You Fang only felt like a knife was stirring inside his abdomen, his liver and intestines were cut off, his vision turned black, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his whole body was shaking.
"You, what do you want to do? Do you want to kill them all? Yes, I will take care of the matter. Why bother the woman, the old man? Why should the woman deserve it?"
He asked angrily.
Guo Ying scratched his head and said, "You Fang, you still don't know clearly. You are just a knife in someone's hand. You are not the mastermind. If you want to bear the blame, it won't be your turn!"
"
"You!" You Fang coughed violently, his body stooped and shrunk into a prawn.
At this time, Guo Yingcai said to the old man: "Tell me, who are you working for? Come on, don't waste time!"
The little old man was startled. Of course he was not as stupid as You Fang. If he fell into someone else's hands, why bother asking for trouble? Don't wait for someone else to use the great memory recovery technique.
The little old man explained the matter obediently.
"I, I am the butler of the Wang family..."
"Which Wang family?" Guo Ying asked.
"That's right, it's the Wang family, Wang Jue, Wang family in Hangzhou!" the little old man added: "Our master even sponsored You Fang to come to Jinling."
Hearing this, You Fang's body shook violently, his eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid...
"Why should we support You Fang? What is the purpose?"
"Yes, I want to see what the Zhu Jiajun's background is like. After all, our master has quite a lot of property in Hangzhou and we don't dare to be careless."
Guo Yingdao: "Then how did your master's inquiry go? But did you see it clearly?"
"Look... I see clearly, my master welcomes Lieutenant Zhang as he enters Hangzhou." The steward lowered his head bitterly. No need to ask, Zhu Yuanzhang did not pass the interview. Instead, it was Zhang Shicheng who won the hearts of wealthy businessmen.
When Zhang Shicheng's troops entered Hangzhou, it was Wang Jue who took the lead in welcoming them.
"Since your master followed Taiwei Zhang, why did he come up with You Fang's idea? What are your plans?"
The housekeeper's heart was pounding and he was obviously scared, but he didn't dare not say anything when faced with Guo Ying's questioning.
"I, my master just said that the Zhu Jiajun was too unreasonable and worried that the Zhu Jiajun would invade Hangzhou. It happened that You Fang became a teacher in the Duke's Mansion at that time, so he set up a plan!"
"So this woman is not your daughter?"
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment and nodded helplessly, "She, she was bought by my master and kept in the mansion. She was originally intended to be dedicated to the noble Zhu Jiajun. Later, I heard that the prime minister of the Zhu Jiajun was honest and upright, penniless, and his family was surrounded by poverty... He thought about it
It's hard to bribe, so just use her to bribe You Fang, it's not a waste."
puff!
Hearing this, You Fang couldn't bear it anymore. He opened his mouth, spit out black blood, and fell to the ground, feeling extremely heartbroken.
What?
My goddess, in the eyes of others, is something that is not willing to be wasted!
That is the person that I have been dreaming about and longing for day and night!
For her, I even committed an assassination, physically tearing out my heart and lungs. But in the end, she was just a puppet in their hands, and she was all a show of false affection, with no real feelings at all.
I am the biggest fool and all my hard work has been wasted.
You Fang lay on the ground, coughing up blood and feeling extremely miserable.
"In order to facilitate this matter, these monks also contributed, right?"
"yes!"
"Why?"
"Because, because our master gives some incense money to the temple every year, most of the businessmen who come from Hangzhou live in the temple. If anything happens, they will tell our master!"
Guo Ying nodded, "Okay, that's great! Your master has great hands and eyes!"
The housekeeper was so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "Hey, sir, this is actually the trick our master used to deal with the officials of the Yuan Dynasty before. Please forgive me, please forgive me!"
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The woman also knelt down and begged for mercy.
Guo Ying glanced at her and then said: "I heard that you are pregnant. Is the child in your belly your Fang's?"
You Fang, who was lying on the ground and dying, also pricked up his ears.
The woman was silent for a long time, and Guo Ying was furious, "Speak!"
The woman still lowered her head, unable to speak.
And among those monks, one of them bravely said: "Sir, this temptress never refuses anyone...who knows who is carrying her in her belly!"
"ah!"
You Fangru was struck by lightning, wailing in pain, suddenly facing up to the sky, and fell heavily.
Black blood gushed out from his eyes, nostrils, and ears. The expression on his face was twitching and painful. After struggling for a moment, with endless regret, You Fang stared and died!
Zhang Ximeng watched silently and only asked Guo Ying to ask questions. He had already silently reviewed the matter in his heart... Speaking of You Fang, this person is very hateful, but also pitiful.
He studied hard and wanted to get ahead, but he didn't even have the travel expenses to Jinling.
The Wang family funded him, and originally wanted You Fang to enter the Zhu Jiajun and spy on the Zhu Jiajun's true status. As a result, You Fang came a step late and missed the exam, and Wang Jue already knew about the Zhu Jiajun's style, so he chose Zhang Shicheng.
Then the commotion on Zhu Jiajun's side became more and more loud. Wang Jue was afraid and wanted to spy on Zhu Jiajun's situation.
By chance, he met You Fang and was selected as Zhu Ying's teacher, so he instructed his men to deal with You Fang using the same methods they used to deal with Yuan Ting officials...
Poor You Fang, he is just a little scholar. Coming to Jinling to take the exam is the furthest trip we have ever taken together in our lives. His knowledge is limited, and his thoughts are simple and pitiful.
He thought that all the good things in the world revolved around him, and the little tricks of beauty were enough to tie him down.
But then again, is You Fang innocent?
He gets confused when he sees beauty, steals manuscripts when asked to do so, and does it even when asked to poison him... As long as he has some bottom line in his life, it's not like he has no bottom line at all!
Now that I drank the poisonous tea, my orifices bleed, and I was pissed to death, I brought it all on myself and deserved no sympathy at all.
In fact, Zhang Ximeng glimpsed a lot of things from him.
The Wang family has a large business, is rich and powerful, and was once attached to the Yuan Dynasty. Now it is Zhang Shicheng's guest. It is really easy for them to bribe officials and support scholars.
Funding their studies, helping them with exams, Yan Ruyu, and a golden house. When they embark on their official career, they will definitely reciprocate the favor, fight for the Wang family, and protect them from wind and rain.
This kind of thing has happened for a long time. The so-called catching a son-in-law under the official list is to win over civil servants in advance!
Later, everyone felt that it was too late to catch a son-in-law. To cultivate talents, start with studying. Finally, they would just set up their own schools, export talents in batches, compete with friends, control the government, and block the sky.
That's right, it's Donglin Academy.
Zhang Ximeng increasingly felt that it was necessary to encourage the establishment of schools, expand the scale of imperial examinations, and start from the grassroots level...
After all, only the imperial court had the power to establish schools extensively, and merchants from aristocratic families could train dozens or hundreds of talents, but they could not train hundreds of thousands or millions of scholars.
On the basis of extensive training of talents, the scale of each imperial examination must be maintained at a huge number, so it is impossible to buy so many people at once.
Moreover, through the imperial examination, you have to start from the bottom. Such people do not have much power, and it is not cost-effective to bribe them.
All in all, as long as the cost of bribing civil servants is made infinitely high, some people's wishful thinking will naturally be dispelled.
As long as we can stick to this policy, there will probably be nothing wrong with the Donglin Party.
Of course, this is just a long-term plan. The most important thing right now is this case... Someone actually reached out to Zhu Ying. This Wang Jue is really a character!
He and Zhang Shicheng are together. Although they are not serious rivals, they should not be underestimated. They must take the opportunity to dig out all the informants hidden in Jinling and give Zhang Shicheng a blow in the head to let him know how powerful he is...
But just when Zhang Ximeng was about to start a big fight, news came from Suzhou again.
This news made Zhang Ximeng unable to calm down. He looked around, thought for a long time, and decided to go to Li Shanchang.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is not here, and Li Shanchang has the most power. They must come to a conclusion on this matter.
After Lao Li read the news, his face was full of weirdness. He wanted to laugh but it wasn't funny, but he felt uncomfortable if he didn't laugh.
"I'm talking about Prime Minister Zhang. This Zhang Jiusi spent a long time trying to steal your manuscript. Instead of implementing the innovation according to your method, he found some literati to refute your article?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled helplessly, "Maybe you can refute me!"
"What's the use of refuting you!" Li Shanchang sneered, "So what if you talk nonsense? What scholar of science can't explain some truth? But who has the ability to work hard and prosper? Your opinion is not about talking.
What, it’s that our treasury is abundant, our weapons are well-equipped, our food and grass are sufficient, and all the people support us! It’s the food in Changpingcang, the armor on the soldiers, and the hundreds of thousands of civilians... This is what is truly useful!”
Li Shanchang praised Zhang Ximeng without hesitation, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
However, Lao Li did bring this matter to a realistic dimension. Behind Zhang Ximeng's proposition was the powerful Zhu Jiajun. On the other hand, the strength of the Zhu Jiajun was inseparable from Zhang Ximeng's proposition.
The two complement each other and complete each other.
Because of this, many smart scholars accepted Zhang Ximeng's ideas.
If Zhu Jiajun's achievements were not listed here, those people would go crazy after seeing a few articles and cry out to serve Zhu Jiajun, then they would be out of their minds!
"According to Brother Li, what Zhang Shicheng should do most is to learn from us?"
Li Shanchang laughed, "What a pity! He can't learn! But I didn't expect that he would unexpectedly help us spread the article... Now the talented people in Wuzhong are devoted to Zhu Jiajun. Zhang Shicheng has dug his own grave.
ah!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "I see it that way too, but Brother Li needs to make plans in advance. If Wuzhong scholars are willing to come over, he has to find a way to settle down."
Li Shanchang nodded, "It just so happens that these days I have taken drastic measures and fired many old officials of the Yuan Dynasty... All those who violated the rules and refused to change their old habits will be fired. When it comes to vacancies, I have plenty of them! As long as you can really read and read,
We also have the ambition to succeed in our careers, and there is a lot to be done with us!"
Zhang Ximeng then remembered that it was precisely because of Han Xiuniang's case that a large number of officials were purged from top to bottom... Nowadays, it is perfect for the talented scholars in Wuzhong to defect to the Zhu family army.
If we are afraid that we will have no talent available, we will send our best talents here. What kind of spirit is this?
"Brother Li, if one day my lord rules the world, I'm afraid neither of us will be able to be the number one hero!"
Li Shanchang was startled, "Well, how do you say this?"
"The number one hero is naturally Zhang Shicheng who destroyed his family and used his own flesh and blood to strengthen us!" Zhang Ximeng said: "When the time comes, we should give him a golden man!"
Li Shanchang couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, I'm going to give you a gift worth 10,000 kilograms!"