Chapter 193 On the day when he was granted the title of Marquis, Peng Ru made a big fuss and denounced the foolish king angrily.
Wei was humiliated
Inside the prison.
A prison guard stumbled out, his whole expression looking extremely panicked.
Zhang Ning is dead.
The dignified Wen Gong scholar died in the Heavenly Prison, hanging himself, and more importantly, writing injustice on the wall in blood.
This is a big deal.
What a huge thing.
It's more terrifying than killing a Confucian. You can kill a great Confucian, or you can scold him. The merits and demerits will be judged by future generations.
But for a great scholar to be wrongly imprisoned and commit suicide, this is a huge thing.
This time Wei Dynasty is really going to cause big trouble. A great scholar commits suicide. He can't suppress it even if he wants to.
And at the same time.
Wen Palace of the Great Wei Dynasty.
In a secret room.
A calm and indifferent voice slowly sounded.
"Have things been arranged?"
As this voice sounded.
A response came soon.
"Back to Fangru, I have informed students in various academies that there are 300,000 scholars in Kyoto and almost 200,000 outside Kyoto."
Voice responds.
Then the slightly indifferent voice continued to sound.
"Everything is ready, all we need is Dongfeng. Let us know. When the time comes, Xu Qingxiao will be impeached today."
"Even if I sacrifice my life for my Confucianism, I won't hesitate."
This voice sounded.
The latter nodded immediately and left the secret room.
Wait for the latter to leave.
Another voice sounded.
"Cao Ru, do we really need to spend such a price to target Xu Qingxiao?"
A calm voice sounded, asking the latter.
"It's not aimed at Xu Qingxiao."
"It's about building momentum for our Wen Palace."
"Xu Qingxiao is just a pawn in this scheme."
"A pitiful and helpless chess piece."
The voice was indifferent, full of contempt and indifference towards Xu Qingxiao.
"But if he can become a saint, it will be for us."
The voice sounded.
In an instant, the voice immediately sounded.
"Sanctification?"
"Fang Ru, you think too highly of Xu Qingxiao."
"He does have the qualifications to become a saint, but it is a pity that today we are going to destroy his Confucianism, destroy his Confucianism, and kill his Confucianism."
That voice sounded, not because he looked down upon Xu Qingxiao, but because he thought that after today, Xu Qingxiao would be punished for his Confucianism, destroying his Confucianism, and destroying his Confucianism.
Say this.
The latter was slightly silent.
But after a while, he continued.
"What if we don't punish him for his Confucianism?"
he continued to ask.
The latter said in a cold voice.
"This is impossible."
"Today, with the help of Zhu Sheng's lineage and the awe-inspiring righteousness of scholars all over the world, it is more than enough to punish a mere great scholar."
"If it wasn't for the purpose of building momentum, there would be no need to use such force."
"Furthermore, even if the empress protects him today, his Confucianism will completely collapse."
"Even if, taking a step back, Xu Qingxiao can really survive this test, so what?"
"Great Wei Wen Palace, it's not like we haven't prepared backup plans."
The voice sounded.
The tone is calm.
The words were full of confidence, as if they were not afraid of Xu Qingxiao at all. No matter whether Xu Qingxiao could overcome this difficulty, they had backup plans.
As soon as these words came out, Fang Ru fell silent.
After a while, his voice slowly sounded.
"No matter what, don't delay the plan."
"This plan can help me, Wen Gong, to create a saint again."
After saying this, Fang Ru left.
And the secret room seemed extremely quiet.
at the same time.
In the Palace of the Wei Dynasty.
The empress was in the main hall, waiting for Xu Qingxiao to complete the ceremony.
When the door opens, she will also go out and crown Xu Qingxiao.
But at this moment, a eunuch was kneeling in front of the empress.
"Your Majesty, according to the secret investigation by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, a large number of scholars from all over the country have flooded into the capital of the Wei Dynasty, and they have gathered frequently in recent days. I don't know what the spy is doing."
"In addition, there are also many scholars who gathered in the capital of the Wei Dynasty and behaved suspiciously. Spies from various places responded with letters that seemed to involve Lord Xu."
The eunuch kneeling below reported seriously.
On the Dragon Throne.
The empress looked at the memorial with a very silent expression.
But the next moment, a voice sounded.
"His Majesty!"
Still a eunuch.
"Enter."
The empress' face was expressionless.
The next moment, the eunuch walked in, knelt on the ground hurriedly, and said with a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, something happened in Tianlao. Zhang Ning and Zhang Daru committed suicide."
The eunuch's voice sounded, trembling.
For an instant, the empress' eyes revealed a look of astonishment.
"Suicide?"
The empress never thought that Zhang Ning would commit suicide. She thought of many possibilities, but she never thought that in order to cause trouble for Xu Qingxiao, they would let Zhang Ning die.
This is truly a blood feud.
"Zhang Ning committed suicide and took advantage of the power of scholars all over the world to suppress Xu Qingxiao?"
The empress instantly understood Peng Ru's plan.
This plan is really vicious.
What Xu Qingxiao is best at is taking advantage of the situation, and Peng Ru also took advantage of the situation to suppress him today. However, he knew that Xu Qingxiao was favored by the Holy Spirit, so he naturally did not dare to disturb the Holy Will.
Don't disturb the dead.
What shocked the world was the scholars.
If this is true, it will indeed be a fatal blow to Xu Qingxiao.
At this moment, the empress was thinking fast on the dragon chair in the main hall. She was thinking of ways to save Xu Qingxiao.
And outside the palace.
Dongzhimen.
Xu Qingxiao walked towards the door of the palace step by step.
He was wearing a marquis robe and looked very majestic. He was walking like a dragon and a tiger, and his weapons were majestic. Many women's eyes fell on Xu Qingxiao, and they could hardly move away.
Most men felt inexplicably envious when they looked at Xu Qingxiao.
Men should be like this.
Being crowned king and prime minister, especially Xu Qingxiao, was a great Confucian with both civil and military skills. This is the life that many men dream of.
"Master Hou, stop!"
At this moment, the eunuch's voice sounded, unfolding the imperial edict.
"His Majesty has issued an edict that Xu Aiqing is a minister of the Wei Dynasty and will be granted the title of Marquis today. Please answer three questions and three questions."
"Ask, can Xu Aiqing be loyal to the emperor and patriotic?"
The eunuch's voice sounded.
The Marquis Ceremony is extremely grand and complicated. It consists of three questions and three answers, which is actually a kind of oath.
"My lord, I will be loyal to the Mingjun throughout my life, and my thoughts are on the common people of the Wei Dynasty."
Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth and replied like this.
It is okay to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but you must be loyal to the wise emperor, not the ignorant emperor. It is okay to be patriotic, but your heart is for the common people of the Wei Dynasty and you love the people.
This scholar's speech was so good that all the princes and princes expressed their feelings with emotion. In contrast, when they were canonizing princes, they had no culture, just one word.
able!
"bye!"
The next moment, the eunuch's voice sounded.
In an instant, two rows of soldiers, as well as the common people of the Wei Dynasty, paid homage to Xu Qingxiao.
However, there were also many people in the crowd who did not worship and stood there in silence.
He is a scholar.
Xu Qingxiao glanced at it out of the corner of her eye. It was not just one or two scholars, but many scholars. They didn't even raise their hands.
Almost instantly, Xu Qingxiao knew that trouble was coming.
It's just that Xu Qingxiao didn't have any expression on her face and still walked forward.
Halfway through, the eunuch spoke again, and the second question rang out.
Xu Qingxiao remained calm. After answering, she continued to move forward.
After arriving under the palace, the third question rang out.
Xu Qingxiao also answered calmly.
All the questions and answers are nothing more than asking whether you can be loyal to the country and the people, and to serve the Wei Dynasty. However, Xu Qingxiao's answer revolves around the people.
Every sentence cannot be separated from the people.
Now that the three questions and three answers were over, the eunuch's voice sounded again.
"After completing the three questions and three answers, please enter the palace to be crowned by Your Majesty."
As a sharp sound sounded.
The palace door slowly opened, and all of a sudden, various music played and bells sounded, making it look extremely solemn.
The red blanket stretched from the palace entrance to three hundred meters away.
Xu Qingxiao walked forward step by step. All the maids and eunuchs stopped. The common people looked at the grand event inside through the huge palace gate.
Now there is only one last link left.
Your Majesty is crowned.
After Xu Qingxiao walked to the red carpet, at this moment, a eunuch held a crown and walked forward step by step until he came to Xu Qingxiao.
The next moment, the empress appeared in everyone's sight, and the eunuch's voice sounded again.
"The Holy Lord crowned him and conferred Xu Qingxiao as a Marquis of the Wei Dynasty to quell the chaos. He was awarded the Marquis Seal and was respected by everyone in the Wei Dynasty."
As the eunuch's voice sounded.
At that moment, all the maids and eunuchs, including the common people outside the city, knelt down one after another.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
The voice was loud and uniform, but there were still some scholars who just bowed their hands. They did not kneel down. As scholars, they have this right.
It's just that on this occasion, kneeling down is also a form of respect. It's obvious that these people come with different purposes.
Some people noticed something strange, but remained silent.
At this moment, the eunuch holding the Wang Mian spoke in a suppressed voice.
"Master Marquis, Your Majesty ordered Zhang Ning to commit suicide in prison, so be careful."
The eunuch said calmly with no expression on his face.
As soon as he said this, Xu Qingxiao's expression changed slightly, but Xu Qingxiao soon returned to calm.
But there was a shocking wave in my heart.
"Zhang Ning committed suicide in prison?"
Xu Qingxiao really didn't expect that Peng Ru's method would be this.
Did he let Zhang Ning die in the prison?
It was said that he committed suicide, but perhaps Qingxiao would never believe it. Zhang Ning was a person willing to commit suicide. There must be something weird in this, and it couldn't be separated from Peng Ru's figure.
OK.
I knew that Peng Ru was ruthless, but what I didn't expect was that Peng Ru was so ruthless.
Would you rather sacrifice a great scholar just to use the power of scholars to suppress yourself?
This plan is truly insidious and cruel.
In the past few days, Xu Qingxiao also thought about what means Peng Ru would use against him. He thought about many possibilities.
But they all found that it was of little significance.
Peng Ru's only excuse to attack him must be to massacre the city.
It’s just like what I said before, it’s useless to use this point to criticize yourself, it’s even useless at all.
The results of the battle are here.
Therefore, Xu Qingxiao couldn't understand what means Peng Ru would use to cause trouble for her. Xu Qingxiao even thought that Peng Ru might use the practice of foreign arts to criticize herself.
But if you go to the Wen Palace to prove it yourself, it is useless to use this point. Now everyone in the world believes that you have not practiced the magic, so the magic cannot cause you trouble.
What he didn't expect was that Peng Ru would actually let Zhang Ning commit suicide in a prison and use such an extremely despicable method to cause trouble for him.
OK.
OK.
It's really good.
A great scholar was wrongly imprisoned and eventually committed suicide in prison. If there was no explanation, this incident would be passed down through the ages.
After all, in the eyes of the world, life is the most precious, and a great Confucian is the most upright person. No one would think that a Confucian scholar has bad conduct, let alone a great Confucian?
And when a great Confucian died and was unjustly imprisoned, how could this not arouse the resentment of scholars all over the world?
The first reaction of those who don’t know the truth is that if they were not really wronged and humiliated, how could a great Confucian choose to resist in such an extreme way?
It is a very simple logic that death is the most important thing.
Most people will also subconsciously pity the vulnerable groups, especially when people are dead.
Xu Qingxiao could imagine what kind of bloody storm it would be.
This is really cruel.
But think about it, Zhang Ning has reached his age, and there is not much difference between dying now and dying later. Moreover, Zhang Ning hates himself and hates himself. If his death drags him down.
I believe Zhang Ning will laugh out loud even if he is under Jiuquan.
This is a crisis, a huge crisis. Xu Qingxiao's face is expressionless, but in her heart she is thinking about how to deal with it.
At this moment, a faint fragrance came.
It was the empress who walked in front of me.
Her beautiful face showed an extremely calm expression, and her eyes were calm and firm, as if telling herself that she had a way to solve this matter.
Feeling the empress's thoughts, Xu Qingxiao didn't think much and accepted the coronation.
"His Majesty issued an edict."
"In the first year of Wuchang, the Wei Dynasty suffered from the rebellion of foreign nations. Xu Qingxiao, the minister of household affairs of the Wei Dynasty, was ordered to command the six tribes and command the war situation. He eliminated Tibet in one day and destroyed the Tang Dynasty in three days. He turned the tide and put down the foreign tribes. He made great military achievements and was famous all over the world.
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"I, today, canonize Xu Qingxiao, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Great Wei Dynasty, as the Marquis of the Great Wei Dynasty to quell chaos. He will be hereditary and will be worshiped by all people."
"Appreciate this."
The eunuch's voice resounded throughout Kyoto, and at this moment, thousands of people worshiped Xu Qingxiao.
"The common people bow down and pay homage to the marquis who has put down the chaos."
The common people knelt down one after another and kowtowed to Xu Qingxiao. They were willing to surrender, not only because Xu Qingxiao was the Marquis, but also because Xu Qingxiao's actions over the past year were vividly remembered.
The great Confucian is unfair and angry with the great Confucian.
The Ministry of Punishment suppressed and made a big fuss in the Ministry of Punishment.
The king of the county is guilty and the Holy Will kills the king.
The merchants were framed and the merchants were slaughtered with blood.
Taiping Poetry Society, poems will last forever.
The literary palace proves itself, and the saints worship.
The foreign countries seceded and the foreign tribes were quelled.
One day to become a scholar, one month to clarify one's thoughts, three months to establish one's opinions, six months to become a great scholar, all these things are vividly remembered by the common people.
Xu Qingxiao is worthy of this position, and they are even willing to make Xu Qingxiao the king of the Wei Dynasty.
The Imperial Palace of the Wei Dynasty.
The empress picked up the jade crown, and then Xu Qingxiao slowly bent down to worship the empress. The next moment, the empress held the jade crown for Xu Qingxiao.
Touching the slightly hot jade hand, Xu Qingxiao didn't have any other thoughts.
It's just that there was something strange in the Empress's heart that she couldn't explain. After tying Xu Qingxiao's hair, she slowly spoke.
"Quiet the chaos."
"You have made such great contributions to the Wei Dynasty."
"I, I can grant you a wish."
The empress looked at Xu Qingxiao's extremely handsome face and her voice was calm, but this voice spread throughout the capital of the Wei Dynasty.
She suddenly spoke, which made everyone curious, because there was no such link.
Generally speaking, after the coronation is over, it is completely over, and then there is joy inside and outside the palace.
What they didn't expect was that the empress actually granted Xu Qingxiao a wish, which made people a little curious. But what everyone was even more curious about was what wish Xu Qingxiao would choose.
Looking at the empress's beautiful face, Xu Qingxiao was a little curious.
After thinking for a while, Xu Qingxiao bowed to the empress, and then slowly spoke.
"My lord, I don't have any wishes at all."
"I just have something to ask of you."
Xu Qingxiao spoke.
The sound also spread throughout Kyoto.
"Speak directly when you put an end to the chaos."
The empress spoke out.
"This battle to quell the rebellion is not the result of one person, but the credit of the Wei Dynasty court, six ministers, hundreds of civil and military officials, border officers and soldiers, and the people of Wei Dynasty."
"I dare not take all the credit for this, and it is not considered the first credit."
"I believe that the real success lies with the people of Wei Dynasty. Without the support of the people, I will not be able to win this battle no matter what."
"Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty will show mercy."
"We, the common people of the Wei Dynasty, will be exempted from the grain tax for three years."
"My lord, thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Having said this, Xu Qingxiao bowed deeply to the empress. These words were not thought out long ago, nor did they have much purpose. They were really meant to benefit the people of Wei Dynasty.
After defeating the vassal states, the treasury of Wei Dynasty increased sharply, and what we need to do now is to have fun with the people. Now that the treasury has money, it is a good thing to engage in large-scale construction, but for the people, it has no temporary benefits.
The only benefit is that you gain dignity and self-confidence, but these things cannot fill your stomach for the time being.
The heat will drop quickly.
But the tax exemption for three years is different.
Three years of tax exemption.
What kind of concept is this? The tax rate of Wei Dynasty is 40%. For the common people, after deducting the costs of all parties, they may get 30% to 40%.
Now being tax exempt for three years means their income can double.
When Xu Qingxiao’s wish was revealed.
All the people were stunned.
People were shocked, even the Duke and several ministers were completely surprised.
No one would have thought that the empress gave Xu Qingxiao a wish, and that Xu Qingxiao would actually benefit the people of the world.
And it’s been three years since I opened my mouth.
Regardless of whether the empress agrees or not, the people of the Wei Dynasty will be grateful to Xu Qingxiao, and if the empress agrees, the people of the Wei Dynasty will completely admire Xu Qingxiao.
Because there are actual benefits.
Xu Qingxiao will always be remembered in the hearts of the people.
Xu Qingxiao's status among the common people may not be weaker than that of the empress.
At this moment, the people all looked at the Empress, and they were curious about what the Empress would choose.
After just a brief silence, the voice of the empress sounded.
"I, allow!"
The voice sounded.
In an instant, the people were ecstatic.
Chen Zhengru immediately shouted loudly towards Xu Qingxiao and the empress.
"My dear, Chen Zhengru, for the sake of all the people in the world, I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty. I would like to express my gratitude to the marquis for pacifying the chaos. Long live my emperor."
Chen Zhengru spoke, and he bowed deeply to the empress and Xu Qingxiao.
The other six ministers, civil and military officials also appeared at this moment and bowed to the empress and Xu Qingxiao.
No matter what the reason is behind this incident.
Grain tax exemption for three years will be beneficial to the country and the people of Wei.
No matter what, this is the blessing of the Wei Dynasty.
At this time, the people were overjoyed and shed tears. They were extremely excited. More importantly, what Xu Qingxiao did moved them.
The common people were moved to tears, but a group of scholars showed disgust, inexplicably feeling that Xu Qingxiao was hypocritical.
However, they did not act too directly, and some scholars even frowned, as if they were waiting for something.
"My lord, on behalf of the common people of the Wei Dynasty, I would like to thank your Majesty very much."
Xu Qingxiao spoke.
The empress looked calm, then looked out of the palace and spoke slowly: "After the canonization, there will be a banquet for 30,000 people. All the people of Kyoto can attend. I and the people will have fun together."
The empress spoke up and set up a banquet for the people to enjoy together.
However, at this moment, a roar suddenly sounded, interrupting this joy.
"Xu Qingxiao!"
"You deserve death!"
A terrifying voice sounded, coming from the Heavenly Prison of Wei Dynasty.
As this voice sounded.
Finally, 300,000 scholars showed signs of joy. They had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
boom!
In the Imperial Palace of the Wei Dynasty, above the sky, the sky was originally clear, but at this moment, dark clouds gathered.
This is an ominous sign.
People were shocked and didn't know what happened.
Why did the sky change suddenly? And at this time, was it a little excessive to insult Xu Qingxiao?
A strong wind swept through the Wei Palace.
The sky was dim and seemed extremely oppressive. The maids and eunuchs were unable to open their eyes due to the strong wind, and an extremely powerful pressure filled the sky.
Under the sky.
Xu Qingxiao stood alone, her eyes were extremely calm, and she was not afraid.
The empress in front of Xu Qingxiao was also extremely calm, but there was a hint of coldness in her eyes.
It's not the cold feeling towards Xu Qingxiao, but the cold feeling towards Wei Wengong.
She knew that Wei Wen Palace wanted to target Xu Qingxiao, and she also knew that Peng Ru would make trouble for Xu Qingxiao, but she thought that even if Peng Ru targeted Xu Qingxiao, it would not be at this time, at least until she left, right?
Dare to touch Xu Qingxiao in front of him, this is really contempt for himself, and he does not take the emperor of Wei into his eyes at all.
"Bold! He Fang Xiaoxiao."
At this moment, An Guogong's voice rang out. His voice resounded throughout the capital of the Wei Dynasty, scattering the dark clouds and calming the violent wind.
"I am Peng Yuan, a great scholar in the world of literature and art."
"Today, Xu Qingxiao is convicted."
The voice sounded, giving Duke An Guo a response.
Hearing Peng Yuan's voice, An Guogong's expression did not change at all, as if he had already guessed it.
As for the people, they were really surprised and didn't know why Peng Ru suddenly attacked.
But I felt inexplicably disgusted inside.
"What's my crime?"
The voice sounded, and it was Xu Qingxiao's voice. He looked calm and said this while looking in the direction of Tianlao.
"Condemn you for causing harm to the country."
"Xu Qingxiao, for your own selfish desires, you have harmed the country and the people. You talk about benevolence and morality, but you are cruel and cruel behind your back."
"For selfish reasons, you killed and surrendered a hundred thousand people, put Zhang Ning in jail, ruined his innocence, and even deceived His Majesty into making him a Marquis and Prime Minister."
"Zhang Ru couldn't bear the humiliation and hanged himself."
"Zhang Ning is a great scholar in our literary palace. He died today because of injustice. The injustice is shocking to the heavens. Xu Qingxiao, you deserve death."
"Today, even if I pay with my life, I will expose your wolfish ambition and sentence you to death."
As Peng Ru's voice sounded.
In an instant, the capital of Wei Dynasty was boiling.
Zhang Ning committed suicide?
Even these 300,000 scholars showed unparalleled shock at this moment.
They didn't know that Zhang Ning would commit suicide. They only knew that today Wei Wen Palace would impeach Xu Qingxiao, but they never thought that a great scholar would die in prison.
And he died unjustly.
The voice sounded.
The six ministers were astonished, the princes were astonished, everyone in the capital of the Wei Dynasty, and even many great scholars in the Wen Palace were completely shocked.
No one would have thought that Zhang Ning would commit suicide and use this method to criticize Xu Qingxiao.
But this approach is indeed effective.
And it's extremely effective.
The dead are the greatest.
Take the moral high ground.
After Peng Ru's words came out, the 300,000 scholars in Kyoto gradually came to their senses.
"Xu Qingxiao, you deserve death."
"You put my great scholar in jail, ruined his reputation, and caused him to suffer humiliation. Now he is forced to commit suicide. You are really ambitious and inferior to a beast."
"Hmph, is this the Great Wei Ping Luan Hou? He is really vicious."
"Xu Qingxiao, please return my life as a great scholar."
"Oh Zhang Ru, you were wronged and humiliated, and died unexpectedly. Xu Qingxiao, your methods are really vicious. I will definitely spread what you did to the world, so that all scholars will criticize you."
"It is truly a great irony and a great shame for a great scholar to die in prison."
A series of angry sounds sounded, and they woke up from the shock, naturally replaced by anger.
These scholars hate Xu Qingxiao for two reasons.
After all, Xu Qingxiao's arrogance made them very uncomfortable. Everyone was polite to Da Ru and respected their elders. Da Ru reprimanded them, but they didn't dare to say anything. Why did Xu Qingxiao get angry at Da Ru when he wanted to?
They are jealous of talent. They are all scholars and study hard. Why did Xu Qingxiao become a great Confucian when he was only twenty years old? They are jealous and hate Xu Qingxiao. They respect the saints and the Confucian, but they have been wronged so much that they cannot become a great Confucian.
They were dissatisfied and deeply dissatisfied that Xu Qingxiao was so arrogant and could become a great scholar.
The first reason is fine, but the most important reason is the second reason.
Xu Qingxiao was so outstanding, so outstanding that she stood like a bright moon in the sky, covering all their light.
Especially Xu Qingxiao is too young. If Xu Qingxiao is an old man in his seventies or eighties, even if he becomes enlightened and becomes a semi-saint, they won't think anything of it.
Maybe Qingxiao is too young to make people jealous.
It is because of these two reasons that many scholars in the world hate Xu Qingxiao and wish that Xu Qingxiao would cause some trouble.
It's a pity that every time Xu Qingxiao encounters a problem, he can turn it into a disaster, and every time Xu Qingxiao stands on the high ground of profound justice and moral high ground, leaving people helpless.
However, this time, the person who stood on the moral high ground became Peng Ru, a great Confucian in the lineage of Zhu Sheng.
He was imprisoned unjustly and committed suicide to prove his conscience.
This alone was enough for Xu Qingxiao to die without a burial place.
"Shut up!"
At this moment, the voice of Zhou Yan, Minister of War, sounded.
Zhang Ru committed suicide, which is indeed a big event, but it is not the turn of these scholars to criticize and insult him, at least not today.
"Why shut up? If you do something like this, why don't people tell you?"
"Zhou Shangshu, Zhang Ru was unjustly imprisoned, and now he has hanged himself. How can you expect us to calm down?"
"What a good officer to protect each other, what a good one to shut up."
"This Zhou Yan is already Xu Qingxiao's man. I heard that in this war, Xu Qingxiao killed Jiang Tucheng not just for the sake of war, but because he wanted to covet his country's treasures and was afraid that the matter would spread, so he killed Jiang Tucheng.
, looking at this, Zhou Yan, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of War, must have been bribed, right?"
"Why should you shut up? I am a scholar and I dare to speak and take responsibility. Why do you tell me to shut up?"
Zhou Yan originally wanted to suppress this group of scholars and ask them to stop making trouble for the time being, at least until the ceremony of ennobling the marquis was completely over. In addition, envoys from various countries were here to watch.
This envoy from various countries is not an envoy from a subordinate country, but from the Tuxie Dynasty, the Chu Yuan Dynasty, and some disciples of the Immortal Sect are still watching.
It is definitely not a good thing if something like this happens and spreads about the great Wei Ping Chaos Marquis canonization ceremony.
It's a pity that Zhou Yan thought he could suppress the scholars, but he never thought that this group of scholars would take advantage of him. Some even directly spread rumors, spreading rumors randomly and saying whatever they thought of without any scruples.
Hearing these waves of curses, Zhou Yan's face turned cold.
"Someone is coming!"
Following Zhou Yan's roar, a group of generals appeared to maintain order with stern faces.
What Zhou Yan meant was to calm down the situation first, not to get too excited, and to talk about things slowly. After all, there are outsiders here. Even if you really want to make trouble, you must explain the matter clearly first.
It's not just a slap in the face or a scolding.
It's true that Zhang Ning died, but Xu Qingxiao should also be allowed to say a few words, right?
But when the general appeared, the group of scholars became even more excited.
"Send troops again, okay. Is this how the Wei Dynasty treated scholars?"
"Ever since Xu Qingxiao became an official, he has been suppressed by force at every turn. When Xu Qingxiao was angry with Yan Ru, I heard that he also beat up scholars. Then he made a mistake by killing and surrendering. He did not allow scholars to speak, sent troops to suppress, and even let the people beat us."
"Now, Zhang Ru was wronged and humiliated, and committed suicide in prison. Xu Qingxiao still doesn't let us say, beat us if you want, kill us if you want."
"Okay, come on, today I want to see if you can kill all the scholars in the world!"
"Come on, kill!"
Someone was so angry that he walked out and roared at the Eight Gates soldiers, spitting everywhere, glaring at Zhou Yan and Xu Qingxiao in the palace.
He looked completely unafraid of death.
He is indeed not afraid of death, and he is indeed furious because he participated in the impeachment of Xu Qingxiao and his murder.
As a result, he was beaten half to death by the people, and he kept this hatred in his heart.
Now that Zhou Yan has sent troops again, he is naturally dissatisfied.
And he was ready to die.
He didn't believe it if he had the ability to kill. Xu Qingxiao really dared to kill scholars.
If this is the case, then Xu Qingxiao is completely finished.
Indeed, as this man roared, many scholars suddenly became excited.
"Xu Qingxiao, the only way you can do it is to kill? You massacre the city and treat the lives of the common people as trivial. You treat us scholars as ants. You can kill them if you want."
"Today, if you want my life, I will kill your heart."
"Brothers, Xu Qingxiao is bloodthirsty and has become a demon. Yan Ru is not wrong. He has already shown his flaws by practicing different arts. Otherwise, how could he be so bloodthirsty?"
Everyone looked extremely angry when they spoke, and some even spoke out boldly, saying that they wanted to kill Xu Qingxiao.
But more importantly, someone spoke up and believed that Yan Lei was not wrong and that Xu Qingxiao was possessed.
"Yes, he is possessed by a demon. Xu Qingxiao is possessed by a demon. Otherwise, how could he go and kill Jiang Tucheng?"
"This is not something ordinary people would do. Only people who are possessed by demons would do it."
"Exotic skills, different skills, yes, yes, yes, Xu Qingxiao must have practiced different skills. He is arrogant and keeps saying that he is doing it for the people, but he is cruel and cruel."
"How can such a person have a heart of kindness?"
"He became a great scholar in less than a year. This must be because he practiced some strange skills. Otherwise, how could he be so fast?"
These sounds were heard, and now they believed that the massacre in the city was caused by Xu Qingxiao's practice of strange arts.
Theoretically, there is really no big problem in saying this, and even if you think about it carefully, it is indeed a possibility.
But the more I talked about it, the more outrageous it became, and it even got involved in spiritual practice.
But everyone in the world knows that Confucianism and Taoism do not have such a term as foreign arts.
But now these Confucian scholars have lost any sense. In order to impeach Xu Qingxiao, to suppress Xu Qingxiao, and to deny all Xu Qingxiao's efforts, they started to make up random things.
And this time, they really came with the intention of dying.
Because of the previous humiliation and Zhang Ning's death this time, they also angered them.
Standing on the moral high ground is indeed fearless.
In fact, they may even think that they are doing this for the sake of righteousness, that it would be better to die and become famous forever.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Zhou Shangshu did not mean this. Zhang Ning also committed suicide in prison. There may be something fishy. We will discuss it after the court investigates!"
At this time, Chen Zhengru spoke up. He stepped forward to suppress everyone's anger, because no matter what, this matter must be calmed down now. There are outsiders present, and no matter how noisy he is, he can't embarrass himself in front of outsiders.
Just wait for his voice to ring.
Various voices sounded one after another.
Scholars are more intense.
"Chen Ru, shut up. You are now Xu Qingxiao's. You betrayed us and you were blinded by Xu Qingxiao. I once regarded you as a great Confucian and respected you, but now, in my eyes, you are not worthy of being a great Confucian at all.
Bit."
"Chen Ru, as a scholar in the literary palace, you have repeatedly helped the emperor to do evil, just because Xu Qingxiao can make two stinky money? Are you interested in money?"
"You are a dog-like thing. I am scolding you, Chen Ru. Are you angry? If you have the ability, arrest me now and let me die in the sky prison! But before that, Xu Qingxiao will also be arrested in the sky prison and scold the great scholar. But
Xu Qingxiao took the lead."
"Good scolding, Chen Ru, you are full of copper stench, are you worthy of being a great scholar? Are you a fool to be an official?"
"Xu Qingxiao, why don't you speak? You feel guilty, right? Hahahahahaha!"
All kinds of voices were extremely fierce, and some even insulted Chen Zhengru, who was extremely arrogant and arrogant.
These remarks made Chen Zhengru's face change, but he was not angry.
Because he knew that if he gave random orders, these scholars would really go crazy, and they might even die here.
Because their purpose is to make this matter bigger.
The bigger the noise, the better! This is their purpose.
Until now, Peng Ru has not shown up. This is Peng Ru's viciousness and conspiracy.
He doesn't need to show up, these 300,000 scholars alone can scold Xu Qingxiao to death.
Because this time, they did stand on the moral high ground.
Chen Zhengru frowned, and Zhou Yan and others couldn't help but frown too.
Their faces were not good-looking, and if they said anything to Xu Qingxiao, they would get all kinds of insults.
And it was extremely unpleasant. On the surface, he said he was imitating Xu Qingxiao, but in fact, he was just venting the anger in his heart.
Seeing that Xu Qingxiao was silent, the voice appeared again.
"Xu Qingxiao, why are you silent? Are you feeling guilty?"
"Xu Qingxiao, don't think that it will be okay if you don't speak! You must give me an explanation today! Otherwise, I will die here today and your reputation will be ruined!"
"Are you pretending to be dead if you don't speak? Aren't you quite good at speaking? Why don't you speak today?"
"Tell me, are you mute?"
Three hundred thousand scholars roared angrily. At first, a few thousand people insulted them, but seeing that the civil and military officials of the court did not speak, and Xu Qingxiao did not come out to refute, everyone suddenly realized that Xu Qingxiao was afraid. This time, Xu Qingxiao was really afraid.
Therefore, more and more scholars came out to criticize, and the curses became louder and louder.
At the same time, hundreds of thousands of scholars showed up outside Kyoto.
They heard the voices in Kyoto and all spoke at this moment.
"I sincerely ask Your Majesty to forgive Xu Qingxiao and give me back the great power of the Wei Dynasty!"
Those voices sounded!
We are united in our efforts and have already begged His Majesty to convict Xu Qingxiao.
This is a huge irony.
At this moment, many people are laughing at me, which is really embarrassing.
Here he was granted a title, and there he was impeached.
Extremely ridiculous.
Is this Da Wei?
From the perspective of outsiders, no matter who wins this fight, it will be embarrassing.
But Zhu Sheng's lineage knew this, they didn't care, it was embarrassing because they wanted to break away from the Wei Dynasty.
It is only Da Wei who is embarrassed and has nothing to do with them.
Even what they did today, in their eyes, was doing justice for heaven.
Finally, at this moment, the Queen's voice sounded!
"Today is the day when Xu Qingxiao was granted the title of Marquis. We will discuss Zhang Ning's death tomorrow and I will give an explanation to the Wei Dynasty!"
When the empress spoke, she was not angry, but her tone was calm, hoping that the matter would be discussed again tomorrow.
After all, today is the day when Xu Qingxiao was granted the title of Marquis.
One yard owned by a yard.
But at this moment, all the scholars sneered.
"Your Majesty, please forgive Xu Qingxiao!"
They were resolute and would not give in at all.
"Let's discuss it tomorrow!"
The empress spoke, her face a little cold.
"Your Majesty, please forgive Xu Qingxiao."
They spoke again.
Be firm.
"I told you, let's discuss it tomorrow."
At this moment, the national prestige of the Wei Dynasty was a little shaken. No one listened to the words of the majestic king of the country. This is really...ridiculous.
"His Majesty!"
"Xu Qingxiao brings disaster to the country and the people!"
"If it is not eliminated, the law of heaven will not tolerate it. Your Majesty, you must not be deceived by treacherous ministers, otherwise you will not be a holy king."
Some scholars spoke up to persuade the empress.
"I will say one last thing. We will discuss this matter tomorrow. I will definitely give an explanation to all the scholars in the world."
The empress' voice was a little chilly.
But the next moment, a terrifying sound sounded.
"Hunjun!"
"Aren't you awake yet?"
As this voice sounded, at this moment, everyone in Kyoto was completely stunned.
And Xu Qingxiao's calm eyes instantly turned cold!