Chapter tit for tat
When the matter was right, Li Yun and others had no way out. He looked at the other people around him, not knowing whether it was cold or afraid, and his face was pale. Zheng Youmei was the most unbearable, her whole body trembled, her teeth knocked each other, and made a series of "twist..." sounds. The students who followed them seemed to feel comfortable, all of them were silent and their faces were filled with fear.
"As disciples of saints, we should be in love with the world and have the courage to die for the people. Now the court is in power, the officials are foolish, and there are many bad policies. We ask for the people and submit memorials to the palace. We are doing the right way, so why should we be afraid of swords and axes?" Just as the team of students was hesitant, the famous scholars, scholars and gentry who came to cheer for them had gathered behind their team, and an old man came out and said loudly.
"Mr. Jingshan said it well. You are doing a righteous thing. You will be famous in history and will be recorded in history forever!" Another gentry team said, "encouraging".
"Our actions are a matter of justice. If we ask for the people, we will be afraid of them. We should learn from our ancestors and act generously!" Li Yun turned around and shouted loudly.
"Brother Li is a man of the age. We are willing to go to the national crisis together!" Yang Lianshan said with politeness and stood side by side with him.
"Yes, we will knock on the door with Brother Li in front of the palace!" Liu Muxi gritted his teeth, raised his lead-like legs and stood with him two steps forward.
"I'll go with you too!" Zheng Youmei finally stabilized her body, stopped trembling, and barely raised her voice.
"Okay, let's go together!" Li Yun nodded, breathing a sigh of relief in his heart. Finally, there was no coldness. He said to the students, "Today, I am sending a memorial to the palace. Life and death are unpredictable. Are you willing to go together?"
"I wish to go with you!" the students shouted, but their voices were uneven and they were less powerful.
"Okay, we are in front, you are in the back, let's go together!" Li Yun and others did not dare to care much anymore. They were also worried that if they dragged on, the team would disperse and set off while the railway was hot.
Li Yun held the memorial in front of him, Zhang Ruifeng and five other brothers followed him, and the other students lined up to follow him. The so-called famous scholars and gentry slowly walked behind, like generals pressing the formation. The memorial team moved forward and became closer to Que Tower, but there was no reaction in the palace. The soldiers guarding the palace gate still stood like wooden people, as if they had not seen them.
The gloomy sky, the empty square, the closed palace gate, the tall palace walls, and the silent soldiers standing silently make people feel depressed and dull. The steps of the Tai students are getting heavier, as if there is an invisible pressure that makes them struggle, their hearts beating wildly, and they can't breathe, and they feel like they want to escape.
The reason for making the Tai students persistently seem to have become simple. In the past, when they walked to the Quemen Palace, someone would ask questions and soldiers would block them. But now they actually regard them as nothing. How could they be so angry as the Tai students feel like they are so "slow"? This also inspired the only pride in their hearts.
As the leader of the memorial, Li Yun was at this moment in a difficult situation. He felt that every step forward was like a step closer to the bottomless abyss, and seemed to be one step further away from his original ideal. He bit his lip, looked down at the memorial in his hand, looked up at the majestic palace gate, and his steps became firmer. He was pleading for the people and was following the right path, so why fear it!
Compared with the firm Li Yun, the few people behind him seemed to be helpless and were uneasy. The scene was too quiet, which made them lose their minds. Zhang Ruifeng couldn't help looking back at the team of celebrities at the end of the team, hoping that the gentleman could give him some tips, but he was disappointed. The gentleman looked indifferent. Obviously, the current situation was beyond expectations and he couldn't figure out the situation for the time being.
Liu Muxi looked around and kept shouting in his heart: "Where are people? Where have they been?" At this moment, someone also found the excitement here, which was only a hundred people one after another. He shrank his neck and held his sleeves to watch from afar, not as if he was standing for them to cheer for them, but as if he was watching a show. Chen Min got closer to the palace gate, but he became more and more timid. He knew that the glory of the Chen family came from the palace, and if he demonstrated to him, would anger the leader of the Chen family? Now there is no way out, so he can only take a try, and be able to set up his own door and no longer rely on others.
If Zheng Youmei said he had no regrets, it would be nonsense, but when he thought of his brother's letter describing the "tragic situation" at home, he gave him some courage and hatred. He was from southern Fujian. His father entered the imperial examination and served as two magistrates. He retired due to illness and became a gentry. He used his special identity to protect his neighbors, and transferred their fields to his own name to avoid exploitation of heavy taxes by the court.
The south of the Yangtze River fell, and the hometown was also occupied by the Mongol Yuan. The land was occupied by the Tartars until the court restored Jiangnan again, and the land occupied by the Tartars was returned. The Zheng family included the land in their own name according to the old rules. However, the tax on the court was lower than the tenant rent. Last year, the exemption period expired, and the neighbors wanted to return the land allocated by their families. Later, the lawsuit was filed and the court was sentenced to prohibit the court from entrusting the gentry to prevent annexation of land and could only return the land.
After losing these "tenants", the Zheng family not only lost a large amount of tenant rent, but no one cultivated their own land, and large areas were abandoned. The court abolished the privilege of reducing taxes by gentry, and instead paid taxes at home, the family's family's situation became declining. At this time, a large number of gentry went to the capital to write a letter to oppose gentry's food, but there was no result. Some people in the Imperial Academy proposed to submit memorials, so he participated in it in order to achieve his wish...
Everyone with their own thoughts finally passed the Quemen. Everyone knelt on the ground, holding the memorial in their hands, shouting for His Majesty to accept the advice. After several calls, the guardians guarding the palace gate came to inquire. After they explained their purpose, the soldiers said they needed to report. At the same time, they warned everyone not to move forward. Those who passed the Quemen were deemed to violate the palace ban and would be shot dead on the spot.
A small guard soldier dared to intimidate, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the students and went forward to argue with him. Some of them were afraid of being in chaos and could not attract the attention of the people. Of course, they were behind the scenes and even wanted to fight with the guards. He had done such a thing in the past, and knew that the guards not only did not dare to shoot, but also would comfort them with kind words. When the palace saw that the matter was a big deal, they would soon send people.
However, this time, it seemed that there was a tough slap. The two soldiers did not argue with them. They took two steps back and got rid of the entanglement, took off their rifles and hung bayonets, and made a preparatory assassination posture. At the same time, a soldier blew a whistle, and immediately a team of soldiers rushed out of the palace gate and rushed to reinforce. Facing a row of bright bayonets and murderous soldiers, the students of the Taishu immediately calmed down.
"I am Huangfu, the chief commander of the guards in front of the imperial guards. Why are you and others noisy in front of the palace? You can tell that this is a forbidden place!" An officer held the sword in his hand and shouted sternly.
"We are the great scholars. We wrote a letter to Your Majesty outside the Quemen, begging Your Majesty to eliminate treacherous and slanderous, to uphold the family laws of our ancestors!" Li Yun stepped forward and said.
"This is the important place for the palace and ban. If you want to submit a memorial, you can go to the Censorate, the Censorate, or the Minister of the Secretariat. This is not a place for you to make noise." Huangfu said with a slow expression.
"General, we have submitted letters of admonition several times, all of which have fallen into the sea. In desperation, we can only kneel at the Quemen in order to reach the heavens and listen!" Li Yun saw that the noise had indeed attracted many people to watch, and his purpose had been partially achieved. The soldiers in front of him were so tough that they had just changed their defenses. Thinking that they had just returned with His Majesty's support, and they were in full swing. If they could not agree with each other, they would really shoot. He quickly silenced the students and said politely.
"If this is the case, you should not be noisy in front of the palace!" Huangfu snorted, "I will report this to the officials in the palace, but I cannot guarantee that I can't see you. But you must retreat outside the gate and don't quarrel about the peace in the palace, otherwise you will be treated as a shocked person!"
"We are the Imperial Academy and the disciple of the emperor. You dare to intimidate us. We want to impeach you!" Seeing that the other party was not ashamed of any face, Yang Lianshan stepped forward and scolded.
"Hmph, if you want to impeach yourself, it is a funeral to lose your post and dismiss him. Now, you dare to take another step forward, don't blame me for being polite!" Huangfu snorted coldly.
"You dare!" Yang Lianshan took a step forward.
"Just try!" Huangfu looked at him, just smiled contemptuously, raised his hand and ordered, "Rise the gun and prepare to shoot!"
"..." When the soldiers behind Huangfu heard the order, they immediately raised their guns and aimed at them, pressed down the hammer, and waited for a command to shoot. Yang Lianshan's body stagnated and sweated on his forehead. He didn't know if his raised foot should fall.
Li Yun was also shocked when he saw this and his body couldn't help but want to avoid it. He didn't expect that the other party would dare to raise his gun toward each other when he was disagreeing, which was very different from his previous posture. The other people around him were not much better, and they shook their bodies to try to avoid the gun aimed at him. The onlookers also exclaimed and dodged to the outside world. The gentry and famous scholars were also stunned on the spot. They also did not expect that the soldiers would dare to do so without a saint, which was simply unimaginable in the past.
"We want your superiors to meet the emperor, otherwise we will kneel at the gate and never get up!" Seeing that the situation became more complicated, Liu Muxi was still seeing the opportunity and pulled Yang Lianshan back with an uncertain foot, and threatened with a fierce voice.
"We are asking for the people, why don't you care about this!" Yang Lianshan was pulled back and was sweating profusely. After realizing his embarrassment, he hummed again, but he didn't dare to move forward any more.
"Wait and wait for a reply!" Huangfu did not say much to them anymore, waved his hand to ask the soldiers to withdraw their guns, lined up to retreat to the palace gate, and reported to the imperial front at the same time.
Huangfu did not deceive them. Soon the palace gate opened again. An official hurried over with two small yellow gates. He looked at everyone and said, "Your Majesty knows this. You will hand me the memorial to me and will submit it!"
Chapter completed!