In recent days, things have been happening in the capital. But even if the emperor canonized the prince, the arrest of Mr. Dongyue has not caused more discussion.
Mr. Dongyue, one of the "Three Saints" in the Chinese literary world, is a contemporary saint. He can be said to be a model of morality and the pinnacle of literature in the hearts of the Chinese people. In the hearts of the people, Mr. Dongyue is perfect and spotless.
It represents a spiritual pursuit and is a moral model for the world.
But now, Mr. Dongyue is imprisoned because of his treason. How could such a ridiculous thing happen in the world?
First, this cannot be true. No one would believe that Mr. Dongyue would write a sentence like "A country must perish, and it is for old age not to die."
Second, if it is true, even if Mr. Dongyue makes a disobedient statement, it is also a lament for the country. It is conceivable that even Mr. Dongyue wrote this, how decayed and corrupt is the country now?
Third, the court adopted such thunderous measures to arrest and imprison Mr. Dongyue without any explanation. This was not only a disregard for national law, but also a provocation to the world's literati.
In just one day, the situation in the capital was already filled with anger.
Those scholars who quietly left after hearing about the murder in Qianfo Temple, and when they heard that Mr. Dongyue was arrested and imprisoned, they were filled with anger and chose to unite together to vindicate Mr. Dongyue.
The incident swept through the entire capital like a tide, and spread to cities outside the capital at an even faster speed.
As the saying goes, warriors cherish each other, while scholars despise each other.
It is almost impossible to unite the world's literati as one, but because of this incident, a strong gentry force has formed in Dahua, and this force is growing with time.
However, no one expected that something even more unpredictable happened.
On the seventh day of June in Dahua 109, tens of thousands of students in the capital jointly signed a letter to vindicate Mr. Dongyue.
The emperor, who had been absent from the court for nearly a year, went to court in person again and issued an order that shocked the whole world.
Anyone who writes a letter for Mr. Dongyue and is named in the joint list will be detained in Dali Temple.
The hundreds of pages of joint lists, with the names of tens of thousands of bachelors gathered on it, not only failed to alleviate the difficulties faced by Mr. Dongyue, but actually put more people in jail.
For ten days, people were being arrested everywhere in the capital. Scholars and scholars were running and hiding, and the whole capital was in chaos.
Things happened so fast that even Xia Shang did not expect that things would develop like this.
During this period, Xia Shang also received a letter from home, saying that a batch of wine would be shipped to the capital soon, and Wuliangye would be sold in the capital from then on.
Xia Shang had actually been waiting for this day for a long time, but the current situation was not good, so he had no choice but to leave a letter and postpone the action until the situation in the capital stabilized.
I was still staying in that inn. It had been raining continuously for the past few days. There were no people on the streets in the capital. Even the Flower House not far from the opposite bank was closed.
These days, everyone is in danger, and there is no one in the inn.
Xia Shang looked outside the window, planning for the next step as usual.
I didn't know that the young master of that family had been arrested. He was being dragged all the way downstairs of the inn by several officers and soldiers, wailing and begging for mercy all the way. It was extremely miserable.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the room.
Sophia went to open the door and saw it was Li Zijin.
Li Zijin was dressed much more casually today, and he was very cautious all the way out of the palace.
"Sir, I have already informed my mother about the matter. But my mother was very surprised when she heard about it. She must see sir with her own eyes."
Xia Shang nodded: "It's okay to meet him."
Li Zijin seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you agree, sir, my mother happened to be out of the palace today. She is not far from your inn. Why don't you go with the students to meet her?"
"Okay." Xia Shang stood up and said to Sophia: "Just stay here. It's very messy outside. Don't walk around casually."
Sophia nodded, and then Xia Shang followed Li Zijin and left the inn.
This matter was arranged by Xia Shang. He first asked Li Zijin to inform his mother about his intention to appoint a young master. Because of what happened at Qianfo Temple, Xia Shang's previous plans were all messed up, and all plans had to be restarted. In addition,
The prince's radical approach forced Xia Shang to abandon his conservative plans.
Xia Shang didn't know whether it was appropriate to meet Li Zijin's mother, but according to his thinking, the mother should care about her son finding a teacher.
But Xia Shang did not expect that the meeting place would be Chunxiang Tower where he met Xian'er on the bank of the Xinghe River.
All the way here, we took the back door, not to the main building where the girl lived, but to a separate apartment in the back garden.
Living in a small room, which was very unique, Li Zijin stood in front of the door and called out: "Mother, sir, has arrived."
A slightly familiar voice came from inside: "Okay, you go back to the palace first, this is not suitable for you."
"Mother, the child...the child won't come in?" Li Zijin was a little surprised.
"The Queen Mother has her own sense of discretion in this matter. You are not allowed to interfere. Leave quickly and don't let anyone see you."
Li Zijin frowned, obviously not expecting such a result, and looked at Xia Shang with some embarrassment: "Sir, I didn't know that my mother wanted to see you alone."
"It doesn't matter, let's just treat it as a home visit."
"Home visit?" Li Zijin looked confused.
Xia Shang didn't explain and strode in.
As soon as you enter the house, you will be greeted by the unique fragrance of a noble woman.
There is no difference in the furnishings in the house, except that there is a thin gauze curtain between the inner room and the outer hall. Only a vague figure can be seen behind the gauze curtain, sitting cross-legged, looking very regular.
"Sir, please sit down."
Xia Shang looked at the futon that had been placed in front of him and sat down.
Then I heard the woman inside continue to ask: "What's your last name, sir? How should you call him?"
"The surname is Xia."
"Then we will call him Mr. Xia."
Xia Shang did not answer, but looked down slightly to show respect.
“The Emperor once praised Mr.
"Some exaggeration, some exaggeration." These words really made Xia Shang a little embarrassed.
"But the Emperor has never praised someone like this. Mr. Xia is a special case. I once thought that the person who can make the Emperor praise him so much should be different. But today, when I look at it, I see that Mr. Xia is very young.
,seem……"
"Aspiration does not depend on your age. How much knowledge you have has nothing to do with your age."
"Then how can you prove your knowledge?"
"Please ask, the noble concubine."
"I am the queen!"
"Queen?" Xia Shang was slightly surprised, "Is it her?"
Xia Shang had never thought before that because the current queen is too young, how could there be a child of Li Zijin's age? But she calls herself the queen, and her voice is somewhat familiar...
"It turns out to be the Queen, do you still remember me?"
After hearing this, a corner of the silk curtain in front was lifted up, and a pair of flashing eyes looked through the silk curtain. (To be continued)