Chapter 512 Despite nine deaths, he still has no regrets
Xunyang City, ferry.
"I will refuse to obey the imperial edict until my death."
There were many people at the ferry who wondered if they had heard wrongly.
The same goes for the nearest eunuch Zhang Yu, who has a cold and arrogant old face with a hint of doubt:
"What did Ouyang Changshi say? Why don't you obey?"
Ouyang Rong didn't say anything, but took out a thin memorial with a dark blue cover from his pocket.
Immediately afterwards, in front of Zhang Yu, the eunuch who delivered the order, and everyone present, he untied his belt, took off his crimson official uniform, and took off his black gauze hat...
When he was doing these actions in an orderly manner, the bustling dock had completely fallen silent.
Countless pairs of eyes look at it.
Under these different gazes, Ouyang Lianghan held a folded stack of official uniforms and black gauze hats in his hands, plus a memorial with a dark blue cover.
With a calm look on his face, he handed them to Zhang Yu, the eunuch who delivered the order, nodded and said:
"False edict. With such a holy name, Your Majesty, how can you issue such an edict and do things that harm the country and the people? There is a treacherous king in the court, and the treacherous ministers deceive the holy people and falsely convey the decree. This is a false edict.
"The imperial edict issued by His Majesty on the creation of statues once said that the people should not be wasted and the wealth should not be wasted. Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and has taught you earnestly and given all kinds of instructions. I dare not forget them.
"The two edicts before and after are contradictory to each other. The previous edict was the main one, but this is a false edict. I will never follow the edict."
The gray-haired old eunuch who was greeted respectfully by all the officials and people of Jiangzhou today was stunned at first, and even looked at the yellow edict in his hand with a somewhat confused look, preparing to read it again.
But immediately, a furious look appeared on Zhang Yu's face, his face turned red as if he was being teased, and he scolded him in public:
"Ouyang Lianghan, you are so presumptuous! It's all nonsense!"
Ouyang Rong shook his head gently:
"The one who is truly presumptuous is Lin Cheng, Xia Guanlingtai Lang, the heir to King Wei of Wei. These two are national traitors and should be punished!"
He handed over the dark blue cover memorial in his hand and said solemnly:
"The Xingzifang statue incident has brought disaster to the country and the people. The two men have committed numerous crimes, which are too numerous to write down. I use my humble body to accuse the two thieves. I ask my father-in-law to return to Beijing and hand over this blood letter of guilt on my behalf."
The sonorous and powerful words echoed throughout the audience.
From saying "I will refuse to obey the edict" to now talking about killing national traitors, only ten breaths have passed, and many people in the audience have not reacted, and are still digesting and understanding the sudden change in the atmosphere on the scene.
Or in other words, everyone actually heard every word of Ouyang Lianghan clearly, but this rare scene of "rejecting the imperial edict" in eight hundred years caused their brains to shut down.
Let alone since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if we look further back, since the founding of the Great Qian Dynasty, there have been very few people who refused the imperial edict in public, right?
Well, if it were placed on some small countries in the Western Regions where envoys were sent and dared to refuse the edict and violate the decree, they would be destroyed by the cavalry of the Great Qian and the Great Zhou.
So, isn’t it necessary to accept this sage’s edict? Thunder, rain, and dew are all your grace, how can you still play like this?
If you compare Dazhou Officialdom to a game, at this moment, you... everyone feels as if they are not playing the same server version.
At this moment, Zhang Yu, the eunuch who delivered the order, also choked and looked at the "hard bone" in front of him speechlessly.
He has been working in the industry of leaving Beijing as an envoy to announce imperial edicts for many years, and he has never encountered this situation.
Wei Shaoqi, Lin Cheng, Wang Lengran and others all turned their heads and looked straight at Ouyang Lianghan, who firmly refused the imperial edict.
But they were not the first to stand up and accuse.
It's Rong Zhen.
"Be brave, Ouyang Lianghan! Did you not wake up and were drunk again last night? You are really talking nonsense. If you dare to contradict Eunuch Zhang, get out of here! There is no place for a drunk like you to talk here."
The cold and cold girl in palace clothes scolded angrily.
Ouyang Rong frowned and stepped forward again, continuing to hand out the memorials and official uniforms, but Xie Lingjiang grabbed his hand.
Before Ouyang Rong could react, Rong Zhen rushed forward with a group of female officials and surrounded him...
After a while, the women "dragged" him down fiercely.
This time, Xie Lingjiang and Rong Zhen cooperated surprisingly well, although during the whole process, the two women helping each other did not even look at each other.
However, before Ouyang Rong was "detained", the confessional memorial and the official uniform and black gauze hat had been handed to the eunuch Zhang Yu.
Xunyang Wang Lixian was dressed in a python suit and stared blankly. His arm was pushed by a veiled little princess with plum blossom make-up behind him. He was startled and immediately stepped forward and snatched the hand from the gray-haired old eunuch.
With the memorial and official uniform, he turned his head at the same time and loudly reproached the surrounding Jiangzhou officials:
"Yan Canjun, Chen You, did you two make Ouyang Changshi hangover again? Did you get drunk so early in the morning that he was confused? You just uttered jokes, it is simply unreasonable..."
"Yes, yes, I drank. I drank. I was greedy for alcohol and ruined my job. I really couldn't hold it back and dragged down the Ming Dynasty."
Yan Liulang and Chen You rushed forward and stood in front of Xunyang King Lixian and the old eunuch Zhang Yu, bowing their heads to apologize with guilt on their faces.
"You have received one demerit and will be fined three months' salary!"
Li Xian looked dissatisfied. After finishing his lesson, he immediately turned around, clasped his fists towards the old eunuch Zhang Yu and apologized, saying with an apologetic expression:
"Ouyang Changshi accidentally bumped into my father-in-law and made him laugh. Don't be the same as him."
Khufu also took a step forward in time, pulled Zhang Yu's sleeves, as if stuffing something into them, and said with a familiar smile:
"Eunuch Zhang, please come here. I haven't seen you for a few months. Eunuch Zhang is really getting more energetic. It's really hard to come to Jiangzhou to announce the decree for His Majesty... Our family has prepared a banquet in Xunyang Tower in advance. Eunuch Zhang invites you."
Move..."
Zhang Yu, the eunuch who delivered the order, had a gloomy face. He first waved his hand to Hu Fu, the junior member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs:
"I'm sorry, Eunuch Hu. The Za family has to return to Beijing to resume their duties. We can't go to the banquet. The Za family are also afraid that drinking will cause trouble... I accept it kindly. Let's do it next time."
Then, the pale old eunuch held his sleeves and weighed some heavy, cold objects inside his sleeves.
He looked at Li Xian who had quietly hidden Ouyang Lianghan's memorial and official uniform, and said in a sharp voice:
"Your Majesty, this is the true edict of the sage. The Za family would not dare to pass on a false edict even if it gave them a hundred courages."
The old eunuch gestured to the edict in his hand.
"It's natural."
Li Xian nodded quickly.
"The Holy One, the Holy One."
A group of Jiangzhou officials, including Lin Cheng and Wang Lengran who were watching from the sidelines, responded.
Only then did Zhang Yu's expression soften slightly.
It seems that I have forgotten and will not mention what happened just now.
After a while, he continued to announce the edict. Ouyang Rong was originally the first person to receive the edict this time, but he was temporarily ignored. After the edict was announced, Lin Cheng and other officials took the order and left.
When there was no one around, Zhang Yu said to Li Xian who was still accompanying him, Hu Fu said:
"Your Highness, Eunuch Hu, and the Zajia Quan think that Ouyang Changshi is still hungover. If so many people hear what he just said, it will definitely be spread back to the capital by bored and thoughtful people, so that the saints can hear some of it. This
It's almost certain, everyone knows this.
"Whether these drunken words will be weighed, the Zajia family is not sure, but the Zajia family dared to make a suggestion, so that after Ouyang Changshi sobered up, he quickly came to receive His Majesty's edict, took over the post of Jiangnan Supervisor and Left Envoy, and honestly built a statue in Xingzifang.
In addition, the Holy Master is in the north, so I asked him to kowtow a few times while facing the north, and be more sincere... The Zajia will report it truthfully, saying that it is impossible for saints to love talents, and when they see their hard work, Long Yan smiles, and goes over."
"Thank you, father-in-law, for the tip."
Li Xian nodded seriously.
The old eunuch waved his hand:
"The Za family will leave in the evening and will come back in the afternoon. There is still half a day left. No matter how drunk you are, you should wake up in the afternoon."
After saying that, the old eunuch boarded the official ship again.
Seeing this, Li Xian hurried back to Prince Xunyang's Mansion, gathered everyone in the study, and said anxiously:
"Where is Tanlang now?"
Yan Liulang said with a troubled expression:
"In the Supervisory Yuan, the Ming Dynasty was as stubborn as a donkey. Miss Xie and Rong Zhennv Shi were afraid that they would contradict Eunuch Zhang again, so they locked him up in the Supervisory Yuan in the name of detaining and grounding him."
Li Guo'er picked up the dark blue-covered memorial and the crimson fifth-grade official uniform that Li Xian had just left on the table after entering the study room. He glanced through the memorial quietly with his eyes, and sighed slightly with his pink lips:
"Fortunately, we reacted quickly and stopped Ouyang Lianghan's memorial. This memorial must not be handed over to the grandmother's case in Beijing, otherwise the situation would be serious. It doesn't matter to Lin Cheng, but it will bring about the conflict between Ouyang Lianghan and the Prince of Wei.
It has also been put on the table. At that time, it will be a life-and-death fight. In the end, it will depend on who Grandma chooses. Only one of them can be left in the court..."
She covered the memorial and stuffed it directly into the auspicious beast stove in front of her. Watching it burn into ashes in the charcoal fire, she narrowed her eyes and said:
"The most worrying thing is that at that time, my father, Mr.
…It will be really difficult to end it then.”
Li Dalang was taking the ice pack handed over by Wei Mei with a cold face to apply on the purple circles under his eyes, when he suddenly said:
"Before Tanlang went to Xunyang Ferry in the morning, he specifically told me that after I go back, I and my sister must persuade my father and not act impulsively."
Li Xian, who was silently planning to write a letter to the Queen Mother to intercede, paused.
Everyone in the study fell silent.
Wei Mei sighed:
"He has long been worried that Qilang will act impulsively and get involved, so why should he act impulsively and jump into the fire pit? Isn't Tanlang... partial to Hushanxing?"
"Yes." Li Dalang said helplessly: "So when I heard it at that time, how did I know that Tan Lang meant this and would do that later..."
Wei Mei glared at her eldest son, hating that iron could not make steel:
"Didn't I ask you to follow Tanlang carefully and enlighten him? He is very abnormal. Didn't you discover it earlier?"
Li Dalang looked troubled:
"Tanlang is so smart. There are some things he doesn't say, so it's hard for others to know, and he won't show it..."
Li Guo'er shook his head and spoke for his brother:
"Don't talk about Da Lang, I'm a little surprised too... I know Ouyang Lianghan is dissatisfied, Lin Cheng has touched his bottom line, but we are no longer like Longcheng who have nothing, taking a step back is a bottomless abyss, now we can take a step back
, lowering the bottom line, after all, as the family wealth becomes stronger, people naturally have more worries, and there will always be trade-offs...
She murmured to herself:
"But I never thought that he would refuse to compromise... It seems that there are some people and things that in his eyes he has to defend even to the death.
"A good person never regrets even if he narrowly escapes death."
Yan Liulang buried his head and said in a dull voice:
"The Ming Palace didn't tell us in advance, probably because they were afraid that we would stop him and make the prince listen to the princess, and they probably didn't want to involve us in the palace..."
Li Xian stood up, unable to conceal his excitement:
"We came out of Longcheng together, and we agreed to return to Luoyang safely together. No one can be missing. Tanlang's matter is my king's matter. How can I sit idly by and ignore it? Tanlang is worried that it will affect us, but
Aren't we worried about him?"
Li Dalang also suddenly said: "Those who hold salary for everyone should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow."
Seeing his father and brother like this, Li Guo'er couldn't help but sigh:
"So I said, fortunately this letter was not submitted, there is still room."
At this moment, Shun Bo's hurried figure appeared at the door.
"Your Majesty, over there at the Supervisory Yuan and Jiangzhou Hall... there are people, workers, and scholars gathered to protest, blocking the whole street... It seems that they are testifying to Mr. Ouyang."
"Testify?" Everyone was stunned.
"Because there are rumors in the city now that Ouyang Changshi prayed for the people and angered the high officials from Luoyang. The high officials from Luoyang randomly found a crime and sent him to prison. If he wanted to escape the crime, he had to prove his innocence. Everyone ran to testify for him...
"
Li Guoer stood up immediately:
"No, we can't gather people. We must stop the signs and we must not cause public uproar. Otherwise, we will not save Ouyang Lianghan, but harm him."
The little girl with plum blossom makeup made a quick decision:
"Let's go, father, go over immediately to appease the people of Xunyang. This time, you, the prince, have to come forward and make a red face. Yan Liulang, you often follow Ouyang Lianghan, and many people know you. Go and maintain the streets."
Order, be careful of the traitor fanning and guiding you; Uncle Shun went to Hu Fu to help stabilize Eunuch Zhang and ask him to leave later to buy us time."
She distributed the items in an orderly manner and finally nodded:
"As for Dalang, you and I go to the Overwatch Council to assist Sister Xie and the others, and then try to persuade Ouyang Lianghan..."
"Yes, yes, let's go."
"Yes, Amei is right."
Li Xian, Li Dalang and others suddenly nodded.
Ouyang Lianghan was temporarily absent, so Li Guoer stepped forward to let everyone find the backbone.
The situation was urgent, so everyone took action without thinking too much.
Only Yan Liulang, after walking out of the door, first glanced at the hurried figure of his friend who was the Crown Prince of Xunyang, turned his head slightly, and then glanced at the calm back of the little princess beside him.
But compared to the immediate priorities, these are irrelevant.
…
"Look, Miss Qin, Ouyang Lianghan is so bold, he even dares to refuse the imperial edict! He is too arrogant.
"I heard that the Donglin Giant Buddha moved to Xingzifang, but His Majesty summoned the princes and the ministers of the political affairs hall, and all the sages were gathered together, and the decision was made at the imperial meeting. It was the product of a comprehensive gathering.
"He just said it was a fake edict. Oh, is it possible that he is smarter than His Majesty and the ministers of the political affairs hall? They are all inferior to him?
"How arrogant, Miss Qin. I admit that he is worthy of my study in water control, but I dare not compliment him in other aspects..."
At Xunyang Ferry, outside the crowded crowd, there was a window on the third floor of a nearby restaurant.
Wei Shaoqi pointed at the rejection scene not far outside the window, and apologized to Miss Qin behind him.
Qin Ying, who was wearing a Taoist robe today, stared out the window the whole time.
She looked at the tall figure of Zhang Yu, the stand-in eunuch who stood in front of the entire dock and stood in front of the people of Xunyang, who refused to obey the imperial edict.
He never spoke.
At a certain moment, Qin Ying suddenly interrupted Wei Shaoqi's eloquent words.
“When Her Majesty the Queen, the political ministers, and even the wise men in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty put together a discussion, will the result they come up with be correct?
"Then why does the Li Zhengyan Rebellion in Southwest China still happen?
"Then the various military affairs of conquering the army and suppressing the rebels can be decided directly by His Majesty and the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, and we can also ask my eighty-year-old Aweng to be a commander who leads the troops and is in charge of the power.
What do you do alone?"
She nodded gently without looking back:
"It can be seen that a group of wise people is not a group of sages."
Wei Shaoqi suddenly choked up and his expression became slightly stiff.