Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 464 To the Liang League

The academy was originally a place where scholars and Confucianists lectured on scriptures and Taoism, and taught knowledge.In recent decades, the academy has changed.

Officials who lost power and dismissed from office especially liked to go to the academy to give lectures.It's called lectures, but it's actually a big complaint, attacking and defaming political opponents and criticizing the government.To put it bluntly, it is scolding.

In the late Jiajing Dynasty, the most scolded person in the Academy was the treacherous Yan Song; in the early Longqing Dynasty, the most scolded person in the Academy was the Chief Assistant Xu Jie; in the Wanli Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng was naturally the one who received the most scolding.

In short, whoever is in power will be scolded by the people in the academy.

Whether it was Yan Song, Xu Jie, or Gao Gong, they all turned a blind eye to the existence of the academy.Because they understand such a truth: they are not afraid of rogues, but they are afraid of rogues who have read poetry and books!Those disgruntled scholars control the public opinion among the people.After a hundred years, whether they will remain infamous for thousands of years or remain famous forever depends on how the scholars use their pens.

He Liu sternly said: "He Xinzhou, please explain more clearly! There are many academies in the world, which academies do you plan to use to spread this demon book?"

He Xinzhou replied: "We plan to distribute 72 volumes of books to [-] academies in Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Fujian, and Yunnan and Guizhou. Then the scholars of the academies will spread these books all over the world."

He Liu exclaimed, "72 academies? Do all these academies follow the orders of He Xinyin and you?"

He Xinzhou confessed: "My lord, my cousin He Xinyin spent more than ten years creating an alliance of academies from all over the world. It's called 'Zhiliangmeng'. These 72 academies are all affiliated to Zhiliangmeng. The head of the academy is only obeying my cousin's order."

He Liu asked: "Is the purpose of publishing and distributing this demonic book is to tarnish Zhang Shoufu's reputation among the people?"

He Xinzhou nodded: "My cousin said it. If you want to bring down a chief minister, the first thing you need to do is to ruin his reputation among the people."

He Shizhong interjected: "You are deliberately harming Mr. Zhang, is it only because of the New Deal he implemented that hurt the interests of scholars?"

He Xinzhou said: "Yes, and no."

He Liu said with a smile: "Shizhong. Dad will answer your questions for He Xinzhou. There is a kind of person in the world. As long as he is not in power, he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic! He Xinyin is that kind of person! We have Mr. Zhang in Daming, yes There can be no chaos. Only by getting rid of Mr. Zhang and causing chaos in the world, can a person like He Xinyin take advantage of the chaos and gain power. Am I right, He Xinzhou?"

He Xinzhou remained silent.

Li Zipian asked: "He Xinzhou, I'm curious, who are the professors and students in Zhiliangmeng's affiliated academy?"

He Xinzhou replied: "The heads and professors of the 72 academies are all served by retired officials who have been dismissed for opposing the New Deal in the past few years; as for the students, most of them are noble officials or even sons of relatives of the royal family."

As soon as He Xinzhou said this, He Liu frowned.

It seems that those 72 academies are like a rope, tying officials, royal relatives, and scholars who oppose the New Deal all over the world together!
He Xinyin created this Zhiliangmeng with ulterior motives!He wanted to use the academy as a link to unite all those who opposed the New Deal and attack Zhang Juzheng!
He Liudao: "He Xinzhou, you are quite honest in front of Beizhen Fusi's severe punishment. Don't worry, I won't let your flesh and blood suffer anymore. Come, take him to the Imperial Prison and keep him under strict supervision."

Two wrestlers pushed He Xinzhou down.

He Liudao: "This case is of great importance. I will report to the cabinet immediately to Zhang Shoufu."

Half an hour later, in Xiyuan, the cabinet checked in.

Zhang Juzheng read a few pages of "The Biography of Zhang Taiyue, the Rape of Power".

Zhang Juzheng is a wise man among wise men.A demon book insulting him; an alliance of 72 academies; a learned scholar with ulterior motives; a group of retired officials who have lost their power; . .

Connecting this series of things, Zhang Juzheng faintly felt that an undercurrent was surging among the people.This undercurrent is obviously aimed at him, Zhang Juzheng, and at the New Deal.

Zhang Juzheng sighed meaningfully: "Oh, the world is brothers, why is there such a disturbance?"

He Liudao: "Mr. Zhang, I want to go to Jiangnan to arrest He Xinyin and seal up these 72 academies."

Zhang Juzheng waved his hand: "Forget it, old six. Send someone else to go! Seal up 72 academies and arrest the world's great scholars. This job is too dirty! Once you do this job, scholars all over the world will use their pens to write you down forever." Nailed on the pillar of shame in the annals of history! You have done too much for me and the New Deal all these years, and you have done too many things. I don't want you to be called a cruel official and evil slave by thousands of scholars after you die!"

He Liu smiled wryly, and asked Zhang Juzheng: "Oh, this job is too dirty? Does Mr. Zhang think that I am clean now? I have served in Jinyiwei for 37 years. I have arrested, punished, and killed too many people. This splendid flying fish suit can smell the strong smell of blood on my body. I am ready to do this dirty job again! I like to do things from beginning to end. Back then, I promised Xu Jie, the chief assistant, to do my best Assist you, Mr. Zhang, to carry out the New Deal and benefit the common people. I have never forgotten this promise."

Zhang Juzheng stood up, and bowed to He Liu respectfully: "Thank you, Lao Liu!"

He Liudao: "It should be me on behalf of the poor people in the world to thank you, Mr. Zhang! You offended the royal family and noble families in the whole world for them to live a good life. Those people, you dare not do anything to you when you are alive .After a hundred years from you, they may find your descendants to vent their anger!"

Zhang Juzheng said resolutely: "To save the common people, there is no need to worry about the price! No matter how high the price is, I, Zhang Juzheng, can bear it calmly! Oh, it's nothing more than opening the coffin and flogging the corpse, exiling the descendants! If I'm afraid of this, just do it It’s just mediocre officials who don’t do anything for money, why bother to implement the New Deal?”

He Liudao: "Mr. Zhang, tell me, what should I do now?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "The Zhiliang League was founded by He Xinyin. Hit the snake and hit seven inches! First, you have to arrest He Xinyin. Then, seal up the 72 academies that the Zhiliang League belongs to. Arrest all the heads of the academies! As for the academies They are all the sons of nobles and officials, so it is not appropriate to arrest them all. Let them all be dismissed and sent home."

He Liudao: "There must be a crime to arrest someone. In my opinion, how about charging He Xinyin with the crime of insulting the chief minister, forming an association without permission, and plotting to commit crimes?"

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "Yes. Very good, let's use this crime."

He Liudao: "Mr. Zhang, I'll go back and interrogate He Xinzhou again, and find out the whereabouts of He Xinyin. After finding out the whereabouts of the culprit, I'll go to Beijing on this business trip."

(End of this chapter)