, your family will be broken up and your family will be destroyed.
With a sigh, Lin Zhennan said: "I'm afraid Brother Huan will be in big trouble this time. If he really gives in, his imperial envoy will lose all his prestige and will no longer have any deterrent power. But if he doesn't give in, he will face so many famous scholars.
, you can’t be hit, you can’t be scolded, if you’re not careful, you may lose your reputation and be reviled by everyone in the world.”
Hearing what Lin Zhennan said, Forsythia couldn't help but turn pale and exclaimed: "Ah, what can we do!"
Chen Yidao glanced at the expressionless Cao Yu and said in surprise: "Hey, Cao Yu, aren't you worried about your young master?"
Cao Yu said coldly: "My servant believes in the young master. He is just a bunch of local chickens and dogs. The young master is not even afraid of the elders in the capital. How can he be afraid of scholars like them who look scary but have no ability at all?"
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and just looked at Cao Yu.
"stop!"
At this moment, a loud shout came out, and several guards in uniforms guarding the government office were seen, one by one, staring at the dark crowd of literati in front of the government office.
A small flag officer of the Imperial Guard tightly grasped the embroidered spring knife at his waist, stood on the steps in front of the government office, and shouted at a group of scholars.
These scholars were silenced by Xiaoqi Guan's loud shout. They were originally shouting, but now they suddenly became quiet.
Looking at the gate of the government office, and then seeing the Jinyi guards wearing brocade robes and holding embroidered spring knives staring at them, some weak-minded scholars lowered their heads subconsciously, not daring to interact with them at all. Looking at each other.
However, the leader, He Chang, was not afraid at all. He did not take a mere flag officer of the Imperial Guard into his eyes at all. He immediately stepped forward and said to the flag officer: "Go tell Li Huan that today I will One hundred and eighty-six distinguished scholars from Fuzhou Prefecture came to ask him whether he, Li Huan, who is deliberately trying to frame the officials of the imperial court in such a bright and clear world, still has royal laws in his eyes."
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