My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 219 Call me

"Sir... there are many students from outside who claim to be Plum Blossom Academy. They have surrounded the Lin Mansion and are shouting for you to go out and give them an explanation!"

Zhao Qiubai's first words surprised Lin Ruhai and Jia Yu.

"what happened?"

Lin Ruhai struggled to sit up, but was stopped by Jia Yu.

Jia Yu took a blanket and covered Lin Ruhai's back, and said to him: "Father-in-law, don't worry, just let my son-in-law handle this matter."

After that, he left the house, and then he saw Aunt Mei and Daiyu standing outside the door looking at him with some worry. It was obvious that they also knew about the Xunyan Censor's Mansion being surrounded by students.

Daiyu walked quickly to Jia Yu and said urgently: "Brother Yu, those scholars are different from ordinary people. You must be careful."

Aunt Mei also said worriedly: "Yes, brother Yu, Yu'er is right, Jiangnan is different from Shenjing.

The literary style is prosperous here, and both the government and the people give special treatment to scholars, especially the three major academies.

Those students have always talked about government affairs and denounced various pros and cons, and the officials have always turned a blind eye to this. They must have heard that your trip was for the salt tax, so they came to attack you. Asking guilt. "

"Invoking an army to investigate... are they worthy?" Jia Yu smiled contemptuously.

Then he turned his head and patted Daiyu's hand gently on the back of his arm.

"Don't worry, Yu'er, it'll be fine."

"Can you really handle it?" Daiyu looked at him with some doubts and couldn't help but said: "How about I go into the house and beg my father to come out and comfort those people.

After all, my father was also the top prize in the year and had some reputation in the academy. "

Before Jia Yu could speak, a dissatisfied voice came from the door.

"Well, you Yu'er, they say that girls face outwards. You haven't even gotten through yet, and your elbows are already bent to the point of no return.

Are you doing this for your lover, and you don’t even care about your own father? "

It turned out that Lin Ruhai hurriedly put on his shirt and appeared at the door.

Seeing Lin Ruhai leaving the house, Aunt Mei quickly stepped forward to support him.

Jia Yu said helplessly: "Father-in-law, why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to have a good rest inside?"

Lin Ruhai sighed slightly: "I can't do it if I don't come out. If the old man doesn't come out, I'm afraid his daughter will go in and find him out."

"Father!"

Daiyu was so ashamed that she couldn't help but said coquettishly: "How could my daughter do this? Please don't falsely accuse her."

"Did I make a false accusation?" Lin Ruhai laughed dumbly, "Who just now said that you wanted to go in and beg me, so that I, an old man, could go out and appease the students outside?"

Daiyu's pink face was as red as a red cloth, and she stamped her foot one last time: "I... I will never pay attention to you again."

"Ha ha……"

Lin Ruhai laughed, and then looked at Jia Yu seriously: "Think twice, have you figured out how to deal with the students outside?"

Jia Yu smiled faintly, "Don't worry, father-in-law. If you can't handle a few students, how can my son-in-law have the dignity to come to Yangzhou to help you?"

"Report!"

At this time, another soldier hurriedly ran over: "Your Majesty, there are several people from the Yanyun Yamen outside who want to see you."

"Yanting?" Lin Ruhai's expression changed slightly, "Did something happen again? Hurry... let them come over."

Soon, two officials in green robes were brought in.

As soon as they came in, they knelt down and said anxiously: "Master Qi, something serious has happened.

Since this morning, rumors have spread throughout the city of Yangzhou that the imperial court has sent an imperial envoy to Yangzhou to attack the salt merchants.

Subsequently, all the major salt merchants and all the shops in the city began to close down, claiming to write to the imperial court, requesting the imperial court to abolish the harsh government and give various salt merchants and merchants a way to survive.

As long as the imperial government does not depose the tyrannical government, they will never resume business! "

If the students blocking the door were just causing trouble, then the Yangzhou merchants' strike was a naked threat to the court and the government.

Lin Ruhai suddenly changed his expression and said: "It's ridiculous... If merchants have objections to the imperial decree, they can write to the local government, and the local government will inform the imperial court. How can they threaten the imperial court by going on strike?

Also, have you sent someone to report this matter to the prefect’s Yamen? "

"said."

An official said bitterly: "As early as this morning, I personally went to the prefect's Yamen to ask for an audience with the prefect.

But not only did the Lord Prefect not show up in his humble position, he also asked someone to send a message, saying that the person who untied the bell must also tie the bell, and whoever caused the trouble was left to solve it himself. "

"Did they really say that?" Lin Ruhai laughed angrily, but then started coughing violently.

Doctor Wang on the side saw this and said quickly: "Quick... Mr. Lin can't see the wind at this time, help him back to the house quickly."

Jia Yu frowned, walked over to support Lin Ruhai, forcibly helped him back into the room, and let him lie back on the bed.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, it's just a group of businessmen who want to use childlike means like a strike to resist the imperial decree.

My son-in-law will let them know what the general trend is. Those who follow it will prosper and those who go against it will perish. "

"you……"

Lin Ruhai looked deeply at Jia Yu for a while, seeming to understand something, but in the end it just turned into a long sigh.

After Jia Yu told Daiyu to take good care of her father, she led Zhao Qiubai and other soldiers and strode outside.

Daiyu looked at Jia Yu's leaving figure and said nothing. She just held Lin Ruhai's hand a little harder...

Outside the gate of Xunyan Censor's Mansion, a tense atmosphere filled the air.

Hundreds of students from Plum Blossom Academy gathered tightly in front of the gate of Xunyan Censor's Mansion. They looked angry and shouted slogans to tell Jia Yu to get out or that the imperial government was harsher than a tiger.

At the gate of the house, two hundred musketeers stood in formation. They were wearing red and white military uniforms and holding muskets with bayonets. Their bayonets shone dazzlingly in the sun.

Among these students, several students were surrounding the young man named the leader.

A student looked at the musketeer in front of him who was staring at his group with indifferent eyes, and asked nervously: "Brother Ziyu, is it really okay for us to do this?"

Someone echoed: "Yes, Brother Ziyu, these Qiu Ba look very different from our Yangzhou soldiers, they seem to be difficult to mess with." Although the young man named Ziyu was trembling in his heart, he still bit Zhu Ya cheered everyone up and said: "What are you afraid of... Our students at Plum Blossom Academy are all people with meritorious status.

Besides, what is wrong with us asking for orders for the people?

Confucius said: Wealth and honor cannot lead to adultery, and power and authority cannot yield. This is called a true man. Is it possible that you are all afraid of it? "

How could a few people bear this, especially in front of all the students in the same class? "Who is afraid? You may die. A man is a great man. He dies for the people and deserves to die!"

"Squeak!"

Just as several people were cheering each other up, the door to Xunyan Censor's Mansion opened.

In the eyes of all the students, a young man wearing a unicorn robe walked out.

"Coming, coming..." Many students shouted.

In full view of everyone, Jia Yu walked outside the gate of Xunyan Censor's Mansion. After looking around, he saw a group of students wearing green shirts.

He said coldly: "Why do you want to besiege the Yamen of the Salt Patrol Censor's Mansion? I don't know that Daxia Law has already stated that it is a serious crime to besiege the Yamen of the Government without authorization?"

Although Jia Yu was only wearing a unicorn robe with a long knife hanging from her waist, just by standing there, an invisible aura spread around her. The hearts of the surrounding students trembled, and many couldn't help but took a few steps back.

But then everyone who came back to their senses became a little embarrassed and angry, and someone immediately shouted: "This gentleman's words are wrong.

The people of the world are in charge of the affairs of the world, and the court is unfair and has such a harsh government. Are we, the scholars, still not allowed to seek justice for the people? "

"Seeking justice? And for the sake of the people?"

Jia Yu couldn't help laughing, "When you talk about the people every day, I wonder if you have done anything practical for the people in these years? How many refugees have you rescued? How many lonely elderly people have you supported?"

"Uh……"

The students were all speechless.

In fact, according to the classification method of later generations, these students are all bourgeois and belong to vested interest groups.

The common people they call belong to the proletariat. To these students, the common people are just a bunch of idiots, just a tool they use to shout slogans and fight for their own interests.

It's okay to just talk on weekdays, but how could he bend down to help those with muddy legs in their eyes?

"Why...I can't even tell you."

Jia Yu's eyes turned cold, "The Emperor Taizu of Great Xia once said: All military and civilian benefits will be cured, and no advice will be allowed from the members of the army.

If there are any good things for the military and civilians, there should be officials, wise men in the field, ambitious men, simple farmers, and merchants with skills. No one can stop it, except for the living members.

Now that you are besieging the government office without authorization, you have already violated the laws of Daxia, and you have also violated Taizu's instructions. Based on this, I can arrest you and convict you.

If you don't retreat, don't blame me for being ruthless! "

Following Jia Yu's voice, Gu Ji, who was standing not far away from him, raised his hand, and the surrounding musketeers made a swish sound almost simultaneously, and all raised their muskets and pointed them at the scholars.

Perhaps because they have never seen the power of firearms, this move of the Musketeers not only did not frighten these students, but instead angered them.

The young student at the head shouted loudly: "Master Jia, don't you know that wealth cannot lead to sexual misconduct, and power cannot lead to humiliation?

We, Yin Yin students, have read the books of saints and learned small words and great principles. How can we be intimidated by you?

Dear sages, don’t forget, today we are here to ask for orders for the people, how can we be humiliated by such Qiu Ba?

I don't believe that these Qiu Ba dare to attack us scholars. Everyone comes forward with me. I want to see who dares to attack us? "

After saying that, he took the lead and strode towards Jia Yu and others.

Not far from the Yanxunyan Censor's Yamen, three figures were hiding in a corner and observing what was going on ahead.

Seeing that those scholars really dared to push towards Jia Yu and others, a government official couldn't help but said: "Those scholars are so fierce, they actually dare to fight against the nobles from the capital."

"What about the nobles from the capital?"

The leader of the team said disdainfully: "When we arrive in Yangzhou, if it's a dragon, he has to curl up, and if it's a tiger, he has to lie down.

Those Qiu Ba don’t look at their arrogant and arrogant appearance, but I don’t think they dare to... Oh, shit..."

Along with the leader's voice, something incredible happened to them.

With an angry shout, the nobleman from the capital snatched the musket from the hand of a soldier next to him and threw it at the soldier who was about to approach him.

Yes, he read it right, it was the noble man wearing the unicorn robe who did it.

This imitation brown Bess musket has a total length of 62 inches (157 centimeters) and weighs about nine kilograms. The butt is wrapped in copper, which is designed to be used in hand-to-hand combat.

Faced with these aggressive scholars, although Jia Yu wanted to order all of them to be shot, considering that the death of hundreds of scholars at once would be too great, he decided to use another method to teach these people a lesson.

With a crisp sound of "click", the brass-wrapped gun butt hit the chin of the leading student.

The result of the impact between the hard brass and the chin was that the scholar named Ziyu's chin was instantly dislocated and even tilted to one side.

Accompanied by an earth-shattering scream, the student lay on the ground on the spot, rolling on the ground in severe pain.

When the musketeers saw that their lord was the first to take action, they were not polite at all. Naturally, they followed suit. They stepped forward and swung the butts of their rifles at the approaching students without thinking.

Pity these students of Plum Blossom Academy, they are like flowers in a greenhouse because they are used to reading.

Asking them to read, write and make articles may be a good skill, but if they are asked to do it with others, they will be blind.

Moreover, these musketeers had followed Jia Yu on the battlefield and fought against the Mongolian Tatars, and many of them had lost a lot of lives on their hands.

They were not polite when they started. After a burst of crackling gun butts, these students who had just vowed to attack Jia Yu were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.

Many people were even beaten to death and fell to the ground wailing.

"No... it's not good... something... something big has happened..."

The three government officials at the back who came to investigate the situation on Luan Tili's orders turned pale with fright.

They never thought that these students, who in their eyes were fearless, and even dared to block the government offices when they got angry, would one day be beaten? This is simply unprecedented!

"It's almost... something big has happened. Go back and report to the Master... Those students have been beaten!"

Several government officials were so frightened that they ran away quickly, and there were many people nearby who had the same mission as those government officials.

For a time, many people rushed towards the direction they came from. They wanted to report the breaking news to their respective masters.

Just when the spies who were watching went back to report, the students who had been knocked down were finally scared.

These people originally came to cause trouble with the courage of the moment and with the intention of not punishing the public. Now that they see that the other party is serious about it, the courage in their chests disappears without a trace in an instant.

(End of this chapter)