The rise of the prince

Chapter 762 Confrontation
Most of the people around were watching the excitement, and it was crowded with bustling people. He, the grandson of the emperor, is very famous now.

Not to mention the struggle between ruling Jiangzhou and the faction of Shenzhizhengshi, those political struggles are too secretive, and few ordinary people know the truth. The prestige among the people was greatly boosted.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. This sentence does not only refer to troubled times, but also when the world is unified. Popular prestige is very important.

In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were many obstacles, and many ministers opposed his national policy and strategy. But when Wei Huo sealed him up as a wolf and lived in Xuxu, and achieved unprecedented achievements, his prestige among the people and the army also rose to an unprecedented level. the point.

Under such prestige, everyone is willing to serve it, and everyone in the world supports it, and the government order can be unimpeded, because in the end, there must be someone to carry out the government order.

And almost no one in the DPRK dares to sing against him. His grand plan can naturally be implemented, even if it costs people and money, most people support it.

In contrast, Yongzheng's decree was to benefit the people and weaken the Eight Banners and the big clans, but his decree could not be obstructed by all parties. After it was issued, local officials would either obey it, or it would simply disappear.

After all, Yongzheng's prestige is much lower than that of Hanwu. If he has some convincing achievements, especially military exploits, then things will be much easier.

Li Xingzhou is currently in the stage of accumulating prestige. Once he defeats the Kingdom of Jin and recovers the Hetao of Liaodong, such a masterpiece, the prestige of the people will reach a terrifying height, and then he will deal with those obstacles.

Naturally, this also requires political operations, and now his political vision is getting sharper.

Because of this, the few scholars who ran back just now made him suspicious.

Li Xingzhou's eyes flickered, his mind turned rapidly, and then he stopped.

"My lord?" Yan Gu asked puzzled.

Li Xingzhou didn't explain, but decided to say: "Yan Gu, you take the adults back, take a boat to the Wangfu Shipyard, and then go home from there, and the rest of you will go too." He pointed to the entourage that Fang brought back.

Everyone looked at him puzzled, but Li Xingzhou didn't say much: "Let's go."

Compared with the first arrival a few years ago, he is now more sensitive to politics. Thinking of those scholars who behaved abnormally, he immediately had a bad feeling.

Li Xingzhou slowed down, thought carefully, many fragments and details flashed in his mind one by one, walked through the crowd step by step, and greeted everyone from time to time.

There were many people in the distance, and Li Xingzhou remained calm. He suddenly thought of a possibility. The conservative faction headed by the Ministry of Rites in the court has always been at odds with him, because of his many practices, such as worshiping women as officials, reforming the city bureau, especially changing national policies. , using force everywhere, there are many signs that make these conservatives uneasy.

And the officials on the southern coast have also greatly reduced their interests because of the reform of the Shibo Department, so that they can no longer monopolize the profits of going to sea.

As a result, the conservatives in the DPRK and China wanted to deal with him, and the coastal officials wanted to deal with Qifang. In addition, in previous years, there were always many candidates in the southern imperial examinations.
If they collude.
Li Xingzhou understands that this probability is very high, so he has to be careful.

Passing through the crowd, waving to the crowd who loved me, I soon came out of the ferry and came to the street market. Because of the prosperity of the ferry, this street has slowly flourished in a few years.

Just as he was about to get into the carriage after leaving the street, he saw a crowd of people not far away, about dozens of people, all dressed in gorgeous clothes, came here one after another.

Almost the entire street was crowded. Seeing these people, Li Xingzhou turned cold and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, as he expected, he could see at a glance that the leader of these people was the old man Meng Zhiye, the official of the Ministry of Rites and Judgment, and the rest, young and old, were all students of the Imperial College and the Taixue.

What they want to see most is probably the scene of their "mistress" Qifang being together. Immediately, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and hundreds of students from the Imperial Academy knelt down and begged to severely punish the temptress. Come and join Fang's memorial.

In such a large crowd, he and Qifang were intimately together, and the rumors became true. With the cooperation of the southern officials, Qifang could be labeled as a witch who brought disaster to the country and the people, and then forced him to run Qifang.

Whether he insists on not moving or giving in, it is not good for him.

Fortunately, he let Qifang go ahead of time, and he realized something was wrong before leaving the ferry, so he let Qifang go another way.

But in front of him, Meng Zhiye aggressively led people to block the street, came forward to him, straightened his clothes and was about to give an impassioned speech, then he froze.

Because Li Xingzhou was alone, with two guards behind him.

"This..." The old man was confused, probably the situation did not match the information he had received.

"Master Meng, what are you doing here, and what are you doing with these students? Are they blocking my way?" Li Xingzhou stepped forward and asked coldly.

Meng Zhiye was also a little panicked, the situation seemed to be quite different from what he expected and inquired about. "Your Highness, the old minister and the old minister were taking the students on a trip, and happened to pass by here, and I hope you will forgive me for disturbing Your Highness."

Li Xingzhou nodded, looked at the old guy in front of him, and then glanced around at the students behind him, who all avoided his gaze.

"Your Majesty Meng has worked hard. At such an old age, you still have to take students out on a trip and teach them knowledge." He said and looked at the students coldly: "The most important thing for students to do is to clear up their knowledge and share their worries for the country and the king. , You can’t discriminate between good and bad, and half a bucket of water is dangling around!”

"Students, remember His Highness's instruction." Everyone quickly agreed, they had never seen such a situation, and they were afraid at this moment.

Li Xingzhou turned to Meng Zhiye, he was very calm, after all, he was an old man who had experienced the storm.

"Master Meng, you are old, you shouldn't come out and show off like this, it's for your own good!"

Meng Zhiye arched his hands, "Your Highness, I am old and half of my body is buried in the ground, so I am not afraid of anything, I dare to fight for anything, if I don't try my best in life, I will regret it for the rest of my life when I die." He was tit for tat. "Then you have thought about the consequences." Li Xingzhou's tone became colder.

"I've thought about it, wealth and glory, but it's just a fleeting moment, and the righteousness of the world is what I want."

"You think you are upright, but you never think that it is a crooked trend that harms others and yourself. You think you are brilliant and beautiful, and maybe you will be smeared in history."

"You! Your Highness, why did you speak so out of thin air, so aggressive!" The old man's face turned red.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, everyone secretly backed away, not daring to speak.

Li Xingzhou looked at him and swallowed his breath. Some people can't reason.

He cupped his hands, "Lord Meng, please take care of yourself." Then he just passed him and ignored him, without further explanation, he got into the carriage at the entrance of the alley and rushed to the palace.

"You!" Meng Zhiye and a group of students were left alone there.

In the car, Li Xingzhou thought a lot. How did Meng Zhiye know that Qi Fang was coming back today, and how did he know that he would take the risk to pick Fang up in person?

He summoned so many students to prepare to intimidate, which means that they have been prepared for a long time, and it is absolutely impossible to improvise. Either he, Meng Zhiye, has a clever plan, or there are traitors in the palace!
(End of this chapter)