Chapter 255 The ruling and opposition parties were shocked
He led the villagers from Weinan County to Taiyuan, set a fire, and then returned to Ganjingzhuang in a swaggering manner.
Li Qinzai felt a little regretful. Although the commotion was quite big, no one was hurt, and no one was killed. He just set fire to his ancestral home.
It's not very harmful, but it's very insulting.
The situation can probably only reach this scale. If it is smaller, it will not cause shock to the government and the public. If it is larger, it will be too much to do. No matter whether someone is killed or injured, it will be difficult for Li Zhi to do it under the world's verbal and written criticism.
Li Qinzai really had to squat in Dali Temple for several days.
Burning the ancestral home was just right, and the movement was big enough to completely shake the foundation of the Wang family in Taiyuan. At the same time, it satisfied the goals of Li Zhi and Empress Wu, giving them sufficient reason to beat the Wang family in Taiyuan.
As soon as Li Qinzai returned to Ganjingzhuang, news spread about the burning of the Wang family's ancestral home.
For a time, the whole world was shaken, and both the government and the public were shocked.
When the messenger spread the news day and night to various disciples, former officials and dignitaries related to the Wang family, countless officials and scholars who were inextricably linked to the Wang family became angry.
They wrote eloquent memorials all night long, and jointly impeached Weinan County Bo Li Qinzai for being unreasonable, daring and offending the nobles of the county. They asked the emperor to reduce his rank and punish him. If he is not severely punished, he will not be able to thank the world.
The city of Chang'an was boiling overnight.
Not only the court, but also the scholars were agitated. Students from the Imperial College, famous scholars of the time, and even some common people knelt outside the Tai Chi Palace and begged the emperor to severely punish Li Qinzai.
By burning down the Wang family's ancestral home in Taiyuan, Li Qinzai seemed to have dug up a hornet's nest, and the whole world was detonated.
The memorials like snowflakes drifted into the Shangshu Province, and Xu Jingzong, the right minister, and Liu Xiangdao, the right prime minister of the Shangshu, were busy until late at night, and still could not read all the memorials and memorials.
The next day, Xu Jingzong had no choice but to go to the palace to see Li Zhi. He moved countless memorials to impeach Li Qinzai into the Taiji Palace and asked Li Zhi to read them.
Li Zhi responded politely, put the memorial aside, and chatted with Xu Jingzong about his family affairs.
After talking nonsense all over the world, Xu Jingzong tested Li Zhi's intentions several times. After all, Li Qinzai and Xu Jingzong had been famous for a long time. He had made many achievements. I heard that the emperor was particularly favoring him today.
In less than a year, he not only made an exception and knighted Li Qinzai, but also later destroyed the Japanese country. He insisted on promoting him to the first-level knighthood despite public objections. Under such grace, it was difficult for Xu Jingzong to guess God's will.
And an old official like Xu Jingzong who has been in the officialdom for most of his life, especially if he can reach such a high position as the Right Prime Minister, even if the whole world is filled with righteous indignation to impeach Li Qinzai, as long as the emperor remains silent, he will never dare to deal with it privately.
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The emperor and his ministers chatted in the Taiji Palace for about half an hour. Li Zhi talked about the weather, the general situation, internal and external troubles, and even the feng shui of the ancestral tombs of Xu Jingzong's family, but he never mentioned the fact that Li Qinzai set fire to the Wang family in Taiyuan.
There is no attitude, but a clear attitude.
Xu Jingzong was confused at first, but later he became clearer and clearer as we talked, and his ideas gradually became clearer.
It’s true, the emperor wants to protect Li Qinzai!
Not only that, I am afraid that the grudge between the Taiyuan Wang family and Li Qinzai is not that simple, and there may be a reversal.
When Wang Cong'an of Chang'an was captured by Baiqisi, it was done in secret, and the reasons were kept secret. Xu Jingzong was able to vaguely guess the truth without knowing anything about it. The old official Youzi did have some abilities.
After the monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time, Xu Jingzong resigned in a sensible manner.
Returning to the Shangshu Provincial Office, the first thing Xu Jingzong did was to find a few big boxes, sweep all the memorials to impeach Li Qinzai into the boxes, and then... calmly handle other court affairs.
There were still a steady stream of imperial memorials sent to the Ministry of Secretariat. Xu Jingzong didn't even bother to read them and threw them all into the box.
The Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, and when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were furious and wanted to impeach Li Qinzai, Xu Jingzong made a bold move.
He personally visited the British father-in-law with a name card and presented him with Dragon Boat Festival gifts. He prepared several gifts, including one for Li Qinzai.
When people all over the world were rushing to impeach Li Qinzai, Xu Jingzong, the right minister who was handling the impeachment memorial, actually took the initiative to visit the house and give gifts. This operation was quite outrageous.
Many courtiers and officials who knew Xu Jingzong's character suddenly calmed down and then realized something.
A person like Xu Jingzong is not a good person, but he is not a bad person either. He knows how to follow people's influence and can make friends. His popularity in the court is not bad, but he has one very distinctive characteristic.
When I am in office, I don't care if the flood below you is raging, I only care about the emperor's face.
So, what does it mean that Xu Jingzong uncharacteristically took the initiative to send gifts to the British government at this time?
After the courtiers calmed down, there were inexplicably fewer memorials to impeach Li Qinzai.
There are fewer memorial memorials, but not none. Memorials can be shelved in the cabinet and ignored, but what about court meetings?
At the court meeting the next day, more than a dozen censors came out to impeach Li Qinzai in front of Li Zhi.
Li Qinzai burned most of the Wang family in Taiyuan, a county with a well-known family for thousands of years. This was no small matter. He not only offended the court's laws, but also seriously provoked the world's great Confucians and scholars.
In particular, the courtiers who had direct and indirect relations with the Wang family in Taiyuan were furious in the Golden Palace, with tears streaming down their cheeks. They did not hesitate to die to remonstrate with them, begging the emperor to severely punish the evil thief who set the fire, and to bring justice to the world's scholars and scholars.
As expected by Li Qinzai, a storm gathered over the Golden Palace of the Chaotang, and a shower was approaching.
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Ganjingzhuang.
Li Qinzai, who had just returned to Zhuangzi, heard a very speechless news before he could take a breath.
"Miss Cui escaped again?" Li Qinzai looked confused: "Is she addicted to running away from marriage? She ran away again and again. What did I do wrong?"
Liu Asi scratched her head: "I heard from the banker that the Fifth Young Master was on his way to Taiyuan with his troops, so she hurriedly packed her luggage and left Zhuangzi..."
Li Qinzai said dissatisfiedly: "What did I do wrong? How did I offend her? Recently, apart from burning other people's ancestral houses, I have been extremely honest. Why is she so crazy?"
He took a deep breath with anger still lingering.
Not as good as the Japanese women. Although the Japanese women were pretentious and awkward, they were big and white. This advantage was enough to cover up all the shortcomings.
Li Qinzai secretly decided to wait a few more days. If there was no news from Cui Jie, he would deal with the Japanese woman.
He wanted to taste Mr. Mikami's sweet and salty dishes.
When they heard that Li Qinzai was back, Qiao'er and a group of disciples came out of the front yard to welcome him.
Li Sujie looked in admiration and kept saluting. Others may not know the inside story of the assassination, but the disciples in Zhuangzi all knew that it was related to the Wang family of Taiyuan.
Of course, they still didn't know that Li Zhi and Empress Wu planned to use this matter to cause trouble, nor did they know the complexity behind the matter.
In short, when others dared to assassinate Mr. Xiang, he took them to Taiyuan without saying a word and burned down their ancestral home.