Li Huan naturally understood the meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words. How could he not know why Xungui was so enthusiastic now? On the one hand, it was because the emperor granted him a marriage, so that Xungui regarded him as one of his own. On the other hand, it was also because he was the admiral of the capital.
Camp, if the noble disciples want to enter the military tent, they must use his connections.
But once Li Huan comes into contact with the interests of these nobles, there is no telling how the nobles who came to hug his thigh today will react.
There may be people with long-term vision who will continue to stand by him and choose to support him, but there must be people with short-term vision who only focus on immediate interests and work against him.
However, Li Huan really didn't care too much about this. He had always fought alone and never thought of relying on external forces.
As long as the emperor continues to trust him, even without any help, he is sure to carve out a world in the Ming Dynasty.
As the saying goes, Li Huan only believes in himself. As long as he is strong enough, there is nothing he can't do. As for the emperor who helped pave the way for him and win over the nobles, if they can be used, Li Huan will naturally not do it.
I don't mind having a few more helpers, but if they can't be used, Li Huan won't accommodate these people just because of so-called affection.
If you have to kill him, kill him. If you have some sense and don't cause trouble for him and don't ruin his affairs, Li Huan is not interested in making trouble for him. But if you don't have sense, then don't blame him for killing him. As for saying
What is the so-called marriage relationship?
This thing is naturally useful when the interests are consistent, but when the interests are conflicting, how many people will treat it as the same thing.
Li Huan glanced at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I just have something to report to Your Majesty. Since Your Majesty is here, I don't have to go to the palace to see Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Li Huan curiously and said, "Oh, what's the matter with Li Qing?"
Li Huan's expression became serious, and his eyes swept over the small chamberlains beside the emperor, Qiu Ju, and Gao Feng. They immediately understood what Li Huan meant.
He waved his hands to signal the small chamberlains to leave, and soon only Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju were left.
Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I was ordered to supervise the case of conspiracy. After an interrogation, almost all those who should be arrested were arrested. However, not long ago, someone couldn't help but torture and asked for the reason for plotting to assassinate Your Majesty.
Planned by one person..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, a cold murderous intention flashed in his eyes, and said angrily: "How brave, who is it? I want to kill his nine tribes!"
Zhu Houzhao's reaction was what Li Huan expected. It would be strange if Zhu Houzhao didn't react like this.
Therefore, Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a rather calm expression and said slowly: "Executive elder, Xie Qian."
"What!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard the words. The names of many people flashed in Zhu Houzhao's mind. He even thought about some of the princes in the clan who were far away in the fiefdom. However, he never thought that it would be someone who had been killed by him a few years ago.
Xie Qian, the former cabinet minister who was dismissed from office.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly frowned and said: "How could it be him? He is an important minister of the late emperor Tuogu. How could he want to do harm to me? What is his purpose?"
Although Zhu Houzhao looked puzzled and angry, he had no doubts about Li Huan's words.
It was impossible for Li Huan to lie to him about this matter, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't understand why Xie Qian wanted to be unfavorable to him, the emperor.
Speaking of which, Xie Qian can be regarded as half of his emperor's teacher. When Zhu Houzhao was still the prince, he also listened to Xie Qian's teachings.
Although Zhu Houzhao dismissed Xie Qian in the end, in Zhu Houzhao's view, Xie Qian would not murder him because of this.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's expression in his eyes, Li Huan sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty misses the old relationship, but Xie Qian may not miss the relationship between the emperor and his subjects."
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and there was a faint murderous intention in his eyes. He looked at Li Huan with some confusion and said: "Li Qing, tell me why Xie Qian wanted to murder me. He is so old. What is his plan?"
What?"
Li Huan could somewhat guess why Xie Qian would be unfavorable to the emperor. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "Your Majesty, don't forget, where is Mr. Xie Ge's hometown?"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned and said subconsciously: "If I remember correctly, Xie Qian's hometown should be in Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province."
Li Huan nodded and said: "It is the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is a land of plenty. The handicraft industry is even more developed and the wealth is extremely rich."
Zhu Houzhao nodded, even so, he still didn't quite understand.
And Li Huan sneered and said: "According to what I know, the Xiege clan covers an area of more than 100,000 acres in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with numerous mountains, forests, mines, and dozens of shops. It just so happened that Eunuch Liu implemented the New Deal and deliberately targeted the Xiege clan.
A family..."
With a bang, Zhu Houzhao slapped his hand on the table, his eyes full of surprise.
"That's it, that's it. I understand that feelings are caused by the fact that I, the emperor, have touched Xie Qian's interests."
Zhu Houzhao understood in an instant why Xie Qian planned to target him, the emperor, because it was so easy for him, the emperor, to implement the New Deal with the help of Liu Jin.
Others may not be able to see what Liu Jin's New Deal is all about, but for someone like Xie Qian, who has been in high and low officialdom for so many years, how can they not see that Liu Jin's implementation of the New Deal was entirely driven by him, the emperor, behind it.
It can be said that Liu Jin's New Deal was basically the emperor's own policies implemented with the help of Liu Jin.
Li Huan said calmly: "As for Mr. Xie Ge, your Majesty has harmed Mr. Xie Ge's interests. In addition, your Majesty favored his trusted ministers and Eunuch Liu and deposed him. Under the new and old hatreds, Xie Qian was born with the intention to murder your Majesty.
Isn’t my thinking perfectly normal?”
Having said that, in fact, both Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao knew clearly that the fundamental reason why Xie Qian chose to kill the emperor was the new policy implemented by the emperor with the help of Liu Jin.
It was precisely the New Deal that touched the interests of a large number of people, so Xie Qian privately easily won over Fei Hong, Mao Ji, Liang Chu, Liu Zhong and other important officials in the court.
With the implementation of the New Deal, those whose interests were most severely damaged were those families who owned countless fields and industries in the local area. Under the implementation of the New Deal, the countless fertile fields these families had plundered were inspected, and many mines were forcibly collected by tax collectors.
Even shops are charged commercial tax.
That's just the other minor gentry. The key ones are Fei Hong, Xie Qian, Mao Ji, Liang Chu and other important ministers in the court who have no dealings with Liu Jin.
Liu Jin couldn't do anything about these people in the court, but Liu Jin's methods were not simple. Using the banner of the New Deal, he directly ordered people to deal with Fei Hong, Xie Qie, and the property and land of each family to be liquidated frantically.
In this case, being targeted by Liu Jin, the losses of each family will naturally be great. Naturally, when someone secretly connects with each other, a loose alliance will appear against the emperor and Liu Jin.
Zhu Houzhao had a cold look on his face. He never imagined that Xie Qian, a veteran of the court and a former minister with whom he had half a friendship, would actually have murderous intentions towards him, the emperor.
"Xie Qian, I will kill all nine of his clans."
Zhu Houzhao could only be heard gnashing his teeth, words filled with endless disappointment and murderous intent, spitting out word after word from the emperor's mouth.
The most terrifying thing is when an honest person gets angry. Zhu Houzhao has a mellow temper and is the most affectionate. Xie Qian is not only a veteran minister of several dynasties, but also an important minister of the late Emperor Hongzhi. Even though Xie Qian took the lead in opposing him as the emperor, he only dismissed him.
, and ordered him to return to his hometown.
While speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said with anger: "Who else is there? I don't believe that Xie Qian alone dares to do such a bold thing. There must be someone else who colludes with him, and this person
It is very possible that he is from the royal family..."
When he said this, Zhu Houzhao looked cold. After walking before the gate of hell, Zhu Houzhao had matured a lot and was completely a qualified emperor.
So when he learned that Xie Qian secretly took the lead in murdering him, Zhu Houzhao had already realized that there must be someone behind Xie Qian.
He, the emperor, has no brothers or heirs. If he suddenly dies, all the officials in the court will inevitably support a new emperor from within the clan.
If there was someone in the clan who coveted the throne, everything could be explained by hooking up with Xie Qian, an old minister with disciples and former officials all over the government and the public, and taking a risk.
Li Huan shook his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Mao Ji just explained that it was Xie Qian who sent someone to contact him. As for more, Mao Ji doesn't know."
Zhu Houzhao was not surprised by this. If the man in the dark could be found so easily, he would have been discovered long ago.
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said, "If Mao Ji doesn't know, then let me arrest Xie Qian. Xie Qian must know who is coveting the throne."
After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others stood with their heads down, looking down at the ground, not daring to speak.
This has already involved conspiracy, and some people are even eyeing the throne under the emperor's butt. If an ordinary person is even a little bit involved in such a heinous disaster, the nine tribes will be destroyed.
After walking back and forth for a few steps, Zhu Houzhao, whose brows were full of murderous intent, suddenly looked at Li Huan and said solemnly: "Li Qing, the only one I can trust is Li Qing. From now on, you are the only one I can trust."
The matter is of great importance, and I can rest assured only if you, Li Qing, go to Yuyao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang in person."
Even important officials like Xie Qian had murderous intentions towards the emperor. Zhu Houzhao felt that when he looked at the court, except for Li Huan, there seemed to be no one he could trust completely.
Li Huan stood up immediately after hearing this and said in a solemn voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely take Xie Qian and find out who is colluding with Xie Qian."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, a smile finally appeared on his originally tense face.
Reaching out and patting Li Huan's shoulder, Zhu Houzhao nodded slowly and said, "I knew Li Qing would not let me down."
Zhu Houzhao said in a calm tone: "I grant you, Li Qing, the right to kill first and report later. I will go to Shaoxing Mansion to capture Xie Qian. Anyone who dares to obstruct him will be killed without mercy."
For some reason, Zhu Houzhao felt that Li Huan's attempt to capture Xie Qian would not go smoothly.
Li Huan smiled and said: "I will take the people to set out overnight. There is the Grand Canal. With day and night travel, we can reach Shaoxing Prefecture in Zhejiang Province in at least a few days. Your Majesty is in the middle of the capital, waiting for the good news from me."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded: "It's just that Li Qing has to work hard again."
Li Huan shook his head and said: "It is my duty to share your Majesty's worries."
As he spoke, Li Huan's heart moved. He took out a secret letter from the Jin Yiwei and presented it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this is the news from Du Guang, a member of the Jin Yiwei family who was sent to Qianshan County to capture the Fei clan in Qianshan."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the details of the confiscated Qianshan Fei family in the secret letter, and his face gradually became ugly, especially when he finally saw that the confiscated cash amount alone was more than two million taels.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said angrily: "Okay, okay, this is my loyal and upright minister of the Ming Dynasty. I would like to ask him, Fei Hong, where his Fei family's so much wealth comes from!"
Li Huan coughed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's not worth getting angry for people like this who are causing harm to the country and the people. What I want to say is the confiscated money. Du Guang has personally led the Jinyi Guards to escort them to the capital."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "The Fei family in Qianshan confiscated such a large sum of money, which must be hidden from all the officials in the court. By then, all officials will definitely keep an eye on this."
A pen of money..."
Before Li Huan could finish his words, Zhu Houzhao immediately shouted: "None of them want to get rid of this sum of money. I plan to leave this sum of money to Li Qing for you to reorganize the capital camp."
Zhu Houzhao said with a sneer: "If it really goes into the national treasury, I am really worried about how much money will be left after it passes through their hands."
What Li Huan was worried about was that Zhu Houzhao was deceived by officials, and the confiscated money was transferred to the treasury. Now when he heard what Zhu Houzhao said, Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty said this, I feel relieved."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was saying, looked at Li Huan and said, "So Li Qing, you are afraid that I will listen to the words of the officials and add money to the treasury."
Li Huan smiled and said: "Now that I know His Majesty's attitude, I don't have to worry anymore."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "Li Qing, you really think I don't know that it's not so easy to take out the money after it goes into the treasury, so it's better to put it into the inner treasury, so that I can take it out at any time to rectify the capital."
camp."
Li Huan said seriously: "I will order Du Guang and others to send these coins to His Majesty's inner treasury. When the time comes, Your Majesty will arrange the manpower to hand them over."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "I will send Gu Daban to personally supervise this matter and make sure that no one else will get a chance to interfere."
Neither Li Huan nor Zhu Houzhao could believe it for the people in the civil service group. If people from the civil service group were really allowed to intervene, maybe the money would not go into the internal treasury but be taken to the state treasury.
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While he was talking, he saw a young eunuch running over and said to Li Huan: "Grand Governor, Mr. Wang Yangming, please see me."
Li Huan raised his brows, with a look of doubt on his face, and glanced at Zhu Houzhao subconsciously, while Zhu Houzhao smiled at Li Huan and said: "Li Qing doesn't need to look at me, he can see me when he wants to. If you want, Wang Aiqing will come."
Looking for you, Li Qing, there must be something going on."
Li Huan was not worried that Zhu Houzhao would have any fear because of his friendship with Wang Yangming, so he nodded after hearing this.
Soon Wang Yangming strode into the Li Mansion. When Wang Yangming saw Zhu Houzhao, he couldn't help but be startled. After realizing it, he quickly stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "I, Wang Yangming, pay homage to your Majesty and have met the Grand Tutor."
Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said: "Aiqing, I am free from courtesy. In this Li Mansion, I am also a guest. Wang Aiqing does not need to be polite."
Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and said, "What's the matter with Mr. Yangming coming to see Li?"
Wang Yangming looked serious and said: "Wang came here because he has something to tell Taifu."
Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and heard Wang Yangming say: "The two elders have learned that the Fei family in Jinyiwei copied the Meixian Mountain and obtained millions of taels of silver. Elder Yang is going to petition your majesty for permission to put it into the national treasury."
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Li Huan raised his eyebrows when he heard this and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, who smiled at Li Huan.
Suddenly Zhu Houzhao turned to Wang Yangming and said, "Wang Aiqing, in your opinion, what should be done with the money?"
Wang Yangming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Li Huan, then at Zhu Houzhao. Wang Yangming pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that these confiscated coins should be put into the inner treasury."
Li Huan couldn't help but look at Wang Yangming in surprise. You must know that based on Li Huan's understanding of Wang Yangming, Wang Yangming was not a flattering person.
If he had a flattering temperament, he would not have achieved such high achievements and become a sage. Normally, in Wang Yangming's position, Wang Yangming would definitely insist on adding the confiscated money to the national treasury.
Seemingly seeing the surprise on Li Huan's face, Wang Yangming smiled lightly and said: "If Wang is not mistaken, these coins are related to the reorganization of the capital. With these confiscated coins, the Taifu can reorganize the capital."
I have enough confidence. However, once this sum of money is put into the national treasury, it is unnecessary to think about it if you want the officials to take it out and use it to reorganize the capital. Therefore, I think this money can only be temporarily put into your majesty's treasury.
, Only in this way can the usefulness of this money be better utilized."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Wang Yangming with admiration and said, "Okay, I'm very relieved that Wang Aiqing can consider things like this and take the overall situation into consideration."
Li Huan cupped his hands at Wang Yangming and said, "Mr. Yangming has his own intentions."
To be honest, Li Huan really didn't expect that Wang Yangming would see through his intention to use the stolen money to reorganize the capital camp.
However, Wang Yangming had spent some time with Li Huan, and knew how much money Li Huan had gained from ransacking his house several times, and considering the commotion Li Huan made in the capital camp, he could guess that Li Huan might
A choice that will be made.
If it were anyone else, even Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others would never realize this.
It was unclear how much money Li Huan had confiscated in Fuzhou, so the civil and military officials naturally did not expect that Li Huan had enough money to solve the problem in the capital camp.
After all, the problem of Jingying has not been solved for decades. The biggest problem is that the court has no money. The court cannot spend millions of taels of money to eliminate the old and weak in Jingying. But as long as there is such a sum of money, Jingying can
I dare not say that the problem has been solved, at least it is no longer an unsolvable problem.
Watching Wang Yangming leave, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "I was originally worried that Wang Aiqing would be affected by the officials after joining the cabinet. Now it seems that Wang Aiqing is still credible."
Li Huan smiled, Wang Yangming was full of talents and learning, especially his already accomplished mental studies, which focused on the unity of knowledge and action. This was reflected in Wang Yangming's style in the officialdom, which was to do things in a down-to-earth manner.
As long as it is beneficial to the court, Wang Yangming is not a person who does not know how to adapt.
However, Li Huan also knew that if the two of them disagreed on a certain matter in the future, Wang Yangming would definitely not give in due to his temper.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Wang Yangming has a strong imprint of Li Party, and many officials even believe that Wang Yangming is Li Huan's spokesperson in the cabinet.
I am afraid that the emperor had this idea in his mind to some extent, but only Li Huan knew that Wang Yangming had his own ideas, and he could not be anyone's spokesperson.
Just like what happened today, if Wang Yangming hadn't guessed what Li Huan wanted to use the money, I'm afraid Wang Yangming would have sided with Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang and insisted on depositing the money into the national treasury.
After sending the emperor back to the palace, Li Huan went directly towards the Royal Horse Prison.
The Royal Horse Supervisor was Gu Dayong's territory. When Gu Dayong learned that Li Huan was coming, he immediately put down his affairs and came forward.
From a distance, I could hear Gu Dayong laughing and saying: "Brother Li, you are a noble man. I don't see you coming to our house on weekdays. Today, you are here, and my little horse supervisor is really shining."
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There are not many people who can be treated like this by Gu Dayong. Looking at the world, I am afraid there is no other person besides Li Huan.
Li Huan said with a smile: "Brother Gu is joking. I came here today and it caused so much trouble. Please forgive me for coming here today."
After welcoming Li Huan into the Royal Horse Prison, Gu Dayong looked at Li Huan curiously and said, "Brother Li doesn't come to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. If he comes to see our family today, he must have something to do."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from Brother Gu."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked serious and said, "Brother Gu, please send me a thousand elite soldiers from the Fourth Guard Camp in Tengxiang."
Gu Dayong could not help but be stunned, and subconsciously said: "Brother Li, does he have His Majesty's will?"
Gu Dayong said with some embarrassment: "It's not that our family doesn't trust Brother Li, but Brother Li has mobilized thousands of people at once. Without His Majesty's will, our family would have lost its head."
Li Huan said with a smile: "Without His Majesty's will, Li would not dare to come to find Brother Gu."
As he said this, Li Huan took out a handwritten letter from the emperor himself from his sleeve and handed it to Gu Dayong.
Although it is not a formal imperial edict, the Four Guards of Tengxiang are the emperor's forbidden army. Their mobilization is not as troublesome as the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp. They need to be reviewed and approved by the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
As for the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, as the Emperor's personal army, if they want to be mobilized, they only need the Emperor's decree.
As a result, the troops of the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp are particularly important. They have always been controlled by the emperor's most trusted people. Otherwise, once they are taken over by someone with ulterior motives, it is very likely to cause serious trouble.
Gu Dayong took the emperor's handwritten decree and looked at it. He confirmed that it was indeed the emperor's decree. He breathed a sigh of relief. He did not ask Li Huan what he was going to do with the thousands of people. He just nodded at Li Huan and said: "
Brother Li, don't worry, I will order a thousand elite troops to be dispatched to you, ready to be dispatched at any time."
When Li Huan heard this, he cupped his fists at Gu Da and smiled and said, "Thank you so much."
As night fell, the Jinyiwei Yamen was brightly lit. In front of Li Huan stood Chen Ke, Zhao Yi, Meng Hui, Chen Yao, Feng Yongguo, Lin Pingzhi and others.
Li Huan looked at Chen Ke and Feng Yongguo and said: "Chen Ke, Feng Yongguo, you two stay here and take charge of the Jinyiwei Yamen. The rest of you will follow me to Shaoxing Prefecture in Zhejiang Province."
Lin Pingzhi's face was full of excitement. Now he could be regarded as an official of one hundred Jinyiwei households, and his subordinates had just taken charge of hundreds of Jinyiwei captains. This was naturally quite exciting for Lin Pingzhi, who was only twenty years old.
Especially this time when he heard Li Huan say that he was going to take people to search his house, Lin Pingzhi was full of expectations for this trip.
That was a house raid. He had heard of it back in Fuzhou Prefecture, but he had never actually led anyone to raid a house.
Meng Hui, Chen Yao, Zhao Yi and others were all shocked, just like Lin Pingzhi, who was extremely excited.
Soon Li Huan took advantage of the night and quietly left the capital with three hundred elite guards.
Although Li Huan set out in the evening, so many Jinyiwei people left the capital, so they couldn't hide it. What's more, countless people are watching Li Huan's every move. Now I saw Li Huan taking advantage of the night.
Taking people out of Beijing, countless people got the news almost immediately.
In Maoyan Lane, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Huan's mansion with a complicated expression. Just now, he came to look for Li Huan, but was told that Li Huan was not in the mansion.
This made Yang Tinghe a little disappointed. He originally planned to go to Jinyiwei Yamen to look for Li Huan, but after thinking about it, Yang Tinghe went directly back home.
As soon as I returned to the house, I saw the housekeeper coming in a hurry and saying, "Master, you are finally back. Not long ago, you asked me to send someone to keep an eye on Li Huan's actions. Now there will be news."
Yang Tinghe couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. He glanced at the housekeeper and said, "Tell me, what is the news?"
The steward's expression revealed a hint of doubt: "The people we sent saw Li Huan leaving the capital at night with hundreds of royal guards in royal robes, and they didn't know what they were doing!"
"What? Li Huan took people out of Beijing?"
Yang Tinghe frowned, his mind turned, and he secretly guessed why Li Huan took people out of Beijing at this time.
Suddenly, a look of surprise appeared on Yang Tinghe's face and he said, "Could it be that Li Huan was going to receive the confiscated money that was escorted into Beijing by the Jin Yiwei?"
With this thought in his mind, the more Yang Tinghe thought about it, the more he felt that he was right.
Then he sighed softly. If Li Huan really led someone to receive the money, then it would be difficult for him to insist on returning it to the treasury.
After all, just by looking at Li Huan personally going to receive the money that was escorted back, you can tell how much Li Huan attaches importance to this money. In this case, it would be strange if Li Huan could agree to return it to the national treasury.
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Not to mention that Li Huan took people out of the capital at night, causing countless people to secretly speculate on Li Huan's purpose of leaving the capital.
However, it is said that after Xie Qian returned to Xie Garden, he gave lectures at Muzhai Academy for several days, which suddenly attracted many literati from the south of the Yangtze River to gather.
On this day, Xie Qian was hosting a banquet in Xie Garden to entertain several scholars who came from Suhang and Hangzhou to visit him.
Su Kui, Xizhen, Shao Zhiyong, Qi Wenyu, if these people were mentioned a few years ago, few people would know about them, but now these people are famous scholars in Shilin.
Of course, compared to those famous scholars who relied on their talents and qualifications, such as Su Kui and Xizhen, their reputations are much better.
Almost a year ago, because of Liu Jin, a large number of tax collectors were sent to the areas south of the Yangtze River, especially the areas of Suzhou and Hangzhou, which are famous for their wealth.
Following Liu Jin's instructions, these tax collectors went to the local areas and arbitrarily collected taxes from the local gentry and wealthy families. Whether it was mines, fields, or shops, these tax collectors were all targeted, forcing the local gentry and wealthy families to pay taxes.
The gentry and wealthy families in Suzhou and Hangzhou were naturally unwilling to hand over any copper coins in their hands. However, facing the tax collectors sent by Liu Jin, these gentry had no choice.
At this time, Su Kui, who was a civil servant, called out. Xi Zhen, Shao Zhiyong, Qi Wenyu and other literati immediately responded. They even led people to block the tax department's Yamen, and even rushed into the Yamen. Several tax collectors sent by Liu Jin dragged him out of the yamen and beat him to death in front of many Suzhou people.
This incident spread quickly, and Su Kui, Xizhen, Shao Zhiyong, Qi Wenyu and others became famous all over the world, and were regarded by countless scholars as role models who dared to resist the eunuch Liu Jin.
Especially after Su Kui and others killed the tax collectors sent by Liu Jin, but Liu Jin failed to capture them. In this case, Su Kui and others became famous and gradually became famous. of great celebrities.
In the eyes of Su Kui and others, Xie Qian, the former cabinet minister, was their predecessor. What's more, Xie Qian rebelled against Liu Jin and opposed the emperor's favor of the treacherous villain Li Huan, so that he was deposed by the emperor. This is the same as their desire for the world. The common people stood up and beat to death the tax collectors sent by Liu Jin, which was the same behavior.
So Su Kui and others wanted to visit Xie Qian after they became famous. Unfortunately, they came by chance a few months ago. When they arrived at Shaoxing Prefecture, Xie Qian happened to be not in Xieyuan. Naturally, Xie Qian could not be seen.
However, although Xie Qian was not seen, these few people were well-known. No matter where they went, as long as they told their glorious past of besieging and killing tax collectors, they would definitely attract the respect of the scholars.
Therefore, these people are living a carefree life in Shaoxing Mansion these days. Under the praise of countless people, the reputation of Su Kui and others has become more and more loud and clear in Shaoxing Mansion.
When several people learned that Xie Qian was opening the door to give lectures, they hurried over to see Xie Qian.
Xie Qian naturally knew the names of Su Kui and others. When he learned that Su Kui and others came to visit him, Xie Qian naturally welcomed them into Xie Garden to entertain them.
Su Kui, who was about thirty years old, had a rosy face and was slightly fat. At this moment, he said to Xie Qian impassionedly: "The student is really dissatisfied with the elder. Your Majesty actually condoned Liu Jin and Li Huan and other treacherous villains and stayed away from the pavilion." Such a loyal and virtuous minister is not the behavior of a wise king!"
Xie Qian coughed lightly and said, "Speak carefully, Your Majesty was just deceived by villains like Li Huan and Liu Jin."
Su Kui's courtesy name is Mingguang, so Xie Qian called Su Kui after Mingguang.
Su Kui said with a smile: "Mr. Ge is just too careful. Besides, I'm just expressing my feelings. Could it be that what your Majesty did, we can't say?"
As he spoke, Su Kui said to his companions: "Daya, Mingkun, you guys, tell me whether this is true."
Xi Zhen's name is Xi Daya, and Shao Zhiyong's courtesy name is Mingkun.
Several people were dressed in Tsing Yi, and all of them had fat heads, big ears, and red faces. It was obvious at a glance that they were eating well on weekdays. Otherwise, they would never look like this.
Xizhen heard the words and said with a smile: "What Brother Mingguang said is true. Mr. Ge is too soft, and that's why he was bullied by such treacherous villains as Li Huan and Liu Jin. In my opinion, Mr. Ge should stand up and give a shout-out and lead the way."
The scholars of the Imperial Academy beat Liu Jin and Li Huan to death."
Xie Qian raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a smile and said: "Perhaps it is true as the little friend said, I am getting old. As the saying goes, talented people come out from generation to generation. With the courage of a few little friends, there will definitely be several young friends in the future.
That’s it.”
Hearing Xie Qian praise them so much, several people were overjoyed. Although they were famous among scholars, they had never been praised by a real scholar like Xie Qian. They could imagine that if Xie Qian praised them today,
If their words of praise and approval spread, their reputation will be greater and more people will respect them.
And with such a great reputation, their family will also benefit from it. Not to mention other things, if they use any means at that time, they may not be able to occupy some high-quality acres. Even the local government will not be able to help them.
Thinking that in the future they would most likely be like Xie Qian, with vast hectares of fertile land, gardens everywhere, and beauties surrounding them, several of them could not help but show joy on their faces.
Su Kui endured the excitement in his heart and cupped his hands towards Xie Qian and said, "Old Ge, you are so complimentary. How can the younger generation like us compare with Mr. Ge?"
Xie Qian stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "I said you deserve it, you deserve it. If you don't say anything else, just for asking for orders for the people and killing the tax collector sent by the eunuch Liu Jin who has brought disaster to the country and the people, you are a well-deserved great person."
Celebrity."
At this moment, Xie Di came over with a stack of brand new books that smelled like ink in his arms.
There are at least a dozen volumes in this book, a thick stack.
Xie Di nodded towards Su Kui and the others, placed a stack of books in his arms in front of Xie Qian and said, "Brother, according to your instructions, these books have been published in volumes. Brother, you might as well take a look!"
Xie Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he picked up the top volume. On the cover of the book, several large characters were clearly visible.
"Chen Sheng's Collected Relics"
Needless to say, this is the title of this book. Xie Qian flipped through it, and gradually a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded with satisfaction.
Xie Di stood aside, and when he saw Xie Qian's reaction, he knew that Xie Qian must be extremely satisfied with the content recorded in the book.
Xie Di has naturally read the content. This is basically a short story described by the scholar Chen Mingsheng in the form of memories. Needless to say, the protagonist of the story is Xie Qian. In the story, Xie Qian is loyal and not afraid of Liu Jin and Li.
Huan, a great traitor, had the courage to fight against him, but in the end he was deposed because the emperor was fatuous and favored villains.
The story is not very long, but the scholar Chen Mingsheng wrote brilliantly and vividly portrayed Liu Jin and Li Huan as treacherous villains. Even the emperor in this story was extremely stupid.
Xie Qian put this volume aside, then picked up another volume and read it.
The title of this volume is called "Disaster on the Country", and Xie Di is also familiar with the content of this volume, which is also a short story.
However, the content of this short story does not refer directly to Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao and Xie Qian. Instead, it is a fictional dynasty in which the emperor favored young powerful officials and allowed them to harm the loyal people of the court. Especially in the book, there are metaphors
The emperor was like Long Yang, and his relationship with the powerful minister was extremely ambiguous.
Although the story is fictional, the person who wrote it used extremely skillful techniques to substitute Zhu Houzhao, Li Huan, Liu Jin, Xie Qian and others into it. As long as you are not a fool, you will immediately understand the emperor in it after reading this story.
Who does it refer to, and who does the traitor refer to.
After reading it, Xie Qian couldn't help but patted the book and exclaimed: "Okay, okay, such a good book should be published all over the world."
Su Kui and Xizhen couldn't help but become curious when they saw this, and their eyes fell on the books in front of Xie Qian.
Xie Qian noticed the gazes of several people, and said with a smile on his lips: "Mingguang, come and take a look. This is a book written by some scholars a few days ago. I decided to help them publish it and distribute it to the world."
Then he handed several books to Su Kui and others.
Su Kui and others took the book and looked through it carefully, and soon there were strange looks on their faces.
With their knowledge, how could they not see that the stories in these books all have a common core, which is to praise Xie Qian as a loyal man, while the emperor was ignorant and immoral, and Liu Jin and Li Huan were killed by everyone.
The great traitor.
Looking at these books, Su Kui had an impulse in his heart. He wanted to write a book himself. This book would not record anything else, but how Su Kui cared about the country and the people, how he was both wise and brave, and how he was not afraid of power.
, the deed of climbing up a mountain and leading people to beat a tax collector who was causing harm to the country and the people to death on the spot.
He, Su Kui, also wanted to leave his name in history and pass it on to future generations.
Seeing the expressions of Su Kui and others, Xie Qian could not guess that just because he saw these books, Su Kui had the idea of recording his own deeds and passing them on to future generations.
However, Xie Qian looked at the group of people and said with a smile: "Mingguang, what do you think the stories of these books are?"
Su Kui immediately said: "Back to Muzhaigong, these stories are really good. They deeply expose the ugly faces of Li Huan and Liu Jin. If they can be published in the world, they will definitely make the people realize how hateful they are."
Su Kui said to Xie Qian: "I would like to ask Duke Mu Zhai to allow us to take these books back to Suzhou and Hangzhou for printing, and spread them to Suzhou and Hangzhou, so that the people of Suzhou and Hangzhou will have a clearer understanding of the dangers of Li Huan, Liu Jin and others.
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Hearing this, Xie Qian stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Okay, I agree to this. All these books will be given to a few friends."
Su Kui, Xizhen and others immediately bowed their hands to Xie Qian and said, "I will thank Duke Muzhai later."
At this point, Xie Qian's eyes fell on Xie Di and said, "Can these books be released to the world?"
Xie Di nodded slightly and said: "It has been sent to various bookstores according to my brother's instructions. It will definitely be spread all over the world in a short time."
Xie Qian smiled and said: "That's very good."
As he said that, Xie Qian raised his glass and pointed it at Su Kui.
At the same time, Shaoxing Prefecture, Yuyao County
The prosperity of Jiangnan is not as simple as just talking about it, it is really prosperous.
Especially since the land south of the Yangtze River has been at peace for a hundred years, and there have been no military disasters for a hundred years, it can be imagined that its prosperity is definitely in the sky and on the ground compared to the north.
It is not as simple as saying that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.
Although Yuyao is not as good as Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is also a famous and prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River.
On this day, a group of people suddenly appeared outside Yuyao County. Under the astonished eyes of the defenders, they broke into the city directly.
When they saw clearly what these people were wearing, the soldiers who originally wanted to shout and scold them closed their mouths one by one. Even if they were crazy, they did not dare to provoke these imperial guards.
The city gatekeeper who was guarding the gate looked at the group of Jin Yiwei entering the city and couldn't help but look frightened and muttered in a low voice: "God, what's going on? Why did the Jin Yiwei suddenly appear here?"
Needless to say, these are naturally the Jinyiwei who came to Shaoxing Prefecture with Li Huan, but the leader is Zhao Yi, who has been promoted to the Jinyiwei Town Governor.
Zhao Yi led dozens of royal guards in the direction of the Xie family's mansion in Yuyao County.
Based on Jin Yiwei's information, Li Huan naturally knew that Xie Qian was giving lectures at Xie Garden outside Yuyao County. After all, Xie Qian's lectures caused so much noise. If Jin Yiwei couldn't even find out this, then Jin Yiwei wouldn't be able to find out.
It is necessary to exist.
Zhao Yi galloped on his horse. His mission was to control the Xie Mansion and take care of all the relatives of the Xie Mansion.
Suddenly, a scholar on the roadside held a book and shouted: "Okay, the traitor Li Huan should be killed..."
The scholar was obviously so engrossed in his reading that he didn't even notice the movement coming from behind him. He seemed to be so excited when he saw it that he couldn't help but let out a shout.
As a result, his shout was clearly heard by Zhao Yi.
If it was anything else, Zhao Yi, who had a mission, would never pay attention to it, but the scholar actually shouted that Li Huan should be killed, so Zhao Yi could not pretend that he had not heard it.
The reins were tightened suddenly, and the war horse couldn't help but neigh, its hoofs were raised high, and it almost stepped on the scholar.
The neighing sound of the war horse startled the scholar. He dropped the books in his hand to the ground in fright, and looked at the face that suddenly approached him with a horrified look.
It turned out that at this moment, Zhao Yi froze and grabbed the scholar's collar and lifted him in front of him.
Staring at the scholar, Zhao Yi snorted coldly: "Tell me, what did you say just now?"
The scholar didn't understand what was going on at this moment, so he subconsciously said: "Xiaosheng... Xiaosheng was just reading. When he saw something exciting, he shouted that Li Huan should be killed, this official, Xiaosheng..."
Zhao Yi's expression changed, and he snorted coldly: "Where is the book?"
The scholar had a look of horror on his face and subconsciously looked at the ground. At this moment, a military captain in gilded clothes quickly stepped forward, picked up the book and handed it to Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi threw the scholar to the ground violently, smashing him into pieces. He ignored the scholar and looked through it directly.
Book title "Disaster for the Country"
Zhao Yi glanced through the ten lines at a glance, and soon his expression became extremely gloomy. He couldn't help but snorted: "How bold, you dare to metaphor the emperor, this is anti-writing..."
As he spoke, a cold light flashed in Zhao Yi's eyes as he stared at the scholar and said, "Who wrote this book and where did it come from."
The scholar was stared at by Zhao Yi's eyes full of murderous intent, and almost peeed with fright. He said almost instinctively: "The book was written by Jia Chang, printed by Mr. Muzhai, and sold by Xie's Bookstore..."
Zhao Yi snorted coldly and said: "Where is the bookstore? Take me there."
The scholar pointed to a bookstore not far away in horror and said, "That's Xie's bookstore."
Zhao Yi got off his horse and strode into the bookstore. What caught his eyes were many books. Among them, there were more than a dozen books that were placed in the most conspicuous place and were still filled with the fragrance of ink. One of the books was titled
Disaster for the country.
Zhao Yi saw at least dozens of books that were harmful to the country with just one glance. Regardless of the reaction of the clerk at the bookstore, Zhao Yi stepped forward, then picked up a book next to him and flipped through it. Soon Zhao Yi's face became extremely ugly.
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One after another, Zhao Yi read at least dozens of books over a cup of tea, and finally discovered that a dozen of them should be books he had just read, some of which were either insinuating that the emperor was ignorant and ignorant, and favored treacherous villains.
, or directly smear Li Huan by name and paint Li Huan and Liu Jin as heinous people.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yi shouted: "Someone, please seal this bookstore for me."
In an instant, several Jinyi captains came forward and arrested all the bookstore owners and clerks.
Zhao Yi, on the other hand, wrapped up the dozen or so books and called a small flag officer: "Jiang Wu, you immediately take these books to see the commander and ask the Xie family to print and distribute the counter-book."
The flag official couldn't help but tremble when he heard this. He still knew what the anti-letter was. Looking at the package that Zhao Yi handed him, he felt it was as heavy as a mountain. He immediately said: "Don't worry, sir."
Zhao Yi rushed towards Yuyao County first, while Li Huan led some of the Jin Yiwei people towards Xieyuan on the outskirts of the city.
In comparison, Li Huan's speed was naturally a little slower. After all, Xie Yuan is located in a quiet place more than ten miles away from Yuyao County.
Li Huan was no longer in such a hurry now, so he slowed down a lot. Looking along the way, he saw green mountains, green waters, and mountains and forests.
Lin Pingzhi, who was following Li Huan, couldn't help but admire the surrounding scenery when he saw it: "I didn't expect that there is such a geomantic treasure here. Xie Qian really knows how to enjoy it. It is said that he built the Xie Garden here.
, no longer under those gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou."
A murderous intention flashed in Li Huan's eyes, and he said with a bit of ridicule and disdain: "Everything used in his residence is made by the people, so Xie Qian deserves to be killed."
While he was talking, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind him, and all the Jinyi guards subconsciously clenched the handles of their knives, but soon Chen Yao saw the person coming and said, "It's Jiang Wu, his brother!"
Jiang Wuzong came on horseback. When he saw Li Huan and others, he couldn't help showing joy in his eyes. He hurriedly reined in his horse and dismounted. Then he turned over and dismounted. He held the package in both hands and presented it to Li Huan, saying: "Sir, this is the envoy of Zhenfu.
Your Excellency asked your subordinate to give it to you."
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