When it was almost dawn, the great scholar Bo Wenyuan was arrested in his own room. The officers of Yingtian Prefecture and hundreds of imperial guards set up a formation to capture the thieves of Jiangyang to surround Bo Wenyuan's place of residence. What puzzled the officers in the leadership were that the mysterious task was to capture such a scholar who was powerless, and Bo Chen also impressed him. "Maybe we will catch a hero in the world." Some soldiers thought this way. After all, they had never seen such courage in the hero in the world who were legendary hero in the world. This courageous look that seemed to have known the ending, but they refused to retreat. Dozens of awakened school teachers and students lay at the window and watched Bo Chen leave. What this professor who was as sharp as a sword left for everyone was a back moving forward in the wind and snow, with a hug.

After all, this is the capital. At noon the next day, well-informed students confirmed Bo Chen's crime through various channels - participating in the rebellion. The evidence from the government is very conclusive, but for Bo Wenyuan, it is not an exaggeration to call the disaster falling from the sky. The problem lies in the three widely circulated books written by Bo Chen. A group of bandits from the Kingdom of Heaven actually regarded the "Equality" as the treasure of the mountain-keeping treasure among the mountain villages. According to internal information from the government, when the village was broken, the book was placed on the incense table in the Juyi Hall, standing side by side with the statue of Guan Yunchang who was riding alone for thousands of miles.

The leader of the parody cottage was Chu Tong, who was originally the shopkeeper of a salt shop in Sichuan. Before You Ming, all the dynasties were sold by the government. The businessmen secretly smuggled in secret. The shopkeeper and the client took care of each other, and the internal work was fine and the organization was tight. In order to cope with the sudden famine, the Hongwu Dynasty encouraged merchants to transport grain to the disaster area. The government gradually opened up the salt management rights and no longer sold. Since then, Sichuan salt entered Yunnan, and has turned from secretly to light, with abundant profits, for several years.

The Nei Chu family accumulated a lot of wealth. After Emperor Antai ascended the throne, the administration gradually became worse. Although the road between Sichuan and Yunnan was much smoother by Wu'an Kingdom for more than ten years, the profits of transporting salt became thinner and thinner. After deducting the food, cards, picks, and demands from government officials all over the country along the way, it would be good if the serious salt merchants could pay the wages of their friends. Merchants in this industry began to look for *shan or train spokespersons themselves. In short, they had to bribe the government first to find a stable meal.

The Chu family's salt team trades fairly and genuinely, and has a good reputation in southern Yunnan. However, Chu Tong, the young man from the Chu family, was a white man. He was a hero when he was young and refused to join the officialdom. After the Chu family's own business was bullied by the government, Chu Tong always wanted to solve the problem through normal channels. As a result, since his father passed away, Chu Tong personally took over the Salt Store for a few years, and his hometown gradually lost all his money. It was raining all over the house. In the thirteenth year of Antai, Chu Tong saw the opportunity to transport a large amount of salt to Dali was robbed by bandits on the way, and he lost his goods and lost his life. Seeing that Ruo Da Yan Store was about to be defeated by him.

At this critical moment, a magistrate's son proposed to invest, and the conditions were very harsh. Chu Tong knew that Yanxing could not support him, but she didn't want to see his father's old friends losing their jobs, so she reluctantly agreed. On the condition of retaining all the staff of the Yanxing Company, she made 2,000 gold coins at a low price and sold the Yanxing Company to the magistrate's son. In order to restore operation as soon as possible, the Chu family only collected 500 deposits during the delivery. Who knew that after the Yanxing Company took over the Yanxing Company, the son did not give 1,500 gold coins other than the deposit.

Paying it down, on the excuse of business recession, took away all the vehicles and horses carrying salt and left the empty racks aside. The old guys of that year had no way to survive and asked Chu Tong to find a way. Everyone worked together to inquire about it and found out that the magistrate had another salt shop. He set up such a condom to squeeze the Chu family as soon as possible and monopolize the salt industry back then. Chu Tong was dissatisfied and took the contract to argue. After several lawsuits, he lost all his money.

It deserves the unluckyness of the prefect. A fellow under his commander was sulking and drunk, and accidentally revealed the scandal of the master sending a thug to attack the Chu family caravan at the dinner table. Chu Tong and a group of fellow men were desperate. While the prefect was out for a prostitute, they chopped off the evil thief who was heartbroken when the prefect was out for a prostitute, and raised the banner of "equalizing the rich and poor, equalizing the rich and poor" and went up the mountain. After thinking about it, Chu Tong believed that his experience was caused by the government's oppression of the people, and accidentally obtained Bo Chen's "Equality Theory" and immediately regarded it as a treasure and offered it to the Juyi Hall. In addition, he privately mailed Bo Wenyuan several letters to write books to discuss the possibility of equality and whether equalization between the rich and the poor is a way to achieve equality. Bo Wenyuan didn't know what to do, but he actually wrote a book and answered it, calling him with his brothers and told him that plundering other people's property equality was actually a trampling on equality.

The prefect lost his son, so he was naturally unwilling to accept it. He used local army several times to attack the parish, but the brothers of the Yanxing River used guerrilla tactics to kill him. The parish seized a lot of firearms, and his reputation became increasingly popular. People who were forced by the government to survive came to surrender one after another. In a blink of an eye, they actually attacked the prefecture at night in the summer and cut off all the big and small prefects who were the magistrate who committed the crime.

The prefect cut down, and the public security issues that were deceived in the local area could no longer be covered. Mr. Su was ordered by the newly succeeded King Xiping to take a brigade of the Pingnan Army into Sichuan to suppress the bandits. Thousands of chaotic people were the opponent of this elite army that had been scattered for many years. As soon as the fire broke out, Chu Tong died under the baby cannon of the Pingnan Army. The main camp was captured in a blink of an eye, and several books of Bo Wenyuan and his correspondence with the rebels were seized.

It was already a while since the case had passed, and King Xiping's memorial did not mention Bo Chen and his relationship with the rebels. Unexpectedly, there was no airtight wall in the world. The Ministry of Justice learned about this from somewhere, and quickly whipped it up to the ground to get evidence and evidence. While Bo Wenyuan was still lingering in Jiangnan, he was arrested and brought to justice.

"Isn't this a sudden disaster?" Several professors looked at each other after hearing this. It was not until the time when the debate on Retro Confucianism and He Neo-Confucianism that was held as scheduled was announced that Bo Chen could not be present, everyone recovered from the blow.

"A warrior who defeated others without fighting" several Neo-Confucian scholars were proud of it. Bo Chen was sent to prison. The theory of equality he insisted on became a banned book. The notices in the streets and alleys and official newspapers were clearly stated. Some people who refused to submit their works or hid over the deadline were found and investigated as a crime of tying bandits.

"It's better to write a few less strokes. Who knew that one day someone committed a crime and found my book at home. Wouldn't it be unfair?" Several celebrities who had been waiting for their works threw their manuscripts into the water stove in a cold war.

When I read banned books on the snowy night, there were students who were not afraid of death who secretly found Bo Chen's books from the garbage dump or on the street stall, and passed the long night with a curious mind.

"Actually, those are all the most profound sayings. Inequality will have no end, and equality will allow us to check and balance each other." A student said to his friend quietly after reading Bo Chen's book.

"I don't want to die, I dare to read banned books." His friend was shocked and reached out to cover his mouth. He looked at no one around and shouted in a low voice: "I'll burn it quickly, when will I dare to make such a fool of myself? Who doesn't know that 'Everyone wants to put himself above others, not below others'."

The impact of this case was huge. Almost all the twelfth lunar month, people were running for Bochen's safety. Bowenyuan's archer Bai Zheng, Bai Dexin, rushed from Peiping to the capital, and collected thousands of signatures and signed by thousands of scholars along the way to jointly guarantee Bochen; hundreds of brave students in several schools in the capital collectively petitioned outside the palace, begging the court to release Bochen and appointed him as a professor of Chinese studies. Some small merchants also threatened Yingtianfu to hear the case impartially, which caused a lot of controversy. It was not until the court was really angry that he dispatched the imperial guards to disperse the petitioners and captured several suspects behind the scenes, and the market returned to peace. With the sound of firecrackers, the new year was announced.

"In fact, this case is not unfair. After all, both people and physical evidence are present. Besides, the saying "If the government cannot protect the rights of the people, the people have the power to rebuild the government" is not a rebellion." During the banquet to celebrate the New Year, a Confucian professor mentioned the case and commented in this way.

"Where did you see this? Mr. Bo's book doesn't have this sentence." Someone immediately stood up and called for Bo Chen to be wronged.

"It was not what Mr. Bo said, it was written in the letter Chu Tong gave to Bo Lao. This sentence was written very clearly in the newspaper." The letters as evidence of guilt impacted people's thinking limits, and some of the remarks were spread more widely than before they were not banned.

"Hey, Yingtian Mansion is really confused. This makes Wenyuan's reputation become the one. Mr. Bai blocked Lord Huang's official sedan that day and shouted for Bo Chen in front of his disciples clearly 'If Wenyuan is released, everyone can clearly understand the theory of right and wrong. If Wenyuan is killed, then there will be no place for Confucianism in Jiangnan to stand in the future'."

"Yes, from now on, when we Jiangnan Confucians met the guys in Peking, they lost in momentum. They said that we knew we would lose because of reasoning, so we framed Bo Chen to cheat, but we couldn't refute it." The famous Jiangnan Confucians who had always wanted to distinguish between Bo Chen in academic terms lost their opponents and sighed in confusion.

"Don't worry, this person is not afraid to kill him. Didn't you see Lord Wu, Lord Cao, and Lord Zhu speak? His Highness Yan also wrote a letter to the emperor himself, and it is said that his words are very fierce. It is said that the scholars of the six northern provinces all regard Bochen as their teacher. If they kill him, they may lose their hearts in the world." Some people optimistically analyzed the progress of the case. A case with conclusive evidence was delayed from the twelfth lunar month to the first lunar month, which shows that the court was also hesitant about how to convict Bochen's case.

"Yes, Master Huang and Master Qi have already pleaded for their uncle. I heard that the emperor is planning to approve it." A well-informed professor muttered in a low voice. At special moments, the news always comes faster than the court's residence.

Everyone looked at the news disseminator with anticipation. Whether or not they supported Bochen's point of view, no one wanted Bochen to be convicted for his words.
Chapter completed!