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Chapter 311 Huaibei Autonomy?

In mid-May, the heat is getting hotter.

The temper of Prince Da Qi and King of Lu Liu Lin has been getting more and more irritable recently, just like the weather.

It has been more than ten days since the incident in Xiangcheng. According to the report from the prefect of Chenzhou, more than [-] scholars from all over the city have gathered outside the city. During the day, they paraded in the streets, besieged and cursed the imperial envoys who were investigating the case, and at night they gathered together to talk loudly. There are often wild and rebellious remarks.

At the beginning, they were not so arrogant. It all started after Marquis Lu An spoke up.

Thinking of this matter, Liu Lin felt itchy with hatred. On the surface, Marquis Lu An wanted to protect the "foundation of Da Qi", but in fact he was going against him.

But Lu Anhou's words were indeed useful. After he spoke, Chenzhou's Xiang army, Minzhuang, and even the prefect no longer dared to forcibly stop the scholars.
On the [-]th, before the incident in Xiangcheng had subsided, something unexpected happened on Hebei Road.

The rebel Wang Yan, who had been dormant for nearly half a year and had not moved, suddenly led his troops to fight out from the southern foot of Taihang Mountain.

Because Liu Lin took away the main force of the Jingnan Army originally stationed on the Hebei Road, the defense of the Hebei Road was empty. Wang Yan's army marched [-] miles south on the [-]th, and on the [-]th arrived at Weizhou on the north bank of the fork of the Yellow River, which was only [-] miles away from Tokyo City. Yuli.

If the rebels successfully cross the river, the horse army can reach the city of Tokyo in one day and night.

Chaos broke out in the north and south at the same time. For a while, people in Tokyo were panicked. Some timid people had moved to the countryside with their darlings. Daqi, which had been a country for [-] years, seemed to be in turmoil and was about to end.

[-]th, evening.

There was a heavy rain in Tokyo, just like the day Yiping asked his father for money.

At the time of Xu, Qian Yiniian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhai Desheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and other close friends of the King of Lu came to the door in the rain.

As soon as they met, Qian Shangshu, who was the uncle of Prince Lu, said straight to the point: "Your Highness! It's time to break it off, don't hesitate any longer!"

Outsiders may not understand what Qian Shangshu is talking about, but Liu Lin knows clearly that what his uncle is talking about is the plan proposed by Wu Weiguang, who is still "trapped in the tiger's den". He transferred Chen Chu from Cai to Lu in the name of suppressing thieves.

They could clearly see that the Caizhou Five-Day Talks that fueled the Xiangcheng incident and the so-called "non-governmental organizations" that facilitated the troubled scholars had the shadow of the Jieshuai Mansion behind them.

Now, the imperial court has not made a clear stance on Xiang Cheng, but he, Chen Chu, couldn't wait to jump out to support the scholar.

As a warrior, you are so inviting to win people's hearts. What you intend to do is as clear as Sima Zhao's mind!

Therefore, if Chen Chu is not temporarily transferred, the Xiang Cheng incident will definitely not be easily settled.

However, Li Qiong, the original owner of the Shandong Road Taining Army territory that was used to lure Chen Chu, was quite unhappy.

Therefore, Liu Lin has not yet been able to make up his mind.
But today is different from the past. Seeing the Xiangcheng incident intensifying, Liu Lin had to temporarily ignore Li Qiong's feelings.

"Okay, I will talk to General Li in person tomorrow."

Seeing Liu Lin agree, Qian Yinian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Over in Xiangcheng, King Lu also has to make a choice."

Liu Lin frowned and said nothing when he heard this.

Qian Yinian also persuaded him once about this matter. What Qian Yinian meant was that the whole world was paying attention to this matter, and it was necessary to use the heads of several pro-soldiers to silence the public.

At first, Liu Lin firmly opposed this method.

After all, the pro-army troops came from Prince Lu's palace. If they were killed, it would mean that Prince Lu was at fault and would greatly damage his majesty.

Seeing this, Qian Yinian could only say sincerely: "Your Highness, a man can bend and bend. His Highness is leading this investigation. Then Yingchuan Chen Jing'an fanned the flames in the newspapers and secretly directed the anger of the scholars towards Your Highness. If you can survive without losing your arms, I'm afraid there will be some quarrel with the scholars. King Yu Lu will ascend the dragon for nine or five hundred years in the future, which will do no good! You need to bow your head when you should bow your head!"

Liu Lin was silent for a long time and nodded with a sluggish movement. Even if he was unwilling to do so, he could only say: "Let my uncle handle the Xiangcheng matter. Tomorrow I will lead the Jingnan Army to move out and relieve the siege of Weizhou first."

Qian Yinian originally wanted to dissuade Liu Lin from leaving Beijing at this sensitive time, but after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that although the emperor was speechless, his condition had been stable recently, and there should be no major changes in the short term.

Furthermore, if Liu Linruo led his army to relieve the siege of Weizhou, it would also stabilize the hearts of the people in the capital. The court could also use this to promote King Lu's military exploits and repair his prestige that was damaged by the Xiangcheng incident.
No matter how he thought about it, the advantages of this matter outweighed the disadvantages. Qian Yinian thought about it again and again, and finally said: "It's okay, Your Highness, be careful."

"My nephew has taken note of everything in the capital, so I'll leave it to my uncle!"

In the east of Caizhou City, business travel has generated huge demand for services.

With Ruhe Wharf as the center, branches of various commercial firms, restaurants, inns and goulan are located along the bank.
Merchants from the north and south speaking with accents from various places exchange information, discuss business, and deliver goods here.

May 22, application time in the afternoon.

Xia Zhizhong, dressed as a businessman, took a Sitong Passenger Ship and disembarked at the pier.

Disembarking with him were the second son of squire Lu Yuanju of Huaiyuan County in Suzhou, the steward of Han Jun's family, and others.

The two people following at the end were dressed as martial artists. One was a close associate of Yingzhou Commander Guo Tao'er, and the other was an aide to Suzhou Commander Yu Qi'an.

This is what Xia Zhizhong has achieved in recent months. Contact Huaibei Zhongyi!

There were many people from Huaiyuan, including Erlang Lu and Guanshi Han, who had been to Caizhou a few years ago.

In my impression, Caizhou City was no different from other cities in Daqi, but before I entered the city, there was only a dock, and the bustling atmosphere hit my face.

Everyone was surprised, but cautiously did not ask any questions, and followed Xia Zhizhong into a vast inn.

This inn is of a high standard. In addition to ordinary guest rooms, the backyard is also divided into several small courtyards to meet guests' privacy needs for discussing important matters.

Xia Zhizhong led the people through the halls and corridors until they reached the depths of the backyard before turning into a secluded courtyard.

A group of people entered, and two men wearing green and gray servant clothes closed the door behind the courtyard.

Inside the hospital, a thin, middle-aged man stood tall.

Lu Erlang looked back at the closed courtyard door, and couldn't help but look nervously at Xia Zhizhong. The latter signaled the others to relax, then pointed to the thin middle-aged man and introduced in a low voice: "Don't panic, everyone, what's in front of you is Caizhou Master Sun, the prefect. There are many inconveniences in discussing affairs in the city, so Mr. Wu chose this place."

"Where is Mr. Wu?" Manager Han asked in a low voice while looking around nervously.

"Everyone, the courtyard is not the place to talk. Let's go inside and talk."

Sun Changhao made a gesture of invitation.

Several people looked at each other and walked into the living room.
When Xia Zhizhong passed by, Sun Changhao stopped him and whispered: "Xia Xunfang, Mr. Wu is waiting for you behind."

Although he found it strange, Xia Zhizhong thought that Wu Weiguang wanted to listen to his report before receiving the person he brought, so he followed a plainclothes soldier to the second entrance of the small courtyard.

Entering the flower hall, there are several exquisite side dishes and a pot of fine wine placed on the central round table.

Seeing that Mr. Wu valued him so much, Xia Zhizhong couldn't help but be moved, "Sir Wu! Fortunately, I have lived up to my command!"

Wu Weiguang, who was standing in front of the Bogu shelf with his hands behind his hands, seemed to have not noticed Xia Zhizhong's entry until now. He turned around with a kind and gratified smile, "Okay! If this thing succeeds and helps King Lu get rid of a serious problem, Xia Xunfang should be the first to make the contribution." !”

After that, Wu Weiguang walked to the table, poured a glass of wine himself, raised it in front of Xia Zhizhong, and said solemnly: "Master Xia has worked tirelessly for state affairs and traveled all over Huaibei. I owe you a toast!"

"My lord, if you can't help it, how dare you ask me to propose a toast!"

The flattered Xia Zhizhong hurriedly took it with both hands, choking slightly with excitement.

After three glasses of Wu Shangshu's toast, and the two of them sitting around the table, Xia Zhizhong had time to talk to Wu Weiguang about his experiences over the past 20 days.

"Guo Tao'er was hesitant at first, but the official then made his own decision and promised him that King Lu would give him a good future in the future, and then he agreed.
The Huaiyuan squire was extorted from his family property by Marquis Lu An, and he hated him so much!They are the most active. I stayed in Suzhou for several days and met with more than a dozen squires. They had only one request, and that was that after they succeeded, you should help them recover their stolen property."

Xia Zhizhong recounted the results of his trip one by one, and he inevitably mentioned how much effort he had put in, with the intention of claiming credit.

Wu Weiguang, however, seemed absent-minded and even lost his mind for a while.

"Master Wu?"

"Uh." Wu Weiguang, who was summoned back to his senses, pondered for a moment, but said: "I already know it. Xingwen will take over the matter next, and Xia Xunfang's hard work will not be wasted."

Xingwen is Sun Changhao's cousin.

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Xia Zhizhong's words stuck in his throat, so he was stunned on the spot. I have been working hard for so long, but you let your brother-in-law take over!
This is not how you grab credit!
So what if you are the minister? I am a member of King Lu and I will not accept your tricks!
Xia Zhizhong's enthusiastic face immediately turned cold, but Wu Weiguang explained with embarrassment: "Xia Xunfang, you and I are officials in the same court, and it is our duty to be loyal to the court and to relieve King Lu's worries, right?"

There was no way to refute these words. Xia Zhizhong snorted coldly and said, "That's natural!"

"Hey, now King Lu has encountered a difficult problem, which can only be solved by Xia Xunfang."

"I'll solve it? What difficulties did King Lu encounter?"

"Didn't Xia Xunfang hear about the Xiangcheng incident that has been causing quite a stir in recent days?"

"While running around, I heard it occasionally."

"Hey," Wu Weiguang sighed helplessly, and continued: "Then Yanagawa Chen Jingan used the 'imperial envoy' and 'visiting' to criticize King Lu, and wanted to drive a wedge between King Lu and the scholars." "Then brothers Chen, be careful. kill!"

Xia Zhizhong said murderously, making his attitude clear.

"The Chen brothers deserve to die, but the current situation has the whole world looking at them, and we need to give an explanation." Wu Weiguang looked at Xia Zhizhong silently, and the latter felt an inexplicable wariness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Wu Shangshu, what do you mean? "

"Hey, in the case of Xiangcheng, the pro-military who beat and killed the scholar must be brought to justice, and the matter of 'searching'"

At this point, Xia Zhizhong finally realized something, and his hair stood on end for a moment, but Wu Weiguang still said in a steady and kind tone: "You see, the court needs dignity, and King Lu also needs dignity. The opportunity for Xia Xunfang to show his loyalty has arrived. .”

"You! I want to see King Lu!"

Xia Zhizhong stood up suddenly, but suddenly felt a warm and smooth winding down his nose. He raised his hand in confusion and saw blood on his hand.

Immediately afterwards, there was a fishy-sweet taste in the throat, and then blood oozed from the corners of the eyes and ear holes.

The so-called bleeding from the seven orifices is about this.

There's poison in the wine
Xia Zhizhong, who finally understood, felt his strength suddenly drained away, and immediately fell to the ground, but still managed to raise his head.

He wanted to scream loudly, but his voice was damaged by the poisoned wine, so he could only make a low and hoarse voice, "I want to see King Lu Wu Weiguang, how dare you harm me."

Wu Weiguang, who was still standing where he was, said condescendingly: "This is what King Lu meant."

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The poisonous wine was rapidly destroying Xia Zhizhong's internal organs, but Wu Weiguang's words instantly destroyed Xia Zhizhong's will.

With his last breath, Xia Zhizhong crawled forward a few feet, struggling to raise his arms to grab Wu Weiguang's lapel. Wu Weiguang, who still maintained good manners, took a step back without any hesitation, leaving Xia Zhizhong with no chance.

At this point, Xia Zhizhong finally stopped struggling as if he had resigned himself to his fate before his life was cut off. He lay on the ground like a dead fish and murmured to himself: "Why is this happening? I am doing it all for the imperial court. Why is this happening? I am doing it all for King Lu. Why? As for that”

After dozens of breaths, Xia Zhizhong returned to calm.

Wu Weiguang was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his hands. He seemed to be attracted by the summer scenery outside the window. It happened that a cricket jumped into the window from the grass outside the window, bumped into Wu Weiguang and fell to the ground.

Wu Weiguang bent down and put the cricket in his palm, then carefully released it outside the window with a compassionate expression as if he was sweeping the floor to avoid harming the ant's life.

The next moment, Wu Weiguang seemed to feel something. He lowered his head and saw that the blood flowing from Xia Zhizhong's mouth and nose two feet away was winding along the cracks of the bricks to his feet.
The soles of the boots were stained with blood. Seeing this, Wu Weiguang, who had always been gentle and indifferent, suddenly became furious. He walked up to Xia Zhizhong and rubbed the blood on his back.

A look of disgust and disgust on his face.

May 23.

Chen Chu, the commander of the Huaibei Festival, suddenly received a decree, ordering him to prepare within three days and go to Shandong Road to wipe out the Guiyi rebels.

This decree surprised the Tongshan Department.

That day, after several people met, Chen Chu read to everyone the secret report sent by the military commander yesterday. They suddenly realized that it was someone else who thought they were ready, and that's why they wanted to move the tiger away from the mountain.

Chen Jingan used a very convoluted passage to explain the current situation, "Yuan Zhang is trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and King Lu is also trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain. It's just that King Lu doesn't know that he is being lured away from the mountain, and he doesn't know that Yuan Zhang knows that he is being lured away from the mountain."

Convoluted but precise!
Ximen Gong didn't quite understand, he was only concerned about how to deal with it, "Will Lao Wu go or not?"

"Go! Why don't you go? Only after I leave can the monsters dare to jump out. Let's catch them all in one fell swoop so that we don't have to worry about catching them everywhere."

Chen Jingyan also agreed with Chen Chu's statement and added: "Just in time, the army has begun to move out. It is better for Yuanzhang to go to Chenzhou, Taikang and Suizhou! On the surface, he is going to Shandong Road, but Taikang and Suizhou It is only more than 100 miles away from the city of Tokyo. Once Chief Cai succeeds, the Huaibei vanguard cavalry army can reach the city of Tokyo in one day."

On the same day, news suddenly came out from the Caizhou Posthouse that the imperial court ordered Xia Zhizhong, the Huaibei envoy and an official of the Prince of Lu, to hang himself in fear of crime.

He also left a suicide note in which he confessed his guilt. The suicide note said that the post of "Xunfang" was only to inspect illegal things in various places. The matter of "Xunfang" was not a policy of the imperial court. It was all driven by his own selfish desires, so he did this dirty thing in the name of the imperial court.

Now that the Dongchuang incident happened, King Lu was furious. Xia Zhizhong felt ashamed of the court and had no face to see King Lu, so he died to apologize.
The consciousness of a dead person is high.

The next day, May 24.

Qian Yiannian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, arrived in Xiangcheng County in person on the order of King Lu and supervised the execution of 18 of his own soldiers.

Nine soldiers died in Xiangcheng, and the pro-army sent 18 people to pay for their lives. One for two.

The heated public opinion among the people has calmed down a bit.

The fate of Xia Zhizhong and the Eighteenth Guards finally came to an end for the Xiangcheng incident. There were two thousand scholars eating, drinking, and playing with friends outside the city. There was no excuse to continue the party.

Farewell that night, the Caizhou Federation of Students felt that they had participated in this grand event and specially bought a large amount of wine and meat.

Over the past few days, scholars from other prefectures have discovered that the Federation of Students composed of Caizhou students is rich and powerful, and they can't help but wonder what kind of organization it is.

While pushing cups and changing cups, Chen Yingjun, the vice president of the Student Federation, explained: "The funds of our Student Federation are funded by local wealthy businessmen organized by the government. It is an autonomous organization of our local scholars."

Autonomous organization?

Most of the scholars are not too old and are at the age when their independence consciousness is strongest in their lives.

According to Chen Yingjun, the Caizhou Student Federation not only regularly organizes debates among scholars and study tours, but also arranges outstanding scholars to manage a village at the grassroots level every year.

After the two-month term ends, the teachers, government officials, and even the people of the village will rate the candidates. The top three candidates each year will receive high scholarships.

The scholars in Linfu were stunned for a moment after listening to these novel contents.

Although managing a village is not a high-level task, scholars study to become officials, but few can achieve their wish.

Having this kind of practical experience is a valuable asset in life.

Furthermore, based on the ratings of teachers, government officials, and even the common people, the top three will receive scholarships. Isn’t this a shortened version of the imperial examination?
The Caizhou government office did not mind the trouble and came up with such fun things to serve the scholars, which also won the favor of the scholars in Beppu.

Recalling that some time ago, when the Xiang army in Chenzhou was encircling the camp, Marquis Lu An, who was also stationed in Caizhou, said, "Don't say it was unforeseen." The Xiang army was so frightened that they withdrew on the same day.
This Caizhou has a prosperous literary style and powerful martial arts, which is a bit like the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

"Hey, our Daqi court flatters the Jin people, and the officials bully the people. I didn't expect that there is a place like Caizhou. I will definitely go and see it with my own eyes in the future."

After two bowls of wine, Song Yuansong, a scholar from Tangzhou, couldn't help but complain again.

In just two days, the search envoy hanged himself and his own troops ambush him. It is said that the demands of the scholars have been achieved, but there is not much feeling of joy in everyone's heart.

The court's crude and simple treatment was just to block the mouths of the people in the world.

We are not stupid. Xia Zhizhong died so suddenly, and he wisely took over all the responsibilities. No one will believe him.

Xia Zhizhong is easy to kill, but the root of Daqi's illness lies in the court, and in King Lu's group of people who are accustomed to groveling to the Jin people.

But who dares to say this?
Now they are still young and have not yet learned to flatter and despise Jiji Yingying.

I always thought that one day I would learn martial arts and serve the country. But in Daqi, it really makes people uninterested.

Song Yuansong's words made the atmosphere dull. Tan Rongdao, a scholar in Bozhou, couldn't help but said: "Brother Chen, tell me, how can we in Bozhou have the updated style of your Caizhou?"

"Hahaha" Chen Yingjun smiled wildly, but said: "It's not because I look down on you Bozhou officials. With their courage, Bozhou will never be able to give birth to the appearance of Caizhou. Unless..."

Chen Yingjun drank a bowl of wine and deliberately had a meal.

The scholars around him immediately asked, "What else? Brother Chen, tell me quickly."

Chen Yinglang looked around at the crowd and kept saying, "Haha, unless there are heroes like Lu Anhou to raise their arms and promote Huaibei autonomy."

"!!!"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The bonfire illuminated the dozens of young faces that were either astonished or thoughtful as they sat around.

Zhu Chun glanced at it, suddenly laughed, and said: "My senior brother Chen is drunk, please don't take it to heart."

Everyone hurriedly followed up and started fighting, and then it was revealed.

However, for young people, the more you don't let them take it to heart, the more they will think about it.

The night breeze stirred up the clothes and stirred up people's hearts.

　It’s about to enter the big plot. There are many narrative lines and the writing is very slow.
　　Although the updates are not very good, I still want to ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month. I am embarrassed.

　　Don't scold me, everyone
　　
　
(End of this chapter)