A bunch of enthusiastic scholars didn't care about the consequences and continued to rush out of the alley. Anyway, there were two to three hundred people here, and the law would not punish them.
At this moment, I suddenly saw Mr. Lin, the general magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture who was in charge of patrolling, blocking the road opposite the alley with some government officials.
In fact, judging from the biological chain of this era, a single government official may be able to bully a single scholar in private with his skills, but a group of government officials would never dare to confront a group of scholars.
So it's not appropriate to say he's trying to stop him, he's just standing there and showing off.
But Lin Tongpan still had the confidence to be an official, and shouted: "Futai is an official of the imperial court, guarding Ningbo on behalf of the emperor, and he is not at fault now!"
You guys wantonly humiliate your parents and officials in broad daylight for no reason, you are really crazy and acting like animals!"
Lu Mengguan frowned slightly. What Lin Tongpan said was reasonable. It was indeed a bit too much just now.
Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "Friend Lu! What should we do? You were the one who started this protest. What do you think we should do next?"
Lu Mengguan: "..."
At this time, the horse rider thought of himself?
And this voice sounded a bit familiar. It seemed like it was someone who was more radical than me just now and passionately insulted Magistrate Shen?
Today's matter is a bit evil! Lu Xiucai is not a fool. He has already noticed that something is a little out of control and inappropriate.
Magistrate Shen, who had rolled to the wall just now, suddenly stood up and angrily yelled at Lu Mengguan: "Lu Xiucai! You are simply lawless and wanton, and you are still a citizen of the Ming Dynasty!
I know that many of you have profound backgrounds and have been connected in officialdom for decades, and can even reach the ministry!
This government is incompetent and cannot control you, but in the bright world, there are always people who can manage you!
The common people have suffered injustice and want to complain to the government, and now the biggest one in the city is Qin Zhongtang. Today, I will act as a common citizen and file a complaint to Qin Zhongtang!"
After finishing speaking, Magistrate Shen turned around and walked away.
Lu Mengguan was speechless. He was not the one who led the chaos just now, and he was not the one who scolded Magistrate Shen. But why did Magistrate Shen only name himself?
Things went a bit wrong today. Someone actually backed down and asked Lu Mengguan: "What should we do?"
Lu Mengguan also hesitated for a moment and did not respond for a while.
Immediately, someone in the crowd started talking and said, "One thing for another! Why are we here today? We are here to ask for orders from Qin Zhongtang to plead for the people and speak out for our comrades!"
If my friend Lu is scared due to other accidents, please go back! The rest of the true gentlemen will continue to the mansion together!"
Young people always have the inherent flaws of young people, and Lu Mengguan is no exception.
If he still flinches after others have said such things, then how can he have the dignity to hang out in the local Shilin in the future?
So this is a situation where the arrow is on the string and must be fired. It is not difficult to flaunt justice, but in the end you will be kidnapped by "justice".
So the difficulty lies in how to face this kind of kidnapping, and how to avoid this kind of kidnapping. The gap between people often lies here.
Today in the mansion, Qin Zhongtang talked with Chen Feng, an official of the shogunate who had arrived in Ningbo a while ago.
In fact, Chen Fengcai was the forerunner of the shogunate. He first went to Hangzhou and then to Ningbo.
Yan Shifan and Xu Weixue, who escorted the silk, were both cannon fodder, but they both struggled to save themselves and survived.
Chen Feng's main task is to survey the location of the shogunate office and make preliminary preparations.
At this time, he reported to Qin Zhongtang: "Ningbo city is densely populated, and most of the government offices are crowded in the northwest area of the city. It is difficult to find a suitable location.
The south of the city is a little more relaxed, but it is also occupied by wealthy families, such as the Yuehu Lu family, and you can tell from the name that they must be around Yuehu."
Qin Zhongtang put down the sobering tea and asked: "No matter how big or small the place is, is there no spare place suitable for a government office?"
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Chen Feng replied: "Ningbo City is no better than an ancient provincial capital like Hangzhou, and there are fewer places that can be used as government offices.
If it is difficult for the shogunate to move here for a while, it is better to choose a place to build it by ourselves and hurry up with the construction, so that it may be ready for use next year."
Qin Zhongtang immediately denied it: "That won't work, we can't build a new one!"
There is an old saying that "officials do not build government offices." According to officialdom customs, no matter how corrupt officials are, they cannot be keen on building or renovating government offices.
Besides, the impression of the shogunate in people's minds was not that of a permanent government office, but of a temporary agency for imperial envoys, which would be withdrawn when the mission was over.
For such a temporary organization to build a new government office, it is very easy to attract public criticism.
Chen Feng said a little bit angrily: "Anyway, you have done a lot of extraordinary things, so there is no need to do more than this!"
The original expectation of joining the shogunate was to display his talents, draw blueprints, and realize personal values, but in the end, Qin Dewei was used as a handyman butler.
Chen Feng expressed his displeasure when he heard that another Tang Shunzhi had arrived in Hangzhou and would be entrusted by Qin Zhongtang with the important task of presiding over the daily work of the shogunate.
In Chen Feng's mind, the person in charge of the daily work of the shogunate should have been himself.
Qin Zhongtang looked at this fellow countryman and his age in surprise, why was he so upset?
For the sake of closeness, it is not difficult to assign points to you. You have done something that can be credited, but you are not happy with the result?
Thinking of this, Qin Zhongtang was about to give Chen Feng a beating, and then said: "You have to know that the shogunate affairs only have different divisions of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low.
Every task is an indispensable part of the chariot of the shogunate, and they all contribute to the advancement of the chariot of the shogunate!"
Chen Feng complained: "Everything is an indispensable part? So what you mean is that everyone is your tool?"
Qin Zhongtang looked around and said: "Look, you haven't done your job well, you haven't thought about it seriously, and you haven't arranged the shogunate's residence in Ningbo yet.
After all, you are still too impetuous and not solid! I haven't criticized you yet, but you started to say weird things. What's the point?"
Chen Feng said unconvinced: "This is the situation in Ningbo City. I don't have the ability to conjure a government office out of thin air! Besides, there is hard work without credit. What can you criticize?"
Qin Zhongtang sighed: "It's all my fault that because I'm from the same hometown and age, I usually treat you too kindly, so that you don't know how dangerous the world is.
In fact, with your ability to do things, I can only give you a chance! Why is there no suitable government office in Ningbo Prefecture?
Even if I have never been to Ningbo before, I still know where the most correct position is with my eyes closed. I just gave you a chance to do something good, so I didn’t say it!"
Chen Feng doesn't believe it. Who can't talk to himself?
And who doesn’t know how to find faults? No matter what plan Qin Zhongtang proposes, he can find faults!
Later, Qin Dewei announced his answer: "The Ningbo Health Office not far from the government office is suitable for being the residence of the shogunate!
Firstly, it is close to other government offices, so it is easy to greet them; secondly, the Ningbo Guards Office must have a barracks and a school ground, which is suitable for the soldiers of the standard camp!
In your conscience, is there a more suitable place in Ningbo city?"
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment. From a purely technical point of view, this place really couldn't fault it. It couldn't be more perfect.
Finally he couldn't help but said: "That's someone else's place!"
Qin Zhongtang said without hesitation: "Just let them go!"
Chen Feng suddenly remembered that Qin Zhongtang directly captured Liu Jie, the commander of the Ningbo Guards, at the banquet. Could it be that he had already planned to occupy the government office?
In all my life, I have never seen such a sinister person.
Qin Dewei said helplessly: "Look, I can handle this matter just by stretching my little finger!"
But I still have to send you to do things, isn't it because of the special relationship between you and me, and I want you to take a share of the credit!
So if there is no Benzhongtang, you are nothing!"
Chen Feng: "..."
In the past two days, I have always heard Qin Zhongtang talking about Mr. Feng of the Shipping Department and Hu Yushi of the Xunhai Road as "nothing", but he did not expect that these four words would actually fall on him today!
Just when Chen Feng was at a loss, the commander-in-chief, Ma Er, came in and reported: "As Magistrate Shen said in the letter, there was indeed a commotion over there today! The leader is indeed Lu Mengguan, a member of the Yuehu Lu family!"
So Chen Feng quickly took the opportunity to change the topic, "I think the shogunate is going to move to Ningbo. The problem is never the government offices, but the people!
Nowadays, the wealthy families of Ningbo Prefecture are the biggest beneficiaries of the current situation, and Zhongtang will definitely change the current situation, and they will not accept it easily!"
Qin Dewei replied casually: "A lot of things are not up to them, they just have to do it step by step!"
Chen Feng didn't know what his mentality was: "This kind of scene where scholars gather to make noise is one of the most difficult scenes to deal with in the local area. Many officials have lost face and left in embarrassment."
Qin Dewei snorted coldly: "Looking at your tone, it seems that you really want me to be embarrassed?"
"Absolutely not!" Chen Feng replied firmly. But she still didn't leave, probably because she wanted to watch the excitement.
After a while, Ma Er reported again: "Prefect Shen is here!"
Then Magistrate Shen, whose outer robe was in tatters and stained with mud, and whose official hat was tilted, staggered into the hall and shouted from the bottom of his heart: "I beg the middle hall to make the decision for me!"
Qin Dewei: "..."
Although Qin Zhongtang has only been an official for more than seven years, he can be said to have rich experience and not much knowledge in officialdom, but he can still see new tricks.
However, Magistrate Shen's miserable appearance can only deceive the uninitiated. In the eyes of the expert Qin Zhongtang, it is simply fake.
If he, Qin Dewei, goes into battle in person, he can perform better than Magistrate Shen!
After learning the cause and effect, Qin Dewei sighed: "Prefect Shen, why is this necessary?"
Magistrate Shen replied very openly: "The officials who humiliated their parents will never be able to justify it. All they paid for it was just a little face, but their goal was you in the middle court!"
Now, if the officials bring the case to Zhongtang, wouldn’t it be equivalent to handing over the clues to solve their evil deeds to Zhongtang?”
Qin Dewei had no choice but to respond: "Prefect Shen has some intentions, but it's actually completely useless."
Magistrate Shen didn't understand. What did this mean? What did it mean to be completely useless? Could it be that all his efforts to embarrass himself were in vain?
Chen Feng, who was watching the excitement from the side, really wanted to add: "This means that you, Prefect Shen, are also nothing!"
There was no time to say a few more words, and a report came from outside. Many scholars were already blocking the gate of the mansion!
Qin Zhongtang closed the folding fan and ordered: "Bring a few leaders in! I want to talk to them personally!"
In such a big scene where scholars gather to make trouble, there must be someone who takes the lead in joining forces, and the person who takes the lead in joining forces must be someone with a strong foundation.
It can even be said that the size of the disturbance depends entirely on the background of the leader.
If you have a father who is a prime minister, then you can make trouble as much as you want, even if you fall into Qin Zhongtang's hands, you won't die.
In fact, all smart leaders know that the bigger the background, the bigger the trouble will be, ensuring that things are completely controllable.
But just as Qin Zhongtang was ordered to go out, a message came in from outside not long after, saying that shady operations could not be carried out in secret, and that Qin Zhongtang should be asked to go out and have an honest conversation in broad daylight.
"Since someone wants to die in society, then he will do it!" Qin Zhongtang stood up while speaking incomprehensible words.
Magistrate Shen stopped him for a moment and advised: "Qin Zhongtang doesn't have to lower himself like this! Once these people gather together and become a force, they will be unreasonable at all."
Qin Dewei calmly said: "If you are bored, just swat a few flies!"
Magistrate Shen has nothing to say. In the eyes of all the local officials, he is like the "broken boots formation" of a swarm of wasps. In the eyes of you, Qin Zhongtang, he is like swatting flies?
Is this because Qin Zhongtang is too arrogant or arrogant?
Under the strong guard of his own soldiers, Qin Zhongtang stood on the steps of the gate and looked out. Sure enough, he saw a large number of scholars. Due to the angle of vision, he could not count them at the moment.
"Who is Lu Mengguan?" Qin Dewei asked impatiently.
Lu Xiucai immediately stood up and greeted Qin Zhongtang. Just when he was about to say a few opening remarks as planned, Qin Zhongtang beat him to it.
Qin Zhongtang was heard yelling angrily: "I have heard about the name of the Lu family in Yuehu for a long time, and I thought they were celebrities from generation to generation, but I didn't expect that in your generation, there can be villains who seek revenge for personal gain!
For the sake of some personal grudges, you can actually deceive so many scholars and offend the government for nothing. It's so cruel!"
Lu Mengguan: "???"
What kind of personal grudge? I have never had any contact with Qin Zhongtang before, so where can I get this personal grudge?
And to put it harshly, he doesn't deserve to have a personal grudge against Qin Zhongtang!
After thinking for a while, Lu Xiucai retorted: "Student, I had never met Zhongtang before. Why did Zhongtang make such shocking and untrue remarks?"
Qin Dewei asked in a deep voice: "Why, you dare not let me tell you? You should know that after the spring of the 18th year of Jiajing, the emperor visited Zhongxiang in the south!
When passing by the Zhaozhou Palace, I encountered a case of hungry people, which directly alerted the Holy Emperor! The emperor ordered me to be responsible for the investigation, and finally found out that the county magistrate was lining his own pockets!"
When most people hear this, they are still confused. What does the Emperor’s Southern Tour have to do with today?
Qin Dewei continued: "At that time, your father Lu was the governor of Baoding and was responsible for the ground affairs of Beizhili south of Shuntian Mansion! Then your father was forced to resign because of this incident!"
Lu Mengguan: "..."
Unexpectedly, Qin Zhongtang actually brought up this old incident.
"I'm just curious, why was your father forced to resign?" Qin Dewei asked, seemingly puzzled.
Countless people are making up their minds, especially people who like political affairs, who prefer to make up their minds and make inferences.
The food relief was corrupted, and then the governor was forced to resign. The governor must have something to do with corruption!
As for being forced to resign, it must be because of the dignity of the court that made such a feudal official resign on his own initiative!
At the beginning, Qin Zhongtang was responsible for running Yuzi. Thinking of this, the eyes of all the scholars looking at Lu Xiucai changed.
Whatever Qin Zhongtang dares to say publicly must be true!
Is it possible that you, Lu Xiucai, are really selfish and deceiving everyone into thinking they are fools?
When it came to his father's reputation, Lu Mengguan wanted to defend himself, but couldn't say anything.
Again, what Qin Zhongtang said may be true, and he did not directly attack his father, Lu Wei, but everyone else was just making up their minds!
And the key is that Lu Xiucai is not sure whether his father was involved in this corruption.
What if after a few words of defense, Mr. Qin uncovers the real evidence?
Only Magistrate Shen's face turned pale. Could it be that all his "humiliation" today was in vain? Qin Zhongtang could easily handle it without having to resort to any trickery on his own.
Chen Feng patted Magistrate Shen on the shoulder sympathetically and said comfortingly: "I didn't expect that even Magistrate Shen is the same as me. He is nothing."
After waiting for a while, Qin Dewei impatiently yelled at Lu Mengguan: "Don't say anything, don't retreat, don't retreat, it means nothing!"
Lu Xiucai was indeed in a difficult position, feeling like he was riding a tiger with a hard time getting off.
Chen Feng was disappointed that he didn't see much excitement. He had seen Qin Dewei scolding others a lot, but he had never seen Qin Dewei being blocked by others.
Then Chen Feng subconsciously said: "It's just good luck that I met someone with a dark history!"
Qin Dewei finally understood that Chen Feng had been working as an official outside these years and had little contact with him. It seemed that he lacked education.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhongtang pointed to the crowd and said to Chen Feng: "If you don't accept it, just point someone out and watch me clean him up on the spot for you to see!"
Among the two to three hundred people, anyone can do it! But it is best to be the leader. If it is an ordinary person, there is no point in trying to deal with it."
People who were close to him were speechless when they heard these words. In order to convince your friends, you, Qin Zhongtang, deliberately deal with others? What kind of truth is this?